Chapter 122
Chapter 122
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 122
Chapter Title: How to Steal the Protagonist's Woman
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"I'll kill you!!!!!!!"
Min Ha-yeon jumped in shock at Han Yeo-reum's sudden roar, yanking the blanket up to cover her body.
She screamed as she looked at Han Yeo-reum..
Her expression was unmistakably the glare of someone spotting an intruder.
"What the hell?! Why are you here?!"
"Right now!! Th-that!! I have something to say!?"
Han Yeo-reum clutched his head with both hands, his body swaying like a terminal hypertension patient who could barely stand.
He simply couldn't comprehend this situation.
I'd been the same way, so what chance did he have...
'Kaaah~~~~ As expected, the true charm of NTL is getting caught!'
Han Yeo-reum was currently standing just one step inside my cabin.
Normally, unauthorized personnel couldn't enter.
'Heh heh heh... I was curious what that idiot would do.'
If the intruder had been a monster like Viola's brother the Hero or Seong Sua's fiancé Chokanghyeon, I never would've pulled this stunt.
But this guy? A total scrub among scrubs.
Every summoner residing in Zephirum Village could beat him one-on-one without breaking a sweat.
I had no idea what the Novice's skill was, but Han Yeo-reum's abilities hadn't budged through seven regressions.
I suspected it was one of three things: he deliberately didn't raise his skill levels, he had no skills that could be raised, or his skills weren't the type to improve physical abilities like mine.
'Well, it's not like he did it on purpose, right?'
Han Yeo-reum pulled a rusty sword from his inventory with trembling hands.
"You... you bastard... Who the hell are you to... with Ha-yeon!!! I'll kill you!!!"
"Su-ho! Get back! I'll hold him off!"
"Min Ha-yeon! Get out of the way!!"
Han Yeo-reum shook off his hypertensive daze momentarily, straining desperately to stab my chest.
Min Ha-yeon shielded me with the blanket still clutched around her body.
A sneer curled her lips as she taunted him.
"Why should I?"
"What!? Y-you... how dare you talk to me like..."
Han Yeo-reum's hands shook violently as he raised the rusty sword, his body convulsing.
Then Min Ha-yeon delivered the finishing blow.
"Why don't you just leave right now? You're killing the mood."
"Y-you... fucking!!!"
Han Yeo-reum lunged as if to stab through her at me behind her.
And in that instant...
"Argh!!! Wh-what the?!"
"...You dare cause a ruckus in my inn?"
Behind Han Yeoreum stood a middle-aged woman, about 160 cm tall with a voluptuous build, gripping his nape and forcing him to his knees.
The innkeeper.
Gone was her usual sly grin; her face was twisted in fury, veins bulging massively on her arms.
She squeezed harder, thickening those veins further.
Han Yeo-reum wailed, tears and snot streaming down his face.
"Aaaagh!!!! Let go!!!! It hurts!!!!!"
The innkeeper flashed her sly smile again and apologized to us.
"Aigoo... Sorry for the trouble on your first visit in ages."
"N-no, it's fine..."
"Y-yeah... it's okay..."
I hunched submissively under her intimidating aura.
Min Ha-yeon did the same...
I eyed the chat puzzled and spoke up in channel chat.
"Huh? Do the villagers here kill summoners?"
Following Guardian of the Gay Little Dick's words, I glanced above Han Yeo-reum's head. A small red octahedron floated there.
"What's that?"
In other words, Han Yeo-reum had genuinely tried to stab me.
That triggered his Red Summoner status...
"That means..."
I messaged Armonia.
'Get ready.'
"S-sa... ve... m-me... Guh..."
The moment comms ended, a low terminal beep rang out as Han Yeoreum's neck snapped.
His handsome face stuck out his tongue, eyes bloodshot, nose bleeding.
And right then.
Beep-beep~ Beep-beep~ Beep-beep~
-Target (Han Yeoreum) has died! -
'So that's how it works. Wow... what a tacky alarm sound...'
A holographic alert popped up in front of me the instant Han Yeoreum died, blaring a siren like from a kid's toy.
Guardian of the Gay Little Dick, seeing this, was confused..
'Ah, right. That guy is inside Yggdrasil, so the effect doesn't reach him. Well, he'll just reset once he regresses anyway.'
I scooped up Min Ha-yeon and messaged.
'Alright, Armonia. Do it.'
"Kaaargh!!"
Han Yeo-reum screamed and rolled on the floor.
"Haa... haa... fuck..."
Terror far worse than shock death enveloped him.
Most deaths were instant, but not this time.
The sensation of his neck snapping gripped his heart.
"What the hell is this... fuck... what the hell!!!"
He'd felt fear arriving here at first.
But when choosing his blessing, billions of points appeared out of nowhere, and seeing regression on the recommended list made him cheer.
He was the protagonist..
He had been exhilarated by the fact that he was the lead in a web game, feeling as though he possessed everything.
But now, on the 7th loop.
The first time true despair hit him.
Han Yeo-reum collapsed, tears and snot flowing.
"Fuck... sob... Mina... how could you... sob..."
The image of the woman he vowed to love forever and make his own, acting coquettishly while riding the hips of a man she had barely met, was something that would never be erased from his mind.
Even if she was a virgin again, his mind pictured her womb filled with another man's semen.
"Fuck... fuck..."
Too drained for rage, he was booted outside the coliseum.
Sudden light, and three worried women looking at him.
"Oh my! Wh-what happened!?"
"Oh no... look at those tears..."
"What happened!?"
The women wiped his tears, fretting over him.
And Min Ha-yeon staring puzzled.
She...
"What? What's going on?"
Her tone curt, eyeing him like a loser.
"You fucking!!!"
As the memory of Min Ha-yeon's coquettishness surged back, Han Yeo-reum could not contain his rage and bolted from the spot.
"Oh! Yeo-reum-ssi!"
"W-wait! I'll go too!"
"M-me too!!"
The three women glanced at Min Ha-yeon before chasing after him.
"Whoa..."
Min Ha-yeon stared blankly at Han Yeo-reum fleeing.
The moment Han Yeo-reum died, Min Ha-yeon had been worried.
Fear that she might forget Seong Su-ho this time gnawed at her.
But...
'It worked again... jackpot!'
Min Ha-yeon wanted to sprint over, hug Seong Su-ho, and dance.
But...
'...He still doesn't remember this time either.'
Seong Su-ho gazed at her with mild surprise.
Shocked by Han Yeo-reum's meltdown and flight.
She approached with haughty poise.
'Last time I came off too easy... gotta switch up the concept.'
Min Ha-yeon walked gracefully to him and spoke.
"You got a party?"
"Huh? Oh... no."
Their conversation was straightforward after that.
They exchanged names and introduced themselves.
Min Ha-yeon kept it short, precise—only essentials.
Just like their first meeting.
Outwardly composed, inwardly she was dying.
'Ugh! So frustrating! But hold back...'
With her concept set, Min Ha-yeon patiently partied up with him, her face stern as they headed out to hunt.
..
..
Twang!
Min Ha-yeon released her bowstring, piercing the last slime.
She roughly checked the drops and scanned around.
"Ah, there's a safe zone right over there. Let's take a break."
"Sure."
Seong Su-ho followed her with a curt reply.
Heading to the safe zone, she sank into deep thought.
'If we keep looping back like this, it's fine. But if... if there's a fixed spawn point?'
Her biggest worry was her relationship with Seong Su-ho.
For some reason, she'd concluded she got swept into Han Yeo-reum's regressions. Unlike before, she needed to build rapport properly.
She hated the idea of appearing as an easy woman, but what if a relationship established by mistake was accidentally maintained?
It was the last thing she wanted.
'Gotta get my head straight from now on.'
Min Ha-yeon never wanted to lose him.
She'd heard men loved sex endlessly, but what they'd done crossed that line already.
'I must have been crazy... I didn't know it would feel that good...'
Despite her strong will, one taste of sex had hooked her badly.
Athletic background made her tomboyish at times, but her parents' upbringing kept her ladylike.
She despised clingy, coquettish women.
Even when loving Han Yeo-reum, she'd never acted that way.
Yet she...
(My boyfriend is right here~~ hehe.)
The words as she fondled Seong Su-ho's cock, gazing seductively had flashed back.
'Hehe... yeah, I'm crazy...'
She let out an unwitting chuckle upon reaching the safe zone.
"Sorry for the sudden invite—must've surprised you. Thanks for hunting with me."
"No problem. I was solo anyway."
"..."
After agonizing, Min Ha-yeon spoke.
"Let's call it here for today? Haven't properly explored the village. Gotta live here a week anyway, do you wanna check it out together?"
"Sounds good."
..
..
Back in the village, they settled their accounts.
A short hunt, so only 30,000 each. It was generous for the average summoners, but...
And one item dropped for Min Ha-yeon.
"Blue Slime Core? First time seeing it."
"Ah, that's for beginner magic resist potions. I remember seeing it mentioned."
"Valuable?"
"Not sure on price..."
"Hmm..."
Min Ha-yeon fiddled with the jelly-like monster drop before handing it to Seong Su-ho.
"You take it. Items should be split too, right?"
"No, it's fi..."
"Take it."
Min Ha-yeon forced the item on him and they wandered the village.
They stopped at a potion shop.
"Ah, I'll sell the item. Wait here a sec."
"Okay."
Min Ha-yeon sent Seong Su-ho off with a short reply, then slumped her shoulders and sighed.
"Haa... exhausting. It's fresh, but..."
She didn't mind seeing Seong Su-ho constantly.
But she itched to move past this first-meeting phase.
To a point where hugging wouldn't be weird.
That was the relationship Min Ha-yeon desired right now.
Thus, she deemed the beginning crucial—for both of their sakes.
'Guys hate easy girls, right? Sigh... just endure a bit.'
As Min Ha-yeon crossed her arms with a faint smile, a man's voice came from behind.
"H-ha... Ha-yeon-ah..."
"Ah, finished selling... Han Yeo-reum?"
She ran into Han Yeo-reum at the potion shop.
Han Yeo-reum screamed his way to the outskirts, puked several times, and barely regained his senses.
But his body was wrecked as the price.
When he came to, only the three women were with him.
No Min Ha-yeon.
Clueless, they stuck by him to win favor, grinding points fiercely.
Back in the village, Han Yeo-reum searched for Min Ha-yeon.
The worried trio followed naturally, spotting her by chance at the potion shop.
"H... Ha-yeon-ah..."
"Huh? Ha... Yeo-reum? Wh-where've you been?"
Min Ha-yeon stared at him in flustered confusion.
Han Yeo-reum felt relief seeing her.
Seeing her alone..
Just what he wanted.
"I... I suddenly felt really sick to my stomach. Sorry...."
"Oh..."
"Right now... thanks to the help of these people, I managed to earn some points."
"Oh..."
Min Ha-yeon's rote responses didn't matter to him.
Her being alone soothed him.
He approached her.
"Ha-yeon-ah, sorry. From tomorrow, I'll pull myself together and protect you."
"Huh? No need to prot..."
"I'll figure something ou..."
Han Yeo-reum was in the middle of speaking..
"Ah! You're back?"
"Yeah."
"...What. Why the hell are... you here..."
Han Yeo-reum gaped despairingly at Seong Su-ho beside Min Ha-yeon.
Min Ha-yeon beamed a bright smile she'd never shown before and introduced him.
"This is my partner. Or... party member?"
"Seong Su-ho. Nice to meet you."
"Ugh..."
Han Yeo-reum collapsed and fainted on the spot.
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