The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 59

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Episode 59

Minsu laughed and said, “Oh.”

“Our mother is so generous. Her son approves!”

“It’s not that generous considering it’s the price of a life. If it weren’t for our Chaea, who knows what could have happened because of that bastard!”

Then she looked at me with warm eyes and said.

“Aunt lived thanks to Chaea.”

* * *

Junho firmly refused the Landlady’s excessive kindness, but eventually went to the real estate office after being persuaded by the Landlady who said she wouldn’t feel comfortable unless she did this.

And the Mapo Apartment they ended up contracting. Since Junho’s money could only afford a half-lease, he didn’t worry about the house price, but it’s one of the locations that will rise significantly in price later.

At current market prices it’s less than 100 million won, but in the future I came from, it’s a place that goes over 1 billion won.

“Buying us a house. Isn’t this too… big? How can I accept this? All I did was buy you fish-shaped pastries at most.”

“No. I owe too much to our bachelor Junho and Chaea. When a person receives kindness, they must repay it.”

“I’m the one who has always received great kindness from you, Landlady. You looked after Chaea… and gave us side dishes…”

“Oh my, what’s there to look after with that cute one. She may be five years old, but from what I see, she’s more mature than Minsu.”

The Landlady standing in front of Junho stroked my head in front of the rooftop apartment and said.

“And come to think of it, I was going to sell this house, but Chaea cried and said I couldn’t. Just by not selling it then, I made 700 million won, so thinking about it that way, what I’m doing for you is nothing.”

Junho was holding a real estate contract in his hands.

“Chaea… cried?”

“She did. Asked if I was going to leave her behind.”

“Ha… Chaea, you…”

Junho narrowed his eyes and whispered.

“You’re not really having ghosts tell you the future or something like that, are you?”

I hiccupped, hiccup, hiccup.

Noah hiccupped along with me.

[૮₍ ⌐ᴥ⌐ ₎ა]

The Landlady burst into laughter at Junho’s words.

“Our bachelor Junho has a good imagination too. I actually went to a fortune teller and had Chaea’s fortune read, and they said her ghost gate and such things aren’t open. Don’t worry.”

Then she continued.

“Anyway, congratulations on getting a new house. I’ll go downstairs now.”

I called out to the Landlady who was about to turn around.

“Landlady!”

“Oh, Chaea.”

“That man, did he go to prison?”

“He’s supposed to live in the detention center for 6 months and come out. I wish he’d live there for about 10 years.”

“Well…”

I walked quickly to stand in front of the Landlady, raised my eyebrows and warned her.

“You have to be careful not to get harmed. Move, and change your address too. That man will definitely come looking, I’m sure.”

“That person will?”

“Yes. He was scary like a gangster last time…”

Aren’t there hate crimes after divorce and such?

“Right, they say there are bastards like that who deserve to die, and he’s exactly that kind. I should prepare as Chaea says.”

I nodded at the Landlady.

Soon the Landlady looked at me with warm eyes and said as if making a request.

“Chaea, don’t forget Aunt even when you grow up later. Okay?”

“Of course! I’ll come visit often!”

When I answered loudly, Junho smiled warmly.

After the Landlady went downstairs, only Noah and Junho remained on the rooftop.

* * *

“When hyung first said Chaea was a genius, I thought he was just being a doting parent. But it was actually an objective view. Because Chaea really is a genius.”

Seok-min, who was peeling off the newspaper that had blocked the drafts all winter from the door, answered.

“No, an adultery idea. How does a five-year-old know such things? If a five-year-old knows about adultery, this is a serious social problem.”

“That’s why she’s a genius.”

Listening to Seok-min and Junho’s meaningless praise, I stretched.

Anyway, it’s good that we have a new house that’s not this place.

This rooftop is cozy too, but the drafts are severe, and in winter the stairs are slippery so I was worried Junho might get hurt.

“Father, oh right, I need to buy a present for Chaea’s friend’s birthday. There’s a birthday party on Saturday!”

“A friend… Hee-jae?”

Somehow Junho’s eyes seemed to darken slightly. I answered while reading the mood for no reason.

“…Yes, Hee-jae.”

“I have to be careful with boys, but still, that kid isn’t too bad…”

Soon Junho bent down and extended his hand to me.

“Shall we go to the stationery store together with Father?”

“Yes!”

* * *

The sub Quest was safely completed. We were scheduled to move to the Mapo Apartment before long.

Seeing that no more sub Quests appeared for several days after, I had a feeling there would be no more sub Quests until the main Quest was completed.

Although the Landlady bought us a new house, it was incorporated into Junho’s assets and didn’t seem to affect the main Quest.

Judging by the fact that my asset amount didn’t increase.

“Now it’s about time to get out of Saebyeol Electronics.”

Sucking on a beer candy I bought from the stationery store, I commanded Noah.

“Show me the chart.”

Noah, panting and digging the ground, shook off a bone, and a real-time chart window unfolded before my eyes.

And next to it, the list of rising stocks I received from a previous sub Quest appeared.

Saebyeol Electronics’ return rate has been good so far, but it will soon lose momentum and hover in place.

On the other hand, Mirim Industries will shoot up over the next week, so it would be better to switch to that.

“Sell all Saebyeol Electronics and buy Mirim Industries.”

[Command executed. ૮₍´˶ᵔ ᴥ ᵔ˶₎ა]

“Good job.”

Noah wagged his tail as if asking for more praise.

“But Noah.”

Noah stared at me intently as if understanding my words.

“When your level goes way up later.”

Right now it was level 3.

I reached toward the status window and said.

“Will I really be able to touch you?”

At this, Noah sniffed with his nose.

[૮₍˶• ᴥ •˶₎ა]

Noah’s 2D hologram couldn’t be grasped by hand.

Looking at Noah staring at me intently, I withdrew my hand again.

Then Noah came one step closer to me.

Woof!

As if asking to be loved.

I laughed, “Puhit,” and reached out to pet Noah’s 2D head.

Even though I couldn’t actually touch him.

‘It’s kind of like raising a puppy, and this is nice too.’

Unlike a Tamagotchi, it’s a guilt-free pleasure where I don’t have to feed him or clean up poop.

Woof-

Noah wagged his tail.

[૮₍´˶ᵔ ᴥ ᵔ˶₎ა]

Watching Noah acting cute, I searched through the past messages in the status window.

Now shall I try challenging this too?

I’m exactly ten million won short.

My assets have currently reached exactly 990 million won.

[You can open the ‘Gray Door’ with the ‘Gray Key’.]

[Reward: Gray Gem]

[Reward 2: 10,000,000 won]

Doesn’t it seem like it’s tempting me to do it right now!

* * *

“This place is….”

In the end, unable to resist the temptation of ten million won, I opened the Gray Door and entered.

The entire world is gray.

The sky is gray, and the buildings are gray too.

Like an abandoned city, the landscape was empty of people, filled only with concrete buildings.

“….”

Could this be a cyber world created by an AI system?

For something like that, it’s implemented properly like the real world without any sense of awkwardness.

‘The sensations are vivid too.’

In the atmosphere that was neither hot nor cold, a dry wind blew.

[Key Quest: Purify the grayness.]

[Quest Reward: Artifact, Gray Gem]

A pink status window was clearly floating before my eyes.

Main Quest, Sub Quest, Hidden Quest, Special Quest, and now Key Quest.

I walked through the Gray City still wearing my pajamas.

At least I was fortunate to be wearing pink bathroom slippers.

I almost got thrown in barefoot.

“Noah, are you there?”

Squeak.

Strangely, no status window appears before my eyes at all.

Instead.

Slowly, slowly, a small white puppy walked out from the Building’s Shadow.

Woof-

I stopped for a moment and stared blankly at Noah, then cautiously approached.

“Noah?”

The doll-like puppy looked up at me with clear black eyes.

૮₍˶• ᴥ •˶₎ა

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