Gacha Game Female Characters Become Obsessed with Me

Chapter 26 - That's How the World Works



When I came to my senses, it was a familiar ceiling.

“Ugh…”

How long was I unconscious?

If I’m unlucky, I’m terribly unlucky.

Of all things, some fragment flies and gets stuck in my head…

When I lightly touched my head, I felt an unfamiliar sensation instead of hair.

Unwrapping it, I found a familiar design of cloth soaked with blood that seemed to have flowed from my head.

“This is…”

Clearly.
The Virgin Ghost’s Clothing Scrap.

It’s quite a valuable material item…

Getting up and looking towards the warehouse, it was in utter chaos.

I can roughly guess what happened.

As soon as I fell down bleeding from my head, Tinya must have hurriedly looked for something to stop the bleeding and tightly wrapped it around my head…

“Hm.”

I feel a bit sorry for scaring her.
…Though I don’t know where Tinya herself has gone.

But anyway.
There was something a bit more important.

Did it appear!
The Phoenix Soul Ornament!

I looked into the alchemy cauldron where black smoke was rising with a hiss.

There was.

[Failed Alchemy Byproduct LM-087]
[Unfortunate trash that almost became a masterpiece in the hands of someone with a low alchemy specialty level. Recycling is impossible, so sell it nicely to the shop. They say there are sometimes people with strange tastes who collect them depending on their shape, but the truth hasn’t been revealed.]

“I won’t buy it, I won’t buy such a thing──!”

What the hell is unfortunate trash that almost became a masterpiece…!
No, the materials were perfect! What’s this alchemy specialty level!
Why does it look like a bulging mushroom!

Whoosh…!

It seems my blood pressure spiked, as the wound on my forehead that had temporarily stopped, opened again and started spurting blood.

“Urgh…”

Once a day…
I feel like I’m being framed…

As I sat there blankly like that.

In my gradually blurring consciousness.
Bang, clatter.

I heard footsteps coming up the stairs from the first floor.

This time, what, are they going to stick another notice for unauthorized illegal alchemy…?

And.

“Heal!”

Along with Yohena’s slightly trembling voice.

“Oh.”

My mind became clear.

I felt the wound that had been spurting blood quickly healing with a tingling sensation.

Good healing effect.

“Thank──”

As I turned my head to look towards the stairs.

I saw Tinya with tears and snot running down her face.
And Ari and Yohena’s expressions tinged with surprise, bewilderment, and a hint of relief.

“──you. Um, hmm. There was a minor accident.”

Well, I don’t know what expression I should make at times like this.

For now.
I just smiled.

 

Late at night.

The hero party started an emergency meeting.

“Today’s agenda is, is Ark okay like this?”

It was exactly as Ari said.

Even if heroes are hit by attacks strong enough to kill ordinary people, they would only get scratches at most.

But Ark, he was different.

“He’s fragile…”
“Master is weak woof!”
“…Weak, like a chick itself.”
“I didn’t know humans were beings that get injured so easily… Tinya, I was really surprised…”

They each added a comment to the topic Ari threw out.

Earlier, according to Tinya’s testimony, which was barely calmed down.

A very tiny fragment flew very slowly, and he couldn’t even dodge that, resulting in a large wound on his forehead.

Fortunately, thanks to the first aid of the smart and kind Tinya, they were able to stop the bleeding, but the stupid Ark took off the bandage without appreciating that consideration, causing him to bleed again.

Thanks to Yohena’s healing that arrived at such an appropriate time, he narrowly escaped the crisis of death.

If Ark himself, who was tied up with ropes and confined in the next room in case he caused another accident during that time, had heard this.

He would have been angry, saying what kind of instigation and fabrication is this?
What, are you treating me like a hamster?

But to the heroes (including demons) who were strong beings themselves.
It was also true that he was perceived as a being with fragility less than a hamster.

Operation name.
Protect Ark.

Under the leadership of General Ari, plans were steadily established and concretized.

 

Something feels strange today.

“Huff, huff, huff…”
“Master! Run faster woof!”

Usually, when going out for early morning exercise, Lumi would always snore and mumble sleepily.

From today, she insisted on accompanying me on my morning walk no matter what, whining and throwing a tantrum.

…Even in the midst of that, she made the outrageous statement that it would be okay to put a leash on her, so I had to spend a long time persuading her that there was no need for that.

But.

“Huff, huff, huff… Just, a little slower…”

For a pacemaker, it was too fast…!
Lumi doggy, your stamina is crazy!

Moreover.
If I tried to take off my hood because it was even a little hot.

“Grrr…!”
“Ugh.”

Because Lumi gave me a look, sweat accumulated on the nape of my neck.

Even after finishing the morning walk… no, forced hard running.

“Master! Should Lumi wash you woof?”
“…?”

Well, normally people wash dogs.
Hmm, hmm.

I really wanted to let her wash me, but…!

“I appreciate the thought… but that’s a bit…”

I endured with superhuman patience.

It’s absolutely not because Saha, who heard those words, glared at me with intense killing intent.

I’m a gentleman…

…If I don’t watch my behavior.
For some reason, I had an ominous feeling that I might be torn into a star shape and displayed piece by piece.

After that too.

Peaceful morning.

Originally, by now I should have been at the plaza over there, dreaming of advancing from shop mascot to city mascot while squealing and barking with the early bird children.

Lumi was sticking to me like glue and wouldn’t let go.

“Lumi? Why are you like this today?”
“Woof! Today is Lumi’s duty woof!”
“…Duty?”

After holding Lumi and scraping together pieces of truth from between the woofs to investigate the situation.

“Ah, no, what about my privacy?”
“There’s no privacy more important than life woof!”

No way.
24-hour close surveillance in shifts…?

“No, but, when a person sleeps…”
“We’re fine even if we don’t sleep for a day woof!”

“No, I’m not a child…!”
“Ark is weak woof! We must protect him woof!”

No!
My happy time…!

I couldn’t bring myself to say this out loud.
I just shed tears of blood inside.

Just like when they tied me up and left me for an hour yesterday.

…Is the hero party okay like this?

 

In the original game, content like the blacksmith, alchemy workshop, or even cooking in the guild house was done through ‘hero dispatch’.

The system itself was unlocked for me right after clearing the 1st floor, but it couldn’t be used as it kept spewing error messages.

So I had to cook directly, seduce Harong… I went through such hardships and ordeals.

Then I even got my forehead cut.
…Thanks to that, I also got to enjoy the luxury of being stalked by a beautiful girl.

Positive thoughts, positive thoughts.

Anyway.

To analyze the cause of yesterday’s alchemy failure, I looked at my smartphone while trying to ignore Lumi circling around me while myong-myonging.

What I couldn’t see in the ‘Last Felix (DEBUG)’ app.
I could confirm in the ‘LF – Shop Owner Add-on’.

It was ‘aptitude’.

What was just a superstition circulating in galleries and channels like “it feels good” or “the effect is good”.

It actually existed!

It seemed the developer was inspired by X World, but hid it for fear of being accused of plagiarism.

“Myong myong~ Myong myong~”
“Kyaruruk, kyaruruk!”

For example.
Lumi, who finally opened her heart and started to cherish Tinya after yesterday’s incident, had a sociability of level 3.

Maybe because of that.
Or maybe unusual tastes are unavoidable originally.

There was even a Lumi Love Group with suspiciously a lot of money, who gathered with the passion of wanting to touch Lumi’s ears or tail even once.

Well, Yohena and Ari all had sociability level 2 too.

And Ms. Harong had forging level 2, befitting a dedicated blacksmith.

…Tinya had no aptitude at all.
I had cooking level 4.

Well, that wasn’t important.

Alchemy also existed as a separate aptitude.
No one in our party had it.

So.
It’s time to find a new friend.

Let’s see, I’m sure I summoned a 4-star alchemy agent last time.

 

“…He went home?”
“Yes. He said he’ll be back in about 2 weeks…”

The professional alchemy agent who was getting good reviews in the gallery.

The first 4-star I summoned after my incarnation.

When I visited the Mage Guild to find Setis, I heard news like a bolt from the blue.

Why!
There’s a contract!
I can’t make the contract…!

“…Thank you for letting me know…”
“Woof? Ark, are you crying woof?”

I never thought it would be too late when I thought it was too late.

Looking through the list of other 4-star trash I’ve summoned so far, most of them are melee dealers or tanks.

In other words, physical types.
Physical types can’t be good at alchemy.

My future honey pot.
Dark clouds started to gather over the alchemy workshop.

Then.
There’s only one thing to do.

I have no choice but to ‘gacha’, right?

If I push through to the 10th floor Zone 9 today, I’ll gather enough divine stones to hit the ceiling.

The pickup character Erte is a magic damage-based dealer, so she’s a mage, so she should be able to do alchemy, right?

Honestly, not getting a single 5-star during the 100 pulls last time.
That’s totally being framed.

If I was framed like that?

It’s my turn to be lucky this time.

That’s how the world works.

 

“Urgh…!”

I’m probably…
The person with the weakest luck among earthlings…

If there were cards, adult cards.
I felt so suffocated and my hands and feet trembled so much that I wanted to pour in all my assets right now.

90 pulls.
No rainbow.
I don’t deserve it oh I don’t deserve it…!

Moreover.

It was ‘perfect’ until the end.

“Woof! It’s Lumi woof!”

The pickup was broken.
And it’s a duplicate.

The contract with Lumi in my hand emitted a bright light.

“Hieek…! Lumi turned into stones nyaaa…!”

Thud.

[5-star Hero’s Soul Stone x1]
[Lumi’s Unique Soul Stone x1]

It literally turned into 2 stones.

No! Shit! My comrade!


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