Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Otherworld Cheat Harem.

Episode 3: Descent (3).

As I sat down at the table to eat, Deokgu took a seat in front of me.

“Shall we share a drink with our adventurer leader?”

Deokgu said that and ordered a simple meal and some drinks from the server. I asked back, slightly surprised.

“Can we drink?”

“Why not? We’re already adults.”

“True.”

Before long, the server brought the food and beer in wooden mugs. The fizzing carbonation captivated me.

I lightly lifted my mug. Deokgu followed suit and raised his as well.

“Cheers!”

“Cheers.”

We lightly clinked our mugs together. The wooden cups collided.

Since they weren’t glass, the sound was more dull than crisp, but having never heard the clink of glass mugs, I didn’t notice the difference.

As soon as Deokgu finished the toast, he gulped down his drink. I followed suit.

“Gaaaah! This is the taste.”

“Have you ever drunk before?”

“I’ve had something like wine as a kid.”

“Bragging about the one or two sips you managed to snag, huh?”

“Hey, at least I’ve drunk before, unlike you, a total newbie!”

With just one drink in, Deokgu was already acting drunk, spewing provocative comments.

I smiled slightly at him. There was no need to take a drunk person seriously.

“Ah, right.”

“Haha! Don’t worry! If you drink with me, your first drinking session will go smoothly!”

“Looking forward to it.”

“Of course, of course!”

With that, he downed the rest of his beer in one gulp. The mug, which was more than half full, was empty in seconds.

He flipped the empty mug upside down over his head and shook it before shouting to the server.

“Here, another draft beer!”

“Coming right up~”

As the server quickly brought another beer, I asked,

“Do you have money for the drinks?”

“Don’t worry. Thanks to what you guys earned, I can drink a little… Oh, but this is a secret from the others, alright?”

“Sure, sure.”

I knew he’d get caught anyway due to his hangover the next day, but there was no point telling someone already drunk out of their mind. I quietly sipped my beer.

‘Not bad.’

Having never drunk in real life, I couldn’t compare, but beer from this world wasn’t half bad.

For a modern person addicted to carbonated and sugary drinks, liking it was high praise indeed.

“Aren’t you calling the others?”

“Huh? Who?”

“Well, like the guys or something.”

“Forget it. Why would I bother with people who hide their abilities to gain an advantage?”

“Did you notice too?”

“I’m not an idiot. Of course I noticed.”

Each time the mug tipped, words that couldn’t be said sober spilled out easily.

As the alcohol dwindled, one thought kept running through my mind.

‘If this guy had been like this in school, he probably wouldn’t have been bullied.’

I knew that the reason he was acting so friendly towards me was because we were in similar positions at school.

Neither of us had friends; we’d both been lost in our own worlds.

But while falling into another world hadn’t changed me much, Deokgu had changed a lot.

You could say he’d become a different person altogether.

“Hey, can I ask you something?”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“You… why have you changed like this?”

“Changed? Me?”

Deokgu paused from drinking and tilted his head. It seemed he wasn’t aware of it himself.

“Yeah, you’ve changed. Compared to when you were in Korea, you’re like a completely different person.”

“That’s probably because I got powers or something.”

“Even so, you’ve changed too much…”

His transformation wasn’t something trivial. It was as if he’d thrown away all the trauma he used to carry, and even his personality…

“Hey, don’t worry about such trivial things. Let’s toast!”

“…Okay.”

But drunk as I was, I let it slide and raised my mug. My first taste of alcohol was so sweet.

And then, morning.

“… Ah, my head.”

As the morning sun rose, I instinctively woke up, clutching my pounding head and looking around.

“Where am I…? Oh, right.”

I fell into another world yesterday with my classmates.

A day had passed, but it was only starting to feel real now.

The fact that I’d come to another world.

‘Then I can sleep some more.’

Thinking that, I jumped into bed.

A week had passed since I fell into another world.

“Haaaah…”

Hanyoung yawned widely as he swung a gigantic hammer lightly. The lightly swung hammer weighed 0.1 ton, so the upper body of the goblin it brushed against exploded instantly.

“Screeeech!”

“Ah, missed my aim.”

Hanyoung looked at the blood on his hammer and began to complain. He’d learned that monsters turn to dust when killed instantly, but otherwise, their remains lingered.

“Ugh. Cleaning it is such a hassle.”

Crunch!

Not even a death cry was heard. His follow-up strike crushed the goblin effortlessly.

‘Now he’s completely matured, I wonder if I could win in a fight.’

I licked my lips as I watched Hanyoung. Over the past few days, he had become adept at handling his powers and no longer let them control him.

If I were to face him with a sword, a hammer weighing 100 kg would instantly knock away my sword and crush my body.

Even if skill could overcome strength, there was a limit. It certainly couldn’t bridge the gap against an opponent a hundred times stronger.

‘Despite that… Hanyoung… pales in comparison to Seoyoon.’

Even Hanyoung, with his overwhelming super strength, was no match for Seoyoon, who wielded the power of ice.

Creak.

“Screech…”

“Kuruk, kuk. Kuuu…”

The goblins froze in place.

Originally, she would create ice pillars a meter tall to take them down. But deciding that was too wasteful, she’d recently started hunting by freezing the goblins’ blood vessels.

When millimeter-sized ice crystals formed in their unhindered bloodstreams, goblins would suffer brain issues, faint, and never wake up again.

“You lot. Clean it up.”

“Yessir.”

“Good job.”

“…Thanks.”

Seoyoon ordered us in an authoritative manner, but no one dared to defy her.

If we opposed her, we’d be physically overpowered.

“Ah, such a bother.”

Hanyoung easily subdued the goblins by lightly tapping their heads with a hammer.

The weight of over 100 kg carried significant destructive power.

I was teaching Eunha, who was still clumsy at killing, the vital spots of a goblin.

“Okay, this area is like the carotid artery in humans… Since it’s already down, just hold the dagger with both hands and put your weight into it.”

“Like this?”

Squelch.

“Yes. Just like that.”

Eunha was a quick learner. She had previously mishandled a dagger and cut her finger, but thanks to her skill, she realized it didn’t bother her at all.

After that, she lost her fear of pain, and without hesitation in handling her body, her learning speed naturally increased.

“Hey, did I do well?”

“Huh? Yeah, you did well. Keep it up like that.”

I casually responded to her words and collected the mana stone the goblin had dropped.

Today, we succeeded in meeting the quota. There was still plenty of time, so it seemed like we could gather about twenty more.

I gathered all the magic stones and approached Seoyoon, lifting the bag.

“Good job…”

“Water.”

“…Oh, right. Here.”

“Give it to me quickly.”

At Seoyoon’s words, I handed over the bottle. It was fresh water drawn from the well at dawn.

But upon seeing the water bottle, Seoyoon grumbled.

“The lid’s still on.”

“Huh?”

“Shouldn’t you open it for me? It’s not like you have anything else to do.”

“Haha, you’re right. Sorry.”

I opened the lid and handed it to her, watching her odd crankiness as if she was having a bad day.

Only then did she take the bottle, drink the water, and frown.

“It’s lukewarm.”

‘Cool it down with your power.’

“Useless.”

She said that and tossed the half-empty water bottle aside.

I quickly grabbed the water bottle to stop the water from spilling. However, I couldn’t prevent a bit of water from splashing onto my clothes.

Seoyoon stood silently without a word of apology for her actions, glaring at me with annoyance.

“What are you doing? Lead the way. We need to find the next goblin.”

“…Oh, right.”

I took out the map from my bag, checked the route, and began to lead the way.

Before long, we found a goblin, and upon spotting it, Seoyoon dashed forward alone.

“Hey, are you okay?”

Hanyoung, who was watching me get thrashed by Seoyoon, approached and put an arm around my shoulder to console me.

“That chick’s crazy, isn’t she? What’s with her nasty temper?”

“…It’s fine. I’m used to it.”

“So what if she’s strong? People should have manners.”

‘And you’re saying that out loud?’

I sighed inwardly as I watched Hanyoung rudely criticize Seoyoon.

Sure, I could understand his frustration—he’d gained strong powers but felt useless and unhelpful.

But I really wished he’d deal with his ego on his own without dragging others into it…

“What are you doing? Not coming?”

“I’m coming, I’m coming.”

Seeing Seoyoon walking towards us after already defeating all the goblins, I moved forward.

After finishing hunting in the dungeon, Seoyoon returned home and went straight to her room, skipping dinner.

“Just give me money. I’ll come down to eat if I get hungry.”

“Yeah, yeah, got it.”

Despite her one-sided demand, Deokgu handed over the money without a fuss. Most of this money was earned by her anyway, so even if she asked for all of it, he would have had to hand it over.

She collected the money, went straight to her room, and locked the door. She didn’t forget to use her abilities to add extra security.

She went into the bathroom, quickly washed off the sweat and dust, then froze the moisture on her body and shook it off.

Even though she showered with ice-cold water, the moisture evaporated in an instant, making her body start to feel muggy.

No, to be precise, it was a side effect of her ability.

“Hooh…”

She exhaled deeply. Just that made her feel like some of the heat inside her body was escaping.

However, it wasn’t enough. The side effects of using her abilities in the dungeon all day still lingered.

“Ugh.”

Seoyoon carefully lay facedown on the bed, placing a soft pillow under her stomach. She stretched her arms and legs and bound them with cuffs made from her own powers.

With this, if anyone came in and saw her, she would be in a state unable to resist.

Thinking like that made her already heated body burn even more.

“Haah…”

With her hand bound between her legs, she slowly caressed her clit. The masturbation she had learned for the first time since falling into this other world had quickly addicted her.

“Mm, there… Haah! Mm, haaah!”

Even as she buried her lips into the bed to muffle her sounds, she let out moans with a subconscious wish that someone would hear her.

‘Why… why isn’t anyone coming…?’

Seoyoon recalled the conversation she had with Dojin today. It was clear he had enough animosity toward her.

Yes, to the point that he might come to assault her if it came to that…

“Haaahng!”

She imagined being indiscriminately violated by her companion. Giving herself to multiple people wasn’t her preference, so her fantasies always involved just one person.

In her imagination, Dojin appeared in the room. He was normally weak enough for her to overpower without effort, but now the situation was reversed.

Dojin teased her, as she was bound by her own abilities and unable to maintain her sanity due to her heated body.

But the Dojin her virgin subconscious created was far too gentle. So much so that he couldn’t relieve the burning heat emanating from her body.

It wasn’t enough.

She wanted him to ignore her objections and hold her so tightly it felt like her body would break.

She wished he would release inside her, regardless of the risk of pregnancy, slap her bottom hard, and then leave irresponsibly.

‘It’s okay to treat me roughly…’

“Heuuuuh!”

Once again, she fantasized about being violated by her companion.

She subconsciously hoped for it and was subtly guiding him toward it.