Chapter 276 – Double Date, Breast Milk Vs. Anus (1)
“Huuuh… This is nice.”
Royal Hans Hotel.
After a late-night walk and a midnight snack, Ju Harin came out of the shower with a smile.
Refreshing.
It wasn’t just the refreshing feeling of washing her body with warm water.
Her mind itself felt refreshed.
Well, of course… she could still vividly recall her sister’s voice, who had suddenly come to her room a few hours ago and nagged her nervously.
‘Still.’
The stuffy, heavy feeling that had been weighing on her heart after fighting with her sister, like indigestion.
Those unpleasant feelings had disappeared as if washed away by water.
“Amazing…”
Harin dried her hair while looking at her face in the mirror.
Her expression was bright.
It was incomparable to the gloomy face she had before leaving her room.
It was just a simple conversation with her childhood friend, but her heart felt lighter. It seemed that talking with Jinhyun and Eunju was still as comfortable as it always had been.
‘But why is that?’
It was strangely mysterious.
Ju Harin tilted her head.
Was it because Jinhyun was an old friend?
Or… hmm. Was it because he was handsome?
Come to think of it, he smelled nice when he was next to me…
Thud-
“Ugh, am I crazy?”
Harin lightly bumped her head against the wall, suddenly recalling his appearance from today.
Even if he was her first love, it had been over ten years ago…!
But even so, today felt a bit fateful. How did Jinhyun appear on the bench at that exact moment?
It was almost as if God had set the table to comfort her heart.
Anyway, after drying her hair and putting on comfortable clothes for home, Harin sat at her desk and turned on her computer.
She immediately went to the novel site and grabbed the keyboard. Maybe because her heart felt lighter, she had a strong urge to write something.
“Alright. Let’s write everything I couldn’t write yesterday at once…!”
Ju Harin smiled faintly and started typing.
Unlike yesterday, the words flowed very well.
Would it have gone this well if she had just sat on the bench alone?
‘Probably not.’
Ju Harin chuckled and focused on her manuscript again.
“Huu…”
After concentrating for about three hours, she had almost two chapters worth of writing.
When she couldn’t write well, sometimes she couldn’t even produce one chapter after agonizing for ten hours. Today was a jackpot.
“Okay, now let’s schedule the upload…!”
Click, click-
“Done!”
Ju Harin’s face brightened.
It was late at night, but she felt like she had spent a fulfilling day.
Ju Harin read the last uploaded post one more time, then turned off the computer, got up from her seat, and lay down on the bed in a comfortable position.
She was sleepy enough to fall asleep right away, but she checked her phone one last time.
[Jinhyun: Did you get in okay?]
“Ah.”
A message from Jinhyun had arrived about three hours ago.
Ju Harin chuckled.
“He walked me to the door himself.”
Of course, she got in okay. She wondered what to reply, but then realized it was past 4 AM.
It would be a bit rude to wake him up.
“Well… I can do it later, right?”
She would be texting him every day anyway, and there would be many more chances to meet.
“Puhuh…”
She closed her phone, smiled, and pulled the blanket over herself.
When she had fought with her sister, she couldn’t have imagined falling asleep with a smile like this.
Ju Harin closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
Her clock began to turn backward.
* * *
“The weather is nice~.”
December 15th.
I took a deep breath of the cool air outside.
Today was finally the day I was going to go on a food tour with Delia.
Time really flies.
It had been five days since Dajeong’s award ceremony and my chance encounter with Harin on the hotel’s walking path.
Still, it wasn’t all for nothing, as the number of texts and the level of intimacy I shared with Harin had definitely increased since our conversation on the walking path.
Eunju also seemed to be in a great mood after shopping with Delia.
In fact, their favorability was quite high. They weren’t registered as heroines yet, but I could still see their favorability even before registration.
[Name: Ju Harin]
[Age, Gender: 22, Female]
[Disposition: Neutral, Desire, Hard Worker, Artist]
[Occupation: None]
[Favorability: 54] [Trust: 62] [Affinity: 68]
Harin’s favorability was 54, and her trust was 62.
I hadn’t done much, but it was going up on its own.
Honestly, I didn’t expect it to be this high.
A favorability of 50 was definitely not a normal level of friendship. Why did it go up so much?
“Hmm…”
Was the conversation we had while walking at the hotel that big of a deal?
If not, the only thing I could think of was my recently increased appearance stat.
So, is it true that a man’s looks are everything?
Does the appearance stat really control everything?
[Name: Jeong Eunju]
[Age, Gender: 22, Female]
[Disposition: Benevolent, Artist, Hard Worker]
[Occupation: Mytube Creator]
[Favorability: 45] [Trust: 52] [Affinity: 76]
Eunju had a favorability of 45 and a trust of 52.
My heroines’ favorability was all fixed at 100, but Eunju was also quite high.
Even Yewha had a single-digit favorability before I started targeting her.
For now, both Harin and Eunju. I think I’ve built up enough favorability to meet and hang out with each other without any hesitation.
So now, all that’s left is to raise their ranks, register them as heroines, and then raise the rest of their favorability according to the targeting style…!
‘Well, that.’
It wouldn’t be that difficult.
I was confident that I could handle any targeting style that came my way now.
‘Actually, I feel like I could fill their favorability to 100 right now by using Dream World or my skills to just go straight for the ‘jabakkom’ like I did with Naeun Ma-mang…’
But if I did that, I wouldn’t be able to give them the most important heroine traits.
To open the heroine trait shop, you first had to register them as heroines, then decide on a targeting style and get good targeting scores accordingly.
If you ignored the targeting style or reached 100 favorability before registering, it was all for nothing.
Especially the ‘Iron Wall’ trait for preventing NTR and the ‘Peaceful Harem Affinity’ and ‘Peaceful Joint Service’ traits, which were essential for a harem, were a must-buy.
The minimum targeting rank to open the heroine trait shop was B.
I’ve never gotten a C grade or lower, so it shouldn’t be too difficult, right?
I nodded, reviewing my plans in my head.
Good.
Perfect!
So…
With such bright plans for the future and such nice weather today…
“…Why aren’t they in the car yet?”
I put my phone in my pocket and looked out of the car while sitting in the driver’s seat.
The parking lot of the house.
I had opened the garage and was ready to leave for the food tour, but the most important people who were supposed to leave weren’t in the car yet.
Yewha and Delia.
With their long black and blonde hair swaying, they were just standing there, looking at each other, not even glancing at the car.
When I asked, they both said to me at the same time, as if complaining.
“No, it’s just that Delia keeps saying she wants to sit in the passenger seat-.”
“Yewha Unnie said she wants to sit in the passenger seat-.”
Zing-
They glared at each other again like lightning after speaking.
They were usually so close, so why were they acting like this?
Well, it wasn’t like they were on bad terms now, it just seemed like a minor squabble…
Honestly, the reason was a bit… huh?
Whether it’s the front or the back, it’s all the same.
Delia spoke first.
“Unnie.”
“Yes?”
“Originally, it was supposed to be just me and Jinhyun going on the food tour today.”
“Hmm. Right?”
“But, you suddenly joined us.”
“That’s right.”
Yewha nodded. Delia spoke softly.
“In that case, you should give up your seat.”
Delia looked at Yewha with an obvious expression. Her logic seemed to have no problem at first glance. But Yewha shook her head.
“No.”
“?”
“You get to monopolize Jinhyun for three nights and four days, but I’m only going to be here for two days.”
“Uh… yes.”
“So, you, who has more time with him, should sit in the back now.”
“……Huh?”
Yewha continued.
“Besides, all the places we’re going today and tomorrow are really hard to get reservations for.”
“……”
“You’re eating all of this thanks to me, so I think you can give up your seat this once, don’t you think?”
“That’s…”
Yewha spoke with a smile as if she had nothing to lose to Delia, and Delia bit her lip slightly at her logic.
Seeing Delia’s expression, Yewha, who now had a victorious look, chuckled and sat in the passenger seat next to the driver’s seat.
Oh my god.
“So, I’m sitting in the front?”
“……Yes.”
Delia sat in the back with a miserable expression.
After witnessing the series of arguments, I looked at Yewha with a slightly dumbfounded expression.
“…No, it’s only an hour to the airport, is the passenger seat that important?”
“Of course!”
Yewha nodded as if it was obvious.
“Jinhyun is an idiot…”
Delia pouted and looked out the window with a huff.
‘This is dizzying…’
I hadn’t even started the car yet, but for some reason, this food tour felt like it was going to be a bit tiring.
