Chapter 64
“Isn't life truly futile?”
-?
-Suddenly?
-They're starting this shit againㅋㅋ;
“No, you know… People say money is everything in this world.”
Then do rich people as wealthy as me already own the whole world?
With that, I casually put on the luxury sunglasses I'd just bought at the designer shop.
-Fucking hellㅋㅋ
-The flexing is fucking insane
-How the hell did they set the odds?
“Why do office workers even work~? Hahaha.”
For the record, these sunglasses cost more than what I earned mining earlier today.
After hitting the jackpot five times at roulette, this amount was pocket change.
Why do miners mine, huh? Why do fishermen fish, either?
You can just click a slot and make your money multiply.
-This bastard's luck is fucking insane;;
-No, does this make sense?
-They hit it every single time they spin the roulette;
“Ah~ Everyone, isn't this all just risk management and probability analysis?”
You see, gambling games like this…
can all be analyzed mathematically, that's what I'm saying.
In that sense, Wayo, who inherited their father's mathematical brain, can be called a gambling ace on par with Goni.
-“Cardsharp,” my ass
-They just clicked it, for fuck's sake;;
-But it was fucking incredibleㅇㅇ…
Yeah, honestly, what just happened could be played as a funeral montage.
When it looked like the jackpot wouldn't hit, I bet small, and when I got a feeling, I bet big and won big.
“I'm quitting the stream as of today. I have to go to Las Vegas.”
A talent like this shouldn't be streaming right now.
I need to go to Las Vegas immediately.
-This fucking money-grubbing bitchㅋㅋㅋ
-Look at them immediately announcing they're abandoning us
-You think you'll do fine after leaving the streaming scene??
“Once I make it big, I'll stream from a yacht and spread the wealth.”
-Okay
-Go on, then..
-The wealth-spreading part is fairㅇㅈ
If I win big gambling in America, I'll shower Korean viewers with burgers.
Isn't that what you call earning foreign currency?
-But are you upgrading the pickaxe now?
-That money would make for one hell of an upgradeㅋㅋㅋ
-How high is their Luck?ㄷㄷ
“Huh?”
But what was that supposed to mean?
I asked, genuinely looking as if I had no idea what they meant.
-?
-??
-What the fuck is this?
Why would I… upgrade my tools?
Are you telling me to go into that dark, dusty mine?
Me? The richest person in the Life Game right now?
I wish you wouldn't say things like that, even as a joke.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This fucking bitchㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Then what are you going to do?
“Hmm, should I spend more money first?”
There's so much of it; with pockets this heavy, can I even walk?
-...?
-You don't have any money in your inventory, though?
-Info) The system is holding the money.
Ahem, that's just how I'm putting it.
And when someone of my upper-class status says it's heavy, you should just take my word for it, tsk.
-Look at them throwing their weight around
-Fucking crazyㅋㅋㅋ
-The Life Server's richest person is fucking terrifying
“This is a problem. Where am I supposed to spend all this money?”
I have a lot of money, but what should I spend it on?
I did buy sunglasses at the designer shop, but they were the most expensive thing there.
Maybe because it was the server's first day, there weren't many items.
-Should we go to the fishing spot and show off?
-You should flaunt your money to commonersㅇㅇ
-Buy the junior a snack, for fuck's sake
“Hmm….”
Right, now that I've earned so much, should I visit the fishing spot?
Sitting somewhere with a nice view and watching commoners sweat to earn petty cash should have its own kind of charm.
-Let's go go go
-Please socialize with people for once
-Go out and make some friends!!
“Oh, come on.”
Stop rushing me.
Ah, Mom! I have internet friends.
-Oh
-Ah..
-Ah…
-Is the streamer deflecting us right now?
-Streamer Wayo.
“Why are you giving me shit even when I humor you?”
They sure are fickle.
Anyway.
As I chatted with the viewers, I soon reached the vicinity of the fishing spot,
the outskirts of the main stream where people were gathered in little clusters, chatting.
And there, I spotted someone fishing alone atop a rocky hill.
“That person….”
-Why are they alone over there?ㅋㅋ
-Let's go talk to them, go go
Oh no, there's a landmine on that rock.
If I step on it wrong, it might explode. Better avoid it like this….
“Oh, Goddess?”
…Oops.
-Let's go give them some money, go go
-How long has it been?
Whether they understood how I felt or not, the viewers were delighted to see the junior we'd met again,
perhaps because the kid had such a cute voice. It seemed they were quietly well-liked.
“Ah, yes… Wei.”
“Oh, is that a nickname?”
“Yes, that's wight.”
-Yes, that's wight~~
-“Wei,” my ass
-Aren't you maintaining your RP?
“But why are you speaking formally?”
“Now that I think about it, can a goddess really speak casually to a hero?”
Who was the hero, anyway?
The goddess's errand boy, lackey, and whatever else—something like that, anyway.
So I should show them some respect, in my own way.
It's definitely not because I'm trying to keep my distance.
“Aha… I see! Still, please speak casually with me.”
“Ah, yeah, sure….”
But didn't I definitely push them toward the center earlier?
Why were they fishing alone on the outskirts?
“But why are you alone?”
“Ah, well….”
When I asked because it seemed strange, our anti-tank mine junior hemmed and hawed before answering.
“...We did exchange greetings.”
“You did?”
“There are too many people, so it's hard to join the conversation. I've just been chatting with the viewers here.”
-Ah..
-ㅜㅡㅜㅠ
-What a fucking loner..
“Oh no….”
Poor thing….
I looked at my antisocial, hopelessly awkward junior with pity.
Right, joining a conversation must have been difficult.
“Wh-why are you looking at me like that?”
“It's nothing.”
It's not that I couldn't understand.
People of the landmine type usually have a hard time making friends.
Especially since our hero is an anti-tank mine, right? It must be difficult to get close to people.
-I feel bad for them; take them around with youㅇㅇ..
-Please let us get some girl-failure vibes on stream
-You have money, so hire them to work for you?
Hmm, should I?
I was going to avoid them because they're a landmine-type junior, but seeing them alone made me feel a little bad.
Still, according to our RPs, it made sense for us to travel together.
A hero is a goddess's lackey by nature, after all.
“Tsk, then do you want to come with me?”
“Huh? Uh… I'd love to.”
Right, I shall graciously take you under my wing.
Consider yourself lucky, junior.
Being the lackey of the Life Server's top tycoon isn't easy to come by.
“But… what are you going to do now?”
“Ah, me?”
I suppose I'll spend money and have some fun.
I should show our junior what having fun looks like.
**
“Ah~ So you're a former Italian soldier?”
“No, no, I was a Roman soldier from the twelfth century in a parallel world, but a time paradox occurred….”
“Oh, this person here is a time cop, so you two might know each other.”
“Oh, really?”
The Life Server's fishing spot, where people peacefully discussed their hometowns and backgrounds.
“Is this the place… where I will begin my twenties?”
“What kind of way of speaking is that?”
The goddess who presided over curiosity and her lackey hero appeared there.
“There are many people.”
-Why do they sound like an asshole again?ㅋㅋ
-“There are many people,” my ass
-You're one million twenty-two years old, sir. You're not in your twenties
There really were a lot of people in the center of the fishing spot.
There were people fishing, as well as others swimming around in little clusters and chatting.
Did these people come to the server just to socialize all day?
For a moment, I wondered if this was a somewhat rotten server….
Well, people like me who mined or farmed diligently wouldn't be visible in the first place.
These people I could see were probably the entire population of no-good fishing youths.
Good.
This was the perfect stage for me to show off my money.
Strut.
I led my landmine-type junior toward the center of the fishing spot.
For the record, I didn't know most of them.
Even the people I did know were all people whose names I'd merely heard.
Where are Haeganom and Yeongukno?
The kings of VTuber cliques weren't showing their faces in a place like this, either.
“Wh-what are you going to do?”
When I strode forward confidently, everyone's attention was naturally drawn to me,
and the junior following behind me asked nervously.
Seriously, didn't I just say so earlier?
Our landmine-type junior apparently didn't have a very good memory.
“The higher, the better.”
“Huh?”
With that, I pulled out three 10,000-gold checks and scattered them across the ground.
“Oh, oh.”
“Aren't those checks?”
“Gasp! It's money!”
At that, people came over hesitantly in surprise,
Would 10,000 gold be about a fisher's hourly wage?
I wouldn't know; I'd never fished.
“Wh-what are you doing?”
“First come, first served. I'm throwing money around.”
“No, something this valuable…!”
“Gasp! Really?”
“Are you the server admin?”
Anyway.
Since it was the beginning of the server, no money had been put into circulation yet.
As I flung 10,000-gold checks around, everyone bent down and scrambled to pick them up.
Only then did it feel like we were finally seeing eye to eye.
“Mmm, that's more like it.”
Instead of shouting for everyone to bow, I made them bend down of their own accord.
Isn't this the true dignity of a goddess?
-Is this crazy bitch insane?
-Her abuse of power is on a professional level..
-She must have professional experience ㅜㅠ..
“G-Goddess, what on earth….”
“One must maintain one's own dignity.”
Look at this.
The goddess in the center, surrounded by people bowing down.
It was exactly like the famous painting I'd seen back when I was doing the Metcha-Paint thing.
“Let us proceed to the next location.”
“Oh, is that it?”
And so, receiving the greetings of the people bent at the waist, I began what you could truly call flexing.
“Land? Hmm, why not buy a plot?”
Whenever I saw land, I bought it.
“Build me a house over there.”
If a spot looked a little empty, I built a house.
“No cars? Tsk, why doesn't this place have cars? Server admin, come out.”
I wanted to buy a car too, but unfortunately, it seemed that hadn't been implemented.
“G-Goddess! You mustn't say things like that.”
-For realㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-“Server admin, come out,” my ass
-Show some restraint in front of your junior;;
More importantly, my chemistry with our landmine-type junior was pretty good.
They were nice and good at retorting, too.
They'd be a star in future collabs.
Still, it wasn't entirely comfortable.
“More importantly, what were you doing alone earlier?”
“Ah, did you hear that Fashion Week was held in Paris recently?”
“Wh-what? Oh, I see, that happened.”
“Yes, yes. I was watching the good footage from there… I mean, a mad movie? Something like that.”
Every time our landmine-type junior said things like that, I flinched.
…Had they seen my interview too?
Yikes, this was nerve-racking.
Of course, when I'm VTuber Wayo, my voice is relatively higher.
No, was business-mode Ahyeon's tone simply lower?
Either way, there was a difference between the two, but….
People have their own speech patterns and habits, and besides, wasn't the basic voice the same?
So a devoted fan could quickly tell that my voice and Ahyeon's sounded similar.
Still, it wouldn't be easy to think we were the same person.
Who would imagine model Ahyeon was running a tiny VTuber channel?
Anyway.
“I'm running low on money now, aren't I?”
-We're finally seeing the bottomㅋㅋ
-How much did you even make earlier??
-You still have a fucking ton left?
As I kept flexing and having fun, the amount of money gradually dwindled.
Did I have about 10% left now?
“Shall we go earn some more money?”
If I ran out of money, I could just earn more.
I turned toward my personal ATM.
“Oh, right. Where did you earn all that money?”
“At pachinko.”
“Huh?”
“I hit a big one.”
Where else could I have gotten this money?
I spun the roulette, obviously~
“Uh… Goddess, are you allowed to gamble?"
-For real
-What kind of goddess gambles?
<<<Just throw the RP awayㅇㅇ
The landmine-type junior asked me that,
but tsk tsk, their RP comprehension was sorely lacking.
“The goddess of curiosity was merely curious about gambling.”
Is there a problem?
Honestly, it does look interesting.
A machine actually multiplies your money when you put it in.
-That checks out..?
-Wow, their RP is insanely brokenㅋㅋㅋ
-Why not show interest in alcohol, cigarettes, and men tooㅇㅇ
Whoops.
If I took an interest in those, my temple would burn down.
Anyway.
“Is this the gambling den?”
“It's a place that changes your fate.”
After arriving back at the gambling den, I started spinning the roulette again.
“I-is it okay to bet this much at once?”
“I have a good feeling… yes, that's it.”
“Gasp.”
-This bastard wins again right away
-What the fuck is this? Are they a professional gambler?
-This fucking bastard, check their bank account
And once again, I proved that my earlier gut feeling wasn't an illusion.
See? I told you I had a feeling, didn't I?
What did I say? Gambling is statistics, right?
“Go fetch me some coffee.”
“Huh? Oh, yes!”
So I got serious and spun the roulette again.
About thirty minutes later.
“....”
“Uh….”
While the landmine-type junior watched from behind,
I was rendered speechless by the roulette result that appeared before my eyes.
[7/7/6]
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Kyaㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Properly schooledㅅㅅㅅㅅㅅ
“N-no….”
What was going on?
Statistically, it had to be a jackpot this time….
It was wrong even when I got a feeling earlier, wasn't it?
The one before that was wrong too, so after being wrong twice,
statistically, this one had to hit!
“G-Goddess? What do we do now….”
“Junior.”
“Y-yes…?”
Ah, the fifty thousand won I gave you as a tip after winning earlier.
Could you give it back to me for a moment?
“...Excuse me?”
“No, I mean… I'll win it back and give it back to you.”
This time, it's definitely a jackpot.
Fifty thousand won isn't much as seed money, but if I grow it back up, it'll be quick, okay?
“Goddess….”
As I said that, I could feel the junior's eyes grow cold.
What?
It's me—the god of gambling you were admiring until just now!
I told you I'd win it and give it back to you.