Stay-at-Home Summoner

Upon waking up in the morning, how many times could one be greeted by a stunning beauty with ample breasts dressed in a maid outfit?

Even if one were to request such an event from a girlfriend, it would be difficult, and to begin with, one would need to have such a girlfriend for it to be possible.

Such things are a fantasy.

However, it’s not impossible.

At least, not compared to the imagination I am currently aware of.

“Um.”

“Yes, Master.”

“Who are you?”

“…….”

Since it was our first meeting, I spoke respectfully, but she furrowed her brow as if that politeness was quite unpleasant.

Even her contorted eyebrows seemed beautiful, leading me to think I was indeed losing my mind, but no matter how much I scrutinized her face and figure, I could not help but feel that way.

It was a look that seemed to belong to someone I might see at a cosplay event, among the cosplayers, exceptionally high in synchronization that one would say, ‘It’s the real Elaine ㄷㄷ.’

“Who do you think I am?”

“Elaine Blacksteel?”

“You know well, Master.”

“…….”

The person in question admitted it.

At the same time, I found my gaze inadvertently directed toward my computer, tablet, and smartphone.

This situation right now—

“I thought you might be confused, so I was waiting for you to realize that, but if I stayed silent, I thought it would only confuse you more, so I’m saying this.”

Before I could even respond to the worst-case scenario that flashed through my mind, this ‘perfect maid’ thrust her face right in front of mine.

“I am Elaine Blacksteel, summoned to this world in response to your [Summoning] ability.”

“…That.”

I cautiously raised my hand toward Elaine.

“You’re saying I summoned you?”

“Yes. I appeared in response to the awakening of your ability, Summoning.”

Elaine puffed her chest proudly as if boasting.

“And while you were fainted, I completed organizing the house.”

“?!!?”

Unintentionally, I got up from the bed.

“Wha, what…!”

The room is neatly cleaned.

The clothes I had carelessly thrown around with the thought of cleaning up later over the weekend or the cans I had piled up to sort during recycling later.

Seeing the clean and tidy appearance, not different from the scene when I first moved into this apartment, reminded me of this being named Elaine’s ‘setting.’

A perfect maid without flaws.

A thorough maid with no gaps in any field.

And she is—

“A character from the mobile social game ‘5-star rating.’”

“!!”

As she herself stated, that is her existence.

A being from a dimension in a game that could not exist in reality.

A character that clearly has an illustrator, a 3D modeler coding, and exists in a world that is one game.

“I couldn’t use the smartphone because it had a password, but the computer didn’t have a separate password, so I used it briefly while you were sleeping.”

“What, what…!”

“Could you please turn on the TV… no, U-tube to check the live news?”

“…….”

Could it be that the world is tricking me?

Maybe the girl pretending to be Elaine is deceiving me?

“From your expression, it seems you still can’t believe it.”

Elaine stood up from her seat.

Then, facing the window, she took a pose and made a V-sign with one hand beside her eye.

“Since it has come to this, [Cleanliness Death Beam]—”

“Ah, no. Stop.”

Just before I could stop Elaine, something definitely glittered golden in front of her eyes.

It was undoubtedly a technique that was Elaine’s ultimate move in the game, which even had a ‘cut-in,’ a simple technique that annihilates enemies with a flash of light.

A character that had brought severe inflation to the game.

Although she fell behind later as new characters kept coming out due to inflation, she was a character who showcased her longevity while continuously receiving support from specific characters.

And she was the character that I initially invested all my bonuses into, giving her all the stat upgrades.

That kind of being.

…Continuing to refer to her as a character feels somewhat awkward or troubling.

“Okay. For now, I’ll check the news. What the heck is going on?”

“While you search, let me casually mention that approximately one million people worldwide have awakened.”

“…One million?”

“Yes.”

As soon as the U-tube screen turned on, it was not an algorithmic recommended video but a real-time channel alert of a news broadcast I occasionally watched.

[God’s Blessing! One million people awakened worldwide.]

“…Is it real?”

“Yes, it is real.”

“So, I have become one of those million people?”

“Yes. Although I cannot see it, there should be a ‘system’ visible to you that indicates which number awakened person you are.”

“…….”

What should I do now?

Should I just say ‘status window’?

There do not seem to be many people among the awakened who are looking at this, and reviewing the real-time comments on news doesn’t show anything about checking a system—

“Huh?”

Something started to sparkle on my smartphone.

As if there was another app behind the one currently running, something was flashing on the screen.

Mesmerized, I scrolled down to the app collection and saw an unfamiliar app.

Something shaped like a magic circle was sparkling.

“I’ve seen this somewhere.”

There’s a recently released mobile game where you enter another world through an app, and it’s quite similar to that.

The one there is eye-shaped, and this one has golden wings spread out.

“…This is the right one to press, right?”

“Yes. If you permit me, may I also check it?”

“Permission, whatever…”

“Excuse me.”

Elaine moved closer and sat beside me.

She sat so naturally that I felt a chill run down my spine.

The feeling that she was intentionally getting so close to me was perhaps due to her intention to firmly impress her ‘existence’ upon me.

“…I’ll check it out.”

Press.

[Welcome, Awakener. Welcome to [Graphimoar].]

A voice I had never heard before, no, a voice that somehow felt familiar came from within.

[I am Alice, the artificial intelligence supporter assisting you.]

Alice.

A name that sounds suspicious to anyone, but Elaine’s expression next to me seemed to indicate something serious.

[I understand you are confused in many ways. You must have been startled by the sudden awakening. So—]

“Master.”

Elaine covers the smartphone with her hand.

“I will explain it to you.”

“…This seems like a system support application, no matter how I look at it?”

“I can handle this much. The information is already complete.”

“……For now, let me check this.”

Using my deduction about the UI of the Graphimoar app, I operated the screen that presumably had the information related to me.

[Name: Kim Jin-Hyun.]

[Birthdate: October 10, 2002.]

[Gender: Male.]

An extremely dry and dull profile.

However, the content written below was certainly what I was looking for.

[Ability: ‘Summoning’ (1/2).]

[Position: Summoner (E).]

An indicator showing my ability as an awakener.

E-rank summoner.

“…I think others might have fantasy-like names like warrior, thief, archer, dark mage, necromancer, healer, etc. here.”

“Aren’t you also in a fantasy-like position, Master?”

At Elaine’s question, I nodded without realizing it.

Summoner.

Perhaps the being I summoned is the one right next to me, Elaine.

[Do you have any questions, Master?]

“…….”

Elaine grips the smartphone firmly in her hand.

I was worried she might crush it with great strength, but her action seemed to be an attempt to silence the artificial intelligence, making me feel an uneasy chill.

“Elaine. Calm down. I really can’t afford to lose that.”

I do have an old smartphone, but it’s a latest model that I changed to less than three months ago—there’s still a lot of installments left.

“First, let’s stay calm. Perfectly and elegantly.”

“…I’m sorry. I almost made a mistake without realizing it.”

Elaine released the smartphone.

It didn’t crack or anything, but I’m sure the shape of her hand left impressions on either side of the bezel is just my imagination.

“Before we check this, I have a serious question.”

Tap.

I turned off the smartphone screen, flipped over on the bed, and turned my gaze to Elaine.

“Am I your Master?”

“That’s right.”

“Really?”

“Yes. ‘Pledge of the Stars.’”

The pledge of the stars.

A vow made by her clan.

To put it metaphorically as a myth, it’s akin to the pledge of the River Styx.

“Then… do you know that you are…”

I gently tapped the covered smartphone and carefully opened my mouth.

“A character in a mobile game.”

“Yes.”

In response to my exceedingly cautious question, Elaine answered surprisingly readily.

“Because that’s Master’s ability. I don’t particularly think of it as strange or anything like that.”

“Uh…”

“No matter when or where, it is my principle to serve Master perfectly. That is the mission given to me.”

“I see. But, um, you know… is it not shocking or anything like that?”

If I were her, I would be very surprised.

“If it turns out that you are summoned to another world, and it turns out that the world I lived in is actually the game’s world.”

What if the world I lived in was similar to something like SimO or MaeOris, and I was one of the NPCs in that world.

“It might be shocking, but on the flip side, couldn’t one think of it like this?”

Elaine formed a V-sign with both hands and smiled expressionlessly.

“Thank to another god’s grace called Master, I was able to be invited into the world of the creators who made my world, and I am here in reality.”

“…….”

“There were many other ‘companions,’ but only I could be summoned specially to be by Master’s side.”

“……That’s a positive mindset.”

“Because I am a perfect maid. So…”

Elaine smiled softly.

“I will help you with everything, so just trust me, Master. I will do my best to assist you.”

“Okay. Thank you. I appreciate it.”

One thing.

“…What about others?”

“Master?”

Before I could even express my doubts.

“It’s enough for just me to support you, Master…?”

At Elaine’s words, I couldn’t help but gulp.

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