Gacha Game Girls Are Obsessed With Me

I need to form a cooperative relationship with Darangdae.

To that vague sentence, I added a subject.

I need to form a cooperative relationship with Darangdae.

“Haa…”

Right after regaining my senses thanks to Yo-hena’s healing.

I was hit with a headache as I heard the astonishing exploits of the heroes I had only observed fragmentarily through my smartphone while being kidnapped.

No matter how much I was caught off guard from being abducted,

They were really remarkable and mind-boggling hero tales.

“So to summarize, every time they found the Ranging tribe, they snipped off their tails to claim as loot.”

“Hehe.”

“Uh-huh… And then they captured what seemed to be the leader and stripped him naked except for his underwear, parading him around while staging a hostage act.”

“Historically, the Ranging tribe doesn’t have to wear clothes…”

“Uh-huh. The Ranging tribe I saw were all civilized friends properly dressed.”

Though a bit revealing.

“On top of that, they completely wrecked Darangdae’s Pocoron farm—”

“Just a little, I only broke a small part of the wall.”

“Even Saha is like this? Anyway, so you abducted me, no, reclaimed me with the stolen Pocorons?”

“Meow…”

“Gulp…”

“…”

They had been silent during my scolding,

But the heroes had very brazen expressions.

As if to claim, ‘If it were Hero Himmel, he would’ve done the same.’

Empathizing with the feelings of the main character who bestows blessings upon this wonderful world, I wrapped my head.

This is no longer just about clearing the 3-star quest.

Cooperation with Darangdae is essential.

That was the reason I acted quite confidently and without much concern even after being kidnapped.

Well, that’s how the story unfolds…

So, Renatel is a character I can contract with—essentially a candidate for a hero.

But now I’ve made a mess of things.

A very extravagant and grand mess.

Just like when I had subdued Elise and Rene.

The story exists, but my actions, and our actions, were subtly twisting the world line.

In extreme situations,

The existing Ranging tribe, along with Darangdae’s Ranging tribe, could become hostile toward us.

If that happens, things could get incredibly complicated.

The ridiculously uncomfortable feeling inside me.

It felt like the eternal tenacity king, Ganggeonma, was whispering.

Shall I wipe them all out?

Maybe I could slice them up so they wouldn’t even let out a peep!

“No, that’s not right.”

“Huh?”

“It’s just a monologue.”

There’s no reason to choose a hard path when an easy one is available.

…Though I have already deviated greatly from the easy road and am in a crisis that requires me to update my navigation.

Grrrr—

A loud rumble echoed from Lumi’s stomach.

“Are we… not getting any food…?”

The only hero cleared of blame, the former demon,

Rene glanced at me blankly while appealing to her hunger.

If I whip them too much, I’ll face karma later.

“…Anyway, you all really went through a lot. Thank you for saving me. Shall we eat first?”

“Woof!”

Lumi’s brown tail fluttered splendidly.

Yes.

We need to eat to live.

* * *

“Ahh… that was delicious… today’s meal…!”

“Truly, Arc’s cooking skills are the best.”

To wash away the terrible food I had eaten earlier from my taste buds and mind,

I spent quite a bit of money on rice and made a rich beef porridge.

It must have rice that’s properly cooked.

I wonder if I could settle for just some red bean porridge or pumpkin porridge.

Of course, since these were not officially registered dishes in the game, I wouldn’t receive any stat bonuses.

“Master! One more bowl!”

“Lumi wants another bowl too, woof!”

A proper amount of salt.

Fresh sesame oil brought from the mill.

And adding a bit of pepper to accompany the rich beef (origin: Minotaur),

I was able to wash away the lunch not only of my dissatisfaction but also made the heroes very satisfied.

“It’s much tastier than what my mom made, woof!”

“Lumi, you shouldn’t say something like that.”

Of course, after enduring a tedious cook’s life,

After my discharge, I became the one responsible for meals at home, rising as the new chef.

But that’s that, and this is this.

“What was Lumi’s mother like?”

The soft-spoken Yo-hena tossed in the topic with a warm smile, enjoying hearing about others.

“She was a little absent-minded but a kind and good beast person, woof! Ah! She couldn’t cook at all, woof!”

Did you really have to reiterate that to confirm it?

Lumi?

As I listened to Yo-hena and Lumi chat pleasantly, a sudden question popped up.

“Lumi, do all beastkin not know how to cook?”

“Woof! Cooking from the Canine and Ranging tribes is very bad, woof! That’s why I really like Juuin, woof!”

Hmm. That indeed clarifies everything.

It wasn’t that they made that awful food on purpose to mess with me.

It seemed they simply never had the concept of ‘delicious cooking’ from the start.

Now, without any hesitation, Lumi bounced up and pounced on me.

Her expression seemed odd.

For some reason, her fangs looked sharper today.

“Grgrr…!”

And then she started sniffing my body all over.

“Eek!”

“L-Lumi! What are you doing?”

Ignoring the other heroes who were startled and blushing, Lumi was thoroughly feeling me up and sniffing.

“Lumi? Not in a public place!”

“Juuin! You smell like a wolf, woof! I need to wash you, woof!”

Then she suddenly picked me up and threw me into the bathroom.

“…?”

I was thinking of washing anyway.

But I didn’t expect her to use such a forceful method.

I forced my racing heart to calm down.

I tried to toss off my clothes,

“Elise? Tynia? …Even Rene?”

“Tch.”

“Eeek.”

“Tsk.”

Maybe because they were former demons.

The human (including beastkin) heroes at least had the decency to hide their faces, but those friends were shamelessly peeking in through the window.

I quickly yanked the curtains to thwart the malicious demons’ conspiracy to gawk at my naked body.

Finally, I began to warm my body with hot water.

While doing so, I pondered deeply.

How can I establish a cooperative relationship with Darangdae?

That wasn’t mentioned even in the historical records of Goguryeo.

But I could roughly devise a methodology.

So-called “Operation: Hero from Another World!”

Just as I had captured Araklene,

I would show the primitive friends of Darangdae the true taste of food!

I wondered if the genre had shifted a bit into a cooking story, but nonetheless, what mattered was the outcome.

But is that enough?

I didn’t think so.

It’s about time to lift the seals.

* * *

A little while later.

“Let’s add one more friend.”

It’s finally time to release the seal again.

The stones I had collected from the 15th and 16th floors.

It’s time to sift through the ten-fold gacha tickets I acquired through the previous special gacha!

I had deliberately tidied up the storeroom while it was Tynia’s turn, and after stealthily plundering gold, it resulted in seven 10-fold tickets.

With the number of stones the heroes had earned so diligently, this was enough to reach the ceiling!

“I’m excited because it’s my first time witnessing a summoning!”

Saha, the only one among the heroes who hadn’t witnessed a gacha scene, sparkled her eyes with interest.

Of course, Elise and Rene hadn’t seen it either.

The latter was currently sent to the store’s kitchen to whip up a couple of dishes after giving a recipe.

Tynia must have already stuck a sign out front saying, “Today is a temporary closing day.”

“Yo-hena? Please.”

This one is also a selective summoning.

With determination to reach through to the 20th floor, I had packed the deck with story-related characters.

Ranging tribe.

Ranging sword master Renatel.

The chief of Darangdae, who had been diligently taking care of me until earlier.

Ranging tribe.

The queen of the forest, Enya.

Not only did she abduct me, but she was also the queen of the Ranging tribe who stole my clothes.

Myling tribe.

The guardian of Nyan-dara, Roen.

Though I hadn’t met her yet, she would play a significant role in the Myling tribe’s story later on.

If any one of the three pops out, we should be able to progress comfortably!

It’s a long-awaited dopamine party!

…not at all!

It’s a shiny shiny shiny shiny shiny golden party!

Every time I pull the gacha, my luck is so bad that I suspect it’s rigged.

Honestly, at this point, I’m practically convinced.

If I ever return to my original world, I will directly dash to the Korean Consumer Agency to scream my complaints.

But still, this time, I got a rainbow on my 40th pull!

“Woof! It’s Lumi again, woof!”

A grand leap for the Lumi skin!

…What’s going on? Did my account get flooded with Lumi? Why does Lumi keep coming out?

But at this point, I’ve grown too mature to get angry.

Lumi is cute.

Lumi is super cute.

After diligently self-comforting in my heart.

And then, once again, my luck ran out.

100 pulls. I’ve reached the ceiling!

* * *

In the place where the heroes and summoners had disappeared.

“Renatel! Now we’ll protect it…”

“No. They looked stronger than I thought, so I think I should handle it myself.”

Renatel waited patiently.

Having barely restrained the rampaging Pocorons, repaired destroyed barricades, and gone through all sorts of hardships,

She would definitely capture them and make them pay for this suffering.

If nothing else works, she would do it with the summoner’s body.

In the late night,

As they say, a criminal returns to the scene.

Finally, a light wave shimmered in the air.

“Uwaaaah!”

“Be careful!”

From the position that unmistakably seemed to be where the Pocorons had been, six men tumbled down, tangled together.

“At last, they’ve revealed themselves!”

With her sword drawn, Renatel growled.

But then.

“Wait! Stop the violence!”

With a strangely powerful spell that felt as if it should indeed bring things to a halt, Renatel froze in place.

“This! Take it!”

Earlier, she had taken a risk in saving them.

The summoner, who chose to return to the heroes, trampling her own feelings,

Offered up a contract that depicted her face.

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