The problem of having no clothes that fit me was resolved far more quickly and simply than I'd expected.
Kim A-rin went to a nearby clothing store herself and came back with boxes — entire boxes — of clothes that kids my age would wear.
Yeah. Entire boxes.
"Try them on. One by one."
A sweater with an adorable little bear printed on it.
Overalls with a cutesy design.
A flowy dress.
Plus a whole assortment of other things girls wear.
At least I wouldn't be running short on clothes anytime soon.
Every single one of them was the kind of sickeningly adorable outfit perfectly calibrated to murder the soul of a grown man like Lee Ji-woo.
"Are you… trying to kill me."
"……?"
Kim A-rin had probably just bought whatever seemed like normal clothes for a girl my age.
Setting aside the price, she'd somehow managed to pick out every single item capable of destroying the spirit of a grown man named Lee Ji-woo.
Plain box tee and shorts would've been more than enough.
Or a hoodie. A zip-up hoodie.
You know, something with a gender-neutral design.
"You used to like this kind of stuff."
"Th-that was when I was little……!"
It seemed Kim A-rin had bought things similar to what the female Lee Ji-woo used to wear as a child.
But that was the female Ji-woo's childhood.
The male Lee Ji-woo had never once in his life worn anything this embarrassingly precious.
Actually, even the female Ji-woo probably wouldn't have wanted clothes this childish.
No matter how much the outside looked like a little girl, what was on the inside was, without a shadow of a doubt, a full-grown adult.
When a full-grown adult puts on cutesy clothes like these with a clear head, something inside them just dies……
"…Just try them on. They'll suit you."
Of course they'll suit me!
You put cute clothes on a cute little girl and of course they're going to suit her…!
"If they don't fit, I'll go buy something else."
"…………."
But I had no choice.
Right now, I was a broke, penniless, S-rank beggar Hunter without a single coin to my name.
At least until yesterday's Dungeon clear payment came through, Kim A-rin held all the cards and I had none.
The reality of my situation was that I had to gratefully accept whatever rags she brought me.
"Wait, hold on."
"Hm……?"
"You'll get fur on them, so drop the transformation first."
"Oh."
【Assimilation with entity: Fenrion has been released.】
And so, I dropped the transformation and changed.
Right in front of Kim A-rin, who was watching with eyes that somehow looked just a little bit expectant.
Into a terrifyingly effective outfit for erasing every last trace of masculinity within me.
"I'm… dying……"
The moment I finally put on those precious little clothes, something vital and irreplaceable inside me came crashing down.
Was this what they called self-loathing?
For some reason it felt like something had become irreversible, and my hands were trembling all on their own.
Becoming a cute little girl and wearing clothes that only cute little girls wear were two completely different things.
Pretty soon my brain was going to go sideways too, and I'd start doing things I'd never done before without a second thought.
Like acting cutesy at anyone who'd look at me, or making adorable little faces for no reason……
"Ugh… my life is over…."
Filled with a sense of foreboding that was ominous in more ways than one, I briefly lost my grip on reality.
But I didn't know yet.
That something even worse was still waiting for me.
—Slide.
"This box… is underwear……. …Try them on yourself and tell me your size."
"…………."
I peered into the abyss packed inside that box, and turned to stone on the spot.
Everything that followed, I erased from memory for the sake of my own dignity.
I had no desire to remember that the underwear also had little bears on them.
***
"…Here. A hoodie and a T-shirt."
Kim A-rin had made another trip to the nearby clothing store and handed me the gender-neutral clothes I'd asked for.
I changed into them quickly, before the adorable-bear-sweater virus could finish infecting my brain.
Or rather, I tried to.
"Hold on. Ji-woo."
"Hm?"
"Um, it's just…"
Kim A-rin was uncharacteristically hemming and hawing, and I tilted my head.
Then, slowly, a phone camera was raised in my direction.
"Can I… take a photo? …You're so cute."
It was the first time I'd ever seen Kim A-rin make a face that desperate.
She hadn't even looked like that when she used to beg me for my strawberry milk as a kid.
Still, she had bought me a Spam lunchbox this morning, and now she'd gone and bought me all these clothes.
I figured I might as well let her take a photo.
Consider it partial payment for the trouble of going to pick up my Dungeon clear reward later.
—Click.
—Click, click.
"……Heh."
Kim A-rin, having successfully claimed her photo, looked satisfied for a moment.
Was it really that great?
Well, I mean — even I could tell I was cute.
The kind of aggressively adorable face that could probably get crowned as the new gallery mascot if posted on the Hunter Wannabe Gallery.
But I still wasn't used to it.
It was only day two since my awakening, after all.
"Ji-woo."
"Please don't ask me to strike a pose."
"No, it's not that……. …Do you have any desire to go back to the way you were?"
"Huh?"
Kim A-rin asked if I missed my original appearance, and I shook my head.
I didn't really know what the female Lee Ji-woo looked like in the first place.
The only reference I had was a single ID photo.
Sorry to the female Ji-woo, but honestly, this version was prettier and cuter.
So did I really need to go back to her original form?
There was no guarantee my skills would carry over if I did.
I'd spent my whole life as an unawakened person and had only just awakened — there was no way I was giving that up.
"Right now, not particularly…?"
"…Understood."
Kim A-rin fell silent for a moment after hearing my answer.
She had the look of someone turning something over in her mind.
But I still had things I needed to ask.
Now that I could work as a Hunter just like Kim A-rin.
"Kim A-rin."
"……Yeah?"
"I'm at rock bottom right now. You'd better buy in before my price goes up."
That was my roundabout way of asking her to get me a job as a Hunter.
Because pretty soon, every guild in Korea would probably be sending me love calls.
Maybe even the whole world.
Giving Kim A-rin the chance to claim an S-rank Hunter like me in advance — that was what you'd call a friend's privilege.
"You said the Dungeon that opened yesterday was S-rank. You said so yourself."
"……So?"
"So how capable of a Hunter must I be, having solo-cleared an S-rank Dungeon like that."
Technically it was Fenrion's power, not mine — but I'd borrowed that power through my own skill.
And on top of that, Assimilation was a growth-type skill, so I'd only get stronger from here.
I had no idea what would happen once it fully evolved into the S-rank skill Avatar Manifestation someday.
Right now I could only use it for ten minutes, and the moment it ended I'd be hit with crushing exhaustion.
And yet I'd cleared an S-rank Dungeon.
What an absolutely broken character.
"Come on, come on~. A Hunter like this doesn't come around every day. Buy now and get a Hidden Boss photo as a bonus!"
"…Ji-woo."
"Yes, valued customer. How much were you looking to spend—"
"Underage Hunters are illegal."
My world collapsed.
"I-I'm an adult, okay? You know that."
"Your Status Window said you were eleven."
"Did I… say that?"
"The Hunter Association will find out when they run their tests. …There's no point hiding your age."
It wasn't like anyone could look at me right now and think otherwise.
Who was going to take someone who wasn't even a high schooler — not even a middle schooler — into a Dungeon?
The matter-of-fact way Kim A-rin said it made my world collapse all over again.
So this was what it felt like to have the floor fall out from under you.
I nearly burst into actual tears this time.
"…There are exceptions."
"!"
"Like you said — S-rank Hunters are rare."
Even if they were underage, an S-rank Hunter was too valuable to pass up, she said.
There would be plenty of guilds who'd want to lock in a contract before they came of age, Kim A-rin told me.
Right. Talent like mine shouldn't be left to waste.
"However."
"However?"
"Never like yesterday. If you ever pull something that dangerous again, I'll……"
"…You'll what. I'm invincible, you know?"
"…I'll confiscate your computer."
"I swear I will never step out of line again."
"Then promise me. Right now."
Having awakened two S-rank skills, living as a Hunter was probably inevitable.
But while I was still a minor, I'd be a trainee Hunter at most.
Kim A-rin said firmly that she would do everything in her power to keep me off the front lines.
"But then — does that mean I'm joining your guild now?"
"……Not right away."
"What."
"Because I haven't seen it yet. Your skills."
She wanted to confirm with her own eyes whether I truly had the combat power of an S-rank Hunter.
If I didn't meet Kim A-rin's standards, everything — guild scouting, rank assessment, all of it — would be put on hold. That chilling addendum followed.
"Tch — Assimilation!"
【Rank: F → S (Assimilation with entity: Fenrion in progress)】
【Current assimilation target: Fenrion (23%)】
"Come at me!"
"…Fighting between Hunters is also illegal."
"I thought you were going to fight me…?"
"I never said that."
Huh, wasn't this the part where you're supposed to fight the new S-rank Hunter and get completely wrecked?
I gave her a puzzled look, and Kim A-rin eventually named a specific Dungeon Gate.
"Haeinsa Gate."
"Isn't that a temple? Oh, am I supposed to fight the monks there?"
"…Hunters only fight monsters. You must never fight people."
Kim A-rin's expression grew briefly complicated, and then she told me to pack my things.
We were heading to Haeinsa right now.
My abilities as a Hunter would be tested there, she said.
"Haeinsa is an E-rank Dungeon, so you won't get hurt……. …I'll be right there with you."
"Oh, you're not busy?"
"……I took the day off."
Kim A-rin said this while ignoring her phone, which had been buzzing nonstop for a while now.
I knew that was a lie.
"Anyway, we're leaving now."
"O-okay."
Either way, as long as I could become a Hunter, I didn't care about the details — so I cheerfully followed Kim A-rin out.
As long as I could rake in money as a Hunter, there was nothing I couldn't handle.
"Hff, hff…."
I take that back.
Climbing the mountain was kind of rough.
Even with Assimilation active, it was draining a fair amount of stamina.
Me, whose only outdoor activity up until now had been convenience store shifts — I deserved a little punishment.
"Wait, was Haeinsa… this deep in the mountains?"
"Haeinsa is down there. The Dungeon is up in the mountain."
"Oh."
Come to think of it, we weren't heading to the temple — we were heading to the Dungeon Gate.
Just because it was called the Haeinsa Dungeon didn't mean it was right next to Haeinsa.
"Ah, you've arrived. Hunter Kim A-rin. And…"
"Lee Ji-woo."
"Trainee Hunter Lee Ji-woo. Right this way, then."
By the time we finally made it near the Dungeon Gate, a guild member was already there waiting to greet us.
Apparently Kim A-rin's guild had been continuously sending people to manage this Gate.
"It's an E-rank Gate, so trainee Hunters use it quite often. The Dungeon monsters are mostly weak, and they won't attack first either."
"Ah, I see."
That was when I finally understood why Kim A-rin had brought me here.
Basically, she was going to throw me at some weak monsters and see how I did.
Honestly, a little disappointing.
I was the person who had solo-cleared an S-rank Dungeon yesterday.
An E-rank Dungeon was so beneath me it made me want to die of boredom.
"…Let's go in. Ji-woo."
"Buy me pizza when we're done. Cheese crust, full toppings."
"……Fine."
"Yesss."
I stepped through the Dungeon Gate fully expecting to wrap up this little E-rank test in no time.
Kim A-rin walked silently beside me.
That lasted all of five seconds after entering the Dungeon.
[ Entity: Null's…… ]
—Crackle, crackle crackle.
[ Return of entity: Lee Ji-woo confirmed. ]
[ Updating return coordinates to entity: Lee Ji-woo's last recorded location — Hidden Area. ]
"Hm?"
A message window I couldn't make sense of.
Almost simultaneously, my body floated up off the ground.
"——! Ji-woo————!!"
Kim A-rin's face went urgent as she reached out toward me — but before she could, the scenery around me had already transformed into somewhere completely different.
Not a quiet mountain Dungeon, but something that looked like a folk village.
"Huh……. Where is this."
I looked around, turning my head this way and that, but I couldn't sense any sign of people nearby.
It was definitely still inside a Dungeon, that much seemed certain — but I couldn't see anything that looked like a monster either.
What on earth was going on.
Muttering to myself, I started walking through the quiet hanok buildings around me.
"A-rin, Kim A-rin…? …Where did she go."
—Hm hm.
"Ready or not, here I come~."
".̸̮̭̱͇͔̤̮̭̗̠̳̳̮̰̜͇̪̜̝̰͐̅͑͋͆̂̈͛̉̾́̋̚ͅͅͅ.̶͎̖̭̘͍̙̘͙͕̠͖̲̝͔̗̜͔̘͍̥̭̙̈́́̆̑̌̾͋͂̀͌͊̄ͅ.̴̪̩̟̝͉̗͎͍̘̦͎̪͇̮̜̬̤͈̦̞̬͚͛͑̏̂͐͂̓͆̌̾́̏͐̈́̔̾͐̑̚̚ͅͅ.҈̥̠̠͓̫̗͙͔̜̲͍̜͖̩̥̗͙̗̏͐̃͂͒͛͛̊́̔͒̿͛̂̅̿̐.̶͕̥̩͇̟̲̲̦̦̤̭̤̝̘̳͙͔͕̙̯͌̋͆̀̐̂͋͂̏͊͌̚ͅ.̶͈̪̝̦̭͉̥͚̦̩̳̦̙͔͇̪̯̱̫̝͙͙̟̅̎̊̑̎̒́̏͊̆͛̿̓́͊̇͒.҈̭̩͉̗̲͓͓̙̳̦̳̬̱̠͖͍̞̌͐͌͗̋̃̽̇̎̆͐͊͗.̴̪̣͈͙̜̱̬͉͉͚̞̈́̀̇̊̓̈́̇̈͆̽͗͆̽̈́̄́̂̓ͅ.̶͓̮̩̙̞̙̫̪̯̘̠̲̂̎̃̈͂͂̉̽̏̈̒̋̓̂̈́̉̽̄̽̓̉̇̚.̵̫̯̥̮͕̝͔͉̜̮̰̞̟̬̖̠̜͖͈̫̲̗̽̿́̌̽͂̽̎͆̑̑̐̽̂̂̽̌̆̌̀̓.҈͚̯͇̫͕̥͙̲̲͙̳̝̤̪͇̱̝̰͔͕͎̞̃̐͂̊̎́́̋͗̅̑̈́̇̂̏̒̐̽̓̚̚ͅ.̷̠̝̤̲͍̱͍̤̗̪̜͖͚̮̙̜͋̔̋̂̈́͂̍̓̀͂͑̎̇͊͑͆̃.҈͙̮̗͓̥͉̮͚͉͖̭̭͎̥̜̉͌̑̾͂̍́̃̄̌̀̎̌̾͋͐̈́.̵͓̖͖͖͎͓̮̣͎̪̞͚̬̱͔́̀̔̌̐͋̏͛̊̓̔̎́̈́͛̆͒̀͂̅͛͗̚.̴̖̟̮͖͚̲̩̗̲͕̜͍̥̰̱͚̬̞̓̌̀̆̇̽̏̋͐̀͋̍̀̒̅͒̓̿̍͒̌.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ.̶̝̥͎͍̪̱̘̬͔͚͖͉̘̦̥͙̖̙̦̬̳̱̬̅̐͗̍̐̿̓̑̑̾́̇̆́́̒̃͛ͅ.҉̲̗͕͓͉̯͚̠͔̰̫̞̿̈̉͐̆͆̓̆̒̓́̍̈́͛̈́͑̅̌͌̀̆͂̿.̵͕̭̫̫̤̪͍̱͚͙̖̱̦͍̮̙̤̜̣̖͎̟̌̏̌̋̒͂̈́̀̉͛͋̈́̆̒̐̔̑.҉̥̥͓͓͈̥̙͎̯̰͖̟̮͈͔͍̟̖̞̬̗̓͌̇̌͆̏̍̀̀͌̓͗́̑̀̈̂̇͒͋̆̉̿.̸͓̫̣̲͎͖̦̩͍͔͔͈̳̙̖̿͌͋́̀̔́̅̈͋̊̀̒̅̿̐̑̐̀̽ͅ.҈̠̯̠̣͕̩̰͈̟̫̥̥̤̐͑͂̇̾̃́̋͋̔͋͆͐̀͌̋͋ͅ.҉͈̲̰͖͍̩̳͕͔͈͙̮̱͎͈̠̗͍͓̠̱̬̗̎͆͆͑̀̏̆͛̍̊̅̏̆́̀̿́̍̄̈́̍̾͋.̸͖̠̯͓̳̣͕͓̪͍̘͖͍̝͎̰͓̐̍̐͌̀͌̓̅͋̾̓̎͆̊̌̄͆̇̚ͅ.̶͚̠̞̬̰̤̪̩͙̖̫̯͓̘̪͓͉̠̭̫͖̰̙̐̃́́̒̎̈͗́̊̆̀͑"
"……Hm?"
Just now, something.
Behind me, I think it was……
【 [ ! ] WARNING: Hidden Boss has appeared 】
【 [ ! ] WARNING: Hidden Boss has appeared 】
【 [ ! ] The true ruler of this Dungeon is watching you……… 】
[ Entity: Hwaran of Dream-Illusion-Foam-Shadow recognized. ]
夢幻泡影 花亂
.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ .̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ
[ Hidden entity encountered. ]
.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ
[ Saving biological data of entity: Hwaran of Dream-Illusion-Foam-Shadow……. ]
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".̸̮̭̱͇͔̤̮̭̗̠̳̳̮̰̜͇̪̜̝̰͐̅͑͋͆̂̈͛̉̾́̋̚ͅͅͅ.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ.̶͎̖̭̘͍̙̘͙͕̠͖̲̝͔̗̜͔̘͍̥̭̙̈́́̆̑̌̾͋͂̀͌͊̄ͅ.̴̪̩̟̝͉̗͎͍̘̦͎̪͇̮̜̬̤͈̦̞̬͚͛͑̏̂͐͂̓͆̌̾́̏͐̈́̔̾͐̑̚̚ͅͅ.҈̥̠̠͓̫̗͙͔̜̲͍̜͖̩̥̗͙̗̏͐̃͂͒͛͛̊́̔͒̿͛̂̅̿̐.̶͕̥̩͇̟̲̲̦̦̤̭̤̝̘̳͙͔͕̙̯͌̋͆̀̐̂͋͂̏͊͌̚ͅ.̶͈̪̝̦̭͉̥͚̦̩̳̦̙͔͇̪̯̱̫̝͙͙̟̅̎̊̑̎̒́̏͊̆͛̿̓́͊̇͒.҈̭̩͉̗̲͓͓̙̳̦̳̬̱̠͖͍̞̌͐͌͗̋̃̽̇̎̆͐͊͗.̴̪̣͈͙̜̱̬͉͉͚̞̈́̀̇̊̓̈́̇̈͆̽͗͆̽̈́̄́̂̓ͅ.̶͓̮̩̙̞̙̫̪̯̘̠̲̂̎̃̈͂͂̉̽̏̈̒̋̓̂̈́̉̽̄̽̓̉̇̚.̵̫̯̥̮͕̝͔͉̜̮̰̞̟̬̖̠̜͖͈̫̲̗̽̿́̌̽͂̽̎͆̑̑̐̽̂̂̽̌̆̌̀̓.҈͚̯͇̫͕̥͙̲̲͙̳̝̤̪͇̱̝̰͔͕͎̞̃̐͂̊̎́́̋͗̅̑̈́̇̂̏̒̐̽̓̚̚ͅ.̷̠̝̤̲͍̱͍̤̗̪̜͖͚̮̙̜͋̔̋̂̈́͂̍̓̀͂͑̎̇͊͑͆̃.҈͙̮̗͓̥͉̮͚͉͖̭̭͎̥̜̉͌̑̾͂̍́̃̄̌̀̎̌̾͋͐̈́.̵͓̖͖͖͎͓̮̣͎̪̞͚̬̱͔́̀̔̌̐͋̏͛̊̓̔̎́̈́͛̆͒̀͂̅͛͗̚.̴̖̟̮͖͚̲̩̗̲͕̜͍̥̰̱͚̬̞̓̌̀̆̇̽̏̋͐̀͋̍̀̒̅͒̓̿̍͒̌.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ.̶̝̥͎͍̪̱̘̬͔͚͖͉̘̦̥͙̖̙̦̬̳̱̬̅̐͗̍̐̿̓̑̑̾́̇̆́́̒̃͛ͅ.҉̲̗͕͓͉̯͚̠͔̰̫̞̿̈̉͐̆͆̓̆̒̓́̍̈́͛̈́͑̅̌͌̀̆͂̿.̵͕̭̫̫̤̪͍̱͚͙̖̱̦͍̮̙̤̜̣̖͎̟̌̏̌̋̒͂̈́̀̉͛͋̈́̆̒̐̔̑.҉̥̥͓͓͈̥̙͎̯̰͖̟̮͈͔͍̟̖̞̬̗̓͌̇̌͆̏̍̀̀͌̓͗́̑̀̈̂̇͒͋̆̉̿.̸͓̫̣̲͎͖̦̩͍͔͔͈̳̙̖̿͌͋́̀̔́̅̈͋̊̀̒̅̿̐̑̐̀̽ͅ.҈̠̯̠̣͕̩̰͈̟̫̥̥̤̐͑͂̇̾̃́̋͋̔͋͆͐̀͌̋͋ͅ.҉͈̲̰͖͍̩̳͕͔͈͙̮̱͎͈̠̗͍͓̠̱̬̗̎͆͆͑̀̏̆͛̍̊̅̏̆́̀̿́̍̄̈́̍̾͋.̸͖̠̯͓̳̣͕͓̪͍̘͖͍̝͎̰͓̐̍̐͌̀͌̓̅͋̾̓̎͆̊̌̄͆̇̚ͅ.̶͚̠̞̬̰̤̪̩͙̖̫̯͓̘̪͓͉̠̭̫͖̰̙̐̃́́̒̎̈͗́̊̆̀͑"
.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ .̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ
.̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ .̸̠̳̠̠̰̤̞̲̯͖̦̗̳̰̳͙͊̓͑͑͌̊̃̓̉̇̇́͑͆͌̄́̐́̈́͌̀.̷̩̗̲͙̱̠̥̭̟̳̳͈͇͎͍͙̉͐̂̆̊̔̏̒̒̈͛͒̂̓̀̐̓̚.҈͉̘̗̦̭̦̮̱͍̱̰̩͙̰͕͚͕͓̬̟͕̎̒̿̄͆̿̓́̽̎̑̓̃̈́͛̍̃̌̈̒͐̎́̈.̶͇͔̥̯̬̲͈̫̙̩̠̱̰̦̫̱̯͇̳̞́̇͗͑̓̏̄͛̓̔̓̋̾̇̐̇̀͛̚ͅ.̷̬̲̥̯̥̠͓͎̞̖̫͈̬̗͕̊̿̒͛̈́͒̆̅̒͊̅̊̀̽̾̍̊̏͛.̸̟̗͖̝̯̙̞͉̞̦̝͈̟̳̙͈͆͐͛͐̓̋͒̌̏̇̃̀̚.҉̞̠͈̬͔͕͉͚̖̝̯͓̥̖̦̠͇̲̓̾̓͂̀̈́͆͌̒͆̐̎̋̌.҉̞͙̯̞̳͈͇̣̳͕̯̙̟̩̰̄̂̒͌̿̀̐̓̏̀̀̾͒ͅ
[ Entity: Hwaran of Dream-Illusion-Foam-Shadow requests dialogue with entity: Lee Ji-woo…. ]
[ For smooth communication, entity: Lee Ji-woo's body will be automatically converted……… ]
[ Conversion complete. ]
"…Little one."
A soft, clear voice came from directly behind me.
I slowly turned my head and saw pink tails spreading out in every direction.
"What brings you here."
Amid the red warning windows flooding every corner of my vision, someone dressed in a red hanbok was speaking to me.
And in that moment, I understood.
What was gazing steadily at me was another Hidden Boss.
Which meant.
"Little one. What brings you……"
"Could I get just one photo!"
"…My, my?"
I had just gained another cheat code for going viral.
Jackpot.
