Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Otherworld Cheat Harem.

Episode 6: Enlightenment (3).

Gahee frowned and looked down at me and Deokgu. We hung our heads like criminals, staring at the ground.

“So, you spent six silver coins at a brothel?”

“…Sorry.”

“No! Do you think a simple sorry can fix this?! Ha, forget it. I won’t even bother.”

We got caught going to a brothel.

There was no way we could avoid getting caught. Deokgu and I, who managed the money, disappeared all night, and when we returned, several silver coins were missing.

They looked at us as if we were trash. Faced with their contemptuous stares, we couldn’t lift our heads.

Considering we earned an average of just over a dozen silver coins a month, we had blown half the earnings in a single night.

“…No allowance for you two until next month. Any objections?”

“None.”

“Yeah…”

“And from now on, we’ll handle the money. We can’t trust you men.”

“That…”

“Why? You went too. Are you asking for leniency just because you spent less?”

“No, I’ve got nothing to say.”

Deokgu, who had only spent one silver coin, looked at her indignantly, but having gone to a brothel all the same, he was no less guilty than I was.

Especially since Deokgu had been managing the money all along because of his track record.

For him to splurge like this in one night was practically a betrayal of the trust he had built up.

“Enough, both of you. Go to your rooms. Sigh… How are we supposed to make up for this money now…?”

Hearing that, we quickly got up and headed to our room. Cold stares stabbed into our backs.

“Pervert bastards.”

Hearing Seoyoon’s parting words, we sighed deeply as we entered the room.

“…Five times?”

“Well, something like that.”

“Wow… You’re seriously insane.”

Deokgu nodded as if he understood. Ignoring his gaze, I threw myself onto the bed.

Then, I checked my ability once again.

[Master of Women’s Hearts]

─View Details

+Bestowed Skills

Along with the skills I had gained from my first experience, I had also acquired a new skill: Unmatched Stamina.

‘Not bad, but…’

My cheat ability, Master of Women’s Hearts, grows stronger the more I have sex. To be specific, my body evolves to match women’s preferences.

If my partner is not satisfied with the length of my asset, it becomes longer.

If they find my technique lacking, I gain incredible skills.

If they think my stamina is insufficient, I become tireless.

Of course, it doesn’t happen automatically. My partner has to sincerely wish for it, and I have to align with that desire.

Otherwise, as some prostitutes jokingly wished, I might end up with a finger-sized thing and premature ejaculation before even starting.

‘That doesn’t mean I’m omnipotent.’

If it were the case, I could have just seduced a priestess dreaming of divine intercourse, become an all-powerful god, and returned to my original world.

The fact that I hadn’t done so proved that this ability had clear limitations.

‘It means I can’t just take the easy way out.’

But even so, this ability was more than useful enough.

Cold stares pierced me. Whenever I tried to inch closer, the two subtly distanced themselves from me.

We couldn’t move too far apart inside the dungeon, but even that small distance was enough to sting.

‘What’s so wrong about visiting a brothel…? It’s not like they’d offer themselves.’

I sometimes thought that way, but I wasn’t dumb enough to actually say it out loud.

In the end, I just trudged along the dungeon corridor like a condemned man.

“Grrr.”

Before long, the familiar sound of monsters echoed… goblins. Upon hearing them, Seoyoon immediately unleashed her power, sweeping the area.

“Keaaak!”

“Kuaaak!”

It was as if she was venting all her stress on the monsters… shards of ice scattered in every direction.

Normally, Seoyoon would use just enough power to efficiently subdue the monsters. But today, she was practically staging a violent demonstration.

‘Wow, she must be really pissed off…’

Well, leaving aside the fact that I visited a brothel, it was wrong to recklessly spend six silver coins… a considerable sum.

It was about 20% of our spare funds, excluding the money necessary for food and shelter.

It was only natural that Seoyoon was working hard to make up for the lost money.

“Hey.”

“Yes.”

“Water.”

“Here it is.”

I presented Seoyoon with an opened canteen and immediately went around to collect the mana stones dropped by the goblins.

As soon as I picked up about a dozen mana stones, Seoyoon moved on to find the next goblin.

And so we met goblins.

Wiped them out.

Collected mana stones.

Met more goblins.

Wiped them out.

Collected more…

In just half a day, Seoyoon gathered enough mana stones to cover the six silver coins I had spent. She frowned and said,

“Don’t spend it recklessly next time.”

“Huh?”

“…The money. When one person acts selfishly, someone else has to make up for it. You know that, right?”

“…Ah, that.”

I immediately bowed at a 90-degree angle and apologized. Even if it was to test my ability, I had spent too much.

“Sorry, I’ll be careful next time.”

“…As long as you know.”

Seoyoon hid her flushed face and moved forward. I quickly ran ahead to guide the way.

“Now that we’ve met our quota… shall we head to the second floor?”

We headed to the second floor of the dungeon.

I once had this question.

Why would anyone hunt on the second floor when it was easier to make money on the first floor?

That question was quickly answered.

‘It’s for leveling up…’

This world, seemingly modeled after a light novel, allowed physical growth and enhanced abilities just by defeating monsters.

Of course, you couldn’t grow by hunting goblins forever, and some people couldn’t level up at all due to individual differences.

But for those who could level up—those who grow and move upward—they said there was money far beyond what goblins could offer.

‘Who even spread this rumor?’

Deokgu’s ability helped uncover this information, but we couldn’t figure out who had originally spread it.

In other words, someone was subtly encouraging people to conquer the dungeon.

‘I don’t know why, though.’

Based on his knowledge and deductive reasoning, Deokgu speculated that a way back to our original world might lie at the end of this dungeon.

The reason we were granted cheat-like powers in this world was likely tied to what awaited us at the dungeon’s end.

For now, our task was to climb the dungeon.

When we reached the second floor, we immediately scanned our surroundings, recalling the King Turtle that had ambushed us before. Thankfully, nothing like that happened this time.

Seoyoon, too lazy to move further, leaned against the wall near the entrance and stretched out her hand.

She closed her eyes. Though invisible, countless strands of ice spread out from her fingertips.

Like a spider web, the icy strands engulfed the dungeon and hunted for monsters.

“Found them.”

Seoyoon clenched her fist. Even in the sound-absorbing dungeon, I thought I heard the sound of monster skulls being crushed.

“Go ahead, pick them up. I’ll… stay here.”

“It’s not… dangerous… Nothing will happen to you.”

I stopped mid-sentence and shook my head. There was no way anything on the second floor could threaten her.

I gathered mana stones with Eunha, following the locations Seoyoon had pointed out earlier. It didn’t take long to retrieve them.

About five minutes later, having collected all the mana stones, we headed back to the dungeon entrance.

And there, we found Seoyoon collapsed.

“Seoyoon?!”

I reacted instinctively, running forward to support her as she lay on the floor. Seoyoon let out faint, shallow breaths.

“Haa… haa….”

“Hey! Are you okay?!”

“Nngh…”

“Hey! Hey!”

I scanned her body. There was no blood. She hadn’t been attacked while we were gone.

‘Then what the hell happened?’

There was no time to think about the reason. I immediately carried Seoyoon on my back and spoke to Eunha.

“Eunha! Grab that and run over here!”

“…Okay.”

Eunha calmly picked up the bag and followed me. Moving cautiously to avoid encountering goblins, we exited the dungeon.

“Ugh…!”

“Hang in there a little longer.”

And we went straight to find the Class President. They were working at the tavern, and was startled to see us suddenly arrive.

“Oh, Dojin? Why are you back already…?”

“Seoyoon collapsed.”

“Collapsed? Why? No, wait. Let me see.”

I carried Seoyoon to the room. Then, I gently laid her on the bed.

At the same time, my palm touched her lower abdomen.

─Condition fulfilled.

‘…What?’

[Seoyoon]

Arousal Level: 100 (Aroused)

Erogenous Zone: Clitoris

Inner Thoughts: (Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it)

‘What is this…?’

While I was frozen in shock, the Class President stepped past me and approached Seoyoon. They placed their hand on her head and activated their ability, gradually stabilizing her breathing.

I checked her condition.

[Seoyoon]

Arousal Level: 70 (Excited)

Erogenous Zone: Clitoris

Inner Thoughts: (……)

Her arousal, which had been at a heat level, had dropped significantly. It seemed she had fallen asleep, as her mind was now blank.

“Look at all this sweat… She needs a wash. Dojin? Can you step out for a moment?”

“…Ah, sure. Do you need any help?”

“No, it’s fine. Just wait outside.”

Following the Class President’s instructions, I left the room and headed straight to my own. I sank into thought.

‘I didn’t see that wrong, did I?’

No, I didn’t misread it. Seoyoon was… in heat. But why? Did the King Turtle have some kind of effect that triggered arousal?

‘No. It’s not because of that…’

I thought back to when we first arrived in this world… when Hanyoung wiped out dozens of goblins in an instant.

Because of his overwhelming power, I assumed all of us with cheat abilities would experience similar outcomes.

And I was right.

‘It’s a risk.’

After using his immense strength, Hanyoung’s arm had been completely shattered… beyond repair, even with modern medicine.

Yet Seoyoon hadn’t shown any side effects. She defied thermodynamics and even the principle of equivalent exchange.

High risk─high return.

Powerful abilities demanded equally powerful costs.

‘Seoyoon’s ability controls ice… Ice. Right. Heat.’

I remembered a documentary I saw back on Earth about a queen cursed to freeze everything she touched.

When the queen froze the sea to cross it, thermodynamics suggested her body would have absorbed the heat equivalent to seven nuclear bombs.

If Seoyoon created ice pillars and lowered the dungeon’s temperature, how much heat had built up inside her body?

‘No wonder she’s in heat.’

Luckily—or maybe unluckily—I had the means to minimize her risk.

However, whether Seoyoon would agree was another matter entirely.