Chapter 71 – Anecdotes _ the Story of Roosevelt
※ This is the story of Roosevelt’s past shown before a new start. It doesn’t matter if you don’t read and move on, but there are so many rice cakes, so I hope those who watch the story read it… ㅠㅠㅠ
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[A supplementary story _ Roosevelt’s life]
The orphanage teacher told me that I was abandoned by my parents when I was a baby who couldn’t even babble.
When I was young, I did not know the meaning of the word, but after entering school, I realized that I was different from other children.
Dear orphan.
Devil.
Offspring without parents.
Like most children who haven’t reached puberty, as an orphan, I became a good prey for the Iljins.
Of course, I was bullied and insulted at school.
There were a few good kids who comforted me, but sometimes the vague comfort made my heart hurt even more.
Wouldn’t it be because I didn’t want to have parents?
I wanted to stand up for the teasing kids and have a blast, but these fools won’t understand what I’m saying.
Yes, you will definitely not understand.
Because I’m on a different level than these guys.
Completing primary education at the age of five, I scored a high 210 on an IQ test.
At the age of just 10, I skipped the course of higher education, graduated from elementary school, and was half-forced to enter the Institute for Human Resources Development.
Studying among men with a big age gap than me was not an easy task.
Still, I had more peace of mind than living in an orphanage with frustrating children.
With no friends and no family, I devoted myself to studying.
I was sure that I could pour my all into this place.
I have acquired scientific knowledge, medical knowledge that is difficult to understand, and even metal, electrical, and electronic engineering knowledge that I do not know where to use it.
In the end, unlike my classmates, I, who excelled in learning, won the title of the best talent in Korea.
At that time, I was only 13 years old.
Others are just about to enter middle school.
Having chosen a completely different path from the life they enjoy, I was called by the head of the institute and went to a new place.
“I think I can trust you.”
The warden handed me a thick bundle of papers while sitting on the sofa in his office.
It was a report that stated the status of the FE virus, the next best way to deal with it, and the progress.
“This…”
“Because times are changing. Although he is young, he is a much more promising talent than the adults rotting away here.”
The warden smiled kindly and pointed to the lower part of the document.
[Albert, representative of the TS Altar Garden]
“He’s going to be your boss in the future.”
So, at the age of 13, I entered a ‘garden’ dedicated to FE viruses.
***
From the outside, it looked like an ordinary building.
Albert, who was waiting for me at the entrance, introduced me to the garden.
The fact that the TS system was created through government collaboration to overcome the FE virus, and the fact that the garden is the place to manage/educate women who have been TS.
Albert corrected the title for himself to be senior instead of representative.
I added an explanation that everyone is equal here, regardless of position.
“Right now, it’s still being piloted.”
“Yes. Senior.”
Albert showed us an empty room with no equipment.
There are hundreds of such rooms in the building.
Albert, who was a researcher on the FE virus end, boasted that he was able to rise to a high position thanks to the groundbreaking plan of the TS system.
It is said that his old friend ‘Ron’ played a big role in the process of coming to the CEO.
He added that senior Ron was also one of the researchers working in the garden.
After a magnificent explanation of the TS system, Albert invited me to his room on the 119th floor.
“Now, finally, I’ll show you the secret of the garden.”
“Yeah?”
About the blink of an eye once.
Just that short time.
Several sheets of paper protruded from close range and floated in the air without any device.
“This is called magic.”
“Magic..?”
“Yes. It is the ability of the researchers in the garden, and it is also the ability you will soon acquire.”
In the meantime, I felt like all the knowledge I had studied was denied.
Magic that could have come out of fantasy was a supernatural phenomenon that could not be explained by real science and technology.
“It’s boring.”
If you were a normal child, you would be surprised or surprised and would turn on the light in your eyes and like it.
On the other hand, I was different.
I could only show the reaction of being insignificant.
Because I thought that a grown adult was trying to placate me by using a clever trick and magic.
“Hmm…Haha! I heard that there was a smart kid in the lab, so I brought him here, but I guess I have an eye for people.”
Albert rather seemed to like my reaction.
“It’s trivial… Let’s see how long that reaction will last. Come on, sign the contract.”
Confidentiality oath and TS Foundation researcher contract.
I signed without hesitation.
There was no place for me to return to because I had no family anyway.
“Yes. Okay. With this, you are the 21st wizard of the garden.”
“Yes. Senior.”
“What did you say your name was?”
“!@#+ Is.”
“$)(@!… That’s a good name. But since you’ve entered the garden, you’ll have to take on a new identity… Yes, your name is Roosevelt from today.”
“You mean Roosevelt?”
“Yes. Roosevelt. My most cherished junior.”
Albert, who had shown excessive affection from the first day, smiled.
It was a complex and subtle emotion, but I laughed it off without even realizing it.
***
From that day on, I started studying the supernatural ability called ‘magic’.
Except for me, 18 new wizards said they took magic lessons from Albert’s close friend Ron, but I was the only one who received one-on-one tutoring from Albert.
Magic was unbelievable no matter how much I looked at it, but after I first used magic, I had no choice but to believe it even if I didn’t want to believe it.
Magic exists, and I was gifted with it.
“All magic comes from one’s own desire.”
It was a sentence that Albert repeatedly emphasized.
It is said that everyone has a desire, and the greater the desire, the greater the mana required to use magic.
In conclusion, I was a person with more desires than others.
“Roosevel, what do you really want?”
“What do you want, senior?”
“Yes. Whatever you want.”
“…I don’t know either.”
“Hmm, you should know that quickly. Well, that’s okay. First of all, let’s raise your understanding of magic.”
“Yes, senior.”
Studying wasn’t too difficult.
Rather, he became interested in runes and magic, which he had never seen before, and immersed himself in his studies without realizing that time was passing.
Since I was faster than others, I was surprised by the magic Albert taught me.
“Heh heh, Roosevel, you quickly wake up to what my son couldn’t tell me no matter how much I told him. I wish you were my son.”
Albert sometimes made jokes that were hard to respond to.
“Is your son in the lab too?”
“No. He had no talent, so we kicked him out of the garden. Even so, he gained the ability to foresee because he had a wizard lineage, but… He didn’t fit the garden’s beliefs. It was an inevitable choice.”
“If it’s a belief, what…?”
“Oh, that’s true.”
A full year has passed since I entered the garden.
In the meantime, I only wandered around my room, Albert’s room, and the lobby on the first floor of the garden.
“It’s time to show it to you.”
“What do you mean?”
“The true nature of the garden.”
Albert said something meaningful and introduced everything about the garden.
***
The information about the garden that Albert had told me on the first day was just the tip of the iceberg.
Giving TS surgery to a man who wants TS and doing genetic research on the FE virus was a gaudy lie.
The reality was a heinous facility that turned men into women with TS magic and trained them into obedient pets starving for sexual desire.
Albert introduced me to the women he was teaching in the garden.
All of the women who had been subjected to countless spells and forcibly worn magic tools had blank faces with screws missing somewhere.
“I should have shown you first that magic is trivial.”
“Did you learn magic for this?”
“Um, well.”
Albert snorted at him sarcastically.
“Roosevel, you’re still young, but you don’t know, but now that the FE virus has spread, the world is in ruins. Do you know what this means?”
“I don’t know, but…”
“That’s right. You don’t know yet? To put it simply, even if the current world is already broken, it means that it is too broken. And we have the power to change that broken world.”
“…The point is, senpai-sama wants to save the world?”
“Okay.”
“Yeah?”
When I asked about his core, this time he shook his head from side to side while touching his chin as if in agony.
“It’s not my job to be in a world like this. I just lived a boring life like you, so I had a desire to change this boring world into something fun.”
“What do you mean?”
“I wanted to bring a little change to a dull life. A world where all women have disappeared and only men remain! What a miserable world this is? We will become divine beings who reward ignorant people with being women.”
Albert was sincere.
It was a word that felt like madness somewhere.
