Chapter 166 - Chapter 164: Episode 164
If you look at this movie with the genders swapped... hmm.
In my original world, this would just be a story about a married woman with kids having an affair with a younger man.
They just slapped on a bunch of plot devices to try and justify it.
If I were to adapt this like a story from my old world—swapping the genders—
the female lead (a married ahjumma with kids) would be living a tough, gritty life, just grinding away,
but then, she gets dragged along by friends to a nightclub in Gangnam, not really knowing where they're going,
her friends egg her on to sit with some strangers,
and those friends feed her a load of bullshit to justify it, saying everyone has a lover these days (birds of a feather, right?),
then she starts reminiscing about her happy past,
and meets a young, handsome guy who looks just like her old flame, and falls right back into that "happy" love...
Fuck, it's just an affair. What did the spouse and kids do to deserve that?
'I prefer action movies or stuff with good reviews...
Min-seo... you should've asked me what I wanted to watch...'
As it turned out, Ahn Min-seo wasn't interested in the movie,
and neither was I.
Watching a romance melodrama I didn't care about just made me sleepy...
I was drifting off when someone lightly pinched my thigh and my dick.
"Ugh..."
The only person who would do that was Ahn Min-seo, sitting right next to me.
Since she'd booked a couple's seat in the theater, there was nobody else nearby.
"...Why, why..."
"You're not interested in this movie, are you?"
"...U-uh...? N-no..."
"Don't bullshit me. You were just sleeping on my shoulder, snoring away... Look at my clothes, they're soaked with your drool."
Ahn Min-seo pointed to her shoulder.
Sure enough, it was damp—I'd really drooled a lot while dozing off.
I wiped my mouth and bowed my head in apology.
Meanwhile, the romance melodrama was in full swing, the leads gazing into each other's eyes and whispering sweet nothings.
Checking the runtime, there was still an hour left.
"Min-seo... I'm sorry... Actually, I'm not really into romance or melodrama..."
"Haa... sigh... yeah. My bad. I should've asked what kind of movies you like before booking."
"...N-no. It's just... my taste isn't like a normal guy's..."
"Tsk. Hey, then it's a waste of time anyway. Honestly, I think this is fucking boring too. I don't even get what's supposed to be fun about it."
"Actually, I feel the same way. Look at them—both the woman and the guy have spouses and kids, yet they're having an affair.
Is it called 'romance' just because it's an affair when someone else does it, but 'true love' when I do it?
Do the men in this world actually find that shit fun?
This is exactly why the Pongpong-nyeo Dishwashing Theory exists—because movies keep pushing this garbage.
If you have a spouse and kids, just live your life.
What's with all this 'old lover, new lover' bullshit?"
"Oh, oh... Kim Do-jin with the honest opinion... But why do you act like you're not a man of this world...?"
"Hmm... T-that's true..."
I couldn't exactly tell her I was from another world, so I just scratched the side of my head.
"Haa... I should've just booked an action movie.
At least then I would've had fun... Tsk... Haa... Ah... What do I do... Sigh..."
Ahn Min-seo was sighing like the world was ending, convinced she'd ruined the date.
I figured she was blaming herself for trying to be considerate without actually checking what I liked.
Still, the thought behind it wasn't wrong...
"...I-I'd prefer action, too..."
"...Then should we book a different one? Let's get out of here."
"No... let's not do that, Min-seo. Do you like games? Shall we go to a PC Bang?"
Ahn Min-seo's eyes went wide with surprise.
In my original world, this would be like a girl on a first date asking if you like games and suggesting a PC Bang.
But I knew better.
Ahn Min-seo liked computer games, just like the normal girls in this world.
And I liked them too.
"...???"
"You don't like games...? You can't play?"
"No, wait a second... You... Do-jin, you... By any chance, is your taste similar to a girl's?"
"Uh... I like games and action movies... Just think of my taste as being like a girl's. Movies, hanging out, food. Everything."
"Haa... you should've said so sooner. Hey, the rest of today's date is canceled. Let's go to a PC Bang.
We can order Jajangmyeon there, or if we're hungry, we can hit up a chicken or pork belly place. I shouldn't have booked that expensive pasta place for nothing."
"Deal. Jajangmyeon or a hearty Gukbap place is way better than some overpriced pasta place with tiny portions."
"Wow... this fucker... You... you... fuck. I think I'm gonna fall for you. Hey, but you... you're not just saying that to be considerate of me, right?"
"Can you still say that after seeing me dozing off and drooling just now?"
"Shit, that's true. You fucker. Let's go, right now."
Ahn Min-seo and I left the theater.
And we went straight to a nearby PC Bang to play one of the most popular games.
It was an AOS game set in a canyon, similar to the one from my old world.
The title was Legend of Legends. LoL for short.
'...Hmm, I guess the eroge developer named it that to avoid copyright.'
I finished my observation and turned on the game, but...
"Argh! My eyes!"
"What? What is it? Why are you acting like that all of a sudden?"
Ahn Min-seo, who had sensibly bought drinks and was bringing them over, looked at me, surprised.
I covered my eyes and shook my head, as if I'd seen something I shouldn't have.
"Fuck, there are these gay-looking bastards wearing bikini swimsuits..."
"...Huh? What? Why? That's how it is originally. The Gatling swimsuit skin is the most popular one...?"
Maybe because it was a gender-reversed world, the male characters had turned into female characters, and the female characters into male characters.
Even the outfits were... fuck...
'...How come there are more lewd outfits than in the world I lived in? Maybe because it's an eroge world... but why only the male characters? Ugh...'
Still, looking at the skins, it wasn't without its advantages.
Among the female characters, there were quite a few skins where they were shirtless, revealing their breasts to emphasize their wild beauty.
Or there were ones that looked like lesbian pervert concept skins that fit my taste perfectly.
"Whew... yeah... that's how the balance is maintained."
"Ugh... hey... Kim Do-jin, you fucker... you're going to use that skin? Ah, fuck...
my eyes are gonna rot. That's a lesbian pervert concept skin, even."
"I like this one. I like it."
"Haa... hey. That support is not good. It doesn't have synergy with my main ADC."
"...? Why am I playing support?"
"...??"
"Haa... I'm speechless. Why am I designated as support?"
"Because... that... guys usually play support... You know, like that guy named Ji-hoon..."
Judging by the way she's talking, is this the opposite version of a 'Hyeji'?
"I'm Mid or Top."
"Hey. You just made your ID, and what..."
"Min-seo, what's your rank?"
"Me? I'm Platinum. It's because I don't play much."
"Haa, a Plat-scrub is now... and even Plat 5? Haa..."
"...? Hey, you fucker. You're slightly... I'm starting to get a little pissed off now.
And who are you to talk when you're unranked? You wanna die? You fucker..."
If Ahn Min-seo really got pissed off, she could just give me a gut punch right now or drag me to the bathroom to 'educate' me with her pussy.
So, I had to appease her and start the ranked game.
"...Ahem, Min-seo, uh... just wait a bit. I'll hit Plat in no time."
This body had once reached Diamond and failed to hit Master rank time and time again.
Of course, I owed a lot to my friends carrying me, but I mean, I was someone who played in Diamond 1~3.
The game wasn't exactly the same as the one from my old world, but...
most of it was similar, so it didn't even take a few minutes to adapt.
That's how Ahn Min-seo and I excitedly played the game together.
"Oh... you're pretty good? Pretty good for a guy?"
Ahn Min-seo was impressed by my gaming skills.
Of course I am. I'm better than Ahn Min-seo.
The problem was that once Ahn Min-seo started projecting her Hunter abilities into the game, her potential was enormous.
As I taught her properly and gave her my own tips and coaching, I could feel her skills skyrocketing.
It wasn't that she didn't know the game's techniques; it was just that she wasn't lacking in potential—maybe because she's a Hunter.
She clearly had the skills to play in Platinum at first, but before I knew it, she was Diamond rank, similar to me...
Maybe she even had the skills to climb higher.
To think she'd use a Hunter's potential on something like this—her physical stats are fucking broken to begin with.
It made sense, though; her reaction speed would be incomparable to an ordinary person.
"...I'm getting a bit hungry... Do-jin, do you want to order something here? Or do you want to go out and have a proper meal?"
"Hmm..."