After logging out, Jinseong shouted.“Finally…!”He was so happy he couldn’t contain his joy.Only for the elation to subside a moment later.“A swordsman sought by Sword King Barad…?”Jinseong was stunned.Sword King Barad was so strong he was counted among the top ten legends on the Korea server.He pictured Barad’s expression.That was desire—an obsession to possess a new blade, a greed to meet the blacksmith named Hyun…Barad looked at even his own heir—himself—like a bug.And yet there was a blacksmith who could draw out that man’s greed.I’m so grateful I could lose my mind.Since Sword King Barad had made a request, he planned to send a private message to Hyun’s Forge.But he couldn’t be satisfied with just that.“Thanks to you, I can even take a shot at top-10 rankings!”Astronomical value.A ₩53,000,000 investment?It would pay back tenfold, twentyfold.How do I repay him?Yes, he’d paid the market price. But right now, Jinseong couldn’t see anything else.He was the very person who had solved Jinseong’s long-cherished wish.Then Jinseong suddenly remembered.There was that method, wasn’t there?After sending the Barad-related message, Jinseong began typing to repay him. ****At hospital administration, nurse Ji-hye was talking with a fellow nurse.“Is there any way to help Hyunsoo?”“Doesn’t sound like it. Director Kim seems really sorry about it too.”“Ah…”Ji-hye wore a bitter look.She was exactly four years older than Hyunsoo.He felt like a younger brother, and part of why she talked like this was that his circumstances tugged at her.“He did pay this month’s bill, though…”There was something else, too.Her coworker nudged Ji-hye with an elbow.“You’ve got a thing for Hyunsoo, don’t you?”“Ah…”Ji-hye’s face flushed.“Honestly…”She laughed, embarrassed.“He is handsome.”“Right? He’s well over 180 cm, and even if half his face is covered in burn scars…”“…”Her coworker chose her words carefully.Ji-hye clamped her mouth shut. If not for the burn scars, Hyunsoo was a very attractive man.He was tall, and maybe because he worked as a blacksmith, his broad build drew a gasp.But there was only one thing Ji-hye could do right now.All I can do is cheer him on.She let out a sigh.“I heard Dr. Jinseop’s going to propose that new treatment. It’s ₩10,000,000 a month.”“Huh? How is Hyunsoo supposed to afford that?”Ji-hye’s face tightened. Wouldn’t that be false hope?How is a twenty-three-year-old supposed to pay ₩10,000,000 a month…Just then—“I’m back.”“Huh?”Hyunsoo stepped back into administration.The two women stopped talking at once.Seated at her desk, Ji-hye offered a wry smile.He’s going to ask about the bill again… maybe if there’s an installment plan…?Patients usually want to grasp at straws. Sometimes they make unreasonable requests.Then Hyunsoo spoke.“I’ll prepay two months of my father’s treatment, two months of his room bill, and two months of my own treatment. All of it.”“Eh?”Ji-hye was startled.“W-What did you say?”Hyunsoo smiled faintly and said:“Two months. I’ll prepay everything.”Ji-hye looked at him with trembling eyes.P-Prepay?Roughly ₩40,000,000.And there was something else that shocked her more.So he’s finally going to start treating his own burn scars in earnest?She pictured Hyunsoo with his scars erased. ****Hyunsoo, who had come to prepay hospital bills, noticed Ji-hye’s face suddenly flush.“C-Congratulations!”“Sorry?”“N-No! I just… So you’re finally going to start your burn treatment in earnest, right?”“Looks that way. I’m going to treat my father, treat myself, and if I can, I want to move my father into a VVIP room.”“You can do it!”Hyunsoo gave a wry smile. Back in Dr. Jinseop’s office, after checking the text, he had immediately exchanged the Gold.And then he realized:I can do it. My father’s treatment, and mine too.And maybe he could get something else back as well.The forge I sold.Hyunsoo hadn’t known the value of ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) Hyun’s First Custom Craft Sword.Only after it sold at that price did he realize how broken that custom craft really was.Now he felt confident.“Um…!”“Yes?”“Once you get through treatment and everything goes well, I’ll buy you a meal.”Buy me a meal?Hyunsoo tilted his head, then smiled.Director Kim and nurse Ji-hye had both treated him kindly.He took it as simple kindness.“No, I should be the one to treat you.”“Y-Yes, I-I’ll be waiting!”You’ll be waiting?With a wry smile, Hyunsoo left administration.After visiting his father once and stepping out of the hospital, his fist clenched tight.God-class—it might be far more than I imagined.It was then—[A buyer has left a review.]A review?Hyunsoo had looked up who had paid ₩53,000,000 to buy the custom craft sword.It was a high-ranker named Lord.And shortly after that notification—[Subscribers are updating.][Subscribers are updating.][Subscribers are—]…?Hyunsoo stared at his phone, vibrating like crazy, wearing a puzzled look.What is this…?You don’t get update pings for one or two new subscribers.Then what on earth…?And in that brief instant—[Hyun’s Forge has reached 15,000 subscribers.]“…?”He’d maintained around three thousand, and the last time he checked it had climbed to around seven thousand.This suddenly? Why?Sure, it seemed the custom craft sword had become a bit of an issue, but enough to cause this kind of ripple effect…?“Uh…!?”Hyunsoo hurried to check the buyer Lord’s review.[Blacksmith Hyun. He is, in my opinion, the best blacksmith. Thanks to the First Custom Craft Sword, I achieved a wish I have held for a very long time. Thank you ^^]“…It’s because of this?”Indeed, checking Hyun’s Forge page showed new posts rolling in.[Is this the hidden gem that high-ranker Lord raved about?][Get in line! Sub going up.][Pilgrimage time. Please bless me to ace the college exam!][Please make it so our Bean doesn’t get sick!]“It’s real.”He could tell anew how powerful a high-ranker’s influence was.And in the few dozen minutes it took to get home—[Hyun’s Forge has reached 30,000 subscribers.]The subscriber count skyrocketed.Amazing.And Hyunsoo felt good. Because of the line in Lord’s post—“I achieved a wish I have held for a very long time.”And watching the still-exploding subscriber numbers, he understood.Now the real start begins.His Ares began now.Hyunsoo opened his private messages for the first time in a while.Among them, a nickname stood out.Lord?Hyunsoo opened the inbox.[Hello, Blacksmith Hyun. This is Lord. The reason I’m messaging you is…]Amazingly, the message explained where he’d used the custom craft sword.Sword King Barad?[Sword King Barad expressed a wish that you, Hyun, would forge his sword. It might not be a bad idea to go see him.]The name “Sword King” alone was no small thing.Hyunsoo first searched the Ares official site NPC info for Barad.[Sword King Barad. King of the Kingdom of Goyard, known as the Kingdom of the Sword.][The Kingdom of Goyard is among the smallest in area and population on the Asgan Continent—the Korea server.][However, no kingdom dares look down on Goyard. Only because of Sword King Barad, who is counted among the continent’s top ten legends.]An actual king? Ruling tens of millions of subjects?Next, he checked the Ares community.Searching Barad pulled up innumerable posts.[Isn’t Barad just insanely badass…][Yeah, every time I see him I lose it. Feels like watching a war-movie commander.][If you get a quest from Barad that’s gotta be massive.][True…][Wake up, noobs. Minimum Level 200 to even meet Barad.][Is that restriction actually real?][Yeah… it’s legit. You think a king meets just anyone? Even at Level 200, without insane luck you won’t meet him. There’s one way to bypass the level gate.][What is it?][Every year they run that Super Rookie tournament for Level 50–60 players. Win that and you can meet him at the award ceremony.][lmfao don’t you get like 10 seconds?][Yeah…]Hmm…From the community chatter, Hyunsoo realized he couldn’t meet Barad right now.The Super Rookie tournament…He’d have to be Level 50 just to enter.Hyunsoo sent Lord a thank-you message for the tip, then logged in. ****Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.A large black sedan with a three-pointed star slid to a stop in front of a plot of land.A middle-aged man stepped out.His name was Hyuk-soo Kang.He was fairly well-known in real estate circles.Hyuk-soo looked at the forge, most of which had already been torn down.He still hadn’t decided exactly what to build there.Then he pictured the old forge.It had been a wreck. Most of it had burned, looking practically like a haunted house.It looked like the blacksmith’s son had managed it as best he could, but tearing it down immediately wouldn’t have been strange.“When will the permits be done?”“About a month, it seems.”Nodding at his secretary’s answer, Hyuk-soo looked around.A forge out here in the middle of nowhere, in the 21st century…He swallowed a wry smile.He remembered the day he bought the land and signed the contract.He’d met a young but hard-as-nails man.Unfortunately, his body was covered in burn scars.The young man had hesitated a long time in front of the contract.Understandable.A forge that had stood for decades in the 21st century.And for him, it held memories with his father.It might also have been a sign that his life as a blacksmith had ended.They’d talked quite a bit.Because he’d seen his younger self in that man.And he’d felt a stab of pity.A blacksmith, in this day and age.And with an eye for people, Hyuk-soo had realized it.Whatever he did, he would have been remarkable.But it was a shame that circumstances had forced him into this.Just before stamping the seal, the young man had asked:If I try to buy this place back someday, would I be able to?Hyuk-soo had thought for a moment.Why had he said what he’d said then?Maybe because he owned hundreds of lots like this?Or because of the inexplicable steel he’d seen in the young man’s eyes?If it’s fully demolished and before we break ground, I’ll sell it back at the original price. I don’t like taking a loss either.…Thank you.It was strange. Hyuk-soo realized he was waiting for that young man.It’s more than ₩300,000,000.He’d even heard that all the money from selling the forge was going to his father’s overdue hospital bills and more.It had been over half a year since then.An impossible sum at that age.Back in the car, watching the scenery slide by, Hyuk-soo wore a wry smile.Hyunsoo, you’ve only got one month left now.

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