Chapter 10 (1/2)
”Siiiigh I have many mouths to feed but I lost my job ……”
”Can't you just find a new job?”
”Look at e and this body?”
It made sense
No matter how you looked at hi He didn't even have the strength to use a pickaxe that he was using a small hand hoe
Histhat hoe to crack open the rocks that the other
Jonnan's body wasn't like this fro that he was called the greatest wrestler of titan Valley
You're asking how he ended up like this?
It was because of Akto's curse
A curse that will actually be a blessing for me! Thanks to that, I will be able to learn the foundational knowledge related to alchemy
But that's a story for the distant future Since it'll be around the time the Successor competition ends, it'll be around 2 years later in Royal Roader
To at least prepare with that future in mind, I needed to beco without it
”Siiiigh, I was completely stabbed in the back by that damn Bae Doochi”
”What do you mean?”
I pretended to not know and asked You needed to have a lot of conversations to increase your intimacy, and you needed that to become soulmates
As I scratched the itchy spot, Jonnan started to sing the blues
In the beginning, Jonnan's fa titan Valley, along with Batoom and Goultan
However, after having a large accident while co unable to work
It was not only Jonnan His wife and two kids as well His whole faether to help him when the accident happened
It was an accident created by Akto's curse
If it wasn't for that curse, this mine would not be the Batoom Mines, but the Jonnan Mines Jonnan's skills as a her than the others
Anyways, Jonnan's wings as a miner were broken because of that accident, and he even failed in a business before beco penniless
Since then, he had been working as Bae Doochi's servant to survive
It had been 10 years like that
”Sigh, I knew about Bae Doochi's ruthlessness fro, but for it to be this bad Do you kno much I have done for him?”
I know Bae Doochi's personality really well too
An extremely selfish person
For his own gain, he doesn't care if someone else dies or not
That is why he is someone who cannot be the mine owner
That hat h Jonnan was the same
Was that the reason? Jonnan stopped singing the blues to talk tome
”How could you make that kind of trade with someone like Jonnan? If someone like him becomes the mine owner, the future of the miners will disappear”
It's not a surprise that I also hate Bae Doochi I definitely don't want to see soantly
However, do things in life go the way you want it to go? Soht end up a blessing
That's why phrases like ”Blessing in disguise” and ”Persistence can overco” exist
I know a bit about Royal Roader's future
In order for it to go the same way that I know about, Bae Doochi must become the mine owner It is only then that a better future will be created for not only the miners, but also myself
Of course, I can't tell Jonnan so like that Not like he would believe me anyways
”Why didn't you tell me this earlier? Then I would have traded with Gildeon and not Bae Doochi”
”I was living thanks to hiainst him in such a situation?”
Jonnan dropped his head again and let out a sigh The world in front of hi about how to survive from here on
The at!
Noas time to show Jonnan a new path
”Senior, since it's like this anyways, how about we help each other out?”
”How do you propose?”
”Senior, you are a expert that even Bae Doochi recognizes I a when it coe of experience and I will be in charge of the strength”
Honestly speaking, this was the cold truth in front of us
My strength and sta when it ca twice the aain was not even half of theirs (TL: Apparently thisprobably 4 years in the mines…)
On the other hand, Jonnan was skilled in finding lodes He was also very accurate about selecting theminerals However, because of a chronic illness and Akto's curse, he did not have the strength to break the rocks
In other words, ould be the perfect partners
At estion, Jonnan abruptly raised his head His depressed eyes also started to come back alive
”Oho! That is a great method”
That was the start of our symbiotic relationshi+p Just like it was the case in Royal Roader, we had quickly become soulmates
”Perhaps, is there a specific mineral you want to find?”
”Of course”
”What mineral is it?”