"You're reading again?"

"…."

Soo Hyuk knew that question was towards him but did not respond. He just silently continued to read a book while keeping his mouth closed.

Was it fate? Since second grade in elementary school until senior year of high school, Soo Hyuk and Yeon Jeung have always been in the same class.

Therefore, Yeon Jeung knew Soo Hyuk very well. He knew already of course, that Soo Hyuk wouldn't respond.

Clunk.

Yeon Jeung sat next to Soo Hyuk. And then he lowered his head to identify the book Soo Hyuk was reading.

"Oh, [Force Master]?"

The name of the book was [Force Master].

"Isn't this what you read a couple months ago?"

He couldn't remember exactly. However, he was sure that it was the novel Soo Hyuk saw a few months ago.

"It completed with 24 volumes."

The reason Yeon Jeung remembered this its because he too read it. At the time, Yeon Jeung read up to 19 volumes. He asked Soo Hyuk.

"It's inside the backpack?"

"Yes."

This time, contrary to what happened prior, Soo Hyuk replied. Yeon Jeung heard Soo Hyuk's answer and opened his backpack.

"Okay, exactly from the 20th volume!"

Inside the backpack were 10 volumes of books. Amongst them, four volumes were [Force Master]. And the four volumes were what Yeon Jeung needed to read, volumes 20 to volume 23.

"I'll give them to you after I'm done reading!"

Yeon Jeung stood up from where he was sitting. Thereafter, he went back to his own seat while speaking to Soo Hyuk and began reading the book.

Ding dong deng dong ~

The sound of the bell signaling that time has passed and class was starting rang from the speaker.

"…Hmm."

Soo Hyuk, who was concentrating on a book, closed it with a regretful look on his face. And then he placed the book inside the drawer and checked his timetable.

"…Oh!"

Soo Hyuk smiled while checking his timetable. It was because it was time for literature class. There was a lot of reading material in the literature book and Soo Hyuk thought this class wouldn't be boring as he took the literature book out of the drawer and opened it.

Squeak

"Sorry. I'm a bit late?"

Shortly, literature teacher Choon Bok Lee arrived. Soo Hyuk briefly paused reading the book when Choon Bok Lee arrived.

"Soo Hyuk Kang."

It was because of attendance. The first name to be called during attendance, with roll call number one was Soo Hyuk.

"Yes."

Soo Hyuk answered while concentrating on the literature book again at the same time. Although he read the literature book a couple times already, just reading itself was fun for Soo Hyuk. The look in his eyes was filled with interest.

"Today's lesson will be on page 98, open the page to 98."

Within that time, attendance ended and Choon Bok Lee began class. Of course Soo Hyuk had no intentions of participating in class and did not open his book to page 98.

The only reason why Soo Hyuk liked literature class was simply because the literature book had a lot of things to read in it. Soo Hyuk silently continued to read on in the literature book.

"We will stop here for today!"

Choon Bok Lee ended class. And while waiting for the sound of the bell signaling the end of class, began conversing with the students that were sitting in the front.

Rustle

As soon as the class ended, Soo Hyuk closed the literature book right away. And took out the 24th volume of [Force Master] from the drawer. He loved to read. But reading something new was more fun than something that's been read a couple times already.

Ding dong deng dong~

Shortly, the bell signaling the end of class rang and Choon Bok Lee left.

"Hey Hey, did you see the video yesterday?"

"Pangaea?"

"Yeah, isn't it a smash hit?"

"It was a smash hit. It opens 12/31 of this year right?"

"Yeah, are you going to do it?"

"Of course! But are you going back to your capsule? I don't think you're going to go back."

"I'll have to beg my parents to buy it for me. I passed the admissions exam for college, so don't you think they'll buy it for me? I mean, if they don't, I have lots of time now so I'll just have to work a part-time job like crazy."

"Sigh, I envy your admissions pass."

After class ended, the students gathered in groups of twos and threes and began conversing. However, Soo Hyuk did not move from his seat. He only focused on reading his book. Soo Hyuk's eyes filled with joy.

* * *

"There's only one month left until the College Scholastic Aptitude Test! Everyone stop screwing around and study hard! Dismissed!"

Hyun Gong High School's gym teacher and third year, room 5's homeroom teacher, Pil Gyo Kim ended the end-day meeting and immediately left the room.

"Wow, he didn't even wait for us to say good-bye and left?"

... ...

Yeon Jeung had a surprised look on his face as he stood up from his seat. No matter how urgent, Pil Gyo Kim always received good-bye greetings. Seeing that he didn't receive the greeting, it must've been something very urgent.

Yeon Jeung slung his backpack over his shoulders and lifted the four volumes of books that were on top of his desk. They were the books Force Master that he borrowed from Soo Hyuk this morning.

"I read them well."

While carrying the books, Yeon Jeung walked over to Soo Hyuk's seat and gave the books back to Soo Hyuk. Soo Hyuk was waiting with his backpack open and after he received the books and put them in his backpack, he opened his mouth.

"Are you going to go right away?"

"You're very interesting."

"…?"

Soo Hyuk had a surprised look in his face because of Yeon Jeung's irrelevant answer.

"When you're reading a book, you don't speak like a speech-impaired person but when you're not reading a book, you're normal."

Soo Hyuk smiled and slung his backpack over his shoulders as Yeon Jeung's answer connected.

"Let's go."

While carrying his backpack, Soo Hyuk lead and began to move his pace. Yeon Jeung followed behind Soo Hyuk and spoke.

"Hey, you have to give me volume 24."

Yeon Jeung read up to volume 23. He could not read the last volume, volume 24. Although time was also a factor, it was because Soo Hyuk was reading it. Nevertheless, Yeon Jeung confirmed with his own two eyes Soo Hyuk reading all 24 volumes and taking out a different book during lunchtime.

"I'll give it to you in the library."

Soo Hyuk replied to what Yeon Jeung said.

"You're going to the library again?"

"Yes, I need to return and borrow something."

While conversing, Soo Hyuk and Yeon Jeung headed towards the library.

It was at that moment.

"Huh? Hey Soo Hyuk!"

"…?"

Soo Hyuk looked forward, towards the sound of the voice that was calling him. And Soo Hyuk was able to see the voice's owner, who was running fast towards him.

"Are you going somewhere?"

The voice's owner was the librarian Ji Soo Yang. Ji Soo Yang had an urgent look on her face. In addition, Ji Soo Yang, who should be in the library, was in this place, which meant something had happened.

"Yes, a meeting's been formed hastily. I told Ji Yool about the thing you requested. You'll be able to go and borrow it."

"Ok, thank you."

"You don't need to thank me, then I'll be leaving now!"

Soo Hyuk said good-bye to Ji Soo Yang, who approached quickly and disappeared like the wind and began to move towards the library again with Yeon Jeung.

"Do you think our homeroom teacher left too because of the meeting?"

"I think so."

Soo Hyuk and Yeon Jeung began to move their pace again after briefly stopping. And before long, the two arrived at the library.

"Hello."

As soon as Soo Hyuk and Yeon Jeung entered, Ji Yool, who was organizing books, approached. Soo Hyuk replied to Ji Yool's greeting as he opened his backpack and took out the five books that were inside. He placed them on top of the desk.

"I'm returning these, and renting the book teacher asked you to put aside."

"Okay."

She already heard from Ji Soo Yang and knew. After Ji Yool sat down and processed the returns, she proceeded with the rentals of the books Ji Soo Yang had put aside.

"But why are you borrowing these books?"

After the rental process, Ji Yool asked Soo Hyuk as she handed him the books. Soo Hyuk borrowed a total of three books, [The Importance Of Stretching], [If There Was No Gravity What Would Happen To Earth?], [What is Humanities?]. During the three years Ji Yool worked in the library, they were books that were never rented.

The three books had no relevance to each other. She couldn't understand why on earth Soo Hyuk would borrow these books.

"What? Of course I'm borrowing them to read."

Soo Hyuk replied with an obvious answer to the obvious question that Ji Yool asked, as he placed the books inside his backpack. He then took out the 24 volumes of Force Master and handed them to Yeon Jeung and slung his backpack over his shoulders.

"Keep up the good work~"

After Soo Hyuk accomplished his purpose in the library, he said good-bye to Ji Yool and came out of the library with Yeon Jeung.

"Is all of that readable?"

Yeon Jeung saw the types of books Soo Hyuk borrowed and asked with a fed up expression on his face.

"If what you're asking is talking about understanding, then no."

Soo Hyuk answered Yeon Jeung's question. They have no relevance to each other and are respectively different fields. If you were able to understand just by reading the books then you'd be considered a genius. And not even just a normal genius. However, Soo Hyuk was not a genius. He did not borrow the books to understand them. He borrowed them only to read them.

"If it's only reading that you like, wouldn't it be better to read a book you can understand that's also interesting, instead of a book you don't understand?"

Yeon Jeung asked once more to Soo Hyuk's response. If reading was fun, if reading itself was fun, wouldn't it be better to read a book you can understand, which can make you feel entertained, instead of a book you can't understand? This is what Yeon Jeung thought.

"It's not that I don't completely not understand."

Soo Hyuk answered once again to Yeon Jeung's question. It's not that he couldn't completely not understand. When he reads for the first time, he can't understand the majority of what's written, but Soo Hyuk doesn't stop reading after only reading once. He read's repeatedly a couple of times. As such, reading like that, things that were not understandable became understandable.

"Sigh, I can't understand you."

Yeon Jeung shook his head and mumbled as he heard Soo Hyuk's response. Soo Hyuk grinned as Yeon Jeung mumbled and continued conversing.

"See you tomorrow!"

They conversed like that at school and shortly; it was time for them to part. Yeon Jeung said good-bye to Soo Hyuk and went inside the apartment.

"Good-bye."

Soo Hyuk waved his hand as he received Yeon Jeung's good-bye. And after Yeon Jeung was out of sight, Soo Hyuk began to run. Honestly, it was a waste of time to not do anything and just move your pace.

Running home will be good for your health and it'll save time, so it'll be killing two birds with one stone. Soo Hyuk ran quickly and was able to reach a residential street shortly.

Soo Hyuk stopped running when he reached the residential street. And after catching his breath, he began to walk slowly.

Thud!

Soo Hyuk stopped his steps. In front of Soo Hyuk was a three-story single house.

Beep Beep Beep.

Soo Hyuk naturally pressed the passcode and opened the door.

"…"

Soo Hyuk entered the house and did not say anything. There was no reason to greet. It was because no one was there. It's not that he didn't have parents.

Dual income, because of dual income, Soo Hyuk's parents left the house early in the morning. This didn't mean they came home early though. If they came home early, it was at 10 pm, but generally they would come home at 12 am, when it was the start of a new day.

Soo Hyuk could only see his parents late at night, and that was if he refused sleep and endured until late at night to see his parents. Universally, it wasn't a good situation.

Nevertheless, this is if the case was literally a universal situation. Soo Hyuk was not a universal child. Although Soo Hyuk was aware that being in a situation where he was alone for the majority of the day was not good, he did not pay much attention to it.

The reason why he didn't pay much attention to it is because he felt that his relationship with his parents was not distant. Because Soo Hyuk's parents were not able to be with him often, the time they did spend together, they tried to spend more harmoniously. You can say it was slightly a problem of loneliness, but Soo Hyuk had his books. If he had his books, he wasn't alone.

'$50.'

Soo Hyuk took off his shoes and checked the dining table. He smiled as he looked at the $50 and letter on top of it. Soo Hyuk walked towards the dining table and read the letter first.

'Traveling.'

Soo Hyuk's mother wrote the letter. The letter contained contents of going on vacation this weekend and asking to go on a trip.

Soo Hyuk placed the letter down and put the $50 in his wallet.

'I'll be able to buy three books.'

The purpose of the $50 was already decided. There were a lot of books Soo Hyuk wanted to buy. After Soo Hyuk drank some water, he went inside his room.

Once Soo Hyuk reached his room, he opened his backpack and took out the books that were inside. He began placing them into the first bookshelf that was on the left side. After he placed all of the books inside, Soo Hyuk came out of his room and went up to the second floor.

Although the second floor was just as big as the first floor, it didn't seem big at all. This was because the second floor had layers of bookcases taking place.

A library, the second floor compared favorably to a small library as it was prepared with many bookcases and books.

"Hah."

Soo Hyuk beamed as he looked at the bookcase filled completely with books. Whenever he went to the second floor, the feeling of ease and joy made him smile.

"Sigh…"

But, Soo Hyuk wiped the smile off his face as he let out a sigh. It was because he wanted to read the books right away but weren't able to.

Soo Hyuk began moving his pace again and went up to the third floor. Different than that of the second floor, there was not even one book that existed on the third floor.

There was only exercise equipment. Yes. If the second floor was a small library then the third floor was a small gym.

The reason Soo Hyuk let out a sigh, as he went up to the exercise equipment filled third floor, is because he had to exercise. Soo Hyuk originally did not exercise. There's not enough time to even read a book, but exercising? It was unheard of.

This Soo Hyuk, the reason he began exercising is because exactly four years ago, he came to a realization. Up to four years ago, once Soo Hyuk sat down he would not move. Is that why? His body became weak and his stamina went down as well.

Because his body became weak and his stamina declined, the time for reading shortened little by little. Soo Hyuk was shocked when he found that when his stamina decreased, the time for him to be able to read a book also shortened, so he began to exercise right away.

Although, he had thoughts of reading while exercising, he restrained himself. He thought that if he exercised, the time he would get to read would increase.

And the way Soo Hyuk thought was exactly right. After three months passed since he started exercising, Soo Hyuk was able to build his stamina so that he could read a lot longer than before. After that, although Soo Hyuk hated exercising, he continued.

This was only to lengthen his reading time.

"Even though I don't like it, there's nothing I can do."

Soo Hyuk went on top of the running machine. And in order to loosen his body, he began to walk slowly as he turned on the TV.

-Hahahahaha! You humans are stupid!

As soon as the TV came on, a pretty boy with handsomely good looks, which many women would be bewitched by, appeared.

-You guys thought with your strength, you could seal in me, the Prince of Darkness. Hahahahaha!

The man's identity was the Prince of Darkness. And in front of him were a magician, a warrior, a priest, etc., people with different occupations gathered to seal in the Prince of Darkness.

"Is this a movie?"

He didn't know the exact story, but if it was about the Prince of Darkness and humans it must be a movie.

-Wow, team leader Yang, is this really what you call a play video?

However, Soo Hyuk soon realized it was not a movie.

-Yes! Isn't it amazing?

-To think we'd hit a gold mine! Though I do approve. The graphics are extremely exceptional. Out of all of the games I've seen, the graphics are remarkable.

-It's not only the graphics that's outstanding! Honestly, we are more confident in the story than the graphics. The story!

-Oh, then we will be surprised by the graphics and then surprised again with the story?

-No! You will be surprised once by the graphics, then fall straight~ into the story. There's no time to be surprised!

The thing he thought was a movie wasn't a movie, but a game.

"Wow, there must be lots of development."

Soo Hyuk, as expected, has played a virtual reality game. He's played FPS and RPG. However, they were not like what just came on, games with extraordinary graphics. Anyhow, the games must've advanced during the time Soo Hyuk quit gaming.

-When was the hardest time for you?

This is what the reporter asked.

-The hardest time…

And the following answer made Soo Hyuk stop on the running machine.

-No matter how I think about it, it was when I made the library.

"Library?"

What do you mean library? Soo Hyuk caught his breath as he focused on the interview.

-A library?

-Yes, a library!

-I'm confused! I thought you would say, magic implementation into the story or when you have to fix a bug. Why was creating a library the hardest for you? Isn't it something you could just implement?

Team leader Yang laughed as he replied to the reporter's question.

-Haha, you're correct. The building itself, you can just implement. The problem is the books that would fill the library.

"…!"

And as soon as Soo Hyuk heard team leader Yang's response during the interview, his eyes grew wide.

* * *

"Hoo….hoo…."

Soo Hyuk breathed coarsely as he pressed the stop button. The speed on the running machine slowly began decreasing, then stopped completely.

... ...

Only then was Soo Hyuk able to come down from the running machine. He caught his breath as he headed down to the first floor to take a shower and began washing off his sweat.

'Pangaea….'

While washing off the sweat, Soo Hyuk recollected on the game he saw while exercising, 'Pangaea'.

'They said there's an enormous amount of books.'

Implementing the books in the library was the hardest in Pangaea. After taking a shower, Soo Hyuk walked straight towards the computer. And then began researching information on Pangaea.

'December 31….'

Soo Hyuk went onto the official homepage and saw the open date. The open date was December 31.

'There's a little over two months left.'

Today's October 15, I have to wait two months and fifteen days from now on. After Soo Hyuk checked the open date, he looked for other information. Of course, the only information on the homepage was specifications on the capsule needed for play.

'…. The specifications are no joke?'

The specs on the capsule needed in order to play Pangaea surprised Soo Hyuk. The capsules he had at the moment made it impossible for him to play.

'Well, it has been five years.'

They were capsules he attained five years ago. To spin them in the latest games was irrational and obvious.

'I can't save my allowance.'

In order to play Pangaea, he needed a new capsule. Therefore, he couldn't save his allowance. Even if he saved his allowance, it wasn't an amount of money he could purchase it for and above all, if he saved his allowance, he wouldn't be able to purchase books.

The reason he wanted to play Pangaea wasn't because he wanted to hunt or because he wanted to experience the world of fantasy personally.

The library, the reason why Soo Hyuk was showing interest in Pangaea was because of the books inside the library. But in order to read those books, he couldn't purchase any books? It was a contradiction.

'Should I talk to them about it?'

Soo Hyuk thought of his parents. Currently, there was only one way that Soo Hyuk would be able to attain a capsule. It was his parents.

'Yes, I should talk to them.'

Soo Hyuk stood up in front of the computer as he made his decision. He checked the open time and capsule specifications, as well as everything that was on the official homepage. There was nothing else to find. Soo Hyuk went up to the second floor in order to read a book.

* * *

"The installation is complete. How you use it…"

"I know how to use it."

Soo Hyuk replied, as he cut off the capsule installation engineer.

"Oh, okay! Then I hope you have a good time. If something you don't understand comes up, please refer to the guidebook or call the center and we will resolve it right away!"

"Okay, good bye."

"Yes, thank you!"

Soo Hyuk returned straight to his room after he hung up with the capsule installation engineer. And with a pleased look on his face, looked at the capsule sitting in the middle of the room. Ultimately, he told his parents and was able to purchase the latest capsule.

'I didn't know they would like it.'

Soo Hyuk was even ready to get in trouble. But contrary to what Soo Hyuk thought, Soo Hyuk's parents were very much delighted when he asked them to buy him a capsule. 'You're finally playing games!' Soo Hyuk was unable to forget the delight in his father's face as he said this.

After looking at the capsule, Soo Hyuk came out of his room. He went up to the second floor and took out a book from the fourth bookcase, within all of the 'Science' relevant books.

'Forward 5 days.'

After he found out about Pangaea, much time had passed. With the capsule installed, all of the preparations in order to play Pangaea were completed. Now all he had to do was wait for it to open. There were only five days left until the 31st, if he waited five days, he would be able to play Pangaea.

'What kind of books are going to be there.'

Soo Hyuk opened his book as he thought about Pangaea's library. Soo Hyuk looked forward to what types of books would be in the library.

* * *

Time passed quickly, and it became Pangaea's open date of December 31st. Soo Hyuk checked the time.

'10 minutes from now.'

The time was currently 11:50. The situation was open time at 12, and 10 minutes left until then. If 10 minutes passes from now, he'll be able to access 'Pangaea'.

'I can't understand why the homepage is opening later….'

While waiting 10 minutes, Soo Hyuk thought to himself. Normally, the homepage is opened before a game opens. Information is opened through the homepage to lead the users' interests. It is normally like this.

But is Pangaea not an ordinary game? They did not open the homepage. To be exact, there was a homepage, but the only thing on there was the open time and capsule specifications.

Of course, the homepage was not in this state permanently. One hour after Pangaea would open, on the homepage would be a story and such, with various kinds of information that would come up. It was definite because there was an official announcement from the group 'Myung Kyung,' whom created Pangaea.

'Do I have to check, after I come out one hour later?'

Soo Hyuk worried to himself. Once it became 12, he was expected to access 'Pangaea.' However, in order to check the information that were going to come up on the homepage, would he need to come out one hour later?

'No, it's not like I'm going to focus on hunting.'

After he finished worrying, Soo Hyuk shook his head. First, it wasn't like he wasn't going to hunt at all. He was going to, out of curiosity. Shouldn't he enjoy the game? Therefore, he would hunt in order to see how much of his curiosity would be resolved; he had no thoughts of genuinely hunting. Soo Hyuk's goal was the library. There was no reason for him to check the various kinds of information on the homepage.

Beep beep beep beep!

While in that thought, the alarm rang. Soo Hyuk hurriedly turned the alarm off, stood up in front of the computer and went inside the capsule.

Inside the capsule, Soo Hyuk implemented 'Pangaea,' which he downloaded prior. After he entered his i.d. and password, Soo Hyuk couldn't help but be amazed when he logged in.

Plains, once he logged in, the darkness filled peripheral room changed into plains. Although he saw it in a video, he was shocked when he saw it in person. It was not only this.

'Wow, you could feel the air.'

He was able to feel the cool breeze.

'Real technology has advanced a lot.'

The virtual reality games that came out a couple years prior couldn't compare.

It was at this moment.

[Please move to the house you see in front of you.]

As Soo Hyuk was being astonished with the graphic and sensation, the message appeared. Soo Hyuk saw the message and looked forward.

'Up until just a moment ago, it wasn't there?'

In that place, a house that wasn't there before, appeared.

Stomp stomp

Just as the message was written, Soo Hyuk walked towards the house.

'Do I have to go inside the house?'

Soo Hyuk arrived in front of the house and thought to himself. It said to move towards the house, but he didn't know if it meant to go in front of the house or to go inside the house.

'Nothing's coming up.'

But even after he arrived in front of the house, no message popped up. I think I need to go inside the house.

Squeak

After he finished his thought, Soo Hyuk opened the door and went inside.

[There is no character.]

[A character will be created.]

After he stepped inside, a message appeared simultaneously with multiple windows. It was a window where you could control the character's name and outward appearance.

[First, the character name will be created.]

A window appeared as well as a message. And within the multiple windows, the window that could create the character name began to twinkle.

[Please tell me the character name.]

"Soo Hyuk."

As soon as the message appeared, Soo Hyuk opened his mouth and answered.

[Do you want to set-up the character's name as 'Soo Hyuk'?]

"Yes."

[The character's name has been set as 'Soo Hyuk'.]

[The character's appearance will be set-up.]

[Scan in process.]

Once the character's name was set-up, it went straight into the character's appearance. And then a message appeared stating it was going to scan. A short while after, in front of Soo Hyuk, Soo Hyuk appeared. Soo Hyuk thought to himself as he looked at his character.

'Should I continue like this?'

The only thing you can change in the appearance set-up was some height, face, skin, and hair.

'Let's raise only the height.'

It was not very hard to raise the height. You only needed to raise the numerical value. It was also not hard to set the skin color, but he did not want to change it.

The problem was the face and hair. A really minute setting was possible that it was feasible to become a different person altogether.

'It would take too much time.'

However, it would take too much time to make the type of style he desired. Soo Hyuk wanted to go to the library as soon as possible, so he raised only the height to the maximum value and finished his character's appearance set-up.

[The character has been created.]

[In order to gain access, please make contact with the character that's been created.]

Soo Hyuk thought to himself as he saw the message stating that the character's been created.

'Am I unable to decide the starting point?'

The set-up was only the character's name and appearance. The starting point was not yet decided.

'Do I need to access in order to set it?'

By any chance, would you have to connect in order to set the starting point? Soo Hyuk raised his hand and made contact with his character.

Woosh.

At that moment, Soo Hyuk's character twinkled. And thereafter a message appeared.

[Accessing character 'Soo Hyuk.']

[It will be the first connection.]

The access message along with the surrounding area was filled with darkness once again. And a short while after, a house appeared again. It was the house where his character was created.

'What the, is the starting point random? Or is it already arranged?'

He thought he would be able to decide the starting point once he gained access, but he was wrong. By any chance, was the starting point decided at random? Or was it arranged? While having various thoughts, Soo Hyuk opened the door and came out.

"Wow, it's amazing."

"It's huge?"

Soo Hyuk looked around in amazement as he saw several different users. And it was at that moment.

[Quest 'Find Guide Kajan!' has been created.]

[The quest can be found in the quest window.]

The message appeared and Soo Hyuk opened the quest window.

Go find Guide Kajan in the central plaza!

Quest reward: 1 gold, 1 hard bread

'Why is it so unfriendly?'

Soo Hyuk confirmed the quest and frowned. He thought there would be a friendly explanation but the quest did not have any particular explanation.

Exactly like what appeared on the message, the contents only stated to find Guide Kajan. Although it showed the location, how would you find the guide if you don't know where the central plaza is?

'Do I familiarize myself by just walking around.'

It was indeed an unfriendly quest.

"Where is the central plaza?"

"I don't know, I should look for it now."

"Wow, I like it because it's unfriendly."

"Why? Does it feel like you're having an adventure?"

Soo Hyuk closed the quest window. And looked around his surroundings as he listened to the users' conversations. While confirming the quest, the users increased drastically.

... ...

'I think I need to get out of here quickly?'

Soo Hyuk began walking as he watched the quickly increasing number of users. If he stayed still like this, he felt the users would block him, making him unable to move. After Soo Hyuk was able to get away from the starting point, he began walking slowly as he looked around his surroundings.

'It feels like I came inside a real novel.'

While reading novels, the feeling of the fantasy world he imagined exuded strongly.

"Haha, and?"

"I just did a rear-side kick! This wound is from then?"

As Soo Hyuk was walking and looking around his surroundings, he saw others approaching him from the other side and thought to himself.

'Should I ask?'

Looking at their attire and image, they did not seem like they were users. No, it was for certain they were not users. How long has the game been open that they were wearing leather armor? They were clearly NPC. After Soo Hyuk finished his thoughts, he approached the NPC.

"Hello."

"Huh? Who are you?"

As Soo Hyuk approached, a man wearing leather armor asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"There is something I would like to ask but would it be alright to ask?"

Soo Hyuk replied to the question the man asked.

"If it's something that I know, I will give you the answer."

The man shook his head as if he understood Soo Hyuk's response. And as soon as the man shook his head, Soo Hyuk quickly opened his mouth.

"I'm trying to go to the central plaza, where do I need to go?"

The thing Soo Hyuk wanted to ask was the way to get to the central plaza.

"The central plaza? If it's the central plaza."

Fortunately, the man knew about the central plaza.

"You need to go straight just like this. Then it'll come out."

"Ah, thank you."

Soo Hyuk was elastic when he heard the man's response.

"Haha, no problem. Is there anything else you're curious about?"

"There is one more thing I'm curious about."

Soo Hyuk replied to the man's question. Soo Hyuk was not yet done with his questions. There was still one more thing he was curious about.

"What is it?"

"Is there a library in here?"

It was about the library's existence.

"Library?"

The man tilted his head to Soo Hyuk's question.

"Are you talking about the library that has the books?"

Just like the central plaza, the man knew about the library as well.

"Yes!"

Soo Hyuk replied with a smile on his face.

"Sorry, I have no interest in the library. I'm not sure if there is or isn't one."

However, Soo Hyuk felt regret when he heard the man's response.

'As expected, is there no library because it's the starting point.'

It was at that moment. A woman standing next to them, listening to the conversation between Soo Hyuk and the man, opened her mouth.

"If it's the library, I know where it is! Haha."

"…!"

Soo Hyuk looked at the woman. And with the look in Soo Hyuk's eyes, the woman spoke.

"Explaining the road exactly is hard, so if you go north, you'll find the library."

"North?"

"Yes, you're going to the central plaza right? There's going to be a child named Kajan there. If you ask that child, he will be able to tell you."

'Kajan.'

The woman spoke of the character Kajan, it was Guide Kajan for certain.

"Thank you."

Soo Hyuk thanked the woman. And was it because of the thank you?

"I don't know if Kajan's going to tell you, just letting you know ahead."

The woman answered.

"I heard that you need a special something in order to go inside the library."

"Ah, I see."

Soo Hyuk shook his head as he heard the woman's response and thought to him self.

'Do I need some kind of pass?'

He thought he would be able to just go inside, but was wrong. He believed he was going to need some type of pass.

"Then we will be leaving now!"

"Ok, please enjoy your time."

Soo Hyuk stopped thinking as the man spoke, and said good-bye once more. The man and woman began laughing again as they disappeared.

'They said go straight like this.'

Soo Hyuk also began to walk. If he continued to walk straight just as he was, the central plaza should come out and he'll be able to meet Kajan.

A short while after, Soo Hyuk was able to arrive at the central plaza. Once Soo Hyuk arrived at the central plaza, he scanned the inside of the plaza.

'Is it over there?'

While scanning the inside of the plaza for Kajan, Soo Hyuk soon discovered a strange area. It was a place where many others were standing in a long line. They wouldn't be standing in line for no reason. Soo Hyuk headed towards the area where the line was.

"Is this the line?"

Soo Hyuk stood in line as he asked a woman in front.

"Yes."

The woman looked at Soo Hyuk's face and gave a short response. She then looked forward again. It seemed a little cold, but why would that be important?

"Thank you."

Soo Hyuk showed his thanks. And thereafter, he did not continue a conversation.

'I came on the faster side.'

As the time passed, users began to arrive behind Soo Hyuk one after the other. Looking at the long line, he believed he was late, but that was not the case. Soo Hyuk was considerably early.

"Next person!"

The time passed and it became the woman right in front of Soo Hyuk's turn. Soo Hyuk watched to see in what way the conversation would progress.

"Your name?"

"My name's Yura."

"Ms. Yura! Here you go! Good bye!"

"Yes, have a nice day."

Soo Hyuk tilted his head questioningly as he heard Kajan and Yura's conversation.

'What is this?'

Something was weird.

'You introduce your name then you receive a book and that's the end?'

You say your name and received a book. And that was the end.

"Next person!"

While Soo Hyuk was wondering, it became his turn. Soo Hyuk still wondered as he approached Kajan.

"Your name?"

Soo Hyuk thought to himself as Kajan asked his question.

'I'll know once the conversation progresses.'

Earlier, Yura, who conversed quite naturally with Kajan disappeared. If the conversation progresses, I should be able to know. After Soo Hyuk finished his thoughts, he replied to Kajan's question.

"My name's Soo Hyuk."

"Mr. Soo Hyuk!"

[Quest 'Find Guide Kajan!' has been completed.]

[Acquiring quest reward.]

As soon as Kajan called out Soo Hyuk's name, a message appeared. It was the quest complete message and the reward-acquired message.

Rustle.

But, Soo Hyuk was unable to pay attention to the message. It was because Kajan had given him a book. He was curious as to what kind of book this book was.

[You have acquired the guidebook.]

[Quest 'Unfold the guidebook!' has been created.]

As soon as he received the book, a message appeared again. The book's identity was a guidebook.

'Is this why she just left.'

The quest was completed and the guidebook received. And a quest was created. Yura's response was not out of the ordinary.

"Good bye."

Kajan greeted Soo Hyuk farewell.

"There is one more thing I would like to ask."

However, Soo Hyuk did not move from Kajan's greeting. Although he could feel the piercing looks from the users behind him, there was something he had to ask.

"I was wondering about the library's location and what would be needed in order to use it."