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◈ The Seven-Time Hero Goes Live ◈
Chapter 37: Side Quest (1) [Final Free Episode]
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No doubt Jun-il knew more about elves than anyone else on Earth.
Even so, he could not guess.
‘Why would they run away when someone talks to them?’
Elves had extremely long lives, which gave them plenty of composure.
They did not particularly reject unfamiliar beings just because they spoke to them.
They did not warmly welcome them either, but they would not run away or push them away.
They merely wanted to take a step back and observe the other person over time.
If an elf suddenly ran away like that,
there had to be a major reason.
‘I'll have to talk to them first to find out.’
Even Jun-il did not perfectly understand their behavior, so speaking to them was the best option.
“Excuse me.”
They would probably run.
‘If it really comes down to it, I'll catch up with Flash Step and slam them down...’
Jun-il thought that as he prepared to chase after the fleeing elf.
-Are you running the hundred-meter dash?
-Looks like he's gonna catch them after they run lol this psycho
-That stance is terrifying
-You planning to run over and kidnap them?
The Constellations laughed at him.
Well, it could not be helped.
His livelihood was actually on the line here.
“Ugh...”
The elf looked somewhat displeased.
But then...
“Why?”
The elf turned around and tilted her head.
“???”
What? Why was she not running?
“You called me, didn't you? Why are you crouching like that?”
-?
-Gasp
-What
-This is awkward lol
-No way lol
-Oh?
-What's going on?
-That stance is insane lmao
‘What?’
Why was she answering him?
In any case, Jun-il quickly straightened into an attention stance and nodded.
Snap!
“Ah, yes. Um...”
Just as he was about to say something,
“Ugh.”
The elf suddenly grimaced and stepped back.
‘Huh?’
-?
-??
-Gasp
-She's running
-She answered while he was crouched, but ran after seeing his face
-It was his face lol
-That look of contempt ㄷㄷ
Fortunately, contrary to the Constellations' hopes, the elf did not suddenly bolt away at full speed.
But she was definitely trying to widen the distance between them.
“W-why are you doing that?”
“You're shooting something sharp and prickly at me.”
“...?”
“All the humans here are shooting it at me. It hurts...”
-?
-??
-What is this???
-Why can she talk only to him? What?
-She only explained because she feels bad for an F-rank
-What is she even talking about?
The Constellations did not know the answer either.
“What are you talking about?”
“A shining rectangle.”
“...!”
Jun-il immediately understood.
Whoosh.
He opened his inventory and immediately tossed his phone inside.
The elf's expression softened again.
“Haah... Yes. That. That strange object.”
-ㄷㄷ
-Electromagnetic-wave allergy lol
-Ah
-Elves are sensitive
-Wouldn't she die if she went to Seoul?
“Is that why you've been running away?”
“Yes.”
The elf nodded as she looked into Jun-il's eyes.
Her eyes were emerald green, the same color as her flowing clothes.
Dazzlingly pale skin and sunlit blond hair.
She had the beauty one expected from an elf.
“Every human in this dimension probably carries one around.”
“Is that so? Ugh. Anyway, I hate them.”
The elf shook her head.
‘But why did she answer me?’
The answer came soon after.
“But you're different somehow.”
“...?”
“You feel warm. Familiar. Have we met somewhere before? A familiar scent...”
The elf leaned closer and sniffed him.
Her blond hair fluttered brightly, carrying the scent of the forest.
The chat exploded.
-Gasp
-ㄷㄷ
-Wow, fuck
-ALPHA MALE MOON JUN-IL! ALPHA MALE MOON JUN-IL! ALPHA MALE MOON JUN-IL!
-An F-rank seduced an elf ㄷㄷ
-What?
-Is this a green light?
-No, fuck, Kang Hae-il couldn't do it, but this guy can????
-L4GS! L4GS! L4GS!
-The elf rejected everyone and only talks to L4GS? Face difference, right?
-Where are the bastards who kept unfairly shitting on Jun-il's looks for being uglier than Kang Hae-il? LMAOOOO
-L4GS >>>>> Kang Hae-il
.
.
.
The Constellations went wild.
‘Damn it.’
Without realizing it, Jun-il closed his eyes and recited the mantra he had memorized throughout all seven runs.
‘I have no emotions. I have no emotions. I am a machine for killing the Demon King...’
* * *
“What the fuck...”
Ram's expression became practically demonic.
“Hey!”
She seized Sam by the collar and shouted at him.
“Is that bastard the protagonist!? Huh!? What kind of development is this!? What is that favoritism!? Did someone manipulate his Luck stat!?”
“N-nooo...!?”
Sam shook as he desperately explained.
“C-cough! His Luck stat is still complete garbage! Even now, if he goes to the bathroom, he'll run into at least five shit-filled toilets! I swear!”
That explanation did not help at all.
“Then what is that!? Familiar? Warm? How can an F-rank hear that kind of thing from a ridiculously gorgeous elf!? That only happens in special genres where you dump in Harem Coins!”
The kind of development where stunningly beautiful women flocked to a protagonist with neither charm nor ability.
“Why the fuck is this a yasashii kara plot!?”
It would take an enormous amount of special-genre “because he's kind” Coins to make something like that happen.
And that was only when the target was the protagonist.
How could it happen to some F-rank Extra?
But Ram was not the only one who thought so.
Of course, the Constellations thought the same.
Beeeeep!
-What the fuck does the protagonist have over F-rank Moon Jun-il? He loses the elf, loses first place, fuck, the Dark Mage rescued the kids before him too lol Why does an S-rank even exist? This is bullshit plotting. I'm leaving.
An exit bell rang.
“Ugh...!”
Sam's face turned pale.
Every line was right.
They pierced him like daggers.
“H-ha... Haha... What a perceptive Constellation. Haha. I really hate that...”
Sam tried to change the mood somehow.
Beeeeep!
The exit bell rang again.
-I don't know if this makes any sense. The elf ran from Kang Hae-il, but she's practically throwing herself at Moon Jun-il...? Makes me question the planner's tastes...
The gentle tone made the comment even more crushing.
It did not end there.
Beeep!
-I'm out, later
Beeeeep!
-Leaving because of this bullshit balance
Beeeeeeep!
-Go relearn the alphabet.
Ram's face went from bright red to ashen.
Her vision began to spin.
“Ugh... Urrgh...”
Her body gradually darkened.
She was going Dark.
“R-Ram! Get a grip!”
Even Ram's eyes turned dark crimson.
“Ugh... Let it all fail.”
She muttered as if possessed.
“Let it all fail. Let Fairy Corporation fail. I already failed too...! I wish it would all just burn down!”
She could not take her eyes off the monitor.
More precisely, the Constellations' comments.
The words kept drilling into her eyes, becoming fuel for the dark crimson glow burning within them.
“Ram! S-stop reading the comments!!”
Smack!
Sam finally slapped Ram across the cheek.
“Huh?”
“T-that was close! You would have been demoted to the Recommendation Department!”
If Ram completely went Dark and became a Dark Fairy, she could not work in the Planning Department.
Such fairies were demoted to the Recommendation Department.
Ram suddenly began trembling.
“...R-recommendations... N-not there.”
The Recommendation Department recommended and promoted the good things planned within the company, so its work was easier.
But its employees had to fight the World Tree's wraiths every day.
It was a place of immense psychological strain.
Practically the front line of Fairy Corporation's fiercest battlefield.
“R-right... O-our story's overall performance is still trending upward. This is nothing! We just need to do better again! We still have countless Sub Quests left!”
“Sniff... Sob...”
Ram suddenly began to cry.
“Ram?”
“I... I... I just hated Pam...”
“...”
“W-what kind of Story Fairy uses the same protagonist seven times? B-but why... Why!!”
Why was this Yulian guy...
Why was he so damn persistent?
“Why do you keep getting in my way!?”
She had given up on killing him now.
It would be enough if he just stopped getting in her way.
“Getting in your way? I-it's just a coincidence. That bastard just came here all smitten with an elf and got bewitched, so now all the Constellations will leave...”
Sam said as he pointed to the monitor.
‘Huh?’
He adjusted his glasses and looked again.
He had thought Yulian had come running because he was smitten with the elf.
[I actually came here to make a trade.]
Yulian declared that he had come to trade without the slightest hesitation.
“You came... to trade?”
-?
-Why is he trying to trade with an elf?
-Huh?
-He's an unusual one
Even the Constellations wandering neutral streams showed interest.
‘Th-this...’
Sam felt a sense of crisis.
Yulian's presence was steadily growing.
The fact that even Constellations who had merely been wandering around were taking interest was completely different from them arriving after learning about him through social media.
Regardless of the L4GS they saw online or his status, the Constellations were beginning to take an interest in Moon Jun-il himself.
“What? You said he came here all smitten because he wanted to see an elf.”
“...T-that was...”
Ram seemed to have recovered herself, because she started berating Sam again.
“Ha. Forget it. As long as the Sub Quest goes to Hae-il, right?”
“R-right!”
Perhaps grateful that Sam had saved her from going Dark earlier, Ram let it slide.
“T-the Sub Quest is set up for Hae-il to receive it. Though Hae-il will need to find this elf first...”
Kang Hae-il was currently sitting still in front of some grave, staring up at the sky.
He did not look like he intended to find the elf.
* * *
“A trade?”
The elf tilted her head.
Jun-il barely composed himself and began speaking.
“Yes. Could I perhaps sell these...?”
Whoosh.
He pulled out the goblins' weapons from his inventory.
Clatter!
“Ugh. They're steeped in demonic energy.”
She was not as displeased as she had been with the electromagnetic waves, but the elf still looked somewhat uncomfortable.
Ignoring that, Jun-il spoke.
“Could I sell these?”
-You think that'll work? lol
-You're asking her to buy those?
-Wow, this guy really thinks differently lol Would she buy that?
-Is he blind?
-L4GS walks a different path...!
“Sell them? To me?”
“Yes.”
The elf calmly looked down at the items.
Her gaze lingered a little longer on the iron mace used by the Champion Goblin.
Then she looked back at Jun-il.
“I want your ‘pocket’ more than these.”
“My pocket?”
“Subspace.”
“Ah... I-I can't sell that.”
“You can take it off.”
“Ah, misspoke. I'm not selling it.”
“Hmm.”
-Not selling it lol
-He's selling that?
-That's how he makes a living, how could he sell it? Crazy
-Read the room, elf
-Don't take the liver out of a flea ㅠㅠ He's an F-rank porter, fuck
“I'm only selling these. Can I sell them?”
Jun-il knew.
He could sell them.
Elves acted otherwise, but they were deeply interested in objects steeped in demonic energy.
Purifying those objects and turning them into Mana Crystals was almost instinctive to them.
By nature, they yearned for harmony, peace, and purification.
The balance among those three desires varied by individual, but if objects like these were right in front of them, they would surely want to buy and purify them.
‘Buy some already. Just buy them.’
Of course, she might not want to buy them.
Or might want to buy fewer.
It was a matter of luck.
And as everyone knew, Jun-il's Luck stat was garbage.
Naturally, she would choose not to buy them.
But things took an unexpected turn.
“Hmm. But I'll trade if you grant me a favor.”
“What? How much will you buy them for?”
“Grant me a favor. Then I'll buy them.”
“...?”
-What favor?
-No lol Why is that her answer lol
-“How much will you buy them for?” lol
-Huh?
-Oh, but she says she'll buy them??
Ding.
[Sub Quest Discovered!]
‘Huh?’
This was an unexpected development.
‘She's giving me a quest?’
-Oooo
-Wow
-Huh???
-What?
-A Sub Quest?
-An F-rank gets one?
-So this exists
-Damn
-That's crazy~
-L4GS really is world-class!
He had stolen the Sub Quest meant for Kang Hae-il.
Footnotes:
“Yasashii kara,” literally “because he is kind,” is Japanese fandom shorthand mocking harem plots where an otherwise unremarkable protagonist attracts women solely for being kind.
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