Chapter 35 : Enlightenment

“Gaia… Just in case, I have to ask, is that voice…?”

“If the person over there wearing glasses and making ‘whooshing’ sounds is who I think it is, you’re right.”

Gaia and I were hanging out, and honestly, I didn’t think we’d be undisturbed.

Even in the original world, Yena always tagged along, so I figured something would happen, but…

“Even so, isn’t it uncool to join the Demon King’s army and slaughter newbies? Especially when that newbie is the Hero.”

This world…it should just end.

That ‘Hero’ is the same woman who got kicked out for sexual harassment last time.

Even now, she’s noticed us and is waving while fighting.

Ah, right.

Like something out of a comic, ‘Sexual Harasser #1’ (whose real name I don’t even know) jumps and waves, gets attacked by the demon he was fighting, and goes flying.

Gaia, also annoyed by the situation, puffed out her cheeks to express her displeasure.

“We were having such a nice time together, this is really too much… Well, I guess I’d do the same if our positions were reversed.”

“Isn’t it normal to wait your turn quietly?”

“WooSeok, the women in this world are wolves, you know? If you keep smiling like that, you never know when you might get eaten. Rawr!”

Gaia makes a wolf gesture with her hands.

Honestly, she’s cute. Annoyingly so.

If I told her that, she’d get even more cocky, so I’ll keep it to myself.

“So, should we stop her?”

“I have no power or money anymore.”

“No power, fine, but you must have plenty of money. You were a goddess, after all.”

“‘After all’? I’m still emitting this divine aura!”

It’s true that I’m used to it, but her wings and the halo above her head are dazzlingly bright when you first see them.

Well-proportioned appearance, that atmosphere…

As a woman, she’s full of positive attributes, but…

“As I said, I spent it all buying the video of you I just took. No regrets, though!”

That attitude negates all those positive attributes.

“You’re saying that right in front of me? Filming someone without their knowledge is a crime.”

“But… I got your consent, so it’s not filming without knowledge! And it’s not a crime if you don’t get caught! Plus, my Gaia Points went up so much, it wasn’t a loss for you, was it?”

“Wow… Typical criminal logic… Besides, those points are useless.”

“And even if I get caught, all I have to do is share the video… Hehehe.”

“I give up.”

I should be used to it by now.

If I worry about every single thing, I’ll die from stress.

“Stop being lovey-dovey!”

Yena’s attack comes in that moment.

For some reason, someone’s panties are stuck to her fist.

“Don’t you dare!”

Gaia blocks it.

Honestly, it was an invisible attack, so I’m surprised she blocked it so easily.

“Haha! No matter how deceptive your abilities are, they have no effect on me, who has seen the real thing! You’re no different from a level 1!”

“R-Real thing?”

“The video.”

“!!”

“Who do you think filmed it?”

“You… Don’t expect to leave here alive today.”

“But what if I’m willing to share that video?”

“?!”

“That’s right. This isn’t NTR, it’s a harem.”

“You… Are you actually a woke woman…?”

What are these women talking about?

I can’t follow the conversation.

No, I don’t want to.

I think I know whose panties those are too…

[ The wealthiest divine beast of the Divine Realm, the Silver Horn, cackles and taunts its rival sitting next to it. ]

“Your assets seem to be growing.”

[ The jealous divine beast who bought the video starts to forget its true nature, wondering if this video alone could fill the world with peace. ]

“You’re really keeping it to yourself, right? Right?”

[ The Silver Horn, known as the Economic President, declares that this marks the beginning of Unicorn Corporation’s leap! All ‘merchant’-related jobs across all worlds receive a bonus of 100 points! ]

Those points…

I don’t know exactly how high they are, but I can guess.

Looking around, I realized how messed up the situation was.

Over there, Yena, forgetting the fight, is asking Gaia for something.

Unicorn and Bicorn are partying with the gods.

The Hero has vanished and the Four Heavenly Kings have been converted by the video.

“Yep! This game’s broken!”

With the sound of logging out, I felt the world spin again.

I’m not human if I ever go back into that game.

As soon as I returned to reality, I texted Yena, [No date tomorrow], and blocked her.

Causing such chaos because she couldn’t wait a day.

You need to reflect on your actions.

With my day unexpectedly free, I had nothing to do.

Since my military leave had somehow been changed to a regular leave, I didn’t have to go to school, and I’d already made an announcement about not streaming, so I had a lot of extra time.

Normally, I would’ve gone to play billiards or karaoke with my friends, but they were all gone…

I closed the capsule, left my room, and while eating and thinking about what to do, my sister’s room caught my eye.

Should I spend some time with my family after so long?

The world has changed, and I’ve distanced myself from my family.

I haven’t gone near them, afraid that even the closest people I knew had changed.

But they’re still my family.

So what if they’ve changed?

It’s not like I’m never going to see them again.

My parents were out working, so my sister was the only one home.

Fortunately, even in this world, my parents’ roles remained unchanged.

My sister was also a normal college student, so there shouldn’t be any problem, right?

“Yuna, if you’re free tomorrow…”

“Good things… must be shared… Yena… that b*tch…”

“?”

“Ah! Damn it! Is it real that she’s watching the video by herself and censoring it for her viewers? As I thought, from the start, there wasn’t a single likable thing about that muscle-brained b*tch! Ugh~ Is there any way to get that? Oppa’s video… It’d be a worthy addition to my collection… I have enough money. Should I contact Gaia?”

God is dead.

There’s no way the woman watching Choi Yena’s broadcast on her screen, biting her nails, and spouting such nonsense could be my little sister.

That’s it! I actually don’t have a little sister.

“Ah! Jjong! Look at him freaking out now that he finally realized oppa logged off. Serves him right! I wonder what that text was that made him freeze like that.”

She spun around in her chair and started to get up.

She was wearing pajamas with my and her faces printed on them, and below that, in large letters, it said [Oppa LOVE].

“Ah…”

It felt like our eyes had met for five minutes already.

Yuna was frozen stiff, unable to move.

Instead of her usual nagging, she just creaked like a broken machine, with only a groaning sound coming from deep within her throat.

“N-No, it’s not!”

“I haven’t even said anything yet.”

“Th-This is… That’s right! Merchandise! It’s merchandise!”

An unexpected answer.

And that answer was far more serious than I had imagined.

“Oppa’s getting famous now, so I’m selling merchandise to make some money and support your creator activities… D-Don’t look at me like that!”

My eyes must’ve died without me knowing.

Yuna covered her face with both hands and shouted.

“I apologize for interrupting this quality time, Jeong Yuna. I think we should talk later.”

“Oppaaaaa!!! I’m sorry!!!! Don’t say that!!”

“I don’t have a younger sister… but even if I did, there’s no way I’d have a sister whose room is filled with clothes with my face on them.”

“I’ll throw them away! I’ll throw them all away! Or, should I keep one…? Aah! I’ll throw them all away!!”

Now Yuna was practically clinging to my pants.

This was the complete opposite of her usual intellectual college student image, always taking care of herself and nagging others.

Still… she’s my sister.

If I were her, and there were only a few men in the world, I’d want to brag to my friends too.

That’s not a weird sexual desire, it’s pride, right?

“Oppa, just in case you’re wondering, incest isn’t illegal.”

Nevermind.

I kicked her off my leg and ran out the door.

This world is crazy.

Like Yena said, I need to hire a bodyguard as soon as possible.

If I stay like this…

“Rider?”

“Yena?”

The Yena I just saw in my sister’s room was streaming. How did she get here so fast?

She was even covered in sweat, like she’d been running.

“I got a weird spam text. Did you change your number? WooSeok would never block me. Hahahaha!”

“Unni, I told you last time, losers should know their place and leave. Is it because your brain is made of muscle that you can’t understand such basic things?”

“Hmph, and yet you asked me for the video in exchange for secretly unblocking WooSeok. Aren’t you ‘OppaIsSoCool’, the infamous malicious commenter on WooSeok Gallery?”

Huh?

Thanks to Yuna’s sudden interruption, an unexpected exposé began between the two.

“Unni, remember the letters you got when you were in the army? I actually wrote those. It was hilarious how excited you got all by yourself. Should I recite one for you? ‘WooSeok, thanks to you, I’m getting through this difficult military life…'”

“What? WooSeok??”

Of course, I know nothing about this.

I was the one who went to the army.

You didn’t write me any letters either.

“Hey! You’ve been making diaries with all sorts of pictures and stories of WooSeok since he was little! You even post several bragging posts on your blog every day…”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!”

I’ve decided.

Tomorrow, I’m going to hire a bodyguard.

I’ll say it again, this world is crazy.

A world where women like that walk around acting like they’re normal…