It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Building a Study Villa – Part 1: Raising Funds

The three necessities of life:

Clothing to protect the body from the outside!

Food, the driving force that moves the body!

Shelter to give the body a comfortable rest!

Without these three, a person cannot live properly.

Without clothes, one is naked, and without food, one starves to death.

Without shelter, one is no different from a homeless person.

But these are the necessities of ‘living,’ have you ever thought about the necessities of ‘studying’?

What do we look for before we study? What do we need?

Sweet chocolate to help us concentrate?

Comfortable clothes that won’t bother us while studying?

Or good textbooks and writing tools that fit perfectly in our hands?

No, no.

All these are things that we think about after we have a ‘place to study.’

“I need to find a new place to study.”

<As I mentioned before, there is no suitable place other than the library in the Beginner’s Village. Do you really intend to build it yourself?>

“Yes. I’m going to make it a place where I can concentrate and study much better than a library or a reading room.”

It was a natural choice for Kyung-joon, who had already experienced making a chair by studying carpentry and knew that studying the knowledge of the game would add time to the Dimensional Study Room.

“What do I need roughly?”

<First of all, you need to develop your carpentry skills to acquire construction skills. Also, you will need to obtain building materials separately. Building requires a lot of materials, unlike making chairs.>

“Hmm, how much more do I need besides wood?”

When Kyung-joon asked, Teemo briefly explained about all the materials needed for construction.

Kyung-joon’s reaction to that was…….

“Wow…… It’s going to be a pain to get all this myself. I’m trying to build a house to study, but at this rate, it’s going to be completely reversed.”

It’s okay if it’s something that doesn’t affect schoolwork much, like the chair making or magic studying he did before.

No, rather, studying magic helped him with his science studies at school, and making chairs helped him a lot with his Technology & Home Economics class at school.

However, it seemed like it would take forever to gather and process all the materials that Teemo mentioned.

<Then how about buying the materials yourself and just studying and making them? That would cut down on more than half the work.>

“Yeah, that’s a good idea. I’ll get the wood myself, and I’ll buy everything else.”

Kyung-joon was thinking of getting the wood himself, as it wasn’t too difficult.

That’s because he could increase his stamina and strength stats while logging.

Higher stamina and strength stats increased his satiety efficiency, which in turn improved his study efficiency.

“Then I guess I’ll have to go to Carpenter’s workshop first. I need to buy a construction skill book.”

<Aren’t you going to buy materials?>

“I don’t have any money yet. But I’m going to take care of that there too.”

Kyung-joon had already made a plan to make money.

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Beginner’s Village, Carpenter’s Workshop.

There were quite a few players in his workshop as usual.

“Whew, it’s good that the rain has stopped.”

“I couldn’t even hunt properly because of the rain. The potion cost me a fortune.”

Unlike Kyung-joon, who only studied, most of the players hated the rain.

The reason they logged into The World was to hunt, level up, and adventure in this fantasy world.

For them, rain was nothing but a hindrance.

“It’s stopped now, so it’s all good. Ah, give me a basic carpentry skill book.”

“One carpentry skill book, 10,000 liyan.”

“Here’s the money. Ah, by any chance, do you have a blueprint for a wooden shield?”

“That’ll be 40,000 liyan with the blueprint.”

The player handed the money to Carpenter and received the skill book and blueprint.

Then he said to his friend next to him.

“Come to think of it, I saw a player using magic near the library the other day when it was raining.”

“Magic? In the Beginner’s Village? You’re lying. There’s no wizard guild here. Even if you go to another village, you can’t come back once you leave the Beginner’s Village.”

Unlike NPCs, players were systematically prevented from returning to the Beginner’s Village once they left for another village.

This was to prevent abnormal gameplay.

For example, you can think of cheat plays such as using connections to control beginner hunting grounds, or power leveling at an abnormal speed by receiving help.

Since these were issues that had always been a problem in virtual reality games before The World, The World managed them quite thoroughly.

Preventing players who have moved to other villages from re-entering the Beginner’s Village like this was one of those management measures.

“There can’t be a wizard in the Beginner’s Village other than NPCs, right?”

Therefore, it was ridiculous that there was someone who learned magic in the Beginner’s Village, where there was no wizard guild.

Except for cases like Spirit Girl, who received a special quest and entered the village, and Kyung-joon, who realized it on his own, of course.

“Nope, it’s true. I saw him with my own two eyes. There was a strange guy on the roof of the library, meditating with his hands outstretched, and there was mana gathering in his hands. I’m sure he was a beginner from the looks of his clothes.”

“So you’re saying you can’t learn magic in the Beginner’s Village.”

“I can’t believe it. Well, if you’re so sure, why don’t you ask the NPC over there? Excuse me, sir. The other day in this village…….”

“Hmm?”

Carpenter tilted his head at the player’s question, then quickly exclaimed, “Ah!” and continued.

“I’ve heard about it too. I didn’t see it myself because I was in the workshop at the time, but it’s been the talk of the town among our residents lately. I think they called him 『The One Who Reaches for the Rainy Sky』 or something?”

Thanks to Kyung-joon’s title, most of the NPCs in the Beginner’s Village already knew about the rumor.

“See, I told you!”

“Did he get a special quest that allowed him to come back in?”

“He was definitely wearing beginner clothes, though?”

“Hmm, maybe he’s a high-level wizard pretending to be a beginner. Or is it a hidden piece?”

“Yeah, a hidden piece. I heard other people are doing the same thing now, going up to the roof of the library and stretching out their hands.”

The players saw Kyung-joon manipulating mana on the roof of the library and thought it must be a hidden piece.

So everyone was climbing up to the roof of the library and stretching out their hands to get the hidden piece.

Of course, there was no such thing as a hidden piece in that action.

They were all just wasting their time pointlessly.

“Was that what it was all about? I thought they were doing some kind of ritual together. Heh heh.”

“It was a funny sight. But no one has come forward saying they’ve learned magic yet. Strange, isn’t it?”

“Really. What the hell is going on? Let’s get out of here.”

The two players finished their business at the workshop and were about to go outside when.

Thud.

The two of them, busy chatting with their friend, bumped into a man without looking ahead.

That man was Kyung-joon.

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

“No, I’m the one who should be sorry.”

“Well then, enjoy the game.”

“You too.”

The two thought Kyung-joon was just an ordinary beginner like them and passed by.

They had no idea that the person they just passed by was the subject of the rumor they were just talking about.

The workshop was empty except for Kyung-joon and Carpenter.

It was Kyung-joon who spoke first.

“Carpenter, long time no see.”

“Haha, you’re here!”

Carpenter received Kyung-joon very kindly.

This was because Kyung-joon had built up a certain level of intimacy with him by studying in his workshop.

“So, how did the chair turn out?”

“That’s actually why I’m here. Can you take a look at the chair for me?”

“Sure, of course. Let’s see it.”

Kyung-joon immediately took the chair out of his inventory.

The remaining 19 chairs, excluding the lumbar support chair he was going to use.

“Oh! It looks almost identical to mine! You made it well!”

“That’s because the blueprint you gave me was so good.”

“Haha! That’s good to hear. It’s a little rough around the edges, but for a first timer, this is amazing.”

Unlike other players, Kyung-joon didn’t just learn the skill from the skill book, but actually studied the skill book and learned the carpentry skill from scratch.

Even Carpenter couldn’t help but acknowledge Kyung-joon for that.

“Anyway, let me take a look.”

Carpenter approached the chair and began to examine it.

[Kyung-joon’s Sturdy and Strong Ash Wood Chair: 19 pieces]

▶Made in imitation of the comfortable chair designed by Carpenter, the carpenter of the Beginner’s Village. Although the clumsiness of a novice carpenter is evident, it is imbued with the energy of the water spirit, bringing peace of mind and body.

“What! The energy of the water spirit?!”

Carpenter’s eyes widened as he read the description of the chair.

Spirit!

Just as the Spirit Summoner class was classified as a rare class, the very existence of spirits was a rarity even to NPCs.

And yet, the energy of that rare being was embedded in a chair made by a novice carpenter!

Carpenter couldn’t believe it.

And what was even more unbelievable was the ability that came with it.

▶HP/MP recovery 1.5% (Normal) 3% (High) per minute

▶Item Grade: Normal (12 pieces) High (7 pieces)

“Gasp……! 3% HP and MP recovery per minute……! I’ve never seen a chair like this before!”

Of course he hadn’t.

Most carpenter NPCs and players didn’t have spirit skills.

In the first place, the carpenter class was just a life profession that warriors with high strength and stamina would take up as a side job.

He had never heard of a rare class Spirit Summoner, who would invest points in intelligence and mana, taking up carpentry.

Usually, such special effects wouldn’t be attached unless special materials were used.

But Kyung-joon was different.

He had awakened to magic through studying, and as a result, his mana and intelligence stats had long since exceeded 100.

Moreover, Bangwool had even made a contract with Undine, a lower water spirit.

Although his strength and stamina stats were still lacking and his work might be a little rough around the edges, Kyung-joon was the only carpenter who possessed both mana and the energy of a spirit.

“What in the world are you? Ah……! Could you be the one from the recent rumors?”

“Rumors?”

“The library roof, I mean. They say there’s a player up there manipulating mana with his hands outstretched.”

“There are rumors like that going around? If it’s the library roof, then it’s probably me.”

“As I thought! More than that, a carpenter who manipulates mana, it’s like turning conventional carpentry on its head!”

It was something that Carpenter, who had become a carpenter by raising only his strength and stamina, could never have imagined.

TL: BTW, the carpenter’s name is Carpenter.

Kyung-joon smiled awkwardly at Carpenter’s continued astonishment and then stated his business.

“So, can you sell these chairs I made here on consignment? The player auction house charges too much commission. 30%, wasn’t it?”

The World’s player auction house, which charged a whopping 30% commission!

This was a kind of device to guarantee the activities of merchant NPCs and merchant players in the game.

The player auction house system, where you could trade anytime, anywhere, could potentially eliminate the very existence of merchants.

That’s why it was common to consign items to NPCs or merchant players for a lower commission.

Just like Kyung-joon was trying to do now.

“Of course! It’s an honor to have such precious chairs consigned to our workshop!”

“That’s a relief. I’m busy studying, so selling them myself would be a bit of a hassle.”

Kyung-joon was inwardly pleased that he had saved himself some time to study.

“So how much commission should I give you?”

“Well, the average consignment fee is 20%.”

“That’s still quite high…….”

Still, it was much better than paying 30% to put it up for auction.

Kyung-joon rested his chin in his hand and pondered, about to make a decision.

[The effect of the title 『One Who Reaches for the Rainy Sky』 has been activated.]

▶Fame +50, Receive better treatment from Beginner’s Village NPCs.

“But I can’t charge you 20% like everyone else for a masterpiece like this! I’ll give you 15%!”

“Oh, really? In that case, just do it……. “

……But his intimacy with Carpenter was too high.

[Carpenter, the carpenter, is deeply impressed by your work.]

[Intimacy with Carpenter has increased by 10.]

[Carpenter’s behavior towards you becomes even more affectionate.]

“Actually, I should be the one paying for the opportunity to consign such a masterpiece! 10%! I’ll give you 10%.

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