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The best estate designer of all time - Episode 1

1fury. Becoming a fool in a novel

Something like a novel happened to me.

When I opened my eyes, I was in a novel..

‘iron blood knight’

An indomitable epic led by the ice-cold hero Javiel Asrahan..

I entered the world of that grand story..

I became the drunkard master that Javiel served in his days of obscurity..

At this time I didn't know.

For example, this was the beginning of the story of how I, an ordinary civil engineering engineer, was reborn as a guardian of the world..

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[RP (Relationship Point) system is activated.]

[You can earn RP by improving your relationships with key characters.]

[You can develop your talent skills by investing the RP you acquire..]

[RP you currently own : 0]

A strange message rang like an alarm in my head..

What on earth is RP and what is skill creation?.

‘I'm tired. I'm sleepy.’

In bed, Suho frowned and turned over..

It was annoying.

It was obvious.

During the day, I take classes in the classroom..

At night, I sweated my part-time job at work..

Meanwhile, I read novels all night for a change of mood, so it's natural to be tired..

No, it's almost like karma..

‘Still, I've done all my homework..’

You can wake up 30 minutes later than usual.

A smile full of satisfaction bloomed at that thought..

But Suho's smile didn't last long..

“……wake up.”

I heard an unfamiliar voice.

A cold yet sharp voice.

‘Is it a dream?.’

It was probably something I heard in my sleep..

On the other hand, Suho tossed and turned..

But even that gesture couldn't stop the urging that came again..

“It's late. It's time to wake up, Lloyd..”

……uh?

It's not a dream.

It was definitely a voice coming from right next to me..

‘how?’

I came to my senses in a daze..

This is a goshiwon room of about 2 pyeong..

I always remember to lock the door..

But someone came in and started talking to me.?

Suho cautiously opened his eyes..

And before I knew it, my whole body became rigid..

“Are you awake? Still, you opened your eyes quickly today..”

“…….”

A handsome man with silver hair sitting neatly next to the bed.

I guess I'm just about twenty now.

It was a face without even a gram of laughter..

The appearance suited it well, like a blade forged from the frost of an ice cap..

“Javiel… … hazy?”

Suho muttered without realizing it..

Obvious.

The Knight of Iron Blood, a novel I stayed up all night reading last night.

The illustration of Javiel Asrahan, the protagonist of the epic, looked exactly like that..

No, it's exactly the same.

Even the way he makes a joke with just one lip is like an elegant painting..

“You finally remember my name. thank you.”

“…….”

Just by looking at their expressions, they don't seem to be thankful at all..

“But why are you here??”

I blurted it out without realizing it..

Haviel's anger has become a little darker..

“Because my lord entrusted me with your guard..”

“My lord? escort?”

“That's right.”

“why?”

“This is to prepare for when something like last night happens..”

“I said it was last night…….”

“You were so drunk that you couldn't even walk. He went on a rampage in the tavern, damaging three tables, five chairs, nineteen plates, and six candlesticks. Oh, you also ruined the tavern owner's favorite buffalo horn decoration..”

……i am innocent.

I'm serious.

Because I only read books in gosiwon.

But my head started pounding..

A hangover from alcohol you didn't drink?.

It was a little unfair.

“Phew, then at least some water first..”

I wanted to come to my senses first..

I looked around the bedroom while gulping down the water that Javiel brought me..

It was unfamiliar, clean, and spacious..

It was completely different from the 2-pyeong goshiwon room with its dirty yellow wallpaper..

‘This is kinda cool.’

Is it really a novel-like possession?.

As a noble too?

Suho accepted this reality(?) in his own way..

It's heaven compared to the trembling life in a gosiwon without a family..

But there was something that caught my eye..

“What is that??”

Suho pointed to the dresser opposite the bed..

There was mismatched red paper attached to the cabinet..

It wasn't just there.

Even on a large bookshelf.

On the refreshment table.

Even on the chair that Javiel was sitting on.

Even on the bed you are lying on.

Every piece of furniture has a red label on it..

‘This can't be right.’

Suho swallowed dry saliva without realizing it..

The answer to the guess came back from Javiel..

“Have you already forgotten? This is a foreclosure sign. attached yesterday.”

“…….”

concise answer.

Thanks to you, it suddenly occurred to me.

The baron that Javiel worked for falls at the beginning of the novel..

The baron and his wife were lured by a vicious conman, lost all their property and territory, and committed suicide..

The Baron's eldest son, Lloyd,?

He gets addicted to alcohol and gets sick and dies..

Afterwards, Javiel creates Lloyd's grave and leaves the territory..

That was the beginning of a grand epic where the main character, Javiel Asrahan, took his first steps into the world..

‘So, in the beginning, you were pretending to be the idiot master who died from alcoholism? I?’

The joy of becoming a nobleman quickly cooled down..

I think this is a big problem..

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“Phew, it's true. Really.”

a few hours later.

Suho, no, Lloyd was facing the mirror..

Full length mirror with red repossession tag like other furniture.

There stood a man with black hair and a sleek appearance..

It was Lloyd.

‘Now that's me.’

Actually, I still couldn't quite believe it..

I didn't hate it though.

No, to be honest, I like it..

Because life in Korea was difficult..

‘I worked so hard.’

He was originally the only son of an ordinary family..

I took the CSAT like everyone else.

Became a civil engineering college student.

But while I was in the military, four months passed..

The shadow of real estate investment fraud was strangling my parents..

My parents, who passed away like that, left behind a large amount of debt..

All homes and property are seized.

Even so, I had to give up my inheritance to avoid taking on the remaining debt..

‘If it weren't for the low-income scholarship, I wouldn't have been able to go to school..’

At least I studied diligently and did well..

However, living expenses other than tuition were a separate issue..

I had to move from one part-time job to another..

It wasn't easy to maintain my grades and work a part-time job..

2A cramped gosiwon alcove of about pyeong.

I had nosebleeds seven times a week..

The free rice and kimchi provided by the gosiwon were the last bastion to sustain the body..

It was Suho who survived like a villain until yesterday..

‘But I became a noble in a fantasy novel I read for the first time in a while to get some breathing room..’

He was not a grand noble like a duke or earl..

He was just a baron who ran a country estate..

But Lloyd liked it better..

‘There will be no need to get caught up in a big incident. For example, something like treason.’

That's always been the problem with historical dramas or medieval dramas..

No matter how prosperous the ruling family was, once they got caught up in a treason, it was over..

It is literally a one-shot beheading win with no room for excuses..

‘In that case, a baron on the border would be better. It's a niche market of its own..’

There is no need to get caught up in a huge incident like a treason..

Living well in the countryside and drinking honey.

Wouldn't it be possible to live in order while maintaining the age-old spirit of the iron rice bowl?.

‘Of course, this is only when resolving the debt owed to Baron..’

That's the problem.

‘After all, it's at this point.’

Javiel's explanation came to mind..

Did you say the date the foreclosure ticket was posted was yesterday?.

In other words, if the possession occurred just a month or two earlier,?

It would have been possible to stop the impostor from approaching the Baron..

I honestly felt like I wanted to grab the novelist by the collar..

‘But it already happened so we have to fix it..’

Otherwise, the baron and his wife will commit suicide next year..

This mansion and estate will be sold and you will become a scoundrel..

‘It's the same as in Korea.’

it was a nightmare.

I just wanted to refuse that kind of thing..

I didn't want to go through that mess again..

To do that, I had to earn money somehow..

The money to settle the debt owed to the Baron..

I stared at the mirror for a long time..

Then, suddenly, something occurred to me..

Lloyd asked Javiel next to him..

“hey.”

“Yes, Lloyd..”

“Our territory, do you have a lot of money??”

“yes?”

“How much money would it be if we collected money from the people of the territory??”

“Are you talking about taxes??”

“No, not like that..”

“if?”

“Like the IMF gold collection campaign... … Phew, no. done.”

Lloyd shook his head..

I wondered if it would be helpful if I collected money from the residents of the territory..

But when I thought about it, it wasn't that bad..

It was obvious that if money was collected without any justification, there would definitely be a big backlash..

‘Even if you save that much, it's not an amount that can be repaid in one queue..’

The contents of the beginning of the novel came to mind..

Deadline to repay debt is 2 years.

But before that time comes, the Baron and his wife commit suicide..

Continuing debt collection.

Interest that only increases.

A swamp called debt with no way to repay it.

Caught up in debt, the couple loses hope..

‘That point is exactly one year from now..’

And five months later, Lloyd dies in the back room of his favorite bar, vomiting a lot of blood..

That was what was mentioned at the beginning of the Iron Blood article..

‘shit. This is not some kind of decalcomania.’

Maybe it's similar to what my family went through in Korea?.

The more I thought about it, the dirtier I felt..

“Tsk. Let's take a walk.”

Since ancient times, when you have a headache, the best way is to walk..

Walking has been a habit since he was Kim Su-ho of South Korea..

No, it was probably the only consolation..

Because walking doesn't cost money.

So I left the room with Javiel..

I went out into the hallway of the mansion..

At that moment, I ran into a woman who was coming from the opposite direction..

An impression full of culture and elegance.

She was a gracefully aged middle-aged woman..

‘no way?’

There was a name that suddenly came to mind..

Marbella Frontera.

Baron's mistress and Lloyd Frontera's mother..

She is the only middle-aged woman in this mansion with that kind of vibe..

Lloyd swallowed dry saliva..

‘Somehow, we ran into each other properly..’

Are there any parents who don't know their children?.

Isn't this going to reveal that I'm a fake?.

Fortunately(?) those worries were unfounded..

Because the Baroness clicked her tongue as soon as she saw this way..

“Are you going out to drink again??”

“…….”

The wife's gaze towards us.

His expression was full of sorrow and concern..

Even though the family is falling apart, my son, who drinks alcohol every day and acts out his actions, doesn't look good.?

I couldn't figure that out..

“Just enjoy it in moderation. There is nothing good for your health.”

“…….”

The wife let out a small sigh and passed by..

Lloyd had to secretly console his heart..

‘I didn't get caught. Should I say this is fortunate?.’

Lloyd Frontera.

A person who drinks alcohol every day as long as he opens his eyes..

Thanks to this, even Lloyd's mother seemed to be worried about this side with such prejudice..

‘Although it's a little bitter.’

Suddenly, I remembered my days as a freshman in college..

It was a time when the family was still wealthy..

It was a time when I was just a cool newbie..

I remembered drinking alcohol every day on OT and MT..

Every time that happened, my mom would cook dried pollack soup without saying a word..

But now it's a time in the past that we can't go back to.

‘Tsk.’

Lloyd bit his lower lip..

As I left the mansion, my steps naturally became longer..

Was that why?.

As soon as the residents we encountered on the road saw this, they hurriedly retreated to the side of the road..

Everyone lowered their heads to avoid eye contact..

A woman was shaking with her hands clenched..

One farmer's complexion went completely white..

Thanks to this, he was able to immediately realize his situation(?).

‘Yeah, that's what Lloyd was like..’

The contents of the novel came to mind..

The bastard of the Barony of Frontera.

That was Lloyd Frontera..

When drunk, you tend to break or throw things..

Severe assault and verbal abuse against subordinates is completely basic..

In short, he was a garbage person with the worst true qualities passively installed..

‘Maybe that's why everyone really hates it. It seems like I'm completely hated..’

A bitter smile came out of me..

“hey.”

I complained and asked Habiel, who was following me..

“Why is everyone like that? You don't usually treat a lord's son like that.?”

That's common sense.

The lord's son is the most powerful person in the region..

Therefore, unless the lord's son is a fairly serious person,?

At least smile to their face and pretend to respect them..

I try to do that.

Like the owner of a chicken restaurant who warmly serves the son of the building owner who stopped by the store..

Or like the late manager who becomes a yes-man to the boss' son who joined the company as an employee..

Isn’t the existence of the lord’s son like that for the residents here?.

“In general, yes, but.”

“In general? But?”

“yes.”

“So what about now?.”

Javiel responded coldly..

“It's an emergency..”

“emergency?”

“In general, an emergency in a territory refers to when an entity that poses a great threat to the livelihood, well-being, and safety of residents appears..”

“……That's me?”

“That's right.”

“It's pretty sharp..”

“What is Doljikgu??”

“Ah, it hurts my bones. With facts.”

“…….”

Javiel looked this way..

They are looking at me like what on earth are you saying?.

But even that appearance was cool and elegant, like a painting..

‘Yeah, he was like this. Haviel is.’

noble and honorable knight.

A man who does not compromise with injustice.

A hero who is literally the epitome of a knight..

In the novel, Javiel later becomes famous throughout the Laurasia continent..

Of course, his personality won't be any different just because he's unknown now..

“I find it difficult to push things like that. I swear I never assaulted Lloyd..”

“there is?”

“doesn't exist.”

“I don't even know fact assault?”

“I do not know.”

“Have I ever been hated by you??”

“doesn't exist. never.”

……No, it looks like you have enough..

Lloyd was able to realize.

‘This guy hates me too.’

Javiel was a noble knight who valued honor..

So it was natural to dislike a bastard like Lloyd..

But even so, it was this guy who stayed by Lloyd's side until he died..

He maintained his loyalty to his master, the Baron, until the end..

‘Anyway, he's a great guy.’

One of the greatest swordsmen in the history of the Laurasia continent..

The unprecedented grand master.

The guy who will become like that is now my faithful escort..

Feeling a bit strange, Lloyd continued walking..

Then I ended up standing in front of a shabby building..

“Where are we??”

“It's a tavern.”

“Pub?”

“yes. This is where Lloyd spends more time than the mansion..”

“My favorite bar is here?”

“of course. Unless Mr. Lloyd has been patronizing another tavern without my knowledge..”

“…….”

Oh my god.

Lloyd clicked his tongue inwardly..

I just took a walk aimlessly..

After all, the place I ended up at was my favorite bar..

How often did I come and go here for my body to automatically come here even though my soul had changed?.

‘This isn't some kind of homing instinct. Are you a dog? Is it salmon during the spawning season? Or General Kim Yu-shin??’

He beat up the eldest son of the baron, who was the original owner of this body..

And turned away.

‘Anyway, it's not a daytime drink..’

Lloyd might have enjoyed it, but he didn't..

There are already so many things to think about, but what about alcohol?.

I have no intention of doing so..

“Are you going back like this??”

“of course.”

I responded immediately to Haviel’s question..

But Javiel’s answer was unexpected..

“Then it's a disappointment..”

“……what?”

“It's just like I said. I am disappointed, Lloyd..”

“He really expected me to indulge him for a daytime drink.?”

“no.”

“then?”

“I thought the reason Lloyd came here was to apologize and make amends for his actions last night..”

“But I just turned away and was disappointed?”

“That's right. Responsibility according to status is the duty of a nobleman..”

“…….”

This guy, I felt it a while ago, his fastball is no joke..

Even the speed of that fastball seems to reach 160 km with ease..

In other words, Javiel had an uncanny knack for carefully and painfully inserting every single piece of advice..

“This tavern is where the owner has been cultivating his entire life. Even if it is a shabby place. Last night, Mr. Lloyd behaved violently and damaged furniture in such a precious space..”

“…….”

“Moreover, as Lloyd knows, he is the one who takes care of his old mother alone..”

“mother?”

“yes. My health has been deteriorating recently. The tavern owner’s worries deepened..”

“So, I'm the one who tormented that poor person.?”

“That's right.”

“…….”

It's something I didn't do..

But Javiel’s fastball continued to fly..

“Actually, the owner appealed to me last night. Even so, my mother was suffering from the cold in late winter and was very worried, and seeing her go through such misfortune made her feel like she wanted to die..”

“…….”

“You must not turn away. In any case, Mr. Lloyd is the future owner of this territory.…….”

“for a moment. Until there.”

Lloyd interrupted Javiel..

It's hard to listen any more?

It wasn't.

It was because while listening to Javiel, a question suddenly occurred to me..

“The bar owner's mother is having a hard time due to the late winter cold.?”

“Yes, but.”

“Then all you have to do is heat the floor with firewood.?”

“yes?”

“No way, people here... … Gudeul-style heating, I don’t know.?”

“…….”

I do not know.

That's what I see when I look at those eyes.

The moment Lloyd realized that, a sudden thought occurred to him..

‘Now that I think about it, there were no spheres in my bedroom in the baron's mansion..’

He was a civil engineering student..

It was his habit to examine the structure of buildings wherever he went..

Thanks to this, I was able to quickly understand the structure of Baron..

There was no heating facility like the so-called ondol there..

Instead, the fireplace occupied one side of the bedroom..

So the tavern owner's house is probably similar..

No, unlike aristocratic homes where every room had a fireplace, a single stove in the kitchen would heat the entire house..

‘Then of course it's cold. Due to the structure of the fireplace, heat loss is extreme compared to the fireplace type..’

Of course, they are not without drawbacks..

To implement a Gudle heating system?

The floor of the building must be completely replaced or built anew..

The insulation performance of the building itself must also be strengthened..

We have to deal with the extreme consumption of firewood..

But both of those drawbacks are…….

‘You can overcome it. No, you can actually use it. I can do it.’

If you use your knowledge in your major?

The grim reality of having no way to repay huge debts.

A plan to raise a large amount of money occurred to me..

An angle appeared.

The big picture was drawn.

‘This is it. Rather than ending with just the bar owner's house, it's bigger. As a large-scale construction project. There's a good chance of winning.’

I felt confident..

To make the big picture in my head a reality..

He went straight into the tavern..