NOVEL NEXT Chapter 669
The overseas schedule was nearly wrapping up.
Hearing my family’s voices after a long time made my happiness meter surge from my toes to my eyebrows.
“Na-me, as I always say, don’t overdo it. When you come home, I’ll make delicious hwangtaeguk (yellow corvina soup) for you.”
“Hu-heung, yes, Dad… huh? Should I overturn the table?”
“Hahaha, I’ll prepare dry-aged steak for you. If you come out like that, Dad will be upset.”
“Don’t joke with food.”
And then the phone call with Cheon Saetbyeol.
“You’re quitting acting academy? What happened?”
I was taken aback by what Saetbyeol told me.
I was so surprised that I dropped the caramel-flavored Eureka popcorn I was enjoying on the floor.
I bent down to pick up the popcorn that had rolled under the hotel bed but decided to properly toss it in the trash can.
[I want to extend the lesson time a little more. I just don’t fit in that big academy.]
“Ah, I see. Have you looked into other academies?”
[Not yet. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll go to a local academy.]
“Hu-heung, wherever you go, you’ll do well, so don’t worry too much.”
[Yoooouuuu! Is my sister caring for me? That’s kinda touching!]
“I’ll hang up now.”
[Wait wait wait! I have a photo to show you! Hold on.]
“What is it?”
While munching on popcorn, I waited for Saetbyeol’s photo.
[Cheon Saetbyeol: (photo)]
‘Isn’t that Luri?’
Moreover, she’s in a maid outfit.
Seeing her expression looking all sour, it seemed like Saetbyeol took that photo when she was about to change clothes.
[Luri picked that outfit because she liked it. Isn’t it super cute?]
“Whoa, so cute… It takes me back. When we were at the Magic Tower, Luri always wore outfits like that.”
[So my sister really is a pervert.]
“What are you saying? Anyone could have a maid! Most of the maids were nobles too. It’s not like it was a slave thing.”
Of course, there were times when, during my midnight research…
I had heard beast-like sounds coming from both rooms in my private research lab.
I should have dealt with those mathematician bastards then.
But being low priority, my revenge couldn’t reach that far.
[By the way, when are you coming back to Korea?]
“Today, I’ve finished my schedule in Singapore. I’ll be taking a flight tomorrow morning.”
[What about the gift?]
I scarfed down the last of my popcorn.
“I bought Eureka popcorn in Malaysia, and it was so good that I ate it all. Good luck! Bye!”
[Hey, you better bring that height!]
Beep—
Immediately, I jumped onto the bed.
I flailed my limbs and made crumples all over the white blanket.
Thud thud thud thud—
Also, I smacked my foot against the bed.
“Ugh, I’m so tired…”
The 13-day journey was finally over.
The work for the release of the Dreaming Mode ‘High-Precision Universal Diagnostic’ function was about 80% complete.
The feature to be implemented this time was a quasi-virtual reality remote diagnostic magic based on the ‘diagnosis’ spell.
Though there would be several interventions by artificial intelligence in between, since it’s ultimately a magic function, human touch was indispensable.
Before that, just what kind of ‘diagnosis’ magic could tell blood pressure and pulse?
It goes without saying that using magic doesn’t mean a status window pops up like in games.
‘It wouldn’t be that convenient in this world.’
The mana flowing from the magic circle spins around our bodies and adjusts specific constants.
In that process, we can indirectly gain information.
Particularly, being able to know blood pressure is due to the caster having a sense of blood pressure.
So, the magic circle makes the rotations to extract blood pressure information as intended by the caster.
We loosely referred to this as ‘intuition.’
‘Intuition’ can be refined through repetitive experience and learning.
Especially now that we’re in the era where even human creativity can be analyzed with artificial intelligence.
Currently, the Ricci Research Institute in Italy was conducting various studies, such as releasing PMAAS to assist human ‘intuition.’
And now my role was to explore cooperation with various countries to secure an extremely large workforce.
‘The company with the most employees probably hired about 1.5 million people, right?’
To distribute the diagnostic feature to 100 million people, a minimum of 1% or 1 million people was needed.
‘It’s overwhelming.’
I closed my eyes at the dizzying number.
It’s not just about hiring a lot of workers.
Education on using the diagnostic feature in the Dreaming Mode also had to be conducted.
From that point on, Janjeol would morph into a company that couldn’t even be compared to previously.
I roughly saw that time as the timing to step down from the CEO position.
‘There should be plenty of people who can operate the company better than me. I should just live helping out with the sluggish Dream Stone 2 research.’
I felt quite satisfied that my life plan was coming together somewhat.
Slowly, my eyes began to close.
[Sis, aren’t you satisfied with this life? You have a family that loves you, friends, and fans who adore you!]
Cool—
[You have money and fame, so why do you keep… Can’t you just give up?]
“Hmph. I’ll handle it myself…”
At that moment.
Bee-e-e-e-e-e-e-eep!
“Ughhh!”
The piercing beep at volume 100 pierced my ears.
I was just about to fall asleep!
I opened my eyes wide and stared at the hologram projector.
‘Right, that thing was here.’
The black cube I had placed in the virtual reality private room was spewing noise.
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Bee-e-e-e-e-e-e-eep—
First, I lowered the volume and staggered over to disconnect the hologram projector from the capsule.
This was no mere notification sound.
It was the kind of vulgarity that was self-censored.
“I’ll have to sleep in the capsule again when I have such a nice bed here.”
Life can’t be this tragic.
I laid down in the capsule and connected to virtual reality.
*
[Private Room]
[NoName’s and Adella’s Palace]
“Palace…? When did I level up?”
The private room that was once a mansion had now turned into a palace.
Checking the connection times of my party members, Luri’s time was overwhelmingly high.
[On weekends, they just use the capsule every day. Total hermit! Take the capsule away, Na-me!]
Seriously, how different from a dragon.
If I return home, I’ll have to seriously consult with her.
I picked up the black cube that had fallen on the floor and levitated it in the air.
Whooooom—
[Hello, Erichiton]
[-Talk with Erichiton-]
[PW: C124C544C0ACB791D574]
[
Switching to administrator mode]
The black cube shimmered with a blue light.
I sat cross-legged and waited for it to load.
The overly ornate private room rolled back to the original room where I lived.
The pieces broken apart by the blue light gradually formed shapes from the floor up.
“Woof!”
“So cute… I want to raise Nureongi too.”
It was an NPC from the Erichiton mini-game, a Shigoreuzav breed.
In the past, I had replaced the pollution of erosion with ‘malicious expression circuit techniques’ and applied it to Janjeol developer tests.
It was also a moment that made me feel the vastness of the world and the many masters out there.
In that process, many ideas that were creative but utterly impractical had emerged.
I calculated with a quantum computer connected in parallel with 150,000 QPU cores for a whopping 60 days.
In any case, I had sufficient resources to run a data center.
“Woof woof!”
“Come here, Ton Ton.”
A cute puppy bounced over, drooling everywhere.
At that moment.
“Ugh.”
A tremendous light streamed from the black cube that was projecting the NPC, engulfing the entire private room.
I turned my head away and covered my eyes with one hand.
As the light gradually settled, everything in the room returned to its original place.
When I turned my head back, the lovable puppy was nowhere to be found.
In its place was…
A girl with bright red hair, as if the saturation had been maximized.
Naked, she stood with a bent waist, covering her ample breasts and private parts, screaming at me.
It didn’t matter since it would be mosaicked in virtual reality anyway.
“Ughhh… you bastard! Why are you doing this to me, you piece of…!”
Bravo.
I clapped my hands in applause.
“How can most of your sentences be filled with cursing? That’s quite a talent you have.”
“Shut up! Why do I have to keep talking like this? Ugh! What the hell is going on… Why does my speech keep coming out weird?”
“See? Even you think it’s odd. It was way better before! Can you change it back?”
[Language Filter: ‘Doggy’]
“That’s a lame dog! What about it? Argh!”
“Much better. You’re getting used to it, right? I searched for something similar to your usual way of speaking on purpose. I bought a paid censor item for 1500 won. You should be grateful to me.”
“Why does this not sound like my usual speaking style? Ugh!”
She is the gluttonous Erichiton.
Though I don’t remember her previous name since she was once consumed by erosion, I was certain about her last name.
“There’s no way this is real… It must be a lie! How can I only speak in barks! It’s something that can’t happen!”
Erichiton Zakario.
“Did you set all this up? How dare you turn me into this! Just wait—do you know what I’ll do to you? Huh? Am I barking right now?”
She is the only daughter of Duke Zakario.
“Please… I’m sorry! So can’t you just let me off the hook just this once? This is such a stretch!”
Prince Feiran’s cousin.
“Hahaha… I’m just a barking dog… a sad barking dog…”
Bards often called her ‘the daughter of evil.’
“Argh! Let me go!”
Now she’s just turned into an ordinary neighborhood dog.
“I’ll see you in an hour, Erichiton. Until then, I’ll make sure to shower you with affection.”
[The application has unexpectedly closed.]