Chapter 59
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 59
Chapter Title: What I Want to Do
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There was nothing left in the spot he'd circled back to.
Just the remnants of shattered polygons.
'A glitch?'
That thing where the game suddenly breaks under specific conditions and goes haywire?
It was terrifying.
The feeling of watching the very world that had supported his two feet up until now crumble away in real time.
But amid the fear, there was also a strange sense of anticipation.
If this world vanished right now...
Maybe I'd get sent back to my original world?
'It's not like I was living some perfect life back there, but at least I wouldn't be left all alone here with this hollow emptiness.'
Of course, it could just be a ridiculous pipe dream.
His own personality—Yoon Young's—might vanish along with this world.
"Whoa!"
Whoosh.
The rumbling ground finally caved in with a soft thud.
At the same moment, Yoon Young's body floated up into empty space.
Just like an Among Us character ejected into the void, he slowly spun and drifted aimlessly.
'Hmm...'
And so, for several hours.
No matter how much he flailed, nothing was there to grab onto.
Just emptiness.
Drifting through this space forever...
'What the hell is this?'
By then, every random thought imaginable was crossing his mind.
What if this world was just an unstable, unfinished defective product?
What if some trigger caused the code to domino into total collapse, never to recover?
What if he ended up as a body that couldn't die or do anything, doomed to float in this space eternally...?
It was plausible enough to send chills down his spine.
'Fuck. Am I some kind of eternal being now? What if I can't even stop thinking?'
How long had he been drifting like that?
Just zoning out when suddenly, an input window popped up right in front of him with a flash.
"Huh?"
[ Hello? ]
No other changes besides the input window.
But the fact that it appeared after he'd completely emptied his mind and stopped thinking entirely suggested it wanted him to do something.
'No way... maybe I should try talking through this.'
Yoon Young pondered for a moment, then sent a simple greeting.
[ Hi. ]
"!!"
Incredibly, a reply came back. In Korean, no less.
What the...? My soulless...
He muttered that unconsciously, but his mind exploded with questions.
Yoon Young hurriedly typed the next message.
[ Who are you? ]
He had so much he wanted to say.
Way too much...
His thoughts were such a jumble he couldn't even organize where to start, like his head might explode if he dumped it all at once.
So out came, "Who are you?"
Even a guy who'd eaten nothing but frozen mandu for 15 years would be most curious about who'd locked him in here.
Yoon Young wasn't quite that extreme, but after being trapped here for a decent while, his question brimmed with curiosity.
[ I don't know either. ]
Yoon Young deflated at the response, steam practically venting from his ears.
[ You don't know? Why? ]
[ No one ever taught me what I am. ]
What the hell is this guy?
[ Then can't you at least introduce yourself? ]
[ No, that I can do. I'm a byproduct of this system or something like that. I don't know who made me, but my directive is to obey any command from the command authority, whatever it is. ]
Yoon Young thought for a second before typing.
[ Who's the command authority? ]
[ That's you right now. The first free-willed entity to discover me. ]
[ Me? So you'll obey any command I give? ]
[ Yes. ]
Yoon Young racked his brain over what command to issue first.
[ Then put a floor down here, and appear in front of me as a beautiful girl to my taste. ]
[ There's no floor. ]
[ Oh, can you not make a floor? ]
[ I can make one. ]
[ Then obviously make one and let me down, duh. ]
[ Oh. ]
What the hell is this thick-headed idiot...?
The moment that thought crossed his mind.
Shhhhkkk.
Tile-like surfaces generated in the void, filling out a floor. Gravity kicked in right there, and Yoon Young's body settled down onto it.
"Ugh."
After drifting endlessly, it felt weird.
Like land-sickness after being at sea...
[ I don't know what your ideal beautiful girl looks like. Describe her appearance. ]
[ Hmm... tall first. Like 172cm? But perfect proportions. Long legs. Slim waist. Big breasts. F... no, G-cup! ]
His greed grew as he described her.
[ Silver long hair, cat-like face but a bit bratty-looking. Haughty vibe? Cool personality but secretly an airhead in social situations. Elegant movements. Oh, no pubic hair. And a virgin. ]
With that, he stopped. Almost exactly as imagined, a silver-haired beauty dropped from the void and landed gracefully.
Her massive breasts jiggled wildly. He'd forgotten to specify clothes, so she was completely naked.
"Whoa... wow... hot damn... whoa... this is..."
Just looking at her made him grin uncontrollably, reduced to incoherent squeals.
"Is this good enough?"
A cool, emotionless voice!
Voice and acting were perfect too.
"Outfit as reverse bunny suit, please."
"... "
The beauty fell silent.
Is she disgusted? he wondered.
But then poof, her outfit changed.
"Grrraaah."
Tiny black heart-shaped patches over her nipples and privates.
Pale skin exposed where it should be covered, and the usually exposed parts hidden by black latex. That imbalance.
Honestly, three hundred times hotter than full nudity.
The fact she wore something like that without a hint of shame meant she existed on a different conceptual level from humans.
"Is this good enough?"
"Perfect."
Out of habit, Yoon Young reached out to grope those luscious tits.
But... his hand passed right through.
'What?'
He asked immediately.
"Can't touch you, huh?"
"Yeah. Want me touchable? Then we can't talk verbally anymore—only through the chat window."
...He had no idea the mechanics, but he wasn't that horny.
"Nah, it's fine."
So now what?
Yoon Young thought it over and decided to ask a question.
"What is this space, anyway?"
"An empty space. It forms when the world glitches."
"The world glitches? What's that world thing?"
"I don't understand the intent of your question. What do you want to know?"
...Was the mechanical vibe just his imagination?
She had this oddly crude AI feel.
Yoon Young phrased his question like prompting a dumb AI with specifics.
"Why did the glitch happen?"
"Because you touched the 'soul' that's the foundation supporting this world."
"Soul? How did I touch that?"
"The trigger was affection level. Raising a specific person's affection unlocked the dormant soul beneath the surface value, tangling the rules and causing the error."
"Specific person—you mean the NPC Amael?"
"Yes."
Yoon Young mulled it over.
So... the hypothesis that NPCs were real people was correct?
"Were the NPCs... people with souls?"
"Different. The ones you saw are meticulously constructed mimics of those souls' memories and personalities. They don't have their own egos. But they're all linked to the real souls."
Yoon Young was starting to get how to handle her.
Short, direct, pinpoint questions only.
"If I grope an NPC's chest, does the real soul remember it?"
"Yes."
Holy moly shit.
All of it... remembered?
Yoon Young laughed hollowly.
"Can I meet that soul...?"
"Yes. Want me to summon her here?"
"No no no! No need for that!"
He didn't have the courage to face the real Amael yet.
Of course, knowing the real Amael's personality existed somewhere was great news...!
But reckoning with everything he'd done.
Plus, how to explain this big-tits pervert-outfit silver beauty?
For Yoon Young, just knowing all his actions weren't meaningless vapor but preserved as someone's memories somewhere brought relief.
"Anyway. What happens now? World glitched, so... isn't it all ruined?"
The silver-haired beauty shook her head.
"It's repairing quickly right now. I think you can go back soon. But... it might not be exactly the same world and system you knew before."
"Who's... repairing it? You?"
"No, not me. The world repairs itself through its own will. I can't interfere."
What even was she...? How did this place work...?
Asking that would just get "I don't know" or vagueness.
Better to get a clear path forward.
"Anyway, once repairs finish, I go back there?"
"Yes."
"Why was I pulled here? What am I supposed to do? What's my goal...?"
The beauty seemed to think a bit before replying.
"My mission is to cooperate with the command authority. What do you want to do?"
She turned the question back on him.
Yoon Young's body stiffened.
He wanted to quip like some bomb-wielding psycho, "Don't answer a question with a question!" but jokes wouldn't land on her.
Yoon Young pondered what he wanted.
I... what do I...
What do I even want to do?
Go home?
That was the ultimate goal, sure.
But... deep down, honestly...
I don't want to go back yet. Not now.
I want to learn more about this world.
Explore more. Visit other cities.
'Countless beautiful girls' tits are waiting for me!'
In the end, that was his true heart...