The Nosebleed-Selling Girl
15 years had passed since the Gates first opened worldwide.
One moment, monsters began pouring out from the Gates,
plunging the entire world into chaos.
But people with special powers appeared everywhere to fight back.
Ten years later, the Hunter profession was born.
It had been my dream to become a Hunter.
And I was a 21-year-old male university dropout.
During the early stages of my mother’s pregnancy, my father had named me with a girl’s name, insisting I was a girl.
It was a feminine name, but since my parents had given it to me, I never changed it.
My parents had passed away ten years ago in a Gate Rampage, killed by monsters.
There was no inheritance left.
At 11, I was forcibly enrolled in an orphanage.
As time went by, more and more people awakened.
So I lived with the hope that I would awaken too.
I was a young man who had never experienced social life and had been left behind in society.
But that was until last month.
I got a job as a convenience store part-timer.
A night shift where no customers came, in a place with no one around.
It was a stroke of luck to find part-time work in such a place.
Ring—
The bell on the door rang cheerfully.
“Welcome~”
“Um, where are the condoms?”
“Ah~ Don’t do that kind of thing, oppa...”
Hah...
I casually told him the location of the condoms.
First customer already...
After the couple left, my world returned to normal.
“Hah… I’m dead.”
I sighed and turned on the community.
[Hunter Gallery]
Hunter Gallery
The largest online community in Korea, where Hunters and ordinary people gather to share news, boast, ask questions, and trade privately.
[General] D-rank, but finally awakened.
Immediately cursed out the boss and quit the job lol
Line up for the burger lol
- ㅇㅇ: So envious
- Current Hunter: No way
- Lina: lol
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“Hah… crap”
I saw something bad.
Should I close the community?
Because I kept comparing my life to others.
Still...
- Night Shift: lol
Hah… maybe I should just die
My life seems to have been twisted from the start.
But I had been working hard, right?
Then my eyes slowly closed.
I can't fall asleep here.
...
“Umm”
When I opened my eyes, light was coming in from the window.
“Excuse me… over here”
Someone calling
...Is it me?
“Hey!!”
“Hua?”
Startled by the loud voice, I sat up.
“S-Sorry”
...?
Something was off.
The voice...?
“Hah… Kid, where's the part-timer oppa? Why are you sleeping here?”
I said I didn't know and apologized, then ran home.
While running, I felt something different.
“Huff… huff”
When I reached the front of the house, the suspicion became certainty.
The door lock was staring at me.
I opened the door, went inside, and headed to the full-length mirror.
“G-Girl?”
Silver hair reaching my waist
Smooth skin
Click click.
The girl in the mirror was mimicking my actions.
Did I really change...
My height had decreased.
The 185cm I was proud of had shrunk by about 40cm.
My figure was still childish.
Stretch.
It felt like a dream, so I pinched my cheek and it hurt.
Why had this happened all of a sudden?
After thinking it over, there was only one conclusion.
Was it...!
With a trembling heart—
“S-Status Window!!”
Ring—
Congratulations!
Cursed Blood [EX]: Restores all physical damage and status abnormalities of any target who drinks the user's blood.
I really awakened.
The convenience store part-timer life I had dreamed of was over.
Lee Sea, 21-year-old male university dropout, had become a member of society today.
I calmed the excitement and checked the ability.
Cursed Blood? EX rank?
My head spun.
EX rank?
Until now, only one each had been discovered in Japan, China, and the United States. There was still no EX-rank in Korea.
“So am I the first EX-rank?”
EX-rank was not measured by strength like other ranks.
They were people with transcendent powers or abilities beyond the norm.
So I forgot to breathe and checked what the ability was.
“Restores all physical damage and status abnormalities of any target who drinks the user's blood...”
It was a bit vague.
Conditional healing?
Other supporters could heal with just mana.
But this one required blood.
Did it consume my stamina?
Then I couldn't become a Hunter who fought in dungeons.
Who would hire a supporter who healed by self-harm?
A sigh came out.
I thought being EX-rank was good, but this ability...
Awakened but still a society dropout.
Now not even a young man?
The only thing I could do to help society was donate blood.
I hadn't wanted this...
So I was depressed for a while.
kororok—
The stomach growled without me noticing.
Well, I need to eat something first.
When I opened the fridge, all I saw were convenience store foods.
The boss had given them to me out of pity, but I couldn't finish them all, so they had piled up in the fridge.
Since the fridge has things with expiration dates, I can eat them...
I immediately took out the bento and put it in the microwave.
Ding—
With the sound, the microwave opened and the smell of food spread through the room.
The side dish was my favorite pork.
After chewing one bite,
“...”
No emotion.
Just the taste of seasoned meat.
What, what?
Did becoming a girl change my taste buds?
And was the rice spoiled? The smell was weird.
“Ugh...”
I threw all the food into the trash, though it was a waste.
kororok—
But my stomach was still empty.
Wallet balance: ₩35,470
I closed my eyes and decided to order delivery.
What to eat...
I scrolled through the delivery app and found tteokbokki.
Normally I wouldn't have looked at it, but something appealed.
Closed my eyes, opened them, and there on the desk was the plastic packaging.
Crackle—
I stared at it.
Still, I can't not eat it.
Since it was delivery and I hadn't ordered in a while, I couldn't leave it.
I tore the packaging and ate a bite of tteokbokki.
“Umm!!”
Completely different taste from the pork.
I ate the tteokbokki greedily.
Gulp—
Did my stomach shrink as a girl?
When I was male, I could have eaten it all at once.
But now I couldn't even finish half and my stomach was full.
Still, I did mental victory of eating multiple times, repackaged it, and put it in the fridge.
Wallet balance: ₩8,770
Failed.
I couldn't go to the part-time anymore, and I had no money.
Eh?
Ah—
With trembling hands, I checked the phone.
Boss: Missed call (9)
Afternoon shift: Missed call (3)
Morning shift: Missed call (1)
[Message]
Shit.
I took a deep breath and called according to the plan.
Ring ring,
Ring ring—
“Hello?”
“Ah, hello! This is Lee Sea oppa's younger sister...”
I said I was quitting.
It was embarrassing to imitate a younger sister, but I had no choice.
I felt like I was branded as the older brother who couldn't quit and made his younger sister do it...
But what now.
The boss said he wouldn't pay until I said it myself.
If I reported to the labor office, I had no choice.
Since I was no longer Lee Sea the male, and the boss had been kind, there was no bad feeling.
“What now...”
Is there no other way...
After hesitating for a long time, I—
Bang—!
“Aya ya...”
Blood was flowing.
I quickly brought the pet bottle to my nose.
So, collecting the nosebleed,
Is this how I have to live...
The reality hit.
The convenience store part-timer life seemed better.
The amount of flowing blood decreased.
When the nosebleed stopped,
I checked inside the pet bottle, and a little blood had collected.
“Is this something I can sell, sell?”
Then I searched online sales sites.
“Ha, ha!”
The healing potions were extremely expensive.
Now I'm rich...
But I don't know how good the effect of my blood is.
Most healing potions are probably similar.
Should I subtly ask in the gallery...
Then I glanced at the gallery.
Author: Lee Sea
Awakened, made a healing potion for the first time, where to sell?
Since I have no money now, I need to sell quickly...
- ㅇㅇ: Usually sell on the internet or private trade
- ㅇㅇ: Good rank people might contract with potion shops?
- Alchemist_: Awakened as an alchemist! Congratulations.
- Night Shift: Not an alchemist lol
- Alchemist_ : shut up
- ㅇㅇ (213.54): If you want to sell fast, private trade is fastest.
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“Hmm, that's what it is”
Then I learned that personal sale was the fastest.
I quickly posted on a personal sale site.
(Picture of the pet bottle with nosebleed)
Since I made it for the first time,
For sale
Price: 25,000 won
Direct trade only
Then messages came quickly.
- Can you negotiate?
- It's not like eating and then digging lol?
- Are you a woman?
- I'll buy at 30,000 won.
30,000 won?
The person who wants to buy at a higher price?
I decided to go tomorrow morning.