Ch.12The Result of the Second Gacha…?

*Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!*

The shock of wasting my first 10-pull was much stronger than I had anticipated.

If this were reality, I wouldn’t need to stress over something as trivial as a 10-pull.

It’s just a game after all, so if I really needed something, I could just spend some money.

Or I could simply wait and collect the free resources that game companies hand out. That would be enough.

But what about my current situation?

*Beep beep! Beep beep!*

The alarm blaring in my ears, the soft, squishy feeling of the jelly mattress.

The cozy sensation of the blanket and pillow covering me, all of which I could actually feel.

Combined with the “Unable to Log Out” message I saw just two weeks ago.

The fact that I was truly living inside this damn game made even these small things incredibly irritating.

‘Damn it all.’

But then again, it’s not like I worked hard yesterday or anything.

I just came here to rest, and I didn’t expect to fall asleep like that.

I squirmed around in bed, trying to figure out why I had done that.

After about a minute of contemplation…

I realized that while I had been able to maintain my sanity through Jessica and Ignis until now,

The fact that my precious free 10-pull had completely failed hit me hard.

All the stress and fatigue that had built up exploded in a chain reaction.

‘Tsk, I’m done for at this rate.’

When this thought crossed my mind, I felt that this wasn’t quite right.

Of course, I might be the only one who felt this way, and others might not see it the same.

-[So you had a mental breakdown and fell asleep after your first 10-pull failed? Is that right?]

-[What a weakling lolololololol]

-[Come back stronger]

-[Pathetic]

-[Dude, I’ve blown not just a 10-pull but an additional 50-pull and I’m still hanging in there]

Looking at all the replies to my chat message, maybe I was being too sensitive.

So I decided to clear my confused mind and boost my weakened mental state.

I thought I’d complete the remaining quests to gather gacha currency and roll a new gacha properly.

*Beep beep, beep beep!*

“Oh for crying out loud.”

…Annoyed by the still-ringing alarm, I kicked off the blanket wrapped around me.

Without looking back, I reached out to press the clock that should have been in its usual place to turn off the alarm coming from behind me.

But at that moment.

*Squish♡*

“…Huh?”

My outstretched hand touched something incredibly soft and squishy, stopping in its tracks.

‘What is this?’

It felt similar to my bedroom mattress, but somehow heavier.

And even accounting for it being warmed up while I slept, it felt a bit warmer than it should.

*Squeeze squeeze*

But there shouldn’t be a mattress in this position.

The more I touched it, the more I became convinced that it felt subtly different from my bed’s jelly mattress.

As I continued to knead it with my hand, wondering what it could be,

I slowly turned my head to see what it was…

And in that moment when I turned around.

“Finally looking this way, Master…♡”

*Squeeze squeeze*

“Aahn♡”

I saw a blonde ‘nun’ with breasts so large that even my hands, which I had prided myself on being quite big, couldn’t fully grasp them.

No, she was the highest tier character who had been in charge of firepower alongside the battleships in my fleet.

The SSS-rank superhuman known as the “Saintess of Explosion.”

Pashtra was lying next to me.

And naturally, upon realizing this, I removed my hand from her chest as naturally as possible.

I had many questions for Pashtra, who was lying in my bed uninvited,

But first, I decided to exchange proper greetings as a functioning member of society.

“…It’s been a while, Pashtra.”

“Indeed it has, Commander♡”

Pashtra, who added a heart at the end of each sentence, moved to where I had been lying and continued talking to me.

“Do you know how much I longed for you while you were away, Commander?”

“Umm.”

*Beep beep, beep beep!*

She tightly embraced the blanket and mattress as if trying to absorb all my lingering body heat,

As well as any scent that might have permeated them.

Seeing Pashtra like this, I nodded in affirmation.

“Back then, I couldn’t move freely, so I couldn’t witness the moment you disappeared…”

“Hmm.”

*Beep beep, beep beep!*

“Never, ever again will I watch you disappear before my eyes…♡”

“Ah, hmm.”

When faced with a gaze that could only be described as obsessive madness rather than deep affection,

*Beep beep, beep beep!*

I felt extremely uncomfortable, and the damn alarm that had been ringing continuously was breaking my concentration.

“Could we turn off that alarm first before we continue talking?”

“Oh my, my mistake.”

I asked Pashtra, who was blocking me like a floor heater, to turn off the alarm first.

But the moment the alarm was turned off, perhaps because I hadn’t come out and had been holed up in my room unlike usual,

*Thud thud thud thud… BANG!*

“Commander! Is something wrong? Are you feeling unwell?!”

Our Jessica, concerned about my well-being, rushed all the way from the command center and flung the door open.

And as a result of Jessica’s urgent entrance,

She pushed my body, which had moved away from Pashtra and was closer to the entrance.

With my weak human body, I was hit by the door Jessica opened and fell forward.

“Ah! I-I’m sorry!”

And due to my position, when I was hit by the door Jessica opened and fell forward,

I inevitably fell onto my bed…

The important issue here was who was on that bed.

It was Pashtra, sitting half-naked as if trying to seduce me.

As all these circumstances aligned perfectly,

*Thud!*

“Ah, aah?! Ms. Pashtra?!”

“Ahh…♡”

I ended up burying my head between Pashtra’s cleavage,

And Pashtra, caught off guard, took a sincere headbutt from an adult man to her lower abdomen.

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Anyway, after that incident.

Despite taking a headbutt to the stomach, Pashtra, true to her SSS-rank status,

Quickly got up, and was now giving me a “formal” greeting at the command center.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you again, Commander. I am Pashtra, the Saintess of Explosion, and from now on I will be under your command.”

“Mm, right.”

As we exchanged greetings naturally, I observed her flowing blonde hair that I hadn’t seen in three years, contrasted by her reddish horns.

Along with her violent figure that couldn’t be compared to Jessica or Ignis.

And the self-proclaimed ‘nun outfit’ with insane levels of exposure that barely covered that figure.

Looking at Pashtra, I checked her status window.

—————————————-

<Pashtra>

<Level 1>

<Type: Long-range Mass Combat>

<Trait: Explosion>

<Stats>

Health: A-

Attack Power: A

Physical Defense: C-

Magical Power: SSS+

Magical Defense: SS-

Mobility: B

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After checking her status window, I felt somewhat disappointed.

‘Damn, even characters released from hibernation have their levels reset.’

Of course, I hadn’t completely ruled out this possibility.

After all, the whole process of being released from hibernation was linked to the ‘gacha’ system.

So while they were technically “existing characters” being released from hibernation, from a system perspective, they were no different from new characters.

“By the way, somehow my body’s condition seems different from what I remember.”

“It’s probably due to the extended hibernation, or would you like to get a quick check-up at the medical bay?”

Fortunately or unfortunately, it seemed she had retained her memories,

So I thought I wouldn’t need to give Pashtra detailed instructions and was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

But right at that moment.

“Oh, Commander?”

“Haaah…yes?”

“When my hibernation was released, I saw someone else trying to wake up between the hibernation capsules… Wouldn’t it be good to check on that?”

The moment I heard those words from Pashtra,

I naturally sprang to my feet and headed toward the ‘Hibernation Room,’ while simultaneously opening the ‘Community’ to start posting deceptive messages.