Academy Munchkin Grew Up To Become a Genius

Episode 8 Parasitic Growth (2)

“I’m Kang Seo-jun. What brought you here?”

“Um! Excuse me, but this is a bit of a long story! If you don’t mind, can we go inside and talk about it!”

“Hmm….”

Is it okay to bring Jin Se-rin into the room?

I thought about it for a moment, but my worries were short-lived.

I’m on guard right now because her intentions are unclear, but she’s a heroine in name and nature, so I couldn’t keep turning a blind eye to her like this.

– Jump up.

“Please come in.”

Kang Seo-jun opened the front door, took a few steps back, and said.

“Thank you!”

Jin Serin showed the top of her head through the half-open door and bowed her waist 120 degrees.

The moment she was just about to come inside.

“I’ll go in first, lady.”

Her slim arms in her suit stood in front of her.

“Hmm?”

Since he didn’t expect there to be a third person, Kang Seo-jun frowned and looked toward the door.

Soon, a woman wearing a neat suit and neatly tied hair appeared from behind the door.

“Ah.”

As soon as he saw his face, Kang Seo-jun relaxed.

This is because she was also a person that Kang Seo-jun already knew.

‘That’s right. There is no way Jin Se-rin would come to a strange man’s house alone.’

She was Seo Eun-ha, Jin Se-rin’s personal attendant.

Seo Eun-ha entered the entrance and took off her shoes only after looking around for a while.

“That’s rude…! What should I do if I look at someone else’s house like that?”

Jin Se-rin followed behind and scolded Seo Eun-ha in a whisper.

“Come in and sit anywhere.”

Kang Seo-jun walked towards the refrigerator.

First of all, since I am a guest, I should treat him something.

But the only thing people can eat in this house is asking.

Thank goodness there is at least a water purifier.

Kang Seo-jun roughly swung the glass cup and then received water.

If you wash your hands carelessly, pus gets on them and they become even more dirty.

Jin Se-rin and Seo Eun-ha were pacing in the middle of the room, unable to find a suitable place to sit.

Kang Seo-jun handed each of them a cup of water and sat down on the bed.

“There are no separate chairs. Please sit down.”

“Oh yes!”

With those words, Jin Se-rin sat down, and Seo Eun-ha walked to her window on the balcony and stood.

“So what’s your business?”

For Seojun Kang, he couldn’t help but wonder about the current situation.

In the original work, most of Jin Se-rin’s events only occurred when the player approached her first.

There was even no case where Jin Se-rin came to the house like this at the beginning of the play, so Kang Seo-jun had no idea what Jin Se-rin’s intention was when she came to see him.

“I want to make a deal!”

“Deal?”

“Yes! I saw Kang Seo-jun during the entrance exam yesterday! His will ability is graded A+. From what I heard, he doesn’t even have hallucination resistance characteristics. If you have a secret, I’d like to buy it!”

“Ah…”

It was something like that.

Kang Seo-jun immediately understood Jin Se-rin’s intentions.

There was a similar event in the original work.

An event in which Jin Serin, feeling a barrier to her training, asks the protagonist for help.

The event is just a slightly arranged situation.

“Hmm….”

Kang Seo-jun touched his chin and thought.

It was definitely good news that Jin Se-rin approached me, offering to buy information, just when I was thinking about not having anything to eat right now.

It must be the result of luck.

But….

‘How can I say this…’ .’

What Jin Se-rin asked for was a way to grow her willpower.

If you teach me the right method, I could receive a reward that not only covers two weeks’ worth of living expenses but also means I don’t have to worry about money until I graduate from the academy.

“I’ll buy it expensively!”

Jin Se-rin looked at Kang Seo-jun with her eyes filled with half anticipation and half tension.

There is also a glimpse of her nervousness in her eyes.

‘She’s probably been in a state where her growth has been stagnant for quite some time now.’

Kang Seo-jun knew the reason why her growth was stagnant.

It was not because of incorrect training methods, nor because she had already reached her growth limit.

That is a trait she possesses. Because of the ‘chosen one’.

The trait ‘Chosen One’ is a trait that is backward compatible with the trait ‘The Favored One’ and is a trait that receives full support and support from one constellation.

However, there is one absolute drawback to the ‘Chosen One’ trait, and that is that if you do not accept the fate demanded by the Constellation, your growth will stagnate.

It is similar to a shaman suffering from a fever if he does not receive divine blessings.

People with the ‘Chosen One’ trait cannot grow until they realize and accept their destiny.

If you just accept it, you will have to receive a huge growth correction, but that is still a long way off for Jin Se-rin.

At this point, it is not possible to increase her abilities through normal training methods.

But it doesn’t mean that there is no way.

There is always an expedient method for those who are old.

‘There just happens to be a suitable hidden piece.’

It is a hidden piece that is of little use to Kang Seo-jun, but there was one thing that was perfect for investing in Jin Se-rin.

“Okay, let’s make a deal.”

When Kang Seo-jun nodded her head after much deliberation, Jin Se-rin’s expression brightened noticeably.

“However, the process will not be easy at all. You will definitely receive a reward.”

Jin Serin swallowed her saliva once and spoke with a half-anticipated, half-nervous expression.

“Let’s settle the conditions through negotiation!”

Kang Seo-Jun also had no intention of offering an exorbitant price.

No matter how much Jin Se-rin came to me with the feeling of grasping at straws, it was obvious that if she offered an exorbitant price, she would reject it.

“Do you have any conditions in mind?”

If the other person has conditions in mind, you can start from there, so the conversation goes faster.

“Yep! How about a condition where you get a reward equivalent to a premium item for every 1 point increase in any ability level, and a reward equivalent to a rare item when your ability score reaches 21 or higher!”

Advanced and rare levels for each ability increase.

This is not a bad condition.

In this world, everything has a rating, whether it is an item, characteristic, or skill.

The grades are divided into the lowest level, low level, normal, upper level, rare, epic, legendary, mythical, and transcendental. The higher the level, the higher its value increases astronomically.

Even if you only receive a high-level reward, it is equivalent to the price of a car or a rental house, and even if you only receive one rare-level reward, you can play and eat for several years without worrying about money.

They were so desperate for the situation that they must have called for generous conditions from the beginning.

Sungjin Group did not have the personality of trying to hit the opponent in any way like Taesan Group, so there will be no major problem if it is accepted as is.

However, it seemed necessary to make some adjustments to suit the current situation.

“For the first transaction, let’s prepay with money. Then, from Willpower of 21 or higher, make a postpay transaction with a rare artifact, which I will personally select from the Sungjin Group’s artifact warehouse.”

“Oh! You knew me!”

When the story of Sungjin Group came out of Kang Seo-jun’s mouth, Jin Se-rin opened her eyes wide.

“…Isn’t it strange if you don’t know…?”

“Ah…!”

Jin Se-rin was fiddling with her cup in embarrassment and looked up at Seo Eun-ha.

Seo Eun-ha seemed to think for a moment and then nodded her head slightly.

“Joe, I like it! I’ll do it on those conditions!”

That’s how the deal was concluded.

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Evening time.

Jinserin’s penthouse located in downtown Stellaport.

[Kang Seo-jun: The deposit has been confirmed. We will inform you tomorrow of the training location to increase your abilities. Since you have to travel by car, please pick me up in front of my house at 9 a.M.]

Jin Se-rin checked Kang Seo-jun’s text message and buried her body on her sofa.

“He was a strangely fascinating person, wasn’t he?”

“To me, it was just something suspicious.”

Seo Eun-ha, sitting across from Jin Se-rin, said while looking at her tablet PC.

Data about Kang Seo-jun was being printed on the tablet PC.

“The same goes for these materials.”

No past history is recorded other than being from Goa.

His strangely balanced abilities, his body so damaged that it was a wonder he was still alive, and his calm and collected demeanor, as if he had already considered a sudden trade proposal….

When I looked into the name of the officetel room where Kang Seo-jun is currently staying, I found out that it was in his name.

Where did a person with no family, no work history, and a badly damaged body get enough money to buy an officetel in Stellaport?

He was a person with nothing out of the ordinary.

“Are you worried?”

Jin Se-rin looked at Seo Eun-ha and asked.

“Of course I’m worried. I have a bad feeling about this guy. It’s clear there’s some background. Otherwise, there’s too much that’s not explained. Until we find out what that background is, we can’t help but continue to be suspicious.”

The more I look at him, the more I dislike him.

He is a man who keeps his distance and does not want to get close to anyone.

But even Seo Eun-ha couldn’t say anything about reversing the deal.

Jin Se-rin’s stagnant growth was a difficult problem that could not be solved despite all kinds of elixirs and the efforts of top trainers.

She tried all kinds of methods for many years, but could not even find the cause, let alone get relief.

So this time, I actually went to see him without much expectation, but unexpectedly, the man accepted the offer in a very confident manner.

There must be something there.

But….

‘It’s not very trustworthy…’ .’

Most of the so-called experts who worked at Jin Se-rin for many years were initially confident people.

And then he left with a confused expression.

It was clear that there was something about that man, but it didn’t feel like he was any different from them.

‘Besides….’

The numerous experts I have met so far have clear origins and backgrounds.

Everyone had methods that were proven to be stable and reliable.

But this time is different.

I didn’t know the origin and background of the other person, nor even what he wanted to do to Jin Se-rin.

The absence of that information made Seo Eun-ha very anxious.

What if he even thinks of using this transaction as an opportunity to use Jin Se-rin maliciously….

She bit her lower lip in disgust.

“Hmm….”

Jin Se-rin, who was watching this, spoke as if to comfort Seo Eun-ha.

“Is there a reason to be so anxious? The reason you contacted that person in the first place was because you needed me, and anyway, you and the entire security team will be accompanying me tomorrow. I’ll be wearing protective gear as well.”

“…That’s right.”

But even with those words, Seo Eun-ha’s ominousness was not easily erased.

Seo Eun-ha herself thinks there is no basis, but for some reason, she cannot erase the feeling that if she gets involved with him, she will be swayed by his hands in some way without her knowledge.

And on the other hand….

Kang Seo-jun’s officetel studio room.

“With this, you can receive money from Jin Se-rin, rewards from quests, support from constellations, and one more hidden piece.”

Kang Seo-jun’s plan to extract maximum profit from Jin Se-rin had just been completed.

“This is killing everything. Killing death with one stone.”

Seo Eun-ha’s intuition was half correct.