The Support Ate it All-Chapter 533: Reward Again!

I kept my eyes covered and tossed compliments into the air.

“As expected, Lucky Charm. You never disappoint.”

“Luck vibes, full blast.”

Seo Ye-in answered the same way, eyes still covered.

The rainbow glow gradually faded, and we opened our eyes almost at the same time, turning to stare at where the random box had been.

There were two palm-sized spinners sitting there.

Right in the center, in a flashy font, it said: Again!

[Reward Again!] *2

▷Randomly obtain one of your previous quest rewards.

▷Skills/Traits you already possess are excluded from the table.

▷Each reward has an equal appearance rate.

All the different rewards I’d gotten so far, clearing countless side quests and main quests.

I could get one of them instantly, the moment I used the spinner.

Skills/Traits I already owned—like [Blessing of the West Wind], [Imbue], [Hardship], [Bond], and so on—were excluded, since you couldn’t obtain duplicates anyway.

I hesitated for a moment.

‘Do I use them now, or save them?’

Saving them for later was an option.

The stronger the player got, the higher the difficulty # Nоvеlight # and rewards of side quests tended to climb.

On top of that, you could enhance rewards through the Challenge Book, so anything added to the table later would almost certainly be better than what was already there.

‘The problem is... it’s still random.’

There were already a ton of rewards on the table. Adding one or two more wouldn’t move the odds much.

I’d need to stack at least ten before it became meaningful—and clearing that many side quests would take months.

‘And the opportunity cost is brutal.’

If I used them now, boosted my combat power, and expanded my range, I might catch an even better opportunity a few months from now.

Was I really going to throw that chance away for a tiny probability increase?

‘Yeah. Better to use them now.’

Whether it turned into stew or rice.

Once I decided, I reviewed the rewards I’d gotten so far.

‘Best case is a Bond slot.’

Every time it increased, everyone’s combat power went up.

And once it felt comfortable, I could invest slot-expansion items elsewhere.

Second-best was Fixed Pin.

Every single one was pure stats—so the more, the better.

Other decent rewards included [Blank Skillbook], [Sky-Blue Petroleum (A)], and [Magic Scroll - Time Leap (S)].

But the table had way more useless junk than anything good.

‘Low-rank selection tickets are the worst.’

Stuff like [Weapon Selection Ticket (E)], [Accessory Selection Ticket (C)], and [Material Selection Ticket (C)] I’d gotten early in the first semester.

Even if I could pick what I wanted, the grade was so low it was meaningless.

F- and E-grade [Rank-Up] or [Random Rank-Up] were basically blanks too, considering how strong this spinner was supposed to be.

And sadly, the ratio of “things I need” to “things that are now worthless” was overwhelmingly skewed toward worthless.

My luck wasn’t exactly amazing, either.

Still, nobody else could do it for me, so I decided to take the challenge with a humble heart.

With the spinners in front of me, I asked Seo Ye-in.

“Lucky Charm, do you think I can pull something good?”

“.......”

Seo Ye-in stared at me for a few seconds, then slowly reached out with both hands and wrapped them around mine.

“.......”

“Why are you grabbing my hand?”

“Lucky Charm energy.”

“Does that make it come out better?”

“......Maybe?”

She looked uncertain, like even she didn’t fully believe it.

Still, it had to be better than nothing, so I decided to keep holding on.

While I was at it, I turned to Hong Yeon-hwa.

“Hong Yeon-hwa.”

“......Yeah?”

“Give me your hand.”

If I was going to believe in superstition, I should do it properly.

At least today, everything we pulled had a plus sign slapped onto its rank—so I should take whatever “energy” I could get.

“.......”

Hong Yeon-hwa hesitated, but slowly held her hand out.

I grabbed it firmly. She flinched, startled, but didn’t pull away.

With our hands all linked like some kind of demon-summoning ritual, I said,

“Alright. Let’s spin it.”

[Using ‘Reward Again!’.]

The spinner split into multiple sections, and each section displayed a reward I’d obtained before.

Then it began rotating, gaining speed.

-WHIRRRR—!

“.......”

“.......”

Everyone watched in silence as it slowly began to lose speed.

-WHIRRRR......

And right in front of [Fixed Pin], it slowed down even more sharply—then stopped just before it could slip into the next section.

I looked back and forth between Seo Ye-in’s hand and Hong Yeon-hwa’s hand.

“I think this actually works.”

“Today’s a lucky day.”

“Right... what?”

“Let’s ride this momentum.”

[Using ‘Reward Again!’.]

The same set of sections appeared as before, and it began spinning again.

-WHIRRRR—!

Somehow, it even felt like it was spinning harder than last time.

I secretly wanted a slot, but I decided not to raise my expectations.

Getting even one Fixed Pin was already huge.

-WHIRRRR—

The spinner slowed again.

The text in each section came into focus.

Then, as it entered the [Accessory Selection Ticket (C)] section, it decelerated even more abruptly.

“Oh, come on.”

“Ah...!”

I let out a groan, and Hong Yeon-hwa’s grip tightened.

But the spinner kept moving at that painfully slow speed—and drifted right past [Accessory Selection Ticket (C)] like it was strolling.

While everyone exhaled in relief, Seo Ye-in tossed out a short comment.

“You’ve got taste.”

“You’ve got taste, sure—but where are you even learning stuff like that?”

“Godfather.”

For a second, I found myself wondering what the Underworld Dragon King did with its free time.

After that, the spinner went a full extra lap, and finally stopped on [Fixed Pin].

I thanked Seo Ye-in and Hong Yeon-hwa.

“Thanks to you two, I pulled two of them. Thanks, guys.”

Both of them looked happy, like it was their win too.

“Today’s a lucky day.”

“Congrats...!”

Still holding hands, we did a little victory dance.

*****

I decided to save the [Skillbook Fairy Summoning Scroll] for later.

It wasn’t like I urgently needed a new skill, and there weren’t many Skills/Traits I could afford to give up in exchange.

Better to use it when I was properly prepared.

After that, Hong Yeon-hwa headed off to do mana refinement with the poison inner cores, and Seo Ye-in went to the training center to practice Space Fold.

Normally she’d complain she was tired and go straight to sleep, but the new skill must’ve really clicked for her.

I sent them off without a fuss, because I had something I needed to do too.

More accurately, it had just appeared.

‘Because I got two Fixed Pins.’

To complete the combo Traits, I needed to Copy them, then Fix them so they became mine.

Fixed Pins didn’t show up often, so my plan had been to clear side quests steadily and secure them by finals—or around break.

But I’d unexpectedly pulled two through Reward Again!.

‘No reason to wait now.’

[Using ‘Fixed Pin’.]

[Fixing ‘Self-Generation (S)’.]

▷Copy-Trait[3/4]

[Trait]

▷Self-Generation (S)

[Crown of the Hyun King], which granted bonuses to every Skill and Trait related to mana.

[Self-Generation], which produced mana even when you had absolutely nothing.

Now there was only one piece left until the combo was complete.

‘[Ring of Circulation].’

A Trait that massively increased mana operation efficiency and stability.

It wasn’t extremely common, but anyone above a certain level would have it.

‘Probably the Principal too.’

They said you should strike while the iron was hot, so I contacted him immediately.

When I asked when he had time, he told me to come right now.

Did this guy even have days where he was busy?

With that question in mind, I headed over.

When I stepped into the principal’s office, the Principal was—of course—half-reclined in his chair.

He was slowly rotating with it, then glanced my way.

“Oh, you’re here.”

“Hello.”

“Something again— No. No, no. Want me to guess?”

He sat up in his chair, then spoke in my voice.

“‘I came because I have something to ask.’”

“You know me too well.”

“You little punk! Do you think I’m some kind of magic club? You show up whenever you want something and expect me to bonk it into existence?”

“I don’t think that comparison really works. You’ve never just granted anything unilaterally.”

Whenever we traded, both sides benefited.

And as for the statue model, the Principal was the one who needed us more than the other way around. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

It would’ve been fine even if I hadn’t helped.

Dang Gyu-young’s graduation issue was also a debt he already owed from the Witch of Depletion subjugation.

Maybe he didn’t have a clean rebuttal, because the Principal cleared his throat awkwardly.

“......Ahem. Fine. So what do you want?”

“I want to see a skill.”

More precisely, it wasn’t the skill itself, but the Trait that triggered while using it.

The Principal’s eyes lit up.

“A duel?”

If it was a duel, he could vent all the accumulated grievances under the excuse of “teaching a student.”

Of course, from my perspective, there was no reason to pick a fight I’d obviously lose.

“No. Just a demonstration.”

“Not just a demonstration. Feels like you’ve got some kind of scheme....”

He shot me a suspicious look.

If I tried to dodge the question, it would only look worse, so I decided to be at least partly honest.

“There’s a Trait that helps when you see higher-tier skills.”

“Knew it.”

“And it’s cool, too. Hero skills.”

“Hey, if you’re gonna butter me up, you do it before you ask. What’s the point now?”

“I’m serious. The effects are insane.”

“......Ahem. Honestly, even I think so.”

The Principal scratched his chin with a satisfied expression.

For a moment, I could almost hear the crow Great Sage’s voice in my head.

-CAW. A BEING WHO FAILED TO ACT THEIR AGE!

But even if he was basically an elementary school kid, the Principal wasn’t an easy opponent.

He straightened his posture and asked,

“It’s not hard to show you, but you’ll pay the price, right?”

“Of course.”

“That... what was it... the necromancer magic tome you’re getting. We call it even with that?”

“If possible, I’d rather pay with something else.”

No matter how important completing my Trait combo was, it felt awful to throw away a chance to expand slots.

And I hadn’t even properly discussed it with Dang Gyu-young—deciding on my own would be rude.

The Principal asked again.

“Then with what?”

“I’m guessing you’ve had a lot you’ve been curious about.”

“You’re paying with information?”

“How about it?”

It would let him satisfy his curiosity about me, and he could also make use of what I knew.

He asked to confirm.

“How many pieces of information?”

“Obviously one. If you want more questions, you’ll have to add more on top.”

It wasn’t like demonstrating a skill actually cost him anything.

And it was an S-rank former hero’s stroke of fortune—something most people couldn’t see even if they paid.

If we were measuring it that way, the information I was offering was guidance from a senior who’d raised a thousand S-ranks.

Maybe the Principal thought the balance was fair enough, because he didn’t push for more haggling.

With an unusually serious expression, he considered what to ask.

“.......”

A brief silence passed.

Then the Principal finally spoke.

“At the start of the semester, you made strategy guides and sold them. Even got them notarized through us.”

“I did.”

“At the time, you said you also had a strategy guide for an S-rank dungeon, right?”

His eyes burned with a sharp, hungry light.