Chapter 62
Choi Siwoo and Gam Deokbae were high school classmates who lived together in a two-room apartment near their school.
Their living arrangement had begun because the circumstances of financially strapped Deokbae and Siwoo, who needed a dependable friend from his hometown, happened to align.
Roommates usually end up fighting over trivial things,
but the two got along surprisingly well and instead grew even closer, to the point where they were now best friends who could confide their worries in each other.
“So I have to steal the girl my best friend is seeing, huh.”
I felt sorry for Siwoo.
Still, what else could I do? I needed to earn points.
I had no choice but to netori her, tears and all…
“But I’ll make it up to you in the standard hero-fantasy world, so don’t resent me too much.”
Pretending to wipe away tears that weren’t even there,
I made a plan to steal Siwoo’s girl.
***
Choi Siwoo was a guy who always had women around him.
It was only natural, since with his handsome looks and affable personality, he couldn’t possibly be unpopular.
But this crazy bastard didn’t realize how popular he was.
He kept whining that the women around him were just friends and that he wanted to experience having a thing with someone like everyone else.
“What a hypocritical bastard…”
But he had someone he was seeing? If the tip hadn’t told me, I never would have known.
Every time he got drunk, he went on about the girl he was seeing or having a girlfriend, but it turned out it had all been a smokescreen.
And on top of that, he’d invited a woman over while I was away…
What a sneaky bastard. He’d even texted me to confirm it.
What the hell had he planned to do after bringing the girl he was seeing over?
I gave a small round of applause inside at Siwoo’s uncharacteristic initiative.
Meanwhile, the Gam Deokbae in this round of ‘Heroine Netori’ was fairly popular himself.
To give you an idea of how popular:
[Lee Ye-eun: What’s going on?? Did something bad happen? ㅠ_ㅠ…]
[Park Ha-yan: What… We were supposed to go together! Hmph, then I’m not going either.]
[Shin Ji-a: Want to grab a drink together? Honestly, I didn’t want to go either.]
As soon as I said I couldn’t go to the MT, messages like these came pouring in.
At this point, I could have given up on netori and enjoyed the campus life I’d always dreamed of, so it was a shame that those damned points were holding me back.
Looking through their profile pictures, they all looked pretty good, too…
“Sigh…”
Still, if I dragged things out here, I’d only delay things further, so I decided to endure it.
I didn’t have time to take it easy if I wanted to earn 50,000 points.
***
-Beep beep beep beep, brrring!
-Click
“Wow, bringing her over at this hour? You really know what you’re doing.”
It was 8 p.m. The sun had already set, and darkness had fallen.
And now he’d brought a woman home? Siwoo’s intentions were obvious.
“Hey, where have you been—huh? Who’s that?”
I went out to greet them in nothing but my underwear, pretending not to know anything, then acted flustered when I saw the girl he was seeing.
“Ah, hello? I’m Siwoo’s friend, Na Hee-ra… Kyaaa!”
The girl he was seeing was flustered too. She greeted me, then realized I wasn’t wearing any pants and screamed in embarrassment.
Hmm… Siwoo’s got some game after all. This heroine is quite charming too.
I liked her pure-looking face, with its soft brown hair falling below her shoulders and light makeup.
It was the fresh, youthful charm that only a freshman who had just started dressing up could show.
On top of that, her date outfit was cute, as if it showed her determination to somehow seduce this oblivious guy.
Though she’d soon be netoried.
Her breasts were a little underwhelming. She wasn’t flat-chested, but maybe because I’d been spending all my time with Hyun-ah lately, she looked relatively lacking.
Titfucking would be difficult with breasts that size…
That gave me one more reason to earn the points quickly and get this over with.
“Hey! Why are you home?”
“Why wouldn’t I be? It’s my house.”
“No, first put some clothes on, quickly!”
While I was looking Na Hee-ra up and down and judging her, Siwoo called out to me and dragged me straight into the room.
He seemed to have something to say to me.
But he was so flustered that he couldn’t get the words out properly and just rambled, so I got frustrated and spoke first.
“Never mind that. Who is she? Your girlfriend?”
“…She’s not my girlfriend. She’s just a friend.”
“Ah, I see. Not yet?”
“Not ever, so hurry up and put on some pants!”
“Why?”
“Since we’ve met, shouldn’t I introduce us?”
“Ah…”
This was so like Siwoo. He really was a conscientious guy.
In a situation like this, instead of thinking about sending me away, his first thought was to introduce us.
He was nothing if not Siwoo.
“But you said you were going to the MT. Why are you home?”
“Ah, it fell through. Ugh, all of a sudden, a whole bunch of them said they couldn’t go, and we got into a huge fight over it. What a mess.”
“I see…”
“So I was pissed and waiting to have a drink with you. I’ve still got the vodka I bought for the MT. How about a drink?”
“That sounds good, but I have something going on right now…”
“Something going on? What? Is it related to her, the girl you brought home?”
“It’s not what you think, so don’t get the wrong idea. We just met up for next week’s presentation assignment.”
“Really? Then how about the three of us have a drink when you’re done?”
“…Huh?”
So that was what this was about. That was the excuse he’d used to bring her over.
Siwoo, who had checked since morning to see whether I was going to the MT,
and the girl he was seeing, who had dressed like that under the pretext of working on an assignment,
had both come here with the exact same thought, while using those excuses as a cover.
Once I understood the situation, I couldn’t help laughing.
This meant I could follow the plan I’d prepared beforehand.
“Then I’ll go ask her.”
“Hey, wait a second. Hey!”
Ignoring Siwoo as he called after me, I opened the door and approached the girl he was seeing.
It seemed to be her first time at a man’s place; she looked nervous as she surveyed the room.
“Hi. I’m Gam Deokbae, Siwoo’s high school classmate and roommate, a Philosophy major in the Class of ’21. Nice to meet you.”
“Ah… Hello? I’m Na Hee-ra, Siwoo’s classmate from the same department. Nice to meet you.”
“What’s with the formalities? We’re the same age, so drop them. You entered college straight out of high school, right?”
“Uh… yeah…”
Her reaction made it clear that she was a little wary of me. Was it because I had shown up in nothing but my underwear earlier?
Still, this was the result I wanted. If she was wary of me, that meant I was on her mind.
The plan was proceeding smoothly.
“By the way, I was going to have a drink with Siwoo today. What do you say—want to join us? Meeting like this must be fate.”
“Huh? That’s…”
“Siwoo said he’d like you to join us.”
“Hey! When did I say that? Hee-ra, he’s just joking, so don’t worry about him.”
Oh, come on. Why couldn’t he just keep quiet?
I was in the middle of trying to pick up the girl when Siwoo came out of the room and interrupted me.
But that bastard Siwoo… even while saying that, he seemed to be subtly trying to create an opportunity for the two of us.
It was so obvious that I almost burst out laughing.
“No… I’m okay. It’s Friday, anyway… What about you, Siwoo?”
“Huh? Me… If you’re okay with it, then I’m okay with it too.”
The two of them were both fucking ridiculous. Did they not realize I was standing between them?
I had clearly suggested that the three of us drink together, but they were already acting as if it were just the two of them.
Still, thanks to that, I’d cleared one hurdle and could worry a little less.
This step had been the biggest hurdle, but now that it had gone this way, everything from here on out would be a piece of cake.
“Really? Great. Then I’ll go to my room, so let me know when you’re done.”
***
Before starting this round of ‘Heroine Netori,’ the items I’d put into my inventory were the smartphone I used in real life, the green dagger I’d picked up in the standard hero-fantasy world, and the sleeping pills I’d found rolling around in the corner of the house.
Since I didn’t know what kind of ‘Heroine Netori’ scenario I’d be facing, I’d prepared three items with broad utility.
And…
Now that I was having drinks with Siwoo and the girl he was seeing,
all that remained in my inventory was the smartphone and the green dagger.
“What the hell? He’s already asleep after barely drinking anything. Honestly, Siwoo can’t hold his liquor.”
“I didn’t know Siwoo was such a lightweight…”
“Could you wait a minute? I’ll go lay him down.”
“No… Since Siwoo’s going to sleep too, I should get going now. I had fun today.”
“You’re leaving already? You live on your own too, right?”
“It’s already late, though…”
“Can’t you stay for just one more drink? There’s something I wanted to say to you about Siwoo.”
“…Really?”
“Yeah. So wait just a moment.”
Wondering where the sleeping pills went?
I used half on Siwoo, and I plan to use the other half now.
Using drugs is normally cheating, and the golden rule is to win her over with nothing but my dick,
but I’d already been cheating with Erogenous Stimulation from the moment I started.
Besides, I no longer felt guilty about doing this sort of thing.
After all, this was happening inside ‘Heroine Netori.’
I’d already raped someone back in the tutorial, so what did it matter?
I lay Siwoo down in his room, took water from the refrigerator, and poured it into a glass,
then shielded the glass with my body so the girl couldn’t see and slipped the sleeping pills into it.
“Drink some cold water before you hear me out. It’s a little important.”