Chapter 136
Malang: It’s beautiful… I’ve never seen a jewel like this in my life…
Malang: Where did you mine this?
Malang’s reaction to receiving artificial gems was dramatic.
“Where did you mine it from?”
Stationery store, toy store.
You can buy each for a few thousand won.
Nowadays, the quality has improved, so there are places that specialize in fancy stones.
Joodak*: That’s not real jewelry.
Malang: Huh?
Joodak*: It’s artificially made. Literally created by human hands.
“No need to hide that.”
Malang eats the gem.
More precisely, it’s a form of consuming the value and preciousness the gem holds and gathering it into mana.
Malang: You mean this is an artificial gem?
Joodak*: Yeah, it’s not worth much.
Malang: Whoa!
Malang: I’ll try using it first!
“If it works, great, if not, no big deal.”
So I sent it off.
After several dozen minutes without a reply, I grew impatient.
Joodak*: Did you eat it?
Unable to wait any longer, I reached out, and after a brief silence, the reply came back.
Malang: Well… I can’t eat it.
Joodak*: What?
Malang: How am I supposed to eat this? ㅠㅠ
Malang: If this is indeed the world’s only gem like you said, it feels wasteful…
Joodak*: Well, hmm.
Thinking it over, I realized it was easy to misunderstand.
Gems of that quality didn’t exist in the medieval era.
“Then I’ll just send more.”
However, in modern times, they were abundant.
[Heart Fancy Stone x10] – 4p
[Diamond Faux Gem] – 8p
[Glass Crystal in Various Colors x10] – 10p
Artificial gems had various materials and fabrication methods.
Maybe that’s why their names were diverse too.
This time, I randomly bought some more and sent them again.
Malang: Whoa!
Not just a little, but plenty—around 100 or so.
Since the value of these points accumulates more than what you spend.
Joodak*: How’s that? Is this enough?
About ten minutes after sending the new gems, there was a proposal.
[Malang has proposed 1,000 Fate Leaves!]
Instead of a reply, an enormous quantity of leaves arrived in a package.
*
[Title: I have to save them… I have to use them sparingly…]
Author: ElvesArePrettyAndCuteAndEverything
Fate Leaves… so precious… I need to save them…
I can’t hold on any longer.
(Elf meme burying its face in a powder container)
Hehehe, hehee…
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– What the hell are you doing!!!!
– Elf-kiyaaaaaaaak!
– Ah, the precious leaves…!
– LOL
– This is seriously too funny, what the heck ㅋㅋㅋ
– These guys are definitely cats, they can’t even band together ㅋㅋ
Fate Leaves.
For convenience, the leaves were effective.
They rapidly restored the user’s mana.
“Not for war, though?”
I hoped they could be used like mana restoration potions, but they weren’t quite like that.
Taking them calmed the body and slowly replenished mana as it decreased—a passive effect.
– Ahhhh, this is the best…
– (Elf Con looking pleased)
– I love you, Joodak… Kiss!
– Ugh, this chat reeks of alcohol.
– Can’t we just ban elves from the gallery?
No way, then we can’t see elf adult content!
– ? Why watch elf adult content…
– Do you watch that kind of stuff?
It was literally exclusive to elves.
While drinking, they would also light the leaves and restore mana based on how much diminished.
However, until that point, the quantity in circulation was limited.
Because of that, elves had no choice but to keep them desperately…
[Notice: Important to read regarding Fate Leaves.]
Author: Joodak*
It’s me.
If you’re a person living healthily or a dwarf who instead gains buffs from alcohol, you don’t need to read this.
Actually, only the elves that lack patience and control need to read it ㅇㅇ
(Fate Leaves 1,000 boxes meme)
Now, I’m going to sell these in the marketplace ㅇㅇ
Each for 1 mana pill.
I’ll display them as basic goods like tuna cans and bottled water, so you all can grab them as you please.
I’ll also lift the daily limit of 3 bottles.
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– Kyaaaaak!!!!!
– Uwaaaaak!!!!!
– Elf!!! Sell!!!
– Joodak, take me!!!
– Ugh, seriously this is so funny ㅋㅋㅋ
– Joodak, let’s just starve the elves to death.
– Why do you even take care of them…
– “Because it’s Joodak”
(…! Knight Con)
Now that limit has been lifted.
The quantity was effectively made unlimited.
“And most importantly, this benefits me too.”
In fact, I was the one who benefitted most from this incident.
Artificial gems cost only about 1 point each.
And Malang could produce at least 100 Fate Leaves from each artificial gem.
What if I put this in the marketplace?
“1 point becomes 100 mana pills.”
An insane creation economy.
Of course, there’s a daily production limit and the buyer is limited to elves, but still, it’s something.
– Joodak is my benefactor…
– I realize again how amazing Joodak is.
– If there’s not a single Joo-Samo in the world, that means I don’t exist.
While pulling off this scam trade, I managed to gain a good reputation and favorable reactions.
Effectively, I had created a perpetual income that I could rely on for life.
“With this, I’ll have enough to support food for the streets.”
This could be reinvested to attract more people to the gallery.
[Title: Sigh… Hah, sniff Hah…]
(Elf meme sniffing powder)
(Elf meme doing a shot with leaves floating in soju)
(Elf meme rolling and lighting leaves like a cigar)
Hehehe, hehehe…
Huh.
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– Author Elf-chan is the best!
– Who knew it could be used like this!!!
– I’ve wasted half my life just burning them normally…
– Please tell me there are side effects.
– I hope they all go to the afterlife while smoking like this, that’s a bad thought, so no.
No bad thoughts, no downvotes.
– 137.7.32) (World Tree Con with mouth open)
– 137.7.32) (Banned – World Tree Con)
– I don’t even know anymore, World Tree Con.
The last comment from World Tree caught my attention.
“Well, I don’t know the location anyway…”
I heard elves tend to develop dependencies, but I wasn’t too worried.
Stalking requires knowing the target’s location, right?
Now, my bunker was sturdy enough that no one could break in.
I dismissed it as nothing significant and tried to look for other gallery posts when suddenly…
– Squeak.
“…Joodak?”
At that moment, the door opened, and in came the drying machine.
“What? How did you open it?”
I was sure I locked the door!
Surprised, I looked at the drying machine, which seemed different than usual.
She was breathing a bit more heavily, and her clothes had slipped down, exposing her shoulders.
“I’m bored.”
“What?”
“I’m bored, and I just can’t stand it anymore.”
The drying machine soon approached me with a sly smile.
*
The only magic tower in Kellierhton.
The masterpiece of Affectionate Konik, the ZL Storm Magician…
The top floor of the magic tower had become a free lodging facility for dragons who had occupied it without permission.
“Ughhh…”
Malang, whose real name was Rota Berhaber Lu Gerolente Pamela, was filled with admiration.
It was beauty that wouldn’t even allow her to look away.
It was a gem crafted by Joodak made from substances that didn’t even exist in the current world.
Such precious items were so abundant that they slipped out of her hands when she tried to collect them.
“Beautiful, lovely.”
Pamela had already spent half a day lost in staring at the gems.
Although she was known in the world as the Gold Dragon, the reality was different.
Back then, gold was the most precious material in the world.
Gem Dragon was indeed more aligned with her identity.
“Hey, stop that and eat breakfast.”
“Huh?”
At that moment, Yongyongjukgeji, Felici grabbed her by the nape and sat her at the dining table.
On the table was a vintage porcelain tea set.
“It’s beautiful.”
Pamela took a cookie from the plate and took a bite.
“It’s a beautiful taste!”
The food was also splendid.
Eating was merely an unnecessary act, but Felici, who prioritized even three meals a day, was proof of that.
And all of this came from Joodak.
“Perhaps Joodak is also beautiful, right?”
Dragons could see human color perception.
Felici sighed a little as she watched the young dragon ask her that.
What could be read from it was a clear obsession, greed, and desire for possession.
“Yeah, that was the case.”
Not just a single color, but every color harmoniously blended together like a rainbow—the essence of Joodak.
That shock was something she would never forget.
Conversely, she also foresaw the shocking future he could bring.
That’s why Felici issued a warning to Pamela.
“Just in case, don’t offend Joodak.”
“Hmm…”
Pamela shot a glance at Felici.
The dragon queen, naturally, had power and magic that could match any dragon.
To find her self now under Joodak?
“Is Joodak really that strong?”
Instinctively, she felt the need to gauge Joodak’s reaction, but she questioned it.
“If we join our powers, maybe we can have Joodak.”
Dragons’ enemy is boredom.
Leisure never arises without reason.
The moment they lose against boredom, that was when a dragon took its own life.
“Didn’t you wake me for that purpose?”
What would a strong being care about being cautious?
At that moment, Felici set her cup down and gazed at Pamela.
“Pamela, do you really think I woke you?”
“Huh? Wasn’t it you?”
It was somewhat alien for Pamela to have been awakened from a deep slumber.
She thought only Felici could give her such a feeling.
At that moment, Felici slowly reached out.
– Tap.
And placed her hand on Pamela’s forehead as if to show her what she saw.
Snatching lives from everything that exists on this land.
Leaving behind an unremovable curse.
Felici’s eyes turned red.
Just as Pamela tensed up and held her breath,
“No, it’s better for you not to know.”
“Huh?”
“It’s too much for a young dragon like you to understand.”
Felici sighed and shook her head.
What would a mere 999-year-old dragon do with such knowledge?
There was no need to spend the long years ahead living in fear after knowing such a truth.
“Can you please tell me?”
“There are indeed some things that are better left unknown.”
