Chapter 83
Chapter 83
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 83
Chapter Title: The Children's Educational Cartoonist
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The chat of the streamer "Wheelchair Furball," who was causing a massive uproar, was completely flooded with "lololol."
-No way wtf;;; Dun-ssi;;; Is this for real???
-Guy hates reading books so much he's scouting manga artists? Lmaoooo respect af lmao
-wtf;;;
-This dude's the real deal
-Crazy bastard lolololol
-Who was it that said this was tied to a massive quest?
-Suddenly not jealous of those guys at all lolololol
-lol... but damn that's kinda impressive tho,,,
-The last picks were rankers and their dreams just crumbled, hearts shattering lololol
The final remaining participants fell into deep thought.
Becoming a manga artist, something that could make them closer to Dun, was incredibly appealing—but wasting their one-shot job change opportunity on that felt like a shame.
They could overwrite standard jobs like swordsman or archer up to the first job change, but hidden jobs couldn't be overwritten. Once you picked a job, you had to stick with the same line for first and second advancements.
Hunter capsules, as well as game capsules, logged in via biometric info, so each person could only have one account.
In other words, picking a hidden job meant you were stuck with it until you deleted the account.
But blowing that job change chance on a learning manga gig... it just didn't sit right.
And with rumors swirling that Nina Pinta helped awaken hunters via its simulator, linking a regular game capsule account to a hunter capsule could make awakening easier.
More and more people were playing the game while eyeing a future as hunters.
But a manga artist job... a hunter whose ability was kids' educational comics...
Zero cool factor, zero utility.
"I-I forfeit! Sorry!"
"Sorry, Dun! Even for you, I can't give up my one and only job change!"
Out of the three remaining participants, two forfeited. The power of popularity apparently only went this far.
"Do whatever."
Dun crossed his arms, his face sullen.
-Dun looks super embarrassed rn lololol
-Isn't that mouth corner drooping a bit?
-Grimacing and pretending to be cool lolololol so heartbreaking lololol
-Feeling humiliated? Thought we'd always listen, but we rejected you and now you're salty? Aww, we weren't your loyal idiot pig slaves after all?
-No these guys are def foot mat vets. Can't even open their mouths in front of Dun cuz of affinity, so they explode in chat lololololololol
-So damn snarky lmao legit obsessed love-hate madness
-agree agree agree agree
-First time watching Dun live and the kid's actually kinda cute lololol like that age group's charm
-fr real lololol kid vibe + boomer vibe
-Wtf that horrific hybrid ㄷ
-Btw rejecting him prolly tanked their Dun affinity big time lolol
-Just logged out and skipped participation, I'm the winner~~
But contrary to the chat's predictions, the rejected participants' affinity with Dun didn't drop at all.
Somehow everyone was laughing, so Dun raised one eyebrow and nodded toward the barcode-balding middle-aged guy with the awkward speech.
At least one person remained.
Someone giving off an oddly familiar vibe.
"You in?"
"Me...?"
[Adventurer Rahirahierahing].
The character design was suspicious, and the nickname was ridiculously long and weird. Strangely, it felt super familiar from somewhere.
Dun knew from tons of experience.
Whenever something reminded him of someone, it always turned out to be a person from his past life.
'Who is it... who again...'
"Rahirahi... whatever, too long. I'll just call you Rahi."
"O-okay."
Ah, he remembered.
Good thing the nickname matched the real name.
This was most likely Lee Ra-hee, Lee Yoo-hyun's little sister.
She definitely looked like a cold beauty resembling Yoo-hyun, super pretty—but why the hell did she pick that character design in-game?
An elderly character with circular baldness covered by side hair. Unfathomable taste, but if it was Ra-hee unnie, it made sense.
"I draw manga... super duper well... Trust me with it."
Whether she didn't care about picking something weird or not, Rahi readily accepted the offer.
[No other participants remain, so the last one standing is the winner.]
Rahi became the final victor.
Dun was about to call Rahi over to start drawing comics when a system window suddenly popped up in front of him.
['Children's Educational Cartoonist' job creator, 'Dun,' is expending some mana as the system generates a new ability.]
[Creating a job and skills suited to the environment.]
[Please wait a moment...]
[Children's Educational Cartoonist job creation complete!]
What the heck. Dun blinked at his status window.
He'd just wanted to pick someone who draws comics, and now a real job got created. Was this the system's prank?
While Dun was flustered, a job change quest notification appeared for Rahi.
[B-Rank Hidden Job Change Quest] Children's Educational Cartoonist.
Content: Create educational comics for Dun! (0/10 volumes)
Success: Children's Educational Cartoonist (Hidden) job change, Dun's affinity.
Failure: None.
[Acquired title [Beginner Cartoonist].]
[Acquired skill [Comic Recreation].]
[Imagination stat unlocked!]
[Comprehension stat unlocked!]
A ton of stuff got updated. Rahi checked her status window, eyes widening, then beamed happily at all the new additions.
* * *
Click, click.
Dun unlocked his door with his key. Rahi followed behind into the room.
To hand over the books he wanted turned into comics, Dun had invited Rahi to his room. The others saw this and tried to backtrack, saying they'd rethink the job change—but Rahi had no intention of yielding the quest.
"Holy... crap... so... freakin' awesome..."
The room smelled amazing right as they entered, but it was an absolute mess visually.
Dun's room was known as an unknown realm, and being here now felt so thrilling she covered her mouth in awe.
"Dun... what should I... start with?"
Dun fixed his gaze on the awkward-yet-excited balding character and chuckled.
Just looking at her made him laugh for no reason.
This must be around the time the Abyss lady sneaks into a game capsule to enter Nina Pinta.
Another fated connection he'd tried so hard to forget. Aside from the tiny flicker of anxiety in his heart, he was thrilled and delighted.
[Dun's affinity has greatly increased!]
"Hm...?"
Rahi's eyes widened as she looked at Dun. It had definitely gone up earlier as a quest reward, but now again? System glitch?
"W-what should I do first...?"
"Wondering if I should let you job change or not."
He'd given her the quest and even let her into his room, but Dun's sudden words were shocking.
"N-no! Why...!"
The bulked-up barcode-balding character grabbed Dun's clothes with teary eyes. If it were Ra-hee's real appearance, it might've been less intimidating, but with that character design, it was super creepy.
Ra-hee later jobs into spirit/illusion line. He'd planned to recover lost memories through her, but if a momentary choice changed her future, that path to regaining memories would vanish.
There might be other ways, but the one via Ra-hee was the safest and clearest. Plus, her awakening ability had a hugely positive impact on the Abyss kids.
Just as he was pondering scouting another cartoonist with a unique item bait, Dun tilted his head at the rustling Rahi.
"What're you doing?"
"I... can't give up... the job change!"
Rahi shoved Dun's clothes aside, plopped on the floor, and frantically sketched a stickman Dun and speech bubbles on some paper.
'No way, insane. Just like the rumors, master of hope abuse. After all that suffering, give and take away? Way too cruel.'
Ra-hee clicked her tongue.
She'd heard all about Dun's rumors on the community boards. Give then take, take then give, reel you in then let go, let go then reel back in.
Personality like Caddy's but with a mysterious vibe that was totally her type, so she'd chased Dun around—but veteran players always blocked her, so she could only watch from afar.
And now, luck struck with a quest and job for a long-term connection. No way she'd let it go.
『Title: Dun』
『The story begins.』
『Dun does whatever he wants.』
『The story ends.』
Fearing the quest might vanish, Ra-hee quickly kicked off the quest.
[Completed the first comic!]
[Too vague, so manifestation quality reduced.]
Suddenly, Dun's room vanished, replaced by a white void.
The messy stickman Dun that Ra-hee had drawn appeared and started dancing wildly. The stickman's hair was light brown, and the dot eyes were red.
After dancing randomly, the illusion ended, and Dun's room reappeared.
"Huh?"
Dun rubbed his eyes. A stickman version of himself had just danced weirdly in front of him, or so it seemed.
"Oho, the Dun dance I imagined... so kawaii..."
The Dun image she'd unconsciously pictured earlier had manifested as an illusion.
Seemed like a skill from the new hidden job. Rahi reached out and touched the short Dun comic she'd drawn. The same illusion played out again right before her eyes. Her character's eyes sparkled.
"Insane. God-tier job."
Her base character stats sucked anyway due to her weak body, and she wasn't big on growth ambitions.
Truth be told, she wanted a hunter capsule to awaken, but Yoo-hyun oppa said to settle for the stable game capsule for now, so she'd focused on fun.
Goal was meeting the hot NPC clip stars and fangirling.
Especially hanging with the hottest, most controversial NPC Dun, so she'd happily job-changed into his picky eater book cure role—but this power was way beyond expectations. A job that turns delusions into reality...
"Ha... haha..."
Rahi hugged her Dun stickman comic preciously.
Her heart pounded at the infinite delusional possibilities she could create from now on.