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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈
Chapter 1: Continental Gallery Integration
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Sometimes, life threw completely unexpected situations at you.
Most of the time, you got through them with quick thinking or experience.
But what if something happened that went far beyond that?
What were you supposed to do then?
What else? You had to find a way, no matter what it took.
“Fuck. What is this?”
The curse slipped out as soon as I saw what was in front of me. Given my situation, it was understandable.
Forest ahead. Forest behind. Forest to my right and left. Forest everywhere.
The trees were so huge they blocked out even the sun.
Where was this place, and why was I here? I couldn't make sense of it.
[System] Welcome to the Continent-Wide Gallery.
“Ah, fuck. You scared the shit out of me.”
Just as my mind went blank, a strange message appeared before my eyes. It hovered in midair like a hologram.
I only had a moment to be startled before the message changed into something else.
[Post title] Day 114 of Praying for a Full Recovery. [1]
[Post title] ImGoingOutOfMyMindImGoingOutOfMyMindImGoingOutOfMyMindImGoingOutOfMyMind [12]
[Post title] Never Click the Post Below!!! [52]
[Post title] This Is Today's Pick! [105]
[Post title] Is This...the Continental Gallery...? [8]
[Post title] I Started Dating My Childhood Friend! Ask Me Anything!! [10]
[Post title] Is There No One Who Wishes to Have a Deep Conversation With This Lady? It Is a Grave Matter. [2]
It was chaos in its most horrifying form.
Had I drunk too much last night? I was seeing things as soon as I woke up.
Still, no matter how many times I rubbed my eyes, the window in the air remained. It was enough to drive me insane.
“Am I... dreaming?”
I had no idea what was happening. Half entranced, I moved my finger.
Could I even go into this thing? It looked a lot like the galleries I'd seen online.
I selected the post with the most comments among all that chaos.
[System] This post does not exist or has been deleted.
“...?”
That only left me with an even bigger question. I should've clicked sooner.
Still, I had figured out the kind of situation I was in. Crossing my arms, I started browsing the gallery.
I wasn't much of a gallery user, but I'd looked through them a few times to find information.
Even though it appeared as a hologram, it was extremely easy to use. It moved however I wanted, whether I gestured with my hand or simply moved my eyes.
[Post title] Day 114 of Praying for a Full Recovery
[Author] Starlight Princess
[Post] Day 114 of Praying for a Full Recovery
└ Hang in there.
The post with the fewest comments had nothing but a short post and a short comment.
That wasn't enough to tell me anything. Before that, I needed to figure out whether this place was safe.
‘I'm not sure what this is, but I'd better be careful.’
I had no idea what could jump out at me in a forest. If a bear showed up, I was screwed.
At least patches of light filtered through, so I could see ahead. I started walking.
“Hmm?”
Then I spotted a plant.
Dense trees surrounded it, but they couldn't hide its glow.
I also needed somewhere to hide. I crept forward and settled between the trees.
‘It looks strange.’
It looked like an ordinary plant at first glance, but its petals were shaped exactly like a crescent moon.
Even without sunlight, it shone like a crescent hanging in the night sky. It was a really pretty flower.
‘Pretty things are usually poisonous.’
So I didn't touch it. In a forest like this, it was one of the things you shouldn't mess with.
If you don't know what it is, don't eat it. Especially mushrooms. If it came down to it, catch and eat bugs or insects instead.
I prayed things wouldn't get that bad, but considering my situation, I had to keep it in mind.
‘Are there any rules, though?’
I looked up and opened the gallery. It popped up on its own as soon as I thought about it.
The top post was clearly marked as an announcement.
[Post title] Announcement
[Author] DontAbandonTheHero (Head Mod)
[Post] 1. No posts that make others uncomfortable or disgusted!
[Post] 2. No pornographic images or videos!
[Post] 3. No posts that create tension between nations!
[Post] 4. No excessive cliques or hostility toward newcomers!
[Post] 5. Breaking the above rules will result in a ban!
[Post] 6. Let us protect the peace of the gallery!
[Post] 7. The Hero isn't harmful! Don't abandon the Hero! (Most important!)
└ Forget the rest, what the hell is that last rule? LOL
└ What's the Hero doing right now? Sleeping?
└ Dunno. People say the world's so peaceful that they're useless.
└ Rumor has it the Empire sent an extermination squad after them LOL
└ Damn, that's pitiful LOL
I'd heard that orange text meant someone was basically a moderator.
The announcement was pretty straightforward. It seemed there was no reason to ban anyone as long as they didn't cross the line.
The gallery was also simple and convenient to use.
You could take and upload photos and videos. Users could even trade with each other.
Still, direct user-to-user trades required registered usernames, supposedly to prevent illegal transactions.
There was always the risk of cliques, so once a trade was activated, users only had three minutes to talk.
‘Users can trade with each other?’
That was the best part by far. I didn't even know where I was.
Forget money. Survival supplies were what mattered right now. Even finding food would be difficult.
I'd need things like weapons to defend myself and tools to start a fire.
But trades were often one-sided, especially when one side was more desperate.
After thinking it over and over, I made a registered username. Before trading, I needed to figure out where I was.
[Post title] Woke Up in a Forest. Where Is This?
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] I drank last night, woke up here, and now I'm in this place;; Does anyone know where this is?
I made a post first. At least I knew this was another world.
The problem was where in that world I was. I didn't have time to think about why I had ended up here.
I had to survive first. I could think things through after that. If I died, none of it mattered.
└ ? Who's this idiot?
└ This feels like some asshole posting only a picture of their legs and expecting us to guess who they are LOL
└ Want me to upload my legs? Go ahead and guess who I am.
└ Get lost.
└ I'm a girl, though.
└ Go for it.
└ Actually, I'm a guy LOL
└ Fuck you.
Hmm. Nothing but goddamn useless comments. Bastards.
Still, I realized I'd done something stupid.
Obviously, if I only uploaded a picture of a forest, it would be hard to tell which forest it was.
The fact that they had commented at all meant they were decent bastards. So I made another post.
[Post title] What's the Most Famous Forest on the Continent?
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] See title.
└ [LetsGrowTrees]: Obviously, Alfheim!
└ Piss off, knife-ears.
└ [LetsGrowTrees]: Knife-ears? We only stated the truth!
└ You knife-eared bastards destroy your own forest, then invade other people's territory.
└ [LetsGrowTrees]: Mother Nature has spoken. Every forest is Alfheim!
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Those assholes used up all our firewood. Fuck.
└ Knife-ears always stick their noses everywhere. They're nothing but a nuisance.
└ Didn't they invade underground territory a hundred years ago because they wanted to grow the World Tree's roots? LOL
└ Those assholes are worse than demonkind these days LOL
“...”
Could you assholes leave some normal comments?
I thought the registered user called LetsGrowTrees might be useful, but no.
Every forest was Alfheim, and Alfheim was elven territory.
Therefore, every forest was elven territory. They were spreading that absurd logic around.
‘What are they, imperialists?’
Weren't elves supposed to be a race that loved nature? The fact that other races existed was one thing, but their mindset was shocking.
One thing was certain. Nothing good would come from getting involved with that race. I asked something else.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Is there a forest elves hate?
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Yeah. There's one called the Forest of Four Seasons. It's famous for being a complete hellhole.
└ [Wild Grylls]: What kind of place is it?
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Is your head an anvil? Did someone hit you with a hammer?
What the hell? This bastard was suddenly insulting me.
My head did hurt like someone had hammered it after all the drinking last night. Still, I hadn't actually been hit.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Yeah, I said I woke up in a forest;; My head hurts too, so I guess you're right...
└ [Passing Dwarf]: ;;;
└ Boo! Trash!
└ Still, the OP's kind of pitiful. What the hell did they do?
└ [Wild Grylls]: Nothing except drinking. Though I drank quite a lot.
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Fuck, that's your own fault;; What a useless idiot who can't even find their way home.
└ Getting called an alcoholic by a dwarf, damn.
Was that really it? What was I supposed to do when I woke up in another world?
At least Passing Dwarf kindly explained the Forest of Four Seasons to me.
The Forest of Four Seasons was the most dangerous forest on the continent. As its name suggested, it contained spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
At first, I had no idea what that meant, but I soon found out why it was called the Forest of Four Seasons.
‘Each area has a different season? What the hell...?’
That wasn't all. It was rich in mana, so all kinds of dangerous monsters lurked there.
It even completely destroyed your sense of direction, so once you entered, you couldn't get back out.
Because of that, criminals were often shoved into the Forest of Four Seasons. Not a single person had ever come back alive.
└ [Passing Dwarf]: It does have lots of elixirs and medicinal herbs, though.
└ [Wild Grylls]: I wouldn't know which herbs are which.
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Then die, I guess LOL. Eat a mushroom and croak.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Fuck you.
“Jeez...”
A frustrated sigh escaped me. I prayed this wasn't the Forest of Four Seasons.
If it really was...
I didn't know. They said there were lots of medicinal herbs, so I'd have to survive off them.
Going home would have to wait until after I got out of this forest. Sitting around here wouldn't accomplish anything.
‘Then...’
I glanced between my legs. More specifically, below them.
The plant with crescent-shaped petals. Could it be a medicinal herb too?
Since I knew nothing about this world, uploading it to the gallery seemed like a good idea.
The gallery had been useful for asking questions before. That went double for a Continent-Wide Gallery.
[Post title] Does Anyone Know What This Medicinal Herb Is?
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (Photo of a crescent-shaped herb)
[Post] I don't know what kind of herb this is. Does anyone know?
Less than three seconds after I made the post...
└ [Heavenly Demon]: Would you be willing to trade with this lady? It is an urgent matter.
Someone with the registered username Heavenly Demon left a comment immediately. Wasn't Heavenly Demon a title that only appeared in martial arts stories?
I immediately checked her posts. If she was some lunatic, I had no intention of trading with her.
[Author] Heavenly Demon
[System] Posts: 2,548 Comments: 3,817
[Post title] Is There No One Who Wishes to Have a Deep Conversation With This Lady? It Is a Grave Matter. - 10 minutes ago
[Post title] My body grows heavier by the moment. - 30 minutes ago
[Post title] The heavens are the heavens, and the earth is the earth. To think I failed to understand such a simple truth. - 1 hour ago
Her account was full of ordinary nonsense posts. There weren't many comments on any of them either.
‘What is this? Is she some kind of roleplayer?’
Her manner of speaking was incredibly lofty, but she spent her time on a gallery. It didn't add up.
Still, I should at least hear her out. I checked the comments first.
└ Fuck, is that the New Moon Spirit Herb? Why is that there?
└ GiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMe
└ How much do you need? Name your price.
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Is that thing valuable?
└ [Starlight Princess]: It's a useless herb to me... I need the energy of the sun...
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Tell me, would you have need of a sword personally crafted by a dwarf?
“...”
Oh my. What was this?
While I briefly looked through Heavenly Demon's posts, an incredible number of comments had poured in.
Even Passing Dwarf, who had been so prickly before, was suddenly acting polite. Was this herb really that valuable?
└ [Heavenly Demon]: Insolence! This lady claimed it first, yet your greed knows no bounds!!
└ Yeah. That means nothing~
└ Claimed it? LOL Whoever the seller likes comes first.
└ Move along, fossil~
The Heavenly Demon, who had made the first comment, was buried before long. Even when she tried to make her presence known every so often, that was all she could do.
Since user-to-user trading was possible, astronomical offers occasionally appeared.
I had no idea what this world's currency was worth, but one thing was certain.
‘Pick the person who looks the most desperate.’
One user kept stubbornly making her presence known. As everyone expected, it was the Heavenly Demon.
She really did seem desperate, judging by how quickly she kept commenting. Seeing that made me feel a little sorry for her.
‘Could she really be sick? Her posts do make it seem that way.’
Starlight Princess also seemed sick, but she had drawn the line first by saying the herb was useless to her.
After thinking it over and over, I decided to choose the Heavenly Demon.
I had already received countless trade requests, but I ignored every one of them and selected the Heavenly Demon.
I knew all too well how shitty and hopeless it felt to have something stolen from you after you claimed it first.
[System] Would you like to request a trade with Heavenly Demon?
[System] The entire conversation will be visible to the administrator, and depending on what it contains, you may be permanently banned.
It seemed the administrator had more power than I expected. Or maybe they were just that wary of illegal trading and cliques.
I wasn't doing either, so I made the request without hesitation. What I needed right now were survival supplies.
‘What will she give me?’
I waited with anticipation.
[System] Heavenly Demon has accepted your request.
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