The Trash Wants to Live

"Hm, it’s just a ‘play pretend'. What can he do with something he doesn’t do well, Father?"

When I turned my head in the direction of the voice, I saw my uncle, Ki Young Woo.

Ki Young Woo made eye contact with me, and was clearly dying to see what kind of opposition Ki Yoon Jae would make.

"Isn’t he just collecting mutants and playing military games? Why is he trying to put this group together for no reason?"

"Uh-huh, one second.”

Ki Young Woo was scolded by Ki Jae Mu, just shrugged his shoulders, blaming his young nephew for being an exception while he was not.

"Am I being a little harsh? I’m just worried that he might spend a lot of money on his game… I think I'm being too hard on him. I'm sorry, Yoon Jae!"

While Ki Young Woo had apologized, his face said that he didn't feel sorry at all.

What a fool… You don't know how Ki Yoon Jae's actions will affect the future… 

Although he had a dirty personality and was the main villain, Ki Yoon Jae had a unique business sense.

‘It is said that the guild he built became the world's best private guild.' 

It even outperformed the US government's Glory Guild when it comes to unity. All the Westerners were individualistic, but the Koreans were used to living as a group. 

There is no single hero in reality. However, the main character has yet to come into play.

Anyway, the synergy effect was excellent, because I listened well, regardless of gender.

Although it seems to be a waste of money to invest in useless mutants now, they will become the representative business of the Sungwoon Group in the future. 

‘Without knowing that…' 

Of course, Ki Yoon Jae didn't build a guild knowing all of that. He did it as soon as he turned out to be ordinary. 

Maybe he thought that even if he didn't have that kind of power, he would appear more special if he collected people who did. Of course, it's a story that didn't appear in the original narrative, so I can only guess. 

I glanced at Ki Jae Mu. As soon as he heard that I would gather gifted people, he attached Ki Hyun Joo, who was awakened in the field, to me. 

Was this a good business in his eyes?

“I'm still young, so what I've been doing will seem like a game of pretend in the eyes of adults.”

"Well…"

“But I believe this guild will make a large leap forward when a big change comes.”

“A big change? Like what?”

"Well… It’s not known right now. However, are humans the only beings in this world that have changed like this?" 

Everyone was lost in thought at my question. 

Did only humans change? What about animals and plants? Of course, even if that didn't happen, it doesn't change the fact that gifted people have power. 

They might be thinking that it’d be better to gather gifted people despite not needing them rather than to gather them in a hurry when something happens later. 

I didn’t intend to do that.

It was then that some information came to mind, ushered in with an alarm sound that only I could hear. 

‘Aha…' 

After combining the information that came up, I grinned and opened my mouth again in the subdued atmosphere. 

"Well, what's the use of having power if those people don't adapt? If it doesn't work, they can start a security company. Isn't it easier to protect celebrities when you’re powerful?" 

I smiled and looked at Ki Young Woo. He snorted, clenching his teeth. 

Actually, I didn't intend to open a security company. However, according to the information I got from combining the key words that came to mind during our conversation, what I said would’ve provoked him since he was the representative of ‘Sungwoon Security’. 

Before Ki Young Woo could yell at me, I turned my gaze and smiled at Ki Jae Mu. 

"It's not just that, even if it ends with me playing pretend… Since the name ‘Sungwoon’ is involved, wouldn't it be the best play pretend ever?”

"Haha! Yeah! You are right." 

Ki Jae Mu burst into laughter at my words. 

Before my eyes, a character encyclopedia with the additional content glistened. 

[Character Encyclopedia]

[Ki Jae Mu: The head of the Sungwoon Group. The second generation conglomerate who contributed to making the Sungwoon Group bigger. He is very proud of Sungwoon Group.] 

[Ki Young Woo: The second child of Ki Jae Mu. He has an inferiority complex about the first-born, Ki Sun Woo. Due to this, he doesn't like Ki Yoon Jae either. He currently has one son who is 20 years old. The representative of ‘Sungwoon Security'.] 

Ki Young Woo was the only one with a sullen face as Ki Jae Mu and I laughed. He couldn't utter a single compliment to look good in front of Ki Jae Mu. 

‘Oh.' 

The reason why Ki Young Woo was hostile to me was not a big deal, he had a child who was older than me. 

Come to think of it, his son should be the successor… 

‘But Ki Yoon Jae's father is the oldest son.’ 

He wasn't currently in the room. According to Ki Yoon Jae’s memory, he was working in the United States after leaving Korea 3 years ago.

Ki Young Woo married earlier than Ki Yoon Jae's father and had children as soon as possible. Nevertheless, he must feel resentful that I, the eldest son's child, held the title of inheritor.

It was ridiculous. You know you can't decide how you’re born, but you're attacking me when I’m so young. 

I smiled at Ki Young Woo's sullen face, which was not even that old. His face took on an even more resentful look, it was pleasant. 

*****

‘…I'm tired.'

I managed to handle Ki Young Woo's matter well, but I couldn't relax. So, I ate without knowing whether the rice was going into my nose or my mouth.

After all, I was worried that he might find out that I wasn't Ki Yoon Jae.

Unlike me, who was prideless and had nothing, Ki Yoon Jae was a proud guy everywhere he went. It was tiring pretending to be snobbish.

Since it was still a family meeting, I attended the second meeting and exited after it ended only to see Ki Hyun Joo. Of course, I was not alone, and others who seemed to be secretaries stood there. However, there were no attendants or people with abilities I had brought.

‘Does she not eat?'

"What's wrong?"

Ki Hyun Joo asked the question as I looked at her, wondering if she had been waiting there without eating. 

When I shook my head saying, "It was nothing," and Ki Hyun Joo took the lead, saying "Let's go". As I followed her outside, I could see people waiting there.

"Fuck, you took a long time to eat."

"Jung Yi Joon!"

"Tch."

As soon as I saw him, Jung Yi Joon distorted his face and made a complaint. When Kwon Jae Hyuk called Jung Yi Joon by name, he spat as if he were unlucky and diverted his gaze.

At that time, the smallest person in the group ran up to me. It was Ha Hyun Seo. His older sister, Ha Eun Seo, reached out as if trying to stop him, but Ha Hyun Seo was faster.

"Hyung, did you enjoy your meal?”

"…Um."

…Why is he so cute?

Ha Hyun Seo bent his head slightly and looked up at me.

Ha Hyun Seo, who is nice-looking,was rather short, had fluffy and curly hair, and big eyes.

He looked somewhat feminine because of his androgynous appearance.

‘…He’s like a dog.’

No, I'm not insulting him! I meant that he’s cute like a puppy.

When I came to my senses, my hand was on his head without my knowing. Instead of avoiding it, Ha Hyun Seo lowered his head so that my hands could get through his hair well.

Can I do this? Was Ki Yoon Jae a person who could pet others?

Because of that thought, I couldn't feel free to stroke his hair. When I didn't do it, Ha Hyun Seo rolled his eyes and looked at my complexion.

"…Let's get going."

Today, I don’t want to be forced to mind other people's gazes anymore. Afterall, it seems like I had seen all those glances in my life. I think it would be better to quickly retreat to my room and organize what I know about the original story.

When I finished speaking, people dispersed again and got into the car. I sat next to Jung Yi Joon and leaned deeply into the seat.

‘Huh… But that doesn't go away?'

The words ‘Tutorial' still stood out in the corner of my gaze. There must have been something like a fanfare before, but wasn't the tutorial over?

The car started and my question was left unsolved. Ah, I don't know. I may be in, but maybe not in big trouble…

I closed my eyes, thinking it was nothing.

How long has it been?

I heard a ringing alarm.

‘Alarm…'

I guess I fell asleep. I blinked a few times to clear away my tiredness and my blurred vision became clearer.

It took a moment but I could see the sentence floating in front of me.

[<Tutorial 2. The First Raid> Enter.]

…What? The system messages went on regardless of my bewilderment.

[Someone hired assassins to kill you since you’re a thorn in their side.]

"What?!"

“Wha-what is it?”

As I yelled at the contents of the alarm, Jung Yi Joon, who was sitting next to me, was also surprised. The system messages kept popping up without time for me to answer his question.

[Survive the raid. These assassins are all gifted people. They'll arrive in 30 seconds!]

T/N

Hi guys, how are you all doing? And I hope everyone is fine and healthy. Just want to inform: So as I said in previous chaps, this is my first time translating a korean, that's why its took longer to release a chapter because I need to check it multiple times and I must say that my translation is not 100% accurate so I will accept any suggestions if there is any mistranslation. Lastly, the release will be 1 chapter/week. I'm not sure if this project gonna be dropped or not (If I find it hard) in the future but I will keep going for now. Thank you and have a wonderful day everyone! ❤

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