Chapter 46 (1/2)

“Okay. Good,” Su-hyeun thought.

It was important from now on that he slowly drew his magic to maximize the effectiveness of the catalyst. If he drew his magic too quickly, the catalyst would evaporate. At the same time, he felt the pain. It was as if his body was burning.

“Focus. I need to focus.”

It was a pain he had been prepared for in the first place. Su-hyeun clenched his teeth and raised his magic.

Rumble, rumble—

The magic, which reacted to the catalyst, gradually grew—the size and concentration began changing.

“Good.”

The magic wasn’t done growing yet, but suddenly it stopped. Su-hyeun was embarrassed and pulled down the moving magic.

“Did I try to make it grow too quickly?”

He had been thinking of increasing the Magic Level at the same time as the catalyst, but it did not work well.

“Then… I have to confine it first,” he thought.

The catalyst was worth two million points. He didn’t want to blow this in vain. He decided to keep it in his body before it started to evaporate.

Whoooshh—

Rumble, rumble—

The catalyst that was evenly spread through his body began to move to one side. He led it to the edge of his heart. The blood circulation would help the magic spread faster.

Zip—

Then, he encircled the area to prevent oxidizing the catalyst. With this, he did not have to worry about the catalyst disappearing.

“I wanted to finish it quickly…Oh well.”

It seemed hard.

“Since this is what happened… I guess I will melt it for a long time.”

John, who was the owner of the inn, Makdallum, went to room 301. A customer was staying there who paid to stay for a week but had been there for 10 days without paying extra!

The guest had mentioned ahead of time that he would stay longer than a week, so John didn’t worry at first. But he couldn’t stand it anymore. Not just because he was behind on the payment but because also other customers started to complain about the strange smell from that room.

“What is this smell?”

John came up on the third floor and frowned. It smelled like something sour got rotten. He felt like his stomach would be turned inside out.

“Oh my god. What is this…?”

It smelled much worse than he thought. He had no idea what this customer was doing in the room.

“Seriously…!”

Bang, bang, bang—

John knocked on room 301 roughly.

“Hey, man! What are you doing inside? You haven’t paid for your extra days!”

Click—

Creak—

The old door slowly opened. John made a wry face. He was ready to nag. But soon, his frown deepened. He wanted to say something, but he could not open his mouth.

“O, oop…”

The smell in the room was more putrid than in the hallway.

“Y-yuck…!”

John shut his mouth with both hands and hurriedly went down the stairs. He had no time to argue at the moment. He had to find a restroom before he threw up.

“Umm…”

Su-hyeun looked at John’s back. He expected this, but he felt sorry.

“How long has it been?”

The process of absorbing the catalyst took a long time. He thought it would take a week at most, but he concentrated so much that he could not figure out how much time had passed. The reason why John came to his room was probably the smell.

“I guess I should pay him some extra money.”

He did not want to run away after he made the inn smell this bad. Su-hyeun scratched his head and headed for the bathroom. First, he had to shower.

Su-hyeun paid the money he owed to John after John vomited until nothing was left in his stomach. Although he had spent two million achievement points before, the remaining points were more than enough to use on the 21st floor. When he paid extra 3,000 achievement points, John’s face lighted up quickly. That amount was equal with what he earned running the inn for a month.

“10 days…”

Su-hyeun checked the remaining time after he came back to the real world.

“Now, only 18 days left,” he thought.

There was not much time left. More time passed than he had expected. Since there was a result, the time spent was not meaningless. Now, it was time to find a way.

“Should I persuade the director again?”

If he would meet him in person, he might be able to make up more plausible reasons to persuade him.

“No… Probably not.”

It didn’t take long to shake his head for that idea. He knew the director. He was not that kind of person. As Lee Ju-ho had experienced, the director concentrated all his thoughts on his comfort. It was a wonder how he could manage to rise that high position. He was not a person who could risk it.