Chapter 94 part2
(TL: This first extra chapter of 2018 is sponsored by: Jeppe B. P., Dale B., and Veronique B. Thank you for your support!!)
'Korea's Proud Son.'
That was the title for this week's article on one of the world's most influential publications, the 'Times'.
The main character was Kim Sae-Jin. Describing him as a 'man who possessed a variety of unexplainable abilities', the article went in-depth with introducing the public to the road he had walked on to get to where he was now.
As one would expect from the article focusing solely on Sae-Jin, it brought about a much more explosive amount of reaction from the populace of South Korea, than pared to the USA.
And by riding on the wave of this fame, The Monster passed the Guild evaluation and thus became a full-fledged Guild in the process. Also, the price of the land the 'Guild' was on, as well as the value of the surrounding lands as the tourist attraction, reached heights previously unseen.
Plus, many famous celebrities from different parts of the world personally flew over to Korea in order to meet with Sae-Jin, saying he was someone who could create 'treasures' as the Orc Blacksmith. Hell, there were some individuals who wielded incredible influence in the world resorting to pressuring the government personnel for a chance to meet with him.
Whenever he received these requests for a meeting, though, Sae-Jin checked out that person's personality first. In other words, he didn't meet with everyone. He figured that, if he kept on refusing, then people might start 'hating' on him, and if he met them all, then it'd go on forever.
And so, for the next three weeks or so, Sae-Jin held many meetings with celebrities which started off with him meeting the greatest Knight in the USA named 'Ropetess'; from there, he met the 3rd Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, a world-famous Elf songstress which even made him cower timidly, etc, etc… Sae-Jin got to build personal connections with lots of celebrities. (TL: What the… Just who names their kid "Ropetess"? This author really needs a better naming sense… And yes, I TLed it literally, as written in the raw.)
Initially, meeting up with all these celebrities he saw on TV and newspapers proved to be really cool, but as it continued on and on, both his body and mind became fatigued.
It couldn't be helped, as those who succeeded meeting with Sae-Jin were all very happy, but those who failed to do so were busy slagging him off for being an arrogant prick.
Finally, using the excuse of The Monster being a Guild and thus its administration requiring a specialised and dedicated touch, Sae-Jin stepped away from the Guild Master position, while also installing Jo Hahn-Sung as his proxy. He then told everyone that he'd be taking a long break from all the stressful work and began a NEET-like existence in his house, inwardly feeling quite pleased with himself.
Even though there were Knights who were wholeheartedly waiting for the Orc Blacksmith to release new weapons, Sae-Jin decided to let them wait for a while. Most of all, it seemed there were too many idiots who thought that his continued show of 'goodwill' had bee their right or some such.
Instead of feeling grateful for him presenting his creations to the public, these bastards were busy spewing crap like Sae-Jin was getting lazy and lackadaisical and whatever, when he broke the promise of releasing two weapons a month.
It was because of these morons, he decided to rest for at least three months or so. Of course, he'd every now and then post a few smartly-chosen words on his SNS profile, too.
"…Hmm."
Anyways. Currently, Sae-Jin was savouring a cup of coffee within his own house, not in the Guild's HQ building, glancing through a newspaper while enjoying the early morning of his sabbatical.
[Kim Hahn-Seol, after saying he'd bet his entire life, resigns from h
is ministerial position after the continued revelation of corruption.] [Is the vice chairman of Great Wisdom, Kim Jong-Hyuk, also implicated in this corruption scandal?]
Kim Hahn-Seol - a man resembling an onion with layers upon layers of dark secrets continuously being revealed. It seemed that he'd be seeing the inside of a jail cell in a near future, while his backers were all getting mired in the scandal as well. No matter how one cut it, at this moment in time, one could definitely say that both Sae-Jin and the Dawn Corporation had won this game outright.
[The Divine Beast type Soo-in Yu Baek-Song, appointed as the missioner of the Police.]
And the story he had been waiting for, the rise to power of a certain someone, was also printed on the side with small letters.
"It's finally done~."
He put the newspaper down while a satisfied smile showed up on his face. Now, even without him being there, the Guild would run smoothly, although that had been the case since the beginning anyways, and the idiots who didn't know their place were being escorted into a prison one by one, so…
So, there was just one more issue he had to tackle now.
Vampires and his parents, as well as the truth about himself.
"Next week."
Sae-Jin murmured to himself as he looked at the calendar. July 14th, the date he'd meet up with Yu Baek-Song.
Around the same time, he heard the sound of a door opening.
While carrying a smile on his lips, he waited for the woman to enter his arms.
"…You went out on a stroll again?" (Yu Sae-Jung)
Yu Sae-Jung walked in uneasy steps and sat on the couch before falling into his arms. She wore nothing other than a thin shirt over her naked form so the sensation transmitted to Sae-Jin was rather stimulating.
"It's fine going outside while I'm still asleep, but can't you be by my side when I'm about to wake up?" (Yu Sae-Jung)
"Why don't you get dressed first?"
"Don't wanna."
She replied with a pout and lightly bit his neck.
"Honestly… Where does Oppa go every night? You don't think about me who might wake up in the middle of sleep, right? Do you know how lonely it can get when when two suddenly bees one?"
"…"
Now that his guilty conscience got poked, he couldn't say anything so to change the topic, he switched on the TV instead.
< < 24.
Fin.
(TL: $35 left out of $50 for next week's first extra chapter.)
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