Chapter 21
“I, I used the warning deletion right for you. Every time you mess around with me, you get one warning, but when you do good things, one gets removed.”
“Did I do something good?”
Of course he hadn’t. While Wonyoung was wondering what to answer, choices appeared as if to help him.
[Your face is kind.]
[Your body is kind.]
The problem was that the content was not helpful at all. Wonyoung gritted his teeth and held his head.
Face or body. Either compliment would make him look like a pervert.
Still, praising the face would be slightly better than revealing the body. After thinking it over, just as Wonyoung reached for the choice with that thought, his hand slipped for a moment and the bottom choice was selected. Wonyoung’s luck had become terribly rotten.
‘Damn it!’
“Your body is kind.”
Siyeon’s eyes widened at the problematic statement that came out on its own. Seeing that reaction made it feel more certain what kind of nonsense he had just said, and Wonyoung felt like he wanted to disappear into the ground if he could.
At this rate, wouldn’t his favorability rating and everything else just be ruined?
After a brief silence that made Wonyoung gloomy, unexpectedly Siyeon burst into refreshing laughter.
“Hahaha, hyung. What are you really?”
“Huh?”
“I can’t tell if you’re innocent or not. I think I know, but then I don’t.”
“Yeah, me too…”
I don’t understand Narae either…
But seeing Siyeon laugh, it seemed like he had somehow gotten through it, so Wonyoung felt relieved.
“Well, I can tell that hyung really likes my body. You even delete warnings for me every time I do good things with this body. I should say thank you, right?”
However, it wasn’t over until it was over. At Siyeon’s subtly suggestive remarks, Wonyoung held his head.
“You really… don’t do that.”
“Why? After hyung said it himself? I’ll continue to behave well with my body from now on. Please look at me favorably, Rae hyung.”
When Siyeon leaned his body forward, Wonyoung couldn’t stand the embarrassment. Are all young people these days like this?! Conservative king Heo Wonyoung prepared for one warning and pushed Siyeon’s shoulder hard.
“That’s not what I meant! Do you enjoy teasing hyung that much?!”
“Yes! You’ll overlook it because I’m pretty, right?”
Siyeon asked this while smiling with his eyes crinkling. Whether it was his imagination, it seemed like flower petals were scattering behind him.
“…”
Wonyoung decided not to speak, worried that more warnings might accumulate. Already 2 warnings had piled up again. That was the reason, not that he had fallen for that face at all.
Eventually, Wonyoung noticed the neighboring woman he had forgotten about and urged Siyeon again.
“Anyway, go now. You’re going to be late. I’m serious.”
“Yes yes, I’m seriously going. I’ll contact you later.”
“Okay.”
This time Siyeon also obediently turned around.
Having finally sent Siyeon away, Wonyoung quickly turned around and tried to close the door and go inside. Then he briefly made eye contact with the neighboring woman who seemed to be about to enter her house.
Detecting anxiety in her somehow intense gaze, Wonyoung hurriedly closed the door and went inside.
“Phew, now it’s all finally over.”
Wonyoung expected the rest to pass quietly, but this prediction was also wrong.
Bang bang!
As soon as he closed the door, someone else came looking for him again.
‘What is it this time?’
When the startled Wonyoung hesitantly opened the door at the tremendous force of the knocking, an unexpected person was standing there.
“Rae.”
It was Baek Heegang.
He had his unchanging elegant posture and fantastic face, but perhaps having come in a hurry, today his usually neat appearance was somewhat disheveled. Seeing a familiar face, Wonyoung spoke with some relief.
“Heegang, what brings you here?”
At the casual question, unexpectedly Heegang said something incomprehensible in a serious tone.
“Rae, I told you.”
“Huh?”
Just then, the neighboring woman who seemed to be going out opened her front door, saw the two people, and hesitated. This damn semi-basement house had a corridor that was far too narrow, so it would be difficult for the woman to pass unless Heegang moved aside.
Wonyoung wondered if today was some kind of day to show a live game broadcast to the neighbor next door.
“Heegang, come inside first and talk. People might recognize you, and that person needs to pass by too…”
As Wonyoung grabbed Heegang’s arm to pull him in, he was momentarily stunned by what came out of Heegang’s mouth.
“Why did you let that bastard into your house again?”
“Huh?”
At the appearance of a word completely unsuitable for those elegant lips, Wonyoung experienced cognitive dissonance. What did he just say?
“In that brief moment I looked away, when exactly. I was peacefully doing my schedule, not knowing anything…”
“What, what? Nothing happened to me. And I don’t know what it is, but first come inside and talk…”
As Wonyoung tried to drag Heegang into the house, Heegang gripped Wonyoung’s arm firmly.
“You haven’t changed. Unchangingly kind to everyone. You can’t do that anymore.”
“Uh… huh?”
“I won’t let you.”
What kind of nonsense is this? It seemed that Baek Heegang, whom he thought was the only normal one, was also not normal. Wonyoung was frustrated.
However, Heegang, who took Wonyoung’s frustrated expression as rejection, smiled brightly and asked.
“Why? Don’t you like it? Then I could take care of that bastard myself. Should I do that, Rae?”
Take care of him. Wonyoung was momentarily speechless.
To be honest, Wonyoung didn’t even know who “that bastard” was, and he thought all game characters were just data anyway. However, he couldn’t answer to do that here. He had an intuition that Baek Heegang would really do it.
Looking at his eyes, no one would be able to dismiss what he had just said as a lie or joke.
After thinking, Wonyoung carefully appeased Heegang.
“Let’s, let’s not do that, Heegang.”
“Yes, you thought well. Now don’t meet that bastard.”
Who are you talking about, exactly? Wonyoung wanted to ask this but held back. However, perhaps he couldn’t hide his displeased expression, because seeing him, Heegang changed his face completely as if nothing had happened and apologized.
“I’m sorry, Rae. I forced my opinion too much.”
Unable to decide whether to be relieved that Heegang had returned to his original self or anxious about this rapidly changing personality, Wonyoung responded for now.
“Uh… a little.”
Then Heegang took Wonyoung’s hand and spoke persuasively.
“I was worried about you. They’re bad quality people. The reason you’re in this situation is all because you got involved with such people.”
‘This situation? Are you talking about this poor bankrupt house?’
“Right, right.”
When Wonyoung gave a half-hearted agreement, Heegang sighed.
“I heard later too. That your father was scammed. After that, your parents died in an accident…”
“Ah…”
I’m just hearing about this now too. Wonyoung responded like that internally.
Indeed, it seemed Narae had become poor because his family was scammed. Wait a minute.
‘Come to think of it, among today’s mission rewards was half debt forgiveness. I was already concerned about that.’
Since the debt topic came up directly, maybe something was added to the status window. Like remaining debt balance. Wonyoung managed to seat Heegang inside the house and escaped to the bathroom to open the status window.
‘Hmm, there’s nothing in particular… wait. What’s this sparkling button?’
When Wonyoung discovered something and pressed it, the same daily mission content he had seen earlier appeared.
[※Daily Mission※]
Objective: Get called ‘cute’ by an attack character before midnight today. (However, other endings with the same meaning are accepted. Cases not of one’s own will but due to others’ will are not accepted.)
Reward: Choose from 1. Half debt forgiveness, 2. Choice refresh right (1 time).
‘What? Didn’t I complete this already? No, wait. The rewards…?’
When he first saw it, he definitely had to choose from three options. But now two remained. And the mission objective…
Combining the facts he had learned, Wonyoung reached one conclusion.
‘It’s a repeatable mission. I can do it up to 3 times total.’
The mission said attack character, not one of them or someone specific. In the end, it’s either getting it from all three, or three times from one person, or split between two.
In that case.
‘I have to do it.’
The choice refresh right was one thing, but half debt forgiveness was also quite important. He didn’t know how much the debt was, but if it was called debt, it wouldn’t be a small amount.
Having decided this, Wonyoung spoke in a small voice so it couldn’t be heard outside.
“System-ssi, I know you’re listening to everything. If you make the game this troublesome, players will die from overwork due to stress. Fix it. Do you understand?”
And he immediately got a warning for making statements that didn’t fit his character.
‘Damn bastard.’
Anyway, a new crisis had come to Wonyoung. How would he get called cute this time?
Baek Heegang was the person who held the greatest favor toward Narae, but the problem was his own barrier. The barrier of a 30-year-old adult man having to act cute toward another adult man, regardless of age!
Wonyoung licked his dry lips and came out of the bathroom with anxious feelings. Heegang, who had been sitting properly the whole time, saw Wonyoung and smiled beautifully like a new bride.
‘…’
Throwing away the feeling that he might be able to overcome the barrier, Wonyoung shuffled over to Heegang and slyly sat nearby.
“So, why did you suddenly come? Aren’t you busy?”
“Where is there busy when it comes to seeing you?”
“Of course there is, being a popular actor.”
From his investigation after their first meeting, Baek Heegang was more famous than Wonyoung had thought. He seemed to attend international film festivals and such, but since it was a game world setting, it was natural that Wonyoung didn’t know. However, to put it nicely he was introverted, and to put it badly his walls were so great that he had quite a few antis.
‘Should I be grateful that he’s like an automatic door, no, just an open door to me?’
Looking at the wall-like man who smiled brightly whenever their eyes met, Wonyoung felt slightly complex. If he did well, he might call him cute…
‘I’m worried the situation might progress further from there… He even confessed last time, so if I act cute, he might think it’s acceptance. I refuse 19+ content.’
While Wonyoung was contemplating, Heegang looked around the room and took a deep breath.
