Second Life in Another World (6)
Second Life in Another World (6)
Sseuk.
Seojun covered the unconscious Rona with a blanket.
She was sleeping very soundly, looking defenseless, perhaps because she was exhausted.
'It works.'
He clenched his fist tightly.
Unlike in reality, he could use his lower body properly here.
Overwhelmed with emotion at that fact, Seojun shed a few tears.
Ah, it had been a long time of humiliation and persecution.
"Thank you."
He stroked the hair of the sleeping Rona.
Since she had taken his first time, his gratitude toward her was strong.
He lay down on the bed and hugged her.
Then he closed his eyes.
Sleep washed over him, and soon his consciousness faded.
The morning sunlight is dazzling.
Seojun opened his eyes and looked at Rona beside him.
Their eyes met.
"Oh my, did you sleep well?"
Rona greeted him with a shy, eye-smiling grin.
She looked quite alluring.
Ah, so this is why lovers sleep together.
Feeling a strange sense of fulfillment, Seojun replied to her.
"I slept well, thanks to you. How about you?"
"Me too."
"Hmm, so what was the reason you came to me yesterday?"
"Well, obviously because I like you, Seojun-ssi..."
"I'd appreciate it if you stopped lying and told me your true intentions."
He cut her off.
Rona looked surprised.
Then, she wiped away the smile she had just been wearing and opened her mouth.
"You knew from the beginning?"
"Well, yeah. I'm pretty sharp. And the way I see it, the reason was probably to invite me to your party. How about that?"
Haa.
Rona let out a sigh.
"How did you know?"
"Secret."
She had a somewhat complex and subtle expression.
Seojun patted her head and got out of bed.
"Let's go down quickly. Sion will be waiting."
"......"
After getting ready, the two went downstairs.
Sion was already seated downstairs.
As soon as the three of them sat around the table, Seojun spoke up.
"This might be out of the blue, but I need money. And not just some mediocre amount, but money that comes in long-term."
"What?"
Sion looked flustered at his words, which skipped all preamble.
Regardless, Seojun continued.
"After thinking it over carefully, I realized that for me, a Lost One, to live in this world, I need an enormous amount of money. But I have no knowledge of this world, and no connections. I think it would be extremely difficult to find comrades I can trust with my life in this state."
"Uh. W-well, maybe so?"
Still unable to recover from her confusion and keep up with the pace of the conversation, Sion managed to squeeze out an answer.
"So, Sion's invitation from yesterday is very attractive, and I'm thinking of accepting it. The only condition is that Sion agrees that my main goal is money. How about it?"
"Eh? Huh?"
"What purpose are you saving money for?"
Sion panicked when Seojun demanded an answer.
Beside her, Rona cut into the conversation in a calm voice.
Although that action might look like it was meant to give the confused Sion time to think, in reality, it was gently steering the flow of the conversation toward the purpose of the money Seojun mentioned.
While this flow of conversation was helpful to Seojun, from Rona's perspective, she was simply steering the conversation in a direction favorable to herself.
'What a cunning and sly bitch.'
After conveying that sentiment to Rona with his gaze, he turned his eyes to Sion.
"I need a base. Specifically, I'd like a detached house with a decent amount of land where it won't be a nuisance no matter what I do."
"Oh my, for something like that, you'd need about one Platinum Coin."
"So, what's Sion's answer?"
"Uh, huh? Ah... well. Let me see."
Sion, who had been resting her chin on her hand in thought, soon nodded readily.
"Okay. I just thought as long as I could make a living, that was enough. But I think having the goal of buying a detached house will give me motivation to work. Still, it's hard to earn a Platinum Coin alone. Since we're going to be comrades anyway, I think it's a good idea to use it as our party's base."
Sion said it very readily.
She didn't seem to be aware of the problem yet.
Seojun looked at Rona.
She avoided his gaze, looking embarrassed.
'She's been coddled too much.'
Sion is a typical rich girl.
It's a bit hazy, but she was probably a princess of some kingdom.
And Rona is the attendant who came along to assist such a Sion.
That's why Sion didn't know much about the ways of the world.
But to think she didn't even know this.
"Hey, you're not at an age where you don't know what it means for a man and a woman to live under the same roof, right?"
"It's fine. We're going to be comrades. It's like family, right?"
A good-natured temperament, a lack of knowledge about men and women, a lack of awareness that her own appearance is incredibly beautiful, and still a lack of sense of crisis.
It was just pitiful in many ways.
'Actually, that's even better.'
However, for Seojun, who wanted to lay her down too, it was a "hell yes."
He reached out his hand without showing it.
"Well, fine. I don't know what will happen in the future, but I guess I should say I look forward to working with you for now."
Seeing that, Sion quickly leaned over the table and shook his hand.
"Yeah! Thanks, Seojun! We'll definitely be great comrades!"
Sion, perhaps feeling elated, was excited.
She rattled off her words with an excited face.
"This is great! I was worried all night about what I'd do if you refused. If you had refused, I was thinking I'd have to go to the guild and just ask random male adventurers to join... I'm really relieved. Thanks to this, I can continue my adventurer life, and now I have a companion at home too..."
"Sion?!"
Rona lunged at Sion, clinging to her and covering her mouth.
Sion made an "oops" expression.
"A companion? Who else is there besides us?"
"Ah, no? I-it's just us..."
"Maybe Seojun-ssi misheard? Right, Sion?"
"Yeah, Seojun must have misheard. I didn't say anything."
Pishik.
He laughed at the sight of the two of them flustered.
"Sure, if you say so, then that's how it is."
Well, that's how it happened.
It was concluded that he would join Sion's party.
Then the meal came out, and Seojun, watching Sion and Rona chatter, muttered.
"Then, shall I wrap things up? End Life."
As he said those words, his vision changed.
[Starting settlement.]
[Original Work Intervention +100 OP]
[Original Work Alteration +100 OP]
...
[Protagonist Killed +5,000 OP]
[Heroine Sexual Intercourse +1,000 OP]
[Heroine Deflowering +5,000 OP]
[Total: 12,300 OP]
The first thing that caught his eye upon returning to reality was the settlement message.
He put the message aside and checked the time.
"Not even a second has passed."
Not even one second had flowed.
Satisfied with that, Seojun immediately pulled up the Otaku Life window and went straight to the Work Management section.
Because there was something he needed to check.
[Work Management (1/5)]
-Second Life in Another World (Paused)
Paused.
It literally means a temporarily stopped state.
Being able to pause is convenient.
Because it means he can enter and exit as he pleases and enjoy various works.
"Nice."
He went to another section.
It was the Shop section he hadn't been able to check last time.
Since he had earned quite a bit of OP, he was curious about what he could buy.
==[Shop]==
-Equipment
-Consumables
-Items
-Skills
-Traits
-Functions
-Random Gacha
[OP Held: 12,300]
Whew.
He whistled and examined the detailed categories.
Other things aside, the Random Gacha caught his eye.
He was just surprised that there was a fucking gacha here too.
'Let's see what they have.'
He scanned what they were selling.
There were many interesting things.
'Oh ho. With this, I could have quite a bit of fun.'
He smiled.
Seojun immediately purchased what he needed.
He wanted to do some gacha too, but he decided to enjoy that when he had more leeway.
Having finished shopping, he went to the Work Registration section and chose the work he wanted.
[Would you like to register the work 'Sword Art Online'?]
[Registered.]
[You can check the registered work in the Work Management section.]
The work he chose was none other than Sword Art Online!
It was the work that fired the starting signal for the success of Japanese game-fantasy novels.