Return of the 10th Circle Archmage

Chapter 98 52. Friends

“The Return of the 10th Circle High Schooling is really fun.”

“really?”

“uh. It’s a good enough article to sell…”

Me, Chankyu, and Ari moved to the draft beer house for the second time.

There, I continued to read ‘The Return of 10th Circle High Schooling’ by Chan-gyu.

It was such a healing product that, after returning about, filmed a new drama, paid filial piety to parents financially, and healed sickness with magic.

Except for selling gold bars in the beginning, the story went smoothly without any conflicts.

‘Is the annual reading rate dropping so quickly……?’

The number of paid views, which started at 2600 in the beginning, fell below 800 by the time 97 episodes passed.

I’m having fun enough, but for some reason the others quickly got away with it.

Feeling a bit sad, I called James Park.

“James Park. Did you say last time that k-investment company acquired 『Daldongne』, a web novel platform?”

“Yes, Master. Due to the high speed of the platform, our company took over 100% of the shares. Do you have any problem······?”

“No, no problem. but······.”

I wanted to use Daldongne, which was acquired by James Park, to save some spirit for my friend.

“Yes, what’s the boss’s phone number over there?”

*

I called the CEO of Daldongnae and immediately put Gaizen’s work on the mobile main banner, and ordered a special event like ‘Mr.

K-Investment Company had virtually no involvement in the management of Daldongne, and this was the first time.

– You are my only friend. I’m begging you.

– Ha ha ha, yes I see. It’s nothing difficult.

The CEO of Daldongnae said that not only the main banner event for Chan-gyu’s works, but also 2 million won in grants for writers per month and an ‘artist exhibition’ event held by famous writers will be held.

The artist exhibition was literally a discount event and promotional event for the artist’s past works. This is a privilege given only to writers who have written more than 5-6 works, but Chan-gyu was an exception this time.

“Thank you, Junhyuk.”

“What do you have like this?”

I continued as I filled Chankyu’s empty glass with beer.

“You, just throw away the chicken house and focus on writing the work.”

“Ah, that’s unreasonable……”

Chankyu shook his head flutteringly and muttered.

“I can’t. I just use it as a hobby.”

“Why?”

“just······.”

Chan-gyu drank only beer, avoiding the answer with a dark expression. I was so curious that I looked into Chan-gyu’s heart.

-I want to do that too, but my mom’s hospital bills…

-The 2 million won support is also thanks to Junhyuk, but what I want more is greed. I couldn’t write it, so the work isn’t popular…

-Anyway, thanks to Junhyeok, I’m really glad that I was able to breathe…

Chankyu was thinking like that.

‘Ah, Chan-gyu’s mother also had cancer…’

If I had known in advance, I wouldn’t drink alcohol, but Chan-gyu, yes, I would have started with his mother’s treatment.I thought that I was too indifferent to a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.

As Chan-gyu and I awkwardly drank beer, Ah-ri, who was only listening next to me, interrupted.

“Chankyu, do you have a girlfriend?”

“Yeah……Yeah?!”

“Your girlfriend.”

“I don’t have…”

“·················ogue.”

I opened my eyes as I listened to the conversation between Ari and Chan-gyu.

“Chan-gyu, are you also single?”

“Yes······.”

“Wow, really? it’s me After all, we have something in common.”

“······what?”

Chan-gyu looked at Ari and me alternately and made a puzzled expression.

However, unfortunately, Ari and I are not officially dating yet, but rather introduced as girlfriends.

Ari added a word to the bewildered Chan-gyu.

“Chan-gyu, can I introduce you to a good person then?”

“Yes???”

Chan-gyu looked like he was wondering if there was a woman who would like someone like him.

Her face is ugly, fat, and she can’t even make money.

Who did she like?

‘Maybe that red hair then?’

When I first met Ari, she was the girl at Ari’s jewelry shop who drove me and Hye-eun to the hospital.

A cute face with her burgundy hair flashed.

‘Did I say Joo Ah-young……?’

She thought that if she was that girl, she would be suitable for Chan-gyu. rather overdone.

“Mr. Ari. Isn’t it Joo Ah-young?”

“Is that right?”

“Then shouldn’t she have to ask Ayoung to ask the doctor first?”

“It’s a casual blind date, so I’m sure Ayoung will like it too.”

“·················ogue.”

Well······. I guess she might not like it.

To be honest, Chan-gyu is my friend, but when I asked if she was a style that girls would like, it was difficult for her to confidently say ‘yes’.

However.

‘Can I change it?’

It didn’t matter if people’s faces were handsome or ugly. It didn’t matter if I was friendly or not.

“Chan-gyu, the person that Ari wants to introduce is a very beautiful woman.”

“···Huh. Can’t I?”

“No, listen to what I have to say.”

“uh.”

“I told you I was going to the tower.”

“Yes it was.”

“Do you know Matop Plastic Surgery?”

“Huh, no way…!”

“Yeah, mam. What does it mean to have good friends?”

I immediately picked up my smartphone and called Park Tae-jin.

Tou…, tou…

How did two beeps go?

-Hello?

“Park Tae-jin, I’m fine. Lee Joon-hyuk.”

– Oh, yes. Chief. What’s going on?

“Sorry for being late. It’s my friend.

– You can call me at any time.

“Among my friends, I have a friend who has a complex about her face and body type……. You know what I’m talking about, right?”

– I’ll make a reservation even for tomorrow. Chang Dong-gun, Jang Woo-sung, Yeon Bin… Anyway, just tell me to speak with the face shape you want.

“Yes, please.”

drop.

“Did you hear me?”

“Wow, Junhyuk. You were also close with the president of Matop Pharma… The testimonials are great…”

“We’re from the same company, so it’s only natural to ask for something like this.”

Park Chan-gyu surprised me as if he was seeing a god.

“And, by chance, I heard that your mother is sick? So you say that hospital bills are high?”

“uh······.”

“Tell Tae-Jin Park tomorrow as well and get some medicine. I’m going to tell you more about that.”

“Thank you, Junhyuk-ah…….”

He wiped it down with the hem of his sleeve, with tears in his eyes.

“What is good friends? A real friend is someone who helps you when you are in trouble.”

Today, I was planning to make a pill that would cure Chan-gyu’s mother’s cancer and hand it over to Park Tae-jin.

Anyway, I was happy to be able to help Chan-gyu, who I was really close with in the past, even in this way.

Chan-gyu would be happy, but I was also very happy to be able to help like this.

“Anyway, when your mother gets well, seriously consider writing a full-time job. I’ll call the matop group and recommend you as a candidate for the artist support policy.”

“Ah, even if you did just this, it helped me a lot. done······.”

“In this case, I just say thank you and accept it. What does it mean to have good friends?”

“Kukkuk………..”

Me and Chan-gyu jokingly exchanged jokes and drank beer happily. Originally, Ari was going to call Joo Ah-young as well, but tomorrow Chan-gyu finished plastic surgery, and then asked to face each other.

First of all, a good first impression is a good thing after that.

And it was Gura that the Matop Group had an artist support policy, but because of Chan-gyu, I thought I should make one for real.

‘If you support about 10 million won a month, would it be enough to become a full-time writer?’

I have a lot of money coming in, so I had no idea how much money was appropriate for others.

Anyway, Chan-gyu felt burdened even if he only applied 2 million won, so 5 times that amount, 10 million won, seemed to be just the maximum.

“Anyway, don’t finish ‘The Return of 10th Circle High Schooling’ too early, make sure to write it hard until the end. Write it twice.”

“Kukk. Twice…”

*I drove the drunk Chan-gyu home and got into the car with Ari.

When I went to Chan-kyu’s house, Chan-kyu’s mother greeted me warmly, even though she suddenly came late at night.

He looked very emaciated because of late-stage pancreatic cancer, so I cured the cancer on the spot without Chan-gyu’s mother.

And, the magic of youth was also doubled. Chan-gyu went to Park Tae-jin for plastic surgery tomorrow, and was going to get his mother’s medicine, but there was no need for that.

Anyway, I was able to get some fruit from Chan-gyu’s mother and forcibly leave the place.

He kept telling me to eat more, so he almost got caught all night.

Chan-gyu’s mother, where have you been all this time? Chan-gyu said that he found you a lot and was very happy.

When I was young too, I remembered going to Chan-gyu’s house and eating the fruits that Chan-gyu’s mother cut, and I had a new feeling.

Then, sneaking out, I left a bundle of 100 million won in cash and a letter in Chan-gyu’s mother’s room.

-Thank you for being kind and caring from a long time ago, aunt.

A bundle of 50,000 won in cash was always carried in the subspace, so I could give it as a present on the spot.

‘Even if this is enough…….’

Originally, I wanted to donate about 1 billion won, but then I thought that there would be a lot of fuss about giving it back, so I just gave a small amount of 100 million won.

‘The rest of the amount can be delivered additionally in various ways…’

First, I heard that Chan-gyu’s mother belonged to a cleaning company. I wanted to scout Chan-gyu’s mother to my company and give her at least 300 million won in salary.

She was told that now she doesn’t even get 2 million won a month.

“Mr. Chan-gyu is blessed to have a good friend.”

As Ari climbed into the seat next to me, he hummed his hum a few times and then murmured.

“well. It’s not that Chan-gyu wanted that and became friends with me. Back in the day, we were both poor.”

“Ah······.”

“So I am more attached to Chan-gyu than other friends. Because we had a good time together in difficult times…”

Besides Chan-gyu, I had made many other friends. However, there was no friend who was consistently sincere and kind like Chan-gyu.

At first, everyone pretended to be friendly with a mask of pretense, but later turned into an enemy if they offended him a little bit.

If I tell the truth, I later used it to threaten or humiliate others in front of my friends.

I took the crane off those guys, and I almost kept my friends away.

But Chan-gyu was different. Rather, they were similar to me, so we had a good understanding of each other, and 15 years later, we can still treat each other the same as we did back then.

*

I gave Ari to the house first, and then I drove home by myself.

‘Now the reunion is over, and from now on, it’s really just work and study…’

I was a little worried about whether I would be able to do well in both school life and business.

However.

‘There are so many people who help me, so let’s not worry about all of them…’

In fact, the business was not me, but everyone under him. All I did was set the group’s overall direction and build a magical system.

Everything else was taken care of by the CEO.

‘I can do well. Rather, let’s have fun.’

With that in mind, I arrived in front of the house…

click click.

“Are you Lee Joon-hyuk!?”

“Isn’t it Mr. Lee Jun-hyeok, the 33-year-old longest-serving student with perfect score?”

“Mr. Lee Joon-hyuk! what is that car? Isn’t that a Rolls Royce Phantom?”

Some reporters were camped out in front of my apartment building and pointed their cameras at me.