The Greatest Estate Designer

site once a day.
To make sure if they all were working properly, whether the construction is being carried out according to the blueprint, or to check if they did miss anything or made mistakes.

 

Just by giving a general inspection, the work went smoothly on its own.
This allowed him to faithfully use his spare time throughout the day.
His time was used to poke at Javier.

 

“Did you sleep well tonight?”

 

“Yes, I slept soundly.”

 

“Reallyyy?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“You’re really a terrible liar.”

 

“Did you mean me?”

 

“Uh-huh.”

 

“No way.”

 

“No way what?”

 

“….”

 

“You know what? It’s so obvious when you lie.”

 

“What are you specifically referring to?”

 

“Do you want me to tell you? No, I don’t want to.”

 

“….”

 

“If you just tell me about your insomnia, I’m going to act as if I don’t know anything.”

 

“No.”

 

“No?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Javier momentarily avoided eye contact with me again while answering.
As expected, this guy had no talent at lying.
Lloyd smirked.

 

“I still don’t want to, though.
I’m not going to tell the insomniac guy.”

 

“….”

 

“What the hell is this? I can’t even sleep.” (tl/n: It was Lloyd who said this.
He tried to voice out what Javier might be thinking)

“Are you offended? Are you sad? Then you should accept my offer.”

 

“No, I don’t want to.”

 

“I’ll help you sleep better.”

 

“But I don’t want to.”

 

“Because you don’t trust me?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

….
It was like that every time I asked.
However, Lloyd never gave up.

 

Out of the blue, I asked Javier while having breakfast.

 

“Hey, Javier?”

 

“Yes, Lloyd-nim.”

 

“Did you sleep well last night?”

 

“….”

 

“Won’t you accept my offer now, please?”

 

“No, I don’t want to.”

 

As I walked down the hall, I asked again.

 

“You know, Javier.”

 

“Please speak, Lloyd-nim.”

 

“Are you okay with continuously waking up from sleep?”

 

“….”

 

“So, accept my offer.”

 

“I refuse.”

 

On the way out to inspect the site, I asked again.

 

“Oh, that’s right.
Javier?”

 

“Yes, Lloyd-nim.”

 

“How do you feel when you can’t sleep at all at night?”

 

“….”

 

“Now, don’t you think it’s time for you to accept the offer?”

 

“No, I don’t think so.”

 

Even during dinner, I asked him suddenly.

 

“Hmmm.
Javier?”

 

“….
Go ahead and speak.”

 

“Are you, in fact, actually enjoying not being able to sleep? Is it because of the rising endorphin? So you felt pleasure?”

 

“….”

 

“You’re a pervert, pervert.”

 

“…”

 

Even though I was lying down to sleep, I snapped my eyes open and inquired once more.

 

“Unggg, Javieeerr?”

 

“….”

 

“You won’t be able to sleep tonight, will you?”

 

“….”

 

“I’ll tuck you in for a good night’s sleep tonight instead.
Are you grateful? You’re happy, aren’t you?”

 

“….”

 

“You know, ahjussi4Lloyd was using ahjussi to call Javier, who is older than him and who he doesn’t know well, with a polite way of speaking.
Lloyd was being sarcastic whilst mocking him, though? Don’t swear at me with your eyes, just answer me please.”

 

“Phew.
I understand.”

 

“You don’t understand.”

 

“I accept Lloyd-nim’s offer.”

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Lloyd sprang up to his feet.

 

 

Meanwhile, Javier bit his lips. 

 

He had enough of it.

 

Lloyd had been teasing him all day long and it was killing him.
With all of his nerves on edge, it was impossible to doze off.

 

‘Of course, I don’t actually believe in Lloyd’s offer.’

 

Lloyd Frontera.
He’s not very trustworthy. 

 

However, what do I have to do if I want to stop his damn mockeries and questions? I think this was the only way.

 

“The premise is if Lloyd-nim really did cure my insomnia, then I’ll accept it.
So, curing my insomnia comes first.”

 

Obviously, there won’t be a solution.
I didn’t have the slightest expectation that Lloyd would have the ability.

 

It would be better to accept his offer and let him fail.
If he would give up after that, it would be convenient.

 

‘Because I don’t want to teach you swordsmanship.’

 

I couldn’t believe Lloyd.
Just a few days ago, he was a person who was constantly drunk and had accidents every day.

 

Although he has been different lately, I don’t know how long this would last.
It’s difficult to know when his bad habit will start showing its heads again.

 

‘But to teach such a person swordsmanship? What nonsense.’

 

Instead of that, it would be better to give a knife to a child.
Thinking so, Javier then said.

 

“Then Lloyd-nim, please prove it first, that you can cure my insomnia.”

 

“Yes, good.
Would you like to sit here first?”

 

“Alright.”

 

Javier sat on the reclined armchair as Lloyd instructed him to. 

 

I snorted internally.
It was because I saw Lloyd clearing his throat.

 

‘You’re not going to sing me a lullaby, are you?’

 

A lullaby.
That wasn’t even funny. 

 

At the same time, I was convinced.
Tonight, there will never be such a miracle where I get to sleep soundly.

 

However, the moment Lloyd began to open his mouth.
His conviction cracked.

 

“If the strain of the reinforced concrete is 0.003 or less when the tensile testing5Tensile testing: is a destructive test process that provides information about tensile strength, yield strength, and ductility of the metallic material.
It measures the force required to break a composite or plastic specimen and the extent to which the specimen stretches or elongates to that breaking point.
is conducted by applying the prescribed stress of the steel equivalent to yield strength fy to the reinforcement, the designated strength of the reinforcement can be kept without reducing the fy.”

 

‘….
Eh?’

 

It was full of words I never knew.

 

He was just saying some things plainly.
He was not even speaking in a mysterious foreign language.
Therefore, he was talking in the same language, this country’s language. 

 

Somehow, I couldn’t even understand a thing.
Besides, those words also continued endlessly!

 

“…..
However, the yield strength cannot be designed to be more than 5,500 kgf/cm^2.
This is because when the yield strength of the reinforcement is 5,500 kgf/cm^2, the yield strain is approximately equal to the steel limit strain, 0.003 of the compressed side of the concrete.
And….”

 

‘….’

 

Somehow, listening to it made me feel dazed.
I’m sure this is still the real world.

 

I couldn’t hold on to my consciousness.

 

“And the amount of steel bars….
somehow….
except for slabs that require steel… this and that… the rebar P ratio has a given rebar cross-sectional area… this and that… minimum rebar ratio is Pmin=14/fy… blah blah….”

 

‘….’

 

I felt drowsy.
My whole body was pounding.
My consciousness was slipping away.

 

The boundary between reality and the universe had become blurred.

 

Resistance was futile.
Even when I tried to pry open my eyes.
Even when I tried to wriggle my hands.
Neither of them listened.

 

‘If I fall asleep… No, I can’t….’

 

“….
the fy unit here is in kgf/cm^2….
to the last detail….
and the reason it has a minimum rebar ratio… lalalalala.… is to prevent a sudden bending failure….
bending as well as 0.10fck•A or…..
shalalalala….”

 

‘….’

 

Reading his major’s book boasts more destructive power than sleeping pills.
That was all it was. 

 

Javier’s eyes became relaxed. 

 

Eyelids slowly closed; My consciousness flew away.
Then, my whole body relaxed on the reclined armchair.

 

I fell asleep completely without even realizing it

 

 

A satisfied smile bloomed completely on Lloyd’s lips.

 

‘As expected.
It’s exactly the same as the scene from the novel.’

 

One day, Javier accidentally overcame his insomnia for the first time in the novel.
That day, he happened to hear a complicated magic spell being recited.

 

He fell asleep because of the slow-paced and endless recitation.
Just like what happened just now.

 

Now, Javier had a taste of the sweetness of being able to sleep comfortably.
He will never forget about it.

 

He will not be able to sleep without my lullaby service, which consists of reciting my engineering major’s subjects. 

 

Lloyd’s smile turned delighted, but also wicked.

 

‘Now, all of your swordsmanship is mine.’

 

Tl/n: I’m sorry I couldn’t give detailed footnotes on the engineering terms :’) It made my head hurt.
Maybe if I have some spare time in the future, I might add some.
Plus, I’m not sure if the translation on the engineering terms, especially, is accurate.

The double update will be on Sunday this week!

1NAVER Knowledge iN: is a popular South Korean question and answer website, similar to Quora or Yahoo Answers.
Meanwhile, Naver is like Korean Google.2Acrostic poem: is a style of poetry in which the first letter of the poem typically spells out a name, word, or even an entire phrase.3Tangsuyuk: is a Korean Chinese meat dish with a sweet and sour sauce.
IT could be made with pork or beef.4Lloyd was using ahjussi to call Javier, who is older than him and who he doesn’t know well, with a polite way of speaking.
Lloyd was being sarcastic whilst mocking him, though5Tensile testing: is a destructive test process that provides information about tensile strength, yield strength, and ductility of the metallic material.
It measures the force required to break a composite or plastic specimen and the extent to which the specimen stretches or elongates to that breaking point.

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