Chapter 64 – Painkillers

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I’d love to just play LEORE, but as expected, I didn’t get permission.

Entering the virtual world through the Endoflife terminal would reduce the pain, but not eliminate it.

I heard that many people get sick because they don’t think about their physical condition when using the Endoflife terminal, so they said they would let me enter the virtual world after my period is completely over.

“Arang, don’t be surprised if I put a hot pack on your stomach.”

“Okay, I understand.”

With Belly Cover hugging me, she carefully placed a hot pack wrapped in a thin towel on my stomach.

The warmth of the hot pack spread, making me feel somewhat stable.

“Hoo…”

“Arang, I was worried about you, but I’m glad. You can even talk well now!”

“Yeah. But aren’t you busy, Unnie?”

As far as I remember, Belly Cover works as a track and field coach. Wouldn’t it be difficult for her to be here right now?

“There aren’t many competitions right now, and I haven’t had any work recently, so it’s okay!”

“I see.”

“Does your stomach hurt a lot?”

“Yeah. It hurts so much. Honestly, I want to take a painkiller right now.”

It feels like someone is constantly punching my stomach with their fist.

I knew periods were painful.

I saw girls having a hard time when I was in school. But I didn’t know it would hurt this much.

I feel depressed. I have to feel this pain for about a week every month?

This is the worst. And it’s even more depressing to think that I can’t play LEORE during that time.

I’m glad that I can now speak somewhat like a normal person in reality, so the frustration in reality has disappeared.

Well, the doll-like expression and empty eyes are still the same, though.

“The doctor Unnie said that would be difficult… I’m sorry, Arang. I’ll give you a massage.”

Belly Cover slowly stroked my stomach with her hand. I thought it would be filled with desire, but it was a gesture that seemed genuinely concerned.

“Belly Coverne.”

“Ah, Arang…!”

Belly Cover was startled by my words and took her hand away.

“I was just kidding. And I don’t dislike Unnie touching my stomach. Keep doing it. The massage seems to be weakening the pain.”

“Phew… you startled me! O, of course, I like Arang’s soft, smooth belly! But I don’t have any desires in this kind of situation!”

Isn’t that too much of a desire-filled word choice to say that?

Belly Cover put her hand back on my stomach.

Well, even though I said that, the pain really does subside a little when Belly Cover touches my stomach.

It’s lonely if there’s no one around when I’m in pain. When I was obsessed with games, there were times when I was in so much pain that I couldn’t even play games, and that’s the only time I regret living alone.

Belly Cover Unnie started massaging my stomach again, and the moment her hand lightly pressed on my stomach.

“Heuht…”

“Arang…!”

“It’s okay. I just felt a slight flow, so it was unpleasant…”

“Should I change you right away?”

“Yeah.”

This is what I hate the most.

I had forgotten that I was a woman because I had been living in LEORE for so long, where I didn’t need to adapt to a woman’s body.

With modern technology, I don’t have to go to the bathroom, I can choose not to eat if I want to, and I can live in the virtual world 24 hours a day.

So, I felt like I was playing an RPG game by choosing a female character.

I had never felt like a woman while living as Arang. It just felt like playing a character.

Today, for the first time, I realize that I’m a real woman in real time with the pain of menstruation.

The feeling of the medical device entering me during the examination in the delivery room earlier. The feeling of something flowing out of a woman’s genitals, which I had never paid attention to, was so unpleasant.

Arang’s emotions are already engulfing my body with pain, and it feels like someone is punching me in the stomach, and for some reason, I’m getting annoyed, and sticky menstrual blood is coming out of my lower body all the time…

I think I’m going crazy.

That’s why you shouldn’t mess with a woman during her period. I think I’ll overturn everything right away if someone touches my nerves even a little bit.

It’s impossible because I don’t have arms and legs, though.

==

“Arang, ah~”

“Haeum.”

Chocolate entering my mouth.

As soon as the soft chocolate entered my mouth, it melted smoothly and the sweetness spread.

I don’t usually prefer chocolate, but I feel like it tastes so good because it’s my period.

I wondered why women like sweets, but I can’t help but like this.

Unpleasant, annoying, angry, and other negative emotions melt away slightly with just chocolate.

I feel like I’m getting back to normal…

I thought I would be bored because I couldn’t play LEORE, but Belly Cover is playing with me better than I thought.

I’m still playing chess with her in her arms.

While savoring the chocolate and playing chess, I was thinking that my head is calm when Arang’s emotions are rising a lot.

Maybe it’s because it was already a dead emotion, but it’s calm, composed, and cold. The information in front of me comes in and is understood so easily.

Each and every chess move that Belly Cover makes, I can automatically think of what thoughts and meanings they have in my head.

That’s why I can’t lose.

“I lost again… What was I doing all this time…”

“Unnie can’t play chess.”

“Ugh…! Arang is being unreasonable…! Ah, by the way, how about the Assassin? Is it worth trying?”

“Yeah. It seems fun. I’ll probably play as an Assassin in the next Raid.”

“So, we’re going to have four Pure Dealers? Ugh…”

“…We have to adjust that. If there are four Pure Dealers out of six people, that Raid Group is hopeless.”

At least I don’t plan on changing it!

“Arang~”

While I was playing with Belly Cover, Anna Unnie came back after finishing work.

“Unnie, you’re here?”

“Thank you, Miae. For being with Arang today.”

“No problem! I have to be by Arang’s side when she’s having a hard time!”

Belly Cover handed me over to Anna Unnie.

As soon as I was in Anna Unnie’s arms, I immediately buried my face in Anna Unnie’s chest.

“Unnie, did you finish work well?”

“I finished well. Did Arang have a good day too?”

“Yeah. Belly Cover Unnie played with me well.”

“Ah, Arang!”

“Belly Cover Unnie…? Belly Cover…? Miae, you don’t mean…”

“N, no! It’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding.”

==

I can’t sleep.

This damn period pain doesn’t seem to end.

I can’t use the Endoflife terminal, so I can’t even fall asleep.

“Arang, can’t you sleep?”

Anna Unnie, who is hugging me, carefully said after seeing that I couldn’t sleep.

“Yeah. It’s hard to sleep.”

“That’s a problem… Should Unnie stroke your stomach?”

“Yeah…”

I won’t be able to sleep while being stroked by Anna Unnie. I started to think about what to do in LEORE now.

First of all, my first goal is to perfectly master the [Assassin].

The problem is after that. There’s nothing to do.

The chronic problem of RPGs. It’s content.

The most important thing in an RPG is the final content, Raid. Once that Raid is updated and you finish it, there’s nothing to do.

We usually call final content like Raid vertical content, and collecting elements or life skills are called horizontal content, but I’m not interested in horizontal content at all.

Even if I get all the [Assassin] equipment from this Raid, there will be nothing to do.

Especially this time, the last Raid of the season is waiting for the next season, so I think the no-update time will be much longer.

Next season will have a lot of additions, such as a new continent, a new main quest, a new Boss, a new Raid, new equipment, new skills, etc., so that period will inevitably be long.

No matter how fun an RPG is, this is a period when interest inevitably wanes.

So, what should I do?

Of course, play other games.

Honestly, LEORE was the first game I played after I opened my eyes, so I played it like crazy, but now I’m slowly curious about other games.

LEORE had such a big impact that I couldn’t even think about other games.

Virtual world.

The virtual world that was realized through the Endoflife terminal that my parents made.

Of course, not only LEORE but also many virtual world games have come out. Since it will take a lot of time until the next season anyway, I’m thinking of trying other games when there’s nothing to do.

Since it’s a virtual world, the immersion will naturally follow, and I think it will be at least average.

I’ll have to look for what’s popular when I enter the virtual world after my period is over.

==

Since I can’t enter the virtual world for a while because of my period, my daily life is naturally spent in reality.

Belly Cover and Anna Unnie were by my side on the first day, and Hyesun Unnie was by my side today, the second day.

I was thinking that the pain would weaken a little when I woke up, but this damn period started from the second day.

Yesterday, it just felt like someone was punching me, but today it felt like someone was squeezing me.

I could bear it until yesterday, but I’m getting so annoyed because it hurts again today. My illness is already gone, so I really want to take a painkiller.

I called Hyesun Unnie, who was next to the bed.

“Unnie…”

“Yeah, Arang.”

I took a deep breath and tried to think of the most pitiful expression in my head.

Arang woke up one by one the emotions that she had given up on life and blamed God in pain.

I, who felt Arang’s emotions once more because of my period, was able to freely control those emotions and recalled the emotions of Arang’s terrible days.

I thought that if I had Arang’s emotions, my facial expression wouldn’t move like a doll, so if I recalled those emotions, I would at least have a sad expression… But unlike my expectations, tears flowed out.

“I… It hurts so much…”

“A, Arang…!”

Just as I was about to ask for a painkiller, Hyesun Unnie hurriedly got up and pressed the emergency call button next to the bed.

A tense siren rang out, and Hyesun Unnie lifted me up.

“Arang, just hold on a little longer!!!”

‘Huh? Th… This isn’t it…?’