Son of a Conglomerate at the Highest Level

＜ What windfall is this? (1) ＞

I took a taxi with my mother and headed to my house in Hannam-dong.

As soon as I opened the door and entered, I was horrified.

‘Oh sh*t! What kind of ghosts are so crowded?’

[Call them all.]

‘······It was like that.’

I forgot.

I told them to bring all the ghosts in this town and invade Namsan Mountain Leech’s mother’s dream.

‘Do you remember what I said earlier?’

[Of course.]

The ghosts who had crawled out to scare me saw the grim reaper standing behind me, but they screamed and scattered in confusion.

The grim reaper glared at the fleeing ghosts with a cold expression.

[Everyone stop moving. A moving ghost will be regarded as a protest.]

The ghosts, who were making a fuss and running rampant in all directions, up and down, all at once stopped on the spot.

The stiffened ghosts only roll their eyes to look at the grim reaper.

‘As expected, the absolute power of the ghost world!’

That’s right, you’re using the grim reaper for this taste!

‘Then I leave this job to you?’

[of course. Make sure not to stir it up.]

The grim reaper snapped his neck left and right.

The hem of the black coat flutters nicely and hands behind the back.

[From now on, the spirits should answer the question of this action. Who is the master of this house?]

The ghosts looked at the spirit in unison.

The grim reaper grinned as he looked at Ji Bak-ryeong.

[It’s you.]

Ji Park-ryeong, who was pointed out by the grim reaper, began to tremble like an aspen tree.

[You bastard, follow this action. It is time for a one-on-one interview.]

Why was the Earthly Spirit the Earthly Spirit?

It is a spirit that is tied to the ground and cannot move, so it is a spirit of earth.

[From now on, you will have to reveal all the secrets in this house.]

The grim reaper grabbed Ji Park-ryeong’s nape with one hand.

Wooddeuk. Quadduk!

Jibakryeong was forcibly pulled out.

Seeing that, the other ghosts heeik! Make a sound and save yourself.

If there was even the slightest gap, he would run away immediately.

[Warning. If you secretly bounce and get caught, you won’t be able to escape compulsory Buddhahood.]

The ghosts immediately behaved.From noble mtl dot com

No one could disobey the order of the grim reaper.

The grim reaper fluttered the hem of his coat of arms and walked away, clutching Jibakryeong’s neck.

[You will have to report this truth without reservation. Before I take you to the underworld and throw you into hellfire.]

This is very good!

* * *

The mother could not hide her joy.

“Wow, warm and cozy. Does it feel very different from the last time I stopped by?”

Yes, I also drove out all the ghosts that were wandering around this house.

······Actually, it’s because I secretly left the oil boiler on when I was touring the house earlier.

“Oh, everything from the bed to the dining table is imported luxury furniture from Europe! Are all the home appliances American or Japanese?”

It was an excited voice.

Mother looked around the house.

“In the closet, you can find the finest unwrapped bedding sets, as well as curtains, sofa covers, and carpets!”

“As the old man in Bokdeokbang said. The previous owner went back on the day he moved in and entered a nursing hospital, and his wife and children said they were going to study in the United States, but they said they had no intention of coming back.”

“oh my god. Even when I heard that, I thought it was just like that, but this is like this… and!”

My mother said, “What kind of windfall is this?”

“Can we really use this? Wouldn’t the previous owner take it back?”

“Sure. So, when I wrote the contract earlier, I attached special terms.”

On the condition that we take over all the things that exist in this house.

‘Even if a nugget of gold is found in the garden, it means it’s mine.’

It’s so scary that it’s an agreed contract.From noble mtl dot com

No matter how much the owner of the movable property claims the right, it cannot claim ownership unless it has been certified by the country.

“Are you embarrassed? If mom says she doesn’t like it, I’ll call someone tomorrow to clean it all up.”

“no! I guess you don’t need that? These are all new!”

My mother smiled and her eyes sparkled.

“Money was tight. hehehehe.”

I robbed my mother’s bank account to buy this house.

Buying everything new, from furniture to bedding, would have been a burden for our family.

I remembered my father’s watch.

‘If you take it to your master, you can tear off more than eight hundred this time. Do you take it back and sell it?’

I had to briefly conflict between my mother’s memories and her hardships.

drooling.

Mother opened the window wide.

“I need to start cleaning. I can’t sleep in a dusty place like this.”

Then he rolled up his arms.

“I don’t have time to find out about washing dishes in the kitchen in this neighborhood starting tomorrow. Now that I have bought a house, I will try to make it a house worth living in by sweeping and polishing it today.”

“You say you’re looking to wash the dishes starting tomorrow?”

“That way, Mom will buy our Jeong-hyeok something delicious, and buy him a Christmas present.”

Is the cost of living not enough?

‘Even if I was only 17!’

Then, I would have been responsible for my family’s livelihood, whether it was delivering newspapers at dawn, delivering jajangmyeon, walking for days at the market, or selling gimbap in front of the subway station.

I hate that my age, my body is only seven years old.

“I’m sorry, Mom. Because I insisted on buying this house…”

“no! Mom, do you like this house?”

My mother smiled brightly and hugged me tightly.

“Should we live here with Jeonghyeok sweetly from now on? How blessed is my mother to live in such a big house? It’s all thanks to my son.”

“but······.”

“You won’t even have to worry about rent every month, right? This is all thanks to our son.”

“It’s a bank account I made for myself. Find it and use it.”

“no. That’s for our Jung-hyeok to pay for college tuition?”

Mother hugged me and turned round and round.

“Mom will work hard and earn a lot of money. So, should we buy a lot of delicious food for our Jeong-hyeok and buy him a lot of nice clothes?”

Mother, when are you going to get rich by washing dishes in the kitchen?

I think it would be quicker to get my father’s watch as collateral at a pawnshop and call it an investment.

Shall we go to Master’s pawn shop tomorrow?

“Junghyuk, do you want to clean with your mother?”

“…”

I looked back and forth between my mother and the dusty corners of the house.

When the Bokdeokbang man broke down the master bedroom door earlier, how far did the dust rise?

“Cough Cough!”

“Oh, I must be coughing because of the dust!”

Actually, that’s not the case…

mess.

It was because the grim reaper came back pulling Ji Park-ryeong by the collar.

The droopy Jibakryeong was limp like a jellyfish.

said the grim reaper.

[I made an air-raid shelter in the basement of this mansion, and there is a state-of-the-art safe made of iron.]

Any way to convince me of this?

So is there any stars?

You should even pretend to be sick.

“Cough Cough!”

“Then would you like to go out for a while while mommy cleans up? There’s a lot of dust here, so you’ll keep coughing.”

“I’m sorry, Mom. I’ll come back soon and help you clean up. Cough Cough!”

bounced right off

* * *

‘The safe was hidden in the basement?’

As the possibility of a war again increased, the country regulated by law the construction of underground facilities.

In rich houses like this, they would stock up on emergency food and supplies so that they could survive underground for several months, and would build underground shelters strong enough not to collapse even if shelling fell.

‘I thought it was a gold nugget buried in the garden, but it’s actually better in the basement. It’s hard to shovel with this body right now.’

I opened the cellar door.

Due to the poor ventilation, the smell of damp and mold permeated the air.

Wooden shelves lined the walls of the cellar, where they also stored wine, colanders, tools, and all sorts of odds and ends.

‘oh!’

behind a wooden shelf.

Isn’t the golden light leaking from only one side of the basement wall?

[They say that if you turn the third handle there, a secret door will open.]

profit.

It must have been a mechanical device, and one shelf spun open with a slight sound.

When I opened the wooden door disguised as a cellar wall, the golden light seemed to blind me.

‘and!’

A family of four could easily survive for several months even if they ate only the food here.

One wall of the shelter was a huge, iron safe.

[This Jibakryeong couldn’t break his attachment to this world because of that vault and was enduring here.]

[It’s my safe! mine! It’s my treasure!]

It was like a scream.

[Never give up! don’t give it to anyone! Don’t touch it!]

[I try not to open my mouth even if I die. So I dragged it all the way here, but I still haven’t figured out the safe’s password.]

I chuckled.

‘Isn’t there anything too difficult about that? Is the safe any good? If you pick it, you pick it.’

I rummaged through the toolbox on the shelves in the basement and got some useful wire and tools.

‘Hey, Guardian. It’s annoying to listen to the safe, so raise the volume on your own.’

I turned the dial slightly as I inserted the wire into the keyhole.

‘Oops, it’s only a triple safety device. Isn’t this really an old relic itself?’

In the past, it must have been a safe that would have been purchased with a large amount of money.

How sophisticated locking devices have become and how diverse the methods of picking keys have become as technology advances.

I am a person who has mastered the 21st century lock dismantling technology.

‘I earned pocket money by picking this up when I was younger.’

When you work at a pawnshop, opening a locked safe is not a chore.

Thanks to that, there was nothing I couldn’t pick up because I had a knack.

Opening the safe, opening the door, opening the cap on the bottle, and getting the woman’s number… that’s all.

Kirik. Kirik. Kirik. rattle.

The safe was wide open.

[no!]

Ji Park-ryeong screamed while covering her face with both hands.

“I’m sorry, but it’s mine now.”

So you just let it go to the underworld.

Inside the safe, there were piles of items that exploded like fireworks.

‘and! Is this all gold? Yijo white porcelain, Goryeo celadon, gold Buddha statue, paintings of the East and West, and even the dollar!’

It was literally a gold mine.

It was also a method often used by the rich to mobilize slush funds.

‘Yes, this is a treasure trove! How much is all this?’

I told you that only the real estate papers for this house were flashing like incandescent light bulbs.

After all, there was a reason!

[AA AA AA······.]

Ji Park-ryeong, who was the owner of the safe, lowered her head as if resigned.

Then the pass was broken and scattered.

The grim reaper smiled contentedly.

[You broke your attachment to this world and attained Buddhahood.]

‘·······.’

[The poor soul that wandered the nine heavens found rest. So you will also be said to have accumulated merit.]

‘······That’s good.’

Three birds with one stone?

It’s good for that soul to become a Buddha, I’m good for accumulating merit and receiving a windfall, and the grim reaper… well, what’s the matter?

Ding-dong. Ding dong ding dong.

It was the sound of a doorbell.

‘Do you come to a house that has been neglected for years, even ringing the doorbell? then······!’

I closed the safe and quickly got out of the basement.

“who are you?”

“This is Kim Young-gul, Chief Secretary of Taesung Group.”

I thought so.

Secretary Kim delivered the business that came from outside the gate.

“I’m here to bribe you.”

Yes, I was waiting for this word.

＜ What windfall is this? (1) ＞ end