How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 4

Episode 4

5. Extra After Work (5)

I have no family.

I don’t want to recall the details, but anyway, I’m alone.

Barely managing to graduate high school, I worked alone, just worked, and worked again.

And I will continue to work in the future.

What would happen if I returned to Earth?

‘No matter what, I’d have to go back to work.’

Nothing would change.

The problem is, what if I disappear and several days pass?

There’s no guarantee that time isn’t passing in the current situation.

I imagined it once. The worst-case scenario.

Yeah. I’d get fired.

No, I’d already be fired.

‘That damn boss wouldn’t let it slide…’

He’s the type who made my colleague quit after they were hospitalized, using all sorts of excuses.

My desk might already be cleared out.

If that happens, even if I return, I’ll be in a position where I have to worry about making a living right away.

I don’t even have savings to pay next month’s rent.

Wow~ So I’d be homeless?

That’s the end of my life!

It would be worse than not returning at all.

‘……Yeah. Let’s think more carefully about going home.’

Postponed for now!

No way to do it, but postponed!

If I find a way, I’ll consider it properly then.

Let’s think more positively!

“Living here might not be so bad.”

Certainly, this place is inconvenient.

There’s no entertainment, not enough to eat, and the bed is like a stable.

But that’s only because my current life is that of a mere farmer.

In other words, it’s because I’m poor right now.

“If you think about the original story, the ones who lived luxuriously here were quite well-off, right?”

The law of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer is no exception, even in novels.

Even just becoming a merchant who can do some calculations and run a business makes a big difference in living standards.

This is that kind of world.

Huh? Why do I suddenly see hope there?

“……Does that mean I can live comfortably here too?”

A stable retirement, which I couldn’t even see in reality, suddenly becomes visible in the world of the novel.

It’s not a joke or a vain delusion.

A dream is born.

“Wow…… I’m suddenly starting to like this place…… I’m not kidding…… I suddenly don’t want to go home?”

Surprisingly, my attachment to the original world disappears.

It’s because reality is too harsh.

That’s right, reality should have been nicer to me!

People are inherently allowed to pursue their dreams, right? That’s a wonderful life, isn’t it?

And what is my dream here…….

I’ve admired it once.

“A life of ease…….”

A life where I can live comfortably, enjoying the scenery and relaxing in a villa with good mountains and water.

I want to live like that once.

That’s my dream.

And that is impossible in the original reality.

‘But is it possible here?’

I’m just an extra.

I’m not as crazy strong as the protagonist, nor as wise as him.

But I know knowledge comparable to him in a different sense.

‘I read the original work!’

The original work I read while slacking off at work!

The original work I finished reading while watching the boss!

I can recall all of it in detail.

Even now, minor events that I can clearly benefit from come to mind with just a little concentration.

I can definitely live a life of ease!

“Alright! Let’s live easy!”

There’s no hesitation.

I clenched my fist and shouted.

“I’m definitely going to live easy!”

From now on! Aileen’s life is going to be easy.

I decided it right here and now.

Let’s make a honey-like life!

It was the moment when a future hope that wasn’t even drawn in reality was suddenly established in the world of the novel.

Is this why fiction is good?

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Now that I’ve decided, let’s make a plan.

‘First, I need to improve and maintain my current environment…….’

I want to live easy, but I don’t want to be unemployed.

I lay down and looked at the ceiling.

I can see the blue sky through the hole in the roof that I haven’t fixed yet.

‘……Rolling around in a place like this isn’t enjoyable at all.’

I want to roll around more elegantly.

I want to sprawl out elegantly and crawl around the room without having to get up.

But I don’t feel like lying down on the old, dusty floor, and the straw in the bed is currently poking my butt.

Above all, if I stay still like this, I’ll starve to death.

I hate this!

‘I need to improve my current environment first…….’

I glanced at the text above my head.

I am now trying to recall the contents of the original work that I remember.

It’s truly strange that if I want to recall the contents of the original work I read, I can remember it as much as I want.

‘This…… I don’t think it’s a matter of my memory?’

The content is vivid as if I’ve been brainwashed.

Is there a reason? Did someone touch my head sometime?

Well, it’s suspicious, but let’s just go with it.

‘After all, I have no idea about this character Aileen.’

Aileen is an extra.

In other words, you can think of it as a character who didn’t appear in the original work or whose name wasn’t even introduced.

So I don’t know either.

‘Rather than that, my environment is the problem.’

Aileen is just an ordinary farmer.

At least there’s no worry of starving to death, but it’s not a comfortable environment either.

I need to do something about this first.

Let’s prioritize what needs to be done.

Clear from step 1 to reach the final goal of ‘luxurious life’.

What do I need right now?

“First, I need to make money…… but before that…….”

Surprisingly, making money is second priority.

There is a more important first priority.

“I have to get stronger.”

I am weak now.

One of the first things I desperately realized as soon as I came here.

I don’t have great power.

Well, originally Aileen seemed to farm and live in the mountains, so he has basic physical strength, but he doesn’t know how to fight.

I didn’t exactly fight well or even fight on Earth either.

Compared to that, the knights who easily defeated monsters in the subjugation war.

And the lord who even used Aura [a type of life energy].

If you compare them to me, the difference in power is enormous.

The problem is that even they are among the ridiculously weak in the original work.

‘Even if I use my knowledge of the original work to make money in this state, I’ll immediately get backstabbed and robbed.’

If someone holds a knife to my face right now, I have no choice but to surrender.

In this world, power is important.

Let’s get power first.

‘There must be a way.’

Swinging a piece of wood now won’t make me stronger.

‘There are several training methods described in the original work…….’

There are many training methods that the protagonist directly practices or makes the people around him do.

Starting with Aura cultivation, the secrets of martial arts.

Even the mysteries of ancient magic, most of the theories were described in the original work.

The problem is.

‘Can I even do that?’

For example, Aura.

Even if I concentrate and try to draw out the energy within me, I don’t even sympathize with what it is.

I tried shouting with spirit while recalling the original description as a test, but only embarrassment and futility arose.

Magic has theories and stuff, but I can’t understand it now.

In the first place, the feeling of using mana is unfamiliar.

What is mana? How do you manifest it?

‘Aura and magic are impossible…… at least at this point.’

You can’t just draw out sword energy right away just because you read a novel.

Moreover, the description in the novel is not that detailed.

Then what can I do?

At least it must be a technique that does not require complicated theories and does not require reproducing incomprehensible sensations.

Something like a skill that activates automatically.

‘……Wait? What about spiritism? Doesn’t that apply?’

Spiritism is also a technique described from the beginning.

Because the first companion the protagonist Sylvester met is a spiritist.

Spiritist, Rucel Elbeid.

When he first appeared, he was just a common third-rate spiritist, but the protagonist, who noticed Rucel’s talent, directly taught him the theory of spiritism.

As of the final volume, Rucel has become one of the top ten strongest characters in the original work.

In other words, the growth of spiritism is described from the early volumes to the end.

It’s like having a textbook from beginner to advanced and even applied!

That’s good!

‘Spiritism isn’t something I do directly.’

I don’t have to run around myself or memorize complicated theories.

I give commands and the spirit actively processes them.

It’s exactly the ability I need right now.

‘The problem is that spiritism requires that much talent.’

It’s a little uneasy, but it’s worth trying.

Let’s do it! Spirit Summoning!

* * *

All you need for spirit summoning is one thing.

A summoning ritual performed directly by someone with affinity.

The existence of spirits usually resides in the spirit realm, but when a summoning ritual creates a coordinate, a suitable entity that matches the ritual is summoned.

‘A more powerful spirit may be summoned depending on the completeness of the ritual and the power of the spiritist…… but let’s not expect that far.’

I’m just imitating it now, and it’s unclear how much affinity I have myself.

‘The goal is the lowest-level spirit…… or lower-level.’

I am assuming that is the range that can be realistically summoned.

“First, to prepare for the summoning ritual…….”

I recalled the original work and thought of the things that could be prepared most easily.

“Place clean water freshly drawn from the mountain in the morning in the center…… and draw a summoning circle around it with my blood.”

The most important thing is the shape of the summoning circle and my affinity.

There are various forms of summoning circles, but the most reliable is still the summoning circle taught by the protagonist.

I lightly cut my index finger and started drawing a summoning circle on the floor with the flowing blood.

I know the shape of the summoning circle.

‘I’m glad there’s an illustration in the original work.’

Among the illustrations that the author released as fan service, there was also a spirit summoning circle.

I remember it so vividly that there is no problem drawing it itself.

‘The problem is whether it’s normal to remember even this kind of thing…… but that’s okay. Thanks to it, I can use it well.’

The summoning circle was quickly completed.

Now, if this works properly, a spirit will soon be summoned.

If it doesn’t work even like this.

It means I have no spirit affinity at all.

‘Please…… please work. Even one is fine, please come…… spirit.’

If you come, I’ll cherish you and treat you with the utmost respect!

I nervously stared at the summoning circle quietly.

After a while.

The water placed in the center of the summoning circle seemed to sparkle for a moment, and then the summoning circle drawn around it glowed blue.

“It worked!”

Fortunately, my body seems to have at least minimal affinity.

The blue light gathered and something gradually sparkled in the air.

It’s water.

The light is becoming a water droplet.

The water droplet gradually gathered to the size of my palm and took on a shape.

It became a blue spirit in the form of a small fairy.

‘Judging from the phenomenon that occurred during the summoning a while ago, is it a water spirit?’

Considering the phenomenon that occurred during the summoning a while ago, the probability of it being a water spirit is high.

The water spirit looked around and made eye contact with me.

-You called?

“Yes. I called you, you little one. Um…… what’s your name?”

-Undine!

The water spirit Undine readily gave me her name.

It seems that in the spirit realm, there is no education not to give your name to strangers.

‘This little one is still small…… and doesn’t seem to have much power. Intelligence is not yet developed either. Is it the lowest level?’

But there’s nothing to be disappointed about.

I am satisfied enough with this result.

Let’s make a contract as it is.

There is no guarantee that re-summoning will succeed.

“Undine, I’m the one who called you. Let’s make a contract.”

-……Huh?

“A contract, I mean a contract. You don’t mean to say you don’t know, do you?”

I know how important a contract is to a spirit.

Even a young spirit who doesn’t know the ways of the world should know it instinctively.

But for some reason, Undine is just staring up at me.

‘Don’t tell me I’m being rejected…… no, right?’

I’ve never seen a description of being rejected in the original work.

In the first place, if you don’t have the qualifications, you won’t be summoned.

The summoning itself is proof that you have accepted the contract.

But why is Undine just staring at me and tilting her head?

Don’t tell me you’re sizing me up.

Even spirits reject extras?