I thought Park Deok-Gu was desperate more than anyone, but it wasn’t the case. Seeing him continuously train showed just how cornered he was, and despite that, I couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t accept the serum. However, I assumed he had his reasons. It could be a ridiculous reason like he was trying to repay me for my trust or that he wanted to stand next to me with his efforts alone, but helping him grow even just a little bit was more important than him training like this.

‘It’s because he’s an idiot.’

Since he couldn’t self-diagnose, he didn’t even know what his problems were, so of course, he was frustrated. In the first place, putting geniuses like Kim Ye-Ri, Kim Hyun-Sung, and Jo Hye-Jin on the same level as himself was his mistake, and Kim Ye-Ri was right. Park Deok-Gu had his own role to fulfill, and even if he accepted this serum, he wouldn’t be able to catch up to the geniuses in Kim Hyun-Sung’s party.

I was in the same situation as him. When I first realized that I wouldn’t be able to catch up to the geniuses, I changed my course. Even if my magic was influential and I could increase it with my tenacity, it would still be impossible for me to catch up to people like Jung Ha-Yan. Even if I trained for a thousand years, I knew very well that I wouldn’t reach Jung Ha-Yan’s level with my talent. Of course, Park Deok-Gu had a chance to catch up since he wasn’t lazy like me.

“So, this was the solution...