## Chapter 12 – 12. Lottery
#12. Lottery
The old, worn-out linoleum floor, the yellowed wallpaper, and the view from the rooftop room, showing the nightscape of Seoul’s skyscrapers between the old villas in the distance.
It’s a familiar sight.
It was my home, costing only 100 in deposit and 20 in monthly rent.
“I really came back.”
Just a moment ago, I was in that uselessly large and terribly dark common area, but in an instant, I returned to my home…
In the blink of an eye? No, I didn’t even blink.
I was just suddenly in my house.
As if it were the most natural thing.
*Ding-*
“…What kind of app is this, really?”
With the familiar notification sound, I took out my phone.
[☆Congratulations on your first match, Kang Hyun-woo!☆]
[Affection Change]
[Iris Remeria Vaihart Felladia 1♡ → 85♡]
[Relationship Level Change]
[Iris Remeria Vaihart Felladia Lv.0 → Lv.1]
[300 Love Coins have been awarded as a reward]
[Additional reward for the first match has been awarded]
[Congratulations on becoming a formal customer]
[The Shop function has been unlocked]
[The Mailbox function has been unlocked]
Sure enough, the phone screen was filled with so much stuff that it was overwhelming.
“What is all this?”
It was quite chaotic, but after reading through each one slowly, it wasn’t anything I couldn’t understand.
Iris’s affection and relationship level were put aside for now. The warmth of Iris still lingering on my hand made me uncomfortable treating it the same as in a simple dating sim.
“…Can’t I go back to Iris?”
Fortunately, the matching record remained, so I could view Iris’s profile.
[Name: Iris Remeria Vaihart Felladia
Age: 524 years old
Race: High Elf
Affiliation: EB-17
Occupation: Archmage
Disposition: Benevolent Ruler, Non-killing, Devotion, Vegetarian······]
[Time remaining until rematch: 167:58:45]
“A week left.”
I didn’t expect to be able to rematch right away, but even so, isn’t a week too long?
[Tip. You can use special items to reduce the rematch time]
The timely tip was useful, but it didn’t tell me what kind of item it was.
“Is it in the shop?”
The shop, which was locked before meeting Iris, was now open.
[The Shop’s products change each time, so if you see something you need, we recommend not missing it]
“A random shop?”
The variety of products wasn’t that great. About 10 kinds?
“Iron Sword 200 coins, Basic Alchemy Package 500 coins, Basic Swordsmanship Book 550 coins, Lowest-grade Health Potion 600 coins, Lowest-grade Mana Potion 600 coins, Top Actress Random Blowjob Ticket 800 coins…? What is this??”
My head is spinning.
I can accept everything else, but what is a Top Actress Random Blowjob Ticket?
I don’t have 800 coins anyway, so I can’t buy it, but I wanted to hear the explanation, so I clicked on it.
[Top Actress Random Blowjob Ticket]
[Grade: Common]
[We offer you the opportunity to suck the pussy of an actress who has exceeded a certain standard when comprehensively judging the box office success of her works, the level of her appearance fee, her awards history, and her popularity]
“…Huh.”
Are these guys really crazy?
This blowjob ticket, which costs 800 coins, has a huge flaw.
First of all, you can’t fix the age range.
Among famous actresses, there are those in their 20s and 30s, but there are also many over 40.
“Ugh…!”
Damn it, I just imagined it and it made me feel dirty.
“I’m never buying it.”
I pushed it aside and looked at the remaining products.
Most of the products were as their names suggested, so there wasn’t anything particularly interesting, but there were exactly two.
There were two things that caught my eye.
“An AR (Augmented Reality) Ticket and a Random Box.”
The explanation for the AR Ticket alone aroused the desire to buy it.
With this, I wouldn’t have to go through the hassle of taking out my phone every time I used the dating app.
It was a product that added convenience like a status window in a novel, and it only cost 500 coins.
Of course, my entire fortune is only 300 coins, but…
“Damn capitalism…”
It felt like tears of blood were flowing, but there was nothing I could do about it right now.
Forcibly turning my head, a random box decorating a corner of the shop caught my eye.
The price per box was only 50 coins, but you don’t know what will come out. There is no probability notation.
“…It’s not going to be something like toilet paper, is it?”
The price was definitely cheap.
Even a dirt-poor beggar like me with 300 coins could buy it 6 times. But my gut feeling was telling me that buying that was crazy.
It was as if the sight of 300 coins evaporating into thin air was unfolding before my eyes.
“First, let’s check what I received as rewards when I was in that world.”
I only needed 200 more coins to buy the AR Ticket.
Hoping that the reward would be coins, I opened the mailbox.
[Mailbox]
Starter Package x1
Golden Random Box x1
“Oh.”
I don’t see coins, but something that looks much better than that came up.
A package and a random box with the modifier ‘Golden’.
“This service is good.”
But you separated me from Iris, so it’s 1 star.
Anyway, without further delay, I decided to open the Starter Package first.
I pressed the receive button on the Starter Package.
*Ding-*
[Would you like to open the Starter Package?]
[※Caution, once opened, the package cannot be returned]
“Unnecessarily scaring me.”
It’s a phrase that game companies use so often that I didn’t feel anything.
Without much hesitation, I immediately pressed the open button.
*Flash!*
With an effect of white light bursting out, the package box opened.
It really feels like I bought a package in a game.
[Starter Package]
[Beginner Equipment Set x1]
[Skill Random Acquisition Ticket x1]
[Inventory 10 slots]
[500 coins]
“Yeah, this is it!”
It was a list that made me exclaim as soon as I saw it. I was thinking of bowing in all directions if you gave me just 200 coins, but you gave me 500 coins.
On top of that, an equipment set and a skill acquisition ticket that made my heart flutter just by their names, and an inventory that is the highlight of the status window!
This is the first time in my 21 years of life that I’ve seen a starter package with such solid content.
“First, let’s buy the AR Ticket.”
I don’t know the time when the products in the store change yet.
If I miss the AR Ticket while trying to get equipment or skills, all I can do is sit on the floor and cry.
[Would you like to purchase the AR Ticket?]
[500 coins]
[Y/N]
Without hesitation, I immediately pressed the yes button.
[AR Ticket has been confirmed]
[The Otherworld Dating App is updating]
[You will not be able to use the app while the update is in progress]
[Estimated update time: 00:00:10]
[Updating…]
[Update complete]
At the same time as the last phrase appeared, the phone screen turned off. Immediately after that, a familiar screen appeared in front of my eyes.
“…This is amazing.”
─────
[Otherworld Dating App]
[Matching]
[Shop]
[Profile]
[Mailbox]
─────
It was amazing that the status window I saw in web novels appeared in front of my eyes, but I didn’t even need to touch it.
Of course, it’s not that touch doesn’t work, but a method of moving the UI as I imagine has been added.
It was too generous to be just a 500-coin feature.
“Foresight is amazing.”
In particular, the biggest merit was that I could cope with unforeseen accidents where I couldn’t use my phone or might lose it.
I just bought one thing, but my heart was as warm as eating a bowl of rice soup on a cold winter day.
That’s why it’s good to give everything away like the generosity of the market.
To be honest, it would have been nice if the package only contained coins, but I wouldn’t have felt as good as I do now.
Speaking of which, I decided to open the Beginner Equipment Set and Skill Random Acquisition Ticket from our generous package this time.
[Would you like to use the Beginner Equipment Set?]
[Y/N]
[Y]
[Please select your desired job before using the Beginner Equipment Set]
Job?
[Warrior]
[Archer]
[Magician]
[Assassin]
[Blacksmith]
[Priest]
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“So kind.”
I was planning to take the magician route.
The buffs the app is giving me now, and the fact that the 8-circle archmage is my teacher, I’d be crazy to do anything else.
As such, as soon as I saw the Beginner Equipment Set and Skill Random Acquisition Ticket, I hoped that something related to magicians would come out.
‘If an axe came out of the equipment set, it would have gone straight to the potato market.’
Weapons or artifacts related to magicians were not something that a guy like me with no connections could easily obtain. Even if you have money, you have to go through several complicated procedures to get them.
[You have selected Magician]
[Magician’s basic equipment is stored in the inventory]
With expectations full, I opened the inventory.
[Inventory]
[Assistant Monocle]
[Magic Ring]
[Wood Wand]
There were a total of three pieces of equipment in the inventory.
[Assistant Monocle]
[Grade: Rare]
[Visualizes the flow of magic]
[Magic Ring]
[Grade: Rare]
[Slightly increases the power of magic]
[Wood Wand]
[Grade: Rare]
[Slightly shortens casting time and slightly increases the power of magic]
I’m a person whose emotions are so dry that I don’t have tears.
“I’m really about to cry.”
I can only say it’s crazy.
Each and every one of them was an absurd piece of equipment. Beginner equipment set? The words are beginner equipment, but if you go to a department store to buy them, each one would easily cost thousands. Moreover, it’s not something you can buy as you please just because you have money.
However, I don’t know exactly what it means to visualize the flow of magic.
“Hmm… I don’t know what’s different even if I use it directly.”
On the surface, it was just a monocle with a neat design.
Still, judging from the fact that it’s a rare grade like other equipment, it must be useful somewhere.
Accurate performance testing can be done later, so I’ll open the Skill Random Acquisition Ticket first.
[Would you like to use the Skill Random Acquisition Ticket?]
[Y/N]
[Y]
[The first matching has been completed]
[The grade of the Skill Random Acquisition Ticket increases]
…What?
[It has been confirmed that you have chosen the Magician job from the Beginner Equipment Set]
[The range is narrowed to magician-only skills]
[In progress……]
I was momentarily stunned by the sudden honey-jam hidden camera situation.
[Identify Weakness]
[Grade: Epic]
[Allows you to identify weaknesses]
I screamed so loudly that the house was about to fall down at the screen that appeared in front of me.
Until the person downstairs banged on the front door saying it was too loud.
