Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Otherworld Cheat Harem.

Episode 54: The Most Beautiful One In This Universe (5).

Just as sunlight traveling 150 million kilometers warmed the Earth, in this other world, sunlight traveling from hundreds of millions of kilometers away was illuminating the world brightly.

Under that dazzlingly bright beam of light, I was feeling a chill more than anything else.

My hands and feet were numb, my head ached, and the urge to urinate was overwhelming.

In a situation where all these obstacles felt insignificant, I slowly got up and checked her outfit.

Her tightly wrapped appearance, no different from when she went hunting yesterday, clearly indicated that there had been no such incidents last night as I had imagined.

“Hmm… Dojin-ah–?”

The girl, who had been sleeping motionlessly like a doll, seemed to sense that the pressure on her chest had disappeared and cautiously opened her eyes.

And with an expression no different from usual, she lightly greeted the morning.

“Good morning…”

“Oh, uh. Good morning…”

“Are you okay? You seemed to drink a lot yesterday…”

“I’m fine, really.”

Saying that, Eunha carefully pushed me away and got up. Then, after trembling for a moment, she collapsed back onto the bed.

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“…I can’t move because of a cramp.”

“Oh, really?”

She said that while stretching her body and quietly staring at me. Then she moved her lips, as if too embarrassed to speak, and turned her head.

“Uh, Dojin…”

“Yes?”

“I, uh… need to go to the bathroom.”

“…You can go, right?”

“Well… my hands and feet won’t move…”

It wasn’t hard to figure out what she wanted, even without her saying a word. Pressing my fingertips against my eyelids, I cautiously asked.

“…Want me to take you?”

“…Yes.”

Hearing those words, I carefully slipped my arms between her nape and the back of her knees. Just from that, as if an electric current had run through her, she let out a shriek,

“Hiyah!”

‘Even with pain immunity, she sure feels things like this well.’

Well, having a cramp is more of a localized muscle spasm than pain, so it’s a bit ambiguous to classify it as pain.

If you classify even slight discomfort as pain and eliminate it all, she wouldn’t even be able to walk.

Life is pain, and living is a continuous struggle against pain.

I cautiously lifted her and carried her into the bathroom, placing her on the toilet, turning my head away so as not to see her private parts, and took off her pants and underwear.

She must have been in a hurry, as she couldn’t even ask me to leave before she started urinating. I tried not to listen to the sound of her bladder emptying into the toilet.

After a moment, she cautiously spoke up, having finished her business.

“Um… I’m done.”

“I’ll help you put them on.”

“Wait a minute… I need to wipe…”

“Still can’t move?”

“Yeah. I guess it’s because I was held all night…”

“Who held you?”

“Uh, by you, Dojin.”

“Oh.”

Without a word, I picked up the silk cloth beside me and brought it to her private area. I wiped her urine-soaked area, then immediately soaked the cloth in water and tossed it into the laundry basket.

After wiping her lower abdomen and dressing her, I carried her back to the bed as I had brought her into the bathroom. Once I gently laid her on the bed, Eunha nodded slightly.

“…Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

I never expected to be assisting with something as intimate as helping someone use the bathroom, but what choice did I have? It was clearly my fault…

I drank the water on the table and asked her about the events of yesterday. Why on earth was I holding her, and why couldn’t she resist…?

She tilted her head, looking at me with an expression that seemed to question how I couldn’t remember something like that.

“Well, Dojin, you held me tightly.”

“Held you tightly?”

“Hugging me, rubbing your head against my chest…”

“Rubbing against…”

“Telling me not to go anywhere, to stay still… I said I wanted to leave, but you insisted I couldn’t…”

Listening to her words, it sounded almost like a victim’s testimony. I couldn’t even lift my head.

“I-it’s okay. I was happy too…”

“…Happy?”

“Y-yes. Dojin, you said I was essential to you, that my value isn’t determined by others but by myself, and to stop saying strange things and be useful…”

Hearing that, I couldn’t help but doubt what I did last night and whether she truly had no problem with it.

However, she looked at me as if such things didn’t matter, as if she was rather pleased to be used that way.

“If you need me after drinking again… you can call me anytime.”

“…No, Eunha. Don’t say things like that.”

The more she said things like that, the more miserable I felt.

Eunha chatted for quite a while and, after several minutes, regained the freedom of her limbs and headed to her room.

The room she left behind was filled with a faint scent of milk. The kind of scent you’d expect from a baby’s skin.

“Here! Look!”

“…What is it?”

“You told me to write a business plan!”

It had been a week since I told Gahee that if she wanted to become an idol, she should bring me a suitable proposal.

Of course, I had completely forgotten about it, and it was only when she handed me the document that I remembered.

I took the proposal from her. Originally, this kind of work isn’t something idols do. As long as idols sing well and dance well, that’s enough. This type of work is done by other staff.

Naturally, her proposal, which she had neither experienced nor learned how to make, was disastrous.

Rip! As I tore apart the paper she had brought, Gahee screamed frantically, as if losing her mind.

“Wh-what are you doing?!”

“This is garbage. The readability is awful, and the content isn’t even substantial.”

“But even so, you can’t just…!”

“However, I do acknowledge your passion.”

I didn’t ask her to write a proposal because I actually expected her to bring something decent.

It was to confirm if she truly wanted to become an idol and to see her passion for it.

“Go tell Deokgu. Tell him I approved. Or should I just go with you now?”

“…Never mind. If I tell him, he’ll come to see you anyway.”

Hearing this, she immediately turned and left the room, leaving behind a lingering scent of some alluring rose perfume she got from somewhere.

Sniffing and exhaling that scent, I realized it was time and left the mansion.

‘Busy, busy.’

What do women in another world like? Jewelry? Or maybe self-defense weapons? On Earth, they liked flowers, letters, and gifts.

Not knowing what they might like, I lightly bought flowers and desserts and headed to one of the few hospitals in the city.

Despite the presence of a priest who could heal all injuries and diseases, the reason for having hospitals was simple. It was for those without money or suffering from an illness even the great divine power couldn’t cure.

Upon arriving at the ward meant for treating ordinary soldiers’ PTSD, I naturally headed towards Ilone’s room. As one of the few female patients, she was assigned a private room.

“Hoo! Hoo!”

Seeing Ilone doing push-ups diligently on the floor after getting off the bed, I lightly knocked on the door of the hospital room.

She, who was on the floor, heard the sound and glanced over at me. Our eyes met, and she was startled, quickly standing up to wipe off her sweat.

“Dojin? What brings you here…?”

“Visiting. Is it okay for a patient to exercise like that?”

“It’s a rehabilitation exercise. The doctor also recommended it.”

“Can’t that great divine power create muscles too?”

“Maybe if you pray to the God of Muscles, they’ll grant you some?”

Sharing various jokes, I handed over flowers and gifts. Ilone didn’t even glance at the flowers and tossed them far away, but she couldn’t take her eyes off the dessert I brought.

“…Is that from the place I know?”

“Yeah. It’s a limited-edition dessert from a famous shop. It was hard to get.”

“I’ll enjoy it!”

Without even wiping off her sweat, she took the dessert, opened the box, and immediately grabbed the dessert inside.

After taking a light bite, she savored the taste with a blissful expression, taking a second and third bite. After eating about half, she seemed to remember and cautiously offered the dessert to me.

“Do you want some?”

“I’ll just have a little.”

I took a very small bite, just enough not to hurt her feelings, and savored the taste. I didn’t think the food in this other world was bad, but the desserts couldn’t compare to those on Earth.

‘It’s like something you’d find at a local bakery…’

Recalling the price of the dessert, and realizing that I could buy dozens of the same dessert with that amount in Korean currency, I was slightly taken aback.

The taste wasn’t as appealing considering the price. After one bite, I declined, saying I was full, and she devoured the rest of the dessert.

“Is your leg okay?”

“Of course… These days, the numbness is almost gone.”

“So it’s not completely healed.”

“They said I might end up limping for life, you know? This isn’t so bad in comparison.”

She complained that the numbness made her so sensitive that her underwear didn’t last.

I responded with a smile to that fact. It’s better to feel pleasure than pain, after all.

“Are you going back to work?”

“I have to, if I want to make a living. Or what, are you going to support me for life?”

Ilone said with a charming expression. The sweat that had been cooling her body had completely evaporated, and the unique pheromones of a female tempted me.

I slowly held her hand. It was hot. Her face was as red as the heat.

“Wh-what? Surely you don’t mean…”

“Sorry, I don’t think that’s possible.”

“…You scared me.”

“Well, since we’re here. Shall we continue the treatment?”

“…The nurses will be making their rounds soon.”

“Finish before then.”

I chuckled as I pulled her closer. I could hear the sound of her pounding heart from here.

The treatment was finished before the nurse arrived. The nurse frowned at the heated room, left a word of caution, and then disappeared.

On the way back to the mansion after visiting the hospital.

Although I’d seen this scenery for months now, I often felt a pang in my heart at this exotic background, so completely different from the landscapes of Earth where I had lived my whole life.

The only thing better than Earth, I think, was the star-filled night sky. A beautiful sight that could never be seen again on Earth, polluted by environmental damage.

When I see countless stars twinkling and asserting their presence, I sometimes find myself standing in the middle of the road with my head tilted back.

“…Leader?”

“Oh, Orion.”

“What are you doing here?”

“Star gazing.”

“Star gazing…? That’s quite a unique hobby.”

Orion said this while raising the envelope in her hand. It was full of ingredients.

“Have you had dinner?”

“…No.”

“Would you like to come to my place? I’ll make you some traditional Elven cuisine.”

Tempted by the mention of traditional Elven cuisine, I followed her eagerly.