Former Hero, Solo Play Oriented – Chapter 92

Ding dong-

“Oh, looks like Dayeon is here.”

While sitting on the living room sofa having Chris take care of my hair, I heard the doorbell from the entrance. Chris got up to greet Bae Merong.

Click, pitter patter.

After some conversation sounds and hurried footsteps from the entrance, a woman with short hair and small build appeared and sat down on my left with a lively smile.

“Hi, Rain! How are you feeling?”

“Hello, Dayeon unnie. I’m much better.”

Nam Dayeon, Bae Merong, who was smiling, looked over my body and soon held my hand tightly with eyes that looked like she might cry.

“Sob, I knew Chris unnie wasn’t taking proper care of you. Do you want to just live at unnie’s house?”

“Hey, Nam Dayeon!”

Chris approached with a displeased expression and sat on my right, pulling my body towards her. I shook my head while looking at Bae Merong from Chris’s embrace.

“It’s not Chris unnie’s fault. I’ve been playing the game too hard lately. Since my body is weak, I should take breaks while playing.”

“Sniff, really? Anyway I was so surprised. When I heard you were taking a break from the game for a few days because you weren’t feeling well, I thought you might be hospitalized again.”

“Well, it’s not that big of a deal. But I need to do daily quests.”

“Hey! You promised unnie, right? We agreed you’d rest for a few days.”

“Yes…”

I bowed my head deeply seeing Chris’s stern expression. Since I’m guilty of abusing my body, I couldn’t disobey Chris’s words.

Chris chuckled and then started caressing my hair with a dreamy expression again.

“Rain’s hair is really beautiful… Haah…”

“Um, mmm.”

Though I said I’d rest for a few days, there’s not much to do in the world outside the Astria continent. These days I’ve been letting Chris touch my body and stroke me. Am I like a comfort doll?

In the Astria continent with Rain’s body, I can’t often be together with Chris because I wander around doing daily quests or sightseeing.

And for Chris to enjoy me more, I have to let her touch my body in the outside world. With the normal user synchronization rate in the Astria continent, there must be unsatisfying aspects.

Chris likes it when I offer my body and I feel good too. It’s one of the few happinesses I can enjoy with Seulbi’s body.

While receiving Chris’s strokes, I blushed slightly at a thought that suddenly occurred to me.

Recently, unnie bathed me.

At the time, I acted spoiled and obediently entrusted my body because my head was hazy from the drug effects to reduce pain, but thinking about it carefully now, it’s a very embarrassing act.

Even if we’re the same gender, a grown maiden showed her naked body to someone else and entrusted her body to those hands.

Well, my body is a bit small, but it wouldn’t be wrong to claim I’m a grown maiden, right?

I’m probably not the only one who was embarrassed. Chris’s face was very red and she kept flinching then, so she must have been quite embarrassed too.

Rain, what on earth did you do?

But it felt good. It’s probably fine since Chris unnie likes touching my body too.

Unnie liked it too, right? Hmm, is this correct?

While I was lost in other thoughts for a moment, I reflexively ate a snack that suddenly appeared in front of my mouth.

Munch.

Bae Merong who put the snack in my mouth smiled broadly.

“Aww, she eats well.”

“…What are you, feeding an animal?”

“Of course, our cute little animal.”

Bae Merong teased me.

I shook my head at her childish behavior.

Comparing Bae Merong’s and my build, she’s not really in a position to call me a little animal.

I’m in the mid-140cm range, Bae Merong is in the mid-150cm range, so at most there’s a hand span difference. Compared to Chris who’s over the late 170cm range, we’re completely tiny.

“Chris unnie is like a model with a great figure and tall height, but Bae Merong unnie is…”

“Rain, you!”

“Hehehe!”

I looked at Bae Merong with a mischievous expression. Bae Merong puffed her cheeks. Chris shrugged her shoulders with a silly grin.

They call me cute, but Bae Merong who’s a fresh college freshman is plenty cute too. It’s probably not just my eyes that see her that way.

While I was sandwiched between the unnies who were chirping for a while, receiving snacks and watching TV, it was already lunchtime.

“Since we have a guest, I should serve something delicious. Let’s see, I went grocery shopping a few days ago. If there’s nothing left, maybe we should order delivery food.”

Chris spoke to Bae Merong as she got up and headed to the kitchen.

“Oh right, it’s Rain’s exercise time? Unnie will be preparing the meal, so Dayeon, could you watch Rain?”

“Yes ma’am!”

Bae Merong stood up and saluted. Chris chuckled and disappeared towards the kitchen.

“Hup.”

I carefully got up holding onto my exercise assistive device.

A rehabilitation assistive device with wheels and bars that can be held with both hands. Through this, I can practice walking little by little. Even if my legs don’t get better, doing this exercise in parallel helps a bit with daily life.

Wobble wobble.

I held onto the bars and carefully started moving my legs using just thigh strength.

I felt sweat beading on my forehead.

Bae Merong watched me slowly walking around the living room with tense eyes.

Is it fortunate among misfortunes that it’s not complete lower body paralysis? They said it’s a relatively better stage among spinal cord injury stages classified by seemingly professional medical terms like L2 stage spinal cord injury or whatever.

My past self whose mind was dead. My condition that didn’t register in my head at the time.

But since living with Chris, I’ve become somewhat determined to improve.

Anyway, for Rain’s sake, I have to carry Seulbi’s body along too.

“Phew.”

Finally, I excellently made one round around the spacious living room.

I exhaled and wiped off the light sweat on my forehead.

It was easier than before, probably because my body has definitely gotten better lately.

Bae Merong clutched her chest and sighed in relief.

“Haah, why is it so nerve-wracking.”

“I’ve gotten much better. Now I might be able to take a few steps without this assistive device, if someone just holds my hand.”

“Really? Should unnie hold your hand?”

“Yes. I want to try challenging it.”

I clenched my fists and steeled my resolve.

Now, it seemed possible without the assistive device.

Carefully taking my hands off the assistive device, and holding Bae Merong’s hand who approached in front of me.

I took one step.

“Oh.”

I walked.

Since it’s walking using just thigh strength, it’s wobbly, but I definitely walked.

Tears seemed to well up in Bae Merong’s eyes.

“Sniff, well done… Rain…!”

Two steps, three steps.

Thud.

“Ah.”

Bae Merong, who was carefully walking backwards holding both my hands, suddenly made a surprised sound.

At the same time, Bae Merong’s body staggered backwards.

Bae Merong, who was only looking at me while walking backwards, didn’t see the slightly protruding leg of the living room table. Her body that caught on it was falling backwards.

I fell forward while holding Bae Merong’s hands, and scanned the floor with sharp eyes.

I can support it. So unnie’s head doesn’t get hurt.

I quickly stretched out my arms to both sides to support Bae Merong’s falling head.

Thud!

Flop.

Bae Merong was lying on the living room floor with a surprised expression, looking at my eyes that had become close enough for our breaths to touch.

Pat pat.

I lightly stroked the back of Bae Merong’s head. It didn’t seem to be hurt.

By the way, pink hair really suits Bae Merong unnie. Black hair, the standard color of South Korea, looks rather awkward.

“Haah, you should have been more careful.”

I removed my arm that was protecting Bae Merong’s head and smiled broadly looking down at her.

Bae Merong’s body became a cushion so my body wasn’t hurt either. Since I hit the floor with my arm while supporting Bae Merong’s head, her head wasn’t hurt either. Her butt might hurt a little though.

My arm and elbow that hit the floor hard like breaking a fall to support my body hurt a bit, but it’s fine since Bae Merong wasn’t hurt.

Certainly, even with Seulbi’s body that can’t walk, my reaction speed was still good. The reflexes from my hero days haven’t gone anywhere.

Even back then, I mostly supplemented strength and speed with holy swords and mana, so not much muscle was built on my small body.

“…?”

But Bae Merong’s state is a bit strange.

For some reason she looked at my face with dazed eyes, then avoided my gaze and blushed.

Then she closed her eyes tightly and shouted as if convincing herself.

“N-no! I’m not a pervert like Chris unnie!”

“Pervert…?”

What does that mean?

Did she hit her head?

Did I fail to properly protect her from the impact?

Munch.

I deliciously gnawed on a chicken leg.

Today’s lunch is delivery food. Crispy fried chicken, no less.

Now that my stomach has expanded a bit, I can eat about half a chicken.

Chris handed me a second chicken leg with a bright smile.

“I did cook some rice, but there weren’t any suitable side dishes to serve, so I just ordered this. Since Rain likes chicken.”

“Yes. I love chicken so much.”

Bae Merong was gnawing on chicken with her head bowed deeply. While glancing at me.

“…A situation I’ve only seen in classic animations… Cu-cute but with unnecessarily cool eyes.”

“…? What’s wrong, Nam Dayeon?”

“Huh! N-nothing at all!”

Chris tilted her head in confusion but soon erased her doubts and asked about Bae Merong’s growth situation.

“Looks like the next elite dungeon will open soon. Dayeon, have you finished leveling up too?”

“Of course! I’m Bae Merong, the even stronger mage of Chris’s raid party! I might be able to beat Rain’s party this time?”

As if she had never been intimidated, Bae Merong soon had a confident face.

Chris and I exchanged glances with traces of laughter.

Chris unnie’s party members don’t know yet.

They’ll find out during this elite dungeon conquest, but.

“I’ve finished preparations too.”

I’ve even created an account to stream video.

They said it’s a world all users save together?

No, the Astria Online you created, I’m the protagonist.

Through this elite dungeon conquest, I will firmly engrave the name ‘Rain’.

To show all users, and even the beings who made the Astria continent in game form.