The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 2
Only Noblemtl
#2. Angel of the Slums (1)
[Mom: Yuna, are you okay?]
[Mom: He’s not answering my calls and he’s not coming home. I’m worried.]
[Mom: If you see this, be sure to call me. And eat well.]
“…mom.”
I looked at my phone, which was constantly ringing with messages, and then quickly looked away.
The place I’m standing is the roof of the building.
It is dawn, so you can only see the occasional car passing by below, and there is no one passing by.
I’ll make a sudden confession here.
I plan to die today.
“Even if the surgery goes well, it seems like it will be difficult to maintain my eyesight.”
I have cancer in my eye.
‘I have no luck.’
It’s absurd that he was diagnosed with cancer at such a young age, but why did it have to be his eyes?
‘I don’t have any money to begin with… … .’
I felt my eyes.
The left eye, where the disease progressed, has already become blind. The remaining right eye also now appears blurry.
“The cancer has already spread to my brain… To be honest, my chances of survival are less than 5%.”
“If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have gone to graduate school.”
I was about to get my PhD by scraping together every penny I had, but it all went to waste.
I sighed and took a step forward.
If you’re going to die soon anyway, shouldn’t you be able to choose how you die?
If you just take one more step forward, things can get easier.
however…….
[Detects antivirus program.]
[Program name, Lee Yuna.]
[Installation begins… … .]
“uh?”
A blue window appeared before my eyes.
The translucent window was strangely clear in the otherwise hazy world.
[Wish detection complete.]
[New Quest!]
[If you perform your role well, we promise you physical restoration, return to reality, and sufficient monetary compensation.]
[Do you want to perform it?]
[Yes / Yes]
… What is this?
“You will cure my illness?”
A blue status window appeared in response to the question asked as if talking to oneself.
[Yes.]
“And you gave me money?”
[We promise compensation of approximately 100 billion won in Korean currency.]
“Crazy. I want to do it.”
When I heard the amount, I pressed the ‘yes’ button as if I was possessed.
There was no other choice anyway.
***
That’s how it was decided.
A pretty girl with silver hair and blue eyes named ‘Justinas’.
[Main Quest]
Save a billion people.
Current: 0 people
“omg.”
When I first checked the main quest, I doubted my eyes.
1 billion people?
1 billion won?
“How to save a billion people!”
Even if I travel the world for the rest of my life, it would be difficult to even communicate with one billion people.
But you want me to save a billion people?
“Evande.”
Is this a mission that can be cleared?
[We promise compensation of approximately 100 billion won in Korean currency.]
‘… X foot, do it. Do it.’
They say they’ll cure my illness, which even they can’t cure with 100 billion won.
First of all, what is important is how far the category of ‘saving’ extends.
So, I tried giving water to a person lying on the street.
“Sir, please drink this.”
“Ah, ah, thank you, kid.”
As he gulped down water, a change occurred in the status window.
[Main Quest]
Save a billion people.
Current: 1 person
‘oh.’
If this is even acceptable, then I think it would be a mission worth doing.
And that wasn’t the end of it.
[Austin feels grateful to you.]
[Advance points +1]
[Tip. You can purchase the item you want with your advance points.]
“Preceding point…?”
I blinked and a gorgeous item window appeared in the air.
[Maintain Cleanliness: 10,000p]
[It does not smell even if you don’t wash it, and it always stays fluffy and fragrant. It is immune to all diseases.]
[Halo Effect: 5,000p]
[Your back looks bright as if a light is turned on. The other person accepts you as sacred.]
[Extra Life: 100,000p]
[You can be resurrected even if you die just once.]
[Analgesia: 200,000p]
[Reduce all pain to 10% or less. Be careful, you won’t get sick, but you can still die.]
… … .
“There’s everything.”
But the points were so high that it didn’t seem worth buying right away.
[Kind Speech: 1p]
[Winning the favor of others.]
Is this about the best?
‘Because the price is cheap anyway.’
I decided to buy it once.
[‘Kind Speech’ applies!]
[Tip. The skill evolves based on the accumulated prerequisite points.]
“Eww. (Surprise, f*ck.)”
…huh?
I tried to curse at the words that came out of my mouth just in case.
“Uff! Uff! Uff! (F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!)”
crazy.
“You weren’t scammed, were you?”
It was only one point, but I didn’t feel very good about having my speech corrected.
“Ah, I don’t know… .”
I don’t think I can turn it off anyway.
First, let’s collect points.
***
There are some facts that we have discovered through experiments.
Number 1.
“Thank you, you are so kind.”
[Advance points +2]
The amount of increase in good deed points is determined by the other person’s ‘gratitude’ towards me.
Number 2.
“Are you giving it to me, sis? Thank you!”
[Advance Points +10]
Points are accumulated higher when helping children than when helping adults.
Number 3.
“Hey, do you want to live at my house?”
“… Really? Is that okay?”
[Advance points +100]
When you take responsibility for someone, you earn a lot of points.
So I unintentionally became an orphan collector.
‘This side is good for earning points.’
Young children are constantly asking for things.
Sleep, food, water, care… … .
I met the children’s demands. That way, points would pile up right away.
[Preceding Points: 32,435]
These are the points I accumulated over the course of two whole years.
At first I was wondering if I could buy the 5,000 point items, but now I have several of those skills.
A representative example is ‘keeping things clean’.
‘The skill to keep your skin fluffy even without washing is the best!’
Even when I wake up, my face isn’t swollen or oily at all.
I didn’t even catch a mild cold thanks to its ability to repel viruses.
Just this alone makes life so much richer.
[Main Quest]
Save a billion people.
Current: 514
… of course, the real main quest that needs to be done is still a long way off.
“How do we save a billion people?”
The census results show that the total population of this planet is about 1 billion.
In fact, it’s in line with the mission to save everyone in the world at least once.
“Should I become a war hero…?”
No, that might save an empire, but it won’t save the world.
‘Well, I guess I should do it anyway.’
If you keep going step by step, it might work out someday, right?
Even though I made that promise, it was true that I had fallen into a rut recently.
‘If I keep increasing the number of children I take care of, I will be able to steadily earn points… … Should I buy some useful skills and become a religious person?’
The standard for ‘saving’ was not necessarily physical seeking.
For example, if you persuade someone who wants to die and give them the will to live, you are also considered a person you have saved.
‘Peace of mind. Something like that.’
There are many people in the world who rely on religion for salvation.
‘But it seems like it would be difficult to save all the people in the world… … .’
Above all, you are too young now.
For now, the most urgent task is to take care of the orphans and earn points.
– This peaceful thought was completely overturned by an opportunity that soon appeared.
***
It was a day like any other.
“Are you okay? You look very sick.”
I found a skinny boy in a back alley.
Isn’t that something special?
No way.
There are enough little kids like this in Kieto to kick your feet. It’s lucky for this kid to have caught my eye.
“Can you get up?”
I reached out towards the point treasure chest.
‘Your hair is black. Is it dirty?’
There were no black-haired humans in this world. I had never seen one while living in a garbage dump where all the races of the continent were gathered.
I understood this phenomenon as a genetic peculiarity of the human race here. So this guy’s dark hair must have turned black because of the soup. How pitiful.
“I am Justinas!”
When I saw the skinny little guy, I felt sorry for him. I quickly finished my speech and handed him some bread.
“You eat this- what!”
The boy ate the bread in a hurry before he could finish his sentence. It was a surprising speed.
[Cedric Neon feels grateful to you.]
[Advance points +100]
‘…huh?’
When I saw the name that appeared, I hesitated.
It felt somehow familiar.
‘Have we met before?’
But that being said, I’ve never seen a guy like this.
‘Cedric Neon, Cedric Neon. … Cedric Neon?’
As I was repeating his name in my mind, I suddenly had a flash of realization.
“Are you taking a dirty slum-dweller like me as your comrade? Anyway, I can’t understand those guys from the Eastern Continent.”
Cedric Neon.
he is…….
“A warrior party in this day and age? It feels like I’m the main character in an old tale.”
A supporting character in the anime titled .
“Hey, don’t cry. I’m not dying for someone like you because I like them.”
After dying in place of the protagonist and traumatizing him.
“Did you trust me? I’m sorry, but you’ll have to die here.”
He was a traitor who later appeared as a member of the Demon King’s army and hit the protagonist in the back of the head.
‘Are you crazy?’
It’s not a trip to another world, it’s an anime. And it’s a dragon story, of all things. It’s shocking.
I asked him, trying to control my expression.
“Do you want to come to my house?”
Fortunately, he nodded.