I Was Scammed by My Past Self.

I can't let myself be treated this unfairly.

Seeing Choi Tae-soo standing there with his arms folded at the entrance, wearing an expression that seemed to say, 'You can't come in,' makes my blood boil.

'You ungrateful bastard.'

I briefly consider turning off the stream and telling him about the past, but that would only make the situation look even stranger.

A secret meeting with a sex offender? Doesn't that look suspicious? There's no guarantee he'll even believe me.

Besides, I feel partly responsible for the false accusations this guy suffered, so I should clear up his grievance while I have the chance.

'Right, saying it now might not be so bad.'

"Everyone, actually, I have a mysterious benefactor you don't know about."

- ????

- What the fuck is this all of a sudden, you crazy bitch

- Are you confessing that you have a boyfriend?

- For real? A boyfriend?

- She's coming out with a boyfriend ㄷㄷ

- The simps are gonna be sobbingㅋㅋㅋ

I hadn't originally planned to mention it so soon, but it was something I would have to say eventually anyway. I would also have to empty the treasure vault I'd set up in the neutral zones every ten floors, and it seemed better to lay the groundwork now than make excuses when the time came.

"No. A boyfriend... It's not like that. I can't tell you who he was, but he's passed away now......"

That person is actually me. But I can't say that I'm him, so if I vaguely establish a relationship, they'll imagine the rest on their own.

They can decide for themselves whether I was his disciple, a blood relative, or his benefactor.

- Huh?

- Gasp

- Hmm...

- Um;;

- Sorry...

The people who had been talking about a boyfriend just moments ago instantly fell silent.

"Hey, what are you muttering about by yourself? Are you streaming?"

And the reason I deliberately say it loudly enough for Choi Tae-soo to hear is to send him a signal: understand it enough to play along.

If he isn't completely dense, he'll probably go along with it.

"And before he died, he hid an inheritance for me."

I'm no longer speaking to the viewers. I continue while staring straight at Choi Tae-soo.

"Hmm???"

Choi Tae-soo glares at me with an expression that asks what I'm talking about.

"Mr. Choi Tae-soo... I've come to find Airen's Secret Manual."

Flash!

Choi Tae-soo's eyes widen when he hears those words.

Only Choi Tae-soo and I know the name of that Secret Manual.

An S-Rank training Secret Manual is a treasure among treasures that money can't buy, no matter how much you have. I never told anyone about it because I was afraid someone might harm Choi Tae-soo if I carelessly revealed its existence.

"You... How do you know that name?! That......"

Having realized that the stream is still running, Choi Tae-soo cannot bring himself to mention Lee Do-hyeon's name. The moment his name comes up, the six major guilds will take notice.

"So, will you let me in now? My legs are getting tired.... Hahaha!"

Judging by the look on his face, as though he'd just been hit with a sucker punch, I've succeeded for the moment.

"How.... How....."

"I need your help, sir. You'll help me, right?"

By now, I think he has more or less understood. He'll probably assume on his own that I'm either Lee Do-hyeon's disciple, benefactor, or blood relative.

"Whew....."

He gazes into the distance for a moment, lost in thought.

His eyes change from regret and longing to hope and courage.

What a difficult time it must have been...

A longtime companion died under mysterious circumstances, and when he investigated the cause, all six major guilds turned against him. Most of his close colleagues distanced themselves from him because they feared retaliation from the six major guilds.

For someone like him, finding a person who knows about Lee Do-hyeon's existence must be like rain during a drought.

"Come in..."

'You should've done that from the start.'

- ????

- What the fuck is going on

- Explain it before I die from frustration, streamer

- What is this situationㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- ?

- Is the streamer crazy??

- But Choi Tae-soo is still a filthy sex offender, isn't he?

I sneak a look at the chat window. They're on the verge of starting a riot. There's no need to suppress them yet. They'll see and feel what happens, then form a proper opinion on their own.

"Ahem.... Everyone? You'll understand once you see it."

- What the fuck are we supposed to see?

-

All I can see are your tits, you perverted bitch desperate to be sexually harassed!!!!

(This message has been deleted)

- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- Let's just watch for now, okay?

- This bitch is stubborn as fuckㅋㅋㅋ

- Wow, look at that bean-paste pot~

- Someone massage that stubborn ass loose

- Guys, calm downㅋㅋㅋ

Ignoring them is the answer in situations like this. As expected, viewers are people who need to be enlightened.

*

A small office inside the training center.

The place hasn't been cleaned in a long time, and the mess scattered everywhere seems to reflect Choi Tae-soo's current situation and state of mind.

"Of course, this is the director's PT, right?"

The director is, of course, Choi Tae-soo.

"Of course."

Of course, there's the Secret Manual too, but this guy's Golden Hand buff is truly broken. It alone makes training nearly ten times more efficient than anywhere else.

"Whew..... Then I'll explain the precautions."

He plays one of his PT videos on his laptop.

In the video, Choi Tae-soo places his glowing hands on the thighs of a man doing squats and does something to him.

When the man works his chest, he places his hands on the man's chest; when he works his biceps, on his biceps; and when he works his back, on his back.

"I already revealed my Trait during the trial. It's a half-strength buff that can only be used when I'm in almost complete contact with the target. That's why the closer I keep my hands to the target like that, the greater the efficiency. What do you think? Have you changed your mind about receiving it?"

"Of course not. I don't care about anything like that. Touch me however you like."

Even in my previous life, we'd spent nearly ten years calling each other hyung and little bro and being all over each other. Why would it suddenly feel strange now?

- Huh? That existed?

- Fuck, Tower-obsessed girls really are different

- What the hell, then.....

"Can I ask you just one thing?"

"What is it....?"

"You told the other women this too, right?"

".....Of course. Do you think I only told them? I had them sign contracts too. Hurry up and sign yours."

"Ahem..... Understood. I'll sign it now."

- What? She got PT after saying that and still got sued?

- Huh? Something's weird here.

- But there's undeniable evidence.

- She said he could do it and then sued him, you idiot.

- No, isn't signing that different from sexually harassing her? The woman involved could have felt him caressing her in a lewd and perverted way.

- Heh heh;;; I'm staying neutral.

- The victim's tears are evidence~ I knew this would happen, you misogynistic Korean bastardsㅆㅂ

- Hmm.....

This alone won't explain everything. But at least they've now taken off the colored glasses someone deliberately put on them, and the judgment will be left to each individual.

In truth, even if they dug into this case, the names of the six major guilds would never appear. It would simply become a case about a victim of an unjust MeToo movement, with men and women fighting each other over it.

Besides, they never intended to completely eliminate Choi Tae-soo in the first place. If he'd truly been a nuisance, they could simply have sent an assassin. Why would they go through the trouble of creating a sex scandal? He was even found not guilty in all five trials.

Of course, they may have taken into account his reputation and influence among neutral Awakeners, but the six major guilds had already achieved their goal long ago.

They had warned the people who questioned Lee Do-hyeon's disappearance that this was what happened when they opposed them.

If they had killed Choi Tae-soo, fierce resistance organizations might have formed. But those who watched him being slowly killed as his reputation was ground away through such exhausting means could not help but lose the will to resist.

But even so, this was the first stone I'd thrown since being born into this body. I'd tossed a small pebble into the ocean of the six major guilds that ruled Korea from behind the scenes, creating ripples for the first time.

They might not know it yet, but my revenge had already begun.

'I'll restore the Korea you ruined to the way it was.'

***

"Kyaaaaaaaargh!!!"

A woman's anguished scream echoes through the middle of the training center.

"Come on, just one more!!!"

"Wait, I'm dying!!!"

A barbell weighing dozens of kilograms is resting on my shoulders.

"It's fine. I'll treat you if you get hurt."

'Aah.... Pebbles or no pebbles, I'm dying from how hard this is.'

I'd forgotten. This guy is a complete lunatic when it comes to exercise.

That he was a muscle-brained bastard who went around punching monsters on the front line despite having a Support-type Trait.....

His enormous, thick, bear-paw-like hands wrap around my thighs. Golden light shines from his hands, making me feel ticklish.

It feels like receiving ultra-low-frequency physical therapy.

But before I even have time to feel his palms, the next exercise begins.

"Now, one as you go down!!!"

"Kyaaaaaaaaargh!!!!"

"Two as you come back up~~!"

"Ngggggggh!!!"

- This is sexual harassment?

- Fuck, she's just working out like crazy

- I get why she told us to just watchㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- Not hot at all

- It's not like he's secretly touching her to turn her on or anything?

- Lee Do-hee is kind of hot, but the situation isn't hot at allㅆㅂ

- I'm jealous that he's touching her thighs

The difference between an Awakener and an ordinary person.

It is determined by whether the body can contain energy such as mana.

An ordinary human body has a limit to its strength, but once someone becomes an Awakener, they can break through that limit.

Mana transforms the cells, and as muscles tear and recover during training, mana seeps into them and gradually rebuilds the muscle tissue to be stronger.

That is why, if someone trains consistently, the difference between them and those who do not grows larger and larger.

And by using Traits such as <Muscle Boost> and <Mastery Boost>, whose effects are amplified by his Golden Hand buff, Choi Tae-soo raises that efficiency another enormous step.

And he doesn't only have buffs that increase training efficiency.

"Hng.... I can't do any more. I'm really dying...."

When I groan in exhaustion,

- Wooooong~

White light pours from his hands, restoring my depleted stamina to 100%. Although my mental fatigue remains, my physical fatigue disappears completely.

Normally, receiving healing prevents training from having any effect. But he can amplify natural recovery by an extraordinary amount, so after receiving his healing, my strength increases instantly with a little pain.

"Ah, fuck..."

- You can't leaveㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- Hey, where do you think you're going?

- You chose Choi Tae-sooㅋㅋㅋㅋ

*

The sun has already set.

Several men who come to Choi Tae-soo's training center stare at me curiously, saying, 'Choi Tae-soo has taken on a woman?'

"My natural recovery is beginning to reach its limit. Let's stop the basic exercises here and take a look at the Secret Manual. I was curious about it myself."

The Secret Manual.

Actually, as soon as I'd received the Secret Manual earlier and checked its contents, I changed the subject by saying I couldn't use it yet.

- What could be in the Secret Manual? ㄷㄷ

- I'm really curious. What the hell is it, and why was it hidden so carefully?

- ㄷㄱㄷㄱ

- Finally!!

- Basic exercise (8 hours)

- Let's go~

- Tell us properly this time. I'm going crazy from the frustration.

- For real, if there's no problem, share it with us.

"......"

"Hmm? Is there some kind of problem?"

At last, what I'd been dreading had arrived...

That's right, there was a problem. There was a reason I'd deliberately kept quiet about it earlier.

Most training Secret Manuals have no restrictions on their use.

But not every Secret Manual is like that.

I only realized it after opening it and reading the detailed conditions. That's why I'd vaguely brushed it off earlier.

'Airen, you crazy whore......'

<Airen's Female Training Manual>

Usage Conditions: Can be used while engaged in a sexually stimulating relationship, or when semen is inside the uterus.

"......"

I genuinely want to throw it in the trash. To make matters worse, the information had been hidden until it was bound to me and opened.

'Why is something like this S-Rank? I don't understand.'

Didn't that bitch say something about becoming the first empress? Did she become an empress by sucking men's vital essence dry?

'What kind of sick bastard left something like this...'

Ah.

I was the one who left it.

Fuck...

I'm left speechless by the sheer absurdity of it.

I had been scammed by my past self. No, perhaps it was fortunate that I was the one who got scammed. If Choi Tae-soo had given this to someone else, it would have been accepted as evidence that he had actually committed a sex crime.

- Share it.

- Hurry up and share itㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- What is it? If you keep your mouth shut this time too, we're seriously going to kill you.

- If you don't hurry, I'll lie down in front of your house.

- Hurry, it's urgent.

- Me

- Ignoring us again? Amazing, this bitchㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you ignore us again, I'm never watching you again.

- Down

- Unsubscribing in one minute.

- Me

- Down

- Share it, okay? It's not like it was a letter left by your boyfriend, so why can't you share it?

- Me

It's a riot.

The viewers have started a riot for the sake of their right to know.

"Haaah....."

The viewers are already against me because I've been ignoring their comments. Ignoring them is only something I can get away with when I can later prove that they were wrong and I was right. Pointless stubbornness like this only grinds away at my reputation and viewer count.

"All right. I'll share it. But let me make this clear first: I didn't know about this either, and the usage conditions weren't visible until it was opened, so the person who gave it to me probably didn't know either... I want to make that perfectly clear in advance."

I squeeze my eyes shut, go to the settings window, and switch the contents of the Secret Manual to public.

.

.

.

For a very brief moment, the viewers stop chatting while they read the Secret Manual,

A few seconds later...

- Whoaㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- Is this for real?

- This is...

- How is something like this an S-Rank Secret Manual?

- It wasn't body training; it was pussy training.

- Hurry up and train with the Secret Manual!!!!

- I feel bad for the person who gave it to you, but... that's a bit muchㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- How is that S-Rank?

- This was completely made for a whore to use.

- HAVE SEX RIGHT NOW

- I want to see you train with the Secret Manual soon hehe

"Ahem..."

Choi Tae-soo, who had been watching my stream on his phone beside me, turns his head.

"I, I bear no guilt. I didn't know that bastard was such a pervert either."

Wait, does Choi Tae-soo think I deliberately gave this to myself?

His words are a little strange, but that's not it.

"He... he probably didn't know either!!"

"Ah, right. Since it was bound, the information was private until it was opened... Heh heh... Anyway, what a shame."

"This is driving me crazy."

The problem isn't Choi Tae-soo.

It's the chat window, full of teasing comments and people spamming that I should hurry up and train with the Secret Manual.

"What am I supposed to train with? I'm not using this!! Ever! I'll never use it!! How could I use something like this!!!"

- Let's try it just once.

- For real, things with a bunch of restrictions like this are often more efficient.

- Try using it right now.

- Are you not serious about the Tower? You have to train and raise your stats!

- Even the Tower-obsessed girl is recoilingㅋㅋㅋ

- Mysterious benefactor (child sex offender)

- Let's use it already.

- That statement

- Benefactor.... Why me?

To think my past self was being treated like a sex offender. Even though he says he didn't know, these guys refuse to listen.

And how could he possibly tell me to undergo such a vulgar training method? The absurd chat is making me feel like I'm going insane.

"Ugh.... That's all for today... Ending the stream!"

- ?

- Where are you going? You have to train with the Secret Manualㅋㅋㅋ

- She's runningㅋㅋㅋ

- Ah, that was fun at the end.

- Look how red her face isㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Lee Do-hee's stream has ended]