Ghost Romance

"Yujin. What about the notes I lent you last time?"

I looked at the girl who'd called my name.

She was beautiful. Black hair pulled back in a ponytail, an H-cup chest that was absurdly large, and an ass to match. One of the heroines — Yu Semi.

She was in the kendo club and class president of Class 4. Good grades, good with people, and from a family with deep roots. Among the students, they called her a perfect superhuman.

She was also the protagonist's childhood friend. Which meant, right now, she was mine.

"Sorry. Completely forgot to bring them."

"Really? Well… that happens. Then let's go to your place together after school. I really need those notes today."

Yu Semi said it with a smile.

I felt my dick start to harden. Her face and body were a lot like Han Harin's. In other words, she was my type in more ways than one.

"Okay. Let's go together. What about kendo club, though?"

"Club activities are suspended for a while because of the murders."

"Ah. The murders."

"Yeah. There was another one at the Obi convenience store today. Did you ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠hear?"

"Shin Ojeong told me."

"Things have been pretty grim lately. You should be careful."

The bell rang.

Students scattered around the room filed back to their seats. Yu Semi headed for hers as well. Unlike me in the back, the class president sat up front. I stared at the pale nape of her neck and licked my lips.

First I'll make Yu Semi a slave to my dick… then I'll rape the other two. They'll be happy that way too… happy ending, right?

Screw the walkthrough. I do things my way.

I grinned.

Class was boring.

Lunchtime arrived.

I ate the cafeteria food halfheartedly, then slipped into an empty classroom in a quiet corner of the school and waited for Shin Ojeong.

"Haaah, hah! Seong Yujin! I bought the stuff you told me to get!"

Shin Ojeong threw the door open with a triumphant air. He'd only stepped off campus for a short while, but his body was soaked through with sweat. Disgusted, I put some distance between us.

"It's in that bag you're holding, right? Why'd you buy so much, though?"

"I got hungry while I was out, so I grabbed some snacks too. Even got a few hot dogs. Want one?"

"No. Where's the thing I asked for?"

"This, you mean. Honestly, I'm a bit puzzled. Why would an exorcism ritual require deworming medicine?"

"You'll see. Now eat the dewormer."

Shin Ojeong's body locked up. His eyes went round as he stared at me.

"Eat the dewormer?"

"Yeah. Today's exorcism target is you. There's a ghost inside your body. A nasty one called an Agwi — a hungry ghost."

"Agwi…. I've heard of those. People possessed by an Agwi develop an enormous appetite, don't they. So that's why my gluttony was so extreme. At last, the secret is revealed! But… can you really exorcise an Agwi with something as mundane as deworming medicine?"

"It works."

"……."

Shin Ojeong looked at me with eyes full of doubt.

"Trust me. I'm an exorcist. An expert in this field. You said you wanted to be my partner someday, right? Then you have to believe what I say."

"No…. I do believe you. I believe you, but… by what principle does deworming medicine exorcise an Agwi?"

I didn't know either. Even in the original work, they never explained the details.

"Just take it. You won't die from dewormer. Ghosts need to be exorcised."

"Mmm. Very well."

With slow hands, he pulled out the deworming medicine and put it in his mouth.

"Uuughhh!"

He clutched his stomach and collapsed to the floor, face twisted in agony. An Agwi emerged from his back — and it looked even more miserable than Shin Ojeong.

Choices appeared.

Normally, the moment you fed him the dewormer, it was over. The Agwi would peel off and vanish.

If choices are popping up… maybe the dewormer alone isn't enough.

The instant I selected it, my body moved on its own. I clenched the exorcism rod — a weapon that could beat ghosts to death — and swung it at Shin Ojeong with everything I had.

Thwack! Crack! Thwack!

The impact felt incredible.

"Aagh! Aaaagh! Agh! S-Seong Yujin! That hurts! Stop…! Stop it…!"

"You damn ghost! Get out of Shin Ojeong's body right now!"

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack-thwack-thwack!

Under the relentless beating, the Agwi writhed in torment and finally vanished.

By the time my body stopped, he was dead. Shin Ojeong was a corpse.

I looked down at him and shook my head. This run was a bust. The system would probably flag a bad ending and send me back to the start.

"…Nothing's popping up. So Shin Ojeong's death has nothing to do with a bad ending?"

I read the notification again.

Ghost Qi Degree had dropped.

Ghost Qi Degree was one of the systems from the original. When it was high, ghosts ran wild; when it was low, their power weakened.

Managing Ghost Qi Degree is the condition for the original's hidden ending.

The lower it got, the easier the game became. That's why veterans wiped out every ghost when they did speedruns.

The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.

I shoved Shin Ojeong's body into a corner. Almost nobody came to this classroom, so at least today, the corpse wouldn't be found.

I went back to class. Afternoon lessons began.

"Shin Ojeong. Where's Shin Ojeong?"

The teacher called for him. Every student in the class said they didn't know, and I stared out the window.

"Seong Yujin. Where's Shin Ojeong, who sits next to you?"

"I don't know."

"You little— if you don't know, then…"

I turned to look at the teacher. The moment our eyes met, he wilted. He cleared his throat and went on with the lesson. The other students also avoided meeting my gaze whenever they could. Apparently, in this world, I had a reputation as a thug.

After school.

I walked home with Yu Semi. She smelled good. I glanced at the bag in her hand and tilted my head.

"Yu Semi. What's that? A sword?"

"Ah, this? It's a wooden practice sword. The neighborhood's been pretty rough lately. Figured I'd carry it for self-defense."

"Hmm. Okay."

"You look unconvinced. Is it that weird?"

It was a little weird. In the original, Yu Semi was in the kendo club, but she never walked around with a wooden sword.

"No. If you're carrying it for protection, whatever. But if you run into the killer, don't try to fight — just run."

"I won't lose to some murderer."

"Oh. Bold words, befitting a kendo tournament champion. But martial artists and murderers are different. Just run. Korean law is so fucked that if you beat a killer and things go wrong, your life gets fucked too."

"You're worried about me…. All right. If I run into the killer, I'll run."

I looked around. Even though it was dismissal time, once we got a ways from school, there weren't many people. I slowly moved my right hand. It settled on Yu Semi's ass. Her face went wide with shock.

"Y-Yujin…!"

"Yu Semi. You've grown a lot. Your ass is so firm…."

"This is sexual harassment! Do you know that?!"

No need to even look. I was already a guy who'd committed murder at lunch. Meaning I'd already gone all the way.

"Hahk?!"

Feeling her over her panties was even better. Especially those firm thighs — I liked those a lot.

Yu Semi trembled. I'd braced myself for her to pull out the wooden sword and swing it at me… but this was unexpected.

"Yujin. You don't do this to other people, right?"

"If I did this to other girls, I'd already be in prison."

"So it's just me…. You can do this to me. Mmh…."

Yu Semi said it with a flushed face.

Isn't this way too easy? Is it the affinity? Affinity 50 is more impressive than I thought.

The hand kneading her big, firm ass grew bolder. I pushed her panties aside and slipped a finger into her intimate place.

"Ahh… not there…."

"Semi. Let's get home fast. Once we're home… you know, right?"

"Y-yeah…."

Yu Semi's pussy was hot and wet. And smooth. I couldn't feel any hair.

The traditional Korean house drew closer.

I lightly pushed a finger into her hole. Her hymen caught on my fingertip.

"Hahk, hah…."

Yu Semi panted. It wasn't that she was especially sensitive — my finger technique was just that good. Even without Erogenous Zone Amplification, my experience with women didn't just disappear.

Squelch, squelch.

Listening to the wet sounds from her pussy, I opened the front door. An unexpected person was standing just inside the entrance. Ji Dahye.

"…Yujin sunbae? Why are you with Semi sunbae? And that hand…."

The pink short-haired underclassman, Ji Dahye, stared this way with dead eyes.

"W-what?! Ji Dahye?! Why are you at Yujin's house?!"

Yu Semi panicked. She grabbed the bag with the wooden sword and stepped forward. The hand that had been touching her pussy slipped free. Sticky love juices clung to my index finger. Ji Dahye saw it and her eyes spun.

"I was going to have dinner with sunbae… what is that…!!! Yu Semi!! Did you seduce sunbae with that filthy body of yours?!!"

"Ji Dahye!! Why the hell are you at Yujin's house!!"

Both of their voices shot up in an instant. Feeling uneasy, I tried to step between them — and suddenly the world froze.

Fuck. Look at these choices.

There was no correct answer among them.

I use Rule Breaker.

The two choices vanished, and time began to flow again. I quickly ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠stepped between them and raised my hands.

"Hey, hey, both of you calm down! We can solve this by talking…."

BOOM!

With a sudden crash, the front door tore free and flew at Yu Semi. It struck her squarely in the back.

"……!"

The impact was so hard she couldn't even scream before she hit the floor. Behind Ji Dahye, a pale, hazy earthbound spirit was visible. A poltergeist phenomenon. In other words — the earthbound spirit's power.

"Yu Semi, this is your fault! How dare you! How dare you seduce Yujin sunbae?! You whore! Die!"

The front door rose into the air and tried to drive its corner into Yu Semi's head. The fallen Yu Semi rolled sideways and dodged the attack.

She pushed herself up, pulled the wooden sword from her bag, and gripped it. Blue flames — ghost fire — blazed in her black eyes. Yu Semi was a girl possessed by a Dokkaebi.

"Ji Dahye! I've hated the way you suck up to Yujin since forever! I'll make sure you never get near him again."

Ghost qi coiled around the wooden sword. Its blade turned to steel. I swallowed hard. The recent murder cases. The thought flashed through me that she might be the culprit.

"If you can, then try it!"

Ji Dahye shouted without flinching. Crunch! The house ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠started coming apart, and every object in sight rose into the air.

"No, fuck! Wait! Just stop for a second!"

They ignored me and charged each other.

At this point, I'll stop them with my body if I have to!

But before I could even move, it was already decided. Ji Dahye's neck was sliced through, and Yu Semi died impaled by shards of shattered debris.

"Huh… shit. What the hell is this."

The floor was soaked in blood. The walls and ceiling were one step from collapse. And the goddamn notification window was announcing my failure.