Chapter 500 – Wishes
Seo Joo-hwan picked up girls with a carnival he used during college. Since it was cumbersome to dispose of, this carnival, which was left in the name of memories, was often a useful vehicle whenever moving secretly. No one thought that the owner of this old carnival belonged to the cosmic superstar Seo Joo-hwan.
So, nine women secretly gathered at Seo Ju-hwan’s house.
Jung So-ra went on vacation after being told in advance.
Jeong Ha-yeon recently returned to Korea after finishing her modeling job.
Choi Mi-hwa and Yoo Ji-kyung leave work from Nobel Dice.
Eun-yul and Min Ga-hee were making an album in the studio.
Gabriella and Do Yui, who were living together with Han Soo Ah today.
Seo Joo-hwan felt a new happiness when he saw the women sitting around Oh Sun-do.
“It’s nice to see your face. I don’t know how long it has been since we’ve all gathered like this.”
So, let Seo Joo-hwan say something.
“Eh. Because of someone, I only get older and I’m already thirty-six.”
“It’s really mean, Mr. So-and-so.”
“You bastard master.”
“Give me your hidden reserves. I will forgive you for that.”
“Hwani oppa, reflect on yourself! Appear on GoMe TV!”
“If you’re really sorry, you have to release another album with us. Right, unnie Yul?”
“Yes? Well, that’s nice.”
“Okay, then the choreography will be made by me and my brother!”
“Whoops. Joo-hwan, you are loved.”
Nine words are back.
No, I will correct it.
[Master, are you really okay? If you want to be happy with those girls, there’s no sure way…….]
Her tenth wife couldn’t stand it and tried to start nagging her again. Even though she had already talked about her, when the time came, she was worried again.
Seo Joo-hwan shook his head and said.
“Lucy, please. Don’t you worry? You talked to everyone.”
At that, the women’s chatter stopped.
Her eldest sister her, Jeong So-ra, asked as a representative.
“Are you worried about Lucy again?”
“Yes. She said that if only she fell in love, she could be happy together… Again.”
“Ugh, I’m worried that someone might not be a baby.”
At those words, Lucy had a seizure.
[Why am I a baby!]
“Lucy is angry. Why is she a baby?”
“Of course, baby. You are only ten years old now.”
“Ten years old?”
When asked about a specific age somewhere, Jung So-ra explained.
“December 22, 2015. You said that then you regressed and Lucy was born? Then, since December 22nd is my birthday and it is now 2024, I am 10 years old in Korean age.”
“Hoo. Do you think so?”
Although she does not yet have a body, her mind is Lucy, who has existed since before. As such, it seemed appropriate to set her birthday at that time as a starting point.
As we all nodded her head together, ‘That’s good!’ Lucy said sullenly.
[If you put it that way, my birthday is December 25th.]
“Uh? 25th? Why?”
[Because then the helper system was activated. It’s also the day my master gave me the name Lucy…….]
“Ah, yes.”
This also seemed plausible. The system was received at the same time as the return, but it was some time later that Lucy’s ego was activated.
As she was talking to Lucy, she looked at him, wondering what the girls were talking about.
“What are you talking about? The 25th?”
“They hate the 22nd?”
“You can’t decide your own birthday! You don’t know Lucy because she’s young, right?”
As Han Soo-ah smiled and said, Lucy clicked her tongue, which was not even tut.
[I don’t know who a kid under 150 is treating as a child.]
Once Lucy got a body, she wondered if she would be treated as her younger sister or her older sister by Han Soo-ah.
Seo Joo-hwan giggled and explained in a clear manner. Then, Jeong So-ra, who first expressed her opinion of her, nodded as if she understood.
“Lucy is right. So let’s pretend the 25th is her birthday her.”
“Lucy is a Christmas baby!”
“Isn’t that a bit different?”
The topic of the women’s conversation that continued like that has moved from Lucy’s birthday her to Jeong So-ra.
“Aha. Sora unnie did it with oppa on Christmas~”
“My brother lost his virginity at Christmas.”
“No, that’s right, but…….”
Jung So-ra’s face turned red. She pretends to sleep anew and it is because she remembered what she had done to seduce Seo Joo-hwan. She was the only woman who had a relationship with Seo Joo-hwan while not being a virgin, but on the other hand, she was the only woman who took Seo Joo-hwan’s first love his.
“Oh, So-ra unnie is shy.”
“Wow. It’s the first time I’ve seen her shy.”
“Unnie Wang is so cute!”
Seeing Jeong So-ra embarrassed, which is rare, the women were excited and made fun of her. Jung Ha-yeon, who is relatively calm, also laughed as if she was having fun and added a word, ‘How was Joo-hwan doing for the first time?’.
Jeong So-ra was rolling her eyes, then thought of grabbing Han Soo-ah for no reason.
“Sua, I told you not to call me Wang. Come on. You will be punished for injeolmi!”
“Oooh! Ubububububbub.”
The cheeks of Han Soo-ah, who was caught by Jung So-ra, were rubbed. Repeatedly stretching and shrinking like her injeolmi, she rubbed her reddened cheeks with tears in her eyes.
“Stop doing this! I am now twenty-eight!”
“Wooooo. Is that so, our Sua?”
“Mr. Lee!”
“Uh, are you swearing at me now? It’s just because I like Sua. Sua hates me…….”
Jeong So-ra had her tears welling up in her shocked face.
“Oh, no. I didn’t curse. Ah, a real egg!”
In the end, Han Soo-ah fell into Jung So-ra’s arms again. Jung So-ra smirked at him and touched Han Soo-ah’s cheek her with her satisfied face her. Han Soo-ah, who had suffered the same way over and over again, gave her her body her to her her with her almost liberated face her. Seeing her bobbin’ her hair, she didn’t even seem to dislike it, in fact.
After chatting for a while, Lucy spoke in a subdued voice.
[Master, please tell everyone thank you.]
Seo Joo-hwan gave Lucy’s words to everyone with a small smile. Each of the women responded with a soft smile. Instead of comforting Lucy with words, they conveyed their intentions with their eyes and smiles.
Seo Joo-hwan asked Lucy inwardly.
‘Are they all really nice people?’
[Everyone has become overly nice.]
‘Write. Disrespectful to my sisters.’
[… ] Even if other people don’t know, I don’t want to call Han Soo-ah her older sister her.]
Haha! Anyway, it looks like they’ve fully accepted it now.’
As Seo Joo-hwan smiled without saying anything, the women remained silent. Because he knew he was talking to Lucy.
Lucy answered in a voice without hesitation.
[Yes. In fact, I also like these girls… I want to stand next to my master alongside my older sisters. However, I was afraid that I might be resentful after time passed.]
Lucy was worried about a future that hadn’t happened yet.
Seo Joo-hwan was a little frustrated with Lucy, but he couldn’t say anything. Because she was justified in her concerns about her. Also, the reason she was worried about the future her was his fault her.
Seo Joo-hwan recalled his past his. This is when he first produced the S-class talent stone and learned of the wish stone’s existence.
*
A wish stone can only be crafted once.
In other words, there is only one wish that can come true.
In front of that premise, Seo Joo-hwan made two wishes and continued to fight all night long.
Do you make Lucy a human, or do you legally marry and live with everyone in Korea?
Neither of them could give up easily.
“Lucy, I…….”
By the time dawn broke.
Seo Joo-hwan opened his eyes with a haggard face and said.
“I’m sorry, Lucy.”
[It’s okay. You don’t have to be sorry at all.]
Lucy responded promptly. Because in the first place, she never wanted to be human. How can a helper become an obstacle to the owner’s future? She said that she wanted to become a person only because Seo Joo-hwan asked her repeatedly and persistently.
Lucy regretted even that. To hide until the end. She said that the master asked, and she answered straight away, so she put a needless burden on her.
[Master, Lucy just wants your happiness. And in order for the master to be happy, it is right to choose women.]
If you think about it in many ways, it makes sense. Even if I can’t become a human myself, since I’m by my master’s side, I can be satisfied with that.
It was said with that in mind, but Seo Ju-hwan shook his head.
“No, no. I need you to be happy too, Lucy.”
[… ] Yes?]
“Lucy, you were prepared to die for me.”
It refers to the time when he was related to Yoon Seul-gi and used the memory erasure item. At that time, Lucy prepared for extinction and arbitrarily created and used an item that was not permitted. Because of that, she couldn’t even talk to Seo Joo-hwan because she couldn’t come out to the surface of the system for a while.
[That’s natural as a helper…….]
“Of course not. And I treated Lucy as a person even before that. After she was told there was a way, she really intended to make Lucy a person to be with. I can’t give up on Lucy that easily.”
[… ] Then what do you mean by sorry?]
He thought it was an apology for choosing a life with women without fail. But from what I hear now, that’s not the case.
Could it be that he would give up the chance to be with women legally?
When Lucy expressed her doubt, Seo Ju-hwan looked into the air with dark circles and said,
“I’ve been thinking all night long, but I can’t come up with an answer. Calling you a companion… I’m sorry for being a pathetic owner who can’t even make a straight decision. I’m sorry for being indecisive, Lucy.”
[Master, I…….]
Lucy was speechless. How could she not want to be the one she said she was. She learned human emotions from Seo Joo-hwan. She was born into the system, but she became a person and she, like other women, wanted to stay by his side. Nevertheless, she gave up without regret because she knew the subject of being a helper and she sincerely wished for Seo Ju-hwan’s happiness for her.
But why do you keep giving me room to shake my resolve…….
[Then.]
Lucy had never been so resentful of herself as she had learned human emotions the way she does now.
[… ] Give yourself more time to think about it, Master,]
Because she had learned to feel, she said things she shouldn’t say as a helper.
“More time?”
[Anyway, it’s not available right now. You have to collect 90 more pieces, right?]
“Ah. That, right.”
[I have enough time to think about it. Think about it enough until then, and make a choice without regrets!]
Upon hearing those words, Seo Ju-hwan’s face brightened.
“… Lucy is right. Why are you trying to decide right now? Haha, stupid. There is still plenty of time to think about it.”
[That’s right. So don’t be too depressed.]
“Yeah, just in case. Maybe both wishes can come true. Because there might be another way!”
Lucy knew there was no such way. The Wish Stone is not an item that can be crafted and used multiple times. There is a reason why the line was drawn as ‘only one production’ in the first place. This is because it is difficult for even a dream demon with the highest level of deity to handle a higher causal rate.
The dream machine, Rust, was given the ability of the desire system in a dimension other than his own.
Of course, that ability isn’t free.
All causality caused by the system must be handled by the dream demon. The same goes for regression. It is not a causal rate that one King of Yeomra can handle alone. The reason Seo Joo-hwan was able to return for 10 years was because of the power of the dream demon.
In other words, a ‘second wish’ is impossible.
However, Lucy did not bother to tell Seo Ju-hwan about it. Even if it was a vain hope, he was picking up his energy right away.
And…….
‘I’ll give it up naturally over time.’
As the years pass, the relationship between Seo Ju-hwan and the women will deepen. When that time comes, Seo Joo-hwan will also realize what is more important.
Lucy thought so, but he couldn’t give up a single ray of hope, and he felt resentful of himself. The ’emotion’ that he learned from his beloved owner made him regret that he might choose him.
*
7 years since then.
24-year-old Seo Joo-hwan turned 31, and Lucy’s lingering desires became a wish that could come true.
Seo Joo-hwan asked the girls for their understanding.
“I’ll be back soon.”
The women said with one heart.
“When you come back, Lucy has to come too!”
*
Closed the door
Seo Joo-hwan said in a quiet room.
“Making a wish stone.”
Tring!
With a familiar voice, the talent stone that escaped from the inventory rose into the air. Soon, the ten Talent Stones, which split apart, shattered and turned into powder.
[Craft a wish stone.]
It was like when the pieces were made of talent stones.
The shattered powder merged into one.
[The wish stone has been created.]
A large jewel shone brighter than an open palm. It was a light that made me feel a sense of wonder just looking at it.
A voice came from the jewel.
[There is only one wish that can come true.]
[Points to be paid vary depending on the type of wish.]
It wasn’t Lucy’s voice, it was a mechanical system voice.
Seo Joo-hwan swallowed his saliva. When the time came, I suddenly became nervous. Soon after, he asked a question as a test.
“What points do you need to practice polygamy in Korea?”
[Required LP is 9,999,999,999,999.]
About 10 trillion LPs. Unbelievable numbers came back.
Seo Joo-hwan looked at the number indifferently and then opened his status window.
‘It’s cheaper than I thought.’
Surprisingly, he had accumulated enough points to comfortably pay 10 trillion LPs. It was thanks to him that he never stopped working in various fields even while he traveled all over the world looking for a woman with S-class talent. No wonder there are dozens of modifiers to call him.
However, I had no intention of using this point as it is.
“I will correct it. Only ‘I’ want to practice polygamy in Korea. It is to make an exception for the existence of ‘I’ for the whole world. ‘Seo Joo-hwan’ wants to change the perception that there is no problem even if he marries dozens of women.”
With that said, the required points were reduced to 1/10.
Seo Joo-hwan kept changing his words.
“I will limit the number of women I will marry to ten.”
“I will only marry a woman who has achieved an S-level affinity.”
“As long as the woman who will marry me does n’t have to change her perception of her.”
The final payment point thus reduced is 100 billion LP. It became 1/100th of the 10 trillion LPs initially requested.
Seo Joo-hwan thought about canceling his wish his.
‘I’m sure with this.’
Depending on how you say your wish, the rate of causality that the dream demon Rust has to deal with also changes. And LP was a kind of shock absorber that reduced the causal rate that the dream demon had to deal with.
The reason why only one wish can be fulfilled in the first place is because of the causality that the dream demon has to deal with. In other words, it means that you can find an agreement depending on what kind of wish and how you make it.
Seo Joo-hwan bet on that possibility.
“Say your wish. Let me talk to Rust.”
[1,000,000 LP will be consumed.]
[The wish is fulfilled.]
Immediately after, Seo Ju-hwan’s vision went dark with the light bursting from the wishing stone.
