Chapter 161 – How to Become an Alchemist
Devon, the professor in charge of the first year, looks at Seong-il with an absurd expression. He sighed lightly and spoke to the assistant next to him.
“Owen. Take it.”
“Yes! Professor.”
Assistant Professor Owen very skillfully received the test answers and practical results from Seong-il, put them in a box, and sealed it. Seeing that he sealed the item, Seong-il questions Devon.
“May I go out?”
“…Of course.”
“Thank you!”
After saying that, Seong-il left the exam hall and went to the workshop. About 10 minutes after he came to the workshop, Erica arrived.
“Sungil-kun!!”
“Oh, are you here? It’s later than expected?”
“It was real!! It was real!!!”
“…What?”
“To really bring an answer!! You are a god!!”
“…Be quiet.”
However, Erica, excited to the point of excitement, approaches her Seongil and hugs her tightly, after which she continues her words in a vehement voice.
“Oh my God!! I thought it was bullshit!! Really!! Really!!”
“…Okay, stop it.”
“Yes! That’s right!! Great stockholder!!”
“Haa… It’s done. Keep making the overdue stamina potions.”
“Yes! I will!!”
Leaving Erica behind her, Seong-il sits back on his sofa and ends the day expecting the results of tomorrow’s sexual performance.
‘Hey… Tomorrow I’ll add one potion slave to make potions!!”
Next day.
Seong-il visits the academy with a relaxed mind. Then, the crowd who had been arguing in the plaza to check the grades fell silent for a moment when he appeared, and then everyone started looking at the holy day.
‘What… What is it.’
Seong-il is very embarrassed to see them shooting eyes of envy at him out of the blue. He feigns composure as much as possible and breaks through the crowd to check his grades.
‘Huh? Second place?’
When the name that should be at the top is written on the second line, Seong-il frowns and checks the bulletin board. OK…
‘Oh~ Erisha~ did you do something?’
Surprisingly, the name of Erisha Portis is listed as number one. Seong-il looks around with a pleasant smile at her delightful rebellion.
‘Now, where are our new employees…’
Seong-il looks for Vivian with a grimace on his face. He begins to search for her by asking her classmates around her about her whereabouts.
“Hey! Vivian!”
“Hee!”
Seong-Il greets Vivian by raising her hand, as if she is coming out of class in the morning. At his appearance, Vivian is frightened and looks like she has seen a ghost.
“Hmm? Why?”
“Muh… What! I’m fine!”
“Really? It’s a very frightened expression…”
“You dare! Why should I be intimidated by the likes of you…
“Bet.”
“!!”
“You lost the bet. You were third?”
“…That’s a scam!”
“Hmm? A scam? Isn’t it just your lack of ability?”
Vivian makes a furious expression at Seongil’s sarcasm. She is so angry that even her voice trembles as she continues to answer him.
“Everyone… Shut up! Boo… Definitely! It must be a scam!! The fact that you beggars got better grades than me, who worked hard to death by inviting famous instructors with my father’s help, is itself a scam!”
“…Do you have any proof?”
“Joe… I’ll find out sooner or later! Anyway, since you cheated, the bet is void! VOID!!”
Apparently unable to accept the reality, Vivian is forced to fight. Seeing her like that, Seong-il laughs at her and answers her.
“Well? You’re saying that without proper evidence, you invalidate the betting contract officially notarized by the Kingdom Bank at will? You should talk nonsense in moderation.”
“Everything… Shut up!”
“Fine. If you’re really sure I cheated, bring me the proof. Then I’ll personally declare the bet null and void. But…”
“…?”
“If you can’t present evidence of injustice, you’d better be prepared. If the case ends without any proof, it won’t end just by asking me for 2,000 gold. Got it?”
“!!”
“Anyway, I hope you make a wise choice. Either keep your promise as per the bet agreement, or pay the penalty. Let’s decide by tomorrow.”
Her Sung-il, who threatened her Vivien like that, approaches her and whispers to her, continuing her words.
“If you don’t properly fulfill the betting agreement by tomorrow, I will immediately write an official letter and send the notarization and contract to your family. Be prepared.”
“…!!”
In effect, her face turns pale at the words of her holy day that she intends to publicly disgrace Vivien.
Unlike the reality where Seong-il lives, Vivian knows that a bet that has notarized the kingdom has strong legal effect. She stands there, unable to do this or that, with a contemplative expression on her face.
Seong-il, who used to put on a sad face for her, goes back to her classroom to listen to her class.
“Hey. Han Seong-il!”
A woman who calls out Seong-il sitting idly. Seong-il looks in the direction of the sound with a blank expression. Then he could see Erica sitting next to him before he knew it.
“Oh! Who is this? Aren’t you the new number one!”
“…It’s okay. Anyway, it looks like you met Vivian. What did you decide to do?”
Whispering in Seongil’s ear, Erica asks about the outcome of the bet she made with Vivian. Towards her like that, her seongil is her calmly, she begins to recite the contents of her conversation she had.
“Fuhaha! That poor old man!! After all, didn’t he act recklessly?”
“Yeah what.”
“…But can I pay the penalty? I don’t know if it will be legally enforced because it’s too speculative…”
“It doesn’t matter. It’s fine even if you don’t take the money.”
“Huh? Then…?”
“It’s not about getting paid, it’s about making the bet pay off.”
“Hmm… Shall I? Is he?”
“What if I don’t?
“Huh…”
“Let’s see for now. If things don’t go well, we can end it with embarrassing things..”
“If so…”
While chatting like that, the two suddenly realize that numerous students around them are buzzing and looking at them, and they hurriedly shut their mouths and exchange glances.
To avoid any suspicion, Seong-il shuts her mouth and listens to her class before returning to the studio. He ends the day wondering about Vivian’s choice tomorrow.
Next day.
‘Whoah… Today is the day when there are no classes… Should I go to the academy and ask Vivian to bet on a robe…’
Seong-il was sweating while practicing Taegeukgeomgyeol alone in the studio yard. The time when he was thinking about Vivian’s work after finishing his training. He feels that someone has come to his workshop.
“Huh?”
Seong-il goes to the front door to meet a sudden visitor. Then, a beautiful figure appears in front of him with a charming mole under his eyes.
“Oh~ Vivian! What’s the matter?”
“What? ‘What’s up!’ Say the same thing! You told me to come find you today!!”
“Yeah~ Anyway, what are you going to do with the bet? Working at a workshop for three months? Or paying a penalty to protect your pride? Anything I like.”
“…Too much.”
“Huh?”
“Honestly, it’s only a small bet between the academy students, but 2,000 gold is too much! How about I just apologize to you here, pay you 100 gold as a penalty, and show your last name to finish this bet?”
“…I don’t think it’s a particularly apologetic tone.”
“Anyway!!”
“Really? Anyway, I can’t!”
“What?! You… Really!! No matter how notarized it is, there’s no guarantee that you’ll win in a legal battle…”
“Who will take the money?”
“?!”
“Are you stupid? You just have to work in the studio and it’s over. Why do you keep talking about money?”
“That… That’s my face…”
“You talk like you’re talking face-to-face. Third place. If you were to hire a workshop run by first or second place, I wouldn’t be able to kneel down and say thank you.”
“What… What!?”
Vivian makes an enraged expression at Seongil’s provocation. Her Seongil sees her like that and continues her words by inserting a note that she prepared in advance and wrote down her working conditions.
“Now look. These are the terms of the contract I am proposing to you.”
“?!”
Vivian looks at Seong-il with a puzzled expression because she didn’t know that he would invite her to work at the workshop.
To her, Seong-il begins to meticulously recite the working conditions of her own studio.
“The conditions are also good~ All you have to do is assist Erica, the head of our workshop! Working hours are 4 hours a day! You can come and go at your own pace. Anyway, you only need to fill the 4 hours!”
“…What bullshit.”
“I’ll give you 1 gold per week. I’ll make you do the work reasonably! There’s even a separate bonus! Weekends are off, of course!”
“…”
A holy day that presents exorbitant working conditions. Seeing his serious attitude, Vivian puts on a stunned expression. However, since that money is nothing to herself as a young lady from a rich family, she reacts with a straight face.
“I… I’m not going to work because I don’t have that money…!”
“Then let’s go all the way.”
“!!”
“By the way, if I get into a mud fight with you, I’ll hire three of the kingdom’s leading lawyers and end up with you no matter how much money it costs. In addition, as I said yesterday, I’ll disgrace you by spraying your family with a contract and a kingdom notarization. Let’s have some fun.”
Vivian’s face turns pale at Seongil’s menacing threat. Seong-il continues to threaten her.
“As you said, you might not have to pay a real penalty of 2,000 gold for a bet like this. But I mean.”
“…”
“If your father sees you like this, you’ll be very nice to see him, right?”
“!!”
“I’m studying far away from your father who lives in the kingdom’s capital right now, so I don’t know if I can live freely…”
“..”
“Will your father let you continue your studies after seeing you disgrace the family? Really?”
“That… That’s…”
“Think about it~ Do you work under us while fulfilling a legitimate contract for three months? Or return to your home after an endless mud fight and being embarrassed.”
“…”
“I knew your family…Especially your father, in case you were to push yourself like that. You have a fiery personality, right?”
“…Dare.”
Vivian shudders at Seong-il, who finds her weakness and makes fun of her thoroughly. However, since she had no way to protect herself from the clutches of her holy day, she gritted her teeth and thought of something about herself.
She had been thinking about her for a long time. She sighs within, then speaks to her Seong-il again.
“Day…”
“…?”
“Give me one more day. Then make a contract out of what you said and formally give it to me. How do I know you’ll tell lies as an excuse for working at the studio?”
“Voila!!”
At her words, she takes out the studio work contract and hands it to Vivian. At his thorough action, she glared at her Seongil with a stunned expression.
“What are you doing? You said you were different.”
“…Sheesh.”
Vivian takes the contract Seong-il gave her with force as if extorting it from her hand. She turns her back and tells him indignantly.
“…Anyway, I’ll be sure to tell you whether or not to accept it by tomorrow.”
“Yes, please.”
“…Shut up.”
Vivian walks away holding the contract with a troubled look on her face. Looking at her like that, I think to myself about her holy days.
‘Well, it seems like we’re halfway there… I guess I’ll have to use a voodoo doll by acquiring parts of her body while pampering her!’
With a sinister smile on his face, Seongil went back to his workshop. He ended the day with a pleasant smile.
Next day. As always, Seong-il went to class with a troubled expression on his face. In front of him, Vivian, who had been arguing with him yesterday, appears.
“Hey! Oriental!”
“Oh… Is it Vivian?”
“…Okay.”
She calls her holy day with an expression full of trouble.
After she hesitates for a while, she manages to start speaking her words toward her holy day.
“I read the contract yesterday…”
“Did you read it?”
“Haa… Are you really going to fulfill the terms of the contract?”
“Of course!”
“…I’ll accept.”
“Ohhh! Well thought out! Assistant Vivian!!”
“Who’s the assistant…!!”
“If you accepted, you’re assistant. Anyway, well thought out. Go to work tomorrow. What time do you want to go to work?”
“…Damn.”
Contrary to her beautiful appearance, she seems to have a rather rough mouth, and with a very annoyed expression, she set her holy day and work time. The two will draw up a contract once again based on the contents of the agreement.
“Then see you tomorrow! Assistant!!”
“…Shut up!!”
She turns her head, her face red, and runs to her own dorm. Seeing her like that, Seong-il smiles sinisterly.
