Chapter 248: Another World Dating App
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 248: Another World Dating App
[Matching has ended]
[Favorability Change]
[Lucifer 0♡ → 91♡]
[Bond Level Change]
[Lucifer Lv.0 → Lv.2]
[Calculating...]
[5,700 Love Coins have been awarded]
[Owned Coins: 12,400 Coins]
[Kang Hyun-woo
Age: 21
Title: Virgin Killer
Race: Human
Affiliation: Earth
Class: Mage (5th Circle)
Sub-class: Martial Artist (Peak)
Skills: Thought Transcendence, Weakness Insight, Sex Expert, Berserk…
Owned Coins: 12,400 Coins]
*
After returning to Earth, I sat on the sofa to gather my thoughts.
If it had been a weekday, I would've been busy at the Magic Tower, but thankfully, it was Saturday.
Of course, even though it was Saturday, I didn't have much time to spare.
Reaching the 5th Circle wasn't the end of it.
If anything, I'd be too busy to even catch a wink of sleep for a while. Not only did I have to organize my newfound enlightenment, but catching up on all my postponed magic research would take several sleepless nights.
Of course, I had it easy compared to others.
Other mages would have had to meditate with their eyes open for days, let alone sleep, just to adjust the gap between their mana circles and their physical bodies.
This was all thanks to the Formless Vajra Art.
The essence of the Formless Vajra Art is the harmony of all natural energy. While there are some differences between the Six Great Elements of elemental magic and the Five Elements of Buddhism, they ultimately shared the common ground of being the foundation that constitutes all things.
Thanks to this, reaching the 5th Circle also brought an achievement in my martial arts.
Fourth Star of the Formless Vajra Art.
Of course, this was more of a fluke. Without the Formless Body, it would have been impossible.
Sitting in the lotus position, I rummaged through the newly unlocked library of the Formless Vajra Art.
I came across a book called the Manual of Fluid Technique Principles, but strangely, it wasn't a martial arts manual.
It was more of a guidebook that recorded the basic concepts of various skills like Acupoint Striking, Shifting Flowers, and the Thousand Jin Weight.
Honestly, it was a bit unexpected.
I used the example of a library, but in reality, what existed beyond my subconscious was closer to the remnant thoughts of Vajra Divine Monk, containing the martial arts he had created in his lifetime.
It was a system where reaching a certain realm unlocked the next piece of knowledge.
It was a level of skill I couldn't even dare to imitate right now.
In any case, I could understand leaving behind a record of the martial arts he created, but was there really a need to leave a guidebook as well?
Remnant thoughts aren't like a computer's storage device.
You can't just increase the capacity whenever you want, nor can you store things for a long time.
I was grateful, of course, but I couldn't understand his intentions for leaving something like this.
While reading the manual, I infused my fingertips with internal energy and jabbed the area connecting my shoulder blade and arm. It was the Geogol acupoint.
I tried to move my arm, but it wouldn't budge.
It went numb, as if I'd been poisoned.
“Oh, I think it worked.”
Right now, there wasn't much internal energy in the strike, so I could release it on my own, but if I were to strike with my full intent, it seemed possible to cripple an opponent.
For reference, acupoint striking isn't something you can easily break free from just because you're strong. If you don't know the Acupoint Unsealing Method, you have no choice but to be affected.
Of course, an S-ranker could probably force their way out of it even without knowing the method.
The important thing was that this technique worked even on A-rankers.
“Master, what are you doing?”
Just as I was memorizing the acupoints, Noel, her hair disheveled as if she'd just woken up, approached me.
It had been a week since I'd last seen her.
As if it were the most natural thing in the world, Noel lay down, using my lap as a pillow.
“Acupoint striking. Want to try it?”
“...Isn't that painful?”
“Come on, do you really think I'd use something like that on you?”
“Yes.”
“...”
Sharp, aren't you?
Still, I felt a little wronged.
It's not painful, just numbing.
“By the way, you seem to have gotten stronger.”
The presence she gave off had grown considerably sharper compared to a week ago.
Wouldn't that put her in the upper-middle tier of A-rank?
“Well, that's because the restrictions placed on me loosen as you get stronger, Master.”
Noel smiled with a confident expression.
If this is her with restrictions, just how strong is she normally?
Is she stronger than me?
But that couldn't be. Noel was only twenty years old.
An S-ranker at that age? Was that even possible?
“Of course, it's true that I'm cute, pretty, and exceptionally talented, but this isn't power I built from the ground up.”
“Then?”
“It was inherited.”
“Inherited?”
Noel nodded, munching on a snack stick.
“Priestesses use sorcery to inherit a Sealed Orb that contains the power of all the priestesses of the past. Of course, making the power within the orb your own requires grueling training, so most only manage to absorb about ten to twenty percent.”
“How much have you absorbed?”
“Hehe, don't be too surprised when you hear this, okay?”
Noel suddenly stood up, placed one hand on her hip and the other over her chest, and lifted her chin proudly.
“A whopping fifty percent!”
“...What?”
For a moment, I was at a loss for words.
And here I thought she was just a rabbit obsessed with food.
“Hehe, you may not think much of me, but in my tribe, I'm called a genius on par with the first priestess, you know?”
Her boastful attitude was absurd, but she certainly did seem different.
Of course, I didn't mean she looked impressive. I mean that she looked hot.
The thought that a woman stronger than me, like Iris, had been panting beneath me every night sent a throb of arousal pulsing through my lower body.
I shot up from my seat.
“M-Master...? Your eyes look a little scary... Kyaa?!”
I pulled Noel into my arms and headed straight for the bedroom.
Perhaps because it had been a week, her scent was almost overwhelmingly stimulating.
I half-tossed her onto the bed and roughly tore off my clothes.
“You really are different. You're turning me on more than usual.”
“W-What?? N-No...! That's not what I meant when I said that...!”
“Well, that's how I heard it.”
Noel's attire was simple.
She was only wearing a thin tank top and dolphin shorts. She hadn't even worn a bra before living with my master, saying it was more comfortable.
Not that I was complaining.
Burying my face in the nape of her neck, I slipped my hand under her clothes. I squeezed her large breast, and just as I was about to leave a mark on her nape...
“Ah.”
With Noel's small gasp, I sensed a presence behind me.
It was a familiar presence, one I could recognize without even looking.
I bit my lip and turned my head.
“...”
My eyes met with my master, who was standing beyond the wide-open bedroom door.
Our eyes met, and she let out a quiet gasp.
“I-It's not like I was trying to peek... The d-door was open, so I just...”
My master was desperate, rambling as she tried to defend herself.
Her pupils trembled as if an earthquake had struck, and her face, flushed bright red, looked like it was about to explode.
After her minute-long plea ended, a heavy silence settled between us.
We glanced at each other, neither daring to speak.
“I-I'm going to the convenience store...”
Slam.
Unable to bear it any longer, my master stormed out the front door.
I wanted to chase after her, but following her in this situation would clearly be counterproductive.
I swallowed the sigh that threatened to escape.
Is this what a parent feels like...?
It was a moment where I indirectly experienced the awkwardness of a parent being caught having sex by their child.
“Master.”
“What.”
“Have you fucked Seoha-unni yet?”
“...”
I punished the rabbit who spouted such nonsense by taking her from behind until evening.
The sight of Noel, crying and begging for forgiveness when her ass was bright red, was unbelievably hot.
*
That evening, after our passionate lovemaking, Noel passed out as usual.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, I stared at the screen and conjured a black flame in my palm.
[Black Flame (黑炎)
Grade: Rare (Growth-type)
A flame that carries a faint divine power.]
I could faintly feel the lingering scent of divine power. This was undoubtedly the flame I had received from Lucifer.
I didn't expect this to happen.
After this match ended, the app suddenly offered to sell me the Black Flame.
It was the first time this had happened, so I was a bit taken aback, but it was an attractive offer, and I ultimately accepted.
However, the price of the Black Flame was 12,000 coins.
And from this match, I had 12,400 coins.
It was a clear attempt to squeeze me dry.
Haggling, of course, didn't work.
In the end, I had no choice but to pay the hefty sum of 12,000 coins for a Rare-grade skill. But I didn't feel like it was a loss.
First of all, the grade wasn't fixed. If I could grow it to at least Unique grade, I'd more than make my money back.
Plus, it had the merit of being able to combine with the fire element to drastically increase the power of my magic.
Still, what kind of business practice involves taking a customer's entire wallet?
I couldn't help but be annoyed by their take-it-or-leave-it attitude.
Is this the terror of a monopoly?
“Master...?”
Noel, who had woken up at some point, wrapped her arms around my waist and drew close.
This was her own little signal. Her way of showing she was satisfied with our time in bed.
Stroking my abs like this was her way of asking for the same thing next time.
“You can sleep more. What's wrong?”
“Just because.”
As I caressed her face, Noel closed her eyes as if she was enjoying it and leaned her body against me.
Then, something I had always wanted to ask her came to mind.
I hadn't asked until now because I was worried about the timing, but maybe now would be okay?
“Noel, you said you were a priestess.”
“Huh? Oh... right? Though I might be a little different from the priestess you're imagining.”
I hadn't shown it, but a small seed of anxiety remained in a corner of my heart.
The dating app was undoubtedly my ability, but I knew nothing about it.
It was a power I'd gained overnight; there was no guarantee it wouldn't disappear when I woke up the next day.
Of course, I wasn't afraid of the app disappearing.
But the thought of never being able to see my women again was something I couldn't bear.
There's a saying that ignorance is bliss.
But I couldn't just ignore it forever.
“What's the name of the god your tribe believes in?”
Noel had said she didn't know anything about the app, but for now, she was my only clue.
She had said she appeared before me after receiving a call from her god as a priestess. If that was true, information about the god her tribe worshipped might be the key to uncovering the true nature of the dating app.
However, Noel's reaction was colder than ice.
“...I know what you want to hear, Master, but my answer is the same now as it was then.”
This wasn't a warning. It was the opposite.
“Please don't try to dig into anything about the app. For your own sake.”
It was a desperate plea.
It was hard to understand her reaction, but I couldn't stop here.
“Tell me. Please.”
“...”
Noel's lips parted and closed as she hesitated for a long time.
I said nothing.
I would simply respect her choice. If she refused, I decided I wouldn't ask again.
“...Even if I don't tell you, you'll find a way to figure it out, won't you, Master?”
Noel finally gave a bitter smile.
“The god our tribe worships is nothing special. Our ancestors just arbitrarily started worshipping a local land god.”
“A land god?”
“A minor god. A common minor god who can't even bestow a single speck of divine power. I haven't been a priestess for long, but I've never once heard the god's voice. The previous priestesses probably never did either. A so-called imaginary god.”
Leaning against me, Noel closed her eyes and continued.
“That day, too, I was offering a meaningless prayer in front of a stone statue, just like always.”