Give Me My Allowance!
I didn't have anything particularly special in my previous life.
I just went to school like everyone else and prepared for a job. If there was one dramatic event, it was getting hit by the isekai reincarnation truck. That's how I arrived in this world—the ultimate isekai reincarnation truck package.
A gender-reversed world where the roles and values of men and women are completely swapped.
And if there's one more special thing about this place, it's that mana exists here. If this were a web novel, the tags would probably read Gender Reversal, Hunter, and Modern Fantasy.
In my previous life, I could never understand people who dropped hundreds of thousands of won on in-game purchases. It wasn't like money grew on trees. Spending that much on a game was beyond my comprehension.
Oh, that doesn't mean I didn't play games. I was a small spender who only dropped money on a monthly subscription. Among those, I especially enjoyed degenerate gacha games.
If I liked a character, I'd just grab their card and call it a day—a perfectly reasonable player. Even when I did go for a Truck (about 120,000 won worth of spending), I'd only do it once a year, and only when there was a double bonus on the first purchase.
But that was all in the past.
The me of right now is an ultra-heavy whale whose brain is completely addicted to the dopamine of character gacha.
“No way… AAAAAAAGHHHH!!!!!!! What the hell is this?! Seven pity-breakers in a row?! Are you fucking kidding me?!”
Game updates usually finish in the morning. That's because the true hardcore players don't touch the game at that hour. Only people like me—college applicants with too much time or straight-up NEETs—play during these hours.
Of course, I don't usually play in the morning either. Because this is when I should still be asleep. It's common sense for students who just finished the CSAT to sleep until noon.
Yet here I was, waking up three hours earlier than usual to roll for gacha… and this is how they repay me?
“I forced myself to wake up at the crack of dawn for this character! Seven pity-breakers in a row is just unacceptable!”
Gacha games have a pity system called the ceiling. In simple terms, it says if you spend this much, we'll guarantee you the character you want.
But that ceiling is disgustingly expensive, so in reality, you should never actually hit it. At the very least, you should avoid pity-breakers—when you get a standard character instead of the rate-up one.
Even one pity-breaker hurts, but seven in a row? No sane person could stay calm.
In cash, I'd estimated around two million won, but bad luck had turned it into three and a half million.
Three and a half million won!
That's more than a new hire at a mid-sized company makes in a month! And I just burned it all on clicks… If this were my previous life, I never would have understood such behavior.
No. Even by this life's standards, I can't understand it.
I spent three and a half million won just to get one character to max limit break? Am I actually an idiot?
And I still haven't even pulled the signature weapon yet?!!!
“To get the signature weapon to full duplication, I need six copies… At this rate, I might actually drop six million won in a single day?”
Our family is filthy rich, so I get a huge allowance, but six million won is way over the line. If I spend that today, I'll have to live like a total beggar for the next month.
Besides, this isn't the only gacha game I play. I have other games that need funding too. I can't dump everything here.
“Sigh… But can I really give up on the signature weapon? After getting the character to full limit break, not pulling the weapon feels so unsatisfying…”
There is the option of only pulling one copy of the weapon, but that doesn't appeal to me. It wouldn't let me reach the character's true potential.
This character is already an insanely broken universal unit. If I'm going to invest, I should aim for the absolute maximum…
“Ugh… This is so frustrating… Three pity-breakers I could handle, but seven is just too much…”
Complaining won't change anything.
I need to look at reality coldly. There's no choice but to pull all six copies of the signature weapon. That means I need more allowance.
If I told Mom I needed money because I was dumping it into gacha, she'd kill me. My younger sister? That stingy girl would never give me any. Pass.
Second sister is away from home, so pass.
That leaves only my oldest sister to ask for allowance.
“Ah… I feel bad asking Chaewon noona for money again… But I have no choice! Since it's come to this, I'll just go all in and be shameless about it!”
My oldest sister is an S-class Hunter, so she earns an absolute fortune. Plus, she's incredibly nice to me. If I play my cards right, getting allowance from her isn't hard at all.
I've been trying to hold back lately because I feel guilty about always taking money from her, but it looks like that's not working out.
At this point, I guess I'll just have to give her the 'massage' she likes so much.
Our house is a spacious two-story home, and both my room and Chaewon noona's are on the second floor. I quickly opened my door and dashed to her room.
The moment I opened her door and stepped inside, a thick, musky scent hit me.
Hmm… Looks like she had another round of 'play' last night.
As her little brother, the polite thing to do is pretend I don't notice. I quietly opened the window to air out the room.
As the cool breeze flowed in, Chaewon noona naturally stirred awake. She looked at me with sleepy eyes, then smiled softly.
“Mmm… Did Doyun wake me up? Thank you so much. As expected, our Doyun is such a family-oriented boy. You take such good care of me, so I can't help but adore you~”
“Noona, I'm grateful you adore me, but is 'taking care of me' really the right term here? It sounds a bit weird.”
“Of course~ If your noona thinks it's taking care of you, what's the problem?”
Chaewon noona got up from the bed and walked toward me. Her outfit as she approached was completely defenseless, but the look in her eyes was anything but light.
As expected of an S-class Hunter.
If Chaewon noona weren't my family, she would have been seriously scary.
“Hmm… You always come find me at this hour for the same reason… Is today the same?”
“What? No way. I just wanted to see my lovely and reliable big sister, that's all.”
“Really? Then I guess I don't need to give you any allowance today.”
“…However! If my esteemed noona were to grant me some allowance, my heart for you would grow even larger!”
“Haha. Just as I thought. Is it for that game again?”
“…Embarrassingly, yes, Chaewon noona.”
“Aww, no need to be embarrassed. If our Doyun is genuinely having fun, that's enough for me. Honestly, I'm happy that something like pocket money can make you this joyful.”
With those sweet words, a slender hand rested on my cheek. The way Chaewon noona looked down at me felt both familiar and strangely new.
“Doyun. So, what did I say you have to do to get allowance from your noona?”
Chaewon noona gives me money often. And not small amounts—hundreds of thousands of won at a time. But she doesn't give it for free.
To receive allowance from her, I always have to show 'sincerity.' And the most common form of that sincerity was a 'massage.'
“My legs are sore from all that walking during the gate raid yesterday… Doyun, could you give me a leg massage today?”
“Of course~ Anything for you, noona!”
“Good. Then I'll leave it to you.”
Chaewon noona lay face-down on the bed and teasingly wiggled her feet. Her slender legs extending from beneath her hips were beautiful no matter how many times I saw them.
“Hmm… Doyun, how long are you going to just stare? If you're going to massage me, hurry up.”
There was a look of clear enjoyment on her face as she urged me to start.
Noona was always like this. Whenever I stared intently at her body with interest, she seemed to love that reaction.
I can understand how she feels. From my previous life's perspective, it's like a woman staring at a man's body. Still, does she really see her own little brother as a man?
In her eyes, am I a male?
…Haha. Isn't that the best?
Truth is, I see her as a woman too. Family or not, it would be weirder not to react to someone as beautiful as Chaewon noona.
Just as she sees me as a man and secretly enjoys it, I see her as a woman and enjoy these situations too.
Honestly, touching her bare legs feels insanely arousing.
So today, I won't hold back and will enjoy it to the fullest.
“Starting Doyun's special massage! We'll begin with the thighs!”
“Mmm… Hng… Ahh… That's good… Your hands are small, Doyun, but they're so skillful.”
“Of course! I've been massaging you for years. This is basic stuff!”
“Mmm… Hngh… A little harder… Right there…”
“Hey, no backseat massaging the masseur!”
“Hng… If you keep that up… no allowance for you…!”
“…As expected, the one who holds the money is always right! Here? Press here?”
“Haaah…!! Ahh…! There…!”
The area I was touching was the upper thigh, right below the buttocks. My thumb and index finger were brushing against the curve of her ass.
If I followed my desires, I'd grab that soft flesh and knead it wildly, but… I can't do that.
Even though I see Chaewon noona as a female, she's still family. Even if I have no intention of keeping the line, I should at least pretend to respect it.
“Hng… Ahh… Getting a massage from you really is the best… It never feels like this with anyone else…”
“Haha. Obviously. So if you ever have any stiff spots, come to me anytime.”
“Mmm… Now that I think about it, you're starting university soon, right?”
“Yeah, I guess.”
“I can't believe our Doyun is going to college… You've really grown up.”
“Huh? What's with that tone? It sounds like you're about to say you're not giving me allowance anymore?”
Allowance is non-negotiable! If I can't get money from Chaewon noona, I won't be able to spend on gacha anymore!
“Haha. Don't worry. Even when you become an adult, noona will keep giving you allowance.”
“Phew. That's a relief. But why the big buildup? What exactly are you trying to say?”
“…It's nothing much. Just that you've become an adult now.”
“Hmm… That doesn't sound like nothing… It looks like you have something specific on your mind…”
My words must have hit the mark, because Chaewon noona fell silent for a moment. She sat up on the edge of the bed, looked at me, and her face flushed red.
See? I knew it. She did have something to say.
“Um… Doyun. Since you've become an adult now… shall we start being a bit more free with each other?”
“More free? What does that mean?”
“It's nothing complicated. Just that we should stop acting like little kids. You already know everything there is to know anyway, right?”
…This feels a little dangerous.
The things she's been saying since earlier have an ominous undertone.
…
…No way. It can't be, right?
Chaewon noona… she's not trying to cross even the bare minimum line, is she?
“Um… Doyun. This time, could you massage a different area? Here… Massage my breasts. I've always wanted you to give me a breast massage.”