Chapter 108.

Tomer read the reply as she bit on her fingernails .

[Fernin Jesus changed his name to Agus Benjamin and smuggled himself onto Korea in 2020 .

For an unknown reason, he entered a retirement center rather than starting a new life, and he died in 2024 at the age of 53 . He was cremated with standard procedures, and his remains are inside a memorial .

The following is the name of the retirement center he stayed in…]

Immediately, Tomer’s face stiffened .

Dead at the age of 53 .

Although she could see the words written on her smartwatch, her brain couldn’t accept the information .

“…Bullshit . ”

Tomer strongly bit down on her fingernails, causing flesh to split and blood to ooze out .

“Dead? What right does he have to die?”

Her heart felt like it was burning, as though a heavy fireball had been thrown inside it .

The trash who killed her mother and abandoned her was dead . When she finally accepted this reality, she shot up . Her eyes were filled with tears of resentment .

She glared at the information provided by Truth Agency, then kicked off the ground .

The retirement center he stayed in wasn’t far away .

Tomer ran as quickly as she could . The magic power inside her formed a special sequence, amplifying her physical abilities . It was the magic spell – Haste .

With this spell, she only needed 15 minutes to reach the retirement center .

[Sunshine Haven]

Standing in front of this sign, Tomer took in a deep breath . She wiped away the tears in her eyes, then slowly turned the doorknob .

Kiiik—

An unpleasant sound rang out as the wooden door slowly opened .

First, a faint smell of medicine tickled her nose . It wasn’t as bad as a hospital, but the smell of medicine was definitely present .

Tomer slowly walked up to the counter, where she spotted a nurse who seemed to be in her 30s .

The nurse also spotted her and asked .

“Do you need something?”

“Um… I’m here to find a patient . He’s name is Agus Benjamin…”

“Who?”

The nurse tilted her head as though she had never heard of his name before .

“Agus Benjamin . He’s a Latino like me and also old . ”

“Ah~ the Latino man . ”

As expected, a Latino man seemed to be rare as the nurse quickly recalled .

“I remember him now . He was an extremely shy and quiet person… but…”

The nurse’s face turned a bit dark .

“I believe he passed away already . About 2 years ago . ”

Tomer immediately felt her heart drop and her throat clog up .

Was he really dead? On his own, so peacefully, in such a calm place?

Her hands trembled, and a fiery rage surged up from the depths of her heart .

But no, it was still too early to come to a conclusion .

Until she saw a definitive proof, she refused to believe it .

“Um, this person—”

Tomer rummaged through her pocket, trying to take out a bundle of photos, but her hand lost strength and the photos fell to the floor .

The nurse walked up and helped pick them up .

“T-Thank you . ”

“No, it’s fine… . Ah, it is him . He looks a bit younger in the photos, but this is definitely him . I remember clearly because he looked different from all the other patients . ”

The nurse explained as she looked at the photos .

Tomer found it hard to maintain her sanity, but she managed to endure her anger and ask .

“Then… what kind of a life did he have here?”

“I’m not sure… he didn’t really talk to any of the nurses or other elders . ”

“Then did he leave behind a will or an inheritance?”

“Yes? Ah… um, I’m not sure . But even if I did, I would need to know what relationship you have with him… . ”

Tomer took out her wallet and showed the nurse her magician license .

[2-star Magician Jamer]

The nurse’s eyes widened in shock .

In a way, magicians were even rarer than Heroes . Even in Korean Magic Academy, the world’s number one academy, only 900 magicians graduated every year .

“I’m Jamer Jesus, and this man’s real name is Fernin Jesus . He’s… my biological father . ”

Biological father . That was the best explanation Tomer could give .

Hearing this, the nurse became more compassionate .

“I see… but I really don’t know much about him . I’ve only seen him a few times while I was passing by . ”

“Then do you know anyone who would know something about him?”

“Mm… if I remember correctly, there was a volunteer student who often talked to him . ”

“Ah, really?”

The nurse nodded .

“Yes, I can’t remember all too well, but they seemed to be close . He even came by recently . ”

“Oh, ooh! Can you tell me who that male student is?”

“Well, I’m not too close with him either… the head nurse was close with him, but she’s away on a foreign volunteer trip . ”

“…Ah! You have a computer there . Don’t you have a record left?”

“Oh, you’re right . Hold on a minute . ”

The nurse began to tap on the computer keyboard .

At that moment, Tomer’s smartwatch rang .

[Tomer, your mission has been terminated . We will deploy a new agent, so return . The disciplinary committee will decide on your punishment for failing your mission . ]

[Tomer-ssi~ congrats on getting demoted~~]

“…Fuck that . ”

“Duck?”

“Eh? Ah, nevermind . ”

Tomer sneered at the fools who cared so much about hierarchy as Djinns .

In the first place, she entered the Djinn society because she thought that bastard became a Djinn .

Now that she had found what she wanted, she could care less about the mission or the disciplinary committee .

She didn’t care about anything else .

Tomer violently pulled off the smartwatch provided by Wicked .

“Ah, found it . It wasn’t recorded in the computer, but in the guest book . ”

The nurse muttered as she held up a notebook .

“Really? So what’s his—”

“Kim Hajin . ”

“Ah, Kim Ha… Kim Hajin?”

“Yep, Kim Hajin . But it will be hard to meet him because he was admitted to Cube . He’s an aspiring Hero . ”

A familiar name and a background that matched too well to be a coincidence .

Tomer fell into a daze .

*

End of Cube’s break .

Currently, I was walking through a metasequoia road .

Many trees were planted in Cube for the sake of maintaining a certain concentration of mana, making the roads this time of the year a popular date course .

Naturally, I could see many couples walking near me .

If it was like this in autumn, I wondered how bad it would be in spring when cherry blossoms bloomed .

This was all because of lack of discipline . Because dating was only technically prohibited, couples on a date could always say they were friends and no one would really care .

Tok, tok .

While I was walking grumpily, someone tapped on my back .

“Huh?”

When I turned around, I saw a girl staring at me with her arms crossed .

Her black dress shone beautifully, and her smooth, silky hair was perfectly maintained .

“What’s up?”

“Here . ”

Yoo Yeonha gave me a document envelope .

“What’s this?”

“The things I promised before . ”

“… . ”

Promise? What promise?

I tilted my head and checked the content of the envelope .

Inside were 20 carefully wrapped pills and several documents .

It was then that I remembered .

“They were made from refining half of the ginseng you gave me before . ”

“Half?”

“We needed to keep some to appeal to the market . We’re planning on using the other half in various ways later . We’ll give you company stocks to make up for its cost, and when things turn out well in the future, we’ll make you the other half of the medicine . ”

“That’s fine with me . ”

She was outright saying she spent half of the ginseng as she liked, but I didn’t mind since I knew Yoo Yeonha wasn’t the type to backstab someone .

In fact, Yoo Yeonha was the type who got backstabbed . Once someone earned her trust, the Yoo Yeonha of this time had the tendency to trust that person too much .

In truth, that was only natural . After all, she was only 17 years old .

The internal power struggle of such a massive guild was too dark and complicated for a 17-year-old girl to overcome .

…Ah .

Come to think of it, that event should be coming up around winter break .

The so-called ‘Yoo Yeonha Arrogation Scandal’ .

“How are they?”

“Oh, are these what I asked for before?”

I took out one of the pills from the envelope .

“Yes . They were made from condensing the ginseng and mana crystals together . Each pill should be at least 100 million won . ”

“100 million won per pill?”

In other words, I had 2 billion won in my hands .

“Are they worth that much?”

“Not exactly . But, the type of people who buy such pills get more suspicious if the price is too cheap . Also, those pills are a bit special . Using the same ingredients, we could have made 300~400 of other types of medicines . So they have to be expensive to make profit . ”

“Mm . ”

I checked the pill’s description using my laptop .

===

[Ginseng Pill] [High-intermediate rank] [Consumable]

—A medicine created by neutralizing mana crystal solution with ginseng . A glimpse of a skilled, meticulous technique can be seen .

*On consumption, strength, stamina, vitality, and magic power stats will be permanently increased by 0 . 001~0 . 02 over a 24 hour period . (note, the effect will diminish the higher the user’s stats are)

*Chance of Qi Deviation — 0 . 5% (consuming several within 24 hours will drastically increase this chance)

===

I was satisfied . Not only was it good for raising my stats, I could also modify it as I wanted to show even better effects .

“Eat one a day . ”

“Yeah, thanks . ”

Since I got something good, I returned the favor .

“Oh hey, take this . ”

I took out a ginseng I kept stored in my Stigma . When Yoo Yeonha saw its faint brown glow, her eyes shone like jewels .

“Wow, you found another one?”

“Yeah, but Shin Jonghak will be mad if he sees this . ”

At my meaningful words, Yoo Yeonha quietly stared back at me .

Even for me, it was impossible to find a ginseng every time I went to a mountain .

But it was a different story if the mountain had an owner, especially if that mountain rarely had human visitors, like Jinsung group’s Wind Mountain .

I whispered softly .

“I’ll leave it to your conscience . You can return it or use it . ”

“Kuhum… well, Jonghak forgot my birthday once . ”

Yoo Yeonha quickly understood what I was implying and smiled . As an accomplice, I also laughed .

The ginseng that should have entered Shin Jonghak’s stomach was now in Yoo Yeonha’s hands .

“Then I’ll take off now . ”

“Yeah, see you . ”

Yoo Yeonha turned back, and I continued on my way .

Then suddenly, my smartwatch rang .

[Um, it’s me, Jamer . ]

It was a message from Tomer .

Seeing how her messenger ID was different, it seemed that she got a new smartwatch .

[What’s up? Are you paying me back already?]

That was what I wrote back .

But no matter how long I waited, she didn’t reply .

She must have gone to the retirement center, so she probably needed some time to collect her thoughts .

I decided to wait for her patiently .

**

“Hajin, Hajin~ what did you bring back~?”

“Meow~”

As soon as I came back home, Hayang and Evandel ran up to me .

“What, why are you guys so friendly today?”

“Un? We were always friendly~ right, Kim Hayang~?”

Friendly? Yeah, right . And what was up with Kim Hayang?

“Hajin, Hajin~”

Evandel hopped up and down in front of me, urging me to pick her up . I raised Evandel up and put her down on the couch along with snacks .

Today, I brought back a special roll cake .

“Whoa… . ”

Seeing the cake’s white texture, Evandel’s eyes sparkled .

I sat down on the kitchen table and swallowed a ginseng pill . Then, I checked the official schedule .

+++

[Mission Experience]

*Cadets are to select one of the six missions below to experience .

—Escort

—Tunnel

—Field

—Colosseum

—Group Monster Subjugation

—Dungeon

+++

Mission Experience .

As cadets, we were to experience the various missions Heroes would do . In a way, they were similar to combat training .

Each cadet had the same six options, and if my memory served correctly, Kim Suho and Rachel should choose the tunnel .

This was also when Lancaster slowly started to get active .

Wiing—

My smartwatch vibrated .

[Yo, Kim Hajin . ]

[Which mission are you choosing?]

[I’m thinking of going with the tunnel ㅋㅋ]

[(emoticon of a hamster running around)]

It was a message from Chae Nayun .

When I was about to write a reply, a loud shouting rang out from the living room .

“Aaaaang, Hajin, Hajin! She keeps trying to steal my food!”

Looking up, I saw Evandel holding the cake box up high, with Hayang trying to climb up Evandel to get to it .

Just when I was wondering if they became friends…

“…Hayang . ”

Hearing my voice, Hayang backed off .

Only then did Evandel put on a look of relief .

“Hajin gave this to me . You have your own food . Eat the cat food over there . ”

Evandel scolded Hayang and put the cake box down on the table .

When I looked back down to reply to Chae Nayun, I received yet another message .

[Are you awake?]

The sender was ‘Boss’ .

That was what I had her saved as .

[Yes, I’m awake . ]

“Ugyak!”

As I sent the reply, another ruckus broke out between Evandel and Hayang .

I didn’t know what happened, but I figured I’d just leave them to sort things out .

[Little Apprentice, do you have a Violet Banquet ID?]

[No, I don’t . ]

[ㅋㅋ]

I furrowed my brows .

Did she just laugh at me through texting?

[Do you wanr onw?]

[want one?]

[Typo . ]

Laughing, I replied .

[It’d be great to have one . ]

[ㅋㅋ]

She was laughing at me again .

What was she doing?

“…?”

Then suddenly feeling that things were too quiet, I raised my head . Weren’t Evandel and Hayang fighting?

When I looked at the living room, Evandel was sitting on the couch pouting .

—I hate you, you always steal my food .

That was what she was murmuring .

“Hmm . ”

Seeing how Evandel and Hayang had the same amount of whipped cream around their mouth, I could guess that they shared the roll cake evenly . Or perhaps it was more accurate to say they stole from each other evenly .

In any case, Evandel wasn’t looking at Hayang at all .

However, Hayang was acting a bit strange .

Meow—

Hearing her cry, Evandel glanced at Hayang, but immediately turned back around .

She was pouting hard .

Hayang then sneaked up and sat down next to Evandel .

“Hmph, who might you be?”

Evandel muttered curtly and scooched away .

Meow—

Hayang chased after Evandel . Evandel repeatedly moved away, then plopped down in front of the TV . Hayang continually chased after her, purring cutely and rubbing her body against Evandel’s body .

The corner of Evandel’s mouth twitched .

Now it was only a matter of time before she forgave Hayang .

Hayang seemed to know this, as she continued to be playful .

While I was watching them with a fatherly smile, Boss replied back .

[I thought you’d say that, so I prepared a Violet Banquet ID for you . ]

[The access code is qkenpwnkWSD394820##3 . The ID is Fenrir, password is ‘youcanchangethepasswordinyoursettings’ . ]

“… . ”

The password was complex yet insanely simple .

[Thank you . But why Fenrir?]

[Fenrir . That will be your mercenary code name . ]

[Ah . ]

Fenrir, a mythical-grade wolf monster that appeared in Northern Europe several years ago .

It was world-renowned for devouring hundreds of Heroes and causing billions of euros of damage in property .

Although it was dubbed Fenrir, no one knew for real whether it was the real Fenrir from Norse mythology . As such, many people also called it the Demon Wolf, reserving the title Fenrir .

[That’s quite a grandiose name . Isn’t it too much for me?]

[I think it’s futtinf . ]

[Fitting . You look like a wolf too . ]

[Eh? Where?]

[Your chinky eyes . ]

I looked at the mirror . Weren’t my eyes pretty round? If anything, it should be because of my beard .

[If it’s because of my appearance, can it be Lobo?]

[Lobo? Like robot wolf? That’s a weird wolf . ]

[No . ]

I scratched my neck .

“No, wait, why am I talking like I’m an official member? I never said I would officially join Jeronimo Mercenary!”

[Ah, wait, I still haven’t…

“… . ”

After thinking about it for a bit, I deleted the reply .

Now wasn’t the time to play hard to get .

Soon, Chae Jinyoon would wake up as a devil . To prevent the tragedy that he would cause, I had to get close with Boss .

I already considered all other possibilities . Killing him was the only option .

The more I thought about it, the more complicated I felt .

I wrote up a reply .

[Do as you want . By the way, what about that 300 million won item we talked about?]

[I’ll sebf it to yoru Violet Banquet ID . ]

[Send . Stay online . ]

Did she have small fingers? Or was she just bad at typing? She kept making typos .

Then again, Boss wasn’t good with electronics even in the original story . She was weak with technology .

[Yes, I’ll be waiting . ]

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