First, isn't living the priority? #3
First, isn't living the priority? #3
I entered the escape room cafe with Shim Chae-a.
"Is there a room we can enter right now?"
"There are two of you, right? Just a moment."
The part-timer briefly touched the computer.
"You can enter the 'Wizard's Mirror' theme right away."
"We'll do that one. Oh, by the way, can we leave our bags?"
I entrusted our bags to the part-timer and received a basic explanation. They said we could get hints, call for help, and check the time limit through an old smartphone. After signing the non-disclosure agreement, we passed through a dark corridor.
"Alright, you can start right away."
We entered a room with three glowing magic orbs, a bookshelf filled with books, a giant map, and bizarre paintings. The part-timer set the timer on the smartphone and left.
"Let's begin. ...Cough, choke!"
As I was about to explore the room, my neck suddenly felt constricted.
"What's wrong?"
"Keck. ...I just choked for a moment."
I pretended as if nothing was wrong in response to Shim Chae-a's question.
'Fuck... What the hell was that just now?'
For a moment, it felt like a sharp blade had approached and sliced my neck.
The vivid and unfamiliar experience sent shivers down my spine.
"But... I clearly heard it was the 'Wizard's Mirror,' yet there's no mirror?"
Shim Chae-a expressed her doubt.
"...You're right."
Perhaps because the lighting was dim, the room exuded a dark atmosphere. Though it's not much of a substitute, the three magic orbs in the center of the room illuminated the surroundings.
'A purple orb, a green one, and an orange one...'
Honestly, I wasn't very interested in clearing the room. What I was truly interested in was Shim Chae-a's collarbone-revealing shoulders, her slender waist next to her navel, her subtle belly fat, and her voluptuous legs peeking out from under her short jeans. I planned to secretly admire Shim Chae-a's body while pretending to solve puzzles.
'Her body makes my dick tremble on its own.'
Perhaps because she had been tightly covered by a thick hoodie until now, my arousal increased exponentially.
"We seem to be around the same age. Shall we start speaking more casually?"
Before the escape room, I wanted to speak more comfortably.
"...Sure, but more importantly, if you look at the map, there are letters scattered throughout it?"
Unlike at school where she maintained a distance from her classmates, Shim Chae-a didn't seem bothered at all by me closing the distance outside.
'...I can see her cleavage.'
To avoid suspicion, I wasn't just messing around. I also made some progress, calculating the number of animals in the bizarre paintings to unlock the drawer beneath the bookshelf.
"A card?"
"It looks like we're supposed to swipe it in the card reader under the magic orb?"
'Folded belly fat... She's the easy-birthing type.'
The card in the drawer was green.
So, I swiped the card in the card reader under the green magic orb. The orb's color turned purple. Next, I combined the letters on the map in cardinal direction order to open a book with an alphabet lock. Inside the book, an orange card was hidden. Similarly, I swiped the card in the card reader under the orange magic orb.
Flash!
All the orbs in the room emitted a deep purple light.
Suddenly, the lights in the room went out, and the bookshelf opened.
"...It's dazzling."
It's a new stage.
"This place is full of mirrors everywhere."
Shim Chae-a entered the mirror room first.
This stage involved finding a distant, anomalous small light among the mirrors and combining floor tiles to push the mirrors away.
I fiddled with the tiles for a long time and then felt sick.
"It's too dizzying in here..."
The endlessly reflecting mirrors made me nauseous. At least thanks to the platform in the center, I didn't get lost.
"Are you okay? Can't you get up?"
As I lay leaning on the platform, Shim Chae-a worried quite a bit.
"...You seem fine."
"I don't usually get motion sickness."
" ... "
Seeing me struggle excessively, Shim Chae-a used a bunch of hints she hadn't touched until then.
At the end of the mirrors was a mysterious-looking wooden door.
""You have found the essence of magic. You are truly a wizard!""
The sound of triumphant trumpets was heard.
Thanks to that, my head felt even dizzier.
As soon as I came out, I shouted.
"They call this kind of crap a stage? Get the manager out here!!"
"Cu-customer?"
"It's a joke."
It was about 90 percent serious and 10 percent joke.
If I actually met the stage designer, I'd immediately land a flying knee kick to their face.
"...Are you really okay?"
"Shh. Actually, my motion sickness already subsided, but I just wanted to vent a little."
" ... "
She had a bewildered expression.
With the escape room ending on a somewhat disappointing note.
There was no longer any excuse to keep Shim Chae-a with me.
"Goodbye..."
"Wait, there's something I want to ask before you go."
" ?"
"What if... what if a bird fell in front of your house? The bird has injured both its wings and legs, and its neck is even twisted, making it difficult to eat. ...But it's still alive. It will die in a few days, but right now, it's vividly breathing. What would you do with that bird?"
'Is this a question about benevolence and compassion... or is she asking if I would end a suffering life?'
"...If it were me, I'd take it in for now. As long as the bird hasn't given up on living and has the will to survive, isn't it right to watch over it until the very end?"
"...Heh."
"Huh?"
"Well, today was fun. As promised, meet me at Nongdurim Station next weekend."
"Got it."
I properly feasted my eyes on Shim Chae-a's female body. It was very satisfying.
"I should go home and jerk off."
* * *
Park Ha-na, a part-timer who had been working at the escape room cafe for a year, blushed at what had just happened.
"Oh my goodness..."
At first, I thought celebrities had entered the store. A peerless beauty who looked neat but exuded subtle sex appeal, and a beauty with a top 0.01 percent figure in a funky style. If I were a man, I probably would have confessed to them the moment we met.
"And their voices, how like nightingales..."
The peerless beauty's voice was a delicate high pitch, but her way of speaking was rough like a man's, which gave her a unique charm.
"But do they not know there's CCTV in the escape room cafe?"
It was a little embarrassing, but because the customers were so exceptionally good-looking, I kept peeking at them.
"One was secretly admiring her body, and the other was subtly admiring her face while pretending not to... Could they possibly be dating?"
As the thought of having seen a beautiful lesbian couple crossed her mind, her mouth watered.
"...Apparently, lesbians surprisingly know women's bodies well and are good at sex..."
Imagining the peerless beauty sucking pussy made her body slightly aroused.
The part-timer secretly fiddled with her clitoris. Sexually aroused, she forgot about the CCTV watching her.
She was later caught masturbating by the boss who reviewed the CCTV footage, blackmailed, and after being forced into sex, she fell into 'female corruption'.
Exactly 10 years later, the part-timer gave birth to five children and was praised as a patriot by the neighborhood elders, as the story goes.
* * *
Drrr-drrr.
A chandelier deep inside.
This was Im Yu-na's domain.
"...I was going to say something..."
As I opened my mouth, a predator from the deep abyss devoured my senses.
"...It's nothing."
I don't know what happened...
After returning home and organizing the clothes I'd bought.
The moment I was about to mix rice into my ramen broth, my body floated into the air and instantly teleported to Im Yu-na's residence.
'It was ramen with egg and green onions!!'
My hands and feet trembled with futility.
"...You said you researched collective behavior before, didn't you?"
"That's right."
"Did you commit any other acts besides that?"
As Im Yu-na waved her hand, a black butler appeared and served refreshments.
'...In other words, she wants me to tell stories.'
I quickly caught on to the hint.
"Goblins can't tell human genders apart, so if a man looks handsome, they might..."
"You know that owlbears are bird-brained, right? I once saw one by chance, and it thought rabbit droppings were food..."
"Some perverted group bred slimes to lower their toxicity and use them like onaholes..."
I roughly used my fantasy imagination to create interesting stories. I was prepared to smile brightly and say it was a joke if she interjected with 'That's not right?', but surprisingly, there was no particular objection.
'...Was it surprisingly convincing?'
"Tell me... more."
I don't know how many hours it had been already. Im Yu-na kept casting an endless 'do it for me,' like a child asking for a fairy tale to be read.
"With monster byproducts, you see..."
I ran out of things to say, so I started telling game stories based on RPGs.
"Hoo-hoo-hoo."
...Fortunately, Im Yu-na wore a quite satisfied expression.
Since I was the only one talking unilaterally, my stamina was completely depleted. To catch my breath, I turned the tables and asked Im Yu-na a question.
"Yuna Sertaiti-nim, you came to this isolated place alone; weren't you lonely?"
"...Now you're here."
"Hahaha... What's your reason for attending Queen Valtz Academy?"
"It's none of your business."
'Damn, she only gives short answers.'
Still, the atmosphere wasn't bad.
I took this opportunity to ask something I was curious about.
"Earlier, I felt like my neck was being sliced; do you happen to know why?"
" ... "
"Um, Im Yu-na-nim?"
"...Don't talk nonsense!"
"???"
'No, why the hell is she acting like this?'
"If you're just going to talk nonsense, get out of here right now. I don't even want to look at you."
Im Yu-na hastily opened a portal.
"...Yes, ma'am."
'Sweet!'
I didn't know why, but there was no reason to miss an opportunity to escape.
Hiding my joyful true feelings, I dragged my feet as if regretful and stepped into the mist.
* * *
Returning home, I wiped away tears.
"The ramen smells rotten..."
The beautiful, reddish broth had turned like animal intestines.
Grrrrowl.
"Hah... I'm disgustingly hungry."
It was too late to cook now, so I just filled my stomach with some old snacks I had at home.
"Crunch, crunch... Ugh... So sad, so sad."
Since I was hungry, even my giant dick was deflated and couldn't get energized.
"I should have eaten the refreshments more diligently..."
I was so busy telling stories that I couldn't even touch them.
Rather than being this hungry, it was better to just go to bed early. I immediately lay down on the Genisix Double Deluxe Bed.
"As expected, it's the Genisix Double Deluxe Bed! Its performance is definitely reliable!"
Sleeping on a mat on the bare floor was uncomfortable, so it was a good decision to splurge on this this time.
"Heh heh, there are a lot of crazy bastards in this world too."
...I lay down to sleep, but at some point, I found myself chuckling while looking at my smartphone.
[A 4th-year student who terrorized a group chat by uploading a picture of his genitals the day before military enlistment.]
[100-fold surge in self-harm blackmail just one day after Minsuk's Law passed!]
In particular, the story of a 50-year-old woman who scammed five men in their 30s into marriage was shocking.
The comment section was also a mess...
- Holy shit,,, how well did she squeeze it,,,
- Lol, old farts with full erections
- Legendary 50-year-old sex video leaked! Watch now ➜ (nnn.ndgesg.com)
It felt a bit like looking into society's trash can.
"Whatever else, the internet, at least, is exactly the same as in my original world."
Normally, I would have frowned, but in a situation like being stranded on a remote island, even this was subtly welcome.
"But all the comics and porn actors I liked are gone... What am I supposed to do, damn it... I miss them."
While I was at it, I performed a memorial rite for the memories of my original world.
"Ararararararara"
I lit a large incense candle from the kitchen drawer.
I don't know why it was there, but thanks to it, I was able to perform a high-quality memorial rite.
"May the deceased rest in peace, action beam..."
Finally, I concluded the rite by offering a half-bow. Well, won't there be new connections in the future, even so?
"Now, let's really sleep... Huh? Wait, something's strange."
I felt something alien in the semi-basement house that I was just starting to get used to.
"What could it really be..."
Should I say the ceiling was unbalanced? I couldn't explain it logically, but I felt a sense of incongruity.
"No way, did I get mice?!!"
My heart sank. Not figuratively, but literally.
"Knock, and it shall be opened."
I knocked on the most incongruous part of the ceiling with my hand. After a few knocks, my hand went right through.
"Ah... Did I screw it up..."
As I worried about being caught by the landlord and kicked out, I discovered a small shadow inside the ceiling.
I brought a chair, climbed up, and then reached my hand into the ceiling. Grab. A small object was caught, and I pulled it out.
"This is... a camera?!!"
Its identity was a miniature camera with a lens the size of a grain of millet.
"W-when on earth did this start..."