The Intermediate Random Box
After that shocking ordeal, I recovered my wits inside the tent and kept the stream going.
My Mom Looks Like a Woman has been banned.
"Get the hell out, you bastard."
Now he was harassing the other Constellations too.
"I'm wrapping up the stream for today. I'm exhausted myself…"
Night had already fallen. Dinner time had long since passed, and I still hadn't eaten a thing. I needed to get home, shower, eat, and sleep.
Even the Constellations were recommending I take a break.
I want to go home.
I wanted gukbap. The gukbap I never got to eat after getting hit by that truck kept floating through my mind.
I need to wash my face too.
Thanks to the purification function on my clothes, my body was fine, but my outfit and hair were a mess of sweat and dirt. I'd wiped myself down as best I could with wet wipes, but I still felt grimy, and the smell of soil clung to me. It was miserable.
Wait a second.
Thanks to the clothes, my body felt as soft and clean as if I'd just stepped out of a bath. So if I pressed the fabric against my face… would that clean it too?
I tried it on the spot.
The chat kept rolling in, but I ignored it.
Not an Octopus has been banned.
Except for that bastard.
"I can't exactly wash my face out here. Just give me a second."
I'd already shown them my teddy-bear panties. A navel was nothing by comparison.
…Or is it? This feels a little embarrassing, actually.
But I was already walking around in a skirt. It was way too late to get shy over something like this.
Whatever. Let them look.
Cleaning my face came first. I buried my face in the fabric and waited for it to work its magic.
…Should be about done?
I lowered the clothes from my face and the chat came back into view.
For reasons I couldn't fathom, the chat was exploding. And behind that flood of messages, I saw someone's feet.
"Ah, hello? Long time no— well, not really. Nice to see you again. Hehe."
Han Nami looked down at me with an awkward smile.
"……"
In that moment, I wanted to die all over again.
Han Nami's reason for showing up was simple. She was there to investigate the gate Kim Dongmin and I had cleared.
"…That's everything."
"Thank you for your cooperation."
Once our eyes met and I explained I'd been pressing my face into the purification function on my clothes, she understood. Then again, this was the same woman who'd looked the other way during my childbirth reaction. This barely registered.
For the record, my face was clean. It even smelled nice.
"So I don't need to come down to the Association separately?"
Normally you had to report a gate clear in person at the Hunter Association. I'd been planning to go tomorrow.
"Nope! We'll cross-check with the Eclipse Guild tomorrow, but if nothing's off, you won't need to come in."
Han Nami kept going.
"By the way, how did the house hunting go?"
Right—she was the one who'd introduced me to Kim Dongmin in the first place.
"I found a place I like, so I'm going with that one."
Originally I'd planned to take out a loan and rent month-to-month, but clearing this gate had earned me a decent pile of money. The Eclipse Guild's estimate of my reward was pretty high. Quick Gates came with massive bonus payouts, and the mana stones and items we'd pulled out of the gate had been substantial. The split was 6:4 in my favor, so I could even swing a jeonse deposit instead of monthly rent.
While we were talking, a question suddenly occurred to me.
"Speaking of which, how do you know Hunter Kim Dongmin?"
I was curious about their relationship. When you put the two of them side by side, they didn't exactly match. The colors clashed, somehow. He seemed like he'd get along better with the Eclipse Guild's vice guildmaster.
Han Nami answered like it was nothing.
"Oh, Dongmin didn't tell you? We joined the Hunter Association in the same cohort."
So Kim Dongmin had been with the Association once too.
Then why is he with a guild now?
Mildly curious.
We exchanged a few more casual words, then I rode in Han Nami's car all the way to my front door.
"Well then, see you next time!"
"Yes, take care."
After saying goodbye to Han Nami, I went inside and checked the chat.
"Of course there's going to be a reaction."
Just not right this second.
"I noticed earlier that the Intermediate Random Box unlocked."
◈ Description: Available for purchase upon reaching 30,000 cumulative Coins earned and a peak of 100 Constellation viewers. (Produces an item the buyer needs.)
◈ Price: 1,000 Coins
Higher odds of rare items, supposedly. No way I was ending the stream without cracking one open.
BedInEnglish has been banned.
This bastard was casting a curse on me.
"I've currently got… 26,700 Coins?"
That morning I'd bought the mint-chocolate elixir and been left with 140 Coins. Meaning everything from the gate until now had netted me 26,560.
Why so much… ah, right.
Creating the cultivation method had made Coins pour in like crazy. Plus subscription fees, plus the Coins from clearing the gate.
Is this even fair?
No matter how I looked at it, copying a cultivation method I'd seen in some adult game shouldn't have paid out this hard. Anyway, with my current balance I could buy the random box exactly twenty-six times. Not that I planned to blow it all.
Just six. That's it.
The rest would go toward elixirs or skill books.
"Let's go."
I wanted to shout it, but this place had zero soundproofing. Quiet as possible.
I bought one.
The packaging looked a touch fancier than the Basic Random Box. Beyond that, not much difference. I touched the box, light flashed, and an item appeared.
◈ Description: Magically treated underwear that reshapes itself to the wearer's body.
◈ More durable than ordinary underwear, with mild resistance to soiling.
◈ Effect: Partial soil resistance
"Uh……"
My current underwear was a bit tight and uncomfortable, so this wasn't bad.
…Then I remembered it cost a thousand Coins, and it started feeling pretty bad.
"Ah, get the hell out, you bastards."
FeelGoodPotion has been banned.
I Pulled Out a Mountain has been banned.
Wheelchair Best Driver has been banned.
No wonder they'd been quiet lately—the second they got an opening, they started spouting nonsense again.
"Haa… next one, right away."
Fwaaah—!
Another flash of bright light, and an item appeared.
◈ Description: Panties that can be resized or locked via mana.
◈ Cannot be undone by anyone but the wearer's mana, and possess strong resistance to destruction.
◈ Effect: Strong destruction resistance
"Ah, fuck."
Even so, two underwear in a row was a bit much. I'd have preferred a nice outfit or some household goods.
"I'll protect my own chastity, so get out."
Not an Octopus has been banned.
I did what needed doing, then bought another box.
"If I get panties again, I'm ending the stream."
"Haa… here we go."
I lightly ignored the chat and set my hand on the box. And at that exact moment, an orange light burst forth.