You're g..gonna eat me up?
You're g..gonna eat me up?
The story of heroes defeating villains and monsters to protect the city.
That was the background of this game.
I didn't know who the protagonist was, nor did I know anything about the game.
"Then why the hell am I inside that game..."
I bought a hero game out of curiosity, only to get possessed by it.
And as a woman, no less.
Several years after living as a woman, my memories as a man were also fading away. Sometimes, only the silhouette of being a man in my dreams would cross my mind.
"Nahee-sunbae, what are you thinking about so deeply?"
When I turned my head, junior hero Han Chaelin was visible.
I must have looked down while sitting blankly in the cafe.
"Just thinking about the old days."
"Wow. Tell me too. I want to hear eonni's stories from the old days."
She carefully sat down in the seat opposite me.
With black ponytail hair and a gentle impression, she was also quite kind and sociable.
"It's nothing all that great..., ah, want some coffee? I'll buy it for you."
"Getting a treat from Nahee-sunbae feels a bit..."
Chaelin scratched her head and awkwardly avoided my gaze.
'What about me.'
However, I could understand what she meant.
With a small physique, wearing an attention-seeking flashy magical outfit, and even holding a magic wand as a hero.
On top of that, Magical Power instead of standard magic.
'Rather than a hero, I'm a magical girl...'
This had been the concept ever since I got possessed.
At first, I used to let out hollow laughs whenever I saw that unfamiliar and youthful face, but now I've gotten quite used to it.
Besides, saving people and protecting the city suited my aptitude pretty well, and a sense of fulfillment followed along.
A sense of justice had also developed, making it a satisfying life.
"I'm an adult..."
"I was just joking! Let's not be gloomy!"
"I was joking too."
In the end, I, the eonni, bought the coffee. Chaelin backed down as if she couldn't win.
I am twenty-three, and Chaelin is just turning twenty now.
Naturally, I should buy it.
"You know I use a hammer as a weapon following eonni, right? Do you know how pretty eonni looked holding a hammer on TV?"
"Haha... Is that so, but I use magic...?"
"You hold the hammer more often."
That was something the broadcasting station asked me to do because it looked good on screen. I got paid for it.
Even so, I actually fought by transforming my magic wand into a hammer sometimes.
"You're pretty so you're popular, and you catch villains well. You're even cute. Why are you so perfect? Why don't you have a lover?"
My face grew hot at her praise.
Because the character I possessed actually had blonde hair and was indeed pretty.
Out of embarrassment, I just sipped on my coffee straw. I didn't know Chaelin's gaze lingered on my lips.
"Chaelin, you're pretty and popular too. You even do streaming."
"I have to do that to boost my awareness, you know. Didn't eonni do it in the past too?"
I did...
It seemed the videos were still lingering around.
Making V-signs and acting cute.
"Uh, no I didn't..."
"I looked it up. I even saved them."
A long sigh escaped me.
So embarrassing.
I don't do things like broadcasting because it's a hassle, but these days popularity is important among heroes, so quite a few heroes streamed.
"Eonni, do you still not get your magical power recharged by a guide? Ah... Is Magical a bit different...?"
"Yeah... Seems so. Chaelin, do you not get it either?"
"Nope. I prefer slowly recharging my magical power by myself."
Chaelin smiled brightly with her eyes.
Espers and Guides.
Heroes are Espers who use magical power.
And Guides are the ones who quickly help recharge the magical power used in battle.
Espers sprouted a dick and could easily recharge their magical power through sex with a guide.
When I first learned about this setting, I was so flabbergasted I couldn't even sleep. I spent sleepless nights day and night trying to understand it.
'It's weird. I still can't understand it.'
Since the number of guides is so limited, you'd be horrified if you knew how many people a state-employed guide deals with in a day.
Just how many Espers are they taking in with that body? Thinking about it alone made my stomach churn.
And... I was also a guide.
They say guides give off a guide scent, but since I'm hiding it well with my Magical Power...
I didn't even want to imagine what would happen the moment I get caught.
Facing Chaelin, I smiled awkwardly.
At that moment, a dispatch alarm rang from my phone.
"Eonni, would you like to go together?"
"Yeah. Let's do that."
"Wow, really?"
At Chaelin's words, rejoicing while clapping, I pressed the dispatch button.
Nobody else will come, right?
Normally, nobody presses dispatch until random assignment happens anyway.
I sucked on the last remaining coffee.
The cold coffee was bitter.
Ah, gross.
I feel like I came for nothing.
With a gigantic eyeball, tentacles were wriggling all over the surface. Capillary-like things bulged out disgustingly on the eyeball's surface, squirming around.
Calling them capillaries is an understatement; they were as thick as thighs.
"So gross... uuk..."
"Nahee eonni, are you okay!?"
"Yeah... Ugh, my stomach doesn't feel good."
"You must not be able to look at gross things. Please rest. I'll take care of it."
Chaelin hoisted a massive black hammer onto her shoulder. In contrast, I was just gripping the handle of a golden hammer similar to my blonde hair, dry-heaving repeatedly.
My stomach is weak. Ugh.
Chaelin looked at me with a piteous face before charging alone at the monster.
The monster didn't just let Chaelin approach.
It thrust out sharp, hard, spear-like tentacles extremely fast as if firing them. However, Chaelin lightly dodged even as the ground collapsed and aggressively pushed forward.
"Chaelin is cool."
The sight of her running out with her hair fluttering was truly heartwarming.
My stomach had settled down to some extent.
I was watching her with a heartwarming smile.
"Ah, right. I need to help."
I approached to help her amidst the fierce battle.
When I got almost close enough, I saw a tentacle with a rotating tip from the tentacles behind the eyeball monster. That tip, spinning fiercely like a drill, was targeting Chaelin's blind spot.
Chaelin was parrying the tentacles stabbing at her. Just as she wavered, unable to overcome the recoil of her hammer.
At that sharp timing, a tentacle thrust in.
"Chaelin!"
Gathering my strength and adding waist power, I hurled the golden hammer with all my might.
"Magical Hammer Shooting!"
Peong!
Along with the sound of an exploding artillery shell, the high-speed golden hammer smashed the monster's tentacles and popped its eyeball all at once.
Body fluids and flesh splattering in all directions rained down onto the floor.
"Uh... One hit."
That's right.
I had experience and was on the slightly stronger side.
Chaelin froze in bewilderment before soon raising a thumb.
"As expected, Nahee-sunbae's hammer is top-notch! Thank you!"
When I smiled awkwardly, Chaelin quickly approached and asked.
"Thank you. But was there a skill called Hammer Shooting? I've been fangirling over eonni, but I think this is my first time hearing it."
"Th, there probably was?"
Actually, there wasn't.
I just shouted it because it felt empty.
Don't you need some kind of battle cry when throwing?
I awkwardly scratched my cheek with my index finger.
Amidst the collapsed building damaged by the monster, we successfully defeated it.
At that moment, a single silhouette was visible small in the distance.
A woman was standing with her black hair fluttering proudly in the wind.
Tensed up, I transformed it back into a magic wand and gripped it tightly.
Chaelin also regripped her hammer.
"Is she an enemy...?"
At that moment, the woman began to slowly approach.
"Long time no see, Nahee."
"Jin Soyul...?"
"That's right. Is the person next to you your lover?"
Somehow, her voice had an edge to it.
"Ah, no, she's a junior hero... Long time no see."
Jin Soyul...? Chaelin muttered next to me.
Who was she?
When I suddenly dropped into another world and was flustered in a state of panic.
She was a hero friend who helped me.
Back then, I couldn't have been more grateful for that.
"Looks like you've been doing well. I haven't been doing so well after getting rejected from my confession."
Soyul said with a bright smile.
Even though she was smiling, her eyes didn't look like they were smiling at all. Rather, a chilling air brushed past my back.
She quietly looked down at the floor where flesh was scattered, then gently stepped down on a still-wriggling tentacle with her foot.
With a squelch (eujeuk), the flesh's movement stopped.
"It was a pet I cherished. As expected of Nahee. Still pretty and cute. Makes me want to have you."
"Wh-What are you talking about... You cherish a monster?"
I couldn't understand.
"Ah... Ever since you publicly rejected my confession, I was so mortified that I turned into a villain. I didn't think I'd get rejected. We were pretty good, you know."
"So that's why you hadn't been seen for years? Do you know how much I looked for you... I thought you were dead!"
"Thanks for worrying. I just came to see your face today. I'm glad you're still pretty."
"I'm sorry I didn't accept your confession back then... I needed to adapt back then and wasn't in a position to date anyone...!"
"Stop."
She wiped away her smile and hardened her expression as she spoke.
Chaelin was quietly listening to our conversation with round eyes from the side.
Soyul walked closer to me step by step as I stood frozen.
An overwhelming pressure made me step back.
However, she was much faster.
Narrowing the distance in an instant, Soyul came close enough for our faces to touch and whispered in my ear.
"I wanted to fucking fuck you so bad. Seems like I'm stronger now. Come sexier next time. Just a greeting for today."
Hot, sticky breath touched my face.
Fu-Fuck...?
What the fuck! Did I hear that right?
Is it really true that the once-kind Jin Soyul told me she wanted to fuck me?
My mind went completely blank at the vulgar word.
Finishing her words, she flicked my cheek with her finger and vanished into black smoke just like that.
"......"
"U-Eonni, what were you guys talking about? She must be a real villain! It's my first time seeing someone turn into a crazy villain. Pull yourself together, eonni!"
Chaelin grabbed my shoulders and shook me. I fluttered around like a balloon doll. Jin Soyul's vulgar words were still lingering and echoing in my ears.