Chapter 24

Chapter 24

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

Episode 24: Martial Arts.

Ding-

[Matching ended]

[Favorability change]

[Iris Remeria Bayart Pelledia 85♡ → 95♡]

[Relationship Level change]

[Iris Remeria Bayart Pelledia Lv.1 → Lv.3]

[Settling up…]

[600 Love Coins have been paid]

[Remaining coins: 1,850 coins]

[Name: Iris Remeria Bayart Pelledia

Age: 524 years old

Race: High Elf

Affiliation: EB-17

Occupation: Archmage

Disposition: Saintly Ruler, Non-Killing, Devotion, Vegetarian······]

[Time remaining until rematching: 143:59:45]

As the flow of air changed, I was back in my room.

“The settlement reward is pretty good.”

Moreover, perhaps thanks to the increase in my relationship level with Iris, the time remaining until rematching had decreased from a week to six days.

Even as I smiled at the countless screens floating in front of me, I had been facing a C+ grade demonic beast and then returned to my safe zone, my room, so my tension completely relaxed and I collapsed onto the bed.

“Ah, it stings so much… I’m dying, I’m dying…”

Because I didn’t treat it properly, my clothes and bed were stained with blood from the lacerations left all over my body.

I wanted to wash up and sleep right away, but I had to get treatment before it got worse.

Ordinary people go to the hospital when they’re sick, but wealthy people have different circumstances.

“Is there a church with a formal priest near my house…”

Of course, there wasn’t. The church found on the map app was quite far, requiring a 30-minute taxi ride.

I sighed deeply at the thought of the trouble, but I put on bandages and band-aids, changed my clothes, and left the house.

The taxi I called through the app arrived soon after.

“Please take me to Seoul Central Holy Church.”

“Yes.”

Priests, who used divine power manifested based on faith in God, performed miracles of healing others’ wounds.

Mages had a hard time with that, so they researched healing magic very diligently at one time, but I don’t know about now.

Anyway, becoming a priest was as difficult as becoming a mage, requiring talent as a base and sincerity towards God as a foundation.

Those selected then had to undergo strict training for several years at the Vatican’s Papal See.

“Haha, it looks like you’re hurt somewhere, but seeing you go to church, it seems like a young person like you has succeeded? My son should live as hard as you, but he’s always playing at home… sigh…”

As the taxi driver said, getting treatment at a church costs hundreds of dollars at the very least, and the amount on the bill can skyrocket depending on the patient’s condition.

Still, considering that they cleanly fixed external injuries without leaving scars and also cured chronic diseases like hair loss and cancer, it was not an incomprehensible price.

Of course, diamond spoon guys went to church even when they caught a cold.

“Yes, it’s 23,000 won.”

“Thank you for your service.”

The magnificent church building that appeared as soon as I got out of the taxi.

I didn’t know how much money they poured into it.

“Should I exchange money first?”

For reference, my bank account was currently zero.

I used it all up when I bought a bed and other things to go see Iris.

Of course, I wasn’t worried. I had 15 magic stones collected from the dungeon. Not just ordinary D+ grade demonic beast magic stones, but all elite individual magic stones.

As I saw on the community, elite individual magic stones are more expensive than magic stones of the same grade.

And right next to this church was the Hunter Association building.

“Customer number 54.”

Feeling a sense of déjà vu, I sat at the counter where my number was displayed.

Like the Magic Tower, the female employees here had incredible beauty.

‘Where else is there a high-paying job where you die as easily as a hunter?’

It’s hard to generalize, but honestly, there’s no merit in working at the association if you were that pretty, right?

“I’d like to exchange some magic stones.”

“Yes, please put them all here.”

Certainly, her smiling face was a factor that made people who came to work feel good.

If it was that much, wasn’t it nice for hunters even if they showed their true colors?

They came after running around like crazy while going through gates, but if a pretty woman greeted them with a smile, I think I’d like it too.

“Just a moment.”

I took out the magic stones from the bag I had brought and put them on the counter.

“Uh…?”

“They’re all D+ grade, and they’re from elite individuals.”

Seeing the pretty woman’s jaw drop was definitely not a common sight.

A moment later, a small notification sound rang on my phone as I left the Hunter Association.

[S Bank]

[Deposit 31,200,000 won]

[Balance 31,275,420 won]

The price of a D+ grade magic stone was 1.3 million won, and with an additional 60% for being an elite individual magic stone, a total of 31.2 million won was deposited.

“…Hunting is really worth it, isn’t it?”

Certainly, cash was still better than coins for now.

Maybe it was because there were so many places to use it right away.

“I need to move soon and I want to buy a decent car… well, I need to save some more money for that.”

30 million won in total assets was by no means a small amount, but it was not enough to move and buy a car.

In the end, I had to solve one of the two problems, house or car, first, but even so, it’s still a house.

I want to stop living in a smelly and uncomfortable studio.

Kang Cheol-ho, the 13th Korean branch manager of the World Hunter Association.

He was one of the top ten influential figures in East Asia and an S-class hunter with a strong body that can withstand missile explosions with his bare hands.

His nickname was Iron Man.

“Such magic stones, from a 21-year-old man?”

True to his nickname Iron Man, he usually didn’t show much emotional change outwardly, but now, the pitch of his voice was clearly different.

Of course, it was a subtle difference that only his close associates could notice, but he was clearly surprised.

“Yes, he just exchanged them at the first floor counter.”

“He must have found an undiscovered gate.”

With the development of technology, it became possible to know the location and generation time of gates, but that wasn’t 100% perfect.

Occasionally, gates with concealment abilities would escape the detection range of the detectors and wait for an opportunity to trigger a surprise gate break, causing numerous casualties.

Such gates were called undiscovered gates.

It was recommended to report them to the nearest police station or hunter association as soon as they were discovered, but it was also possible to clear them at one’s discretion.

Only for those who had a hunter or hero license.

Of course, if a person without a license cleared it, they wouldn’t be punished unconditionally.

Undiscovered gates were basically classified as special gates, so the difficulty was considerable. A superhuman with that much ability was a valuable asset that the state had to hold on to, so there was no reason to make trouble.

Unlike the law, it was tacitly tolerated in reality.

“15 D+ grade elite individual magic stones… Was it a C-grade gate?”

“The information team is currently tracking the person’s recent movements, so the results will be out soon.”

“There’s no need to rush. Instead, we need to move secretly so that the large guilds don’t notice.”

“Yes, branch manager.”

As the employee finished reporting and left the association president’s office, Kang Cheol-ho moved to the window.

He quietly looked out the window.

His gaze reached a man tens of kilometers away, beyond countless buildings.

A Korean-style mansion in the outskirts of Gyeonggi-do, boasting a beautiful view.

The head of Cheongryong, one of Korea’s largest guilds, had his nest here, and it was called the place where the blue dragon sleeps.

He snorted at Kang Cheol-ho’s gaze towards him, not caring at all.

“Arrogant human.”

With my bank account full, I headed straight to the church building.

The area around the church was crowded with people, but the church itself was deserted.

And it was very fancy.

‘At this rate, if I had become a priest instead of a mage, I would have made a lot of money too, right?’

Of course, since priests were prohibited from contacting the opposite sex during their training in the Vatican, I didn’t feel like doing it even if someone asked me to.

“Welcome, brother.”

While I was looking around the church, a man who appeared to be a priest approached me.

“I came for treatment. Where should I go?”

“Ah, you came to receive the grace of the Lord. Please follow me.”

Following him, I came to a space decorated like a hospital.

“Can I see the injured area?”

I immediately took off my top.

I also had injuries on my legs, but I didn’t want to do a strip show in front of a man.

“…These are severe injuries.”

“I have them on my legs too.”

The priest nodded once and placed his hand on my shoulder.

“Our Father, who art in heaven.”

As he began to recite the prayer, golden light gathered in his hand, and the light flowed through my shoulder and began to heal the wounds on my body.

“May your mercy descend upon us. Amen.”

After the short prayer of just two sentences, my body had changed 180 degrees.

Not only were the lacerations left all over my body gone, but my left ear, which had been half cut off, was also healed without a single scar.

‘This is no joke.’

No wonder the news said that guilds spent billions to recruit priests.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Of course, there was a price for this power.

The priest was sweating profusely as a reward for treating me. In fact, his complexion looked paler than before.

Divine power is the power given by God, not an omnipotent power that humans could use as much as they want in exchange for faith.

“It’s 9,410,420 won.”

“…”

9.4 million won for one treatment… It would be better to call a funeral director next time I got hurt.

And why was there a card reader for offerings?

[Purchase Imperial Army Mana Sword?]

[Y/N]

[Y]

[Purchased Imperial Army Mana Sword]

[Remaining coins: 1,450 coins]

When I returned home, I was busy preparing for the upcoming new matching.

I filled my inventory with various survival tools, emergency food, and a huge amount of drinking water that I bought at a hunter shop on the way home. Unlike food, water could be stored in units of tons per inventory slot.

However, since there were so many types of survival tools, I had to pack them in a separate bag. In fact, that was better.

In the matching survey, you could narrow down the matching target’s appearance or hobbies, but you couldn’t specify what world they lived in.

For example, if you put in the hobby of black magic, no one knew whether you would go to a different world where black mages really existed, or a place where there was a chuunibyou girl who was obsessed with the delusion of black magic.

That meant that you might end up in a world where you couldn’t use magic.

I was not good at handling swords, but the mana sword was good enough for even me, who didn’t know swordsmanship well, to use.

[Imperial Army Mana Sword]

[Grade: Rare]

[Increases cutting power when mana is applied]

“Would this have been helpful in the dungeon?”

I didn’t know. I was too busy dealing with magic at that time.

I realized why there were so few mages who used swords.

After that, I continued to pack my bags and prepared thoroughly.

Ding-

[Proceed with matching?]

[Y/N]

[Y]

[Thank you for using this app. Please complete the survey before proceeding with the matching.]

[Preferred race]

[Preferred gender]

[Preferred age group]

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Race: human, gender: female, age group: 20s. I also set it so that a reasonably ordinary person would appear.

[Thank you for your cooperation]

[Matching will proceed soon]

[Please note that matching may take some time]

I took a stance so that I could draw my sword and wand from the inventory at any time.

I had already put on the monocle and ring.

Under my clothes, I wore a leather armor made of demonic beast skin.

[Matching complete]

[Moving to Planet AXZ-174]

A large beam of light enveloped me.

Please, I hope this time wasn’t skydiving without a parachute.

Fortunately, the start of this matching wasn’t skydiving without a parachute like last time.

Instead.

“…”

“…”

[Proceeding with romance consulting curriculum]

[Analyzing Cheon Yeo-hwa’s disposition]

[Analyzing…]

[Analysis complete]

[Name: Cheon Yeo-hwa

Age: 20 years old

Affiliation: AXZ-174

Occupation: Second Daughter of the Heavenly Demon Sect

Disposition: ??]

A small lake in a forest.

There, I made eye contact with a naked woman.

“…Hello?”

At my shy greeting, the woman took out a sword she had brought from somewhere and slowly started walking out of the lake.

Staring at me with murderous eyes as if she would kill me.

I turned around and ran away without any hesitation.