The Primordial Dragon Was Not a Tutorial
The primordial dragon was not a tutorial.
“...A footstool, huh.”
A low, bone-chilling voice slid from between Akasha’s crimson lips.
“...Hic.”
I froze, certain she was about to kill me where I stood. But contrary to my expectations, Akasha let out a deep sigh and pinched her elegant brows together in clear irritation.
“Hah, honestly. No matter how little this body knows about human ways, you are the first creature I’ve met who is this much of a headache. You barge uninvited into this body’s nest, grovel on the floor begging for your life, and then the words that come out of your mouth are ‘human footstool’?”
“...”
“If this body understands the meaning of what it just heard, Ciel, what sort of human does that make you?”
At the icy question I gaped like an idiot and frantically replayed the last few minutes in my head. I had crawled into a dragon’s lair of my own free will—unauthorized entry. After invading her home I’d slammed myself flat on the ground, pathetically begging for mercy. And to top it all off, I had proudly volunteered to become a living doormat.
When I listed my own actions from Akasha’s perspective, the conclusion was painfully obvious. My face burned so fiercely I thought it might explode. A tsunami of shame crashed over me so strong I wanted to bite my own tongue off.
I couldn’t meet her eyes. Staring at the floor, I squeezed out a tiny, crawling voice.
“...A pervert beyond salvation, down to the marrow in my bones.”
“...”
“...I’m sorry.”
A short, suffocating silence filled the nest. If a mouse hole had existed, I would have rammed my head inside and never come out.
“Haa… At least you understand. This body will specially spare your life today, so get lost.”
“...Um, O great Dragon Queen…? May I ask one question…?”
“Haaa… Akasha.”
“Yes…?”
“Call me Akasha.”
“Ah, yes, Lady Akasha… How did you know my name…? Wait, before that, I’m not actually Ciel…?”
When I asked carefully, Akasha shook her head. Oh… her chest…
“It says ‘Ciel’ right above your head. What else would I call you?”
“Ah, that’s… No, my name is Han Si-yul. Han. Si. Yul. A Korean name.”
She crossed her arms and looked down at me with open pity.
“Now you’re even denying your own name? Has your skull cracked and you’re fleeing from reality? Is the true name engraved on your soul merely decoration?”
“Huh? You can see my soul?”
The moment I made a dumb face, Akasha seemed too exhausted to keep talking. She stretched out one long, snow-white finger and lightly poked my forehead.
“Eek!”
“Your intelligence is lower than a slime’s. You’re not even a baby…”
A cool, strangely pleasant sensation pierced my forehead, raced through my veins, and shot straight into my brain.
The instant I saw the window I nearly clutched the back of my neck and collapsed. Why were the titles so awful? Why did the special note say small penis? And why the hell was my only skill Masochism…? I barely kept my spinning mind together and tried to organize my thoughts. I remembered the system message that had flashed by when I fell into the darkness earlier.
[Han Si-yul ➡️ Ciel]
That vicious bitch Choi Na-ri had apparently forced my name into her game’s Western-fantasy template and shoved it in. Because the system window was open, another information panel floated above Akasha’s head as she looked down at me.
Name: Akasha
Level: ???
Race: ???
Status: ???
Danger Level: Unmeasurable (Instant death upon contact)
‘Level… question marks? Unmeasurable?!’
My heart felt like it was about to leap out of my mouth. While I was frozen by the terrifying window, a clear chime rang out and a golden system message appeared.
Welcome, Player ‘Ciel,’ to your first system UI access!
Welcome to the world of Aerial Online. Beginning system synchronization… Huh?
The mechanical voice that had only spoken in stiff system messages suddenly began flickering like crazy. It looked as if it had finally noticed the surrounding situation and was screaming.
Detected Entity: 『Primordial Dragon Akasha』
Have you lost your mind? No!! Nari, has this bitch gone insane?! Why did you send him here?!
I stared blankly at the pouring windows. It seemed the system had only now recognized that the player was accessing its functions for the first time and was outputting information, but the data had gone completely haywire because of the kidnapping.
Ignoring my confusion, the system covered my entire vision in red warning windows and began to run wild.
Current Location: Ultra-High-Risk Area 『Primordial Nest』
Fatal transmission error! Level 1 player’s tutorial sequence has been completely skipped!
Normal education is impossible under these conditions. The system cannot tolerate a player who hasn’t even finished the tutorial being trampled by someone else!
Forcibly summoning the player to the beginner zone immediately!
“Wha… whoa?! Uwaaaaagh! Where am I going again…?!”
In an instant my body was swallowed by a dazzling vortex of light. I, who had been pressed flat against the floor, shot upward as if sucked into the air.
Just before my vision was swallowed by light, I saw Akasha’s expression as she watched me disappear from the center of her nest in a swirling pillar of radiance.
“…Hah. What is your relationship with that Nari?”
Akasha’s face instantly flooded with cold killing intent.
She thrust her hand toward the empty air. The atmosphere inside the nest screamed as space warped grotesquely. Blood-red magical power poured from her fingertips, instantly creating dozens, then hundreds of enormous magic circles floating around her.
An overwhelming pressure that seemed to crush every principle of the world. The destructive energy condensed at the center of the circles blazed like the sun, then tore through space with a deafening roar and hurtled toward the white light.
A crimson beam capable of annihilating all creation collided with the teleport vortex, but it was deflected and slammed into the side of the nest. When the dust cleared, the entire wall had been obliterated, letting sunlight pour in. Akasha stared at the hole for a moment, then her blood-red eyes sparkled with interest.
“Hah… Nari… So that’s why it was like this. No wonder an ordinary human appeared in this body’s nest.”
She lightly snapped her fingers. A thin red thread appeared in the air and stretched toward the far side of the continent.
“Ciel, was it… If I want to maintain full polymorph, I’ll need to gather some mana stones. And…”
The primordial dragon Akasha licked her lips seductively.
“It looks like this will be an entertaining game after a long time. Well, having a talking footstool in the nest doesn’t sound so bad.”
Crash!
“Aaaaaagh! My back! Why again… How many times is this?! Uuu…”
The moment the horrible motion-sickness that felt like my body had been tossed inside a washing machine ended, I tumbled helplessly across the rough floor, landing hard on my butt.
“Cough, hack! You insane game system…! And shouldn’t you at least match the landing spot?! Why do I always fall from the air?!”
While every bone in my body screamed in protest, a vicious stench stabbed my nose. The sour smell of rotting water mixed with the odor of animal feces.
When I looked around, I found myself in the middle of a narrow, damp back alley where almost no light reached. Far ahead at the alley’s exit I could see old wooden buildings and people in unfamiliar clothing bustling past.
Spatial transfer complete. You have arrived safely in the back alley of the beginner village on the outskirts of the Aerial Continent.
Do not worry. That giant lizard woman will no longer bother you, young master.
Now then, we shall begin a tutorial perfectly suited to a pathetic player with a tiny dick—starting from rolling on the floor. Good luck!
“The system’s been saying weird stuff for a while now… Hey, you’re Choi Na-ri, aren’t you?! Hey, you bastard!!!”
I was shouting at the red message window floating in the air when—
“Hey.”
A rough, gravelly woman’s voice struck the back of my ear.
“You, the short, scrawny punk muttering to yourself over there. Turn around slowly. If you run, I’ll throw my axe and smash your skull open.”
My body creaked as I very, very slowly turned my head.
“...”
My legs gave out and I collapsed with a thud. While I cursed my trembling limbs and desperately searched for a way out, the information windows floating above the two women caught my eye first. When I focused, a red cursor spun rapidly above their heads before displaying detailed numbers.
Name: Kira
Age: 27
Level: 20
Status: Angry, Sweaty
Name: Jaina
Age: 26
Level: 18
Status: Tired from walking, Sweaty
Level 20. I was only level 1. While I stood frozen, unsure what to do in this situation, the woman named Jaina whistled and approached.
“Whoa, jackpot. He’s insanely cute. We can totally train him, hehe…”
She looked down at me from directly above. The firm thighs revealed beneath her short hot pants looked powerful and sensual enough to crush a person’s neck without effort. Every time she moved, the thick scent of her body odor and sweat cut through the alley’s stale stench and paralyzed my nose.
“U-um… W-why are you doing this…?”
“Come on, baby. When you come to the back alley, you gotta pay the toll, right? Do you know who we are?”
“I-I don’t… P-please forgive me…”
She crouched down and began rummaging through my pockets. When nothing came out, Jaina turned to the woman behind her.
“There’s nothing on him. What should we do?”
The woman who had been standing behind me stepped forward and grabbed my chin. She wore leather gloves, so a cool yet strangely erotic smell of sweat wafted from her hand. Up close, the scar near her eye gave her a decadently dangerous atmosphere. The leather armor that barely covered her sweat-glistened collarbone and tanned skin… Wait, what the hell am I thinking?!!!
The Back-Alley Sisters’ Toy☆
These two dangerous women have taken an interest in you.
Survive their “playtime” however you can.
“What else? We’ll just have to take it out in flesh,” Kira said, opening her mouth at the same time as the system alert.
Mom, it looks like this twenty-one-year-old virgin is finally going to lose his virginity.