Chapter 2: May and jin (1)

“Jin always opposes whatever I do.”

She puffed out her cheeks and glared at me with a disgruntled expression.

Pink hair and a voluptuous body.

And a baby face that seemed slightly unbalanced yet strangely suited her.

By the standards of this world, she was the ultimate woman every man would want to conquer.

“……”

‘If this were reality, the moment I saw that natural aegyo, I would have snapped, ‘Who do you think you’re fooling with that fake cuteness?’ but since this is an adult game, it really suits her.’

‘Cute.’

‘She really is the type to snag the protagonist role in an adult game.’

“…Didn’t I tell you? Everyone here is trash.”

“That’s too harsh! Not everyone is like that.”

She was cute, friendly, and had a broad sense of concern, often helping others.

With a fundamentally good nature, she didn’t know how to suspect people.

In her hometown, she was like everyone’s idol, and now she was traveling the world to save it.

Her only flaw, if there was one, was her severely lacking intelligence.

Right.

Maeve was, by all appearances, the typical kind-hearted and ditzy character fit for an adult game protagonist.

Since she really was the female lead of an adult game, it was an accurate analysis.

“Even on the way here, all the men passing by kept glancing at you, didn’t they?”

“That’s… like a man’s instinct.”

“We call those people beasts.”

I let out a deep sigh, watching Maeve spout such nonsense.

‘Man’s instinct, my foot.’

While it was certainly a man’s instinct to be attracted to beautiful women, openly ogling someone’s chest wasn’t instinct.

That was just dirty desire.

When I said that firmly, she stared blankly at me with a sullen expression.

“Why.”

“Are all men really perverts?”

“Correct yourself. Women can be perverts too.”

‘In adult games like this, there’s always at least one lesbian scene.’

‘If there’s a female character who shows suspicious levels of favor, you absolutely have to be wary.’

‘Perhaps her luggage might contain a double-headed dildo or aphrodisiacs.’

“…Alright. So Jin, you’re trying to say that everyone is a pervert, right?”

“Exactly. You finally get it!”

I wasn’t inherently someone with such extreme thoughts.

However, this wasn’t the reality I lived in, but merely a game.

And specifically, an adult game teeming with countless H-events and all sorts of criminals.

According to my long experience, there were no normal people in games like this.

For the past three days, I had painstakingly tried to instill this fact into her, and finally, it was showing results!

‘My teachings weren’t in vain!’

“No! Jin, you’re wrong!”

That thought lasted only a moment.

She shook her head vigorously, directly refuting my opinion.

‘How dare this cute little newbie, who’s never played an adult game in her life, talk back to me, a five-year veteran?’

“On what grounds?”

As I snorted and crossed my arms, she confidently pointed at me.

‘Huh? Me?’

“If what Jin says is true, then Jin is also a pervert!”

“……”

‘How about that? You can’t refute this, can you?’

Maeve looked at me with an expression that seemed to say just that.

Seeing her triumphant expression, I felt a slight pang of guilt.

‘I’m sorry… I’m the one who bought the adult game you’re in….’

“Why aren’t you answering?”

“I’m sorry….”

“Huh? Why are you apologizing?”

“It’s just one of those things.”

‘Why did I ever buy such an adult game?’

‘I don’t even know why I suddenly ended up in this adult game in the first place.’

All I had received since entering this place was this one inexplicable quest.

[Quest: Protect Her Virginity!]

This quest function, which would originally have been used to advance the game’s scenario, was now showing me only this one.

It was just my guess, but perhaps all the original quests had gone to Maeve.

Because she was the protagonist of this game.

Of course, perhaps because she was a game character, she wasn’t aware of such systems.

“Ah! Jin, you looked away again!”

“Ugh.”

However, if I turned my gaze sideways to look at this quest window, she would notice it like a ghost.

‘She’s so perceptive about things like this, yet she’s completely oblivious to the dirty desires of NPCs.’

“Where do you keep looking every time?”

“Just admiring the scenery.”

“While looking at the ground?”

“……”

‘Damn it. Unnecessarily sharp.’

If she pressed me more intently, I might be caught, but fortunately, she lacked that kind of sharpness and concentration.

“Ah! Someone’s collapsed over there. They must be hurt!”

“Hey, wait! I told you not to approach recklessly!”

Ignoring my warning, she scampered towards the man collapsed in the suspicious alleyway.

‘The location, and his disheveled appearance… it’s all unsettling….’

“Mister! Are you alright?”

“Ugh… huh? Oh, oho… young lady, quite the…”

Swoosh.

His hand moved naturally towards Maeve’s chest, as if breathing.

‘I knew this would happen.’

Thud!

“Gasp…!”

“Do you want to die?”

I grabbed his filthy hand and glared at him with sharp eyes.

I’d often heard in reality that my impression was rather intimidating, and it seemed to be the same here; when I acted this aggressive, people usually caved in.

“I, I didn’t do anything…!”

“Then what is this hand doing?”

Crush!

As I applied pressure, his wrist began to twist slightly.

“Hieek…! I’m sorry! Save me!”

I wasn’t originally a possessor of such superhuman strength.

It was merely a difference in stats that came from my level.

[Maeve LV.6]

[Jin LV.7]

Because I was leveling up alongside her.

It was a completely different dimension from extra NPCs who lived their entire lives without levels.

Of course, Level 7 was still a beginner level, but homeless people like this guy weren’t given levels at all.

Even at Level 2, one could defeat a homeless person.

Of course, if they appeared as part of a separate event, that would be a different story.

Anyway, with the grip strength of a Level 7, I began to squeeze this wicked homeless man’s wrist like a press.

“Ugh, ugh-heok! Agh! S-Stop!”

“Were you or were you not trying to touch her chest with that hand just now?”

“Y-Yes, I was! I was! I’m sorry!”

The homeless man screamed in pain, readily confessing his wrongdoing.

Only after receiving his confession did I release his wrist.

“See? I told you to be careful.”

“U-Uh…”

She patted her startled chest, her wide eyes darting between him and me.

A bewildered expression, as if asking what to do in this situation.

‘Honestly, I think this is a situation to be angry about.’

‘Someone she didn’t know tried to touch her chest, what was she doing just standing there?’

“I told you that if something like this happened, I would go check first. Especially with guys who look so shady, you need to be even more careful.”

“Y-Yeah. Th-Thank you….”

However, since calming her startled mind was the priority, I soothed her and once again ingrained the matters I had explained numerous times into her head.

‘Never touch suspicious NPCs or objects first!’

Stealthily.

Meanwhile, he stealthily began to move away from us, gauging the situation.

“Stop.”

Freeze!

At that, the frightened man froze in place.

“Where are you going? You have to apologize before you leave.”

“Ugh, ugh…”

In the end, he could only escape after kneeling before Maeve and loudly shouting, ‘I am truly sorry for attempting sexual harassment!’

‘Tsk, if it were up to me, I’d hand him over to the military police, but Maeve told me not to, so I let him off.’

‘Anyway, Maeve is also a problem.’

‘She simply doesn’t perceive how serious this incident is.’

‘When playing the game, this loose sense of chastity might have been an alluring aspect, but traveling with her as a comrade, it’s incredibly frustrating.’

“Hehe, thanks. It seems I really can’t do without Jin.”

“What do you mean, ‘can’t do without’? I told you, you just need to be a little careful.”

Having recovered from the shock, she smiled brightly again and approached me.

As if she truly were an adult game heroine, she couldn’t gauge distance, closing in so much that her chest brushed against my arm.

Her chest grazed my arm precariously, and a scent tickled the tip of my nose.

Maeve didn’t wear perfume, yet she always carried a scent.

A sweet and charming scent, befitting her cuteness.

“Eheheh.”

She grinned, showing her teeth, and laughed at me.

“Your face just turned red and you looked away, didn’t you? Right?”

“N-No.”

Every time I experienced Maeve’s excessive physical contact, my face would flush.

Honestly, it wasn’t as if I didn’t have impure thoughts myself.

Whenever I saw her, a true natural heroine, I occasionally had strange thoughts too.

But if there was one thing that made me different from them.

It was that I would never act on those thoughts.

I possessed the rationality to restrain myself.

But they did not.

That was the biggest difference between me and them.

It was also why I stuck by her side.

“Oh, please! It’s not like I’ve known Jin for just a day or two!”

Push.

Watching her continuously press her chest against my arm, I squeezed my eyes shut.

‘Still… it’s not my fault if I got excited just now, right?’