episode_0138

[Due to dimensional barriers, use of training space is limited.]

[The summoned character becomes a ‘fixed character’ and other collected characters are ‘locked’ until the player meets the conditions.]

[Designated fixed character: 0]

[Character unlock conditions: 5 million coins]

[Currently, you can designate and summon one fixed character. Please specify one of your characters.]

“Um…so. First of all, now you can choose a fixed character without paying coins, right? After that, you have to pay 5 million coins?”

I nodded, understanding the system, and looked at the notification window below it.

[Collected characters remaining until login activation: 0/10]

“…I see.”

There is no way on Earth there are collectible characters that exist only on the fantasy continent ‘Outline’. In other words, this means that you have to collect hunters to get back into the game.

In other words, it is a gacha grand prize party. It costs a huge amount of coins to unlock a character, and I have no idea how much money it will take to even activate login.

“Ugh…”

First, I checked how many coins I currently have.

“…Hmm.”

There were a little over 5 million. I’ve used a lot so far, but I still have quite a bit left… The problem is, if I unlock one character, I’m almost broke…

“Wait a minute, do I get charged for this?”

After searching around my room, kitchen, bathroom, and under the sofa in the living room for about an hour, I was able to find the smart phone stuck between the mattresses.

“Oh…it feels new to touch this again. Where…”

After connecting the charger and turning it on by pressing the power button, I waited a bit and it was completely booted.

“Let’s see…huh?”

As I leisurely touched the screen, I couldn’t help but tilt my head in puzzlement.

“What is it? Where did you go?”

This is because the execution icon for ‘Different World Beautiful Girl Training Program’ could not be found anywhere on the screen.

“Was it deleted? That can’t be possible…”

I tilted my head and searched for ‘different world pretty girl training program’ to reinstall, but nothing came up. Although strange games and comics appeared in the recommended list, the game I wanted did not appear.

“What happened…Ugh.”

Even though I searched for a while using different search terms, the game I knew did not appear.

“…Damn it!”

Even though I looked at similar search results, they were all useless, so I threw my smart phone on the bed.

If I had paid, I could have unlocked all the women by paying 500 or 1000 at once, but if the game itself has disappeared, there is no way.

I have no choice but to collect coins by following the system notification window that I can see. But where and how do you collect it? Could you at least explain it kindly?

“Phew…I can’t do it.”

It’s heartbreaking, but it’s a time of choice.

“First of all…Leona.”

[Would you like to summon the mythical collectible character ‘Leona’? Once a character has been summoned, it becomes a ‘fixed character’ and can be summoned freely without further notice.]

“Okay. Summon.”

A blue light exploded before my eyes, and Leona appeared wearing leggings and a tank top.

“…Huh?”

“Ah.”

And, only then did I realize that my appearance had changed.

“Leona. Do you recognize me?”

“…Owner…?”

She tilted her head and came closer, looked around with a suspicious look on her face, looked at the food, wrinkled her nose, sniffed, and then opened her face wide.

“Ah! Master!”

“…Are you recognizing me by smell? I really…”

“No! I already knew about it! Should I say it’s some kind of soul attraction? Because there was such a thing! I was just confused because the face was different!”

“Leading from the soul? Hmm…”

There may be other functions in the nurturing subspace that I don’t know about.

Well, then other women will recognize me too. If it doesn’t apply to women who aren’t collectible characters… oh, I don’t know. it will work out somehow.

“Then next…Yoo Seulgi.”

[To summon the mythical character ‘Yoo Seul-gi’, you must unlock it. You can unlock it by paying 5 million coins. Do you want to unlock it?]

“Yes.”

It’s new, but I don’t know what kind of coin it is that makes these things possible.

[You have unlocked the mythical character ‘Yoo Seul-gi’. You can summon the character by calling its name or thinking about it.]

“Yoo Seul-gi. Come out.”

As I quietly recite the name, Seulgi Yoo is summoned before my eyes.

“Ha, haha…huh?”

However, he is in a slightly embarrassing posture. He sits down, spreads his legs, and rubs his crotch with his fingers… When their eyes meet, Yoo Seul-gi’s face turns bright red.

“Ki, Kangpil Kim?”

“That’s right.”

“What, what!? What should I do if you suddenly call me like this?”

“Uh, um…I guess I was busy. Should I put it back in subspace? Again in about 2 hours…”

“Wait! it’s okay! It’s okay, leave me alone!”

She even used her telekinesis to stop me and quickly pulled up her pants and glared at me while fanning her hand over her puffy face.

“No, why are you looking at me like that? I summoned you at best, but I can’t thank you enough.”

“The timing is shit! Anyway…huh? Wait, now that I think about it…”

As Yoo Seulgi looks around, a bright smile gradually blooms on her face.

“You’re back. To Korea.”

“Okay. that’s right. I’m back. It has changed a lot. It seems like people are living better than I imagined.”

“Of course. Would humans perish so easily? Monsters were being driven out even when I was there, so now, twenty years later, it would be completely stable.”

“Haha. That’s right.”

“……”

“……”

After a moment of silence, we looked around the interior of Earth’s modern buildings with new eyes and smiled awkwardly at each other.

“Your face has changed a lot. It looks similar to Zanderom…is it mixed race?”

“No. I’m Korean.”

“Hmm. Really?… Okay, but there’s a lot of dust in the house.”

I chuckled when I saw her blushing and changing the topic.

“Well, it can’t be helped. Because it was neglected for twenty years.”

“That’s right…”

“…First, should we eat something?”

She smiled brightly at my words.

“Good! kimchi! rice! Anything is fine! Let’s make it and eat it! What do you have at home?”

“There won’t be anything?”

“What? Why…that’s right. They said it had been neglected for twenty years…”

She opens the refrigerator and hurriedly closes the door with a pale face as she sees the horrors she has witnessed.

“Well, I can’t eat what I have at home. Should I order delivery?”

“That should be it.”

“Good! Then…ah! Do you have money?”

“There is. I found a wallet from 20 years ago… Well, the card may not work, but in that case, I’ll just transfer it to the account. I also have some cash.”

“It’s hot! Then…give me your smart phone!”

“It’s in my bed.”

She quickly jumps onto the bed, picks up her smartphone and smiles.

“Wow, it’s been a while since I touched this. It’s completely outdated. Let’s see…”

Yoo Seul-gi’s face turns increasingly tearful as she installs the delivery app and looks through the list.

“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”

“I don’t know what to eat…I want to eat everything…!”

“What? Fuhahahaha!”

When I said that with a really sad expression, I burst out laughing.

“Woo, don’t laugh! I really want to eat it all! Bossam! soy bean paste soup! Hoedeopbap! kimchi soup! Pork feet! sushi! pizza! hamburger! Spicy soup tteokbokki! cake! Ugh…! I can’t choose…!”

“Order everything.”

“What?”

“Order everything.”

“What are you talking about? How can I eat it all after ordering so much…”

“If you can’t eat it, just throw it away. Or leave it and eat it later.”

“What? What a shame.”

“I did that. Even after all this, there is quite a lot of money. Or do you have to choose one of them?”

“Gulp…!”

She swallowed her drool while looking at the screen, biting her nails in conflict, and then glanced at me.

“Is it really okay? Don’t you say something later?”

“Yes.”

“Well, other women will eat it too… so that’s good! Then let’s do it!”

Oh, I haven’t explained yet that you can’t summon other women. Well, let’s take it slow.

Her fingers tapped the screen at blinding speed, and a few minutes later, dozens of delivery men were knocking on my doorbell.

As expected, the card was frozen, so it was a pain to transfer money to the account one by one.

“Wow…!”

“Ugh…what should I do? I feel like crying.”

Leona, seeing this scene for the first time, widens her eyes and Yu Seul-gi wipes the corners of her eyes and makes a fuss.

Korean food, Western food, Japanese food… First of all, the appearance is not much different from before I entered the game.

“Come on, let’s eat.”

“Huh? Eating like this? Don’t other people call you? Did you take that into consideration when you ordered it?”

“Ah, that. I should have told you earlier, but I forgot. I can’t call you.”

“What? why? No way…!”

I chuckled when I saw her frowning with a serious face.

“Oh, you don’t have to worry. Because it doesn’t disappear or die. However, there are restrictions on summoning. Speaking of dimensional barriers and all.”

“Ah…”

She hesitated, unable to find anything to say.

“Why do you look like that? It was something I expected to some extent. Rather, just being summoned should be a blessing. Should I say that the worst situation has been avoided?”

“Uh, um…is that how it works…no, wait. So you don’t know that all of those people are in subspace?”

“That’s right.”

“Then we need to get it out quickly! How stuffy and boring it is there! I’m about to go crazy!?”

“It’s impossible right now. You can only summon it if you meet the conditions…”

“What are the conditions!?”

“5 million coins.”

“Huh?”

“5 million coins are needed. When I was in Outline, I used to use divine currency from dungeons…but there’s nothing like that here, right? There may be a gate, but have you ever seen something similar to God’s currency?”

“…No.”

“Okay. There is no way to replenish the coins here. Well, seeing as the system notification window asks for it, it doesn’t mean there is no way…but I don’t know right now. Oh, by the way, it cost 5 million coins when I summoned you. So now I’m broke. Hmm… I have a little over 30,000 coins left, so I can buy about two elixirs.”

“……”

She slumped her shoulders with a slightly gloomy expression.

“You don’t have to make that face. It was my choice to return to Earth in the first place…”

“No, I can’t say I’m not responsible. So let me help you.”

“Then it’s me who is thankful. Okay, it’s going to cool down. Let’s eat quickly.”

“…Okay.”

Only then did we unpack and begin to taste the endless food spread out on the floor one by one.

“Keu…! wow! Was kimchi this delicious!?”

“Bossam melts gently…”

“Cold noodles! Naengmyeon is so delicious!”

“Wow! Spicy! Wasn’t this cheese tteokbokki? But why is it so spicy?”

“That’s actually a good thing! The greasy texture of pizza topped with plenty of cheese! This is it!”

Seulgi Yoo and I got excited about eating modern food for the first time in a long time.

“Wow…Master. This is my first time eating food like this! It’s very stimulating.”

Leona also opened her eyes wide at the new food and moved her chopsticks eagerly. At first, using chopsticks was a little awkward, but her physical ability also applies to this, and after watching me and Seulgi Yoo do it a few times, I quickly learned to use chopsticks.

“Umm…!”

“Eup…!”

“Mumbling…”

However, no matter how well we ate, we couldn’t eat all the food prepared for more than 20 people.

“I can’t eat any more…”

“Me too…”

As I was taking a deep breath, feeling the food filling up my throat, I saw Leona staring at us and continuing to move her chopsticks.

“Mumbling…”

“You eat really well. Leona.”

“Neeng..well, gulp! Because it’s so delicious!”

“Yeah…eat a lot. Don’t overdo it.”

“Yes! Ehehe!”

After saying that and concentrating on the food, Leona ate a whopping 80% of the remaining food and patted her swollen stomach.

“…Did Leona eat this well?”

“So? I don’t think Vanessa has ever eaten this much food…”

As we were tilting our heads, Leona smiled brightly.

“Ehehe. When I start eating seriously, it never ends. It must be difficult for Vanessa to eat like that at every meal, right? That’s why I restrained myself a little.”

“Aha…”

“That’s nice. Leona…ugh, it’s hard…”

For a while, the only sounds echoing in the living room were the deep breathing of me and Yu Seul-gi, who were suffering, and Leona’s humming as she cleaned up the disposable dishes.

“…What are you going to do next? Do you have something in mind?”

“Umm…well. I don’t know much about the changed world, so I think you should lead the way, right?”

“That’s natural. Just trust me.”

She smiled confidently and poked my cheek.

“I think it would be best to go to the Hunter Association first. You have to register as a hunter before you can enter the gate or not…”

“Really? Hmm…well, if that’s you, then that’s probably it.”

“Hehe.”

“What are you going to do next? Do you have something in mind?”

“Me? Hmm…I guess I should go visit my family first. I also met friends. That is, if he’s alive.”

“It’s family…family is important.”

She tilts her head as she smiles bitterly.

“Now that I think about it, what about your family? Do you live alone in this house?”

“Yes.”

“…Maybe they all passed away…”

“That’s not true. Even before entering the game, I felt like I was alive and well. But, well, I won’t ever see my family in this world again. We don’t get along well. A lot.”

“…Okay. That could be true.”

She smiles bitterly and pulls my cheek.

“…Ah, I already want to get back into the game. Eating earth food seems to relieve some of my nostalgia…”

“Already? no. Be patient.”

When she glared at him and gently shook her pinched cheek, he stared at her and smiled.

“That’s right. I haven’t received any compensation yet.”

“Huh? What?”

“That’s it. Did you forget it already? Or are you just pretending not to know?”

“…Ah.”

Her face turned red, as if she remembered what she had said that she would do for her when she came to Earth.

“Joe, can we do it later? At least after I’m mentally prepared…”

“Prepayment. Customer.”

When I grab her wrist and pull her, her body falls into my arms without much resistance.

“…Wow.”

“Ugh.”

The pressure on my stomach made me almost vomit. Me too, Yu Seul Gi.

“…Let’s digest it a little bit…”

“Okay…”

Hugging our full bellies, we lay there.