episode_0024

Finally, after skillfully administering first aid to his tailbone, which had collapsed while holding onto me, we were able to move on to our next schedule.

As I watched Lager stumble all the way to the subway station, a sense of guilt washed over me, despite the fact that he had given and taken medicine.

“Does it hurt a lot?”

“You know it does.”

“I know.”

“It’s a shame that women don’t have such vital spots to target.”

“True. I’m sorry.”

It’s rare to feel sorry for being a woman. What a precious experience.

We took the subway to Kayora. If Bahha was like Hongdae, then Kayora felt more like Jongno or Myeongdong. Even though they were both bustling areas, the atmosphere was slightly different. While Bahha was a free city, Kayora felt somewhat familiar yet unfamiliar.

In short, it had a touristy vibe.

Upon arriving here, while Lager made a call to the command center, I bought two ice cream waffles from a street vendor. I got strawberry, and Lager got chocolate.

Lager seemed quite pleased with the unexpected dessert and thanked me.

As he tried to raise his hand to his head, he ended up in a kicking position.

Now, just by seeing Lager in a kicking position, he had become like Pavlov’s dog, shrinking in pain.

Well, having lived for 24 years without knowing such pain, it must have been a shock that was hard to imagine.

“Since you also need to get your pants fixed, let’s go to the academy for dinner early.”

“Is that okay? You said we had to go by 8 o’clock earlier.”

“Even if we’re late, they just want us there by then. The night patrol leaves at 8 o’clock, so you don’t have to worry.”

There’s such a sloppy boundary system. What if something happens in the meantime? It was a setting hole that was hard to overlook as someone who had completed military service, but the original author who created this setting must have had their own thoughts, as they smiled confidently and crossed their arms.

“Yeah. Dakota was so upset because it was just a day spent out unless something unusual happened.”

It’s a bit different from the regular guard duty I know. That’s why the reserves… tsk tsk.

I barely managed to suppress the sudden emergence of the thoughts of the reserve army man.

Since Lager’s military service status was separate from the proposal itself, and it wasn’t a bad idea, I decided to go along with it for now. Once I agreed, Lager made the call to the command center, and surprisingly, he easily got permission to do so.

And so, we wandered around, eating waffles, and took the subway around 4 o’clock.

We arrived at the academy station around 5 o’clock, changed into spare uniform pants that I had drawn on the tablet, reported back to the command center, and finished dinner.

That’s how it went.

The day was over.

“Sigh.”

After taking a warm shower and lying down on the bed, a lazy sigh escaped me. My eyelids were heavy, and even though it was only 8 o’clock, I was already falling asleep.

Today was really eventful.

From losing my pants in the morning, striking a pose in the bathroom only to be caught by Dakota, meeting a human-like monster and having a fight, to feeling chills from Dakota’s exposure show and yandere awakening.

And on top of that, asking Lager to touch my chest and rejecting Lager’s advances.

All of this happened in just one day. Truly amazing.

“By the way, was that comment unnecessary?”

Various events crossed my mind, but the line that resonated the most deeply within me was:

“Whether you’ll be a hero or not remains to be seen, but I’ll be a ‘fighting heroine’ when needed.”

Heroine, really? What’s wrong with my head? It hasn’t even been a week since I vowed to live as a man and now I’m making such a ridiculous statement.

No wonder I was subjected to the humiliation of being ‘petted’ by Lager. Starting tomorrow, I must gather my resolve and live my life as a man once again.

In that sense, let’s check today’s ‘Feminine Corruption Score’…

“Huh?”

I half-jokingly checked it out.

Surprisingly, the score had gone up.

Moreover, it was 61 now, when it was only 3 before!

A significant improvement.

But why did the score go up? Could it be that the points I earned from being touched on the chest earlier were retroactively applied at the end of the day?

Or…

As I reviewed today’s events in my mind, I discovered one important clue.

The term ‘feminine corruption’ is quite broad despite its vulgar connotations. It not only deals with the genre where a man succumbs to pleasure by taking on a female body.

But also when the protagonist becomes a heroine and starts to feel romantic feelings for the male lead, also known as ‘TS love.’

That’s right. Now I understand. If the reason for today’s score increase is as I hypothesized, it makes sense.

‘Feminine Corruption 10,000 points’ doesn’t necessarily mean physical pleasure as implied by the word.

It’s when the mind becomes feminized.

When heroine-like thoughts and actions emerge.

That’s when points are awarded.

“…I see.”

This changes things a bit.

If gaining 10,000 points by groveling to a man is the condition, I’d rather not do such quests.

But if I can earn points simply by thinking and acting ‘heroine-like.’

By behaving like today, I can easily surpass 50 points and reach 10,000 points in about 200 days.

If I live as a kind heroine for about 6-7 months.

I can return to my original world!

“Alright.”

Since I promised to help Lager as much as possible. Although my original intention was to keep Lager away, it turned out differently, but it’s for the better.

Now that it’s like this, I must stay close to Lager as much as possible.

To raise my score as much as possible.

For the sake of escape.

*

The next day.

“Ughhh.”

Waking up at the same time every morning is always miserable, but smoking a cigarette right before the morning roll call is amazingly satisfying.

After smoking in front of the dormitory and heading to the main field, I coincidentally ran into Lager.

“Oh, did you sleep well?”

Approaching Lager, who was waving his hands sleepily.

I planned to approach him and link arms… but instinctively, a tremor rose deep in my heart, causing me to stop in my tracks.

“What. Why?”

“Oh, um… no. Nothing.”

“Such a bore.”

Watching Lager walk away after blowing his nose.

I sighed.

“I can’t do this…!”

My subconscious instinctively rejected linking arms with Lager.

No, this isn’t right. I just can’t do it. In a way, it demanded a level of corruption similar to groveling to a man.

Linking arms, pressing the chest against the arm, making a nasal sound, and acting cute.

Unless it gives me 10,000 points in one go, I can’t do it. It’s too embarrassing, I’d rather die.

“Ugh….”

The ‘Heroine Move 10,000 points’ seems harder than I thought.

I’ll have to come up with a more cunning plan.