The Buffs I Raised Are Too Strong - Chapter 5

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Episode 5.
Two days later.
The Golden Goose had grown considerably.
Now it was nearly as tall as my waist.
The problem was.
“Hmm…….”
A note taped to the front door.
Its message:
‘D―2’
The landlady had put it up.
It meant ‘already the second day.’
A demand to fix it quickly.
“Sigh.”
But I had no way to deal with the thing that had consumed an entire wall of the Villa.
Killing the plant outright felt wasteful―the Golden Goose was too precious.
If it came from a Tower, it would surely cost more than this building itself.
“Maybe I should call my sister…….”
I’d considered using the hundred million won she’d given me, but then again.
Calling in a contractor with a hundred million wouldn’t change the fact that they’d just burn the roots out entirely.
I could always hand the landlady money directly and ask her to look the other way, but…….
‘That’s a bit much.’
Actually, I’d attempted a deal with her once before.
Twenty million won―just overlook it.
Her answer?
‘Ha! Twenty million? You think that covers it? Bring at least a hundred million! And this isn’t just your place either…….’
She’d clearly figured I could squeeze my sister for at least twenty million more.
The landlady’s asking price far exceeded my expectations.
I’d run short even if I liquidated everything I had.
The answer was obvious: my sister.
She caused the problem in the first place, so she should take responsibility.
Yeah.
“Will she pick up?”
Beep-beep, beep-beep.
The phone rang.
The time was one o’clock.
Exactly my sister’s lunch break.
―Hello?
“Oh, it’s you.”
She picked up fairly quickly, thankfully.
I went straight to asking for help.
“Sister, there’s a problem.”
―……A problem?
“Yeah.”
―So?
“Um……?”
―So what is it.
‘Huh?’
Something felt off.
Her tone was oddly cold.
Normally my sister would answer with a brighter voice, mixing in jokes and laughter.
But now she sounded like a frozen sheet of ice.
“Is something wrong?”
I asked, concern creeping into my voice.
But her reply was.
―What do you mean wrong……? You don’t know?
“……What?”
……Was this something I ought to know about?
Or.
‘Is it because of me?’
I searched my memory for the last time I’d seen my sister.
The day I explained my ability.
‘Nothing happened at all?’
If anything, she even pressed a Cherry Tomato into my hand.
When I should be the one thanking her.
“……What’s going on?”
―Well, shouldn’t you be the one to figure it out?
“…….”
I had no idea.
At this rate, even my last resort—asking my sister for help—would disappear…….
……That can’t happen.
There’s only one option left.
“……I’m sorry.”
―Sorry about what?
“Everything. I’m sorry about everything…….”
I might as well grovel.
―No. I won’t help you until you tell me what you’re sorry for.
“……That I’m alive?”
―What…… ! No, that’s not it!? Don’t you ever say that again, understood!?
My sister went quiet.
‘Was that too much……?’
That’s when it came.
―……You got a gift and didn’t contact me at all.
“……Huh?”
My sister confessed in a hollow voice.
What?
That’s it!?
‘Actually, I did!’
“I did send you a message! A long one!”
―……You sent it?
I couldn’t believe it.
I definitely sent it.
A lengthy message right after I got the gift…….
“Yeah.”
I just didn’t hit send.
―Hey.
“…….”
―Answer.
“I’m sorry.”
Somehow I’d become a worthless bastard who received a hundred million won and never reached out once.
* * *
―What!? The plant grew!?
“Ugh…….”
I told my sister about the plants taking over the Villa and about how much they’d grown.
She had a fit.
Through the phone speaker, she screamed loud enough to blow it out.
―Crazy…… crazy…… How much have they grown now……?
“About…… waist-high on me?”
―Are there any fruits or anything!?
“……No. Not yet.”
It was clearly startling that I’d managed to grow a Tower plant.
My sister couldn’t hide her excitement through the entire call.
‘Well, it is a big deal.’
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious about her reaction.
―Could you possibly see information about the plant? Details like that?
“Huh? Oh, I can’t see it now, but once it’s fully grown, the name and properties show up.”
―Properties……? Ah! The Cherry Tomato last time too?
“Yeah. The buff was the main effect, I think? Or something like that?”
―Buff…… So that’s why back then…….
My sister began muttering something in a voice I could barely hear.
“Um, sister.”
I got straight to the point.
―Huh?
“About the Villa situation…….”
―Ah.
My sister seemed to pause, thinking it over.
A low hum came through the receiver.
But only for a moment.
When she spoke again, her voice was bright, as if she’d found the perfect solution.
―Should I buy it?
“……What?”
Had I heard her wrong?
―I said, let’s buy it.
No.
I’d heard correctly.
“You’re serious……?”
I’d hoped my sister could resolve this.
And I’d expected her to handle it with money, of course.
But.
‘This is too big of a scale……?’
Buying it outright.
That meant purchasing the entire building.
‘Then again, she’s the kind of person who gives a hundred million won as a gift to her brother. Something like this is……’
I found myself suddenly in awe of my sister’s wealth.
Come to think of it, how much does the guild pay her?
She’s known as the guild’s figurehead.
I’d heard that nowadays each guild rivals entire corporations.
Even if she only held a ten-percent stake……
‘……Hmm.’
I should stop thinking about this.
I’m living off that money, after all.
―You have no objections? Should I send the contract to the landlord tomorrow?
“No…… I…… Yes, I have none…….”
What could I possibly say?
She was even buying the building to help me.
I could only worship her.
“Sister, you’re a goddess…….”
―Heh…… What are you talking about?
My sister’s mood had lifted.
She spoke to me in a slightly higher voice, as if announcing something.
―I’ll put it under my name for now, but once you start making real money, I’ll transfer it to your name. After that, use it as a botanical garden or rent it out—do whatever you want.
“……Yes?”
―Think of it as a gift to finally get you out of your room as an unemployed loser. And make sure you contact me regularly about those plants! Understand?
“Yes, yes!”
―Good. Love you, bye∼.
Click―.
The whirlwind phone call, ten minutes of it, had ended.
“……Wow.”
With the call gone, silence remained.
Like a house left in shambles after a party has ended.
But.
“That’s incredible.”
I still hadn’t left the party.
“Wow! A building! A hundred million won! My sister!”
* * *
“Ha, making a fuss over just that.”
At that same moment.
Baekryeon Guild.
Jung So Hyun, summoned by the guild master’s call.
She rarely appeared at the guild building for anything other than training.
So the staff had gathered around.
“Who’s calling that you’re grinning like that?”
“Oh, my younger brother.”
“Your… younger brother? A sister……?”
“No, a brother.”
The employees’ expressions turned peculiar.
She smiled like that while talking to her younger brother?
Especially the ones who had younger brothers at home.
“Ha, haha. You two must be close?”
“Well, close? I practically raised him myself.”
“P-practically… raised?”
As the conversation dragged on, they felt themselves sinking deeper into quicksand.
One by one, they excused themselves from the room.
Jung So Hyun paid it no mind.
In the end, only one employee remained, addressing her directly.
“I have a younger brother too, but… I could never manage it the way you do.”
“Really?”
“Yes! He feels almost like some overgrown wild boar. How did you two end up becoming so close?”
Jung So Hyun closed her eyes as if deep in thought.
She seemed to be sifting through memories.
And in that same moment, her smile faltered ever so slightly.
“The age gap is pretty significant, I suppose, and also…….”
“Also?”
“He’s not someone you can just leave alone.”
Jung So Hyun’s expression grew slightly melancholy.
Not someone you could just leave alone.
An image of the past Jung So Hyeok flickered through her mind.
A life without meaning.
A living corpse.
The employee sensed something had shifted.
“I-I suppose that’s possible! Gosh, I’m actually jealous of how close you two are!”
She hurriedly steered the conversation elsewhere.
“Ah, haha. Well, I’m glad.”
Jung So Hyun, as if rousing herself from reverie.
Her expression quickly brightened again.
“But he’s different now.”
“D-different, you say?”
“Hehe, soon enough, my brother might just do something extraordinary.”
“Really……?”
Beep, beep, beep—
An alarm chimed, heavy with implication.
“Ah, I’m being called.”
Jung So Hyun turned toward the director’s office.
“……Feed and raise him?”
The employee watched her figure disappear, still bewildered.
* * *
“You called for me.”
“Ah, So Hyun! You got here quickly.”
The swivel chair that had been facing the window rotated toward Jung So Hyun.
“Khk…….”
A forehead gleaming brilliantly.
Sunlight from the window cast a shine across the guild master’s forehead—Baek Yul Heon’s forehead.
“So Hyun…….”
“Oh, I, kh… I’m sorry.”
Baek Yul Heon covered his forehead as though wounded.
But his mouth curved into a smile.
They’d known each other far too long to actually hurt each other over something like this.
Jung So Hyun, finished with her teasing, laughed and asked.
“So? Why did you call for me?”
“Ah, well… there’s been a slight problem with the guild.”
“A problem? What could possibly go wrong… didn’t you say larger guilds have fewer problems to deal with?”
“That’s exactly the problem.”
“?”
Jung So Hyun tilted her head.
Baek Yul Heon sighed and handed her a document.
“…….”
She examined the paper carefully.
An application for a large-scale guild.
And written there was—
“Pending?”
“Someone from the Management Bureau came by this morning. A deputy director.”
“A deputy director? Han Gyeon Ho?”
“Yes. It’s rare for someone to visit in person like this, but apparently they made an exception because this case is so unusual.”
Unusual.
The moment Jung So Hyun heard those words, she understood why she’d been summoned here.
“Haha, an Awakener who failed twelve times in a row and then cleared the trial—you’re Korea’s first.”
“……Indeed. It’s quite remarkable, isn’t it?”
“It is to me as well.”
“…….”
Baek Yul Heon regarded her with a serious gaze.
Jung So Hyun looked away.
But she couldn’t keep dodging the question forever.
‘I always knew a day like this would come.’
But it had to be today, of all days.
The day she’d just contacted her brother.
“…….”
Jung So Hyun met Baek Yul Heon’s eyes.
Their gazes locked in the space between them.
One seeking truth.
The other verifying whether there was enough trust to speak it.
‘Trust……’
Baek Yul Heon was certainly trustworthy. But would revealing her brother’s situation actually help him? Or might it cause him harm?
She’d wrestled with these questions ever since learning what her brother could do.
And her answer had always been the same.
He was someone she’d walked alongside all this time.
He was that kind of person.
“Pfft.”
Jung So Hyun couldn’t hold back a laugh.
Baek Yul Heon blinked in surprise at the sudden sound.
“Hey…… I’m being serious right now…….”
“Oh, no—it’s just funny, that’s all.”
“?”
Jung So Hyun drew in a deep breath, nodding to herself.
For a moment, her brother’s face flashed through her mind.
“Listen carefully to what I’m about to say.”
“Um, y-yes……?”
Jung So Hyun stepped closer to Baek Yul Heon.
And finally, she opened her mouth.
Her expression was utterly grave.
But what came out was absurd beyond belief.
Baek Yul Heon let out a hollow laugh, as though he’d just heard a joke.
“…….”
“…… You’re serious?”
Looking at her face, he couldn’t dismiss it as a prank.
‘Jung So Hyun’s brother. E-rank Awakener. Plants. Buff.’
“I trusted you, Guild Master. That’s why I told you everything.”
“…….”
“Please think carefully about this. You’re good at that sort of thing.”
Thud.
Jung So Hyun left without looking back.
“Huh…….”
In the silent room.
Baek Yul Heon could not close his mouth for a long while.
My Buff is Too Powerful
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