Leveling Up through Eating

Chapter 1218

Chapter 1218

Huang Yifei, the director of China’s Sky Psychiatric Hospital, rushed toward the wards when he heard the sound of sirens.

His eyes grew wide when he saw fifteen or so Korean men in black suits standing to the side with a tall, mature man who looked Russian. Then, Huang Yifei’s astonishment grew when he saw the man emerge from the dark, desolate room with the girl, whom they called Piggy, in his arms.

“Mi-Minhyuk?!”

Anyone who played Athenae knew who the man was. After the surprise faded, he finally saw the dozens of nurses lying around. Huang Yifei’s face grew red.

Huang Yifei was a relative of a Chinese Communist Party official, so he could hide anything unethical inside this psychiatric hospital. He had also intercepted many of the government subsidies sent to the hospital.

“What are you doing right now...?! Do you think you can get away with what you’re doing now?!”

The tall, mature Russian man, wearing dark sunglasses, stepped forward and blocked Huang Yifei from approaching. He was none other than Beyond the Heavens Empire’s Informant Abel. Surprisingly enough, Abel was a former member of the Russian Intelligence Service. Because of his former job, he was quite fluent in many languages. And he discovered the girl, who was now named Philos, at Minhyuk’s request.

“You have embezzled funds and used it to deal drugs. You even took in people without any mental illnesses and locked them up here just so you can sell them off to an island.”

Abel’s reach for intelligence was beyond imagination, even in reality, which was why he could obtain this information.

Regardless, Huang Yifei thought he had nothing to fear. “You think you can lock me up in jail?! One of the officials of the Communist Party is my relative! Do you think you’ll get away with assaulting nurses like this after coming to another country?! And drugs? Fufufu. You must be the one using drugs.”

Huang Yifei was frantic. He wanted to cover up how he dealt drugs by saying that Minhyuk was the one dealing with it.

Minhyuk took one step after another toward him and said, “Is your relative that amazing?”

Huang Yifei was stunned and unable to move when he met Minhyuk's cold, glaring eyes. Minhyuk was only twenty-one years old this year.

‘What’s with his eyes...’

Minhyuk’s eyes were devoid of emotions and were only filled with mind-numbing coldness. Huang Yifei flinched when Minhyuk finally stood in front of him.

However, Minhyuk did not hit him.

At that moment, Minhyuk’s phone rang. Minhyuk answered the call and talked briefly before hanging up and saying, “Ah, the phone call?”

Minhyuk placed his hand on Huang Yifei’s shoulder.

“It’s a call from someone with a much higher position than the Communist Party official that you’re talking about.”

“...?!” Huang Yifei’s eyes grew wide.

Minhyuk had a vast reach and influence. It was said that he had a much greater reach and influence than BTS, the boy group that shook the world in the past. However, no matter how much influence he had, he was still just a single player.

“...”

Huang Yifei could not open his mouth anymore. Why? Because he finally realized that the men around them were holding cameras. He was now in a situation where he was caught between a rock and a hard place. Not only was there evidence all around him, but there was also evidence above him. He could not deny it.

“Did you know? I just got a definite answer from that phone call.” Minhyuk leaned forward and whispered in his ears. “Do you like this country?”

Huang Yifei trembled.

“You see, I don’t like or hate this country. Nonetheless, there’s one thing I can think of that this country has that is better than mine. Do you know what that is?” Minhyuk’s voice grew lower as he continued to whisper in his ears. “It’s the death penalty.” РaɴŐbΕṤ

In this country, people could be sentenced to the death penalty if they were involved with severe and violent crimes like drug trafficking, human trafficking, and even embezzlement and misappropriation of government funds. Most of the criminals sentenced with the death penalty would be dealt with right away.

Huang Yifei, aware of this fact, could no longer control his bladder. He ended up wetting his pants as he fell to his knees.

Not long after, the officers of the Public Security Bureau came inside. They did not touch Minhyuk and focused only on restraining Huang Yifei and his nurses.

***

Present time.

Minhyuk received a call just after he logged out of Athenae.

[...he has been executed.]

Just like that, the bastard’s blood flowed and disappeared in the execution grounds. Perhaps it was the natural outcome. After all, considering the crimes that Huang Yifei had done, he deserved to die a hundred times over.

Minhyuk immediately went to meet Jinhwan.

“Our main reason for trying to find Miss Philos is to cross-check your case with her. We wanted to see if we could find something to help with the treatment. No?”@@@@

This was the truth. Philos, at the young age of three, has been reported to be a patient suffering from eating addiction. However, she promptly disappeared right after. Minhyuk had started to search for her a few months after he started Athenae. Alas, he was only able to find her now. She was now ten years old.

“Everything that she’s experiencing is similar to you, Minhyuk. She’s currently undergoing diet control and is exercising following your schedule. She was actually in a very dangerous condition before she came here, even worse than yours, before you started Athenae, Minhyuk.”

“She’s similar to me.”

“Yes. She’s quite similar but also different. Just like I told you, she’s following the same schedule that you’re doing.”

Jinhwan’s voice was colored with surprise when he said, “To be honest, I thought that a ten-year-old girl couldn't follow the same schedule as you, Minhyuk.”

Then, he pointed to the graphs and tables on the paper.

“We have switched her food to vegetables. Even though the young lady is still eating like crazy, she’s starting to show signs of losing weight. We’re sure that she will eventually reach a plateau, just like what happened with you, Minhyuk. By then, we must subject her to the same treatment as you.”

Minhyuk knew what Jinhwan meant. He was talking about bringing the girl to Athenae. Of course, he did not forget to explain the quest that he had received to the doctor.

“I see. I understand why your expression is not that good, Minhyuk. You must feel like you’re using her for your gain, no?”

“I won’t deny that.”

Minhyuk helped her and wanted to be her companion and fight her eating addiction beside her. This sentiment grew deeper when he heard that she had been sent to the psychiatric hospital because she had lost her parents early on in life. This just made him feel as if he had to save her.

“You don’t feel that way at all, do you? Besides, based on what you have said, the conditions set by the system are what would determine if she is qualified or not. No?”

The man, Brod, looked at her with shining eyes and said, “Goodness, my dear daughter. Hahahaha!”

Today, Philos became his daughter. And just like the others, he said, “How about you try and learn the mercenary’s swordsmanship from this uncle?”

‘Ah! For real? Why does everyone I meet always try to make me do something? This is annoying...’

“I’ll give you chicken.”

Philos decided to do her best right then and there. Thus, she learned another skill, swordsmanship, and left the novice village.

***

Minhyuk had gathered all the documents needed to become Philos’ guardian and submitted them to the court. He finally got their approval today. Now that Minhyuk was Philos’ guardian, he could use Athenae’s guardian mode to view her status window. What he saw in her status window left Minhyuk speechless.

Minhyuk stood before Conir, who kneeled with both hands raised to the sky. Ben and Brod stood to the side with sullen expressions.

“What did you guys do? Conir! I obviously told you to look after her. What did you do? You fed her elixir-infused castella, garlic bread, and even a legendary-grade soup!”

“Co-Conir... What should Conir do? Philos is just too cute. Conir thinks it’s only natural for an adult to want to feed the baby something delicious!”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Minhyuk had no choice but to accept their logic.

‘No. This is not it.’

“Fine. But why did you give her the Sword God’s Blessings?”

Conir wasn’t the only one.

“And Grandpa Ben! Why did you feed the child the legendary grade cocoa?”

“Ho- Hoho... The child is just too cute. How can I feed her ordinary cocoa...”

‘Ah. I guess that’s true too.’

That was not all.

“Alright. Regardless of that, why did you give her the Kiddie Legendary Rank Spear? It doesn’t even have a level restriction! Where on earth did you get that?”

“Ho- hohoho! I got it for our dear Philos! Hahaha!”

‘I have never seen someone with a severe case of granddaughter-con like this before.’

“My god! You even taught the child the Absolute Pinnacle Spear?! No. Wait a minute. What is this?!” Minhyuk looked through the status and shrieked, “NOOOOO! Brod! Why did you teach her the Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship?!”

“Haha. I can’t and will not allow my children to get hit or bullied outside. I’d rather clean up their mess and pay for their misdeeds than let them be bullied.”

“Fine. But that doesn’t mean you must teach a child the Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship...”

“Then, Your Majesty, are you saying that it would be better for Philos to get hit and bullied outside?”

The three Philos-con glared at Minhyuk.

“...Of course, I don’t want that to happen. I also want to raise her to become strong.”

Regardless, this was too much. Minhyuk once again looked at Philos’ status window.

(Philos)

Level: 1

Class: None

HP: 1,021 MP: 866

STR: 108 AGI: 121 STM: 9

WIS: 67 INT: 89

Fullness: 100%

Skills in Possession:

•Active Skill: Kiddie Absolute Pinnacle Spear

•Active Skill: Kiddie Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship

Special Effects in Possession:

•Sword God’s Blessings

Bonus Point: 108

“...”

Philos was still at Level 1, but her uncle was the Sword God, her grandfather was the Spear God, and her big daddy was once a Battle God candidate.

Minhyuk sighed. He asked them to look after her, but they gave her weapons even though she was only at Level 1. On top of that, they even looked proud of what they had done.

Suddenly, a chill ran down Minhyuk’s spine. He said, “Wait! Who’s stationed outside the village?”

Ben answered, “Hoho. Beanie and Guardian God Obren will be there. There’s also Elpis, Elizabeth, Mandala, and...”

“...”

Minhyuk, who could already tell what would happen next, was completely speechless.