I Live Alone in the Inventory

Episode 29

“Whoa.. there’s nothing in particular here either”

Jung-min looked at the dull wall of the inventory and wrote ‘North 12 (Earth) dead’ in his notebook.

Inside the inventory were a few miscellaneous necessities, including a few magazines written in English.

There are a total of 12 items in the inventory Jung-min has passed so far.

Eight of them belonged to Earthlings, and five of Earthlings’ inventories had dull walls.

In the inventory of the dead, there were no items that could be salvaged.

When examining the items inside the remaining four inventories, it was assumed that the owners were not Earthlings.

It had a dull wall, as if the owner had all died, but as expected, there was nothing helpful.

Dejected, Jung-min sat down on the floor for a while, opened his inventory, and took out a Coke.

“Hmm.. It seems that the death rate is higher than I thought. But I don’t have anything to bring… In fact, I was lucky that the martial artist’s inventory I had visited before had a lot of useful things.”

Jung-min quenched his thirst and got up from his seat.

“We still have time, so let’s explore some more.”

Looking at the wall, Jung-min moved to the next inventory using perspective and teleportation, and he could see the supplies piled up here and there.

“Oh… there are still a lot of things here. Looking at the wall, it seems to be the inventory of a living Awakener..”

Jung-min looked at the supplies piled up in his inventory.

“Most of it is food, right? What is written on this bag of rice is… Japanese? Is this the inventory of Japanese Awoken? Hey.. All of them were foreign countries that I didn’t know where, but at least I found an inventory of a nearby country.”

Jung-min opened his notebook and wrote ‘North 13 (Earth-Japan)’.

“Still, it’s nice to hear that it’s a nearby country. Do not die and live a long time.”

Jung-min tapped the piled rice sacks and moved on to the next inventory.

‘Um… there’s nothing here either..’

Jeongmin stood in the middle of the nearly empty inventory and looked around.

Judging from the dull color of the walls, it seemed that the owner of the inventory had already died.

‘It’s the most chilled out of all the inventory I’ve been to.. is that… a book?’

Three books neatly placed in the middle of the inventory.

Jung-min picked up one of them and read it.

“Um… I don’t even know what it says…”

Jung-min put the book down again and looked around.

A small box the size of a palm placed in the corner of the inventory.

“Three books and a small box… None of that common clutter…”

Jung-min slowly approached and picked up the box and opened it.

“This..?”

Inside the small box was a single white marble.

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After finishing the training, Leah sat across from Jung-min in front of the campfire, looking at the box with a serious expression.

“A white skill orb… I’m seeing it for the first time too… Have you ever used Emotional Eyes?”

Leah took out the marble and looked at it and asked Jung-min.

“Yes, I checked, but… Grea… would you like to check it yourself too?”

After listening to Jung-min, Leah looked at the beads and used her emotional eyes.

“It’s a skill orb called ‘Dimension Shield’… it’s called ‘Dimension’..”

Jimin nodded and said.

“Yes, it is a skill orb that allows you to learn the skill called Dimensional Shield.”

“’Dimension’… you can’t buy dimension-related skills at the store…”

Leah shook her head and handed the bead to Jung-min.

“This is incomprehensible. It was the first time I knew that there was a white skill orb, and it was the first time I knew that it was a dimension-related skill. How could this…”

Leah thought for a moment and asked Jung-min.

“What is the identity of the owner of the inventory? Wasn’t there anything that could guess the identity?”

Jeongmin nodded at Leah’s question.

“Yes, all there is is this white skill orb and only three books, nothing else. Would you like to take a look at the book?”

Leah nodded, and Jung-min opened the inventory and took out three books and handed them to her.

Leah said while accepting the book Jung-min handed over.

“It’s really convenient to be able to freely use the inventory here. If it was like before, there was no other way but to go back to the base gate, take the goods, and come out again through my inventory gate…”

Jeongmin smiled at Leah as if agreeing.

Leah opened the book Jung-min handed her and began to look through it page by page.

“Um… First of all, it’s not a language I know. I’m not sure, but I don’t think it’s the language spoken in Elan.”

Leah closed the book and stared into space for a moment.

After a while, Leia opened her inventory and took out a small green orb.

Jeongmin was surprised and asked Leah.

“Lea, Miss Leah. Did you buy the skill?”

“Yes, I think you should read the book. It is the skill of reading comprehension. Would you like to learn it too, Jeongmin?”

Jeongmin hurriedly waved his hand and said.

“Oh, no. I’m fine. Ms. Leah read it and tell me about it.”

“okay. Then I’ll read it myself.”

Leah broke the green marble in her hand.

The broken beads turned to powder and seeped into Leia’s hands.

Leah opened the book again and looked at it.

“I can read now. The title is… Archmage Eishe Fern? I.. Speyeron? I’ll just read it as Eispern. Anyway, the title is ‘The Archmage Eispern Biography’. However, the author is also written as Eispern. I guess it’s just an autobiography.”

Leah turned the pages of the bookshelf one by one and told Jeongmin.

“I thought it was something like an autobiography.. but it’s just like a diary. It just writes down your daily routine and your thoughts. I’ll read it carefully and let Jung-min know the contents. Maybe we can get some information.”

“Yes please”

Leah opened the inventory and put the book in, then looked at Jung-min and said.

“That skill. Should I get used to it?”

“Ah, that… will it be okay? Being penalized for learning skills related to a forbidden dimension…”

Leah laughed at Jung-min’s concern.

“What are you talking about from someone who has already traveled to and from another dimension through dimension shifting? If there was a disadvantage, it would have been there from the time Jeongmin first entered the inventory. Don’t worry too much and learn the skill. I wonder what kind of skill it is.”

After hearing Leah’s words, Jung-min grabbed the white skill orb in his hand and gave it strength.

With a ‘pop’ sound, the beads broke and turned into powder and soaked into Jeong-min’s hand.

Jung-min opened the status window and focused on the ‘dimensional shield (lv.1)’ created in the skill column.

Soon, the details of the skill came to Jung-min’s eyes.

[Dimension Shield (lv.1): Once a day. Creates a shield that absorbs any attack. The absorbed attack crosses the dimension and returns to the attacker.]

“Uh..”

“What skill is it? Could you please explain”

To Leah, who seemed curious, Jung-min explained the details of the skill.

After listening to Jung-min’s explanation, Leah spoke excitedly.

“What a great skill! Even though it’s only once a day… it blocks any attack… and returns the attack to the attacker… It’s a really great skill!”

“Yes.. Really.. It’s a great skill.”

When Jung-min said, dumbfounded, Leah jumped up and shouted.

“Let’s try an experiment!”

“An experiment?”

“Yes, I’m curious about how the skill blocks and returns attacks. I will attack with all my might, so block it with that dimensional shield.”

“Ah.. will it be okay?”

“Ah, I’m fine, of course-”

“No no. It’s not an easy thing to think about. It’s not my attack, it’s Leah’s attack going back to Leah. Do you think Leah can easily block the attack if someone with the same ability as Leah attacks with all her might?”

“ah..”

After hearing Jung-min’s words, Leah calmed down and thought for a moment.

“Um… definitely… even I can’t be sure. I need to be prepared for sure. Could you wait a moment?”

After Leah told Jung-Min to wait, she opened her inventory and took out a bracelet.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve used this, but I’m going to use it again like this.”

Leah finished speaking and put on the bracelet.

The bracelet glowed, and Leia’s left arm was holding a large white shield.

“Hmm.. I think this shield will be enough, but… it would be nice to make Jung-Min feel comfortable, right?”

As Leah spoke and raised her sword, a white light covered her body, and when the light disappeared, Leia was standing there, wrapped in pure white armor.

Leia said, tapping the shield with the hand holding the sword.

“This is the best defensive armament I can do. If this is enough, Jung-min-ssi won’t be worried, right?”

“Yes, if that’s the case…”

Jeongmin nodded and used the dimensional shield skill in front of him.

A translucent white shield large enough to cover Jung-min’s entire body appeared in front of Jung-min’s eyes.

When I checked the status window, I could see that 50 mana was consumed at once.

‘The amount of mana consumed is huge.. But if it’s the effect as written in the description… that’s about the amount of mana consumed…’

Jung-min shouted as he looked at Leah, who was blurry through the shield.

“Lea, I’m ready.”

Leah heard Jeongmin’s cry and said.

“Yes. Then I’ll attack. I will try to attack with the maximum power I can.”

“No, until you have to do that…”

Leah shook her head at Jeongmin’s words.

“Nope. This is an experiment on Jung-min’s skills, but… it’s also an experiment on me. Will Leah be able to block Leah’s attack… that’s interesting.”

As he was looking at Leah’s bright eyes and burning enthusiasm, Jung-min remembered Leah’s teacher, ‘Scanan’.

‘Mr. Scanan. I don’t know anything else, but your ignorance seems to have been inherited by your disciple…’

“Okay, then I’ll go!”

After shouting at Jung-min, Leah caught her breath and looked at the shield created in front of Jung-min.

And

I wondered if Leah would disappear right in front of Jung-Min’s eyes.

Kaaang!!!

“Kyaaak!”

I saw Leah flying far away with a scream.

The dimensional shield in front of Jeongmin’s eyes disappeared without a trace, and Leah, who was flying away, crashed into the ground with a loud sound along with a large amount of dust.

“Le, Leah-san!!!”

Jung-Min ran to the place where Leah had fallen in contemplation.

Finding Leah lying half buried in the ground, Jung-min opened the inventory and took out a high-quality potion and sprinkled it on Leah’s body without mercy.

After pouring one bottle, Leah opened her eyes and said quietly as she was about to take out another bottle and pour it.

“Ouch..”

“Miss Leah! Are you okay?”

Jung-min shouted urgently and asked Leah, and Leah said with a faint smile.

“Yes, Mr. Jung.. It’s okay.. Wait a minute..”

When Jung-min stopped spraying the potion, Leah’s body was bathed in light and Leah’s armor disappeared.

“Please keep spraying..”

Jung-min finished spraying the advanced potion while holding Leah’s head up.

“Miss Leah, please remove the shield as well. The left arm…”

Leah just let go of the shield.

With a clang, the crumpled shield rolled on the ground.

Jung-min sprayed a potion on Leah’s left arm.

“My left arm is badly broken… no, I think it’s broken. don’t move”

After spraying the rest of the potion, Jung-min took out another bottle of advanced potion and poured it into Leah’s mouth.

Leah took a good gulp of the potion Jungmin fed her.

After drinking the entire bottle and some time passing, Leah stood up in Jung-min’s arms and said,

“.. I think I’m fine now. Thank you, Mr. Jung.”

Only then could Jungmin breathe a sigh of relief.

“Ah… I really thought my heart stopped.”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Jeongmin. As Jeong-min said, if I hadn’t armed myself, I would have been in serious trouble.”

“I can’t see anything… I don’t know what happened. What happened?”

“Well..”

Leah recalled the situation from before.

Leah, who rushed into Jeongmin’s dimensional shield and delivered a blow with her whole body, felt that her attack cut through the shield.

At the same time, an attack flying from his side.

I can only say that I was very lucky to have stopped the attack.

Raising the shield on her left arm and barely blocking the attack, Leah flew away feeling her left arm breaking.

“Ah.. It’s been a while.. I felt death. Not because of the enemy’s attack, but because of my own attack. If it was a long-distance attack, I would have been able to block it with some amount of time.

Leah shook her head and apologized to Jung-min again in a low voice.

“I’m sorry for worrying you, Mr. Jeongmin. And thank you Mr. Jeongmin”

“it’s okay. It’s also because I didn’t properly stop it… Let’s not do something reckless like this again. Got it?”

Leah looked at Jeongmin and nodded.

Jung-min helped Leah, who looked a little dispirited, and returned to the campfire.

“Miss Leah. You’re not feeling well, so why don’t you take a break early? I’m over-”

“Jungmin”

Jeongmin looked at Leah blankly.

“Can you stay here a little longer today? I just… don’t want to be alone.”

“… Aren’t you tired?”

“I’m tired…but still…”

Jung-min looked at Leah, then opened the inventory and took out the mattress and blanket.

He put the mattress on the ground and helped Leah lie down and covered her with a blanket.

“Ah… it’s soft. would this be ok? It must be dirty on the ground..”

“it’s okay. You don’t have to worry. I’m not going, I’ll be here, so lie down comfortably. If you’re sleepy, let me sleep. Got it?”

As Jung-min sat across from him and spoke, Leah muttered in a languid tone.

“Okay, let’s talk some more.”

Leah, who was lying on the mattress across the campfire, and Jung-min, who was sitting across from him, talked about various things.

Soon, Leah fell asleep, and Jung-min looked at Leah with a smile.

Episode 29