Chapter 139
Chapter 139
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 139
Chapter Title: Damn, Leo! I Like You!
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Damn, Leo! I like you!
"Uhuhuhu."
Damn, Leo.
I like you.
I take back what I said about this game's devs being total assholes.
They were a studio that really knew how to craft living, breathing cuties.
The subquest storyline, building those little moments of friendship with Leo? Incredibly satisfying.
He'd throw a tantrum for ice cream.
Or scrape his knee playing soccer and beg for treatment.
Or stay up late playing until he was wiped out, then demand a lap pillow.
This little mutt—every single thing he did was lethally adorable.
I was beyond satisfied.
💬 Chat — Viewer What the hell am I even watching? — Viewer First time seeing someone push this subquest this far. — Viewer This a dating sim? — Viewer This isn't a dating sim... — Viewer This is a childcare sim, fml. The viewers clearly weren't thrilled with today's stream.
The devotees probably wanted to see me drooling over a hot guy character.
Sadly for them, I'm not into dudes.
I ditched the male characters like stray dogs and spent the full five days just hanging with Leo.
Just like the viewers said, it didn't feel like a dating sim at all.
More like a childcare simulator.
— Anonymous donated 1,000 won. This isn't shotacon? This isn't shotacon? — Snickers donated 1,000 won. Ugh, if you're gonna go that far, just have a kid IRL already. — Viewer Whatwhatwhat?! — Viewer Snickersnickersnicker... ⭐ Top Comment — Viewer Honestly... Leader's got real talent for childcare... — Viewer Boss looks like a childcare genius just from her physique lol. — Viewer No worries about the kid starving. — Viewer Waaah, mommy! Feed me! — Viewer Hey now, that's not the snack pouch. That's the divine power pouch. — Viewer Divine power pouch and you're calling it salty? lol "..."
Nothing to say.
At this point, I had to admit it.
Mm.
Even I could see it—I totally had a thing for little boys, enough to get called a shotacon.
Of course, I'm not talking some twisted sexual attraction to shota characters. Nothing insane like that.
Just... purely because they're cute.
Look at what this kid does. How could you not love it?
...Still, liking shota characters felt weird to me.
I was definitely a busty girl kind of guy before. But now that my race changed, my tastes followed suit.
All thanks to Reflecting Myriad Stars.
Not saying They literally rewired my preferences—I wouldn't know. But yeah, Their fault.
Looking back now...
Even when romancing the heroines, picking the loli character over the busty big sis type like Mio might've let me dive deeper into the game.
Every time Leo did something cute, my heart skipped. Clearly, I could've dug lolis too.
I'd thought, 'I love busty girls, so obviously Mio,' and picked her without a second thought.
Never dreamed my tastes would shift.
More precisely, then—it wasn't just shotas.
I just loved cute things.
Lost in these random thoughts while playing, I eventually hit the ending.
I never shared that "true love's kiss" with any romanceable characters, so I faced the Anomalous Phenomenon once more.
...And got devoured.
This the end?
No epilogue or anything?
For a setup that seemed so promising, the ending felt way too abrupt.
"Before you kill me, at least show me Leo, you damn devs!"
💬 Chat — Viewer Lol, Leo talk again ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ — Viewer Leo was a side character from the start lol ㅋㅋㅋ — Viewer Bad end, you think there's an epilogue? — Viewer Lonely shut-in who can't date. — Viewer But kinda sad... die just for not dating? — Viewer Aaaah. — Viewer Shitty world, heading off for my big decision ㅇㅇ; And so, the dating sim stream.
No.
The childcare simulator stream came to an end.
...Maybe I should grab a real parenting game next time.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Meanwhile.
Kim Junghwan, who as usual monitored Lee Jia's entire stream from start to finish, left a brief note in slight confusion.
'Tough tastes.'
Lee Jia was a shotacon.
That explained why her stares at Kim Mincheol always felt a bit pervy.
Kim Junghwan watched Lee Jia's streams not just as a fan, but as an official Awakener Association duty.
The main goal: surveillance on the Association's top-priority figure and Fervent Devotee, Lee Jia.
Not covert—she knew he monitored her, knew about the daily reports submitted to the Association.
He drafted the usual report on today's stream.
But staring at the finished version, he hesitated.
[Peculiarities: Shows particular fondness for young boys.]
'Submit as-is, or nah?'
By the book, yes. But before Association staffer, he was a Myriad Stars devotee.
He wanted to protect his favorite streamer's privacy as much as possible.
In the end.
[Peculiarities: None.]
Kim Junghwan ignored protocol and stuck to his principles.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Groan..."
Online shopping site pulled up, and I was in the middle of a life-altering dilemma.
Buy, or not.
My cart held items I'd agonized over and favorited for two straight days—totaling about 700,000 won.
[Shopping Cart] Item: Clear After Rain ~My, Her, and His Golden Love Story~ Leo SD Figure Item: Clear After Rain ~My, Her, and His Golden Love Story~ Leo 1/3 Scale Figure Item: Clear After Rain ~My, Her, and His Golden Love Story~ Leo Grip Toy Item: Mochi-Mochi Squishy Rice Cake Penguin Cushion Item: Plushy Attachment Bear Doll Item: Pinky Pink Huge Polar Bear Plush ... All sorts of cute plushies and Leo merch.
The fruits of two days' worth of otaku indulgence.
Not sure if this was a win or not.
But I wasn't just into cute boys anymore.
Cute things in general.
Once my eyes opened to this new kink—cuteness—I spent three days shopping like a maniac, and now my cart overflowed.
Most VTuber fans like cute stuff anyway.
Why watch VTubers?
Everyone's got their charm, sure, but at the core? Cuteness.
I'd collected some VTuber merch even before the body swap.
But Ayase merch versus girly bear dolls? Totally different vibe.
Ever seen a dude's place with giant pink plushies?
Least of all me—I'd never even considered it.
"..."
Clearly not.
Snapped out of it, and somehow I'd added bear dolls to my cart.
Leo figures were a bonus.
One click, and it'd all be bought.
But an inexplicable guilt held me back.
Is this right?
Not busty girl figures, but shota boy figures and cute bears?
Dilemma didn't last.
Yeah.
It was.
My money, my call. Who could stop me?
And so, I hit purchase.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Yoo Euisul came over.
Not to hang—just for her ongoing Anomalous Phenomenon training sessions.
She barged in, sprawled on my sofa like it was hers, and said,
"Starving. Food first. Order something tasty."
"What're you craving?"
"Anything."
"Pizza?"
"Hate pizza."
"Chicken?"
"Ate it yesterday."
"Gukbap?"
"Nah."
"Fuck, you said anything! What am I supposed to do?!"
"Tteokbokki."
Then just say tteokbokki from the start, you answer cop-out.
Time was plenty, so Anomalous Phenomenon training started after eating.
Chatting with Yoo Euisul to kill time, the tteokbokki arrived.
I'd just ducked into the bathroom for a sec, so she went to grab it from the door.
"Yo, packages piled up too?"
"Huh? What packages... Oh. Oh, shit!"
Emergency.
Code red.
My secret tastes were about to be exposed to Yoo Euisul.
I flung open the bathroom door and bellowed,
"D-don't open them!"
"Telling me not to open just makes me wanna. Opening."
"You crazy bitch!"
Ignoring any notion of privacy, her rude ass had me wrapping up business at max speed and bursting out.
Too late.
"What're these? Mochi squishy rice cake cushion, pink bear... Didn't peg you for this type."
"I-I said don't open..."
Pfft.
Face burning beet red, I hung my head.
mortified enough to drop dead.
Seeing me like that, Yoo Euisul tilted her head like what's the big deal? and said,
"Doesn't seem like a weird taste. Why freak out?"
"R-really...?"
"It's not like you ordered a vibrator from a sex shop or..."
"Ugh! Why would I buy that crap?!"
"You could."
Like you'd know.
Still, like she said—not adult toys, so maybe not that embarrassing.
"Wanna open the rest?"
"Go ahead."
Spilled milk now. Hiding my tastes? Pointless.
Yoo Euisul, looking intrigued, kept unboxing for me.
Moments later.
Her face twisted in shock at the contents.
"Dude, you seriously..."
What she'd opened?
Oh yeah.
The Leo figure.