Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Otherworld Cheat Harem.

Episode 90: Succubus (2)

“Show me your chest.”

“…What?”

Raize asked back with an incredulous expression. Asking to show her chest, how absurd. In reality, he had turned his eyes away from the very thing he desired so much?

“…My chest is small and unimpressive.”

So Raize returned the words that Dojin had said in reality. Hearing that, Dojin stared at her chest for a moment, then nodded as if to agree.

“Hey, it’s true. Well… that’s fine then.”

“…The way you say that is kind of annoying.”

“Then what, are you going to let me touch it?”

“No.”

“Fine, I won’t touch it either.”

Dojin, as if he was the one in charge, confidently rejected Raize. Though it was absurd, Dojin dismissed her and grabbed his sword.

And swung it.

In the backyard, where unauthorized people couldn’t enter, a stranger appeared, and he showed some interest for a moment, but even that was tiresome.

Dojin swung his sword diligently to solve the homework given by his father. Without rest, continuously.

10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes.

Seeing him swinging the sword for an entire hour, Raize asked him in astonishment.

“Aren’t you bored?”

“I’m bored.”

“Then why don’t you take a break?”

“If I stop, I can’t finish the homework.”

Whether it was true that he was bored, he chatted with Raize. Through conversations with Dojin, Raize easily realized how much abuse this young boy was enduring.

‘It’s too much.’

A schedule lacking even 30 hours a day, abusive training, and education in the name of discipline.

The only place he could rest was the elementary school, which was mandatory education. At least there, no one scolded him for just sitting still.

Keeping up with studies is tough, but at least it’s not painful to the point of bleeding or bruising, so he managed to keep up with the kids’ level somehow.

“Doesn’t anyone say anything?”

“They do.”

“Then why…?”

“Because my father is quite a famous person.”

It’s not that no one noticed his bruises. But who in this area would dare to go against his father, a local influential figure?

In this area, his father was like a samurai with the right to summary execution. No one dares to upset him. Child abuse is something they can turn a blind eye to.

It’s not happening to their own children, after all…

Upon hearing all this, Raize was furious to the point of losing her reason. However, she didn’t express that anger outwardly. She wasn’t that untrained.

A magician must always be able to fully control their mind.

“That’s too much.”

“Right. They’re all too much. Oh, except for one person.”

“Who?”

“Mom.”

His mother, come to think of it, she hadn’t seen her even once in this mansion. If she cared for Dojin as much as he says, she would have appeared by now.

Raize asked where his mother was. However, he couldn’t answer. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to say, but he genuinely seemed not to know where she was.

“Mom’s not well. So she’s always in the hospital.”

“Which hospital?”

“I don’t know… But she comes to visit once a week. If I don’t finish all my homework by then, I can’t see her. That’s why I’m working so hard.”

“Homework?”

“This.”

Whirl, Dojin spun his sword once and stepped into his footwork. Even to Raize’s eyes, the swordsmanship displayed was profound, but when his footwork faltered, causing him to lose grip of his sword, he finally stopped the practice.

“Perfecting this is my homework.”

“That’s quite a difficult assignment.”

“It’s easy.”

“Easy? Then why can’t you do it?”

“Because I’m being lazy…”

Dojin’s face turned quite gloomy as he said this. Lazy? The one who wielded his sword without a single complaint?

If he was lazy, then 99% of humanity must be so lazy that they suffer from mental disorders related to sloth. Raize asked, just in case.

“Who says that? That you’re lazy.”

“Everyone says so. My father says it, and that noona earlier said it too.”

“The attendant?”

“Yeah.”

“Ha, this is just… full of crazy people.”

This building itself was a cage meant to confine and raise him. Realizing this, Raize understood why they couldn’t go beyond 3 km from this building.

Dojin had never been outside either. Earth’s vastness of 510 million km². In this vast world, all he knew was this mere 3 km radius.

A fraction of a fraction. He had only experienced that much of the world.

“Shall I scold him?”

“Huh?”

“Your father.”

“Didn’t you say you couldn’t?”

“I can’t kill him. But scolding him, that I can do.”

“How?”

“What are you mumbling about by yourself?”

At that moment, Dojin’s father appeared. Dojin stiffened with the sword in his hand, and his father frowned at his appearance.

“Are you practicing well?”

“Y-yes.”

“Show me.”

“Yes, I-I understand.”

Suddenly realizing that his father was completely ignoring Raize, Dojin felt something was amiss, yet he raised his sword tensely.

And he swung the sword. However, it was a sword technique he failed even with a sound body and mind. There was no way he could perform it in a tired and tense state.

With a thud, Dojin tripped over his own feet, and seeing this, he was scolded loudly.

“What have you been doing until now?!”

Snap, Dojin’s body froze completely. Like a frog in front of a snake, he couldn’t move an inch.

Dojin felt a headache coming on. His stomach churned, and his ears felt blocked. He felt like he would vomit with just a little movement.

And then.

“Hey.”

“…?”

“Watch closely.”

Raize called out to Dojin. While listening to the scolding with his head bowed, Dojin involuntarily looked up and saw Raize throwing a punch at his father.

Raize assumed a stance and swung with all her might at Dojin’s father. However, her punch, being far from athletic, didn’t carry much power.

Still, it managed to make a dent in his cheek. With a thud, the man’s face caved in comically from the punch.

“You… you fool… if you don’t do it right from now on…”

The sight of him speaking with a face distorted by the punch was ridiculous, no matter how fearsome he might be.

Dojin couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Ahahaha!”

“…What’s so funny?”

“Hahaha, heup, hic! Uh, uh…?”

“It seems you still haven’t come to your senses.”

The man approached and grabbed Dojin’s arm. This was bad. Dojin now knew very well what was about to happen to him.

“W-wait a minute! Your face, your face…!”

“What about my face?”

“That, that Noona hit Father’s face…!”

“Noona? You don’t have a Noona.”

“That’s not it…!”

“And you’ve been alone since earlier, what are you talking about?”

“…What?”

When Dojin was momentarily confused, wondering if he had gone crazy, his father led him to a secluded room. It was a room known as the punishment room.

“Reflect on your actions in there for a day.”

“Ah, Father!”

Thud! The door closed. At the same time, complete darkness descended. Not a single ray of moonlight entered. This room was also thoroughly soundproofed, so no sound from outside could be heard.

A world completely cut off from light and sound. Dojin, as if accustomed to it, walked to the corner, hugged his legs, and crouched down.

This position was the warmest and the one that kept him from losing his mind. This eerily oppressive room quickly gnawed away at his sanity.

“What is this…? It really happened…”

*Am I *crazy? Dojin thought, recalling Raize in her bizarre outfit from earlier. Yeah, where in the world would a woman walk around in clothes like that?

I must be crazy. What happens if you go crazy? Do you go to the hospital? Would Father send me to the hospital? Really? Wouldn’t he rather enjoy it?

As he muttered to himself and began to get lost in his thoughts, whoosh, a fire started burning before his eyes.

“Looking for me?”

“Huh, huh? Noona?”

“Yes, yes, little brother Dojin.”

It’s real. She really existed. Dojin, flustered, reached out and touched her face. He could feel the warmth. There was a sensation. This was real. Even if he were crazy, he couldn’t be this crazy.

“…I’m stuck here because of you, Noona.”

“How is that my fault?”

“You did something weird, and I laughed because of it…”

Dojin knew well that this was just an excuse. He was the one who laughed, and he understood that Raize had no intention of being funny.

But if he didn’t blame someone else, how could he cope with the frustration of being stuck here? He had just arrived, and it would be at least 12 hours until morning…

“I’ll take responsibility.”

“…For what?”

“You said it’s my fault you’re here, right? Then I’ll take responsibility and get you out.”

At those words, Dojin looked at her, thinking that if she could do it, she should try. If she was a figment of his imagination, a fake created by his madness, such a thing would be impossible.

“Here, take my hand.”

Raize extended her hand. Dojin slowly took it. And moments later, the world turned upside down.

“Huh, huh?”

Whoooosh!

Dojin began to feel the intense sound of wind hitting his ears and the gravity pulling his body.

They were in the sky. He found himself high above the ground.

“Ahhhhh!”

Even though he was trained not to be surprised by most things, he couldn’t help but scream as he suddenly fell from the sky.

Raize appeared belatedly and grabbed him. Dojin, who had been falling, came to a halt in midair.

“Ahhh… huh?”

“Calmed down?”

“Huh, huh? Wh-what is this?”

“I told you.”

Raize slowly set Dojin down. But unlike before, he didn’t fall to the ground. Dojin realized he could walk in the sky.

With a whoosh, Raize flew towards him and spoke with a fresh smile.

“I am a magician.”

At night, the neon-lit city was breathtakingly beautiful. Observing from above, it seemed like a canvas painted on a map.

“…I want to go there.”

“Where?”

“There.”

Dojin pointed to the city. He had never been there at this hour. Raize fulfilled his wish.

The two descended slowly into an alley between buildings and began to walk through the nighttime streets. The streets were bustling with dozens of times more people than in the morning.

Whether here or in another world, humans who conquered the night enjoyed it.

“Wow…”

Dojin gaped at the city. Dazzling LED signs and various shops, drawing people like moths to a flame, were open for business.

“Noona, that. I want to eat that.”

“Go ahead.”

“But I have no money.”

“Ah…”

That’s right, Dojin was a resident of the dream. Unlike her, who couldn’t be interfered with, it was easy to predict that if he touched something, he would interact with others.

There was no choice; Raize rummaged through the pockets of passersby, stealing wallets. Watching Raize steal wallets from people’s pockets, Dojin innocently asked.

“Isn’t stealing bad?”

“Stealing is bad, but they didn’t refuse, did they? Then it’s not stealing.”

“Is that so?”

If the other party doesn’t refuse, it’s not bad. Learning this new knowledge, Dojin used the money Raize stole to buy fried food from a street vendor.