episode_0003

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– expresses satisfaction with your meeting (★☆☆☆☆).

– 25 points credited to app user Lee Soo-hyun.

– The interdimensional blind date app is dedicated to helping users establish themselves as perfect ideals for all their matches.

Please form good relationships with more potential partners.

– Access to Store Lv.1 has been granted.

– Your app is currently ranked 1st.

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Receiving such notifications and checking the contents of the items sold in the store was astonishing.

Starting from items that can only be obtained by at least a B-rank Hunter on Earth….

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[Trait: Neutral: Lowest Grade Instinct (E) 10pt]

[Trait: Neutral: Lowest Grade Magic Sensing (E) 10pt]

[Trait: Neutral: Lowest Grade Spirit Sensing (E) 10pt]

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Even items that seemed doubtful to be obtainable in general.

‘Trait? So, you can buy someone’s innate trait?’

If that’s the case….

“I can’t not use this app.”

Life at risk? Threatened existence? So what?

What’s the problem with that?

If the return is this high, it was worth using it even if I had to endure everything.

Offering to meet women, even changing my fate, what reason is there to not use this app?

Seeing that the notification was willing to give so much, the risk of putting my life on the line didn’t even register.

“….But what exactly is the identity of this app?”

At this point, I’m just curious about the identity of an app that brings about such surreal events.

“Is there a function to ask the administrator?”

Still, I tried to find the URL where I downloaded the app or any information about its origin, but as expected, there were no records left.

Whether that function doesn’t exist at all or if I don’t have the authority, if the app doesn’t directly provide information, there seemed to be no way for an individual like me to solve the mystery….

“….Let’s think about how to use this app for now.”

Setting aside the headache-inducing dilemma, I could only ponder on how to utilize this mysterious app.

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– Current number of potential matches: [1/1] : Points needed to increase potential matches: 50pt

– Current matched partner: [Alia Valenstine (B)]

– Waiting time: 45h 37m 29s

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Upon further examination of the app, it seemed that points were needed to increase the number of potential female matches.

And to earn those points, I had to score well with her, my first match.

Points were accumulated based on how satisfied the matched partner was with the user during their meeting.

“It’s complicated….”

But what exactly should I do to win her over?

I vaguely understood the world she lived in from our first meeting, but other than that, I knew nothing about her.

At this point, I couldn’t help but review her profile once again.

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[Name: Alia Valenstine] [Age: ??] [Race: Half-Elf (??)] [Hometown: Eastria Kingdom (S-38th Dimension)] [Occupation: Commander of the Royal Knights] [Combat Grade: B]

– Waiting for the person of destiny.

– Recently experienced a strange incident where a suspicious person disappeared in front of her…. Will definitely catch them next time.

– Life is too gloomy, lonelyㅠㅠ

– Relationship with app user: Unknown person, Stranger, Suspicious person

– Compatibility with user: 92%

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To be perceived as a very suspicious and unfamiliar person….

Well, if that’s how the first meeting went, such perceptions are inevitable.

And what caught my eye next was….

Even if life is gloomy or waiting for the person of destiny sounds slightly girlish,….

“What is the Eastria Kingdom, 38th Sector all about?”

The Eastria Kingdom must refer to the country she lives in, and the mention of the 38th Sector implies that there are at least thirty-eight more worlds like this one?

“Whatever.”

With already so much on her mind, she didn’t want to add more to her list of worries.

And as she scrolled down further….

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[Strategy Information for Matchmaking: 5pts]

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“Seriously.”

It’s all about money, isn’t it?

Demanding points to use for the matchmaking partner was no different from the numerous dating apps on Earth or this mysterious app.

The only difference might be that on Earth’s apps, you can purchase points through payments, while on this app, you can only obtain them through interaction with your matchmaking partner.

“Sigh…. Well, this is all an investment, after all.”

I ended up having to spend points on her strategy information.

With so many things I wanted to buy, a significant amount of points disappeared without me knowing how to use them.

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– Alia Valenstine is very wary of you.

– It is important to make her believe the user’s claim of coming from a different world in the next match.

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“Is this all?”

No matter how much I scrolled up and down, that was the end of it.

“…Really lacking in useful information.”

But how? How do I make her believe that I come from a different world in the next match?

The strategy information didn’t provide any guidance on how to make her believe that.

“Well, if they’re taking points for this, they could at least give some ideas.”

In the end, the dilemma of how to strategize with her was back to square one.

After a while of browsing through the store and strategy information, I came across something.

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[Lowest Grade Invitation (F): You can summon the matchmaking partner to the world where the app user lives. The time the matchmaking partner stays in the app user’s world is the partner’s satisfaction level(★) × 5 minutes.]

[10pts]

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According to the description, she would only stay in this world for a maximum of 5 minutes.

However, it seemed like that amount of time would be enough to convince her that I come from a different world.

…Probably.

“Sigh…. Honestly, it might be a bit tight if I end up in a fight like last time….”

If I can explain well and use the time wisely, it should be fine, right?

So, after preparing to summon her to my world, I used the invitation.

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– ??? Female, Alia Valenstine (B), is summoned to Earth.

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And then….

“Ah….”

At just the right time, she appeared in front of me in a black robe.

Her long hair that reached down to her waist and her mysterious yet enchanting eyes were truly out of this world beauty, even after meeting her several times.

Uh…. Well, she’s not from this world, so should I say otherworldly beauty?

“Who are you?”

As she noticed me, her face slowly stiffened.

“Whatever trick you used to escape last time, I won’t let you get away this time.”

As she naturally reached for the sword at her waist, luckily, her attire prevented an immediate disaster.

“No sword…. Darn.”

Realizing that she didn’t have her sword, I quickly bowed and started explaining the situation to her.

“Please, just listen to me first!”

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“So, you’re saying that your claim of coming from a different world is not a lie, and this is the world you live in?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Hah. How far should I believe that?”

Still finding it hard to believe the situation, I showed her some modern artifacts I had prepared.

A few things like a TV and some other items….

“….Certainly, these are unusual artifacts that don’t move with magic. Did you summon me here through these artifacts?”

“I can’t completely understand it, but I don’t think it’s something I can’t believe,” she said, looking at her reaction, and I felt a little relieved.

“Well, I understand that this world is not the world I know. Your words are not entirely unbelievable.”

However, her curiosity had just begun… She started to ask seriously about the fact that she couldn’t ask last time… Maybe even dismissing it as the ramblings of a mentally ill person.

“But then, what business do you have with me in your world that you summoned me here? What is your purpose? By making this possible, it seems that you are also in your own world….”

And just as I was about to start answering that question step by step,

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[The duration of the Lowest-tier Invitation (E) has expired.]

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Before I could say anything, the invitation’s time expired, and she returned to her original world.

“Ah.”

Our meeting was quick, and the parting was abrupt.

“…But did I achieve the goal of making her believe that I am from another world?”

Judging by her last words, it seemed like I did.

Explaining the sudden return of her to her original world made my head ache again, but at least I had shown her solid evidence, so I wouldn’t have to rack my brain to convince her in future meetings.

“…But wasn’t this meeting a match?”

I checked just in case, but unfortunately, it remained the same.

It seemed that you couldn’t earn points with invitations.

Knowing that it was greedy, I couldn’t help but feel regretful.

“Phew… Well then…”

Since I had done everything I could for the next match, it would be best to spend the remaining time until the next match for myself.

Dating a pretty woman (if you could call it that) was nice, but my main job was still being a hunter.

I had been itching to buy it since I first saw it…

“If I had to choose one, it would be this!”

I finally purchased something I had been eyeing in the store for a while, for careful spending.

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[Lowest-tier Unrefined (E): Minimum requirement to become an unmanned. Physical abilities increase at a slightly faster rate.]

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And then…

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“Huh? What’s different…? Ahhh!”

Even though there was no signal for a while, I was momentarily relieved, but soon a terrible pain of bones and muscles twisting followed.

“Ugh….”

However, even though it was painful, when I came to my senses again, there was no regret for purchasing it…

“Ah, ahh…. Huh? Huh?”

When I opened my eyes again…

“My height… has increased?”

My body, which had always been hunched over due to using smartphones and computers, felt lighter, and my height had increased by a few centimeters.

“Huh.”

It seemed impossible in common sense, but…

Anyway, it was an unexpected event, and as expected, just like the app that sent people to different dimensions, changing a person’s physique was not as difficult as one might think.