Chapter 30 – How to Become an Alchemist
“Let’s see, the points… Are there ‘6,665’ points piled up? I have to use this somewhere…”
After much thought, Seong-il decided to try a feature he had never used before in Game Master.
“Coming to think of it, I’ve never used a shop function before, so I’ll try a shop…”
After finishing his thoughts, Seong-il clicked on the store in the Game Master.
– Item shop
Random Box: You can use points to purchase bronze, silver, and gold grade boxes! The higher the grade, the higher the chance of obtaining a good item at random!
– Special: 100,000 points
– Gold: 10,000 points
– Silver: 1,000 points
– Bronze: 100 points
“Hmm.. With the points I have, I can only use the Silver or Bronze shops.”
After pondering for a long time, Seong-il thought about it as he finished his thoughts.
“No matter how many points I have accumulated, I can’t use them recklessly even though I don’t know what function they are. Buying silver level is a bit…”
Seong-il thought so and pressed the buy button on the bronze grade random box.
After purchasing the box through a few simple processes, Seong-il clicked and opened the box. Surprisingly, a real box appeared with a light in front of Seong-il’s eyes, and the box was opened and the items fell on the floor.
“…What is this?”
Surprised, Seong-il quickly began to check the items on the floor.
“…Delicious preserved food?”
Seong-il was able to identify a retort plastic food with a really insincere name on it.
“What the hell is this? This 3-minute dish with a name I made up is…”
Unable to hide his absurdity, Seong-il started reading the instructions for the 3-minute cooking (?).
‘It’s a delicious food full of nutrients. When you open the lid, the food will be warm and taste like home-cooked food. Please use the spoon inside! (It won’t go bad until it’s opened.)’
‘This… Isn’t it Gura?’
Dumbfounded about the authenticity of the item, Seong-il tried to open the 3-minute dish.
To my surprise, when I opened it, hot steam started to rise and a pretty delicious smell started to come out.
Seong-il, who had not eaten anything since morning, was surprised to take a bite of the food.
“Kek? This.. This is delicious, right? Crazy..”
Seong-il, who hurriedly ate the food, admired the quality of the items and pressed the item shop again.
“If it’s of this quality, it’s worth trying, right?”
Seong-il was so impressed that he bought 20 bronze boxes in bulk at once.
“Let’s see…”
These are the items that Seongil used a total of 2,000 points for.
“Shit… 13 dishes in 3 minutes…”
“What is this? A ‘prom mask’..? You got two?
– Masquerade mask: There is no wearing at all. It covers the face, but can change its expression depending on the wearer’s emotions. (Voice modulation and emotional expression function on/off)
“Ohhh.. Then, if I wear this mask, I can hide my identity, but I can express my feelings? If necessary, I can change my voice..?”
Seong-il tried on the mask out of curiosity.
Surprisingly, it fits on the face! The mask that stuck on it didn’t feel like wearing anything behind it.
“The texture is like bast noodles..?”
And Seong-il forced a frown to check the manual.
“What? There’s no response. It’s annoying.. Are you buying it?”
Then, the gap between the mask’s eyebrows narrowed and he began to make an annoyed expression.
“Ugh! What is this!”
When Seong-il was surprised by the change in the mask, the black eyes of the mask widened and wrinkles formed on his forehead, and he began to make an expression of surprise.
“Ah… The expression changes according to the wearer’s emotions. It’s amazing..”
Having said that, Seong-il took off his mask and started checking other items.
“Dog collar…?”
– For dog training! You can freely apply or remove pressure on the neck.
“…This pass.”
After muttering like that, Seong-il began to record the list by identifying the items and recording the details in the manual.
1. Light Blocking Sleep Eyepatch
– When the user wears it, it fits on the face! And stick to it. It won’t fall off even if you struggle while sleeping or try to remove it with your hands without even realizing it. Guaranteed good sleep (instruction attached)
2. Miracle Cleaner (Can be used 5 times)
– Spray on a towel and wipe your body clean.
3. Cute drops
– It’s a pretty drop. With my daughter!
4. Travel rope
– It’s a sturdy rope! Moderately soft so you won’t hurt your hands even if you don’t have gloves!
“Uh.. Um.. Well.. It’s just vague things. Is it because the rating is low?”
Seong-il, who thought so, took a big heart and pulled out two silver grade draws.
“…”
1. Sick Club (by Apayo.Corp)
– It is a self-defense item for suppression. Hitting an opponent does not cause any wounds, only inflicting pain.
2. Sick Forceps (by Apayo.Corp)
– It can be pinched without hurting, only causing pain! Try it on a nasty person.
“…It hurts Corporation? What is this stupid naming sense?”
The moment Seong-il mumbled to himself, dumbfounded by the insincere naming sense and ability of the items, his smartphone started to vibrate.
“Um…? What is it?”
‘Congratulations! Through the use of the shop, the ‘Inventory’ ability blooms. Please use it a lot!’
“What?! Inventory?!”
Surprised, Seong-il pressed his phone and started examining the functions of the newly created inventory.
User: Seongil Han
1. Current World: How to Become an Alchemist
2. Possessed abilities: Recognition, Game Master, Color Ball, Inventory
– Sensitivity LV.1: Use electronic products to quantify and understand the abilities of people and items.
– Game Master LV.2 :
1) You can enter the world in the game.
2) You can check the quest from the person in the game. (ON/OFF possible with a click)
– Heaven, Earth, Yin-Yang Bridge, 2 Stars: Has a little internal energy.
– Inventory: Only items purchased from the store or items for which customs duties have been paid can be stored. The starting word is ‘inventory’, and storage items can be checked on the mobile phone.
“In short… It’s possible to put in or take out the items I bought at the store…? But what are the customs duties? What the hell?”
It was like a game master’s skill to ask a new question when given something.
Sensing his head hurting, Seong-il started shouting the start language.
“Inventory!”
Then, a red space the size of a fist appeared in front of Seongil’s eyes and began to shake.
“Uh… Can I put it in this?”
I tried to put the 3-minute cooking in the hole, but the hole was small, so the stuff didn’t go in.
Then the absurd Seong-il said annoyed.
“What, how do you put this in? It’s dirty ‘inventory'”
When Seong-il shouted ‘Inventory’, the 3-minute dish in Seong-il’s hand glowed and turned into smoke and began to be sucked into the hole.
“Huh..!”
Seong-il, who finally noticed how to use it, spoke excitedly.
‘Ah! They said ‘starter language’, so if you put your hand on an item and shout ‘Inventory’, it will be sucked in there!!’
So Seong-il started experimenting with 3-minute cooking several times.
Indeed, as expected, the items began to be sucked into the inventory space.
“Amazing, Great…”
Seong-il, who admired his inventory ability for a while, began to worry.
“But what about customs duties?”
An alarm popped up in front of Seong-il, who was agonizing while turning a ballpoint pen windmill with his hands.
“Ballpoint pen: 5 points of duty. If you wish to pay duty, please tell me your inventory again.”
“?!”
Surprised by the sudden message, Seong-il grabbed his chest and thought.
‘Couldn’t it be… If I hold an item in my hand and shout ‘customs duty’, points are awarded?!’
Calming his pounding heart, Seong-il tried the word ‘inventory’ into a ballpoint pen this time.
Then, after the points were deducted, surprisingly, the ballpoint pen began to be sucked into the inventory space in front of me.
“Oh my god…”
Seeing this, Seong-il began to think about how to use the inventory effectively.
“Huh.. How to effectively use this inventory function..”
As he unknowingly shouted ‘Inventory’, the red space in front of Seongil’s eyes disappeared in an instant.
“Ah… If you say a word, it disappears and then appears..!”
Seong-il, who got a sense of it, opened his inventory again and called out a ballpoint pen again. Without a doubt, the ballpoint pen began to appear in front of him.
In addition, Seong-il tried shouting ‘Black Ball’ just in case, but it could be seen that no reaction occurred.
“Hmm.. Sometimes it can be used.. Sometimes it can’t.. What is the standard?”
‘Come to think of it, after using the black ball in the last time, the black ball was not summoned in other game worlds or in reality..?’
In this way, Seong-il was able to establish a hypothesis.
1. If you use an item in the game world, the item belongs to that world.
2. In order to use the belongings in reality (or another world), ‘customs duty’ must be paid.
3. If you pay the ‘tariff’, you can store the item in your inventory and use it in real life.
Seong-il, who formed a hypothesis like that, tried to log on to the battle of laughter to confirm the hypothesis.
“Customs!”
‘Blackball: 100,000 Tariff Points’
“…”
Although he confirmed that his hypothesis was correct, Seong-il, embarrassed by the absurdly high amount of money, hurriedly began to return to reality from a martial arts battle with laughter.
“Go.. The price is crazy..”
Seong-il, who had been stunned by the absurd amount of money, managed to catch his spirit and think.
“It’s a point.. It will accumulate as you do it.. You don’t necessarily have to bring Eun-wol to reality..”
After thinking about it, Seong-il moved on to ‘how to become an alchemist’ again.
Seong-il, who entered How to Become an Alchemist, prepared for the exam by diligently memorizing the answers for a week.
So the test date came, and Seong-il started the test.
‘It’s easy..’
It’s not exactly easy, it’s because Seongil already memorized the answer…
Seong-il, who knew the answer, began to print out the answer in an instant.
‘I’ve solved all the multiple choice questions… Where’s the practical…’
Since the practice only needed to improve reagents and materials in a purely determined order, and combine them in a set pattern, regardless of quality, I felt that the practical test was easier than the multiple choice questions.
“I’m done!”
Seong-il, who solved all the questions in an instant, was the first to get up from the exam hall and leave.
Gossip gossip
Then, little by little, the noise of agitation began to flow from the surroundings.
“Isn’t that bastard from the East, who entered the school at the last place a while ago?”
“Aren’t you crazy?”
“Looks like he gave up. Well… With that score, it’s worth it.”
Etc
It was a small sound, but as many students hummed at the same time, the room was filled with noise, and Professor Devon, who could not stand the noise, shouted loudly.
“Be quiet! Be quiet. If you mumble loudly one more time, I’ll catch you as an example and give you zero points!”
Professor Devon’s threatening threat quickly turned the hall into silence.
Laughing at them inwardly, Seong-il said to Professor Devon.
“Professor, I’ve solved all the exam questions. Can I leave the exam room?”
“…Really?”
Seong-il smiled and replied to Devon who was taken aback.
“Yes. I solved everything without any problems.”
“…”
Devon sighed and nodded to his assistant.
“Owen-kun. Put Seongil-kun’s test papers and combination results in a box, seal it, and put it there.”
According to Professor Devon, the teaching assistant put Seongil’s test paper and the combination result in a box and started sealing it.
Looking at him like that, Sangil said to Professor Devon.
“Can I go when it’s over?”
Devon looked at Seongil with strange eyes, nodded his head and said.
“That’s right. Let’s go.”
When his words fell out, Seong-il bowed lightly to him and left the classroom.
Returning to his dormitory, Seong-il lay down on the bed and gazed at the ceiling, thinking.
“Hmmm.. The test results will come out in three days, so in the meantime, we should secretly stock up on alchemy-related items, right?”
“Once everything is ready, invite Erica and use the ‘Devil’s Scented Candle’… Hehe…”
While Seong-il was alone in his dark imagination, someone started knocking on his door.
“Hmm? Who are you?”
“Seongil-kun. I’m Erisha, are you seated..?”
Seong-il, startled by the sudden visit of the insidious imaginary person, approached the door, hiding his emotional agitation.
“Ah.. Er.. Erisha. What’s the matter?”
Then, looking at Seongil with worried eyes, Erica said.
“Um… Are you thinking of dropping out of school?”
“Huh? What do you mean by that?”
Then Erica spoke to Seongil in a sad voice.
“I think the test questions were too difficult, so I guess I just took a few shots and left.. Will it be okay? Of course.. I understand the first three months of studying the culture here..”
Seong-il cut off her words and said.
“What are you talking about? The problem was so easy that I just solved it quickly…?”
“?!”
Erica was taken aback by Seongil’s unexpected answer.
“What? The problem was easy?! Really?”
“Yeah. Even though it’s a freshman, I never imagined that it would raise a problem at that level. I was worried for nothing?”
Erisha, whose complexion turned pale at the words of such a holy day, spoke.
“That.. But when I tried to solve it, the problem was me.. The difficulty level was four.. Bloody…?”
At her words, Seong-il said to her with a questionable expression as if asking what she was saying.
“Really..? Well.. It might be. But I said it was easy..”
Erisha, who was speechless at Seongil’s stern reply, said to her Seongil with a puzzled expression.
“Ah.. Yes.. So? Guess.. I’m just worrying for nothing..”
With her face reddened, Erisha stuttered her words, said goodbye to Seong-il, and left the visit.
“What is it… I came here because I was worried that my Hogu friend would get tired of exams and say that he was quitting tutoring and studying. Such an attitude… It’s absurd..?”
With that incomprehensible expression on her face, Erisha started to leave school.
