Chapter 299 – There Are No Eternal Secrets in the World
[Remaining time: 49 hours 36 minutes 13 seconds]
Even at the moment when I was dazed by the sudden notification, time was running out, and I came to my senses belatedly and asked.
“Hyejin, what happens if the character and account are deleted?”
“I don’t know because I didn’t get hurt either! I’m going back to where I was, or I’m just dying!”
She screams at her frustration.
Thanks to you, I realized how serious this situation is.
It’s fortunate that if I go back to my original self, I can even save my life, but with the character deletion, I might disappear forever.
In order to avoid that situation, I had to solve this problem somehow.
“Yeah, why are you using the deleted magic? That’s fraudulent use!”
“I thought there would be no problem because it was written naturally…”
“You also participated in the development and don’t know our game system?”
“I’m into art, so I’ve never heard of this.”
If I knew the settings and system in detail, I wouldn’t have gone through so many troubles.
“Ha….”
Hyejin covered her face with the palm of her hand, probably thinking that her anger was meaningless.
She did, and she seemed to be thinking for a moment, then she said in a quieter voice.
“It’s a system created to make game operation easier. It filters out clear fraudulent users before being directly sanctioned by the operation side.”
“Ah….”
“I don’t know why the dazzling magic data remains. Anyway, using that magic obviously ignored the intention of the development team, so you’re registered as an illegal user.”
To think that seduction magic was illegal from the beginning.
In order to survive in this world full of foreshadowings of death, I felt resentment because I was in a position where I had no choice but to sharpen it.
From the beginning, I thought that if Hyejin had made my character normal, this wouldn’t have happened, but considering her now, it meant nothing.
“If you write it once or twice, it won’t be registered. Even if you don’t harm other people. What the hell did you do?”
“When persuading the Black Witch, you forcefully… Wait a minute, did you induce it on purpose?”
“What?”
I didn’t answer Hyejin’s question, and I was lost in her thoughts.
Looking back, it’s not a nonsense at all.
Didn’t Dranez provoke me and tell me to use that magic on myself as well?
And on the day I went to the hotel, apparently she said.
Another plan to get rid of me is going very well.
If that plan was to induce me to use seduction magic and make me an illegal user….
“I guess she induced me to get rid of me! No, but that doesn’t make any sense.”
As soon as I said it, I fell into trouble again.
Unlike Nana Hyejin, does she, who is a character in the game, know the concept of fraudulent use sanctions?
The answer to that question came shortly after.
“…There is a possibility.”
“Really?”
“I made notes of a few things to watch out for when I came to this world. There’s something about seduction magic there, too. She might have acted on that woman when she entered my body.”
Hearing that, my doubt turns to certainty.
But there is another thing that doesn’t make sense.
Then why did de Laneige tell me not to use her seduction magic anymore before returning to her body?
Have you ever changed your mind?
… No. Now is not the time to be thinking about it.
Even in the midst of reminiscing about the past, the remaining time is running out.
I was curious about Dranez’s intentions, but now was the time to address the problem I was facing.
“What is this guidance period? There are 49 hours left. Can I get it back if I do something during this time?”
“That’s right. If you complete the emergency quest within the specified period, the fraudulent user registration will be canceled. But that’s impossible anyway.”
“Why?”
“The system was created with the meaning of the fact that the administration gave a guidance period. So that even if a fraudulent user is sanctioned, he cannot say anything. That’s why I didn’t care about the balance of the quest.”
I say it as if it’s all over, but I feel unfair for it to end like this.
“What is that urgent quest?”
“Even if I knew, I would never be able to clear it.”
“But you never know.”
“…Look at your phone. I checked your messages a while ago, so there must be something new.”
I urgently turn on my phone screen.
I didn’t know because it was set to silent, but just as Hyejin said, there was a new system message.
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[Emergency Quest]
Build trust with NPCs within time and raise your affinity to the maximum.
[Compensation]
Deregistration of fraudulent users
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… Likeability?
As soon as I read the message, a gauge bar appeared in the lower right corner of my vision.
Seeing that it’s empty, it seems to mean that you should raise your affinity level until the gauge bar is full.
“Raising the affinity to the maximum…?”
“Literally. You have to show the system that you fit into the world and that the other characters don’t want you gone.”
“How much is the maximum affinity?”
“The degree to which each other thinks they will be together for the rest of their lives.”
Together for the rest of your life?
If so, isn’t it possible enough for me now?
I was thinking about that, but Hyejin, who misunderstood my expression, said.
“And as you may have read, you need the likes of many people, not just one person. Besides, it’s meaningless unless you have maxed out the likes.”
“…”
“Now do you understand? If you want to survive, you have to make several people close enough to promise marriage within the time limit. It’s an impossible quest from the start.”
Goo Hye-jin lowered her head with a deep sigh.
However, the spark of hope has not been extinguished yet.
“How many do you need?”
“Haha… Still can’t figure out the situation? I don’t know exactly, but I need four or five.”
“Then you can.”
“…What? Are you serious?”
If you add the two people in the hospital room and the four people in the mansion, there are six people in all.
“Yes, it’s really possible.”
Hearing my confident answer, Hyejin’s eyes widened.
“What nonsense… Wait, you can’t believe all the women who came to visit…”
Apparently, not only Michelle and Anna, but also the people of the mansion ran into each other in the hospital room.
“Uh… That’s right.”
“Huh, I’m speechless now.”
I can understand her reaction, and I can see her notice, but now is not the time to cover that up.
“Can’t it be six people anyway?”
“I think so, but are all those girls really that close?”
“Yes. I’m sure.”
“Can I confess all your secrets?”
“What?”
When I asked again, Hyejin answered with a serious face.
“The affinity level required by the urgent quest doesn’t just mean being close. It means being close enough to be with you even after knowing all your secrets. Can you be sure that you’re that close to those girls?”
“Bee, how far can the secret be… That I came from another world?”
“No. You won’t understand anyway, so there’s no need to tell you that much. What you did after coming to this world.”
That’s why the gauge bar in front of me is empty.
Because they still don’t know my secret, the conditions for the urgent quest have not been met.
I couldn’t help but get into trouble.
Because there are not one or two secrets that have not been revealed to them.
When I was speechless, Hyejin, who became impatient at the same time, urged an answer.
“How about it. Are you sure?”
“…I don’t know why he’s hiding so many things.”
“What the hell is that?”
I had no choice but to tell her the secrets I couldn’t bear to reveal to her lovers.
It’s not clear how many people he’s been dating.
In order to get revenge on Selena, the thing that harassed Dania.
Contrary to his promise to Angela, even the things he did to Selena for the same reasons as above.
After confessing all the facts, Hyejin became a complex face that could not be expressed in one or two words.
“You really did a great job, you.”
“Yeah, but I’ve loosened up with her party, and now I’m truly in love with her.”
“Yeah, how?”
“I couldn’t help it if you made my character like this…”
“That’s it! … Ha.”
She was about to shout, but she let out a sigh and continued.
“Now is not the time to argue about that. Anyway, you have to tell them all about it.
“…”
The spark of hope that shone for a very short time flickers dangerously.
Whatever the reason I met them, I love them wholeheartedly and believe in them wholeheartedly.
But I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to understand what I’d done.
Even if it was for the sake of life.
Even if I have resolved all the resentments with the parties, the actions I have taken are not things that can be accepted by common sense.
“…Can I do it? I honestly don’t know.”
Hyejin just stares at my voice as if the floor is going to collapse.
There was a moment of silence for her, then suddenly she jumped up and grabbed her by the shoulder and shook me.
“Calm down. Are you going to disappear like this?”
Then I go to the closet and get dressed.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to go out for a while. You’re thinking about what you’re going to say to those girls tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow?”
“Okay, tomorrow. Why? Go right away and cry and cry and cling to it? What if I don’t like it anymore?”
“Because I don’t have time…”
Before she knew it, she had finished her preparations and was heading for her door.
“It’s okay if you try to solve it emotionally. Okay? I’m calmly waiting until tomorrow and thinking about it. Don’t make a mistake by calling me on the phone.”
Looking at the back of her turned around, a question arises.
Like her death-seeing eyes or the magic that restrained de Laneige, why did she help me?
She broke up badly and the relationship after that was also awkward, but I don’t know why she was trying to help me like this.
… I wanted to hear the reason today.
Thud! Then I heard the electronic sound of the door locking, and the silence flowing through the spacious hotel room told me that I was left here alone.
… Okay, first of all, let’s think about how Hyejin will say it.
I tried to calm her anxiety, but the sound of her heart kept hitting my ears, and the night passed in such a confused state.
