Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

Chapter 80: Reward (4) (2)

A one-room apartment in Seoul.

With only two rooms, the kitchen area was quite cramped, but a dining table and a sofa somehow fit in the limited space.

Choi Arin sat at one side of the dining table, browsing her phone. She immediately opened a food delivery app.

Chicken, pizza, pig’s feet, pasta, snacks… They were all perfect options for Friday evening.

“Sis, I’m ordering food. Do you want to have dinner together?”

As she was about to press the order button for pig’s feet while swallowing her saliva, Choi Arin looked up at the sofa.

Her sister, lying on the sofa like a lifeless body, was resting. Choi Yoo-min.

The question was directed at Choi Yoo-min. She suddenly raised her head.

“Ah, you startled me.”

And then, she stood up abruptly, as if she were a corpse. Choi Arin stepped back in surprise. Even though she was her own sister, whenever she saw her in this state, it felt as if there were no ghosts.

Choi Yoo-min, with a pale face and a less-than-enthusiastic expression, responded to Choi Arin’s offer.

“No… I have to work.”

“Again? No, take it easy. You’ll really die if you keep this up.”

“I’m almost done with the task… It’s almost the contract date, so I want to finish it by then.”

“Geez, what’s wrong with Do Jae-hyun that you’re going this far for him? He’s just one of your customers, after all.”

Choi Arin looked at her sister with a fed-up expression. Due to the passage of time, Choi Arin now knew the name of the Holder they had contracted with. Do Jae-hyun. Even though she didn’t know his face, he was a special customer who had invested a considerable sum in them and had provided economic support.

In response to Choi Arin’s teasing, Choi Yoo-min’s expression turned somewhat hostile.

“What? Do Jae-hyun? Why do you keep saying that, like he’s just a regular customer to me?”

“What. To me, he is a mere customer. Sister, you signed a contract for a fixed period, unlike me, who took a per-job contract. And since the last contract, I haven’t been looking for much, but so what?”

For the first contract, it was 50 million won. For the next contract, it was 200 million won. He had purchased potions at an unimaginable price. However, there had been no further transactions since then. Perhaps he rarely went hunting or didn’t need potions anymore. So, while Choi Arin was still grateful for him as a customer, she didn’t think of Do Jae-hyun as anything more than that, unlike Choi Yoo-min, who acted as if he were a big investor.

“Anyway, I have to work. You can eat by yourself.”

“Do whatever you want. If you don’t eat, you’ll be the only one at a loss.”

In response to Choi Arin’s provoking words, Choi Yoo-min waved her hand lazily and gave up trying to argue. Then she went into her room.

Below her room was a hidden space.

She descended the stairs and entered the narrow underground area. It was a makeshift workshop that they had started using during the vacation. They didn’t have enough money to set up a personal workshop yet, so this was a modestly arranged workspace.

“What was I working on yesterday?”

Choi Yoo-min moved towards one side of the workshop, searching for her unfinished project—a piece of equipment. It was a piece of armor made from leather, to be precise, a defensive equipment.

“He said he needed decent armor…”

Do Jae-hyun had given her an order to focus on creating armor when they discussed equipment production earlier. The weapons side still had plenty of items from the last batch, and especially, the [Well-Forged Longsword] was being well-utilized, so it didn’t require any enhancements.

In reality, the contract stipulated that she only needed to provide five pieces of equipment each month. Therefore, even if she disregarded his request and gave him any equipment, it wouldn’t matter much. However, Choi Yoo-min wanted to follow his orders as much as possible.

“Well, thanks to Jae-hyun, I now have an Epic Rune.”

It was an Epic Rune called the [Blood-Infused Tannery], belonging to the Alchemy branch. It was a talent Choi Yoo-min possessed that would secure her promotion to the Advanced Class by the next or next-next semester. She believed that without Do Jae-hyun’s support, she wouldn’t have experienced such growth.

Anyway, after his financial backing, her growth had continued at an accelerated pace.

She was so absorbed in her work that she even skipped meals while working on contracted tasks. The only reason was just that. That was all.

Klack- klack-

Kkakang-

Choi Yoo-min, momentarily dismissing her distractions, found herself completely focused on her work, holding a piece of leather armor in her hand. She was in the process of completing it. To be precise, it was an armor piece made from the unknown ‘Lizard Leather’ Do Jae-hyun had provided.

Moreover, this lizard seemed to be quite an unusual monster, as the leather had sporadic red patterns on it.

The equipment was almost finished. All that remained was the final touches on the seams.

Snip- snip-

Snapsnap-

Choi Yoo-min meticulously stitched the remaining seams and finished the piece with the final design.

“It’s done!”

With a bright smile, Choi Yoo-min looked at the item that had become exceptionally clean.

Was it five days? Six days? No, maybe a week?

It had been a long time since she had put so much effort into making the equipment, and at last, the moment had come when she completed it.

And the information window that appeared after her success confirmed that the equipment was indeed a success.

[Skillful craftsmanship and evolving techniques! Your alchemy skills, honed over a long time, are steadily deepening. Your understanding of crafting equipment is rapidly increasing.]

[The ‘Blood-Infused Tannery’ Rune has leveled up.]

[Gain +1 Strength and +1 Willpower as per the Rune’s attributes.]

The completed item was named [Scorched Lizard Leather Armor]. It was the first Rare item she had successfully crafted since becoming an Artificer Holder.

“Well, with this level of work, he should really like it.”

…However, despite her significant achievement, Choi Yoo-min was only looking forward to the customer’s feedback.

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