The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 5

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Episode 5

I had possessed into 【Love You Even in Death】, and since the drama’s investment company was Messiah, it seemed like some kind of special privilege had been created.

Anyway, I tried to use this at first…

There was a very big problem.

Perhaps excited to see me after a long time, a white pixelated dog was panting and smiling at me from within the blue screen.

“Send me back to the hospital right now!”

[Searching…]

[I don’t think I can find that item. ૮ ◞ ﻌ ◟ ა]

“Tell daddy Mincheol to hurry up and come back to mommy and apologize!”

[Searching…]

[I don’t think I can find that item.]

[Would you like to try entering different search terms? ૮₍´˶• ᴥ •˶₎ა]

Even when I went to the park with Mother and briefly lost her.

“Find the way!”

[Please change your search conditions!]

“What can you even do!”

[Could not find the desired item. ૮ ˶ ˆ ᴥ ˆ ˶ ა]

“Waaaaah!”

‘You useless thing!’

Whether its owner was frustrated or not, Noah in the form of a puppy was happily wagging its tail and playing around.

The Noah implanted in me hadn’t brought knowledge from the timeline I lived in, but had become a significantly downgraded AI,

and in this era with insufficient physical internet infrastructure, there seemed to be many limitations to the AI assistant system that functioned through network connections.

But you know what.

The late 1990s was when South Korea’s IT infrastructure rapidly developed and internet utilization began to increase.

So if this really was the beta version of Messiah’s AI assistant, its core performance should still be alive, so it would gradually become more useful.

When I narrowed my eyes and stared intently at Noah with such thoughts, the puppy avoided my gaze by pretending to sniff the ground.

[૮₍´˶¬ ᴥ ¬˶₎ა]

‘Hmm, anyway, should I try making ‘that thing’ in preparation for that time?’

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“You want to go to the bank?”

“Yes.”

Looking at me nodding my head, Junho scratched his head.

“Mommy said I need to save money really hard.”

“But… Chaea, you have a piggy bank, don’t you?”

Junho’s gaze turned to the red piggy bank on top of the jade-colored dresser.

The one that was about a quarter full contained money that Junho had often given me as allowance, saved up bit by bit.

“Piggy banks don’t earn interest!”

With my hands on my hips, I continued.

“Mommy said so. If you put money in the bank, the money grows!”

Junho, who had been staring at me blankly, knelt down slightly to meet my eye level.

Then he muttered as if amazed.

“To remember mommy’s words so well. Chaea, you’re really smart.”

For a 4-year-old, asking to open a bank account is quite unusual.

“How did Saebyeol manage to give birth to such a reliable daughter?”

“Hehe.”

Junho’s eyes, equipped with daughter-doting lenses, sparkled as he looked at me.

Soon he firmed his eyebrows as if determined and said.

“Alright. Let’s go open an account. There’s a Dongnam Bank near our house, let me see… today’s business hours are…”

I quickly said to Junho who was checking the clock.

“Not there, Tomorrow Bank!”

Junho looked at me with a “huh?”

“But Dongnam Bank is close by? Tomorrow Bank requires a long walk, will that be okay?”

I nodded as if telling him not to worry.

“Chaea wants to go to Tomorrow Bank. Mommy said Tomorrow Bank is good.”

“Okay, I understand. Chaea. Let’s get dressed if we’re going out.”

Kind Junho didn’t mind the trouble and granted my request.

He soon helped me change clothes and picked up the red piggy bank to hand it to me.

‘Dongnam Bank won’t do… because…’

I thought while hugging tightly the piggy bank Junho handed me.

‘It’s going to go bankrupt.’

I knew about the news that would soon fill the mass media.

A bank’s bankruptcy is really the worst from the perspective of people who deposited money there.

“By the way, does daddy also have money at Dongnam Bank?”

“Uh, well daddy is…”

Junho’s face, who had been scratching his head, turned slightly red.

Then the ends of his eyebrows drooped as if dejected.

I could tell without him saying it.

‘…He doesn’t have money to deposit.’

I calmly smiled and took Junho’s hand.

“Let’s go!”

So I came down from the rooftop apartment with Junho and walked for a whole 30 minutes.

‘Ah, it is too much for baby legs. Why isn’t there even a bus route here.’

Eventually, I arrived at Tomorrow Bank on Junho’s back while holding the piggy bank.

When we entered the building, there were surprisingly few customers.

Was it because closing time was approaching?

We took a number from the old machine that printed waiting order numbers and sat in chairs.

I could see the bank employees working with reinforced glass between us.

It was interesting how it felt sealed except for small document slots, perhaps as a precaution against robbery.

The sound of stamping and printer noises somehow felt familiar and warm.

On one side of the building, there was a printed paper that read ‘Starting this month, account inquiry via internet is now available.’

‘To witness the beginning of the full-fledged internet era, what an overwhelming feeling…!’

And finally, it was my turn.

Before going to the bank, when I told Junho what documents to prepare, he brought them along, so creating an account in my name proceeded without difficulty.

“Could you stamp it please?”

“Yes!”

Junho stamped my wooden seal on the deposit slip with such an excited voice that others turned to look.

At my name ‘Gu Chaea’ stamped clearly, Junho’s pretty eyes shone with pride.

I looked at him warmly and spoke to the bank employee.

“By the way, I have something I’m curious about.”

“Oh my, tell me, little customer.”

“That thing about being able to check accounts via internet…”

“Oh my!”

The bank employee who was processing documents opened her eyes wide as if surprised.

“You can already read? That’s really amazing!”

Ah.

Soon Junho spoke excitedly as if he had brought up a good topic.

“Well… my daughter… actually…”

His eyes gleamed with madness.

“I think she’s a genius.”

“…”

“No, this little child actually knows about interest! Not just interest, but inheritance too. Where in the world would you find a four-year-old who knows about interest and inheritance? And she reads so well too, hah…”

Every time Junho’s admiring voice flowed out, my insides tickled.

“No matter where you put her, such a smart child is…”

“Teacher! Um, when will internet banking transfers become available?”

Sorry, but I interrupted Junho’s daughter bragging and asked in a bright voice.

At this, the bank employee blinked her eyes.

“Oh my, she’s really smart. This is the first time I’ve seen a four-year-old use the word ‘transfer.'”

Well, of course, since I’m not actually four!

“Right? Our Chaea is definitely a genius.”

I was listening to this somehow maddening conversation when suddenly a low voice came from behind.

“Little one.”

The deep voice seemed to indicate the man’s age range.

As soon as they saw him, the bank employees all rushed to stand up from their seats and bowed. He was definitely someone important.

‘Who is he?’

When I quickly turned around, an old gentleman who seemed to be the owner of the voice was approaching us.

The old man, holding the hand of a handsome boy who appeared to be around my age, had an interesting glint in his eyes.

‘Huh…? That face, I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before…’

But I couldn’t remember right away.

The old gentleman standing in front of me spoke to the bank employees who had stood up for him and the staff who had gathered around.

“Everyone go about your business. Don’t mind me.”

Then he looked at me and spoke again.

“If you asked when internet banking transfers would be available, that means you know what internet banking is. Right?”

“Excuse me, but who are you?”

Junho pulled my shoulder toward him as if being cautious, but I confidently spoke to the old gentleman as if it was fine.

“Um, there’s a bank inside the computer!”

At my words, the old gentleman’s eyebrows twitched greatly.

The eyes of the boy who had been expressionless also seemed to waver slightly.

“Like this, when you come to the bank to put in money, you have to wait. But if there’s a bank inside the computer, you don’t need to go to the bank! It’s convenient for me, and for the bank too!”

As soon as I finished speaking, silence fell, and not long after, Junho’s muttering could be heard.

“Computer…? How do you put a bank inside a computer?”

But the old gentleman’s face, hardened to a sharp degree, showed not the slightest movement. He just stared at me for a long while.

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