Family Care Service (1)
What's the highest-potential dealer among the ones Baek Jinwoo owns?
Do you even need to ask?
Of course, it's the Explosive Dragon Sorcerer.
'Our little dragon.'
Lamba is merely a supporter who maximizes a dealer's power output, and HunGyo, while not bad in combat, is ultimately just an assistant who focuses on training.
But the Explosive Dragon Sorcerer?
— Explosive Dragon Blast!
Fwoooosh!
A dragon-shaped flame shot from her staff and swallowed the goblin in front of her whole.
— Kieeeek!
— Kiiieeeek!
With a sizzling sound, the monsters melted limply into nothing.
Baek Jinwoo had now begun raising the Explosive Dragon Sorcerer in earnest.
If he wanted to continue his activities as a celebrity player, he needed strength—and the most efficient way was to raise a dealer.
He had left the other summons in the clearing and come out to a normal dungeon alone with the Explosive Dragon Sorcerer.
For reference, summons could remain in the world for five hours even without their player and could also reverse-summon themselves.
He had told HunGyo to train hard and, if anyone approached, to reverse-summon on his own.
Naturally, the weekday dungeon grind continued nonstop.
"Explosive Dragon."
— Yes, Jinwoo.
At this point, even a D-rank normal dungeon was a piece of cake.
She walked leisurely, clearing out the surrounding monsters.
"Is there anything you want? Like how Lamba likes cream bread."
The most efficient way to manage summons. Simply satisfy their cravings.
HunGyo longed for training, and Lamba loved cream bread.
If you rewarded them with what they wanted in exchange for growth, summons would naturally work harder.
But…
The Explosive Dragon Sorcerer didn't really have anything like that.
— I'm satisfied just being able to grow like this and be of help to you, Jinwoo.
She was once a failing student.
He didn't know which magical academy she had failed out of, but he did know that she carried a strong desire "to be useful".
Still.
"Come on, not that."
Baek Jinwoo refused to give up.
— Pardon?
"I'm asking if there's something you want to eat. Or something you want."
— Hmm…?
"I've fed you guys plenty of food from this world too."
Originally, summons didn't need to be fed.
They didn't feel hunger and didn't even need to relieve themselves.
But every time Baek Jinwoo ate, he prepared food separately for his humanoid summons.
HunGyo, the Explosive Dragon Sorcerer, Lamba…
Why?
No particular reason. He just thought that was what you did.
If Lamba could go crazy over cream bread, then they clearly had a sense of taste…
How could the master be the only one enjoying good food?
"Was there something you liked the most? Or something you'd want again?"
— Uh…
"There is?"
— Hmm, yes. I think there is.
Fwoooosh!
Even mid-conversation, another Explosive Dragon Blast shot out and devoured a monster.
She really cleared dungeons effortlessly.
Other players would be shocked if they saw this.
"Oh? There is? What is it?"
Baek Jinwoo's eyes sparkled.
Since she was EX-rank and retained all her past memories, he didn't need to build affection from scratch… but if he was going to raise her properly, management was still important.
And nothing worked better than gifts.
— Chicken.
"Chicken?"
— Yes. Chicken and beer.
Oh.
Chicken and beer—undeniable.
"Okay! Then…"
After a brief moment of thought, Baek Jinwoo nodded.
"What was the skill you're about to gain again?"
— Explosive Dragon Arts, Linked.
Explosive Dragon Arts.
An ancient secret technique once possessed by the Chaos Demon Dragon—developed while researching how to better utilize Explosive Dragon Blast.
'Of course, it had been unlocked by HunGyo!'
The secrets of Explosive Dragon Arts were divided into four stages:
Linked, Shifted, Flame, and Annihilation.
In the past, the Explosive Dragon Sorcerer had reached only the third stage, Flame.
Then she learned the latent skill Devour, which was deleted by a patch just one week later.
"Ooooh, Linked, huh."
Linked allowed her to use Explosive Dragon Blast consecutively.
Instead of firing it every time her mana gathered like now, she could store multiple casts and unleash them at once!
"Then when you master it, I'll tell HunGyo to give you the day off training as a special celebration—even if it's a weekday."
— Gasp, really?
"That day, we're having a chicken-and-beer party. Deal?"
— Deal!
For the first time, her eyes sparkled.
Though…
She seemed more attracted to the idea of skipping training than to the chicken itself.
'Well.'
As long as she worked hard, Baek Jinwoo was satisfied.
* * *
Hanam City. Below Geomdansan.
"Wow…"
"CEO, how did you even find a place like this…?"
Yoobaek's employees, arriving in an expensive car, gasped in admiration.
The wide property was dotted here and there with abandoned buildings.
"Everyone, follow me."
Yoo Jia stepped out of the car wearing sunglasses and entered through the main gate.
This would be where Yoobaek's members would live going forward.
'Originally, I wanted something inside Seoul.'
But land prices were absurdly high.
With cramped lots and buildings packed everywhere, there was simply no space to squeeze in.
'Let's be satisfied with the outskirts for now.'
Even securing this place hadn't been easy.
In fact…
This land originally belonged to Daeseong. More precisely, it belonged to Yoo Byeongcheon.
He had bought it for business purposes but left it unused after failing to decide what to do with it. Yoo Jia stepped in to purchase it.
Her grandfather granted her request.
Of course, not easily.
After thoroughly evaluating "Yoobaek", he decided it would benefit the company he had built.
Thanks to that, Yoo Jia was able to acquire the massive 30,000-pyeong property at a bargain price.
Step, step.
She carefully inspected every corner of the site.
The abandoned buildings?
They would all be torn down and rebuilt. It wouldn't take long.
These days, if you had money, construction was incredibly fast.
Workers used summons.
Specialized summons provided by construction firms could complete groundwork, rebar, and concrete pouring in one go.
The slowest part was getting permits.
"We'll build the office here. Over there, employee-only housing and apartments."
Yoo Jia didn't rush to repay the bank loans. There was no need to pay off low-interest loans early. If she could borrow more, she did.
"Under every building, we'll construct a bunker."
Baek Jinwoo had said it. He wanted to protect his family.
Yoo Jia hadn't forgotten. She hired the world's top bunker designers. Systems to prepare for an apocalypse.
Automatic cultivation, water purification facilities, solar energy systems—all of it would be perfectly installed underground.
'And next, the most important part.'
Her gaze shifted toward the base of Geomdansan.
Right where it met the property.
'A training ground would fit perfectly there. He likes open fields.'
The mountain would block city noise.
With soundproofing systems added? It would become a near-perfect training facility.
"How long will all this take to build?"
Kim Byungjin scratched his head.
Our CEO. Her scale was on another level. They'd have to keep working in that tiny office until all this was done…
Yoo Jia smiled and held up two fingers.
"…Two years?"
"No. Two months."
"Excuse me?"
"With current technology, two months is enough. Oh—did you get the summon I asked for?"
"Ah, that Shadow Wolf?"
Kim Byungjin nodded and stretched out his hand to summon it.
— Awoooooo!
Shhhk!
A sturdy wolf-like form emerged from the shadows.
Yoo Jia nodded.
'Now it's time to start proper player care.'
And first on that list?
Baek Jinwoo's family.
* * *
These days, Baek Ajin was living in bliss.
'Unbelievable.'
No matter how many runes she sold, the supply never ran out.
Listings kept pouring in.
Just how many dungeons was he grinding every day? The supply never dried up.
Even better?
Twenty percent of the sales revenue was entirely hers.
'Ahhhh.'
Her body trembled slightly.
It had only been a month since signing the contract with Baek Jinwoo, yet the money was piling up at an absurd rate.
'Especially the high-end rune ratio.'
Occasionally, a rune in excellent condition would appear.
Runes with popular options like Strength%, Intelligence%, Crit Rate, and Crit Damage evenly attached—
She called those luxury runes.
Naturally, luxury runes were in high demand. Retailers who stocked many of them attracted more players.
"Wow, boss. I always feel like your inventory is the best."
"Here's my card. Please contact me first if you get a good rune."
"You remember me, right? That skillbook I asked about—still not in?"
Good inventory brought customers. Some were ranked players. Some belonged to major guilds.
Baek Ajin saved them as VIPs and managed them carefully.
When her brother grew stronger and supplied even better goods?
They would take them off her hands smoothly.
And today.
She closed up shop and went to her regular gathering with friends.
With both money and confidence swelling, she treated them to an expensive dinner as promised.
"Wow, Ajin. Isn't this place crazy expensive?"
"Wow… successful players really are different!"
"Baek Ajin, you've been super busy lately, right?"
When you spend money?
Praise follows naturally.
Her friends had forgotten any past resentment and were busy flattering her.
Sizzle, sizzle!
Premium beef cooked on the grill as the atmosphere grew lively again.
This week's topic was different from before.
"Did you hear? Baek Jinwoo rewrote all his records again this month."
"Insane. How does someone grow every single day? His records change weekly."
"At this rate, won't he challenge world records?"
The topic was Baek Jinwoo.
Inevitable.
These days, players were more interesting than celebrities—and the hottest among them was Baek Jinwoo.
Naturally, Yoo Jia's name came up too.
"Yoo Jia is incredible too. How did she spot Baek Jinwoo and lock him down so perfectly?"
"She's from Daeseong, after all."
"They're seriously from another world. Honestly, at first I envied Baek Jinwoo—but lately I kind of envy Yoo Jia more. Baek Jinwoo is seriously handsome, right?"
'Handsome my foot!'
Baek Ajin narrowed her eyes slightly, but none of her friends noticed.
'Sigh.'
Looking at them giggling, she sighed inwardly.
Are these really my friends?
How can you not even recognize your own friend's brother?
Of course, it wasn't entirely their fault.
She didn't usually talk about family, and there were countless people with the surname Baek.
Besides, her brother had once been famous for losing consciousness.
'Whatever. I'll just eat.'
Munch.
Just as she was savoring the tender beef—
"But about Yoo Jia."
One friend, passionately praising Yoo Jia, lifted her phone.
"I follow her all the time. She doesn't follow many people back, you know? Mostly just family or close friends. It's never gone over a hundred…"
She scrolled through Yoo Jia's SNS.
Baek Ajin's gaze naturally followed.
"This person—don't they look familiar?"
Among the few accounts Yoo Jia followed…
There was one with the ID: dbwldk_kk.
Baek Ajin dropped the piece of meat she had been holding.
"Huh? Really!"
"I've seen that ID somewhere."
"Wait…"
One friend turned toward Baek Ajin.
"Ajin, isn't that you?"
"What?"
"Baek Ajin?"
"Why would Baek Ajin be on there…?"
Her friends began to gasp one by one—but the most shocked person was Baek Ajin herself.
Seriously.
Why would Yoo Jia be following her…?
Still holding her chopsticks mid-air, Baek Ajin froze.
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