Chapter 198
Do-Jun was an avid reader.
Since his days in the Central Plains, he had always kept his books close to him. After returning to Earth, Do-Jun immersed himself in a wide range of literature on lifestyle, economics, culture, current affairs, and politics to quickly adapt to life here, even reading the newspaper as an alternative when he didn’t have time for books.
Perhaps because of this, he felt he had now fully adapted to life on Earth.
His smartphone vibrated, interrupting his train of thought. Do-Jun picked up the phone from the dining table and checked the message. It was from Kiriel, and it also included a photo.
Kiriel: Does this mean I won?
When Do-Jun opened the photo, it showed a lottery ticket. Astonishingly, the numbers on the ticket matched the winning numbers from last Saturday’s drawing.
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Kiriel worked at Hakase’s food stall. Earning 50,000 won a day for over ten hours of work, Kiriel thought he was being paid well. While 50,000 won wasn’t a fortune, he believed it was enough to live pretty comfortably with some frugality.
Early in the morning, Kiriel showed Hakase a white pouch. It was the Pouch of Greed, an item that most adventurers in the Core carried to store mastery stones or artifacts. Although the pouch was small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, its internal space spanned an area of about a square meter.
Hakase scratched his head and looked into the Pouch of Greed. Soon, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he rubbed them again for confirmation. The pouch was filled with stacks of cash—an incredible sum of 1 billion won. Where could such money have come from?
Hakase stammered, his voice trembling as he asked, “W-what is this? W-where did you get all this money?”
“I won the lottery,” Kiriel said nonchalantly.