Chapter 1328 – 1328. Ghost Romance
[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 83
Strength: 105 Stamina: 100 Agility: 100 Intelligence: 100 Vitality: 110 Mana: 103]
[Available Points: 9,531]
Back in reality, I reflexively checked my points.
9,531 points.
Not bad.
But strangely, it didn’t feel like a lot.
‘It would have been nice to have around 20,000 points.’
My standards must have gone up. And the reason I need points is because of the Thunder Sky Style trait.
[Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Lv.3
You can use the Thunder Sky Style.]
I wanted to level up the Thunder Sky Style trait, but it required a whopping 50,000 points to reach level 4. I didn’t even have 10,000 points.
[Thunder (雷電) Lv.10
You can control thunder as you wish. Mana and vitality are consumed when controlling thunder.]
‘It also takes 10,000 points to level up Thunder… Tsk. I’m 500 points short.’
It’s not worth going back to the Baekhwan world just to earn [500] points.
‘Should I try a random draw? Maybe an item to repair the Hwaryeon Flying Blades will come out.’
I immediately shook my head. I knew that even if I invested all 9,531 points in a random draw, the chances of getting what I wanted were close to zero.
After much deliberation, I decided to invest the points in my stats. Honestly, I didn’t feel like my physical abilities were lacking at all… but the better your physique, the better.
‘First, let’s raise my mana. The more mana I have, the more powerful attacks I can use.’
And raising the mana stat doesn’t just increase the amount of mana. It also increases control over mana. In short, all abilities related to mana are enhanced.
I think mana is the most efficient stat after vitality. The least efficient is obviously intelligence.
‘It costs 400 points to raise a stat by 1. I don’t even want to imagine how many points it will require later…’
[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 83
Strength: 110 Stamina: 106 Agility: 105 Intelligence: 100 Vitality: 110 Mana: 110]
[Available Points: 331]
I raised my stats. I was going to do a random draw with the remaining 331 points, but I stopped. The crack in the blade of the Hwaryeon Flying Blades kept bothering me. Something felt off today.
‘Hmm. Should I go see Ha-rin?’
I fiddled with my smartphone. Come to think of it, it was about time to do a quest.
‘Let’s take it easy this time. A simple quest…’
I checked one of the quests and my eyes widened.
[Ghost Romance
You are a student on the path of learning. And a professional exorcist. Solve all the incidents that happen to you and enjoy your youth.
You can choose the difficulty of the quest. Each difficulty has different penalties.
Quest Success Condition: Happy Ending.
Super Coward Difficulty Quest Success Reward: 3,000 Points
Coward Difficulty Quest Success Reward: 7,000 Points
Man Difficulty Quest Success Reward: 10,000 Points
Super Man Difficulty Quest Success Reward: 10,000 Points, Ring of Desire.]
What caught my eye was the Ring of Desire.
[Ring of Desire
You can store one of your traits or skills in the Ring of Desire.
The wearer of the Ring of Desire can use the ability stored in the Ring of Desire.
Price: 300,000 Points
※Caution
Only one ability can be stored.
The ability stored in the Ring of Desire may have reduced effectiveness.]
I could store my traits and skills in the ring. In other words, I could store Complete Recovery or Thunder Sky Style in the ring. And the wearer could use the skill.
‘Yuria could use Complete Recovery, or Elena could have Absolute Mentality.’
I could also use it myself instead of giving it to others.
For example, if I stored Complete Recovery in the Ring of Desire, I would have an extra life.
‘I have to do this quest!’
Ghost Romance.
I immediately recognized what it was.
It was a game that had briefly become popular on the internet recently. A dating sim game that started with individual streamers.
Dating sim.
That is, a bishoujo dating simulation.
For a boob expert, no, a boobmelier like me, it’s a piece of cake.
‘…I did see a lot of bad endings, but that’s because it was a game. If the game becomes reality? It’s a cakewalk. It won’t take me a week to conquer it. I know the strategies for all three main heroines.’
I grinned.
The Ring of Desire was as good as mine.
[You have selected the Super Man Difficulty Quest.]
[Multiple penalties exist.]
[Penalty 1. Super Man Difficulty.]
[Some of the settings and content of Ghost Romance will be modified.]
[Penalty 2. Ordinary Person.]
[All stats are adjusted to the level of an ordinary person. You cannot use mana. You cannot use skills or traits.]
[Penalty 3. No Inventory.]
[You cannot use the inventory.]
[You can spend points to mitigate penalties.]
[The penalties are too severe. An advantage is given.]
[You can use Rule Breaker once a day.]
[The heroines’ favorability starts at 50.]
‘The penalties are a bit harsh?’
All my traits and skills are sealed, and my physical abilities are reduced to the level of an ordinary person. The fact that it doesn’t mess with my memories is a small mercy.
‘What’s Rule Breaker? It doesn’t seem like a skill or trait…’
I don’t know about this. I’ll have to go into the [Ghost Romance] world and see for myself.
‘The heroines’ favorability starts at 50… That’s good. It’s too good.’
One of the heroines is a childhood friend. That heroine starts with a favorability of 30.
For reference, in Ghost Romance, you can see an ending when a heroine’s favorability reaches 80. You can see the true ending when you reach 100 favorability.
And if you raise the favorability of all three heroines to 90 at the same time, you can see the harem ending.
‘Heh heh. This is so easy. Isn’t this Super Coward difficulty instead of Super Man difficulty?’
I was about to start the quest, but I paused.
‘It’s a game I’ve already played, but… let’s do some research first.’
I turned on the computer. When I was determined to search, the computer was more convenient than a smartphone.
‘There were strategies like this… Oh? There was this too? I didn’t know.’
Since the game had been out for a few months, hidden things and speedrun strategies had been discovered. Dating sims and speedruns. It was an unlikely combination, but considering the nature of Koreans, it wasn’t entirely strange.
‘Okay. I’ve finished studying the strategies. I’ll finish this quickly and get the Ring of Desire.’
For the record, the strategies were just for reference.
I will actively use my third leg to conquer them. I trust my third leg more than the strategies floating around on the internet.
‘I’ll make them all slaves to my dick!’
[The game begins.]
***
I opened my eyes wide and sat up. My body was drenched in cold sweat. I felt uneasy. My neck was stiff, and it didn’t move well.
『✝You woke up from a severe sleep paralysis.』
“……What is this?”
A notification window appeared in front of my eyes. I blinked at the unexpected notification window.
‘This is the notification window from the original game. The cross symbol in front of the text… It’s definitely it.’
I got out of bed and looked around the house. A modern Korean-style house. It was the protagonist’s house in the original game. For reference, the protagonist is the son of an exorcist family and lives alone. His parents exist, but they are on a business trip overseas for exorcism activities.
『✝You must go to school by 9:30 AM.』
I took my smartphone out of my pocket. It was 8 AM. It meant it was time to get ready and go to school. I took a shower and took out my school uniform from the closet. There was a student ID in my wallet.
Sung Yu-jin. Class 4, Grade H, Number 17.
‘What’s Grade H?’
There was an ID card. With this, I could buy alcohol and women. I put the wallet in my pocket.
As I was passing the dining table, my body suddenly stopped.
『1. Eat the bread.』
『2. Don’t eat it.』
A notification window appeared. I belatedly looked at the dining table.
There was a piece of bread on the table. A piece of bread that looked like it would be tasteless because it was cold.
‘Choices? Choices are appearing? Like in a game?’
Even though my body wouldn’t move, my eyes could still move.
I could see the clock on the wall. The clock was stopped. The second hand wasn’t moving at all. I realized that my body wasn’t stopped, but time was.
‘Do I have to choose a choice to move?’
『✝You can use Rule Breaker.』
Another notification window appeared.
I knew what the effect of Rule Breaker was. Rule Breaker allowed me to ignore the choices. And only once a day.
‘…A choice like this appears from the start, but once a day is too little.’
It would be better to save Rule Breaker. More difficult choices might appear later.
‘I wouldn’t eat such a tasteless piece of bread, but… the fact that a choice appeared means it’s a special piece of bread, right?’
『1. Eat the bread ✓』
Out of curiosity, I chose 1.
The stopped time started flowing again. And my body moved on its own, grabbed the bread, and put it in my mouth.
‘My body moves according to the choice I make. It doesn’t feel good.’
『✝You have eaten the bread on the table.』
『✝Oops! It was bread with sleeping pills!』
『✝You have fallen asleep.』
I fell asleep and collapsed.
***
I opened my eyes.
My head hurt a little, probably because I was forced to fall asleep.
“Senior, are you awake?”
A woman’s voice was heard. I looked straight ahead with dazed eyes. I saw a woman standing there. A woman with pink bobbed hair wearing a school uniform. She was quite beautiful. Her breasts were also large. I knew her. Ji Da-hye. One of the heroines of [Ghost Romance].
“Ji Da-hye…”
“Yes, Senior. I’m your Da-hye.”
I tried to get up, but I realized that my body wasn’t moving on its own. My hands and feet were bound by chains. The chains were attached to the wall. Judging by the length of the chains, I could only move about 1 meter at most.
“…What is this?”
“Senior. It’s all for you. I’ll take care of you for the rest of your life. Haa, haa… Haa…”
Ji Da-hye’s face was flushed. Her eyes were unfocused, and saliva was dripping from her open mouth.
『✝Ji Da-hye’s favorability increases. Ji Da-hye’s favorability: 55』
『✝Ji Da-hye’s favorability increases. Ji Da-hye’s favorability: 67』
『✝Ji Da-hye’s favorability increases. Ji Da-hye’s favorability: 72』
『✝Ji Da-hye’s favorability increases. Ji Da-hye’s favorability: 75』
『✝Ji Da-hye’s favorability increases…』
Something whitish could be seen behind Ji Da-hye’s back.
‘…A spirit bound to a place.’
All three heroines in [Ghost Romance] are possessed by ghosts. And the plot of [Ghost Romance] is about the exorcist protagonist saving the heroines. Ji Da-hye was possessed by a spirit bound to a place.
But something was wrong. Very wrong.
‘Damn it. A heroine kidnaps and imprisons the protagonist? What kind of bullshit is this…’
I felt a tingling sensation in the back of my head as I was thinking about a sweet dating sim.
Ji Da-hye, who was now in her underwear, approached me. Putting aside my throbbing dick, I tried to think of a way to escape.
There was none.
With my current physical abilities, there was no way to escape. I couldn’t use my traits or skills either.
“Heh, hehehe, Yu-jin Senior… We can be together forever.”
『✝Ji Da-hye’s favorability increases. Ji Da-hye’s favorability: 117』
‘For now, I have no choice but to have sex with Ji Da-hye and look for a chance to escape…’
The moment Ji Da-hye’s hand touched my body, the world suddenly went dark.
『✝You realized that you would be captured and imprisoned by Ji Da-hye forever.』
『✝Your vision went dark.』
『Starting over from the beginning.』
