The World I Was Supporting Was Real - Chapter 97



97. No

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Lushly grown pumpkins.

Reina, with an expression of having accomplished something, and the people who, having witnessed the miracle, knelt in prayer before me…

A miraculous fertilizer that allows crops to grow rapidly, bypassing effort and time with a simple sprinkle!

It could’ve been easy to just go ‘Yay!! This is it! Farming suddenly got fun!’, but-

‘Hmm…’

I cautiously sank into thought.

Long-term, is it okay for a thing that so easily ‘bypasses’ human effort to suddenly spread?

Surely there’ll be some kind of side effect, right?

Besides, I clearly asked for ‘nitrogen fertilizer’… but something way better than that popped out.

No, can you even call that thing fertilizer in the first place?

Considering the rule that ‘the situation changes based on the sponsorship amount’ has been consistently applied until now –

‘Could he possibly have used it all up with just twenty thousand won?’

I carefully sent a message to the author.

[Iguogudeon: Author]

[Iguogudeon: Could you maybe tell me how much money was spent making that?]

[GiveMeMoney: The amount remaining, excluding what was used, will be in the ‘Space of God’]

[GiveMeMoney: Would you like to check it out?]

It’s been quite a while since I started working with this author.

The Space of God, that must be the place where I put money for the subscription-based payment.

Figuring it out easily, I immediately checked the remaining balance.

‘Let’s see… about 470,000 won left?’

The usage history was even written out in detail.

I charged 500,000 won, and then added 20,000 won more, so 520,000 won total.

And since the 14,900 won maintenance fee for Karen, who was attached to Ares, hadn’t been deducted again since the first payment, it looks like 15,000 won was used to make the fertilizer.

There are about five bags of finished fertilizer, so that’s about three thousand won per bag.

Considering that it’s been quite some time since I released Karen, the cost per unit for the fertilizer is definitely extremely high.

‘Well, considering that the crops grow just from scattering it… ‘

[Iguogudeon: Hmm]

[Lee Gwogeodeon: First, until the food shortage is resolved, we’ll supply this fertilizer.]

[Lee Gwogeodeon: Once the number of people starving to death decreases somewhat, then we’ll lower the fertilizer’s performance a bit, in exchange for using less money.]

[Lee Gwogeodeon: I’ll roughly set the guidelines for the fertilizer’s performance.]

After all, to solve the immediate food crisis, I was going to spend extra money and provide food, just like I did for Erin before, so I figured this much wouldn’t throw the world’s balance completely off.

Even if the performance was lowered, a ‘urea fertilizer’ that could be made in the modern era might lack a direct, eye-catching impact, but when harvest time came, it would definitely feel like a miracle.

Just the fact that they could keep farming continuously without fallow periods was already overpowered enough.

Plus, to keep producing fertilizer with that level of performance, you’d have to continuously run a large number of mages on two shifts—

It was dangerous for everyone’s common happiness to depend solely on someone else’s sacrifice and devotion, so downgrading the fertilizer’s performance seemed like the right answer in many ways.

Something I always keep in mind.

That is, ‘to refrain as much as possible from miracles that would drastically shake the world.’

It wasn’t that I wouldn’t create any miracles at all. It was more about creating a better world slowly and steadily, rather than making sudden changes.

Besides—

Even if my intentions were good, it wasn’t like everyone would just automatically become happy, right?

In fact, in the comic, there was a depiction of a character named ‘Yunos’ becoming a freeloader because of the miracle I created.

Although she did seem to be participating in the greater good… regardless, it was right to refrain from thinking ‘my actions will always produce only correct results.’

Considering these things, it was best to appropriately adjust the level of miracles.

The main reason I stopped unlimited refills of chicken was also for that reason. Isn’t taking away what you were giving one of the most infuriating things?

You might say, “What’s with all this talk just from watching a comic?” but—

I really wanted everyone in this comic, including Erin and Eirene, to be happy.

At least, if the characters I loved could be happy without any chaotic situations—I was more than willing to open my wallet.

Given the character was an emperor watching over the continent, avoiding as much chaos as possible was inevitable.

[MoneyPlz: Understood]

[MoneyPlz: What timing would be best?]

[ThisGuy: Nah, you don’t need to ask me]

[ThisGuy: Just keep spending the funds you’ve got saved until we can minimize the number of people starving to death, it’s fine]

[MoneyPlz: As you wish]

He said it like that, but the writer drew the comic, so in the end, how much he took would be entirely up to the writer to decide.

Actually, it wouldn’t matter if he took all the funds.

From the moment he had charged ₩500,000, he had already thought of it as just having “donated ₩500,000 at once.”

As I always say, uploading this amount of a comic just for me, every single day, is definitely no easy feat.

[MoneyPlz: I… I’m sorry]

[MoneyPlz: I don’t feel comfortable thinking you don’t like how the world is responding]

[ThisGuy: lol no]

[ThisGuy: It’s just my fickle nature, the comic’s content was good]

[ThisGuy: Honestly, enjoying the crushing is fun lololol]

He did go overboard, but it was fun nonetheless.

But there was no need to flip the world over just to feel a hit of dopamine.

Didn’t he already get plenty of dopamine from the female characters?

[ThisGuy: And now that I know how to make it, if an unexpected food shortage happens later, I can just use it then]

[ThisGuy: No need to be sorry]

[GiveMeMoney: I’m truly grateful for your generous forgiveness, LeeGwegweodon-nim]

[LeeGwegweodon: Well, it’s only natural for a god to think like this, y’know ㅇㅇ;]

‘Hah…’

A god so concerned about the balance of the world.

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Me, maybe being a ‘god’ is actually pretty well-suited to me?

If there really were a god in the real world – if at least they cared about the world as meticulously as I do, how good would that be? A foolish thought, I let out a hollow laugh.

Just then.

[GiveMeMoney: LeeGwegweodon-nim]

[GiveMeMoney: I have something I dare to ask you]

Suddenly, the writer initiated a question to me first.

[LeeGwegweodon: ???]

[GiveMeMoney: It’s a little out of the blue, but…]

[GiveMeMoney: LeeGwegweodon-nim, do you… ]

[GiveMeMoney: Do you like it when women are obsessed with you?]

What’s this?

Is he trying to gauge what kind of development is best to unfold next?

Rather than messing up the plot and needlessly hurting the feelings of his only reader, it’s not a bad strategy to steadily maintain a development that I would like.

He did just apologize, after all.

‘Obsessed, huh…’

Well, if it were real life, it would probably be tiresome and a bit scary.

If it’s a virtual character, it’s a different story.

A little clingy obsession toward “me,” who she considers a god… Since it’s a 2D character, I figured I could enjoy it plenty.

[LeeGwoGweoDeon: Yeah, I like it]

[LeeGwoGweoDeon: Pretty and can’t live without me? A *menhera* like that, who honestly wouldn’t like it… I definitely do… ]

[LeeGwoGweoDeon: Still, Erin is the closest one to me, it’s understandable she’d feel a bit left out, tbh lol]

[LeeGwoGweoDeon: But I wouldn’t want her to get *too* jealous, y’know?]

[LeeGwoGweoDeon: Just boobs＜＜＜ isn’t enough tbh….]

[LeeGwoGweoDeon: The more, the better… and they’re all mine…]

After saying that, I felt a little ashamed that I revealed my true intentions so crudely—

I even asked for some *nsfw* art, acting all proper now would be ridiculous, wouldn’t it?

[PleaseGiveMeMoney: Understood]

[PleaseGiveMeMoney: Everything in this world is for LeeGwoGweoDeon, who cherishes us]

[PleaseGiveMeMoney: Since it’s something LeeGwoGweoDeon said they like]

[PleaseGiveMeMoney: I will keep it in mind]

‘…?’

Was it really something you needed to answer so solemnly? I thought—

But, if they’re saying they’ll draw it to my preference, there’s no need to tell them not to, is there?

‘Guess I can look forward to some *yandere* moves?’

I scrolled back up and slowly looked at Erin’s figure again.

Hehehe… I can’t wait.

Gotta lean hard on the Saint today.

Wonder what kind of scene will play out tomorrow?

Anyway.

Successfully passed off the ‘fertilizer’, so, could I maybe make something else using the wood-attribute mana tower?

Not some essential item like fertilizer, but something that brings a little joy to everyday life, a few ordinary little bits of happiness, maybe something magic could conjure up…

‘Is there anything plausible enough to make in the wood-attribute mana tower that could also give the people a dopamine rush?’

And then, since we worked so hard, Reyna and I are gonna need some kind of reward for the mana tower too.

Eh, I guess Eirene will handle that?

Not sure how Reyna will react, but I hope she understands my meaning about “keeping it in check.”

–Like that.

Before I knew it, the nameless manga that author “GimmeSomeCash” was drawing for me… was becoming more than just a manga, it was a completely normal part of my life.

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“…….”

Having finished his conversation with the god, the Observer slowly rose from his seat and gazed at the pillar of light extending beside him.

The divine power entering from the pillar was brightly illuminating the pitch-black space.

Crunch!

—Did Iggugudon not find it satisfactory?

“I don’t think that’s it.”

—Remember this. The world is only able to maintain its peace because of Iggugudon. If ‘the world’s response’ does not please Iggugudon, it must be regarded as having no value as a response at all.

“…….”

The observer cautiously watched the pillar of light.

‘Obsession…’

And, slowly, they opened their hands.

Pure white. Moving their fingers, it felt a little familiar now.

“You know,”

—What is it?

“I want to see what I look like.”

It didn’t answer for a long while.

—What?

“Just as I said. I want to see what I look like…”

I want to know what I look like.

If my body is that of a woman—if I have a physique and appearance similar to those beloved by god, like Erin or Eirene.

The voice was similar to theirs, but—

Having just been reborn as a living being, the observer couldn’t determine their gender based on that alone.

“And, if I am truly confirmed to be ‘female’—”

I want to fulfill god’s will myself.

The strange feeling I get every time god talks about Erin.

And, about Eirene—

The observer recalls God’s words.

「Even still, Erin is the one closest to me, she has every right to be upset lol」

‘No.’

The being closest to Lord Igugweodeon… it’s not Erin.

It’s…

‘It’ continues to maintain silence.

And then it realizes.

That it is witnessing ‘a moment of evolution’ right now.

To be more precise, a watcher, reborn as a living being through the love of god, is finally experiencing a new emotion—

‘The closest is… me.’

‘I’m the one who hears the words of god and conveys them to Erin.’

‘So… the only one who can fulfill god’s demands is me.’

‘I have to do it. The one who best understands god’s will, is the one closest to god… ‘

—The moment it awakens to ‘possessiveness’.

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Reina’s shocking announcement.

Surpassing the concept of a groundbreaking fertilizer that creates bread from air, she completed something that makes plants grow wherever it’s spread, and presented it to everyone—

Following the great reconciliation with the demon race, the continent began to write a completely new history once more.