25.NTL Fantasy

Without even glancing at Yul-ryung, she just clicked the mouse; Han-sarang finally turned her head.

 

 

“Are you going to keep being like that?”

 

At Yul-ryung’s remark, she groaned, ‘Eueum…’ and looked back at herself.

 

 

 

Chubby cheeks and dark circles under her eyes.

 

 

The fantastic figure honed by long training and a regular lifestyle was nowhere to be found.

 

 

Of course, even with the extra weight, she was still in better shape than the average person who doesn’t exercise at all, but her physique was hardly what you’d expect from a soldier.

 

 

And then there was the room, filled with trash.

 

 

Just looking at the area in front of the monitor, there were piles of snack wrappers, empty beer cans, and soda cans, and the floor was littered with traces of delivered food like chicken boxes and pizza boxes.

 

 

Even on the bed, clothes and underwear were strewn about haphazardly.

 

 

 

 

It was the very image of a shut-in.

 

 

No, even a typical shut-in would have a hard time reaching this level.

 

 

It was impossible to believe that she was the same person who had always presented the image of a typical soldier and lived a life of restraint.

 

 

“You sent the dogs you were raising back to your parents’ house and abandoned a perfectly good home… Have you given up on life?”

“…Leave me alone.”

 

 

She seemed conflicted for a moment at the news of Yu-eun, but eventually, she turned her eyes back to the monitor.

 

 

“Why the hell is this happening?? At least explain the reason properly!”

 

 

She shouted in frustration, but it’s not like she had no idea why.

 

 

 

 

After the Incheon incident,

Han-sarang belatedly received a strong shock.

 

 

She had endured during the situation because she was too preoccupied, but once it was over, so many big things had happened in an instant.

 

 

 

 

When a strange alien city called Barkana appeared and wreaked havoc, there was nothing she could do.

 

 

The regiment she commanded was almost wiped out, making it difficult to find survivors, Incheon, where she was stationed, was devastated, and she was taken prisoner in the name of sacrifice, only to be subjected to all sorts of assaults and sexual harassment by a strange woman. Fortunately, she was rescued by Harem Palace, and just when she thought it was over, Yu-eun and Yu-na went missing.

 

 

Even though it was a series of unavoidable events, the fact that she had so miserably realized her incompetence caused her pride as a soldier and commander to plummet, and at the same time, a sense of skepticism about her past life crept in.

 

 

She didn’t become a soldier because her father was a soldier.

She became a soldier with her own beliefs, to protect this country and its people.

 

 

Can you imagine how much futility and hatred for incompetence a soldier like that would feel when faced with an insurmountable wall?

 

 

Can you imagine the shock a member of the military would feel when witnessing the military itself being torn apart and consumed without meaning?

 

 

Can you imagine the skepticism someone who protected the country and the people through the military, and even supported their self-esteem with that pride, would feel when they realized that all of that was meaningless?

 

 

 

When life’s achievements are denied and the meaning of the footprints you’ve left behind disappears, humans become slaves to their instincts.

 

 

That’s how Han-sarang collapsed.

 

 

As soon as she returned from the Harem Palace’s hospital room, she went into shut-in mode.

 

 

She cut off personal contact with her family and unilaterally took Mullang and Mallang, the dogs she was raising, to her parents’ house.

Then, she became a cool vagrant who staged a runaway and became a loser-like freeloader living with Yul-ryung, a colleague and subordinate.

 

 

The military diagnosed her condition as a kind of PTSD and gave her a generous vacation until the next assignment, but it was uncertain whether she would be able to return properly.

 

 

Yul-ryung, her colleague and subordinate, didn’t think there was much hope.

 

 

 

 

“Tsk tsk tsk.”

 

 

In the end, Eun Yul-ryung clicked her tongue, shook her head, and opened the door with a few cans of beer.

 

 

They’d already had this conversation countless times.

Han-sarang hadn’t changed one bit during that time.

 

 

“I don’t care about anything else, but clean up a bit, you bitch. It’s my house.”

“….”

 

After Yul-ryung disappeared beyond the slammed door, Han-sarang, who had been in a strong moment of clarity for about a minute and bitterly smacked her lips, soon became engrossed in the game again and achieved the feat of pulling out a Tier 6 Japanese battleship in just one day.

 

 

But even so, her heart was not satisfied at all.

 

 

 

 

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The next day.

 

 

Around the time when all the news was plastered with stories about Harem Palace, Korea, and nuclear replication, Han-sarang, who was sprawled out asleep, woke up to a loud banging.

 

 

“Eueum….”

 

 

-I’m coming in.

 

 

The door opened after a perfunctory knock.

Han-sarang, who didn’t care who was beyond it, closed her eyes again to try to fall back asleep.

 

 

 

 

However,

 

 

 

 

“Wow. I couldn’t believe it, but it’s real.”

 

 

Her eyes snapped open at the mocking tone.

 

 

 

Tak!

Hwareureuk.

 

 

“…It’s a non-smoking area.”

“So what.”

“It’s not ‘so what,’ it’s a non-smoking area.”

“It’s okay.”

“It’s my house, you Yangban-a;”

“Uh-huh. What kind of attitude is that to a guest.”

“….”

 

 

She frowned at the unreasonable and inconsiderate behavior, but Yul-ryung still held back.

After all, the first priority now was to drag the shut-in out of the room.

 

 

“Why are you here…?”

 

 

Han-sarang, with a disheveled face, raised her upper body into the pose of the Little Mermaid.

She looked back and forth between Eun Yul-ryung and Eun So-ryung with question and bewilderment.

 

No matter how she thought about it, these were women she wouldn’t have any reason to be involved with, except that they were Yu-eun’s women, so what was the connection?

 

 

“Why else? A kind-hearted older sister is visiting to see if her younger sister is doing well. What else could it be?”

“….”

 

 

Eun So-ryung smirked and blew out cigarette smoke.

She really wanted to punch that face.

 

 

She couldn’t understand why she disliked her so much, but anyway, she hated her just by looking at her face.

 

 

 

No, before that,

 

 

“Younger sister?”

 

Younger sister?

Could they be sisters?

 

 

That annoying bitch and Eun Yul-ryung are sisters?

Well, Eun Yul-ryung is subtly annoying too. And they have the same last name.

 

 

Han-sarang, who was strangely convinced despite being a freeloader, nodded.

 

“I suddenly feel bad.”

“Anyway, this room is no joke. Didn’t this older sister tell you to clean up a bit?”

“What are you talking about, you moron. I didn’t do it.”

“Whether you did it or not, the homeowner is responsible. Isn’t that right? Fatty.”

 

 

Eun So-ryung, wearing socks, climbed onto the bed and poked Han-sarang.

A blood vessel mark popped up, but Han-sarang buried her face in the pillow, feeling too lazy to bother.

 

 

“If you came to see your younger sister, please leave now.”

“Oh? Look at how your butt’s gotten bigger. If it’s this big, your breasts must be bigger too, did you do it on purpose? You sly thing.”

 

 

She stepped on and rubbed her large butt with her foot.

Han-sarang was annoyed, but ignored her because she couldn’t be bothered to respond.

 

 

“Wow… she’s in bad shape? She’s completely broken. What did you do?”

 

 

Eun So-ryung’s mouth dropped open.

 

 

This was a person who could give the order to fire on over 100 people without hesitation,

and whose name was even mentioned in real-time search rankings as a result, and who was even doxxed and cursed at, but was still fine.

 

 

Moreover, later on, she met a reckless lover named Yu-eun, and didn’t say a word to Yu-eun, who was openly having an affair, and eventually even witnessed that lover proposing to two other women in front of her eyes. There was some trouble as a result, but anyway,

 

 

This was a person whose mentality was still intact even after all that.

 

 

But to think that Han-sarang had broken down this much.

 

“Why are you yelling at me? What am I supposed to do about the fact that she’s like this?”

“A subordinate has to support their superior well so that the superior can exert their power. Whether you’re a soldier or a police officer, do you understand? Anyway, kids these days have no sense of responsibility.”

“…Do you want to get your ass beat?”

“Tsk tsk tsk. You’ve completely ruined a kid.”

 

 

Ignoring Eun Yul-ryung, who was glaring at her, she finished her cigarette and put it out haphazardly.

Since neither Han-sarang nor Eun Yul-ryung were smokers, there was no ashtray, so the victim (?) was a beer can lying nearby.

 

 

“Well, there’s nothing I can do. She says she wants to live like this.”

“….”

“What’s wrong with living while playing games? It’s a good hobby. And it doesn’t cost much money.”

“Why are you suddenly like this?”

 

Eun Yul-ryung, with a look of disgust on her face, took a couple of steps back at the sight of her smiling kindly.

 

 

“You can live as a shut-in sometimes. Everyone has the right to choose their own life.”

 

She patted Eun Yul-ryung on the shoulder.

 

 

“Congratulations, little sister. One less powerful rival. Whether it’s in your career or in love.”

“What are you talking about.”

“She’s screwed for military service in that state… and with that body, well. I don’t know what that guy will think.”

 

She smirked and rubbed salt in Han-sarang’s wounds one last time.

 

 

“You’ll be masturbating for the rest of your life, but cheer up. Maybe a guy will like a fat, NEET year like you?”