Chapter 31 – Episode 31: Otaku
By giving meaning to flowers, we make flower language, and by giving meaning to jewels, we make birthstones.
Human beings like to give meaning to everything anyway.
The same goes for kissing.
A kiss on the hair means love, and a kiss on the back of the hand means courtship. There are all sorts of stories.
And universally, a kiss on the foot is widely accepted as a sign of submission.
A kiss on the tip of the foot was worship, and a kiss on the back was subjugation.
The language of flowers and birthstones were similarly thought to be annoying bullshit, but
At least, I think the meaning of the kiss was built accurately.
“Hey-“
“No, some!”
There are kids like this in other worlds.
A kiss that has already passed ten times.
It’s not a sticky and sensual kiss where tongue goes back and forth, and it’s not a friendly situation where you face each other face to face.
Without even making eye contact, he crawled across the floor and gently placed his lips on the tip of his toe, a servile appearance.
With that alone, the edge of the dream is shattered into pieces, and the shape of it is clearly visible.
Also, Lee Ha-rin, who is trembling on the floor.
I had to think of the heart stop coming because I saw the contract message window, and the fainting because I saw the power message window.
This is what happens when a child who turns over and faints simply by looking at the message window makes direct contact with the Constellation.
Even more so because this is a lucid dream.
With a fanatical brain, there is no greater happiness than to dare to kiss the Constellation first, so the dream is awakened.
It looks completely different from Han Ye-ji waking up with an orgasm right before sex.
Unlike Yeji Han, who woke up with excitement about what will happen in the future,
Because Lee Ha-rin concluded that ‘there is no happier thing in the world than this’
It is to judge that the lucid dream has achieved its purpose.
Since the purpose has been achieved, the lucid dream, which is the authority, naturally ends.
So she has to keep doing this. At least until she gets used to it.
It was absurd.
There is nothing more to see in the crumbling lucid dream, so I step out of the dream without hesitation.
The view turns smoothly and you can see the scenery of the studio.
Proof that you are getting used to the life of a dreamer. But what if you get used to it?
‘…Is it just a matter that time will solve?’
I have to purify that fanatical behavior somehow.
I thought it was a psychological problem that I couldn’t solve even the head of a high school girl with a lack of affection.
But now, to solve the mental problems of the zealots brainwashed by unintentional gaslighting?
Then it would have been given a different name than the lethargic nightmare.
Lee Ha-rin, who got up from her bed without knowing my complicated mind, held her old bracelet tightly in her hand and prayed.
She thought it was religious like a rosary or a cross, but she is a souvenir of the incarnation who saved her.
I’m a little jealous of this, but it’s a symbol of a lifesaver, so I can’t say anything.
Aside from her excessive appearance her in her dreams her, she lives a life that can be introduced as an upright life girl.
Get out of bed, make the blanket, wash lightly, and head to the playground.
People who train their stamina may be required by law to run in the morning, but people all over the world are obsessed with jogging.
Instead of eating breakfast and going to class, I go to counseling with senior citizens.
It is because of the transfer to the academy because I signed a contract with Hwashin.
“I thought your efforts would be rewarded.”
“Thank you!”
An officer who looks like a high-ranking person shakes hands with me and disappears, and the attendants below inform me of this and that.
The most impressive thing is the various benefits including 100% tuition refund.
Seeing that she became an incarnation and gave all kinds of benefits to Lee Ha-rin, who was about to leave for the academy, I thought she was amazing.
After consulting with her instructors, as she was packing her things her, people she was somewhat close to sneakily came to her and dragged her away her.
It was class time, so I went to the empty restaurant.
“I lived singing like that, and in the end my wish came true.”
“If we meet later in the war, don’t pretend you don’t know~”
Everyone of her thinks that she will go to the front line and throws her good words.
“So, who did you contract with?”
A casual question thrown at you.
As I watched from the other side of the screen, some students were disgusted by the question that I hadn’t thought much of, and secretly fell back.
“Ah, helpless nightmare-“
I want to hear the whispering, curious about why they are doing that, so I slightly zoom in on the students who have slipped behind me.
Surrounding students and sneakily fleeing students mix in a chaotic mess, but Lee Ha-rin, who has a light in her eyes, does n’t notice.
‘Hey, why do you ask him that?’
‘No, but I’ll have to let him brag once in a while.’
‘Because it’s not just once. The instructor allowed me to drink because it was a farewell party, but I’ll come to curfew after bragging about it.’
‘Is that enough?’
‘You sound like that, you take responsibility and listen to everything. I’d rather go on an errand.’
Somehow, I thought there were more people than I thought, but maybe they were aiming for the beans that would fall thanks to Lee Ha-rin?
Fortunately, however, there are a few kids who seriously listen to Lee Ha-rin’s talk of her to the point where her jaw her hurts.
“It’s a dream demon, and since the first incarnation is the same eastern continent, I think you’ll settle in the east.”
“Nightmare? So, isn’t it ambiguous about hunting monsters? The nightmare or dream series is-“
Because there are a few more Constellation Otaku.
Is it the same as military otaku, commonly known as Milduck, memorizing gun specifications, tank and helicopter product specifications?
At the center of the group, Constellation otaku, including Lee Ha-rin, are talking about all kinds of constellations.
The rest of the students were in groups of twos and threes, waiting for something.
“Well, since I’m the second incarnation, I don’t know much about authority. The first incarnation seems to have joined the Inland Counterterrorism Suppression Team… Then I might go to the Corrupted Incarnation Suppression Team instead of being a monster.”
“Hey, your mouth will hurt, but talk while drinking beer.”
A variety of food is delivered to the dormitory cafeteria.
The students did not collect the money, but the high-ranking person whom I was interviewing earlier gave me a card.
Because the instructors ordered a lot to eat and leave behind, it was a pleasant meal that included soda and beer.
‘Something, something strange…’
Chicken, pork legs that look like pig’s feet, and marinated meat are delivered in abundance.
I watch the people who eat and drink, thinking that food and alcohol are no different from our world.
To find the reason why a corner of my heart feels cold.
‘There’s something bothering me.’
I don’t feel like a dreamer.
Like a thin line drawn on a pretty picture, a subtle sense of incongruity that is hard to notice unless you pay attention.
Two years of almost fighting over a chicken leg, or a soda pop that wets your pants and curses at the courier.
Something was tickling me in the tumultuous conversation.
“Yeah, well… I’ll be able to develop my traits with a little more effort.”
“Yeah, well, I even made a contract, but I can’t get the characteristics. Do your best!”
Then, while listening to the conversation of the Constellation Otaku with interest, I realized it while drinking a can of drink.
“Right? I hope I can develop a character soon.”
Lee Ha-rin knew Han Ye-ji.
What the fuck
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Constellation otaku.
In this world, it was a major genre than I thought.
To be precise, should I say that he has the highest social status among otaku because he is not a major?
A world overflowing with respect and respect for Constellations and Incarnations, and a world with corrupted Constellations and Corrupted Incarnations.
As a result, it seems unusual to go around memorizing constellations and incarnations, but there is nothing to be looked at with contempt.
Of course, if you go around memorizing constellations and incarnations darkly without taking care of yourself like a corner otaku, you’ll see it differently.
It’s a world where only talented souls gather, so there’s even more of that.
But this is a military college.
It is a place where the elites of the East Continent gathered with the desire to go out to the forefront and stand next to Hwasin.
Who would criticize a soldier studying military science and training in such a place for memorizing constellations?
Rather, some degree of professionalism is recognized.
But that went too far.
“Another incarnation trait is one extra hit? Attributes, other than powers, look really good when you’re pushing monsters in a war.”
“But the dreamer series is not specialized in monsters. If you look only at powers, not attributes, it is correct to go inland.”
“Have you consulted with the Constellation? Or are you just someone who gives you authority?”
Lee Ha-rin excitedly answers the flood of questions.
Han Ye-ji joined the Inland Counter-Terrorism Team with special abilities rather than authority.
She receives revelations through daily access through lucid dreaming. It is highly likely that you are still watching.
An ordinary high school student graduated neatly from the academy in one year.
Being well cared for by the Constellation, having excellent talent, or using powers I don’t know about-
… How the fuck did you think of all that.
It’s obvious, but Han Ye-ji and Lee Ha-rin don’t know each other at all.
Although it is the same continent, it is literally a continent. An eastern continent with at least a billion people. The location is also not close.
In such a situation, how can a 22-year-old cadet attending a military college know Hwashin, a 20-year-old former part-timer at a convenience store, so well?
After the patrol, Han Ye-ji, who was resting, turned her screen to send her message to her.
[Constellation, lethargic nightmare asks the first constellation if they do social media]
“Yes? I don’t bother managing things like that… Shall I make them right now?”
[Constellation, lethargic nightmare worries about the privacy of the first incarnation]
“What are you doing? As for the Constellation’s information, only the information I consulted with will be in the database of government agencies, and there is no way that my personal information as an incarnation will be leaked anywhere…”
After her patrol, she is resting and shows a site on her office computer her.
In a national public data center, inside a public service data center, Internet documents densely filled with constellation catalog entries.
In the corner of the list of public data portals, which ordinary people do not seem to enter, there is an application form for provision of constellation data.
…So, is Lee Ha-rin reading constellation and incarnation data from the National Data Center as a hobby?
It felt really suffocating.
