Chapter 21
Chapter 21
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: The Book for Those Who Want to Go to Another World, Part 6: Medieval Fantasy
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I kept checking the situations of the previous transferees.
[2. Lee Hyun-woo (25), Deceased: Former office worker. Dove into mercenary work and got a scratch from a goblin's rusty sword during his first monster battle. Infected with tetanus, he suffered high fevers and convulsions for seven days before dying.]
[3. Kim Min-jun (19), Deceased: Former student. Met a noble after transfer and pitched modern knowledge, asking for investment funds. The noble demanded a prototype. He tried his best with his own knowledge but failed repeatedly and gave up. Beheaded for insulting nobility and fraud.]
[4. Park Seo-yeon (27), Deceased: Former college student. Hired as a servant in a noble house and scraped by. Caught the heir's eye and was offered to become his concubine but refused. The heir, taking it as an insult, cut her down with his sword.]
All the early transferees were dead.
"Medieval fantasy world, huh? Yeah, not a walk in the park."
What stood out were the ones who'd met their end trying to leverage modern knowledge.
[11. Lee Ji-hoon (17), Deceased: Former student. Tried to spread modern knowledge and etch his name as a great pioneer. First claim: 'The Earth isn't the center of the universe; it orbits the sun.' Branded heresy by the church, dragged to court. Spouted more modern facts but got labeled a demon and burned at the stake.]
[22. Choi Ye-eun (23), Deceased: Former college student. Did odd jobs on a farm while preaching hygiene to locals. Led by example, washing hands daily, but a cut on her hand got infected from livestock feces-contaminated water. Died from it.]
[30. Jeong Do-yoon (31), Deceased: Former office worker. Invented a water purifier using sand, gravel, and charcoal. Tried selling clean water but branded an unscrupulous merchant for charging for it. Stoned to death by villagers.]
Plenty had died rashly spreading knowledge too advanced for medieval minds.
"Still, survival rates improve later on."
More precisely, plenty lived full lives before dying.
[51. Yoon Soo-min (80), Deceased: Former student. Transferred at 16, saved up doing menial labor. Used pre-learned soap-making knowledge to craft scented soaps that nobles loved. Built fame as a soap vendor but shelved expansion due to rival merchants' pressure. Collected artifacts, hired mercenaries, wandered the world leisurely, and passed at 80 from old age.]
[63. Im Ha-yoon (99), Deceased: Former office worker. Impressed a massive trading company with accounting skills and bookkeeping prowess, got hired. Built funds while networking with merchants and nobles via natural charisma. Later ran his own caravan, leveraging connections for international trade. Laid economic and political foundations, gradually introducing pre-transfer knowledge to advance the world. Lived richly and honorably, passing at 99 from old age.]
"Learning from predecessors' mistakes, the later ones had no choice but to be cautious."
Humans evolve through learning, so successors who grasped seniors' errors and deaths prepared thoroughly.
"Mana awakeners too."
The 1% jackpot winners lived wildly varied lives.
[97. Han Jun-seo (200), Deceased: Former college student. Awakened mana post-transfer, joined a magic tower, became an excellent mage. Adventured for combat experience, rose to senior elder. Used mana to halt aging, stayed youthful. Eventually tower master, trained many disciples, passed at 200 from old age.]
[164. Oh Ji-ah (17), Deceased: Former student. Awakened mana post-transfer, apprenticed under an unknown mage. Failed spellcasting; fireball exploded in her face. Blasted apart.]
[220. Nam Ha-yul (20), Deceased: Former civilian. Awakened mana post-transfer. But in this world, unspent mana killed the body, so he desperately learned magic—too late. Overaccumulated mana caused myocardial infarction.]
"Still, they outlast regular folks."
No matter the prep, ordinaries had sky-high death odds. Mana-awakened ones? Unless the world's mana was lethal, freak accidents, or combat, they survived well and thrived.
"But even this can't beat luck."
Higher than 1% mana odds: the 5% squishy-happy isekai winners lived blissfully.
[82. Lee Seo-hwi (???), Alive, ★5% Winner★: Former convenience store clerk. Transferred to a world where everyone has spirits. Hers: sky spirit. Bathed in heaven's love, extreme luck in all things, boosted senses and physical abilities. Beloved by many, adventured, gained fame. Later spiritified herself, ascended as one of the isekai spirit gods—immortal.]
[156. Jo Ha-ram (???), Alive, ★5% Winner★: Former librarian. Transferred to a world of peace post-200-year war between demons, humans, and other races. Adventuring, found vampire ancient ruin altar, accidentally activated it. Became progenitor vampire—immortal. As progenitor, daylight-proof, ate normal food. Lived same life but dove into science with eternal memory. Centuries later, turned world Earth-level scientific. Now heads World Science Academy.]
[199. Shin Do-won (???), Alive, ★5% Winner★: Former college student. Transferred to peaceful, church-dominant world. Lost body mid-transfer, reincarnated as girl. Became priestess, sainted for holy power. Led vanguard in demon invasion, won war, rose to pope. Post-death, god made her angel. Now lower god in service.]
'All lived happily. No—still living.'
Finished reading the transferee list and statuses. Total 1,267 gone via this book so far.
Around 700 died horribly.
400 lived ordinarily.
100 succeeded.
The rest? 5% winners, living protagonist lives.
"Bait."
The protagonist warning up front.
The 5% good isekai drop.
Transferee statuses.
"All psychological hooks to make people use the book."
Maybe I'll hit that 5%. Maybe I'll beat the odds and protagonist it up. Classic temptation.
[If you've read everything so far and still want to transfer, read the following contract.]
[I declare no regrets for transferring to another world; this is my free will.]
[Agree? As a perk, you'll fluently speak the destination world's common tongue.]
[Agree? [Yes] <- Press any finger firmly for 3+ seconds.]
Checked the final contract page, closed the book.
"Normally, I'd destroy it."
But it'd probably resist normal destruction. Best: sell to shady dealer, chain and ocean-dump, or lock in a vault forever.
"But should I?"
Fired up the computer, searched isekai stuff.
[Man, I just wanna go to another world. I'd crush it in a fantasy one!]
[Me too. Send me pls.]
[Isekai so bad. Wanna go science-cheat money, fame, harem.]
[Wanna isekai as cute girl. Act tomboyish but flash femme vibe, get worshipped.]
Mostly jokes. No real way, just fantasies.
"But if there's a genuine isekai path."
And someone truly desperate to ditch everything for it? This book might be their sole escape.
"Not everyone who transferred died."
~55% death rate. 40% shot at ordinary or successful life. 5% protagonist tier.
"Can't steal people's chances."
Then a breeze from the window flipped the book open.
[Agree? [Yes] <- Press any finger firmly for 3+ seconds.]
Like it was tempting me.
"Sorry, but I prefer this world."
Gently closed it.
"So, pass."
The Isekai Transfer Scroll – Medieval Fantasy is basically an object entity. Can't move alone till used, so it advertised to offer chances to the isekai-desperate.
[TIRED OF REAL LIFE? WANNA BE PROTAG? CONTACT NOW. YOUR ISEKAI AWAITS.]
Internet banner ad. But post-posting, it never showed on my computer.
-What? No, it's up fine. Should show. No system issues.
Called banner guy—said all good.
"Two possibilities."
Banner dude screwed up.
Or the entity interfered.
"Your doing?"
No reply. It's a book. But I figured.
"Maybe only shows to those dead serious about isekai."
Days later, searches showed chatter on my ad.
[-Screenshot- Wtf this ad? Wanna go isekai? Clicked, just phone/email.]
└Wtf you on about. Screenshot or gtfo.
└?? Did. Blind much?
└Blind's you.
Visible to some, invisible to others.
"Wait, and contacts will come."
[Uh, saw banner, contacting.]
Two days later: ping.
[Can you really isekai?]
[Send to another world for real?]
[Nah, joke right? Can't actually go?]
From multiples. Consults revealed: all with rough family lives or burnt out.
'As expected—shows only to the desperate.'
Useless to me, but someone's sole lifeline hope.
[Of course.]
A good deed.
[Follow precautions, and we'll send you right away.]
Human nature's altruism, right?