The Rapidly Collapsing Dimensional Rift
Earth's reverse dimension—the Divine Realm.
In that empty void, a single spherical orb glowed alone.
Jini, left behind by the Constellation to support Kim Ian, continued to watch the ground through the Divine Realm's mirror, tracking his every move.
I'm so jealous... of the humans... What am I? Just arms and legs stuck on a body that's nothing but this orb...
The humans living freely, loving one another, playing, finding happiness—she had begun to envy them.
Only five years had passed since her birth, yet Jini was a being capable of thought.
Watching the women who grew happy simply by being near Ian, she had gradually synchronized with them, reading their emotions, and come to long for humanity—especially for womanhood.
The Constellation won't give permission... will he...
Once the tutorial for observation target Kim Ian ended, she would no longer be able to speak with him as freely as she had in the Three Kingdoms World.
The future of remaining alone in this lonely Divine Realm, able only to envy from afar, terrified her. It was already so lonely now.
Haah... I never should have read their emotions.
It had started with drawing in Jeong Hye-yun's first flush of happiness.
After reading the emotions of every woman connected to Kim Ian all the way through the Three Kingdoms World, Jini had ended up feeling something she never should have felt.
She stared blankly as Kim Ian sent Kwon Su-jeong away and washed himself.
Then a loud warning tone blared through the temple.
Wiiing. Wiiing.
"Huh?"
Jini hastily switched the mirror that looked down upon the ground. Ancient characters once used in Olympus began to output across its surface.
Outer universe approach detected.
Switch to defensive posture requested.
Negotiation impossible. Extremely low-intelligence species.
"Ah... the very thing the Constellation feared has begun."
An unprepared regression could generate parallel universes, and the energy that spread from them could also make one a target for the outer universe.
Especially this Earth, already in the process of connecting to the outer universe of the Eighth Realm—it would be detected all the more easily, the Constellation had said.
Just as predicted, another invader was approaching.
As a creation of the Constellation, Jini could not violate the Dimensional Mercenary Code, and she was obligated to observe the laws of the Dimensional Union as well.
This godless world was in a position to receive the invasions of two worlds with no means of resistance whatsoever.
She quickly logged into the Dimensional Mercenary Record and began reading the invader's information.
The Aesis race.
A parasitic species that had completely seized control of Helm Planet in universe AVSP00188 of the Eighth Realm.
While scouting other invasion targets using the portal technology of the Raid race, they had detected the dimensional force waves of the regression.
They were far too powerful an opponent. For the people of Earth, it was misfortune.
The invasion routes through portals had already been claimed by the monsters of Miren Planet, so these ones would likely invade through dungeons.
"I need to contact the Constellation."
Jini pulled a transmitter from her subspace and concentrated her mana.
The emergency transmitter the Constellation had given her for situations like this lit up, and soon his voice came through.
—Hm? Jini. What's going on?
"Constellation. Just as you feared, the invasion of the Aesis race from the Eighth Realm has begun."
A brief silence followed. Then the Constellation's previously leisurely voice returned at normal speed.
—Hmm. Those bastard mutts. So how long until the invasion itself? How far can we delay it without drawing Dimensional Union sanctions?
"Delaying until 8:00 a.m. Korean time on January 1st, 2005 is the absolute limit. It's been shortened by three years. With invasions from two worlds, the dimensional rifts are opening that much faster."
—Ah... that kid still hasn't finished the tutorial, has he?
"No. At the current pace it should end around February 27th."
The tutorial's purpose had been to attach as many women as possible around Kim Ian so they would awaken.
In the original history many women had never awakened, but thanks to the vitality trait the Constellation had modified, the more of his semen they received the higher their chance of awakening became, and anyone at slave rank or above was guaranteed a double awakening.
—Hmm. Where's the next dimensional experience destination?
"That... the Apocalypse world was originally the starting point, and the next destination was the Earth that would be invaded. Over there only monsters are invading, and in Phase 3 the highest monsters are trolls."
—Both are useless. Aesis, huh... let's see... these bastards are set for the dungeon method? Hmm... that's somewhat fortunate, but if a dungeon break happens... tsk... intervening any further will be hard. What to do...
If the Aesis had invaded via portals or gates, Earth's defense would have been nearly impossible.
As a parasitic race, a small advance force would have scattered, laying eggs in people in an instant as they moved about.
—Tsk. When he crosses into the next dimensional experience, force a mission on him. He can't return until he can handle mana. As for the reward... grant him the Companion Skill, and write the Dimension Transfer Documents yourself as you see fit. Tsk, not even two years left...
"Then what about the next dimensional experience destination? Should I search for planets currently being invaded by the Aesis?"
—No. Pointless. The Aesis vary wildly depending on the host species. And of all things it had to be the Raid race. In that universe they're practically the strongest. Tsk.
The Aesis lacked intelligence, so they could not fully utilize the countless technologies the Raid race had built up.
However, because they had taken the naturally gifted hunters of the Raid race as hosts and ultimately conquered the planet, once their warriors began to cross over, one would have to face a species with the strength of trolls and the agility of elves.
"Ah... so you mean to bring personnel from over there."
—Exactly. That will be better than doing a half-assed, leisurely dimensional experience. Over there they at least handle weapons superbly. Let's put the dimensional experience on hold for now. As it happens, a new mission just dropped—a world where demi-human races have seized control centered on the origin races... combat patterns there are relatively similar to the Raid race, so I'll deal with the mercenary who holds priority rights for that planet and try to secure planetary priority rights.
"Understood. But if I use the Companion Skill, I can't handle it. At best I only have the capacity for Kim Ian plus two more..."
—I'll send Elka down. Soon.
Sudden fear flooded through Jini.
The fear that she would no longer be able to see Kim Ian.
If that higher-ranking homunculus descended, it meant she would have to vacate this place and return—and she wanted to scream that she did not want to go.
"Th-then... what about me?"
—Hm? Oho. You? Hahahaha. A Felton-class homunculus has fallen in love. Well now...
Felton... the Constellation's fourth wife, and a senior among dimensional mercenaries.
In truth she was the one who had raised the Constellation to the First Realm, so even the three wives before her treated Lady Felton with respect—that memory surfaced.
—That's right. It's clearly love. Hmm? Shall we?
The Constellation's tone turned mischievous.
He chatted with Lady Felton in a voice full of playful teasing, then his voice returned through the transmitter.
—You handle things until the tutorial ends. The Companion Skill's level is low anyway, so even two will be a stretch. I've placed a body for you to use in your subspace, so when Elka arrives, tear a Dimension Transfer Document and go down. You can seize the memories of a dead body at least, right?
"Huh? Yes. I can. Thank you so much, Constellation."
She felt something enter her subspace.
She did not dare check while still speaking with the Constellation, yet emotions like joy and exhilaration were already blooming inside her.
—Keh, that happy? Living in this world really does bring every kind of surprise. A homunculus feeling real love, of all things. Give that kid a light hint when the tutorial is nearly finished. And a few videos should have gone into the subspace with it—hand those over. There were movies about the Aesis race on a parallel Earth.
"Yes, Constellation."
—Good. Contact me again once the tutorial ends. I'll notify the Dimensional Union myself. The defense system's grade should rise a little.
"Yes."
Click.
The connection cut, and Jini immediately opened her subspace.
A real woman's body was inside. She brought it out into the temple.
Blonde hair, ash-gray irises, roughly 180 centimeters tall...
Jini pulled out a Body Modification Document and immediately affixed it to the body before her eyes.
◈ Cup size: D → G
◈ Hips: 37 → 41 inches
◈ Bare pussy
◈ Breast milk production
◈ Aging speed reduced
She applied everything he had configured except the tattoos, then searched Earth for the finest myong-gi and transplanted that woman's myong-gi into her.
Pressure roughly 1.5 times that of Hyeon-ju's...
Then Jini flew around the female body that would become her own, inspecting every detail with meticulous care.
"Finally... me too."
With telekinesis she parted the lips, then shrank her own spherical torso.
She flew forward, touched the mouth—and in that instant her body shot out, her consciousness flooding into and seizing the female form.
Hmm... so this is a human body.
Information began to flow in: this was a copy of a dead comrade's body from the days when the Constellation of the Eighth Realm had still been an apprentice mercenary.
The memories cut off from the moment she met the Constellation, however—he had clearly taken measures.
"Beatrice Erius... top-class sword expert..."
Even her voice was a clear, jade-like tone. Jini stood, raised her hands, cupped her breasts once, then felt the sensation further down.
Exhilaration—overwhelming exhilaration—surged up through her.
The only regret was that the magic she had used in her homunculus state was impossible to cast with this body.
She looked down upon the ground once more.
Kim Ian had finished washing and was now meeting his clone Lee Kang-ho in Muak-dong.
"Eu sou a escrava de Kim Yi-Ahn."
As Kang-ho had ordered, Park A-yeong, Lee Jun-hee, and Lee Seon-hui sat at the table before Ian and declared themselves his slaves. At the sound of their words, she stopped the time of the universe.
Out of habit he looked around.
His inner thoughts resonated through the mirror.
['Hmm, so the clone freezes too?']
That sweet, low voice—just hearing it made her lower abdomen grow wet. Jini flushed at the unfamiliar emotion and the reaction of her body.
"Kim Ian. How will you set Park A-yeong, Lee Seon-hui, and Lee Jun-hee—Wife, Slave, or Bitch?"
He pondered for a moment.
['Then revenge wouldn't work... and it wouldn't be fair to the bitches at our house either...']
[Park A-yeong as slave rank. Lee Seon-hui and Lee Jun-hee as bitch rank.]
That clone Kang-ho has become a complete pervert... chocolate-flavored breast milk, of all things...
She watched from above as Kim Ian remodeled Park A-yeong's body, then confirmed he had finished the modifications.
"Kim Ian. ... Complete the tutorial quickly."
So that we can meet.
[Yes, Lady Jini.]
Once communication with him cut off, the itching in her lower abdomen continued to nag at her.
She reached a hand down—then stopped the motion.
He likes a clean pussy. I shouldn't even masturbate in this state. I have to wait... he'll like it even more that way.
She draped a white Grecian dress from her subspace over herself and stared blankly as he moved.
Love juices flowing down her thighs had become impossible to control, yet Jini clenched her teeth and endured.