The Frozen Player Returns

wealthy, but I am wondering about just how much PP does the person with the highest PP have?”

“I don’t know…Probably around ten million at least? It might even be a hundred million?”

“Haa.” She let out a low sigh at the unimaginable number.
At the same time, someone knocked on the door.

“Seo Jun-Ho.
It’s me, Graham,” said the person on the other side of the door.

“Oh, come in.”

Graham stepped in and sulked.
“You have truly ordered the worst weapons.
But there’s a problem.”

“Huh? What problem?” Seo Jun-Ho asked.

“You know that bracelet? We can’t seem to put in the right magic no matter what we do.
You’ll probably need a mage from the Magic Tower.”

“I know.
I already asked an acquaintance to take care of it,” Seo Jun-Ho said.
Even though he had become very close with the dwarves over the past few days, he couldn’t introduce Skaya as a friend because she would appear to be closer to Kim Woo-Joong rather than himself.
If word of this spread, it would be a headache to deal with.

“So if you just make it, I can take care of the magic portion myself,” he finished.

’

“Hm… Alright, then.”

“How are the other weapons coming along?”

“Like I just said, you only asked for good-for-nothing weapons so it’ll take some more time.
Wait four more days,” Graham said.
It had already been two days since they began forging the weapons.
If it would take four more days, that means that it would take about a week to finish even if the entire White Anvil Tribe was working on it.

“You’ve been working hard…”

“I don’t want to hear that from the bastard who gave me this work,” Graham grumbled.
He left the house, scowling.

“Anyhow, just wait a few more days.”

“Yes, sir.”

After Graham left, the Frost Queen spoke, “Contractor.
Where do you plan to use all those mysterious weapons?”

“They all have their use…”

Ring. 

“Oh, a message.” Well, there weren’t many people who would send him a message.
Only Skaya, Gong Ju-Ha, and Kim Woo-Joong… “…It’s not any of them?”

Seo Jun-Ho blinked.
He had never seen such a message before.

 

[Hey, we need to talk – Reiji]

 

“Reiji?” Why did the name sound familiar? Where had he heard it before?

He tilted his head as the Frost Queen elegantly took a bite of her cake before she commented, “It is the name of the 2nd floor Administrator.”

“Huh?”

She was right.
The 2nd floor Administrator, Reiji—that was her name.

“Wait, the 2nd floor Administrator is asking me for a private meeting?”

Of course, this wasn’t the first time Seo Jun-Ho had done this sort of thing.
He had met face-to-face with the 1st floor Administrator, Gray, after all.

‘But that time…’

Wasn’t the reason why that meeting happened because he had broken the rules by trying to enter the Cave of Trials twice? No matter how he wracked his brain, he couldn’t think of anything he had done wrong this time.
“What? I’m a law-abiding citizen…”

[Ha, really? Law-abiding citizen? You’re funny.]

Seo Jun-Ho was suddenly teleported to a strange place, just like the time with Gray.

“So Administrators have such mysterious abilities,” the Frost Queen commented.

“…They’re amazing abilities,” Seo Jun-Ho corrected.
Even at his level, Seo Jun-Ho didn’t manage to notice any sign that he was about to be transported.
The path he had taken was completely blacked out.

“But…” He looked around.
The place he was in was very different from when he met the 1st floor Administrator.
Gray’s space had been completely empty and gray, void of any furniture.
“Beds? Sofas?”

However, this place was filled with countless beds and sofas and was dotted with plush cushions.

’

“Hey.” The voice came from the person laying on the couch in front of him.
She was a healthy-looking female with copper skin.

“Um… Reiji-nim?” Her eyes were captivating despite being slightly narrowed, but he couldn’t be fooled by appearances.
He had to be very careful around her.

After all, didn’t her name mean ‘rage’?[1]

She gestured with her fingers.
“C’mere.”

Seo Jun-Ho scrambled over to the couch, and she tilted her head.

“Hey, Player.”

“Yes?”

“Are you crazy?”

“…Huh?”

She glared at him for a second before pulling out one of the tens of thousands of papers that seemed to be stuffing the ground beneath her sofa.

– I’m gonna report you.
It seems that you’ve hacked the matching system.
Did you think an Administrator would slack on their work?

Reiji pulled out another paper.

– Do your work, Administrator.
Why hasn’t the System fired her yet?

She pulled out another.

– Noona, I’m gonna send you a hundred more complaints if you don’t patch the bug.
This bastard.

Swoosh! 

She threw up all the papers in the air.
Seo Jun-Ho looked up at her as he watched them flutter down.

“What are those?” he asked.

“I wonder.
Personally, I think they’re all complaints I’ve received because of you.” She let out a long sigh and sat up, scratching her head.
“You can probably tell from my name, but I’m pretty laid-back.”

‘…And not angry?’ 

Wait, did her name mean ‘lazy’ and not ‘rage’?[2]

“When I get complaints, I usually put up an automated response no matter how many I get,” she explained.

“What a horrible Administrator,” the Frost Queen whispered.

“But I can’t do that this time.
Why? The higher-ups woke me up and told me to make a detailed report.
Dammit!”

That was why she was so angry.
Because a mere Player had woken her up.
Not only that, but she had also been having a sweet dream about retiring as a civil servant.

“So even though it’s annoying, I have to check it out and write a report.
So sit tight.” As Reiji stared at him for a moment, a hologram window appeared in front of her.
“Let’s see.
Name is Seo Jun-Ho, country of origin is Korea, birthdate is… Huh? What is this?”

Her eyes grew wide and then softened.
She looked up at Seo Jun-Ho, then back at the window.
“Are you really 50 years old? Are you an age regressor? No, that shouldn’t be possible on Earth yet,” As she muttered to herself, she continued to read Seo Jun-Ho’s personal information.
“Things of note, defeated the Floormaster of the 1st floor 26 years ago… Huh? Wait.
So you’re Specter?” Her eyes grew wide.

What was with her reaction?

1.
’Reiji’ sounds like rage, but we went with a romanization because the Korean word can be read in different ways. ☜

2.
They are spelled the same.
L and R are pronounced very similarly in Korean. ☜