〈 Chapter 304 〉 Chapter 298 – Ah… The wind is blowing.
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I achieved the true purpose of visiting the Beastman Kingdom.
In addition, a new Holy Knights group made up of new platypus beastmen has been established.
While Caressy stepped out to draft the contract for the Holy Knights.
We were all enjoying the feast without exception.
“Shinwoo, this is fucking delicious! Try it once.”
“If you eat it deliciously, it’s zero calories. Anyway, it’s true.”
Hyeji, who ripped off a piece of meat, was astonished and gave me some.
And there was Ayeon, loosening her dobok belt with a serious look, justifying herself.
But really enjoying the banquet were.
“This is fucking filling?! Bring more!!!”
“I’m dying of thirst!!! Get me some alcohol!!!”
It was Elcia and me.
Elcia was consuming food at a speed I had never seen before, as if it were all a joke.
With both hands full of food, as if spoons or chopsticks were a luxury.
I wasn’t much different myself.
The only difference being that I had two bottles of liquor in hand instead of food.
[Just go home already. I don’t want to stay any longer.]
‘Don’t say such sad things. The feast is essential.’
Usually, when everything goes well, having a feast is the basic of basics.
This is a rule that applies unconditionally to all works.
In other words, it’s now a traditional cliché.
[…Where the hell is that cliché?]
‘One Piece.’
[Yeah, fuck. In that case, stick chopsticks up your nose.]
No matter what Piece had to say, we continued to enjoy the feast.
During the banquet, a real eagle beastman, who had become an eagle, cautiously approached us.
With an expression on his face that showed he wasn’t hiding his mixed feelings.
“……Maybe you should stop eating. How much do you plan to eat anyway?”
At that, we were forced to stop and began to look around.
When we first started the feast, the space was filled with food, but now there were far more empty dishes than food that existed.
And because of Elcia’s actions right now.
Thump!
“Done. Next.”
One more empty dish was added.
Even though our conscience was gnawing at us, we hesitated to stop eating.
Elcia just finished off the last of her food.
“I told you. Next.”
She was just urging the eagle beastman.
As if she were exercising her rightful claim.
Then the eagle beastman raised his voice.
“How many servings are you eating! Just eat in moderation!”
“You told us to eat as much as we want! And I’m still hungry!”
“Even so, keep some moderation!”
Then, the eagle beastman began to shoot sharp remarks in exasperation.
“Where in the world is there someone who eats more than an elephant beastman!”
“Right here!”
“…Ha… fuck.”
Of course, that didn’t work on Elcia.
She just kept demanding more food.
“Just bring it if you get it!”
“……Put on some weight, you fucking pig.”
The change came from somewhere else.
Before I knew it, Hyeji and Ayeon, who were secretly trying to eat cake, began to lower their hands.
Both murmured something with slightly dead eyes.
“I need to bulk up to grow my breasts, fuck…”
“I’m not a pig. I’m not a pig. I’m not a pig.”
It was clear that Elcia was eating a lot.
Of course, we ate a lot too, but fundamentally there was a stark difference in the amount and pace of eating compared to Elcia.
It’s no doubt that she was the main cause of the current situation.
Thus, I needed to properly restrain her here.
“Elcia. Even if it’s free, you should eat in moderation.”
“Are you saying that after downing the wine for the feast!”
At that, the eagle beastman shifted his focus to me.
He seemed to have a lot to say to me, but I had a legitimate reason.
For health’s sake.
“I have to drink at least 2 liters of water a day, right?”
“Is what you’re drinking water or alcohol?”
“Just a little bitter water.”
“……Fucking dog.”
In the end, the eagle beastman gave a resigned expression and brought more food and drinks once again.
As soon as he brought it, a magical scene unfolded as food and liquor vanished in an instant.
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But there’s a saying that all good things must come to an end.
Finally, the moment came when our hands stopped.
“I’m gonna die. Seriously, I’m stuffed.”
“I’ve eaten like a champ for the first time!”
“…It’s fucked up.”
At last, now that we weren’t asking for more food, the eagle beastman breathed out a sigh and mumbled as he left the room.
“If I grow hair on my head, I’ll quit, fuck…”
Regardless of that, everyone was sprawled out in their seats, basking in the afterglow of the banquet.
Except for Ayeon, who was pinching her thighs and belly with shaking pupils.
“……This is really fucked. Now I’m not a great demon, I’m a pig demon.”
I was just tipsy enough now.
At times like this, I had something to do.
I quickly turned on my mobile phone.
[Is this all you do after drinking? Just gacha?!]
‘How wholesome of you. It’s not an orgy or anything.’
[……When you put it that way, I don’t have much to say.］
That’s right, it was all about gacha.
Alcohol blurs a person’s judgment.
And everyone ends up repeating the same mistakes.
Drunken ranks. Drunken songs. And drunken gacha, etc.
[Were you also a mistake?]
‘This time it was sharp as fuck, you bitch.’
Regardless, my birth wasn’t due to a drunken mistake.
……Probably.
[With no condom usage, you have a lot to say, huh?]
‘Did you come out due to condom usage?’
[Fucking dog!!!]
Either way, let’s return to the main topic.
Among all this, the danger of drunken gacha couldn’t be expressed in words.
Especially the more resources you have accumulated.
But right now, there’s no problem at all.
In the current state of having exchanged all my money for jewels to escape the beastmen’s hold.
That ceiling won’t affect the pile of jewels in the slightest.
First, before proceeding with the gacha, I earnestly prayed.
“Lord. Please let me be able to gacha.”
There are various metas to execute gacha, but.
Among them, I intended to use a representative faith meta.
[You think that kind of prayer will be heard?]
‘It doesn’t matter. The mindset is the most important part.’
Anyway, with that, the preparations were complete.
In a devout posture, I checked whether it was a pickup gacha and.
Just as I was about to proceed with the gacha carefully.
Suddenly, Hyeji jumped in and spoke to me.
“Shinwoo, wait a sec.”
“It’s a critical moment, why?”
“You haven’t rolled the gacha yet, right?”
“Yeah. Can you gacha for me?”
Hyeji’s words stopped my finger from reaching the phone screen.
At the same time, a hope bloomed in my heart that I could gacha through Hyeji’s luck, but.
Then Hyeji said.
“Refund everything.”
“No, why!!!”
Rather, she crushed my expectations.
Right now, I had been holding on without rolling the gacha at all.
If we must argue about it, it meant I was managing the situation.
With the alcohol added on top, I wanted to press that 10-roll button to unleash some much-needed excitement.
However, the moment I heard Hyeji’s firm words.
“You’re not going to prepare for marriage, fuck?”
“…….”
Naturally, my finger froze.
Hyeji was right.
I wasn’t responsible for anyone, and there were already three.
In other words, it meant I’d have to give up a life wasted on gachas someday.
Simply put.
The timing for that had advanced a little.
“Refund and send all the money I received this time.”
“……”
As I continued to remain silent, Hyeji’s voice grew slightly sharper.
“Aren’t you going to answer?”
“……Yes.”
I reluctantly conceded to Hyeji’s words.
“Don’t make a face like that. We’ll arrange the house. If there’s extra, it’ll go towards the wedding gifts.”
“……Okay.”
“If you understand, hurry and refund.”
At that moment, Elcia and Ayeon, who were resting, quickly spoke after hearing Hyeji’s words.
“Don’t worry! My coin will surely rise!”
“My underground business will definitely succeed. Nobelpia succeeded, and so will I.”
[…….Business? Wasn’t Ayeon a madam?]
‘Watch your words. For now, it’s legal.’
Still, there was not much to worry about.
Ayeon’s business would likely succeed, so I just had to wait.
The biggest variable, Elcia’s coin, was the same.
The writer said he would make a big improvement at the end, so.
As long as that bastard stays alive until the finale, that’s all that matters.
? When did I say that?
‘Fuck! Stop messing around!!!’
[You bastard!!!!!!!!!]
Anyway, it wouldn’t matter if I said something more here.
I submitted my refund request with a tear in my eye.
[Reason: My older brother Choco pressed it without permission.]
[Who sells out their own brother?]
‘I’ll just consider it even since I also buy drinks for him instead of him.’
[Fuck.]
However.
[Refund request has been denied.]
“Damn.”
The refund didn’t go through.
This time, I submitted that a cat beastman pressed it.
But it still only showed a notice that the refund was denied.
“Do you want to refund? Or should I make it so you can’t do gacha again?”
“If that’s the case, she’s the right one. Don’t worry; it won’t hurt.”
“…I’ll refund. Just wait a moment.”
I quickly tried to outsmart Hyeji and Ayeon as they kept gazing at my limbs.
Probably, these reasons weren’t sufficient and got the refund rejected.
So, I just needed to write a reason that would be acceptable.
[You’ve already cut before, so you might as well go through with it.]
‘Say that again, I’m fucking refunding it.’
Reluctantly, for my own safety, I decided to use the plausibility cheat key.
I wrote for the refund of Precone as [Karuru betrayed and pressed the purchase button.].
For Blue Archive, I wrote down clearly as [I'm going to kill you, Rikuha!].
Finally, for Uma Musume, I submitted [Goldship pressed it randomly while training.].
[You think those kind of bullshit reasons will get a refund?]
‘Oh? Done already.’
[Fuck, seriously.]
Then the refund was quickly completed.
After trying it, I found it wasn’t that big of a deal.
I unknowingly smiled with relief.
“Hyeji, I finished.”
“When the money comes in later, deposit it. Let’s completely quit mobile games.”
“Got it. Let’s delete them all.”
Gacha really is a bad civilization.
Why was I so anxious all this time over mere data fragments?
Rather, I felt a strange thrill with each mobile game I deleted.
A memory with one mobile game.
An attachment with another mobile game.
An emotion with another mobile game.
Thus, I slowly erased all those feelings I had gathered.
The thought of toppling down the sandcastle I had built felt completely refreshing now.
In the moment I burst into guffaws from that emotion.
Hyeji approached me with a worried expression.
“……Shinwoo? Are you okay?”
“Huh? Why? I’m fine, right?”
I tilted my head at Hyeji’s words.
“But you… are crying…”
“Eh…? Huh…? Oh dear…?”
The moment Hyeji finished her words, I felt something hot streaming down from my eyes.
I hadn’t intended to cry, yet one tear fell silently.
“Why… are my eyes…?”
Suddenly, despite being indoors, a wind swept in from somewhere.
It whisked away the tears that fell from me in an instant.
As if comforting me.
‘…The wind is noisy, huh.’
[But this wind… seems to be a little crying.]
The brief passing wind.
I couldn’t comprehend the reason, but it somehow felt to me.
Like a requiem for the deleted mobile games calling out to me.
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