I Gained the Massage Ability
“Ah, I want to awaken too.”
I’m Lee Siwoo, a 23-year-old unemployed guy, and an unawakened person.
It’s already been five years since towers and magic beasts appeared on Earth.
Everyone else has awakened and is raking in the cash, but I’m just sitting at my computer, killing time watching YouTube.
“Tsk. I should stop watching and check the community instead.”
I closed the YouTube video about hunters clearing towers and opened the internet.
This is the place for hunters to communicate.
It’s a site that always provides fresh information. Let’s start with the recommended posts.
Click.
[Title: S-Class Hunter Han Soyu does it again!]
[Title: Unawakened people, look here. I’ll teach you how to awaken]
[Title: Remarks by a South Korean politician (Not a lie)]
[Title: I really, truly found out how to awaken]
[Title: …………]
Hmm… As always, it’s overflowing with new recommendations.
[Title: S-Class Hunter Han Soyu does it again!]
(GIF of Han Soyu running toward the gate entrance)
In front of the swaying gate~ I could smell your body wash~
ㄴ Whoa, look at that sway.
ㄴㄴ You’re gonna get sued for that. I’m not coming to pick you up.
ㄴㄴㄴ ? I was talking about the sword on her waist?
ㄴ lol crazy bastards.
ㄴ Awakening is open to everyone. It’s just not you.
“Ha. I’m jealous.”
S-Class Hunter Han Soyu. A woman who gained the S-Class trait ‘Sword Star’ and turned her life around overnight. They say she makes millions a day. I’m so envious. She’s even younger than me…
Click.
[Title: Unawakened people, look here. I’ll teach you how to awaken]
(GIF of a mole digging the ground)
The first step to magic awakening is reaching a state of oneness with nature. You have to deceive nature with a lie that sounds like you’re possessed by a god—, first, dig in the dirt for 30 days and live in it. After that —(See more)
ㄴ ffs I followed this and it didn’t work. Don’t be fooled.
ㄴㄴ lol crazy bastard. You fell for this?
ㄴㄴㄴ ffs. I tried to escape my life as a convenience store clerk, but I only got treated like a homeless person. But passersby gave me charity, so that’s a win.
ㄴ fr, the one who falls for this is the idiot.
ㄴ It’d be faster to put a hairdryer in the bathtub and get electrocuted to become a lightning mage.
That’s right. I’m one of the victims. I followed it just in case, and I got the same charity. Though Ayoung dragged me home and locked me up a few days later.
Click.
[Title: Remarks by a South Korean politician (Not a lie)]
(Photo of them shouting at a hearing)
They said hunters make money too easily and that tower and gate access should be restricted. Are they crazy? So the world should just collapse?
ㄴ Politicians are politicians, whether before or after the world changed.
ㄴㄴ Agreed.
ㄴㄴㄴ Totally agreed. It’s such a waste of taxes.
ㄴ I’m a C-Class hunter and I agree. It needs to be reduced. C-Class hunters like me are drying up.
ㄴㄴ Agreed.
ㄴㄴ Yeah. Next part-timer.
ㄴㄴ Agreed. The S-Classes are hogging it all.
ㄴㄴㄴ ffs. Look at them trying to stir the pot again.
S-Class hunters did step up often. They say it’s for safety, which isn’t wrong. But it’s probably just stirring the pot because elections are coming up soon.
‘Sigh, this hellish Korea.’
Click.
[Title: I really, truly found out how to awaken]
(Drawing of someone praying)
To awaken, you first need to find out what hidden trait you have. The method is to desperately think about all the traits you can imagine in your heart, and you’ll suddenly awaken.
(Photo of a Hunter license)
I preferred cooking over fighting, so I desperately thought about Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Western food, etc., and when I suddenly thought of Indian food, I awakened. Please visit our Indian curry specialty store ‘Eat Curry with Your Left Hand’. We have a 30% discount right now—
ㄴ lol
ㄴㄴ lol go go go
ㄴㄴㄴ lololol
ㄴ ffs what is the admin doing.
ㄴㄴ The ad is so creative lol
ㄴ The curry here is actually delicious.
ㄴㄴ That’s true.
ㄴㄴㄴ Where is it?
ㄴㄴㄴㄴ Here in Seoul Dong-gu—
Should I ask Ayoung to order curry for dinner? Should I try it once to see if it’s really that good? But is this content real? How do I know if they really awakened by thinking about Indian food?
Shall I try it? Will I finally be the S-Class Hunter Lee Siwoo? Alright. Let’s do it.
‘Please give me the Heavenly Demon trait.’
‘Please give me the Archmage trait.’
‘Please give me the Great Sage trait.’
…….
Dammit. It’s not working.
I thought of traits as they came to mind for about 5 minutes, but there was no reaction. Ah. I want to awaken.
Just then, a new recommendation appeared at the top.
Click.
[Title: (NSFW) Deleting in 1 minute]
(GIF of a woman moaning)
(Photo of a woman making an Ahegao face)
(GIF of a woman eating ice cream)
…
(Photo of a woman lying on a massage bed, drenched in oil)
ㄴ Thank you.
ㄴ Thanks.
ㄴ Saved. I’ll go with this today.
ㄴㄴ With what?
ㄴㄴㄴ Why ask. You gay bastard.
ㄴ lol
ㄴ Where do you download stuff like this?
ㄴㄴ Download it now, idiot.
Oh, shit. The last GIF is killer. The massage photo is a bit hot. I should save it.
That was when it happened.
[You have awakened.]
“Huh?”
Along with a system voice echoing in my head, a message window appeared before my eyes.
“Fuuuuuck! Finally!”
“I awakened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I jumped up from my chair, shouting, and slammed my knee into the desk.
“Aaaargh!! It hurts!!! But damn!!! This is great!!!!”
Bang!
Ayoung, wearing a white t-shirt and dolphin shorts, appeared before my eyes.
“It’s loud! You crazy bastard!!!”
“Ayoung!!! I awakened!!!!”
“What?”
“I awakened!! Damn!!! Scream for me!!!”
Lee Ayoung’s jaw dropped. Ah, she’s my childhood friend, someone I’ve known since kindergarten. She’s the benefactor who took me in when I lost my parents in a gate accident and lost my mind. Or maybe we’ve been enemies since we were kids? Maybe both?
Anyway, she’s a precious person who reached out to me not long after the accident. She nags me all the time about who knows what, but I’m just grateful she makes sure I have enough to eat.
“Hehe. You cheeky girl! You’re done for now!!”
I saw Ayoung cover her open mouth with her hand, looking surprised.
“S-so, what’s your ability?”
“Look forward to it!!”
“What is it!”
“Revealing it now!”
I reached out with a trembling hand toward the blue window in front of me.
“Please. S-Class!!!”
“P-please… no…! Let it be F-Class…!”
Th-that girl? Trying to jinx me?
Pop.
The blue window made a sound and disappeared, displaying new text.
[You have acquired the Massage (S) trait.]
“…Damn?”
“Why?! What is it?!”
“It’s, it’s because of you! You crazy girl! Aaaargh!”
“Ah! What is it! Hey! What is it?!”
Ha. My life is ruined.
“Ma. Massa…”
“What? I can’t hear you. Speak up.”
“Massage, you girl!”
“Massage? That massage?! Pfft. Puh, puhehe, puheheheheh!”
After repeating the word for a moment, Ayoung grabbed her stomach and started laughing hysterically.
The thought of ‘Should I smack her head?’ crossed my mind, but I shook my head to erase it. If I did that, I might get beaten to death by that ignorant girl. Still, she’s an A-Class hunter, so she’s a million times stronger than me. I have to let it slide. She’s my benefactor.
Ahem, I’m definitely not avoiding her because I’m scared. You avoid poop because it’s dirty, not because you’re scared, right?
“Ha… dammit…”
“Pu, puhehehehe!”
“Damn! Stop laughing! Should I run away from home?!”
“Pfft! Again? Going outside to roll in the dirt again? Don’t bother.”
Ayoung crossed her arms as if I were pathetic. I could see something with 23 years of history overflowing, not hidden by her two arms. Ha, if it weren’t for that personality, I’d be living with her. Childhood friend romance is good, right?
“Ha. Just go out quietly. Let me check my ability. It’s still S-Class.”
“You know support abilities are worse than F-Class hunters unless you’re a blacksmith, right? And it’s massage, of all things. Puhahahaha!”
“I know! Get out! Get out! I want to be alone!”
“Ahem. Don’t worry. I’ll take care of you for the rest of your life! As a servant!”
“Get lost! Should I take off my pants?!”
“Okay. Okay. S-Class Massage Hunter Lee Siwoo-nim.”
“Damn.”
Lee Ayoung, looking like she was in a great mood, hummed as she left the room.
“Ha. A friend who’s happy that I got a crappy ability. Did I sell my country in a past life…”
I sat down on the bed and glared at the damn message window flickering in front of my eyes.
[You have acquired a new trait. Would you like to check it?]
Seeing the message window sparkling as if to tease me made me sigh automatically. Still, I have to check it, right? I let out a sigh that could shake the world. Then I raised my hand and pressed the confirmation window.
[Massage (S)]
[Massage, handed down from ancient times, has a long and deep history. The efficacy of massage is useful for various treatments and management of the human body, and various massage methods have been developed. In ancient Rome, professional massage slaves——]
A description I really didn’t want to read spread out before my eyes. Ha. My life. I’m thinking about a cigarette I haven’t even smoked yet.
[New unique skills added]
[Stroking (F)] - Use palms and fingers to ———.
[Kneading (F)] - Use palms and fingers to ———.
[Friction (F)] - Use fingers or palms to ———.
[Tapping (F)] - Use the edge of hands or hands cupped to ———.
[Vibration (F)] - Use hands or fingers to ———.
I checked the unique skills I gained upon awakening one by one. The descriptions are all long. Fortunately, the effects seem good, but… there are no quantified numbers. For example, something like ‘You used Kneading on Lee Siwoo. [Strength increased by 1]’?
“Sigh… is it a useless ability like the flower growing one I saw on the community? Ah, if only a combat trait had appeared…”
[New special skill acquired]
[Scan (F)] - Scan the target to explore areas needing treatment and management.
Scan is decent. If you’re a doctor, is it an automatic diagnosis mode? “Ha… I’m sighing automatically.”
When I swiped the message window again, a new window appeared.
[Tutorial Quest]
📍 Content: Perform your first massage on any target using a unique skill. (0/1)
🎁 Reward: Acquire new skill [Massage Technique - Basic Massage (F)]. Massage system open.
“What’s a tutorial quest?”
I recalled what I had to do when awakening a combat trait I saw on the community, but since I was a support trait, it didn’t apply. I guess I have to proceed with the tutorial to understand the massage trait? After swiping my hand to close the message window, I came out to the living room and saw Ayoung sprawled on the sofa watching TV.
“Hey. Lee Ayoung.”
“Pfft. Why?”
Seeing her trying to hold back laughter as she looked at me coming out of the room made me want to give her a knuckle sandwich.
“Get a massage from me.”
“What? Suddenly?”
“No, since I awakened, I have to use the skill.”
“Hmm. Really? So you’re going to knead my fantastic body for free?”
“Ha. Fantastic my ass. Forget it, do me a favor later.”
“I don’t have any favors to do?”
“I’m asking you.”
“Hmm…. Then how about doing anything I ask without a deadline?”
“Yes, yes. Please do as you wish.”
“Okay! Deal complete! Want to knead my arm?”
Ayoung, who had been sprawled out, sat up properly on the sofa and stuck out her arm. She’s such a crafty girl. Look at her trying not to lose even 1%.
“Just sit still there.”
“I told you to knead my arm?”
“Wait! There’s a separate skill!”
Standing in front of Ayoung, who was stretching her arm out, I used Scan.
[Please designate the target you wish to scan.]
Seeing the message, I looked at Ayoung, who was sitting blankly and tilting her head.
[Scanning Lee Ayoung.]
“What are you doing?”
“I’m using a skill. Stay still until it’s done.”
A blue line drew a path, and I followed the path, briefly fixing my gaze on her chest. I’m not satisfying my own desires. It’s just a scanning process.
“Th-the gaze is bad!”
“I’m scanning the areas that need massage.”
“Th-then why are you only looking at my chest!”
“I have zero selfish desires, so just bear with it.”
“Don’t lie! You’ve been staring at my chest for over 10 seconds?!”
Ignoring Ayoung, who was resisting by covering her chest with both hands, I lowered my head. Once my gaze finished at her toes, the message window reacted.
[Scan complete.]
It seems it only displays when I look from head to toe. This might actually be good? I can legally look over a woman’s body, right?
Beside Ayoung, who had her eyes squeezed shut as if embarrassed, a message window opened.
[Massage area needed: Feet]
[Massage process: Stroking → Kneading]
Glancing at Ayoung’s face, which was red as she covered her chest with both arms, I sat down and grabbed her feet.
“Eek! You, you! Wh-what are you doing!”
“Shut up for a second. I don’t know either yet.”
“Let go, let go of me!”
“I have to give you a foot massage! Relax!”
“N-no! I told you to do my arm?!”
“The message window told me to do a foot massage!”
“You, you! …If you’re lying, you’re dead?!”
“I’m not lying, so relax now!”
When I slapped her thigh, Ayoung let out a hiccup and slowly relaxed her feet. ‘Hmm. They’re smaller and softer than I expected. Then, let’s start with Stroking as it says.’ When I used Stroking, a blue line drew a path as if to tell me to stroke like this. I carefully followed the path and stroked Ayoung’s foot with my hand.
“Hic! W-wait! This is weird! Hic!”
“Damn it! Don’t tense up, just stay still!”
“N-no! Haa. The f-feeling. Hic. It’s, it’s weird! Haaang!”
Watching Ayoung let out a moan, I briefly tensed up somewhere. But I endured it with miraculous mental strength and stroked her foot along the path for about a minute.
[Stroking complete. Please proceed with Kneading.]
Seeing the newly displayed message, I stopped my stroking hand. When I looked up, Ayoung’s face was flushed red like a tomato.
“Haa. Haa. Is, is it over now?”
“No, now I have to knead.”
“Th-the feeling is weird…. C-can’t you stop?”
I shook my head at Ayoung, who was asking while covering her face with both hands.
“Bear with it just one more time. I just have to knead.”
“B-but the feeling is really weird…”
“I’ll finish it quickly.”
“Damn… the feeling is really weird…”
Ignoring Ayoung’s grumbling, I immediately used the Kneading skill. Then, Ayoung’s small, fair feet became mottled with blue light.
“Am I supposed to knead here?”
“Haaaaang! R-really! Hic! I, I can’t!”
“Hey! I told you I’d finish soon?! Relax!”
“Aang! R-really! Haaang. The f-feeling is w-weird. Haaang!”
“Just bear with it a little! I’m almost done!”
As I kept kneading her feet while holding her two legs in my arms and tucking them against my side, the blue light gradually faded.
“R-really. Haaang. St-stop!”
“I’m really almost done now!”
“Haaang, I, I don’t know! Haaaaaaaaang!!!!”
The moment Ayoung let out a hysterical moan, a new message window appeared before my eyes.
[Massage performed on Lee Ayoung.]
[Massage area: Feet]
[Foot fatigue has improved.]
[Recipient’s satisfaction reached 100%, triggering a special effect.]
[Special effect: Foot fatigue reduced by 10% for 24 hours.]
[Time remaining: 23:59:59]
[Tutorial Quest Complete]
🎁 Reward: Acquired [Massage Technique - Basic Massage (F)]. Massage system open.
[Massage system has been opened.]
[Please check the system.]