[Checking the status window and talent levels of the player Lee Jihye.]
[Name: Lee Jihye]
[Title: None. You should try a little harder.]
[Age: 29]
[Disposition: Selfish Ambitionist]
[Class: None]
[Stats]
[Strength: 05/Growth potential: common or lower]
[Agility: 09/Growth potential: common or lower]
[Vitality: 10/Growth potential: common or lower]
Intelligence: 20/Growth potential: rare or higher]
[Endurance: 08/Growth potential: common or lower]
[Luck: 15/Growth potential: common or lower]
[Mana: 00/Growth potential: common or lower]
[Overview: Congratulations, player Lee Kiyoung. You've finally met with misfortune. The perfect couple, forged from low stats and terrible potential, has been born. Make sure to use contraception. If the two of you really conceive a child together, I would feel sorry for the 2nd generation born from your union.]
"What couple."
This woman was a little smarter than I'd previously thought. No, to be more exact, it wasn't that she was exceptionally brilliant.
However, her ability to read the situation, decisiveness, and willingness to act were worth taking a look at.
I understood why Kim Hyunsung had entrusted the group to this woman.
She was quick-witted and knew how to respond appropriately.
The fact that she had thrown Jung Hayan, who she had been keeping in check over the past few days, over to me gave me a rough idea of what she wanted.
She likely wanted to hold onto the main body while cutting off any loose ends.
Of course, she may have other reasons, but I didn't need to know about those.
I swallowed and examined Lee Jihye's stats once more.
Her rate of growth wasn't bad. Compared to the last time I'd seen her, her vitality had risen by 1 point, her intelligence by 2, and her luck by a total of 3 points.
'How did she do it?'
The question was how she had increased her stats.
In the case of intelligence, it was possible to infer that this stat wasn't based simply on one's critical thinking ability or existing knowledge.
For instance, Jung Hayan, despite having high intelligence, was lacking in some aspects.
On the other hand, Lee Jihye was the opposite. She was shrewd even though her intelligence stat was lower than Jung Hayan's.
Perhaps one's magical aptitude or ability to understand the relevant knowledge was the basis of the intelligence stat.
Her luck increase was strange as well. When I had last checked, her luck stat was 12.
I didn't understand how her luck would have increased overnight.
I had a hunch that it was connected to my high level of luck, but that was just a guess.
I had to do a little more thinking about the way stats worked.
"You're up early."
"Because I have a lot to think about."
Lee Jihye stood next to me, making no effort to hide the fact that she was staring.
She had seemed fine yesterday, but her expression seemed a little clearer than before.
"Deal with Yoo Seokwoo and keep an eye on Jung Hayan. If anything out of the ordinary happens to her, inform me right away."
"Should you be saying that to the woman you've kissed...."
