I Became a Genius by Running Away From the Academy

12 – From now on, I’ll make an offer I can’t refuse (1)

I was momentarily dazed at the suggestion I never thought of.

“If you are a servant…… Are you talking about butlers and maids?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“No, I’m just an ordinary person with no knowledge about that. If that’s the case, just use a professional workforce…… “

“It’s okay. Believe me.”

Erio tapped his own chest, which was about the size of an egg, while talking incoherently with an expressionless expression.

“I will treat you well.”

The more I looked at it, the more distrust was building up, not trust.

So let’s take a sneak peek at him and take a step back.

Kwaak-

“Where are you going?”

Erio noticed that like a ghost and grabbed my wrist.

“I’m not done talking yet.”

Erio stared at me as he said that.

It reminded me of the female Iljins I used to see when I was in school.

‘Then, is this like a declaration that you’re going to pamper me with a bread shuttle?’

Perhaps the purpose was my precious donut.

In that case, of course I will resist with all my might to protect my precious donuts.

‘The problem is that I have no chance of winning in a head-to-head fight with him.’

I’m not just quietly listening to Erio’s words.

Kwaaak-

Because I was pushed by force, and I couldn’t shake off this hand that was holding my wrist, so I was just listening.

‘How the hell did this happen?’

While thinking so seriously, Erio opened her mouth.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it’s true. I have no intention of making you do anything difficult.”

“Then what kind of work are you going to hire me as a servant?”

“Piggyback.”

“…… Piggyback?”

For a moment, I wondered if I had heard it wrong, so I asked again.

“Yeah, the one you carry on your back.”

But judging from the same answer coming back, it seems I didn’t hear it wrong.

I wish I had heard it wrong.

“If that’s the case, why don’t you save someone other than me? A person who resembles a turtle so that he can carry people well.”

“No, no one else.”

“If you can’t be someone who looks like a turtle, who looks like a kangaroo? I think you’ll give me a nice hug.”

“The way you hug is not the problem.”

Erio shook his head and raised his palm.

Then she saw a golden ball of lightning float in the palm of her hand.

‘Are you going to go ahead with blackmail because the offer won’t work?’

I had that thought for a moment, but looking at his expression, it didn’t seem like that was the reason.

“I was born with a unique constitution that continuously generates electricity in my body.”

“Isn’t the Vista family like that? It’s a family with a natural talent for handling electricity.”

“That’s right, but my body is very strong like that, even compared to people in my family. To the extent that it is called the second coming of the first family head.”

Erio said that and made the sphere of lightning on her palm disappear.

“And because of the side effects of that constitution, even if I close my eyes or cover my ears, I can feel the presence of everyone around me and within a certain distance.”

“Is that possible?”

“Yes, I can feel the bioelectricity in people’s bodies.”

“It looks like an electric eel.”

Perhaps he didn’t like the metaphor, Erio’s expression when he looked at me became a bit pouty.

“Isn’t that a good ability anyway?”

“It’s not a good ability.”

Erio shook her head and showed her two cylindrical hair ornaments that held her long hair together like two tails.

“Because of that constitution, I can’t normally rest properly unless I’m wearing this artifact.”

“You mean your senses become too sensitive?”

“Exactly.”

Certainly that would be inconvenient.

“And what annoys me even more is that static electricity occurs even if someone comes near me. And that only for me.”

Erio pursed his lips.

“I can’t stop that even with artifacts. So, like a horse being whipped, I have to move even though it is annoying to move, and I want to sleep more, but I keep waking up.”

“It stings?”

As I said that, I looked at the wrist held by Erio.

Then Erio nodded his head, his eyes twinkling as if that was it.

“Originally, yes, but strangely, there is nothing like that in you. I can’t feel the electricity.”

“What do you mean I can’t feel the electricity?”

“Well, to be precise, I can feel it, but I feel a gentle electricity as if it is coming from a plant or object, not a person.”

Even as Erio said that, he tilted his head as if he didn’t understand why either.

But I could see why she felt that way.

‘Was [Invisible Hermit] The problem?’

First of all, [Invisible Recluse] Is not really an attribute that makes the body transparent.

It was a characteristic that made people around me feel as if I had become transparent and disappeared by simply reducing my presence to the maximum and assimilating with the surrounding landscape.

‘It’s like salt in water, or a trait that makes me a quiet kid with about one in a class.’

If you add salt to water, it will definitely exist, but it looks like the salt has disappeared when you see it with your eyes.

Even if they are in the same space, it is difficult for children who do not have a sense of presence to notice its existence.

It was like that.

‘So I was relieved and kept wearing the [Invisible Hermit], But I never thought it would stimulate Erio’s senses in this way and draw attention to it.’

This was entirely my mistake.

I underestimated the ability of the protagonist in the game’s main story.

‘But no matter how it is, how can the situation mesh like this?’

I couldn’t even say anything because I was dumbfounded.

As we stood there blankly, Erio said no, even stronger, her eyes twinkling.

“So, you are the only one who can move me without waking me.”

Kook-

Erio gave more strength to the hand holding my wrist.

As if he would never let go.

“Please, sign a contract with me and be my butler.”

“I hate it.”

I got goosebumps at the famous line, which is synonymous with fraudulent contracts, so I turned it down without thinking.

At the same time, I unconsciously pulled his arm, but still couldn’t shake off Erio’s hand.

‘How weak is this body, to be defeated by such a person?’

There really was no answer.

“Why do you hate it?”

“That’s right…… “

There were many reasons not to do it, but the biggest reason was one.

Erio Two Vista, the genius of the Vista family, famous for using lightning as if it were her own body.

It was because she was the main character in her main story.

“It is because there is no benefit to me.”

But there was no way Erio could accept that excuse, so he brought up another reason instead.

“Sorry, I have a lot to do in the circle. So I can’t go with you and act as a portable bed.”

“Um…… “

At my words, Erio pondered and said.

“Then I will give you the money.”

“No matter how much you give, my heart…… “

“5 Million won a month.”

For a moment, I was speechless.

And my eyes naturally turned towards Erio.

“If I became your butler, would you pay that much?”

“Yes, I can give it as an advance if you want.”

Flinching-

“…… Oh no no.”

She was momentarily stunned at the amount she had never heard of in her life, but soon she regained her senses and shook her head.

‘This isn’t it. If I accept this, the risk I have to take is too great.’

If I accepted the deal, it was obvious that Erio would ask me to carry him on his back to the next classroom.

‘And if that happens, I will inevitably be noticed by other people, and then my presence will be heard by the main characters.’

My goal of not getting involved with the main character was to be ruined from the start.

Of course, if I maxed out my attributes, I thought it would be possible to carry Erio while hiding my existence.

‘But I don’t really want to take that risk.’

Moreover, I didn’t like the fact that the reward for doing so was money.

Once now I was hit with a beggar.

But it’s money. It was enough just to go around and hunt monsters to get attributes.

After finishing organizing my thoughts like that, the moment I was about to reject Erio’s offer once more.

Kwaak-

“Ten thousand won.”

As if he had read my thoughts beforehand, Erio opened his mouth a step faster than I did and blocked my words.

Then he stared at me, and the moment I saw that face, I realized it instinctively.

‘I didn’t have a choice on this from the beginning.’

Erio was very familiar with the way he looked at me.

A figure store where I worked briefly before.

People who burned their will to never get what they wanted no matter how many times they saw it there, those people had eyes just like that.

‘No matter how I look at it, I don’t think I’ll just give up just because I refuse, but even so, if I run away from here, it’s obvious that I’ll be talked to in a classroom or something.’

Once that happened, it was clear that the work would be incomparably more troublesome than it is now.

‘Haa, then I have no choice but to accept her offer…… ‘

I didn’t like it.

Still, if you want to accept it, you can accept it.

I didn’t want to get involved with the lead character, but she was a bit of an exception if I had to argue.

Sug-

I looked down at Erio, who was looking at me.

I was still holding my wrist tightly, but perhaps because of my small body, I felt like I was watching a child begging me to buy candy.

‘I can’t believe that such a small kid will later take on the role of a boss monster that is so powerful that even if the main character and his party attack at once, they can barely defeat it.’

Around the time the main character who entered the circle goes up to the second year, there is an event where the villains attack the circle once.

And then, Erio appears as a boss monster used to break the villain’s circle.

In other words, although he is the main character, he appears as the main character who takes the side of the villain rather than the main character.

Why did I give up on being involved with her even though I knew her all the way?

It was simple.

One, as I already said, was because I didn’t like the risks and rewards I had to take.

And another one, honestly, this reason was decisive.

‘Really…… If I had known this was going to happen, I would have put the working wiki next to me and concentrated on watching the full video, rather than watching the summary of my tube for 10 seconds at a time.’

Because I didn’t know much about her Erio, I didn’t know how to avoid awakening her as a boss monster on the villain side.

That’s why I didn’t want to be next to her.

Because I felt like I was with a time bomb that didn’t know when it would explode.

‘But now that the situation is like this, I have no choice.’

So I decided to just think positively.

‘If we succeed in taking Erio out of the Villain side, her enemy’s power will be automatically weakened. Maybe I can put them in the main character’s party.’

If that happened, I would be able to use Erio like a spy and figure out the movements of the main character and the others.

‘If I’m a little more lucky there, I might be able to control the movements of the main character’s party from behind like a black screen.’

It would be much easier to grow them if I could only succeed in tying them on a leash like that.

‘And hey, he’s rich, so maybe he’ll buy you a donut once we go out together?’

Hmm……

Continuing to think that way, the one merit of accepting the deal seemed certain.