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I wanted to retort to the female students who were blatantly staring at me.

But I held back.

“What are you looking at? I’d like to say, but they’re pretty, so I’ll let it slide.”

Unlike the male students with lax admission standards,

Female students entering Hunter Academy are usually not just average prodigies.

They are typically mana-awakened geniuses demanded by regions for enrollment each year.

Moreover, handling mana well enhances the awakened individual’s physique.

In other words, female students of Hunter Academy are generally above a certain level of beauty.

Of course, there is some variance among them, but they are generally considered beautiful enough to be in the top 10% by the world’s standards.

The issue is that this world is a game world where almost everyone is a beauty from the start.

In essence, it’s a gathering of the most beautiful among beauties.

“Gulp.”

“Oops. My bad. I made the portion too big.”

Feeling slightly embarrassed, I quickly glanced around.

Nearby, female students who had been eyeing me curiously were now chuckling and watching me in disbelief.

Feeling even more embarrassed, I lowered my head and focused on eating my meat diligently.

I could feel my cheeks heating up, but there was no option but to keep eating.

The meat was just too delicious.

Well, isn’t it a loss not to eat when it’s a buffet?

Are these people all somewhat well-off? Is this not a big deal here?

Well, the world setting is such that it’s a world where awakened genes are slightly inherited.

Meaning, the individuals here have a high probability of having awakened parents,

and in that sense, they also likely come from affluent backgrounds.

“Well, am I here to work? As long as the food is good, I’m fine.

Hehe. Lobster is the best. The salmon sashimi is delicious too…

And the ribs and tomahawk steaks are all tasty…”

As I enthusiastically devoured the food,

a pretty female student approached me.

She gave me a mischievous look and flashed a wicked smile.

It must have been around the sixth time I refilled my plate.

“Hey. Are you one of those guys who got in through the Male Service Corps special admissions?”

“Male Service Corps special admissions…? What was that again?”

After racking my brain for a while, I remembered what ‘Male Service Corps special admissions’ meant.

It was one of the unique settings of the National Hunter Academy within the game world background.

And ultimately, I did get in through the ‘Male Service Corps special admissions.’

Depending on the stats set before starting the game, the admission process to the academy changes.

With my basic stats at F-grade, I was originally ineligible for admission.

Hence, I entered through the special admissions program known as the ‘Male Service Corps special admissions.’

However, if this fact were to be revealed carelessly, my school life would become incredibly complicated.

The Service Corps typically lacks awakened abilities, but it deliberately selects…,

a special admission category with a somewhat comfort women-like nature to satisfy the overflowing sexual desires of female awakened individuals.

Therefore, they mostly recruit boys from poor and powerless families.

This is because due to the hefty penalties and the academy’s intimidation related to admission contracts, dropping out is not an option.

Apart from being expelled by the school, if you attempt unauthorized absence or dropout, you are required to pay tens of billions as a penalty fee.

Thus, revealing that you entered through the ‘Male Service Corps special admissions’ is considered foolish, as I read on an internet wiki before entering the game.

Of course, it was mentioned that if you enjoy being caught off guard and want to engage in a masochistic playthrough, then it’s recommended.

In other words, if you don’t want to start with a sex slave concept right from the beginning, never reveal it upon entry.

If you follow this route, you won’t be able to pursue the Hunter route properly,

nor will you get to enjoy a typical harem sex life centered around an ordinary male protagonist.

You’ll just end up living a communal semen-extracting life with the women….

“…Ah, no, it’s not like that?”

“Damn. It’s obvious. If you’re going to lie, at least answer quickly.”

And is one of my awakening abilities the ability to detect lies?

But even if you don’t use this ability, it’s easy to tell when you’re lying.”

“……”

“Hehe. Anyway, it’s a typical male volunteer skill test….

Heh heh. If you get caught like this from the beginning, how are you going to survive school life?

Well, except for me, the female students will enjoy it. Stay strong.”

“Oh, damn. This seems messed up…. I totally forgot that this happened. Damn.”

The girl who asked me about the ‘male volunteer skill test’ made a circle with her finger towards the female students eating with her.

She probably wanted to confirm whether she was right or wrong by asking.

The expressions of the female students upon seeing the circle mark turned sinister.

They displayed various emotions, mostly lust, disdain, malice, and similar feelings.

“Oh. That’s why I should have been more cautious and acted like others.

This seems messed up. Isn’t there something like restarting the game?”

In the world that had become reality, there was no button like ‘restart game.’

My early route had completely gone awry.

“Ah, whatever. What can I do? It’s already happened.

How much can pretty girls flirt with you anyway?

And it’s good if they do.”

Ignoring the gazes around me, I patted my almost bursting belly after eating more meat and headed out of the restaurant.

Now, shall we go to where the entrance ceremony is being held….

I walked unsteadily and arrived at the entrance ceremony venue.

In the spacious indoor auditorium, several chairs were arranged for the academy students to sit on.

I sat on any chair without feeling like there was a designated seat.

As I sat absentmindedly on any chair,

after some time, a few male students surrounded me.

Probably because there were few male students in Hunter Academy, a few of them seemed to have taken seats around me after wandering around.

“Hello? Nice to meet you. I’m Park Ji-hoon.”

There were male students talking to me.

However, their tone sounded feminine, so they all seemed somewhat effeminate.

Why do I feel like giving them a punch when they speak cutely in a fresh and lively manner?

“Oh. Yeah. Nice to meet you.”

“Hehe~ Your way of speaking is so stiff, just like a girl’s.”

“….”

“Oh. Sorry. That was rude of me on our first meeting…, sorry. But what’s your name?”

“Here, on the nametag. Kim Do-jin.”

“Oh, right. Hehehe. There was a nametag. Kim Do-jin… I see.”

This guy named Park Ji-hoon looked sleek and manly but sat very uncomfortably, fidgeting continuously.

His uncomfortable behavior beside me naturally irritated me.

However, perhaps he thought I was annoyed because of his earlier comment about my feminine way of speaking,

so he kept nervously checking my reactions.

Maybe he thinks he made an enemy by making a mistake in his speech from the first day and is trying to find an opportunity to make amends?

“Ugh. Annoying. Let’s ignore him.”

I decided not to look in his direction.

Just wondering if there are any pretty female students around, I scanned the surroundings, thinking I needed to complete a quest.

Then suddenly, I remembered that I hadn’t talked to a female student earlier.

[Quest]

1. Choose a main weapon (Reward: Stat points)

2. Attend the first class at Hunter Academy (Reward: Stat points)

3. Train at the academy’s training facility for 1 hour (Reward: Stat points)

—–

1. Talk to someone of the opposite sex (Reward: Stat points)

2. Have a conversation with someone of the opposite sex for over 10 minutes (Reward: Stat points)

3. Hold hands with someone of the opposite sex (Reward: Stat points)

“Why isn’t it completed? I talked to a girl earlier. Is it a bug?”

Furrowing my brow, I was puzzled as to why the quest wasn’t completed.

“What’s this? As I was thinking, something came to mind.

‘Ah, is it because I haven’t been talking?’

There was a possibility.

So, I thought about finding an excuse to talk to a nearby girl.

Then I thought I could ask when the entrance ceremony starts.

I approached the closest female student and spoke to her.

“Excuse me, do you know when the entrance ceremony starts?”

“Oh? It probably starts at 10 o’clock. There’s about 10 minutes left.”

[ Quest Success ]

[ Talk to the opposite sex ]

[ Reward: Stat Points ]

[ Related quest added ]

“Oh, I see. Thanks for letting me know.”

‘Hehe. My intuition was right.’

I successfully completed the quest and received a bonus stat point.

I immediately invested it in height.

Come to think of it, if I had known I would enter the game world, I would have almost exclusively invested in height from the beginning.

Even if other stats increase, they are things that can be somewhat overlooked.

Height stands out distinctly when it changes.

Of course, being 20 years old, it’s an age where men could still grow taller.

Still, I felt it was better to focus on investing in height first.

It’s just my personal opinion, and I’m not sure if it’s best to invest in height first.

In this world where gender roles are reversed, there were criticisms in games questioning the need for height-related stats.

However, the game developers insisted on including the height stat to stay true to the essence of male-oriented games…

And they said that if you end up disliking it, you could be cursed with shrinking height. It’s known as the Shota Curse.

Sometimes, there are characters who look down on men and, not liking it, cast the Shota Curse on the player.

If you are truly cursed with the Shota Curse, your height remains fixed at F- permanently until it’s lifted, as I read on the wiki.

[ Character ]

Strength: F-

Agility: F-

Endurance: F-

Magic: F-

Insight: F-

Mental: F-

—–

Charm: C

Height: C+ (Growing. Takes 30 days.)

Figure: C

Appearance: C

Genitalia: C

Stamina: C

—–

Bonus Stat Points: 0

‘It’s not like leveling up in a game.’

It seems that since the game became reality, height has been gradually increasing in a realistic way.

Though not entirely accurate, the rough height chart I remember was…

SSS+(189.5), SSS(189.0), SSS-(188.5), SS+(188.0), SS(187.5), SS-(187.0), S+(186.5), S(186.0), S-(185.5), A+(185), A(184), A-(183), B+(182), B(180), B-(178), C+(176), C(173), C-(170), D+(167), D(164), D-(161), E+(158), E(155), E-(152), F+(149), F(146), F-(143)

It was something like this.

Starting from 143cm (F-), each grade increases by 3cm until B-, then increases by 2cm, and from A-, it increases by 1cm, and from S-, it increases by 0.5cm.

‘Let’s aim for roughly A+. Stick to 185cm exactly and allocate the rest. It’s a bit of a loss going from S- in 0.5 increments.’

Since going from A- to A+ is only a 1cm increase, it’s a bit of a loss.

Setting it to B+ doesn’t sit well, so I just wanted to cleanly set it at A+.

‘Haha. Growing height this easily is so fun.’

[ Quests ]

1. Choose main weapon (Reward: Stat Points)

2. Attend the first class at Hunter Academy (Reward: Stat Points)

3. Train at the academy’s training facility for 1 hour (Reward: Stat Points)

—–

1. Have a conversation with the opposite sex for over 10 minutes (Reward: Stat Points)”

2. 이성과 손잡기 (보상 : 스탯 포인트).

New! 3. 이성에게 성적인 단어 말하기 (보상 : 스탯 포인트).

New! 4. 이성에게 성적인 농담하기 (보상 : 스탯 포인트).

New! 5. 이성에게 캣 콜링하기 (보상 : 스탯 포인트).

Upon seeing that a new related quest had been added, it seemed to be a variation of the “Initiating Conversation” quest I had completed earlier.

It felt like a more sexually charged upgrade.

“What exactly do they mean by ‘sexual words’? Are they talking about things like breasts, penis, or sex?”

As I pondered how to tackle this, I noticed a female student already dozing off in her chair.

Thinking quickly, I approached her.

“Hey. Hey. Wake up. Penis…”

“Mmm…, huh? Huh? What…?”

“I said, don’t sleep.”

[ Quest Completed ]

[ Speaking Sexual Words to the Opposite Sex ]

[ Reward: Stat Points ]

[ New Related Quest Created ]

“Alright.”