Chapter 106 – Episode 106

Erai, sitpal.

What would you do if you were listening? Honestly, it’s too much. Ohana’s quest was given so early and there’s no sign of clearing it yet.

The reason why I only gave Yoon Su-ah one quest and was quiet so far…

The excitement subsided quickly.

Because it was such an important quest. I needed to calm my excitement and make sure I was calm.

[Epic Quest]

[Yoon Su-ah’s Joy 2 / Let’s climb to the top of Cheonyeongsan Mountain with her and enjoy her scenery.]

[0/1]

[Reward: 200,000 won, stamina +2, elixir (replica)]

[Restrictions: The requirements must be met at once from the moment of departure. If you give up midway, this quest will be immediately canceled and withdrawn. If a quest is canceled or withdrawn, the epic quest will no longer be possible to proceed with.]

[In the case of epic quests, the content and rewards are updated each time you clear them.]

“Nice… Fuck!”

“Huh?”

“No. “It’s nothing.”

It was a reward that brought out cheers and curses.

To be honest, I don’t know the details of the quest because I haven’t checked it in detail yet. The ‘Elixir (replica)’ included in the reward continues to linger in my eyes.

If that exists, Yoon Su-ah will be healthier than she is now. However, complete cure was impossible. Of course, it would be a better situation than Gyereuk, but it is unfortunate. It’s so unfortunate.

“Heung, I guess I should peel some more apples so that Aebom can eat them when she comes later.”

It seemed like it was even more disappointing because she sincerely hoped that Yoon Su-ah would get healthier. Shit. You have to be in that much pain to know how painful it is.

Right now, I just vaguely thought it would be difficult.

‘You damn god bastard… ! Why are the standards so strict only for Yoon Su-ah?’

That’s not to say that the other quests were easy. Aside from that, it feels like Yoon Su-ah’s life is particularly more difficult than other people’s. Did I receive some kind of curse?

As I ate my appetite, I checked where the quest had told me about, Cheonyeongsan Mountain.

[It is a mountain with an altitude of 627 meters above sea level, and although the height itself is medium, the slope is steeper than expected, so it is a hiking trail that people do not prefer.]

[The condition of the hiking course is not that good, so if you climb safely, it takes about 4 hours on average for a round trip.]

There was also a note written on the back to be careful. Beware of the trap of averages. They say that while there are people who are good at climbing mountains, there are also people who are not good at climbing mountains.

‘I’m probably at least above average.’

These days, I’m even feeling physical superiority as a reward for quests. So, if I go up alone, it would take less than 4 hours round trip.

The problem was that this had to be done with Yoon Su-ah.

If I recall how just walking 3 kilometers a while ago was the hardest thing I’ve ever had in my life… It’s not a flat land, and climbing a mountain will be much more difficult.

I even did a quick search and found that the course leading to the top of Cheonyeongsan Mountain itself is over 10 kilometers long.

‘Ahh, it’s a wash…’ !’

What I believe in is the quest’s rewards: stamina +5 and strength +3.

And these days, it’s just light exercise that I’ve been doing regularly because I want to show a better side of myself to the women I live with. With this, can you really climb a mountain while thinking of carrying one person?

‘Damn it. If it had been 300 meters, I would have been 100 percent sure it was possible.’

I know what that height feels like. The mountain behind the main house is just about that high, and it’s just the perfect level to take a walk around like it’s a kid’s game. Well, it is important to know how each mountain has a course. You can roughly estimate it by looking at the altitude above sea level.

‘627 meters… The distance you have to walk itself is a whopping 11 kilometers…’

I even had to think about coming back.

What should I do? How… !

The word ‘lose’ came to mind reflexively.

To be precise, it would be correct to say that it reminded me of a folktale related to Goryeojang that I learned in Korean language class when I was a student. A father carried his grandfather on his back and abandoned him in the mountains, and his son, who saw it, gave his father enlightenment with a wonderful speech… I think that was the story. Is that right?

‘Wow, it’s even more creepy to still remember this.’

Compulsory education is not something you receive for nothing. But is it possible with a lift?

What’s surprising is that when you search for a jig on an online shopping mall, everything from a price starting from 50,000 won to a whopping 2.35 million won is registered.

Of course, it doesn’t feel like it arrives in one day like lightning delivery. What on earth is missing from online shopping malls?

“Hmm.”

First, you cannot lose less than 200,000 won. It was too dangerous. No matter how strong it is, it is said to be used to carry bricks tens of kilometers.

It seemed like it would be very difficult for Yoon Su-ah to climb up there.

“Keu!”

After having a snowball fight with the people registered at the online shopping mall for a while, I shook my head.

Can not be done. No.

Even if I somehow bought a strong carry bag and carried Yoon Su-ah on my back, I didn’t think my physical strength could handle it. It is true that my physical strength improved as a reward for the quest, but I had to calculate it carefully because once I failed, it could not be undone.

Even if you calculate it as 14 kilometers instead of 11 kilometers, the probability of success will exceed 80% only if you are confident that you can go up.

‘A story from the past is a story from the past.’

Now we have to use better tools.

Tools for transporting people, how to transport emergency patients, how to climb mountains well, etc.

“Today, surprisingly, Hyunwoo is sitting in front of the computer.”

I was searching all day with my eyes glued to the screen, as if I was about to go into it. Before she knew it, Aebom had arrived after finishing work.

“Can you tell me, AI, a way to easily move people up the mountain?”

Han Ae-bom laughs a little while looking at the things I searched.

“Take the carriage. Phew. Use a helicopter… Mobilize many manpower. It’s not wrong. “It doesn’t seem like the answer I was looking for.”

“Iknow, right. They say this damn AI is an innovation that will turn the world upside down, but it still has a long way to go.”

Since AI technology is still far away, aspiring programmers like me will continue to work hard.

On the other hand, I feel like the world is going crazy because this guy can’t come up with a clear answer.

Like this, Aebom, who saw me tying her head by herself, said this while chewing an apple.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s not the stairs or anything. If you’re just going up an open ramp, wouldn’t that be possible with a wheeled cart?”

“A cart with wheels?”

When I looked to see if that was possible, Aebom nodded her head.

“It is possible. I once visited Indonesia for a personal project I was working on. In fact, many tourists used to hike there using local people’s carts.”

Can you call it mountain climbing?

“Of course, when you come across a place like stairs, you have to walk on your own feet. These days, people tend to carve out their own hiking trails rather than stairs due to the danger. Korea is surprising, but it is a country that is very sensitive to safety. Therefore, no matter how strong a staircase is installed, it can be dangerous when it rains, or because it collapses or falls apart in strange shapes over time.”

I feel this every time, but Han Ae Bom never says anything wrong. What is she really doing?

“So, stairs are usually only used by soldiers carrying out ambush operations or missions on the mountain. For the average person, I tend to climb the mountain on a flat path, even if it feels a bit rough. Of course, there will be stairs just before the top.”

Just in case, I looked up everything Han Ae-bom said on the Internet. As she said, there are tourists in Indonesia who hike using carts, and furthermore, in the case of Cheonyeongsan Mountain, there was a road that felt like a road all the way to the summit.

‘It might be possible!’

After seeing the possibility, I started moving quickly.

“Thank you, Mr. Aebom.”

“What?”

After thanking Han Ae-bom, I made arrangements for a cart that could carry people and climb the mountain.

This wasn’t registered in the shopping mall, but since I contacted a factory that specializes in selling carts and carts, they said that if I pay the money, they can custom-make it into the shape I want.

The Republic of Korea is truly an amazing country. There’s nothing you can’t do with money.

-It will cost about 340,000 won, is that okay?

It was not a small amount of money, but it was money I was willing to pay considering Yoon Su-ah. Because I don’t want to see the quest fail or see Yoon Su-ah in pain because I was saving money for no reason.

In addition, I also ordered a soft blanket and neck pillow separately.

[Currently, your total assets are 4,628,327 won.]

Tsk. It was difficult to collect. It was just a moment when I decided to write.

Still, it wasn’t a waste at all.

Just being busy moving around the world for someone else felt like it injected new vitality into my life. One day, after finishing my part-time job at the convenience store, instead of returning to my studio, I headed straight to Cheonyeongsan Mountain.

I wonder if the Quest kid is just being mean. The location of Cheonyeongsan Mountain was a mountain just a short distance up from our studio.

I lived in this studio for several years, and this was the first time I knew there was a mountain here. I guess our country definitely has a lot of mountains.

[Cheonyeongsan Mountain]

[3.4 km on the way to Hansang University]

[10.9 km road to the summit]

“Wow, that’s not easy.”

I haven’t actually climbed the mountain yet, and now I’m just walking along the bumpy trail past the entrance. It consumes quite a lot of stamina. In particular, the sergeant was stronger than expected.

‘Honestly, it’s not difficult if I’m alone.’

The problem is that this has to go up to the cart carrying Yoon Su-ah.

“Let’s start from the top and come down.”

If you familiarize yourself with the path, you will spend less stamina on the way up. You can’t just waste your precious stamina by wandering down unknown paths.

[Climb up carefully.]

[The slope is steep. The stairs are very worn.]

[Scheduled repair work: September 31, 2025 – December 31, 2025]

I was able to reach the summit by myself in about an hour. There were fewer stairs than I expected.

Since even a single failure cannot be tolerated, it may be because we are assuming the worst.

‘Is it possible?’

I screamed from the top, asking myself questions.

“You bastard!” “I will do it!”

Even if my legs are broken, my back is broken, and my lungs are crushed.

I had to accomplish at least Yoon Su-ah’s quest.

And I believed that if I kept completing these damn quests, one day I would be able to receive a real elixir, not a replica. Because that’s the only way!

‘If that’s the case… ‘Wouldn’t it be possible for Yoon Su-ah to be completely cured?’

It’s not easy.

At the same time, I also had that thought. Even I, who had just started living together, was so worried, but what were the feelings of the family who protected and looked after Yun Su-ah under the same roof for 26 years from the time she was born?

It was absolutely impossible to even imagine.

*

As I spent some time here and there, the cart I ordered arrived. As much as she spent a lot of money on it, she boasted a size that was perfect for carrying Yoon Su-ah’s body, comfort that didn’t wobble, and furthermore, a durability that wouldn’t budge even when a weight exceeding 100 kilograms was placed on it.
After getting ready, I finally told the story to the people in the studio.

“Wouldn’t you like to go hiking?”