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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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The one thing I regretted a little after becoming Tyrat was that I didn’t know the story of the corruption route.
If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have attempted a 100 percent completion playthrough.
That way, I would have been able to think of various ways to have Se-hwa…
Actually, well, it didn’t really matter even if I didn’t know.
Because I could just create the route myself.
As long as I knew the standard happy ending route inside and out, I could handle it on my own.
And that was also fun.
In any case, Yoo Seung-hyun was a diligent young man who had jumped into the job market after graduating high school.
And he was also the sucker of all suckers who offered up money to Dr. Cash for the heroine’s future and the welfare of the ever-expanding laboratory.
Why did I ever get emotionally invested in a protagonist like that…
Now, I was an immense rich man with no worries about money problems.
They say the position makes the man, and I had thrown the heart that thought of Yoo Seung-hyun as myself far, far away.
“This is a friend I met today, his name is Song Ji-hyuk. He’s in our department.”
The naturally kind Se-hwa introduced her friends for my sake.
A somewhat thin but extremely handsome face.
Why else would they say that having outstanding looks is as good as acing three national exams?
The female classmates crowded around me… no, they didn’t, they just looked at me with interest-filled eyes.
Not long after I started acting as a naive young man, the professor appeared.
That professor was a condescending Extra No. 1, whose role was to show that Se-hwa’s scientific knowledge wasn’t that great.
He was renowned, but not an important character.
But to me, he was a rather important consumable.
For solidifying my image.
Once the dozens of students were properly seated in the lecture hall, the professor looked at me and spoke.
“Ah, you’re that student. Song Ji-hyuk… right?”
“Yes, hello.”
“To see you stand up strong even in a bad situation is truly… good to see.”
“Yes, well… the living must go on living.”
“I see.”
I shared a meaningful conversation with a renowned professor, and he even wanted to have a personal discussion with me.
Curiosity filled the eyes of the students, including Se-hwa.
Curious? You must be curious.
During lunch, search well for the article Marcella and I fabricated, and cast your sympathy votes for me.
The professor, having finished calling roll, began the class in earnest.
Thanks to the base’s technology, I had become a tremendous genius.
I couldn’t have experienced a class even once, yet there wasn’t a single thing I didn’t understand, and I even quickly provided answers whenever the professor occasionally threw out questions.
The information extracted by the demon world’s genius, Marcella, from the technologies of various worlds, including Earth in the year 2533, was all inside my head.
This is what true over-technology is, you foolish humans.
“Next, shall we explain about Polymers? Hmm… Lee Se-hwa.”
“Ye… Yes?”
She, who had been blankly staring at the beam projector from the seat next to me, was startled when her name was called.
The professor asked.
“What are Polymers?”
“That…”
Se-hwa hesitated.
She was an ordinary university student attending university on a student loan.
She wanted to get a stable job in the future and also wanted to earn a lot of money.
And I was the person who could solve Se-hwa’s future.
First, I’ll make you look good to the professor.
I’m saving you, so just buy me a meal at the student cafeteria.
“A cosmic substance accidentally discovered at the North Pole 153 years ago.”
I whispered to Se-hwa, slightly raising a book to cover my mouth.
At that, she glanced at the professor and then spoke in an unconfident tone.
“153 years ago… a cosmic substance accidentally discovered at the North Pole…?”
“Correct. Then what is the use of those Polymers?”
“Umm…”
Se-hwa turned her eyes to me.
You want me to say it quickly? Got it.
“It’s used as a material for exoskeleton armor that fuses with the nervous system.”
“I-it’s used as a material for exoskeleton armor that fuses with the nervous system… but…”
“It’s an all-purpose material, but because there’s so little of it…”
“Polymers are an almost all-purpose material, but because there’s so little of it…”
“The World Federation agreed to use it only for people suffering from severe disabilities.”
“I understand that the World Federation agreed to use it only for people suffering from severe disabilities.”
Wow, her hearing is good too. She follows along well.
The professor nodded with a satisfied face.
“I didn’t expect you to know the answer. Polymers are a substance that ordinary people wouldn’t know much about… You must have a lot of interest in future science. Well done.”
“Th-thank you.”
Se-hwa, who let out a sigh of relief, sent me a grateful look.
I accepted that gratitude by giving her a slight smile.
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During lunchtime, I had the honor of eating at the student cafeteria with Se-hwa.
It was because she had said she would buy me lunch to thank me for the help.
It was exactly as I had expected.
Aah… I could feel the gazes filled with the jealousy of the menfolk.
If you don’t like it, then go into a bioreactor and become a genius.
“Wait… I need the bathroom…”
I said that after getting my tray and putting it on the table, and Se-hwa replied.
“You should have gone before getting your food…”
“Sorry, my stomach suddenly feels a bit upset. I’ll be right back.”
Hurriedly leaving my seat, I took out a small tablet from my pocket.
I turned on the tablet and touched the screen, and a list of all the surveillance cameras at Hankook University appeared.
The cafeteria… I selected a camera near Se-hwa’s table and zoomed in on the screen.
After even connecting my earphones, I clicked the audio button.
– Crazy… holy shit…
I could hear it clearly.
The words of the female student sitting next to Se-hwa, who was just holding her phone.
She was also a classmate I had been keeping a close eye on.
Why? Because I thought she would look up the article about me.
Se-hwa asked.
– What’s wrong?
– Isn’t this Song Ji-hyuk?
– Ji-hyuk?
– He had that weird conversation with the professor. So I looked him up just in case, and there’s a suspicious article.
– A suspicious article? Let me see.
Se-hwa turned her eyes to the phone screen.
I zoomed in on that screen too.
[Hankook University Preliminary Admitted Student, Car Carrying Science Prodigy Overturns. All Occupants Dead Except for One.]
The article was written that a cargo truck had rear-ended them, killing the entire family except for Mr. S, and that Mr. S was in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
A perfectly fabricated article from a few months ago.
Se-hwa’s expression hardened upon seeing it.
In my first meeting with her, I had said I was in a car accident, that someone had rear-ended me.
And that I had been hospitalized for a while because of it.
If she couldn’t figure it out at this point, she was basically brainless.
Fortunately, Se-hwa wasn’t that stupid.
– It could be someone else.
At Se-hwa’s words, her classmate gave her a pathetic look.
– It says a preliminary admitted student to Hankook University. A science prodigy! Didn’t you see Song Ji-hyuk answering the professor’s questions point by point today?
– Let’s keep this a secret from Ji-hyuk.
– Of course. Do you think I’m crazy enough to tell him?
– I heard you like to drink. At the semester start party, just in case…
– Never, I will absolutely never say anything.
– You guys better watch what you say in front of Ji-hyuk too, okay?
The surrounding classmates nodded.
This was enough.
I put the tablet in my pocket and returned to the cafeteria.
I didn’t forget the detail of wetting my hands and wiping them on my clothes to leave a wet mark.
“What? Why weren’t you eating?”
At my question upon returning to the cafeteria, the classmates, including Se-hwa, were slightly flustered.
“We were waiting for you. Food tastes better when you eat it together.”
Aah… Se-hwa, you’re a real angel.
Nodding my head, I sat down with a bright smile.
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“Uweeegh…!”
Tsk tsk… look at the state of him, puking.
Looking around, there wasn’t just one or two guys retching like that guy.
Then again, it was understandable, since they were at the point of being unbridled colts who had just graduated from high school.
The semester start party ended in great success.
With my modified body, I intentionally acted out the effects of the alcohol, and put a flush on my face to pretend I was drunk.
I did slur my words a bit at the drinking party, but this was an act.
Right now, the classmates and sunbaes must be thinking my drunken habits are very mild.
In any case, I was able to get quite a lot closer with my classmates.
Since my face was inherently likable, many people approached me, and I built relationships by treating them kindly.
The image of me was perfectly set by the appearance I had shown so far.
A smart, quiet, and kind person.
As I was silently looking at the night sky and stretching, Se-hwa approached.
She, who had had a little to drink but not much, asked.
“How was it?”
“Huh? What was?”
“The semester start party.”
“It was fun. I liked how boisterous it was.”
“But your expression didn’t look like that at all…”
She was checking on me even though I had intentionally sat at a distance?
The matter from lunchtime must have been weighing on her mind. It was a good sign.
I said.
“Really? I was smiling the whole time.”
I was, in fact, smiling.
I just had a somewhat sad expression on my face.
Yes, just like when I first met Se-hwa this morning.
I changed the subject.
“Are you going home now?”
“Yeah. I have to. You’re lucky, living around here. But…”
Se-hwa looked around, craning her neck.
And then, she asked in a doubtful voice.
“I just thought of this now… is there a studio apartment village here?”
Around Hankook University, there were only luxury apartments and officetels.
There wasn’t a complex large enough to be called a studio apartment village.
I, who was chuckling inwardly, nodded and pointed at an officetel.
“I live over there. Super close, right?”
Se-hwa, seeing where the tip of my finger was pointing, was greatly surprised.
“Th-that place is super expensive, isn’t it? The monthly rent alone is…”
Surprised by just this?
She would probably faint if I told her I bought the whole building.
“Well… I don’t really know. There’s someone who handles those matters for me.”
“Someone who handles matters? Like a secretary or a butler?”
“Well… if I had to say, I guess you could see it that way. They take care of everything else for me, too.”
Se-hwa looked at me with eyes full of envy.
She was thinking I was born with a golden spoon in my mouth.
That thought was correct.
In this Beast Slayer world, I wasn’t a golden spoon but a diamond… no, a Polymers spoon, is what I’m saying.
She soon changed her gaze.
“Yeah… but that must be really sad. I think I can kind of understand how you feel. I lost my parents too… Ack!”
She, who had stopped mid-sentence and covered her mouth.
Se-hwa… who was it that said to watch your mouth, so why are you bringing that up?
Though it’s good for me, since I can be engraved even deeper into your heart.
Alcohol really is the enemy, isn’t it?
Thinking that, I hardened my expression.
“What are you talking about? Why are you suddenly talking about your parents? And what’s this about being sad?”
“No… it’s just…”
Se-hwa, fidgeting with her fingers anxiously, was so cute.
To think such a fine girl would become a warrior of justice who protects the Earth.
The saying ‘life is a series of ups and downs’ fits perfectly.
I, who had relaxed my expression, said.
“Ah… you heard it somewhere? That my parents passed away?”
“Uh…?”
“The professor must have told you. No wonder the kids were looking at me weirdly during the semester start party.”
It would be a bit awkward for her to say she saw the article, so what could I do but help her out.
Seeing Se-hwa immediately nod her head, I thought I had helped her out well.
“That’s right. I’m sorry for hiding it.”
“Do you only ever say you’re sorry? I’m fine.”
“Really?”
“No, actually, I’m not fine. I still think of my parents whenever I have a spare moment. But well… they say time is the best medicine…”
“Yeah, time is the best medicine. I lost my parents too. Though it was when I was very young…”
Building a common ground, good.
“I ended up hearing your past unintentionally. I’m the one who should be sorry.”
“No, I was the one who brought it up… wait a minute, I’m getting a call.”
Se-hwa took her phone out of her tote bag.
It must be a call from Yoo Seung-hyun.
That guy, whose love for his girlfriend is extreme, always gave Se-hwa a ride to school and took her home.
As if to keep anyone from making a move on her.
But what can you do, Se-hwa, you’ll have to take the subway today.
Because Yoo Seung-hyun’s work car got into an accident and is at the repair shop.
Se-hwa, with the phone to her ear, said.
“Yeah, Seung-hyun. I just came outside after the semester start party… What? Really?”
A surprised tone and actions.
It was proof that Marcella had done a very good job.
“Are you hurt anywhere? No, I’ll go by myself. I can just take the subway. Yeah, okay.”
Se-hwa, who had hung up the phone, looked up at me.
“My boyfriend said he got into an accident… I think I have to go now.”
“An accident? Is he hurt anywhere?”
“No. But his voice sounds really anxious. I’m worried, so I’m going to go see him.”
His voice was anxious because Yoo Seung-hyun was the one at fault.
The car’s brakes didn’t work, so he smashed hard into the back of a properly stopped car.
No one was hurt, but he would have to work his ass off to earn money.
Because the car he hit was a luxury foreign model, and right now, that bastard was uninsured.
He wasn’t originally uninsured; Marcella had manipulated it to make him uninsured, but even if he pleaded that it was unfair, not a single person would listen.
In any case, because of this, Se-hwa would have more free time after school.
And the time she could meet with Yoo Seung-hyun would also decrease.
“Hurry and go. See you tomorrow.”
“Yeah, see you tomorrow.”
Se-hwa, who had waved her hand, went down to the subway station with quick steps.
My first objective was to get extremely close to Se-hwa.
To the point where she would think of me as an all-purpose cheat key, to the point where she would introduce me to Dr. Cash.
So that I, having entered the doctor’s lab as an intern or whatever, could tamper with the device.
I must not proceed hastily.
I must take my time and do it slowly.
Around the time I think we’ve gotten quite close, let’s send Amdusias to awaken Se-hwa.
I, who had been looking at her back and making a wicked smile, quickly returned to a bright expression and began chatting with the classmates I had befriended.
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