Chapter 58

Chapter 58

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

Episode 58: Ominous Clouds

Having spent almost an entire day in bed, I reluctantly had to get up due to Iris’s strong coercion.

In my heart, I wanted to enjoy the same leisure as yesterday for about three more days, but the fact that time was running out was undeniable.

Having no choice, I roughly washed myself by the lake, driving away the sleepiness.

‘I should carry around a portable shower.’

Even if I could heat water with magic, washing by the lake itself was more inconvenient than I thought.

Still, I wasn’t greatly dissatisfied just by the fact that I could wash with Iris. The person in question didn’t show her front, leaning her back against my chest because she was shy, but doesn’t she know that makes it even more arousing?

My lower body became stiff at the stimulating line running from Iris’s neck down to her hips, and I could only put on clothes after ejaculating three times in a row inside her while washing.

Of course, I didn’t tell Iris to wear a tank top and dolphin shorts. It’s everyday wear by my standards, but by Iris’s standards, it felt like a shocking event outfit from a girlfriend on an anniversary.

I took out a few nice dresses and shirts and let Iris wear whatever she liked.

“Hyeon-u, how is it? Does it suit me well?”

The moment I saw Iris, wearing a white off-shoulder shirt and a black high-waisted skirt, elegantly turning in a circle, applause automatically erupted.

“Hehe, thank you.”

At Iris’s refreshing smile, my lower body unknowingly became stiff again, but I didn’t want to ruin this atmosphere, so I endured it with superhuman patience.

From the start, there was no need to be impatient anywhere.

As long as this ‘Otherworld Dating App’ doesn’t disappear, I will continue to make memories with Iris until my lifespan permits.

‘Until the Otherworld Dating App disappears, huh…’

I wasn’t too worried about my lifespan.

As my realm got higher, my lifespan automatically increases. Right now, I could easily live to be 120 years old.

If I raised my realm while taking elixirs, it seemed possible to live up to 200 years old. Besides that, there were many ways to extend lifespan, but I was worried that this app I suddenly obtained might disappear overnight.

Only that planted a seed of anxiety in one corner of my heart.

“Hyeon-u?”

While I was briefly lost in thought, Iris, who had come right up close, sent me a look filled with worry.

“Is something wrong?”

“…No, it’s nothing.”

At Iris’s concern, I composed myself.

Yes, let’s not worry about things that haven’t happened yet.

Let’s not waste time clinging to conclusions that won’t come out even if I worry a hundred times.

What was important were the moments I was spending with Iris now.

Like that, the seed of anxiety disappeared before it could even sprout.

We held hands and returned to the temple.

The moment we stepped into the temple, the golden tree, which had clearly been slightly withered until yesterday, once again emitted a brilliant light.

At the same time, I could feel the surrounding air slightly changing.

[Have you come?]

“Mother!”

At the telepathic message that felt like it was directly hitting her brain, Iris quickly ran to the golden tree’s side.

I looked at my now empty right hand and felt a strange jealousy, but it wasn’t long before I let it go.

‘Yeah, it’s weird to be jealous of my girlfriend’s relationship with my future mother-in-law.’

Rather, thinking of her as my future mother-in-law, faith I didn’t even have seemed to well up.

However, judging from Iris’s excited voice and expression, it didn’t seem like this conversation would end soon.

Having no choice, I decided to pass the time by reviewing what I had learned yesterday.

Actually, a day was a very short time to learn something.

What I learned was just a few new fire elemental magic spells?

From the start, Iris wasn’t a mage who used the fire element. She tended to use earth and wind elements based on spirit magic.

That’s not to say I had an aptitude for earth and wind elements.

The elements I had an aptitude for were fire and lightning, after all.

Moreover, I hadn’t used lightning consistently because I couldn’t control it properly.

Lightning had the most bizarre power among the elements, but it was also that much harder to control. If I made a mistake, my mana circuits were likely to be damaged.

Still, I continued to practice.

Because Iris also advised that repeated practice was the best way to freely use the lightning element.

Quietly closing my eyes, I focused the lightning element in both hands.

Pajijik-

Before long, rough sparks rose, but that was it.

Even with my strengthened mana circuits, it wasn’t easy to handle more output. Still, if I pushed myself, I felt like I could use high-power lightning magic once or twice.

Compared to before, I could definitely feel that I had grown.

Just as I was feeling a sense of accomplishment with the certainty that I would be able to handle even stronger lightning in the not-too-distant future.

[Kang Hyeon-u.]

A familiar telepathic message was heard.

[I cannot help but be amazed by your performance. I never imagined that you would defeat the gatekeeper of the first floor and return with the key.]

The World Tree’s will turned towards Kang Hyeon-u.

Clearly, the tree didn’t have eyes, but Kang Hyeon-u felt like he was receiving the World Tree’s gaze.

[Frankly speaking, I didn’t even have a shred of expectation for you.]

“O-oh, Mother?”

Iris was startled by her mother’s sharp words towards the boyfriend she had brought home, saying he was the person she would soon marry.

[However, it seems I can no longer disbelieve.]

The World Tree’s golden branches stretched out towards me. At the end of the branches, a small fruit grew.

“This is?”

[This is the last fruit this tree can bear.]

Iris couldn’t help but be astonished by the sight.

The World Tree’s fruit, emitting immense divine power, was one of the best elixirs in the world, comparable to holy relics.

Of course, since it grew from a symbolic entity with weak authority, its efficacy was somewhat inferior.

Nevertheless, it was clear that it would be the best move for Kang Hyeon-u’s growth.

Kang Hyeon-u, unaware of such facts, was just roughly guessing that it was probably an elixir.

And it was an elixir bestowed by a god, no less.

It would be good if it was better than what was available on the market, but with the certainty that it wouldn’t be worse, the corners of his lips lifted.

Stealing a glance at Iris, he put the fruit directly into my mouth.

The taste was surprisingly decent.

Still, it wasn’t as good as high-end fruits sold on Earth, but who ate traditional herbal medicine because it tasted good anyway?

You ate it because it’s good for you.

He chewed it roughly and swallowed it as was.

“…Huh?”

The problem occurred after that.

Suddenly, his vision blurred, and he seemed to hear tinnitus in my ears.

Thump-

His memory cut off there.

The World Tree looked at Kang Hyeon-u, who had fallen to the floor.

More accurately, it peered into his inner self, discerning his essence.

However, even the gaze of a god could not detect the ‘Otherworld Dating App’ that Kang Hyeon-u possessed, as it was completely hidden. Therefore, the World Tree could only conclude that he was a genius, seeing how much he had grown in such a short period.

Although it felt uneasy that he was a human and not an elf, finding someone more suitable in the current situation was a distant prospect, so it had no choice but to compromise with reality.

[Child.]

“…Yes, Mother.”

Iris laid the fallen Kang Hyeon-u on her lap, wearing a worried expression.

Seeing her child’s sincere appearance, the World Tree could somewhat erase its unease about the fact that Kang Hyeon-u was human.

[Do you love him?]

“Yes.”

At the answer without the slightest hesitation, the World Tree fell silent for a moment.

[Does he love you too?]

Knowing that this was not a simple question, Iris couldn’t help but pause for a moment.

However, recalling his appearance, who had broken through her 200 years of loneliness and appeared here, showing her a new future and teaching her warm love, Iris could strengthen her resolve.

Even if he didn’t sincerely love her, she was confident that she could win his true feelings with her own efforts.

“Yes!”

The World Tree was satisfied with its most precious child’s powerful reply.

It was still uncertain whether its decision could save the entire elven race.

Even a god was not omniscient or omnipotent.

Therefore, believing firmly in its child was the only best it could do, and it squeezed out the authority it could exert on the surface.

Once again, golden waves surged in the underground common temple.

Tting-

[Nine fruits: Mana has been consumed.]

[Mana circuits are extremely activated.]

[Mana circle is extremely activated.]

[The body senses changes and prepares for new transformations.]

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“…Where is this?”

Frowning slightly at a bit of a headache, I pushed aside the densely packed screen that appeared between my heavily lifted eyelids.

Then, I closed my eyes again.

When I closed my eyes, the headache seemed to lessen a bit.

Moreover, the texture of the pillow I was lying on was so good that I stroked and touched it here and there.

‘…Why is it warm?’

At the sticky texture that couldn’t be felt from a pillow, I touched it a bit more actively.

After touching it this way and that way, it was clear that this was Iris’s national treasure-level thigh.

Naturally, this led to the question of why I was doing this, and I carefully opened my eyes again and turned my head.

“Have you woken up?”

“Huh?”

My eyes met Iris’s.

However, in Iris’s eyes, which met mine, I could glimpse something I couldn’t usually see.

“Iris…?”

A sense of unease and foreignness intensely pricked my instincts.

Her usually vibrant green eyes were gone, replaced by brilliantly glowing golden eyes, fueling my suspicion.

At that moment, a hypothesis flashed through my mind.

“Could it be, the World Tree…?”

Iris, no, the World Tree, nodded briefly.

Only then did I spring up from my spot.

“It’s the first time meeting like this from a human’s perspective.”

From the World Tree wearing Iris’s guise, who got up from the spot while dusting off her knees, I felt an unknown pressure.

A distant divinity, a being that humanity calls a god, had descended to this land by borrowing the body of a believer.

The golden tree in the center of the temple was not just withered but completely rotten and decayed.

“I have something to tell you, so I have temporarily borrowed the child’s body.”

“Uh… is it really necessary to go to such lengths? Can’t you just say it?”

The World Tree shook its head.

“The golden tree, though weak, is also my symbol. Intervening on the surface requires a considerable amount of authority, whereas borrowing the body of this child, who is strongly connected to me, can minimize the consumption of authority.”

I understood the reason for borrowing Iris’s body, but what on earth did it want to talk about that it would even descend into the body of a believer, minimizing the use of its authority?

“I believe you are the hero who will save the entire elven race.”

“…Hero?”