[Episode 01] Absolutes everywhere (5)

The notification window had pictures of four people attached to it.

A couple in their 30s with two children.

They were all pictures of the people next door.

After thinking for a while, I threw a question at the system window.

“What if we don’t grant citizenship?”

[An object that has not been granted citizenship will be expelled from the house.]

[Do you really not want to grant citizenship?]

‘I knew it.’

I didn’t just ask.

The system understood what I was saying.

Or could you read my thoughts?

‘Otherwise, it would have been impossible to store only the ramen in the bowl in the warehouse, or put only the oil in the canola oil container into the warehouse.’

Every corner of the absolute absolute skill.

I didn’t know what this power was, but I guessed that two-way communication was possible to some extent.

Of course, the description of the system was not in a kind way.

Because it doesn’t teach everything.

‘Being kicked out of the house is…’

I didn’t know how to get out, but somehow I thought it wouldn’t be very safe.

“Grant citizenship to all four of them.”

[Grant citizenship to Hyungjun Choi, Hyewon Park, Nayeon Choi, and Seoyeon Choi.]

After granting citizenship to the family next door, I immediately opened the skill window.

It was because I thought that the skills related to citizenship would have been newly awakened.

however.

“yes? Is it different?”

The newly awakened skill was not a skill to manage citizens.

Everywhere Absolute Eye Lv.1

-In every corner of the house, nothing can escape the eyes of the Absolute.

I was immediately able to notice that the strange phenomenon I had just experienced was the state of using the eyes of the Absolute.

‘Where’s the civil stuff? Ah, I found it.’

Things related to citizens were unexpectedly included in the Declaration Skill.

Proclamation to Every Corner (Passive) Lv. 6

– No one can invade every corner of the house without the permission of the Absolute.

ᛗCitizen management

There was a new button called citizen management in the declaration skill at every corner.

When I clicked on it, there was a picture of the four people I had seen earlier along with a brief number written on it.

□Hyungjun Choi (Reliability: 24) (Lv. 9)

Hyewon Park (Reliability: 18) (Lv. 5)

□Choi Nayeon (Reliability: 33) (Lv. 3)

Seoyeon Choi (Reliability: 42) (Lv. 2)

Current Population ( 4 / 600 people)

“600 people?”

The number at the end is probably the number of acceptable citizens. I was sure because the number 4 was written in front of it.

But the number was too large.

‘That means that we can accept 596 more people in the future. Aren’t the numbers a little too big?’

Instinctively, I knew that this function was very important.

“Hyungjun Choi.”

Calling out the name of one of the four citizens brought up detailed citizen information.

『Name: Hyungjun Choi (Lv. 9)

Reliability: 24

Awakening Ability: None

EXP distribution rate: 0%

Settlement amount distribution rate: 0%

★Quest Grant Exit』

Experience point distribution rate and settlement amount distribution rate.

What this item meant was that, in the end, the citizen’s hunting experience and settlement money came to me.

That also meant that I could control the distribution rate at will.

‘Can this be?’

Isn’t it a feature that was created from the beginning rather than a new feature that was created as the level went up?

Wasn’t it just that we couldn’t grant citizenship because no one was in our house?

‘Somehow, he said it was strange.’

At first, I thought my skills were very deformed.

It’s good to make a perfect safe zone confined to the house, but I had to be confined to a corner of the house.

‘But if citizenship was granted from the beginning, the story would be different.’

If there was someone to live with from the beginning, it was enough to grant citizenship to that person.

The citizen’s hunting experience will return to me intact.

‘Is that how he grew up?’

One thing was clear from the recent battle with Kelican, and it was that my abilities were considerably more fraudulent than I thought.

I still don’t know exactly how strong it is at level 27, but I wanted to block the attacks of most monsters.

‘It’s a problem that everything would have been solved if it had been at the main house instead of here from the beginning.’

My parents were taking care of my grandparents in a two-story house, and if I woke up there, everything would be different.

First of all, not only would I be able to safely protect my family, but it would have been no problem to develop my abilities.

‘I don’t even have to worry about hunting.’

Considering the way I hunted Kelican, I was able to hunt enough without leaving the house.

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Just leave the gate open and attack the monsters inside the house.

Come to think of it, the reason I became so isolated was because I had awakened my abilities in a high-rise apartment on the 30th floor.

If it was on the first floor, I would have been able to grow by stabbing the goblins out of the living room window.

‘If I wasn’t on the lucky side, I would have died without doing anything.’

Originally, it was an ability that should have grown from the beginning by managing citizens, but now I was finally able to manage citizens.

‘Should I say it’s fortunate.’

In the end, everything worked out just fine.

‘But what is this?’

There was one item that caught my eye in Hyungjun Choi’s citizen information window.

“Quest granted.”

Tring!

The quest assignment window was divided into quest content, time limit, success reward, and failure penalty.

I filled in each item as a test.

“Hunting one goblin, a week long, no reward. There is no failure penalty.”

Tring!

《Quest granted》

Quest Content: Goblin Hunt (0/1)

Time limit: 168 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds

Reward: A small amount of experience.

Failure Penalty: None.

[Would you like to grant the quest as it is?]

[Yes No]

A quest window that reflected my opinion appeared.

The odd one was on the compensation side. Despite choosing none, a small amount of experience was presented as a reward.

‘Are there basic rewards? Then… How far can the penalty for failure go?’

It’s not malicious.

I just wanted to test how far it could go.

Because I confirmed that the quest wasn’t granted right away.

“Fixed quest failure penalty, death.”

Tring!

《Quest granted》

Quest Content: Goblin Hunt (0/1)

Time limit: 168 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds

Reward: A small amount of experience.

Failure penalty: death.

[Would you like to grant the quest as it is?]

[Yes No]

“······no.”

[Cancel the granting of the quest.]

I never thought this would happen.

Even though I can do all the quest details and time limits, there is no limit to the failure penalty.

What this meant was clear.

‘If I want, I can kill a citizen anytime.’

The fact that I hold the right to live and die.

There was nothing difficult.

Even if it was just a quest to catch one goblin, if the time limit was set to 1 second, it would have been an instant death sentence.

“crazy.”

Faced with the true performance of the skill, goosebumps spread throughout his body.

When I thought that the lives of one person, no, the lives of four people accepted as citizens were in my hands, my shoulders naturally felt heavy.

For the first time, I was afraid of my abilities.

‘This is the absolute skill of every corner of the house…’

As the name of the skill suggests, it is my skill that can exert absolute influence within every corner of the house.

‘…how?’

There were many ways to use citizens.

In an extreme case, it was possible to use it as a chess piece by utilizing the grant of a quest.

If you turn the penalty into death like before, you’ll have to go hunting, even risking your life.

It is possible to exploit citizens as much as they want.

‘I can have them ask me to save my mom and dad as a quest.’

but.

‘Does that mean the citizens will actively try to carry out the quest? No, do you have the ability to complete the quest before that?’

The man next door, Hyungjun Choi, was only level 9.

Goblins should be able to catch them without any problems. Because the level of goblins was only 6 or 7.

However, the outside world was now a dangerous place with level 27 Kelican-like monsters roaming around.

‘Even if it’s not that, if dozens of goblins rush at me right away, I’ll die right away.’

So it didn’t make any sense.

‘We have to raise it to the level of overpowering the goblin group. Or did you build a team of that level? That way, there’s even a possibility of rescuing mom and dad.’

The method was simple.

Seeing that there was an experience distribution rate, it was said that citizens could grow by hunting monsters.

If so, you can continue to grant the monster hunting quest.

It was possible to force him to do the quest, but he didn’t want to do that.

Not only is it not humanly right, but you will definitely have a crush on me.

And that will act as a bad variable in saving your parents.

‘In the worst case, mom and dad could be in danger.’

What I wanted wasn’t just long-term play.

I really needed someone who moved for me.

‘It can’t be obtained by forcing it through a quest.’

To win a person, you must first win their heart.

‘Going to a win-win strategy.’

Having come to a conclusion, I tried to move straight to the neighbor’s house.

Then, when he saw his reflection in the full-length mirror in the hallway, he stopped.

Untidy beard and comfortable tracksuit were typical of unemployed men.

In addition, his whole body was drenched in sweat from the battle with the Kelican that had happened just before.

‘Let’s wash up first.’

I know how important first impressions are when it comes to relationships with people.

shoot it

While checking the skill window while being bathed in warm water, I was able to confirm something I hadn’t noticed before.

“uh?”

Everywhere Absolute Shop Lv. 1 [+]

– Items registered in the store can be purchased at regular prices.

[Possessed Skill Points: 3]

Maintaining the dignity of the absolute in every corner of the house (Passive) Lv. 1 [+]

-Restore the normal function of the entire house to maintain dignity.

[Possessed Skill Points: 3]

Every corner of the Absolute’s Warehouse Lv. 1 [+]

– It is a sub-space to store items.

[Possessed Skill Points: 3]

There was a plus next to the skill level.

‘I can raise my skill level!’

It was finally possible to register new items in the store.

‘I can’t raise the proclamation skill… after all with skill points.’

The only skills marked with a plus sign were Shop, Dignity, and Warehouse skills.

Since the wallet skill was at the max level, it was natural that it could not be raised any further, and the level of the Eye of the Absolute skill he just obtained was marked as level 1, but the plus button did not appear.

‘Is there even a skill level?’

It didn’t matter anyway.

Because the skills to level up were decided from the beginning.

[Do you really want to raise the shop skill of the Absolute Absolute?]

“yes.”

At that moment, the skill window flashed with golden light.

Ugh!

[Everywhere Absolute Shop skill is Lv. It has become 2.]

[The number of items that can be registered has increased to 20.]

[The price of all products is 10% off.]

“Five?”

It was expected that the limit of product registration would increase.

But on top of that, they offer a discount on the price.

“Are you okay?”

2 points left now.

I checked the shop skill just in case, but this time there was no + button.

‘It seems that there are some conditions for each level up.’

There was one guess.

‘Wouldn’t it be possible to go to the next level if all twenty items, the limit for registering items, are filled?’

Anyway, the things to be registered were already thought of.

Priority is given to new products that have never been used.

It was things like shower items and toilet paper.

‘Let’s try it.’