Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: I Hate the Masochist Ending
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My parents disowned me. No friends. No girlfriend to call my own.
Just a 22-year-old with nothing to show for his life except an early discharge from the military.
My existence as an unemployed otaku was nothing more than a slow crawl, killing time with endless games and web novels.
You have been invited to the world <Heaven World>.
Do you accept?
[Accept / Decline]
I jolted in surprise, my heart hammering against my ribs. Was this it? The legendary web-novel cliché I’d read about a thousand times was finally happening to me.
But the second my eyes scanned the message properly, the excitement vanished, replaced by a cold splash of reality.
"Heaven World...?"
It was the same 19+ dark fantasy novel I had just finished reading.
A twisted story about an average guy from Korea who gets summoned to a place called Heaven World.
"Ah... fuck."
The curse slipped out before I could even process it.
If it were any other generic fantasy world, I would have jumped at the chance. But Heaven World was different. It all started with a "mistaken" invitation.
The protagonist—a regular guy—picks it up, only to be dragged through hell, broken, and eventually "tamed" by everyone around him.
By the end of the book, he’s a total, broken masochist who finds joy in his own suffering before eventually dying for his so-called comrades.
I only finished the damn thing because of the "male-oriented" and "taming" tags, but I never expected it to be that kind of story.
"Male-oriented taming, my ass..."
I had no idea it would be so literal and so brutal. I still remembered the rage I felt when I posted that hate comment after the final chapter.
The world itself was subtly vicious—a place where having "ordinary" abilities was a death sentence or worse.
"Ha..."
"Should I really decline this?"
As a hardcore reader, this was the dream scenario I’d spent years fantasizing about. But Heaven World? No, thank you.
"Even the novel's protagonist got stuck with some mediocre ability... Am I going to end up crawling on the floor, heading toward that same masochist ending too?"
The thought alone made my skin crawl.
"Yeah, I know exactly where this leads. Let's just decline."
I made up my mind, but as I reached for the button, my finger refused to move. It hovered there, trembling.
What if this was my only shot? My last chance to escape this hollow, meaningless life...?
"Maybe... it’ll be different from the novel."
Delusions of grandeur began to cloud my judgment. My hand, acting on its own desperate hope, drifted toward 'Accept'.
- Gulp.
I swallowed hard, my mind a chaotic mess of fear and desire.
[Closing in 10 seconds.]
10... 9... The countdown flashed before my eyes. Panic and impulse took over. I slammed my finger down on 'Accept'.
"Did... did it go through?"
[Searching for your job.]
"A job...!"
In the world of the novel, there were unique, legendary classes like 'Sword Saint'.
And then there were the common, vague ones that anyone could get, like 'Endurer'.
The original protagonist, clueless as ever, had picked 'Endurer' because the description made it sound like some noble martyr. He passed up 'Sword Saint' and 'Archmage' for it.
Look where that got him—a one-way ticket to being a masochist.
"I won't end up like that... I won't."
I wasn't even asking for 'Sword Saint'. Just give me something—anything—decent!
I prayed with everything I had, begging the system of Heaven World.
[Found your job options.]
〔1. Writhing One.〕
〔2. Endurer.〕
〔3. Moderately Victorious.〕
〔4. Tamer.〕
"Fuck."
The curse escaped my lips the moment I saw the list.
I expected 'Endurer' to show up, but the others were just as bad, if not worse.
"The rest are all trash. And what the hell is a 'Tamer'?"
"Not a beast tamer, not a monster tamer... just 'Tamer'?"
I had no idea what that class even entailed in this twisted world.
As despair began to sink in...
[Job will be randomly assigned in 10 seconds.]
No time to weigh the options. The timer was already ticking down.
In a moment of pure, panicked instinct, I reached out and selected 'Tamer'.
You have become <Tamer>.
[Moving to <Heaven World>.]
"Please... anything but that sacrificial masochist ending..." That was my final, desperate vow as my vision blurred and the darkness swallowed me whole.
[Welcome to Heaven World.]