Chapter 10

Chapter 10

I Installed a Dating App and Girls from Another World Became Obsessed with Me.

Episode 10: Introduction (4).

When Iris injected mana into my body, vitality surged throughout my body.

I felt like I could easily run the 100m dash in under 9 seconds.

That alone was already unbelievably surprising, but my shock didn’t stop there.

“This is…”

I even felt a slight sense of omnipotence from the vitality that surged through my body even stronger.

Simply clenching my fist showed a grip strength that was incomparable to usual, and even my five senses, including my strangely improved sight and hearing, were adding credibility to the sudden hypothesis that came to mind.

Just in case, I closed my eyes and observed my body again.

Then, I felt something that wasn’t there before near my heart. I instinctively knew what it was.

“Mana circle…?”

“Congratulations, Sir Hyeon-u.”

Iris had a half-joyful, half-surprised expression.

At this point, it was easy to guess the meaning of the sudden congratulations.

“Did I… create a mana circle?”

This wasn’t just dumbfounded.

A war orphan college student becoming a wizard in less than a day? Even in a novel, the title would be flooded with negative comments for lacking plausibility.

I pinched and slapped my cheek.

It hurt and tingled, but the pain soon disappeared.

It wasn’t because it was a dream. It was thanks to the mana surging from my heart.

“Honestly… I can’t believe it even though I’m seeing it with my own eyes.”

Iris’s surprised expression was cute.

I’d have no regrets if I could just squeeze her cheeks once.

“I was praised by my teacher for creating a mana circle quickly, but it took me about two months. It was only possible because I tried to communicate with mana almost without sleeping, but Sir Hyeon-u, what on earth…”

I was surprised too.

I still couldn’t believe it.

Was I a genius who created a mana circle faster than Iris?

The feeling of incongruity grew stronger than joy.

In elementary school, I was judged as talentless in the magic power test conducted by the state.

Thanks to that, I couldn’t go to the Magic Tower, and I couldn’t become a wizard. But now? My talent was insane?

It was not that there were no cases where talent bloomed as you got older, but this was too much.

Even Iris, an archmage who achieved the 8-circle, took two months, but I did it in 5 minutes?

I knew my place well.

I was definitely not that kind of genius.

That means there was third-party intervention.

‘It’s not Iris.’

If they could artificially create wizards, even if Resilia betrayed her, the elders wouldn’t follow her.

By the process of elimination, there was only one left.

I moved my feet and picked up the cell phone that was acting as indirect lighting. Sure enough, the screen that appeared on my cell phone was 100% consistent with my expectations.

[Thank you for participating in the dating consulting curriculum]

[Congratulations on achieving the initial goal of the Charming Opposite Sex Project!]

[☆Achieved 1-circle wizard☆]

[Check the rewards prepared in the dating promotion fund in your mailbox]

‘It’s you?’

Dating consulting curriculum, the very person who made Iris unconsciously spit out her heavy and dark past, which could be called her trauma, to me without hesitation.

I was aware that this other world dating app, which teleported me to another dimension, was unusual.

However, I never imagined that it had the ability to control others and directly help build a mana circle.

‘What the hell is this guy?’

This was just my vague guess, but there was someone beyond this app.

I didn’t know what they wanted from me by giving me this app, but there was nothing I could do now.

‘…Am I a wizard now?’

To be honest, I was still dazed.

Becoming a wizard was like a lifelong dream for me.

Of course, I would have been happy with any job as long as I could make a lot of money, but it was also true that I still had a longing for wizards in my heart.

Pros and cons, my head was spinning quickly with the series of events that happened to me, and I came to a conclusion.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It was true that it was a bit unsettling, but if I used the app’s abilities well, my final destination wouldn’t be a 1-circle wizard.

The limit of ordinary wizards, and even the 5-circle, called a magus.

Perhaps even Iris’s equal 8-circle seemed possible.

‘I don’t care if the app’s identity is a demon or a monster.’

It seemed much better to shake hands with the devil than a god who didn’t listen even if I prayed a hundred or a thousand times.

In the first place, this was a world where ordinary people who suddenly awakened their abilities become hunters or heroes.

This app could well be an ability I awakened.

‘Okay, end of deliberation.’

There was no point in clinging to something I couldn’t figure out even if I thought about it, I was the only one who got tired.

My goal now was just to become a high-ranking wizard and free Iris from this place.

“Let’s continue the lesson!”

“Yes!”

The combination of a student who awakened a talent that could only be described as overwhelming, and a teacher full of enthusiasm, quickly advanced the lesson progress.

Basic Mysticism, Porelian Alchemy, Elemental Synthesis Collective Theory, etc.

That day, I spent most of my time learning the basic knowledge of magic.

Of course, the lesson was difficult. The magic lesson, full of professional terms I had never heard before, seemed to overload my brain.

But the other world dating app blew away my worries.

[Confirmed learning to achieve the intermediate goal of the Charming Opposite Sex Project]

[Acquisition rate of all knowledge related to basic magic +1000%]

[Mana sensitivity increase +1000%]

[Mana self-assimilation speed increase +10000%]

I wondered if the numbers were wrong, but the effect was more than certain.

I acquired knowledge as if it was engraved in my brain as soon as I heard it.

+1000% was just a figure, the actual sensation was more than that.

To give a slightly exaggerated example, it was like an adult who graduated from elementary school could get a perfect score on the college entrance exam just by taking classes for a week.

That was how absurd the ability was.

Not only that, but because my mana sensitivity increased, the mana floating in the air was raging throughout the lesson, wanting to enter my body.

Iris-sensei looked at me with surprise and admiration, but I just felt burdened.

More than Iris’s gaze, it was the mana.

The feeling of increased mana sensitivity was so strong that it made me feel like the mana was courting me.

The feeling of being loved by an intangible energy without substance wasn’t exactly something I could call good.

There was a reason why the saying “too much is as bad as too little” existed.

Just like there was an appropriate amount when getting an IV, if you absorbed too much mana beyond what you could handle, you were screwed.

Fortunately, when I sincerely refused, the mana quietly retreated as if it had a will.

I wondered if this was possible, but in less than a day, I had been transported to another world, touched the chest of an amazing elven woman, and became a wizard, which I had longed for all my life.

It was enough experience to realize that anything can happen in the world.

Focusing again, the lesson continued.

“Sir Hyeon-u, do you know that wizards are also divided according to the major they research?”

“I’ve never heard of that.”

“Elemental, conceptual, alchemical, spiritual, summoning, etc. Wizards are called differently depending on their major. Elementalists are called elementalists, conceptualists are called conceptualists, alchemists are called alchemists, and so on. Of course, it’s okay to just call them wizards?”

Of course, Kang Hyeon-u had never heard of this before.

Even on Earth, I had seen them talk about alchemists and summoners in the media, but at the time, I thought they were just cool titles.

“Then what do you belong to, Lady Iris?”

“I’m a spiritualist. There are no spirits near the World Tree, so I can’t show you now, but I have contracts with quite a few spirits.”

As expected, elves and spirits went together. At this point, it was safe to say that Earth’s fantasy settings were 100% reliable information.

However, one question arose here.

‘There are beastmen, dragons, dwarves, and halflings on Earth, but why are there no elves?’

According to what I learned in history class, races other than humans and magical beasts were not native to Earth.

They started appearing in the literature of each country at some point… but why were there no elves?

Something was strange.

“…Sir Hyeon-u?”

“Ah, sorry. I was thinking about something else for a moment…”

“Hehe, it’s okay. It’s been six hours since the lesson started. You’ve been taking classes without a break, so you must be tired. Let’s stop the lesson here today.”

She said it was okay, but considering Iris’s kind personality, I couldn’t shake the feeling that she was being considerate of me.

I still couldn’t believe it, but in Earth terms, I was being taught by an archmage, of which there were only three.

Should I apologize politely now?

My head was complicated with worries I had never had before, but it didn’t seem right to ignore the consideration I had received, so I decided to move on, promising not to do it again.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Sir Hyeon-u, you worked hard too. I wish I had half of my teacher’s talent for teaching as fun as he did.”

“Teacher?”

“Yes, he was the former king of Pelledia and the one who taught me magic. He was also my teacher.”

Perhaps because old memories came to mind, Iris’s gaze was directed towards the dark ceiling, as if she was reminiscing about something.

I couldn’t sympathize with someone I didn’t even know the face of, even if they were the former king and her teacher, so I just stayed quiet.

At that moment, while I was hiding like a coward and secretly looking at my cell phone screen.

Ding- The familiar notification sound and a new screen appeared on my cell phone.

[Thank you for using our app]

[Congratulations on your first match. Additional gifts have been sent to your mailbox. Please check them later]

[Matching will end shortly]

[Time remaining 14:59]

“This… was there a time limit?”

It’s been quite a while since I came here, more than half a day.

My hope was that the remaining time was 15 hours, not 15 minutes, but of course not. Only the timer that immediately decreased to 14:40 caught my eye.

‘No mercy.’

No humanity either.

A 21-year-old single guy was enjoying a cozy date with a super-beautiful elven woman, and they were ruining it like this.

‘I want to give it a 1-star rating.’

Still, if there was hope, it was that even this time limit can be resolved with money in a typical dating app.

It was difficult right now, but wouldn’t there be a way to solve it when I returned to Earth?

Besides, the rewards piled up in the mailbox were already 2 stacks, so it was time to learn more about this app.

‘I’m curious about the outside situation too.’

Moreover, even as a 1-circle, I had created a mana circle, so I was qualified to enter the Magic Tower.

I was 21 years old, so it’s not too late.

‘I heard the country gives subsidies when you register as a wizard.’

That alone would take care of living expenses.

Many other things came to mind, and it was time to go back to Earth, but when I thought about Iris, I wanted to stay here a little longer.

So, finding a way to return as quickly as possible was my top priority.

“Lady Iris?”

“…”

Looking at her back, which didn’t respond even when I called, it seemed she was still lost in memories.

I felt sorry for interrupting, but I had no choice because the time limit was urging me.

This time, I called her, shaking her shoulder slightly.

“Iris?”

“Yes?”

Iris turned around with a slightly surprised expression.

“I’m sorry.”

“Ah… no. I was just thinking about old memories… is there something wrong?”

Her slightly reddened eyes made my heart ache, but… I couldn’t just turn around and leave without saying anything.

“That’s… I think I have to go back now.”

The app had a time limit. I finished saying that I would come back as soon as I returned, so she didn’t have to worry too much, but I didn’t hear any response, so I was puzzled.

“Are you going to leave me alone?”

“…Yes?”

Thump- The whole cave seemed to shake with a vibration that made me flinch. Is it an earthquake?

While looking around.

Thump, I turned my head to the soft touch of someone grabbing my wrist.

There, green eyes, shining much brighter than before, were looking at me.

“Don’t go.”

Iris wasn’t smiling.