Chapter 29
[MyLifeIsRuined : I went to the Hunter Rank Measurement Center in Yongsan
There were so many people there that I got shoulder-checked; they made me do all kinds of weird tests during the measurement..
I think I’m probably gonna get something like SSS-rank, so any meal recs?
-ㅇㅇ : The part about getting shoulder-checked is the only thing that’s actually true
ㄴ MyLifeIsRuined : Die.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ : (Dyu..)
-Kim Heukgan : I’m a measurement center employee, and you were D-rank
ㄴ MyLifeIsRuined : That’s ridiculous nonsenseㅡㅡ
-GaGalleryJoin : Did you get back okay
ㄴ MyLifeIsRuined : Yeah, haha
-AlhwangCurry : Is it true? I went to the measurement center today too, and damn, Yoo Chaerin was there
ㄴ MyLifeIsRuined : Gasp
ㄴ Husta : Did something happen to Yoo Chaerin?
ㄴ AlhwangCurry : @Husta dunno
ㄴ AlhwangCurry : @MyLifeIsRuined This guy was lying, and you didn’t even know it
ㄴ MyLifeIsRuined : @AlhwangCurry No; that wasn’t the gasp I meant.. I knew about it too
Coming home and browsing the gallery makes me feel at ease. I don’t really know what happened, but that means I’m now a proper legal citizen.
“Ophelia, so today’s schedule was actually to go meet Chae-rin unnie?”
“Yes. I went and handled, with Hunter Yoo Chaerin’s help, the matters that needed to be dealt with as quickly as possible.”
“I see….”
Ophelia’s schedule had turned out to be for me. I’d felt a little weird thinking she’d gone off to work without me, but somehow I felt better now.
“When will the rank assessment be over?”
“It usually takes about three days, but they said they’d send the results as quickly as possible.”
“Haa, I’m looking forward to it.”
My combat evaluation rank was at F-rank level, and it goes without saying that summoner-class hunters’ bodies are weak, but mine was especially bad.
Of course, a summoner’s body combat strength isn’t very important, and among a summoner’s stats, there are stats where the body’s combat power matters even less.
And that was the summon’s ‘solo action range.’
“Hmm.. so it has no limit.”
No limit, indeed. It meant it could move without my orders, no matter how far away it went.
This was basically an independent entity. But according to Ophelia, if it got hurt, I absolutely had to heal it. And real-time mana supply didn’t reach the other side of the Earth.
Still, it could store some mana inside itself. Until it ran out, Ddangdang could last 10 hours, Minium or Suri about a week? Ophelia says she can endure almost an entire year without receiving mana supply.
Instead, combat or movements that use a lot of mana should be avoided.
“Did you wash your hands after coming home?”
“I will….”
By now, Ophelia had become my legal mother. Wait, but Ophelia is registered as my summon, and yet legally she’s my mom?
‘A mom as a summon? Isn’t that kind of weird.’
Anyway, Ophelia and Chae-rin unnie probably weren’t just casually handling the work however they pleased. I’d just have to nod along and go, ah, okay.
There are posts flooding the gallery about the open gate that opened in Busan today.
[BusanIsNiceToLiveIn : Info on the foreigner who was with the B-rank open gate in Sasang-gu this time
They say he’s a Dutch hunter lol]
-ㅇㅇ : Gyeongnam GOAT hunter, dutchman lol
-ㅇㅇ : Don’t even know his name? He was insanely strong
ㄴ Elidan : How would I know? He just left after it was over
-KesillaLover : He was hanging around with Yang Hyunsoo, that guy
ㄴ PEFE : For real?
ㄴ Elidan : @PEFE Yeah, I was there and saw it myself
-ㅇㅇ : Hyunsoo sure has a wide network
Yang Hyunsoo is one of the top hunters in Gyeongnam. He’s a cavalry-class hunter who’s almost beyond A-rank, and the mount he rides is a wyvern, one of the drake beasts. It’s a rare riding monster even worldwide.
“Haa, I want to ride something cool too.”
I took my eyes off the phone for a moment and looked around. Suri and Ddangdang were playing next to me, and Minium was lying flat on the floor. Ophelia was in the kitchen preparing dinner after coming home.
“Maybe I should try growing Ddangdang really huge.”
Suri has a nimble, agile feel, so this size is probably just right. I’m also afraid of heights, so riding Suri would be a bit much.
Then that leaves Ddangdang, but in its current state it’d topple over if I put even one foot on it. It probably weighs only a few hundred grams.
“Ddangdang, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
ㅡBeep?
“What do you want to be? Like.. a super-strong tiger or something?”
Ddangdang seemed to be thinking for a moment at my words, and a round icon started spinning on the monitor screen. Before long, a single picture popped up on the screen.
“What is this. Godzilla? You want to be Godzilla?”
ㅡBeep!
That’s a size goal that goes beyond the creator’s expectations. Ddangdang at Godzilla size? Then it’d be even bigger than Suri. If I were to ride it, wouldn’t I have to sit up by the head?
Besides, I can’t even imagine how much money it would take to make a Godzilla. Probably something like 9,000 trillion, ten million, one hundred billion tons of rare metal.
At that point, it’d definitely be S-rank, for sure.
“Come up with something a little smaller. I’m scared of heights.”
ㅡBeep..
Ddangdang, whose dream had been mercilessly crushed, went off in search of another dream.
“What is this.”
The picture that appeared on the screen was of a huge wolf-like creature. It was a cool image with white fur fluttering softly.
“Fenrir? Fenrir is great! Ddangdang can be Fenrir!”
ㅡBeep!
Unlike a wyvern, it couldn’t fly, but it would definitely be insanely cool. But even at that size, it still seemed like it would cost a fortune. Or rather, since I’d only be riding it and not using it in battle, maybe it’d be okay to make it out of cheaper metal than rare metal?
“Haa, I hope my rank comes out soon.”
If I officially get A-rank or higher, people in the gallery will be able to mention me. Then I can shower those guys with Cy-burgers to my heart’s content, get praised, and even delete SNS if I want.
“SNS.. Maybe I should take a look at SNS.”
Ophelia had made me an SNS account last time. The first post was probably the one where Chae-a unnie mentioned me.
[chaE._Vely_]
Recently met cute little one at the Shilla Hotel lol @_Princess_Eve
Likes 4.8K Comments 1,738 Shares 636
“Gasp, 4,800 likes.”
In gallery terms, that’s basically like getting nearly 5,000 upvotes.
Wait, was it really that easy to get upvotes? Of course, the average upvotes for a hot post in each gallery are around 40, but isn’t this a huge difference?
Even if I threw Cy-burgers around like crazy, it’d be hard to get 5,000 upvotes in each gallery. Chae-a’s follower count, which had originally been around 20,000-something, had grown to about 25,000, and the share count had even gone past 600.
“Hmm.. Ophelia, so it’s enough if recognition just builds up?”
“No. Basically, there has to be goodwill toward the princess.”
“I see..!”
Come to think of it, SNS has more users than the gallery, right? Of course, if you count the other galleries too.. ah, still, SNS would have more users. There are lots of foreigners on SNS, too.
In other words..
“I can just hand out Cy-burgers on SNS..!!”
Am I a genius or what? Why didn’t I think of that? It’s not like SNS only lets you post your face. Instead, I can upload all sorts of things to Reels, and in the caption write, ‘Leave a comment saying “I praise the princess,” and I’ll give away a Cy-burger by raffle—’
Maybe a video of me messing with slime? What’s popular on Reels?
ㅡLancer versus Sword
“What is this..?”
ㅡunarmd versus Wrench
“Not this kind.”
As I kept flipping through Reels a few times, all sorts of weird stuff came up. There were even duck mad movies (not Oriana. Duck.), and tons of Reels of a green alien cat dancing.
“Reels are hard these days….”
I searched for games in the search bar to see if there was anything game-related, but nothing I was currently playing came up. Still, if you ask which one shows up the most, it’d be this one.
“Roblox.. maybe I should try it too.”
Honestly, I don’t really know what’s fun about this, but there are tons of Roblox Jammotta maps.
By the way, ‘Jammotta’ means a tower even kids can’t clear.
“Heh, I’m not a kid, so I’ll beat it in no time.”
First, let’s just install it and try it.
* * * * *
“Princess? Dinner is ready, though.”
“Ah, just a moment….”
“Are you gaming?”
“I-it’s important!”
“How is it important?”
Ophelia had come up behind me with a ladle and was looking at my monitor. I’m totally focused right now, so this is a problem, Ophelia..!
“If I can’t clear this.. I’ll turn into a literal kid, you know..!”
There’s no way I can’t clear this? That’s what I thought, but it’s actually hard. They gave it such a clickbait name, but the difficulty is nowhere near kid-level.
“A-and! If I clear it, I’m going to upload a Reel! You know SNS Reels, right?! I might even get popular!”
“Hmm.”
I’m stuck on the white stage over and over. This feels like it was made wrong; I’m normally good at games..!
“Princess, if you don’t eat a proper meal, your growth will stop, and you may truly become a physical ‘kid.’ Please stop your entertainment and eat your meal.”
“U,uhh….”
Skipping one meal doesn’t seem like it’d do that. Still, Ophelia made me a delicious meal, so it’d be kind of wrong to keep playing games. Then I’d really be one of those internet problem children.
ㅡThunk.
“Okay.. I’ll eat.”
“Good. Self-restraint is a fine virtue.”
I should ask Ophelia to buy me some slime later. I want to upload Reels of me messing with it and telling stories.
‘And toss in some hamburgers too….’
Just watch me take pictures in embarrassing clothes and upload them..!