Hayeon’s Allowance

“I’m off.”

A faint voice echoed from within my dreams.

Straining my stiff body, I managed to lift my head and saw Sohee’s back as she left the master bedroom.

“G-go… go on…”

I barely managed to croak out a greeting with my hoarse voice.

Sohee, who was walking, paused slightly and turned to look at me.

Her eyes were filled with regret.

The desire that had burned so fiercely all night hadn’t cooled down yet, it seemed.

But time is on my side.

Sohee had no choice but to leave the house, leaving her disappointment behind.

“Hoo…”

I let out a sigh of relief and got out of bed.

Now, I’m more used to waking up naked than getting dressed to greet the morning.

A quick shower in the bathroom and slipping into some fluffy clothes, and I’m ready to start the day.

If Sohee hadn’t gone to school, I would have been dragged into the bathroom and we would have caused another ruckus.

Today’s breakfast is the pork cutlet lunch box I ordered yesterday and forgot about.

I take it out of the fridge, microwave it, and start eating.

The crispy texture was gone, and the soggy batter was a bit annoying, but as long as it tastes good, that’s all that matters.

I stared at the pork cutlet with a sharp knife in my hand.

I couldn’t handle a large kitchen knife properly because it was too heavy, but this light knife would move as I wanted it to.

“Hap!”

With a powerful shout, the knife was swung and mercilessly shredded the pork cutlet.

The so-called Pork Cutlet Swordsmanship –

The clean and graceful swordsmanship completely recreated the pork cutlet into a perfect form.

“Hmm…”

As expected.

My skills were still as sharp as ever.

I smiled contentedly and ate the pork cutlet with a fork.

Finishing breakfast meant I was ready to log into Deron.

I dashed to the capsule room and stopped in front of the capsule.

Gulp-

I swallowed hard, feeling nervous.

I definitely saw Sohee leave the house to go to school, but the memories of the past came back to me, and I couldn’t bring myself to reach out.

Could Sohee have secretly entered through a passage I don’t know about and be hiding in this capsule?

I sighed and shook my head.

Even though Sohee has become the embodiment of sexual desire, she wouldn’t skip her studies to reach out to me.

At least, I wanted to believe that.

Beep-

The capsule lid opened as I pressed the button.

I examined the inside of the capsule, ready to pull back at any moment.

“Hoo…”

After checking, I couldn’t find Sohee.

Only then could I relax and get into the capsule.

I couldn’t log into Deron yesterday because I was dragged straight to the bedroom after dinner.

Since I missed a day, I’ll play only Deron today and burn it all up.

The moment I made that small resolution, my vision flashed and my body began to fly.

To be precise, it was my mind that was flying.

After passing the familiar character selection screen, I arrived in the middle of a huge capital city.

“Hehe!”

I put my hands on my hips and laughed coolly.

The muscle pain that had been pressing down on my whole body disappeared the moment I logged into the game.

I immediately checked my mailbox.

I usually log in every day, so it seems strange that I was offline for just one day, as my acquaintances had sent me a lot of worried mail.

No problem.

I just had some unspeakable circumstances.

I wrote back to the mail and checked the guild chat.

It was a weekday, and it was morning, so there weren’t many people online, but there were still some who were holding their positions.

SnowMage-[Blood Demon King-nim!!!! Did something happen to you??? You’re not going on a trip for another month, are you?]

As expected.

SnowMage was the one who reacted the most intensely.

Instead of explaining my unspeakable circumstances in the guild chat, I wrote a brief answer.

Yeon-[I had a little something going on. I’m okay now.]

SnowMage-[Are you really okay?]

Yeon-[Yes~]

That should be enough.

I closed the chat window and moved to the location where the event vending machine was located.

[Gold Point Vending Machine]

I wasn’t the only one who found the vending machine with the red body.

“Please! Please! This time, please!”

Some users were shouting loudly in front of the vending machine, while others were quietly lining up, praying to the sky.

In the line, I could find a familiar nickname.

A thief wearing a black mask.

It was Melvin.

“Haa…”

The person at the front of the line sighed and stepped away from the vending machine.

It seems he didn’t get the item he wanted.

Next up was Melvin’s turn.

He swallowed hard and approached the vending machine with a nervous look.

“What are you pulling?”

“Heu, Heok!”

I happened to meet a familiar face, so I walked over to say hello, but Melvin was horrified and sat down.

It seems he was a little surprised.

I smiled awkwardly and waved my hand.

“Hi?”

“Ah, ha… it was you?”

“Why are you so surprised? Are you being chased by a debt collector or something?”

Melvin turned his head as if avoiding answering my question.

It seems he really is in debt.

“What are you pulling?”

“H-hmm… the Obsidian Cloak…”

Ah…

I nodded at Melvin’s answer.

The Obsidian Cloak was a cosmetic costume item that could only be obtained from this vending machine.

It was a costume that many users wanted because it had a special effect that made a black aura soar behind the wearer.

Melvin, who got up from his seat, took out a gold card and inserted it into the vending machine.

What Melvin bought was, of course, [Random Costume Box]

Thump- Thump- Thump-

The total number of boxes that fell out from inside the vending machine was three.

Melvin, with the boxes in front of him, swallowed hard with a nervous expression.

I watched the scene with a pitiful expression.

The Obsidian Cloak costume was of Unique grade, and the probability of it appearing from the box was only 0.1%.

He’s going to get the Obsidian Cloak with just three boxes.

Absolutely impossible.

“Haaat!”

Melvin, who opened the box with a powerful shout, sat down in despair.

[Melvin has acquired ‘Chick Headband’ from the Random Costume Box!]

[Melvin has acquired ‘Royal Guard Gauntlets’ from the Random Costume Box!]

[Melvin has acquired ‘Stylish Adventurer’s Cloak’ from the Random Costume Box!]

I nodded as I checked the system message.

It’s just three boxes. It means it was an expected result.

I passed by Melvin, who was sitting down miserably, and approached the vending machine.

It’s my turn now.

I took out my card and inserted it into the vending machine, just like Melvin did.

Immediately after, I spammed the [Random Costume Box] button.

Thump-! Thump-! Thump-! Thump-!

Thump-! Thump-! Thump-! Thump-!

As I spammed it quickly, the boxes poured out like rain.

Melvin, who was watching the scene from the side, opened his mouth blankly.

I shrugged my shoulders, enjoying his gaze.

For a normal user, it’s common to buy one box every now and then.

But that wasn’t the case for me.

The total number of boxes I bought this time was 20.

That means I spent 20,000 gold to get these boxes.

Melvin looked at the boxes piled up in my arms and opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“Y-you… you’re spending all that gold on costumes…?”

I didn’t answer Melvin’s words.

How could I brag that I spent all the allowance I received from Sohee on costume boxes?

I cleared my throat and moved to a secluded spot.

A place where there are few users.

I found a place where I wouldn’t get too much bad luck and put down the boxes I was holding.

But I can’t open them right now.

I turned around and glared at Melvin.

The guy who was near the vending machine followed me.

It seems he wants to see what comes out of my box, but no way.

I’m going to open a random box with a thief next to me.

Wouldn’t that be something you could never do unless you were crazy?

A thief is a job that steals something.

That means my luck could be stolen.

It’s just a baseless rumor, but I tend to believe it.

“Hmm…”

As I stared at him silently for a while, Melvin sighed as if he couldn’t help it and walked away.

Now is the time.

The moment the biggest factor of negativity disappeared is the timing.

The moment an invisible flow swept past my eyes, the opening of the box began.

“Heuyaaaa!”

[Yeon has acquired ‘Rabbit Headband’ from the Random Costume Box!]

[Yeon has acquired ‘Puppy Necklace’ from the Random Costume Box!]

[Yeon has acquired ‘Stylish Sunglasses’ from the Random Costume Box!]

[Yeon has acquired ‘Villager’s Boots’ from the Random Costume Box!]

…

…

…

[Yeon has acquired ‘Crow’s Helmet’ from the Random Costume Box!]

[Yeon has acquired ‘Obsidian Cloak’ from the Random Costume Box!]

[Yeon has acquired ‘Cat Panties’ from the Random Costume Box!]

“It’s out!”

One Unique costume appeared from a total of 20 boxes.

Although it wasn’t the costume I wanted, it wasn’t a loss at all since I got one Unique grade.

[Obsidian Cloak]

Unique/Untradable

A cloak said to have been worn by the former ruler of darkness.

Grants the wearer the ‘Dark Aura’ effect.

It doesn’t have any options to increase stats, but it’s worth a lot just for the special effect of the Dark Aura.

I opened the costume window and equipped two costumes.

The costumes I wore were the Obsidian Cloak and the Cat Panties.

Whoosh-!

A black cloak that naturally wrapped around my back.

Immediately after, a black aura began to rise from my body.

“Hehe…”

A smile that flowed out naturally.

The users standing next to the vending machine were looking at me with envious eyes.

Eyes filled with envy, admiration, and jealousy.

I deliberately struck a cool pose and enjoyed their gaze.

I’ve spent all the allowance Sohee gave me, but if I show this cloak to Sohee, she’ll understand.

I smiled contentedly and strolled through the capital city at the slowest possible pace.

Look at it.

This cloak.

A cool cloak with a rare value that no one can get.

The users’ gazes are thrilling.

I changed channels and showed off my cloak.