Chapter 10

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 10

Chapter Title: Free Gacha is Invincible!! The App is God!!

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─I figured ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠it wouldn't work out today, so I made some other plans... Mind if I come tomorrow instead?

"Do whatever. Your friend is tagging along, right?"

─Yeah. He's the one who wants to go, so that's why. But what do we ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠even do there?

"If you'd come today, you'd be scrubbing the bathrooms with me like mad."

─...Tomorrow?

"Playing with the kids."

─Whew...

"Playing with total little kids will be rough too, you know? Brace yourself."

─Yeah, sure... Anyway, thanks. I'll hit you up tomorrow.

"Sure."

I hung up with my classmate Jihoon, who'd asked me to hook him up with some volunteer work, and dove back into cleaning the orphanage bathroom.

His attitude screamed 'avoid the hard stuff,' so you could call him picky for someone volunteering—but honestly, from the orphanage's perspective, any warm body showing up for even a day is a huge help.

There's always plenty of work if you look.

It's way better than folks who just say, "I should go sometime~" and never do. Of course, by orphanage standards, a total scumbag might be worse off not coming at all.

This place has kids abandoned as babies who came through infant care, but plenty more who got separated from parents after growing up a bit.

Abuse at home, divorce with no responsibility taken, or parents passing away.

So lots of them carry emotional scars, and those kids sniff out volunteers more interested in the free meals than the service in a heartbeat.

If it's just a little, they might let it slide, but sometimes you get people who show up for reasons that make no sense.

So what about me?

Truth is, I was public enemy number one for insincerity. Like I said before, I volunteered for the praise and pocket money.

Sounds bad, but I genuinely didn't give a damn about the kids' sob stories or trauma.

I just busted my ass on whatever tasks they gave me.

'Maybe zero interest meant I didn't show my true colors? Or maybe they prefer someone detached like me.'

Either way, I'd chatted up quite a few kids here over my dozen or so visits.

Not just this place—I've got connections at other orphanages too, since I've bounced around a bunch for volunteering.

"Seonha, take it easy. The kids won't be back for a while."

The Orphanage Director, who'd handed me the cleaning gig while handling other stuff, watched me with a mix of apology and pride in her eyes.

"Heard the team coming today bailed last minute. Gotta pull my weight."

"Aigoo... We're grateful, but... Want me to bump up the hours on the VMS post?"

"Nah, it's fine. I don't even submit volunteer certs to uni anymore. Too much hassle."

"I feel so bad... And thankful..."

No need to feel guilty. I'm getting something out of it too.

Used to be pocket money, now it's Good Deed Points. Without the app, I'd never set foot here again in my life.

To that end, I rolled up my sleeves and attacked the orphanage's massive communal bath with everything I had, grinning at the points I'd rack up for a full day's grind.

Maybe feeling bad leaving me solo, the Director stuck around. All the other staff were out wrangling the kids.

"Oh yeah, Director. Those two... Byeongmin and Minseok, right? They went to the amusement park too? Big kids like them probably didn't wanna."

"They did. Graduating soon, so he wanted pics with the little ones."

"Graduating? Didn't the law change to let them stay till 24?"

"Both landed jobs with out-of-town dorms."

"Nice."

"Yeah. Bittersweet seeing them grow up and chase their paths... Jeongyun from two years back is thriving in school too..."

"Jeongyun? Don't ring a bell..."

"She lived in the library, so you probably missed her. Changed her name on graduation."

"Huh. Glad she's doing well out there."

"Right? Seonha, what about food? Wanna grab something tasty out?"

"Just order some jjajangmyeon—I'll eat that. Gonna finish this bath before I bounce."

"Don't push too hard. Rest if you're beat."

"Got it."

I mumbled agreement amid her worried tone and focused on scrubbing the floor. Watching me fondly, the Director muttered under her breath—just soft enough I couldn't catch it—and finally left.

"Lucky Seonha showed... Jeongyun... no, Eunchae if only she had the time..."

I hit the orphanage early, scrubbed the bath, helped sort incoming donations everywhere, and on a whim polished the already-decent bathrooms before heading home.

Time was pushing 8 p.m. by then. I'd timed my exit for when staff and kids rolled in, chatted a bit, and got delayed.

What a fulfilling day.

Body wrecked from max-effort volunteering?

Nope.

Woohoo!

This is what good deeds are! This is volunteering! This is the payoff! This is fulfillment!

Figured max 100 points, but ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠way more. Pure labor hit nearly 10 hours, sure, but didn't expect this much.

Not direct one-on-one help, but since it benefited the kids, bonus points maybe.

And with these points, the Good Deed Gacha App leveled up.

I always pick up trash on the regular, so including those bits, I'm at 121p and app level 2.

Lots of changes, but key ones: Lust added to Normal pool. And buy past cards directly.

Those two are huge.

Naturally, I checked the shop first. The [SSR: Unwavering Affection] on Seol deserved a repurchase if not too steep—worth grinding points for another.

But.

"Yeah, figured it'd be that."

A tad disappointing, but expected. That SSR was top-tier anyway. Total game-changer.

Others varied by grade and utility. Premarital Chastity pricier than 3rd Prize, Chronic Fatigue, or ED cards.

Mind-control types cost more. Basic Favor/Lust at +10 total 20p each—double.

Other change: sex shown as count, not just yes/no. One person I was dying to check.

Ga-young Noona's stats left me baffled right away.

"Only 178? That can't be right."

Married four years, from what I heard. Even tossing in 1-2 years dating before, that's 5-6 years together—barely 30 times a year average.

And that's assuming zero partners before Yunho Hyung.

If there were exes, it'd be even less.

While at it, rechecked Yunho Hyung.

Hyung had more lays. Means exes before Noona, or cheating during— one or the other.

My guess: exes. Even so, still low count.

Noona's Lust runs high normally, yet this... Probably Hyung's the low-drive one.

"Come to think, his Lust was trash first check too... Pre-card."

Blamed work fatigue then, but maybe just low-libido guy?

Hard to believe as a fellow dude, but they exist. Guess that's Hyung.

Yeah.

"...Haha."

Jackpot for me. No firm plans yet, but gold for bedding Ga-young Noona.

To exploit it, needed solid gacha pulls—or mass Normals.

I spun the level-up free gacha pronto.

100% SR+ card. Same pool where I snagged SSR before.

Big expectations.

Result:

This is it!

"Free gacha is invincible!! The app is God!!"