I Level Up With In-app Purchases

I Level Up With In-app Purchases – 59

EP.59 The Use of the Orb (3)

Meditation, the know-how I learned from Sasha.

Unfortunately, I didn’t see immediate results as soon as I started meditating.

The abilities I imagined didn’t become my abilities either.

It was disappointing, but I decided not to be impatient.

‘Let’s delay reporting for now. At least not right now.’

There was nothing more embarrassing than making a fuss about being an Awakener without even knowing what abilities I had.

Since the time spent meditating wasn’t bad, I continued to do it regularly, taking time to discover my abilities.

I wasn’t sure how much meditation would help me find my abilities.

But at least it seemed to calm me down.

My ability first emerged in the most unexpected moment, through an instinctive movement.

At the time, I was arranging items in the general store.

Since there weren’t many customers, the items easily gathered dust, and I needed to dust them off frequently.

“Huh?”

While arranging the items, I accidentally dropped one.

If I hadn’t unconsciously used my ability to catch it, the item would have hit the floor.

“What the…”

At the time, I wondered if there was someone else in the store.

Otherwise, how could the falling item be suspended in mid-air?

But when I looked around, there was no sign of anyone else.

In other words, it was purely my power that had suspended the item in mid-air.

“Is this telekinesis?”

How am I supposed to fight with this?

What is telekinesis?

It’s the ability to create physical force with an invisible power.

The reason the item was floating in mid-air was because my power was holding it.

It was puzzling why I hadn’t noticed this sensation until now.

“It’s fascinating.”

Thud—

Perhaps because my concentration wavered, the item soon fell to the floor with a thud.

Instead of bending down to pick it up, I used telekinesis to lift it again.

“It works?”

The surprising thing was that telekinesis responded to my will much more smoothly than I had expected.

When I wasn’t aware of its existence, I couldn’t grasp it, but once I caught that sensation, I could handle it as naturally as breathing.

I understood why Sasha had been at a loss when I asked her how to use abilities.

I would have been just as perplexed as she was.

“It’s amazing. And telekinesis is incredibly useful.”

With the excitement of a young boy heading to a magic school on a train, I used telekinesis for a long time.

Since I was arranging items, it was the perfect opportunity to test it out.

Although I had hoped to improve my swordsmanship, I didn’t feel any regret once I gained telekinesis.

Telekinesis.

Its applications in daily life were incredibly vast.

‘This is awesome.’

Perhaps telekinesis was even better than a swordsmanship ability that would help me handle a sword better.

“This is an amazing ability. I can’t believe I didn’t think of telekinesis.”

I had no intention of fighting monsters and bleeding on the battlefield.

Of course, if I honed my telekinesis, it could become a powerful ability capable of fighting monsters, but that process wouldn’t be easy.

What if I had gained a different ability?

Just like the students who entered the academy and honed their abilities over a long period, I would have had to go through a similar process.

However, the ability of telekinesis was already proving to be very useful in my daily life.

Moreover, the fact that it was an invisible power to others was a bonus.

Since I discovered that my first ability was telekinesis, the other two abilities would likely be of a similar nature.

“Am I a fusion dealer then? Or a support type?”

Who uses telekinesis among the characters?

Since none came to mind immediately, it didn’t seem to be an ability used by high-tier characters.

While my mind was getting cluttered with various thoughts, the door to the general store opened.

I stopped using telekinesis since I wasn’t ready to reveal my awakening to others yet.

“Hello, mister!”

“Hello.”

What brings these kids here?

The ones who knocked on the door were none other than the kids I called Youngster 1 and Youngster 2.

“Mister, mister!”

“What?”

Youngster 1 called out to me with unusual excitement.

“The thing you gave us last time.”

“Huh? Gave you? What did I give you?”

“The thing you gave us when we said we were buying a gift for our sister!”

“Oh, that. Why?”

There was no way the item could have been faulty.

As I suspected, they weren’t here to complain about a defect.

“Our sister got really hurt.”

“Did she?”

It wasn’t particularly surprising that their enlisted sister had been seriously injured.

With the monster wave, the military was in chaos.

“If she’s hurt, you should be taking care of her. Why did you come here?”

Should I be teaching them that they should go to a hospital instead of a general store if someone is injured?

“Our sister… sniff! Hic….”

Youngster 1 started to cry, dropping tears like chicken droppings.

Youngster 2, trying to comfort 1, decided to speak up when it seemed hopeless.

“Our sister said she survived and only got hurt because of the gift we bought from your store. So, she was really grateful.”

“Sniff… hic… sob…!”

Youngster 1 nodded earnestly while crying.

“She wanted to thank you. And we came to buy the same gift again so our sister won’t get hurt in the future.”

I nodded at Youngster 2’s clear explanation.

Knowing that what I gave them saved Youngster 1’s sister made me feel quite proud.

‘The aftermath is starting to hit.’

With the chaos of stopping the monster wave, it was hard to keep track of who lived and who died.

Now that there was some downtime, news of the injured and deceased soldiers was finally reaching their families.

‘There will be more bad news to come. That means the value of my items will skyrocket.’

I had no intention of not selling if they were willing to pay.

Just as prices rise during a war, the value of my war-essential items would also skyrocket.

The items I could sell in the general store were limited, and since I’d need to roll the gacha many times to get Ariane’s unique equipment, I decided to clear out some stock.

“But are you keeping your promise?”

“Of course!”

Even while sniffling, they couldn’t ignore my suspicion about keeping their promise and answered promptly.

“Even when mom and dad asked, we didn’t tell them anything.”

“Blow your nose.”

I handed them a tissue and waited for the kid to calm down.

“So, your name is Haeshi?”

“Yes. I’m Haeshi, and this is Nairel.”

Youngster 1 was Haeshi, and Youngster 2 was Nairel.

I never expected to build such a deep connection with kids who were just customers, but fate works in mysterious ways.

“If others ask where you got it, don’t tell them. Then I’ll keep selling it to you.”

“Okay.”

“Um… can I buy one too?”

Nairel timidly raised her hand, expressing her desire for the item.

“You too? It’s useless unless you’re on the front lines.”

“My brother is in the reserves…. A senior told us that the reserves will soon be dragged to the battlefield too.”

“Alright, can you keep the promise too?”

The more people who knew, the more troublesome it would be for me.

But it was too harsh not to sell to kids worried about their family getting hurt.

‘What did I put in that box back then?’

I remembered giving them a generous amount….

I prepared two similar boxes and brought them to the counter.

Youngster 1—no, Haeshi—had stopped crying and was cooling her swollen eyes with ice.

“Where did you get the ice?”

“I made it.”

“You have ice abilities? That’s impressive.”

“I may not look like it, but I’m a genius.”

“Not Youngster —uh, Nairel, but you?”

“Nairel is a genius too! She can grow plants instantly.”

“What’s that? It sounds really good.”

Especially when entering contaminated areas to hunt monsters, having Nairel would significantly increase movement speed.

Compared to their abilities, my telekinesis…

‘Maybe it’s not that great.’

I felt embarrassed for having celebrated my ability as amazing.

I knew that comparing my ability to others would only lead to frustration, so it was best not to compare at all.

However, before I could even think about that, I realized that my telekinesis couldn’t hold a candle to the ice and plant abilities in front of me.

‘I’m insanely jealous.’

There’s a saying that the ones who have more want even more.

I used to think that I wouldn’t wish for anything else once I awakened, but here I was, comparing my abilities with others.

It seemed that Haeshi and Nairel were very close, always sticking together.

Nairel blushed with embarrassment, while Haeshi, now fully recovered from crying, proudly boasted about Nairel.

“Stop it…!”

“The mister is curious about how amazing we are! We have to tell him!”

“No, it’s not like that. Stop it….”

Nairel desperately tried to stop Haeshi’s boasting.

From what I heard, despite their young age, their grades were exceptionally high.

It didn’t seem like a lie when they said they were called geniuses.

I wondered why they weren’t SSR, and then something came to mind, so I told them to wait for a moment and went into the storage room.

The reason I suddenly went into the storage room was to take out an ‘orb.’

“If this works on them, it would be amazing.”

R-grade orbs would keep coming.

Even after growing an R-grade character to 5 stars, there would still be an abundance of orbs.

In fact, I had so many that I couldn’t find a use for them.

If this works on those kids…

‘The gacha pulls would be incredibly rewarding.’

Of course, there’s no reason the orb should work on them.

But trying it out is different from not trying at all, right?

If it works, it would be amazing.

Unable to hide my excitement, I brought the orb outside, and Haeshi and Nairel looked up at me intently.