Classmate's Provocation at the Checkpoint! Shocked by Isekai Beauty Standards! How Insane Can This World Get?
A city encircled by walls of moderate height came into view, along with a long line snaking toward the checkpoint. Guards were directing the crowd. They glared intimidatingly, as if to say obey the rules if you want to pass quickly, but they glanced at Sylvia advancing forward and let her through without issue.
As they bypassed the checkpoint line without a hitch, Jin Yuseong couldn't hide his confusion and asked,
"S-Sylvia... Master. Why don't we have to go through inspection? We just walk right past?"
"Hmph! They can tell you're with a noble just by looking at your clothes. You think some commoner guard's gonna bother inspecting us? They all know to let us through on sight. This world stands because of noble witches like us."
Jin Yuseong nodded, convinced by her proud explanation, but had one more question.
"Okay, but what about me? I'm not a noble, just a guy. What if they pull me aside for a random check when I'm a step behind you?"
"Hmph! Who'd dare touch my slave? Besides, you're gonna stick right to me, so no need to worry. Anyone with a brain would read the room."
"Hold it right there. Time for inspection~"
"...."
Sylvia's face hardened at the sudden voice. She turned toward the sound. A witch's wide-brimmed hat topped wavy brown bobbed hair. Unlike Sylvia's slight 160cm frame, this girl towered over 170cm. She wore a V-neck shirt that accentuated breasts smaller than Sylvia's, a knee-length skirt, and a thick cloak over it all—witch cadet attire much like Sylvia's. Another noble.
Jin Yuseong, sensing the high-status stranger and his own position, tactfully stepped back a pace.
"We keep running into each other here~"
"Y-You...!"
"Someone you know?"
Brown eyes matching her hair gleamed. Towering over Sylvia, her handsome idol-like face—pretty enough to mistake for a guy's—bore down like a predator. Their gazes clashed in midair, sparks practically flying.
"Seris...!"
"Where you off to dragging that ugly thing around, Sylvia~?"
"What did you say?!"
Sylvia's eyes blazed as she gripped her wand tightly.
"This your slave? Matches your level perfectly~"
"What the hell do you know, you little shit? Piss off and stop being such a bitch!"
Jin Yuseong didn't like the sudden intruder smirking and mocking them either.
Fucking bitch. Why's she picking a fight?
Seris, the brown-haired witch, beckoned behind her. Out toddled a cute boy around 155cm, standing obediently at her side. Beaming proudly at Sylvia, Seris boasted about her slave. It sounded impressive even to Jin Yuseong's ears, but the content was downright bizarre.
"What do you think? Unlike your flat, bland slave, he's petite and girly, right? This is my Whiris. Fits perfectly in my arms~ So cute, but a real boy. Perfect partner for me."
"Who gives a shit! Take your little twerp and fuck off!"
"Pfft! Shorty's you, right? Squat with just big tits and ass~ No handsome features anywhere~ Nothing but girly traits~ The kind guys avoid. You. Yeah, you."
Sylvia's face flushed red and white, her small hand clenching her wand until her knuckles whitened, the tip trembling.
Unwilling to watch any longer, Jin Yuseong stepped forward.
"You fucking bitch! Who the hell are you to talk shit to my master?!"
"F-Fucking...? T-True...?"
He didn't hesitate to curse at her—not for himself, but for his beloved master getting harassed.
"Why you stuttering like a retard? If that's you insulting my pretty master, you're fucking dead."
"Pfft! Puha...!"
Sylvia burst out laughing at Jin Yuseong standing up for her.
"Ha, haha. Unbelievable. What the hell?"
To Jin Yuseong's sensibilities, Seris's words were provocative but sounded like twisted compliments, leaving him mixing insults with confusion.
"You seem to know exactly how pretty my master is—why insult while praising? You psycho?"
"What the fuck is wrong with this crazy slave!? His aesthetics must be fucked up!"
"Shut your trap and get out of my sight, Seris. If you mouth off to someone else's slave again, I'll challenge you to a duel. You know how strong I am."
Sylvia tried shooing her away; clearly no love lost between the two witches. But Seris wouldn't back down after being called a retard and psycho.
"You dare insult a noble like me?!"
As Seris reached for her wand, Sylvia aimed hers first and shouted,
"Seris! A noble threatening violence against a slave?!"
"Tch... Lucky he's a slave, not a commoner. I'd have beaten the shit out of him pre-summoning."
With Jin Yuseong between them, their bizarre exchange continued. Seris finally lowered her hand without drawing—unable to touch a slave or fight the stronger Sylvia, she settled for a mental victory and retreat. Not fleeing; just escaping crazies. That was her inner justification.
"...Live happily with your crazy bitch and her psycho slave! You charmless hag...!! Let's get away from these ugly freaks, Whiris!"
"Y-Yeah, sis."
The pretty boy Whiris scampered after his retreating master with bouncy steps. The sudden quarrel fizzled out anticlimactically. Sylvia's superior witchcraft played a part, but Jin Yuseong's unhinged vibe contributed massively too.
"Sylvia, Master, who was that Mozart-head bitch? What a cunt."
"...Seris, same class as me at the academy. A year older but weaker in magic. Tall and handsome, so... unlike me, she's popular..."
After a day pressed skin-to-skin, viewing Sylvia as his precious lifelong maso bitch, Jin Yuseong was gradually loosening his speech—mixing curses, calling her by name over "master."
Still awkward, but as his noble owner, she accepted it all as natural. Midway through chatting, something nagged at him.
"Her face works? ...Then why'd she shit on me?"
Handsome? That's a popularity factor? Then what am I? At her answer to his puzzled question—her long index finger scratching her cheek—she replied,
"...Y-Yuseong's handsome too."
"...For real? Lie and tonight's service changes. Be honest."
"...Ugh! Yuseong's kinda plain-faced with nothing memorable... right? B-But I love it. Who cares what others think?"
"......Doesn't that mean you like tiny boys like that too, Master?"
"N-No!! ......Not anymore!"
Late addition to honor his honesty demand.
Fuck! Thought I was a total hunk by isekai standards. Guess only she fell for my looks? Shit, she likes me despite being average? Kinda flattering.
Betrayed by reality after assuming her deep kiss at first sight meant he was hot here, Jin Yuseong deflated a bit.
"Ugh. Fine. If my master likes me this much, that's enough. I'm the shallow one who fell for your beauty."
"P-Pretty enough to fall for...? Ehehe. Yeah! Yeah! Yuseong's my slave—no need to mind other bitches."
"Sigh. But calling you short, uh, big tits and ass... anyway! Girly so unpopular? What bullshit is that?"
"...Huh? That's... ugh. I'll explain."
Sylvia hesitated; it meant detailing her "ugly" traits.
"...Can I explain so Yuseong gets it...? Um... People usually prefer faces like that bitch's. Yeah... Seris has sharp, handsome ikemen vibes... I'm... honestly zero handsome features, all girly from 1 to 10...."
"No...??? What kinda crazy talk!? Doesn't make sense."
Still baffled, Jin Yuseong got a long, patient explanation from Sylvia. Piecing it together, the picture slowly formed. His tangled thoughts unraveled, revealing a horrifying reality. He recoiled in shock.
"...Fuck! So feminist grimdark BL protag monsters are the top-preferred faces!? Beyond weird—it's the same damn neighborhood!"
"Huh...? Femi-grimdark? BL protag?"
"N-Nah! Don't say that filthy shit, Master. Good girl? Listen to your slave?"
"...??"
His desperate words were a frantic scrub to erase invasive filth from her mind.
"Hah!?"
He pulled the bewildered Sylvia into a tight hug, stroking her hair. Doubts melted away under his touch, like an eraser rubbing out the near-memorized censored terms at her ear, wiping her brain clean.
Whew, close call! Better keep this nightmare from spreading in isekai. Forbidden words—gotta be careful as fuck.
Sighing in relief, Jin Yuseong mentally reorganized isekai aesthetics.
[Preferred Female Appearance Standards]
1. Bold, majestic handsome faces, cute handsome faces, decadent girly types with sharp noses/chins, very large thick lips, pale skin.
2. Breasts not too big but not flat—medium is best. Like "right amount" in cooking; subjective but wide-area shapes common.
3. Rough skin okay if healthy tone.
4. Tall height preferred. Not giant. Bigger feet better.
[Preferred Male Appearance Standards]
1. Delicate, girly looks.
2. Chest slightly perky for groping—fat, not muscle!
3. Pale to pinkish skin tones.
4. Shorter height preferred.
What Sylvia described was nightmare fuel for Jin Yuseong. Girly faces clash with handsome ones? He lost his shit there too.
Bluntly, isekai humans knew "manly" or "girly" features but defied them outright. 100% manly? Meh. 100% girly? Meh. They categorized that way.
As if cosmic forces shat twisted evolution into this dimension—what a monstrous hybrid world. Jin Yuseong's head spun.
"Ha, what was it... Y-Yuni...? Oh, unisex!! Unisex standards?"
"Haah... Haah... Wha...?"
"Nothing, shut up."
He shoved her dazed face back into his chest.
Anyway, aesthetics here are batshit insane. Feels fucked, but what can one guy do?
Sighing deeply, he kept stroking Sylvia's hair to erase those horrific censored words from her ears. Under her devoted slave's touch, she melted silently in his arms, inhaling his manly scent.
After a while, unable to stand forever, Jin Yuseong groped her ass with his free hand, hoisting her thighs one by one around his waist. Carrying his master in the so-called "standing carry" position, he walked with her limp, jelly-like form toward a resting spot: the plaza fountain.
He sat Sylvia down there, then himself beside her. In "thinker" pose, he pondered the grotesque isekai aesthetics.
No matter how I slice it, it's retarded. So my master Sylvia—perfectly feminine head to toe—is treated as unpopular? Fuck! How is this possible?
Petite height, small face, big eyes, jewel-like irises, small thick lips, silky silver hair, slender shoulders, huge breasts, slim waist, birthing hips, soft skin, tucked tummy. Cute little navel, plump thighs, slender long legs, tiny feet, elongated cute fingers/toes... All concentrated in one: Sylvia. Not rock-bottom ugly, but low-tier beauty.
Recalling people seen en route, no angular faces—not one. Isekai beauty variance started above Jin Yuseong's head; traits decided hotness. (Unbeknownst, he was "just okay"—tall, manly build put him opposite pretty boys: ugly territory.)
Here, per gender: more manly traits (handsome elements) = preferred for women; more girly (pretty elements) = disliked. Vice versa for men: prettier = better.
Ratio-wise: equal handsome (5) + pretty (5) = average. For girls, handsome >5, pretty <5 = popular; reverse = ugly. Men opposite: prettier preferred.
Jin Yuseong eyed the dozing Sylvia beside him. Engraving her words, he thought: Truly bizarre.