89 – A Little Sick People (2)
After Lee Hyeon-seong and his party left for Jeju Island.
Iron Rice Bowl went to work at an artifact company with Cha Yu-ra.
─I left my card behind. Tea assistant, please open it instead.
“Yes.”
Cha Yura, who had been registered as an employee as a research assistant, put her finger on her fingerprint reader. Iron rice bowls don’t have fingerprints, so if you leave your card behind, you get help from Cha Yoo-ra in this way. In fact, now that she has come, her biometric key, called Cha Yura, follows her, so she doesn’t feel the need to carry the card key, so she tends to leave it at home.
At the same time as the iron rice cooker went to work.
All the researchers who were immersed in the development of the artifact stopped what they were doing as if they were at least in agreement. Their eyes were focused on the iron rice bowl.
“Welcome! Chief Researcher Iron Rice Bowl!”
─Nice to meet you.
An iron rice bowl that greets you as if you are used to it.
She is currently a senior researcher, the second highest position after Baek Chi-yeol.
The elderly researcher right in front of him was also the same senior researcher, but he served the iron rice bowl like a superior.
There was one reason why I was able to receive such treatment in such a short period of time.
A job extractor made at Baek Chi-yeol’s request.
The contribution to the development of that artifact was recognized.
Of course, it is still an experimental work with many flaws.
But with a little more time and improvement, I could have created the perfect job extractor.
President Baek Chi-yul expressed his gratitude to Iron Rice Bowl over and over again for the fact that he could extract the job his son took without knowing it.
Also.
She invested half of the company’s budget into the research team, saying that she would spare no support for development.
This was not a private investment.
As a manager of a company, the distinction between public and private was thorough.
Supporting iron rice cookers was an investment for the development of the company.
The Job Extractor was worth it.
Because people who want to change their job to another job are not only Baek Chi-yeol, but all over the world.
If you develop the perfect job extractor.
It was only a matter of time before it established itself as one of the world’s leading conglomerates.
“Are you developing job extractors today?”
Cha Yoo-ra sneaked up to the iron rice cooker that was combining the crafting tool and magic stone and asked.
The Iron Rice Bowl shook his head.
─Today, we plan to focus on private development.
“Private Development?”
─I will develop artifacts that I want, not what the company wants. Originally, today wasn’t the day to go to work, was it?
“Ah… By the way, didn’t the rice bowl go to work only when you were bored?”
—Shut up.
“Yes…”
Immersed in the development of iron rice cooker again.
Cha Yu-ra stood at a distance behind an iron rice bowl and looked down slightly. Various artifacts were scattered on the table in a mess. Most of them were experimental works developed by Iron Rice Bowl.
“Huh?”
Something on the table caught Cha Yoo-ra’s eyes.
Is this also an artifact?
Intrigued, Cha Yu-ra carefully picked up an object that looked like a capsule pill.
“Rice bowl, what kind of artifact is this?”
─A hated drug.
“Hated drug?”
Cha Yoo-ra tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.
I could roughly guess what kind of drug it was just by hearing the name, but it was difficult to accept it with a rational mind.
Unless it is intended to slander someone.
There would be no demand for a drug that would be hated if taken.
It must have a different effect from the name.
While thinking that, Cha Yu-ra stared at the iron rice bowl.
─When ingested, it is a drug that will make people hate you.
However, Iron Rice Bowl acknowledged that it was a medicine as the name suggests.
Embarrassed to even hold it, Cha Yu-ra put the hated medicine back down on the table.
“Why did you make this…?”
─I made it for the master to take.
“To Hyeonseong? Crazy? Why would you do that?!”
─I was thinking of making sure that other women wouldn’t dare to look at her.
An iron rice bowl that casually spits out creepy words.
Cha Yu-ra got goosebumps.
No matter how you think about it, the iron rice bowl was the most screwed out of all the summoned beasts of Lee Hyun-seong.
While tea Yura was feeling uneasy that she got on the wrong line inside.
The iron rice bowl picked up the hated medicine and crushed it.
─Of course, the owner said he didn’t want to take these drugs, so I gave up. She just forgot to dispose of it.
“…Everything, I’m glad. Still, I don’t try to force feed or secretly feed them.”
─Of course. I always seek the owner’s consent and act.
Cha Yoo-ra let out a sigh of relief.
She then glanced at the artifact that the iron rice bowl was making.
Maybe you’re making something weird again?
Cha Yu-ra, who was determined to stop the iron rice bowl from running out of control, asked a subtly question.
“What are you developing now?”
─An artifact that allows wearers to communicate with each other at any time. A location tracking feature is also included.
“Really? This time it’s more normal than I thought. It’s shaped like a ring… Did you apply surveillance artifacts?”
─Yes. And Artifact and Coupling.
“Keeper, Coupling?”
─Don’t worry, I also made a portion of tea assistant. To put it bluntly, it’s not a coupling, it’s a triple ring with the owner, me, and the car’s assistant… No, it’s a triple ring.
After making the iron rice bowl, he handed over two rings to Cha Yoo-ra.
─Please take one of the tea assistants and deliver the other to the owner.
“Huh? I?”
─I’m ashamed to give it directly.
Different from what he said, Iron Rice Bowl was still expressionless, but human emotions were slowly rising inside him.
Cha Yu-ra, who was handed a ring, looked at the face of the iron rice bowl.
“Rice bowl, but can I ask you something?”
─Ask.
“···Hyeonseong said he didn’t like being with other women, right? Why am I okay?”
The Iron Rice Bowl was silent for a moment.
There was no particular reason.
I can’t give birth to Lee Hyeon-seong’s child because I’m from a different race, but I can give birth to Cha Yu-ra because I’m the same person. That was all.
In other words, it could be seen as the concept of a surrogate mother instead of giving birth.
However, I couldn’t reveal the fact straight away, so I covered it appropriately.
—It was judged that monopolizing the master alone was greed. I accepted it because I thought it would be okay to take her as a concubine as long as she was an assistant to tea.
“Oh, I see…. It was the first time I knew I was a concubine…”
─By the way, even if it’s me, isn’t Assistant Cha okay?
“Huh? Me, I don’t care if the rice bowl is you.”
Cha Yura stuttered her words and laughed awkwardly.
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A fake smile proved that Cha Yu-ra’s words were lies.
Marriage between a summoned beast and a human is impossible anyway, so in the end, the one who officially connects with Lee Hyun-seong is himself, and the iron rice bowl will stay in the summoned position until the end.
This was Cha Yoo-ra’s true intention.
The iron rice bowl was activating her lie-detection function, so she immediately recognized that Cha Yura’s words were false.
But she didn’t care much.
Because he never doubted that he was the final victor.
—Is that so? Anyway, please give me the ring instead.
“Ugh, yes. I will tell you as soon as I return from Jeju Island.”
Iron Rice Bowl and Cha Yu-ra hid their true feelings and continued to build a dangerous alliance.
***
I arrived at a large psychiatric hospital located in Jeju Island.
The building we entered to receive treatment was a VIP ward.
The general ward was crowded with people who came to see the treatment, so they made a reservation for the VIP ward. Maybe the citizens will recognize us.
I made a reservation under a pseudonym, not my real name.
It’s not just us.
Anyway, many people are reluctant to reveal their mental illness to others, so a nickname reservation system was introduced relatively recently. It’s a bonus to give them something like a prom mask.
Anyway, it is said that since then, the number of patients visiting the hospital has increased by more than five times.
‘Although Kim Soo-han said he would get caught by the paparazzi even if he used a pseudonym and disguised himself…’
You can relieve those worries.
There are a total of 20 VIP wards.
Because Instructor Tak Jae-hwan reserved one of them.
There were no patients other than us in this ward.
FYI, we are a morning clinic.
Kim Soo-han and Park Soo-min are in the afternoon.
It was an inevitable measure because they were reluctant to run into each other.
We arrived earlier than Kim Soo-han and his party and were waiting for treatment in a luxurious waiting room.
“Wow… You made a lot of money.”
Baek So-ah, sitting on a luxurious leather sofa, raised her head and said.
A radial-shaped lamp studded with brilliant jewels and an extravagant chandelier hang from the ceiling.
“Huh? That’s not a gem, but an Awakening Stone? Uh huh There are even 5-star magic stones!”
Youngji Kim made a fuss about her, her eyes shining.
If you look closely, you can see that awakening stones and magic stones are actually being used for decoration.
There are also rare Legendary Awakening Stones.
The real Baek So-ah literally spent money.
Kim Young-ji swallowed her saliva and whispered softly into her ear.
“Hyunseong-ah. Shall I secretly take one away? You won’t hear me?”
“Stay still.”
He was just hiding his identity, it didn’t seem like he was hiding his personality. Well, he was the demon king of greed in his previous life, so it’s only natural that he’s greedy. The reason why he spends so much must be because he gave most of his memories to zombies.
‘Though it’s better than a personality change.’
Even after that day, she and Kim Young-ji are living as usual. Her identity was also not revealed to anyone except Seo Han-bit. There’s nothing good about having more people to share secrets with.
And since he said that he would tell me more about the story I mentioned the other day when the time came, I decided to wait in silence. It is said that unknown beings different from the writers who are called fake gods are always watching us.
“Ugh. Why did you hang a chandelier like that in the waiting room? I’m not trying to brag… Could it be that there is a deep meaning that you can take it little by little without being noticed…? Sounds like a reasonable guess…”
I couldn’t take my eyes off the chandelier.
It was at that time when Kim Young-ji muttered nonsense and licked her lips again.
A woman’s voice came from the speaker attached to the wall.
[Reservation name ‘I like monsters’, I’ll go to the treatment room.]
The time for treatment finally came.
‘I like monsters’ was my reserved nickname.