Chapter 63 – Episode 63. Exploring Capabilities / Overseas Illegal Distributor

A week has passed since the man collapsed.

As usual, I was searching the bookstore in case I found another old book.

I am not looking for an ordinary old book, but a kind of magic book that gave me abilities.

As soon as I first touched the old book, I was able to awaken(?) My abilities.

When I opened the old book, I unexpectedly found instructions to obtain materials.

By following the instructions, a wooden statue of a woman was born.

The wooden statue had an extraordinary ability to prevent pregnancy.

Currently, the old book does not provide the following information.

I am in a situation where I am depleted by the useful but useless crafting items that the mysterious old book taught me.

Something like an elixir to become more handsome.

A pill that can help you grow taller.

There is no such thing!

What on earth should I do?

While thinking about that, I was touching the books on the bookshelf.

Soon you will be able to touch all the books in the bookstore.

Of course, I also unfolded everything that looked old.

It was really hard labor.

But since I didn’t know what to do, I couldn’t do it in vain.

When you clear the used bookstore, you will have to touch and look at the things in the warehouse.

I was pinning my hopes on the bookshelf where numerous old books were displayed in the warehouse.

First, I wanted to give myself a standing ovation for looking through almost everything in the used bookstore.

I praise you so much.

Jian Kang.

Ha-.

It was a time when I was so tired that I collapsed on the floor and was dazed.

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

Hmm…

Why didn’t I think of using the mysterious power I had on myself.?

I first named the ability I have as ‘the ability to understand the inner self.’

In fact, I couldn’t call my abilities anything because they were so abstract and unknowable.

This ability was helpful in understanding the thoughts and deep intentions of others.

Wouldn’t it be possible for me to try it too?

I just lightly touched my wrist once.

“Hey, no-“

Excited.

“.?”

Excited

Excited

A loud pulse was heard.

“Uh… Hmm… “

Then I had another pounding headache and my vision became blurry.

I am,

I summarized my abilities like this.

Step 1 (Start) – Place your hand on your pulse.

The signal to know that the ability is being exercised is the sound of the pulse that suddenly grows louder and overtakes me. It overwhelms me.

Stage 2 (Entry Stage)-

A stage where your vision becomes blurry, and you can’t see what’s ahead.

Stage 3 (Inrush stage) – A stage where one feels life-threatening and feels like it will disappear in an instant. From this point on, you can see or touch the other person.

Stage 4 (Breakthrough stage) – The state of breaking through and becoming stable. The pain continues here too. Not knowing how to last for a long time.

I don’t even know what happens after this.

So I went through the entry stages through my pulse and reached the entry stage.

“Aaaaah-!”

I was falling endlessly.

If it weren’t for the pulsation I felt at my right fingertip, I would have fainted!

I was clearly holding my left wrist with my right hand.

Both my hands were wandering in the air trying to grab something.

“Ugh-Stop!”

Just like in the Halla era, I lost the feeling at my fingertips – the pulse – in the rush stage.

Unlike Halla-eun, nothing could be achieved.

When he felt Halla-eun’s pulse and entered somewhere in Halla-eun’s space, he was clearly standing on the ground.

It’s just that a wave of blood was approaching.

In the midst of that bloody wave, I saw things that looked like fragments floating in the air.

I came back to reality and gasped.

Although I didn’t get to the breakthrough stage, I felt like I saw some hope.

I thought I might be able to develop my abilities by taking a closer look at something inside me through my pulse.

I felt proud that I had found a clue.

***

I’ve been using my abilities for a while and have gone through the breakthrough stage several times.

“Ah. I think I’ll fall behind.”

A bottomless pit that falls endlessly.

That was the place I entered through my pulse.

Am I unable to reach the breakthrough stage?

No.

Let’s keep trying.

There will be an end.

I was lying down in the office(?)/Rest area inside the used bookstore desk to recover.

As I was lying down and catching my breath, the bookshelves of a used bookstore caught my eye.

Looking at it again, it seemed like they paid some attention.

Perhaps the bookshelves were individually manufactured, so the bookshelves were all uniquely attached.

The interior of this bookstore could be said to be unique.

Because there was order in chaos.

Although it appears to be a mess on the outside, it actually had its own order.

I thought it was the result of Halla-eun’s hard work organizing it.

Of course, I didn’t like this chaotic neatness, like order in this chaos.

In my heart, I wanted to reveal everything.

I couldn’t touch this bookstore carelessly, so I left it alone.

There was no need to organize anything.

It’s a useless nonsense.

Strictly speaking, the owner of this bookstore is a man in hospital, so he must have decorated this used bookstore like that for business.

That’s why I can’t change it at will.

I felt sad inside.

Of course, I don’t need to worry about it since I don’t run this bookstore.

I have heard the circumstances and secrets about this bookstore from Hall Ra-eun.

This used bookstore only existed in name, and its main source of income was trading ancient documents and old movable cultural assets.

I don’t know everything, but let me tell you some of the facts that Halla-eun revealed and what I saw using her abilities.

People who wanted to make money by selling old books said they had nowhere to sell them, so they sold them to uncles.

The uncle built trust by giving people more money than others, and he soon became one of the indispensable people on this floor.

In this way, you either import old books and sell them overseas at a higher price, or you import old books from overseas and sell them at a higher price domestically.

I found out that he wasn’t the size that plays in Korea.

I was starting to play overseas.

For example, if you sell an old book in Insa-dong worth 500,000 won overseas, you can get more than 10 times more.

However, in Korea, the cultural property protection law is stronger than expected, so exporting it is very difficult.

Therefore, it is not easy to actively buy and sell goods.

A situation where money is being made by taking advantage of the difficulties.

Some chaebols also do not want to be caught through these things, so they are neatly handing it over to the old man legally.

Of course, I don’t care whether it’s actually illegal or not.

It’s not like I will inherit that business.

Anyway, it seemed like the bookstore was run this way in order to avoid attracting as much attention as possible.

I guess it was the man’s strategy(?) To make sure no one came.

When I looked around, I was really out of breath.

To me, it seemed like it was designed to keep customers away.

This bookstore is located a step away from the competition in the center.

The location selection was also amazing.

A place with few people, neither in the corner nor in the center.

It was located on the second floor of a commercial building on the outskirts of the city, making it less competitive.

There was no way there would be any more competition since there were bookstores set up in the city center.

Independent bookstores in the center also disappear overnight.

It’s really unusual to see a bookstore located in the corner of the outskirts, especially at the end of the second floor.

Rather, I thought that running a bookstore might attract more attention.

There is a reason why I behave like this.

Is it because I have memories of coming to this used bookstore and this place for a long time?

I can say that this is a really important home for me.

I often came here whenever I was having a hard time, and it was a good place to spend time with Woojin, who was my closest friend at the time, when I had nowhere else to go.

I heard that this space, which is both a hideout and a precious space, could be passed on to someone else.

If the man continues to not wake up, the business will be closed.

Then you will run out of money.

In reality, all the money was earned by Lee Jin-cheol, the head of the Lee family.

Halla-eun needs a source of income to take care of her daughters Lee Ga-eun and Lee Na-eun.

Han Ra-eun was not confident that she could take over her uncle’s business.

That’s why she was thinking about slowly disposing of the things inside and organizing this used bookstore.

This used bookstore is quite spacious.

If you include the warehouse, it can be said to be very large.

Although it is located in the corner of the second floor, there are few people in this shopping mall, but since they come, you can collect monthly rent.

Of course, it is difficult to hand it over to anyone these days with many vacancies.

Or, you can hand over your business to someone who covets it for a lot of money.

There must have been people who helped you.

It could be handing over the goose that lays the golden eggs to someone else.

However, I am not the eldest son of this family and am completely a stranger.

Not only did it make no sense for someone else to take over this business, but I was the one to leave.

Because I’m going to be adopted into a rich family.

To the couple Kang Cheol-nam and Seo Yeon-yu.

It would be most comfortable for the ajumma (who calls her sister in front of her) to hand over her rent to someone else.

Due to these circumstances, I am worried that this bookstore may truly disappear.

Because of the words Hall Ra-eun muttered to herself.

The man is still unconscious.

The doctor said he would wake up soon, but he still couldn’t wake up.

I thought that there might come a situation where I would have to hand over the bookstore.

Of course, these concerns may be unfounded, but when I heard it, my heart sank.

The space I like and love is disappearing?

Even if you don’t have to do that kind of business, isn’t it possible to make money in other ways?

By the way.

I couldn’t understand why Halla-eun was worried about money.

People who illegally distribute overseas have no money?

Ra-eun Hall said that her uncle didn’t have much money saved.

Is it true?

I need to find out.