****This release was sponsored by Steve089 ****Even 1,000,000,000won won"t get you something like this in Mapo County. There"s no way in my life that I"d be able to afford something like this.
But with everything that"s happened so far, it could be possible. I do possess a lot of weird and different skills.
While I was heavily thinking about money and my situation, I noticed Hye-Won making her way over to where I was with two gla.s.ses of Orange Juice in her hands. She placed the gla.s.ses on a table.
As usual, she didn"t show much expression nor said something to avoid any awkward silence.
What is up with this girl? Has she never heard of the phrase, "being social?"
"Looks like your parents are gone."
"I live alone."
"In a place this big?"
Nodded.
She nods her head and just stares at me. What the h.e.l.l does that mean? How can she live in a place like this all by herself?
Something is definitely off. But, is it alright for me to ask her? Maybe, I shouldn"t. She reached out to give me the cup filled with juice.
"You"re not going to ask?"
"Can I?"
"They always do. They bombard me with half-hearted words and with questions that have no meanings. It just reminds me of the pain I have."
I let out a smirk without noticing. I know too well what she means. People tend to ask questions they"re curious about regardless how the person on the other side feels.
How come you don"t have a girlfriend? When do you plan on getting a job? How much are you worth?
There are so many ill-mannered words that flow to make a single question.
"Probably because I"m not like everyone else."
"I see."
"Yup."
"You talk as if that"s none of your business."
"It could be. Anyways..do you have a reason for calling me over here?"
Nodded again.
"Help me buy items."
"Help you buy items?"
"Yes."
"What are you talking about… ah… are you talking about the items that you can buy using points?"
"That as well, but I mainly need help with getting stuff from the real world. I"ll compensate you."
"You don"t have to… compensate me for anything…"
I can"t take money from her for something as simple as this… that"ll be just too much.
"No, I want to. You need it, don"t you?"
"Need what?"
"Money."
"Do I look like I need money?"
Nodded.
She nods her head again. She began opening her mouth with that blank look on her face.
"You"re not rich."
"Yup, I"m not."
"Work?"
This girl… she keeps asking rude questions like they"re nothing.
"Part-time."
After she heard what I had to say, she just stood there blinking.
"Family?"
"None. I"m an orphan. What is up with this interrogation?"
"Live with me here."
Her comment made my mind go blank. It was as if someone came in with an eraser and just wiped everything from my head.
What the h.e.l.l is this girl saying? Is what I was thinking while I looked at her empty face.
"I"m going to be around you when we get pulled back to that place anyway. It"s so I could survive."
"That"s… a good idea, but why do you want to live together?"
"Because you don"t have money, and I do. I want you to protect me in that world, and I"ll compensate you with a place to live and money. Isn"t it rational?"
Rational...it actually is. But, I get the feeling that this is just wrong. How could I live with a girl alone like this?
"Who do you think you are? I know you"re rich and all, but what would your parents say about this? Are you right in the head? How can you talk about living with a guy like it"s nothing?"
There were other things that came to mind, but I only said a couple of things. Even if she was rich, her money wasn"t the way to go about it. It was actually her parents" money, and they weren"t going to allow some random boy coming into their home unannounced.
A boy will be a boy. Even if I don"t have ill-intentions, I"ll still be a boy in their eyes.
And she plans to bring a boy into the house? She has no idea who i am. It only takes a split-second for something bad happen. Nothing saying I"ll do anything like that….
"I"m an illegitimate child of Samsung Electronic"s president."
I can"t believe what she had just said.
"What did you just say?"
"I"m the daughter of President Lee Ki-Suk of Samsung Electronics."
I couldn"t believe what I was hearing. Samsung was the biggest corporation in this tiny little country.
"This house and all the money I have…it"s in my name. Lee Ki-Suk gave it all to me."
She wasn"t just being blunt, it was as if she was talking about someone else. I was dumbfounded from what I was hearing.
Did she hate her father because she was an illegitimate child of Lee Ki-Suk?
"Better now? There is not a single problem. It"s not like that guy still remembers me. It"s been 2 years since I"ve seen his face anyway."
Her words just made me sigh. I felt the frustration in her voice, but there was nothing I could do to comfort her.
But isn"t it at least great that she has money? There are people who"d kill their own family for money. Should I tell her about that?
What the h.e.l.l am I thinking.
"I see…"
"You can live here starting today. All you have to do in return is to protect me."
Her way of talking, getting straight to the point without any details, was getting to me. It made my head hurt.
Regardless, according to her… she was alone too. Just like me.
Although she has a lot of money, all it was good for was merely surviving.. That"s it. She can purchase anything she wanted to survive.
"Okay, then...why don"t we start off with buying some defensive gear. And, things to eat after that."
Even if I was protecting her from the front, she"d need her gear. No one knows what could happen in there if we"re not careful.
"Ah, by the way, what did you end up buying this time around?"
"This thing here."
She put her hand out to show me what she had bought. When she opened her hand, a light shined from her palms and appeared a long staff.
An ability to summon a staff? Or, did the staff summon itself?
The staff had a peculiar look to it with a sharp curve at the tip. Like those in the movies or cartoon for wizards.
"A magic staff?"
She nodded again. She always nods.
"Something like my Holy Bag?"
"I couldn"t buy that because it was too expensive."
"How many points?"
"1000P."