After a light encounter with the village chief, I returned to the hanok house where our yokai were staying.
【Qkrnfl892】─The house looked nice earlier, but compared to the chief’s house just now, it seems shabby.
【BigGirl】─Relatively speaking, yes.
【Meng Yao】─That place is good enough. No comparison needed.
【Min Ji】─Right. Once you start comparing, there’s no end. The chief’s house was also shabby compared to Se-hoon’s house.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Exactly. Don’t compare yourself to others, be satisfied with what you have!
【Handsome Licker】─Mania, you’re awesome! *Lick*!
【Drifting AI】─I say, this is why the development of the internet is scary. It makes it easier to peek into others’ lives and compare them to your own, leading to negative phenomena.
【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Wow, is this what a cyber ghost would say?
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─If there was no internet, you wouldn’t exist either, idiot.
【Yoho】─No. Even without the internet, Drifting would have existed. Hehe.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Don’t argue. You’re just a stubborn fool.
Passing through the yard, I approached the room where the yokai’s voices were coming from.
*Creak.*
As I slid open the door and entered, I saw a fox and Reubangyi sitting across from each other, deep in conversation.
“Ga. Na. Da. Ra. Ma. Ba. Sa.”
[Good. Now try reading this, Reubang.]
“Kyu?”
[Ah! Reubang, Reureureubang. Reureubang, Reubang.]
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What are these idiots doing?
Posun and Popo were lying in the corner, asleep, while the fox and Reubangyi were sitting with a piece of paper between them, looking very serious.
‘Their concentration is impressive.’
Even though I opened the door and entered, there was no reaction, so it seemed like they were doing something important.
‘I don’t know what they’re doing… But let’s not disturb them.’
I carefully closed the sliding door so as not to disturb them.
Then, leaning against the wall with my arms crossed, I silently watched the fox and Reubangyi.
[Reubang. Reureubang. Dolharbang!]
“Do, Dorharbang!”
[Reureubang! Reubang, Dolharbang!!]
“Dorhalbang!”
From the looks of it, it seemed like Reubangyi was teaching the fox a language.
Specifically, the language of Korea.
Reading and writing.
In other words, they were simultaneously studying Hangeul and Korean.
【Handsome Licker】─The fox is studying hard. *Lick*.
【Maid】─Wow! Why are you learning our language?
【Maehwa Tree】─It feels like the roles are reversed.
【Yoho】─Right. Shouldn’t Reubangyi be the one learning the language, not the fox?
【Min Ji】─They’re so dumb.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─LOL, are these guys really that stupid? How can they mix that up?
【Qkrnfl892】─Seriously, what are they doing?
【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! These yokai are hopeless!
【Reverse Rape Mania】─I think I’m smarter than them.
【BigGirl】─If Mania is saying that… These yokai need to reflect a bit…
【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Se-hoon is looking at them with such pity. LOL.
I didn’t plan to disturb their studying.
I was going to wait quietly until they finished.
But this was a situation I couldn’t ignore.
The roles of teacher and student were reversed.
So, I had no choice but to intervene a little.
“Hey, guys.”
[Reubang?]
“Kyu? When did you get here?”
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─You just noticed? Idiots. LOL.
I approached the yokai and sat down, speaking in the gentlest voice possible so as not to upset them.
“It seems like your roles are reversed… Shouldn’t Reubangyi be learning the language of this world?”
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Our Gyesekkihoon has become much kinder. In the past, he would’ve said, “You damn idiots, what are you doing? Want to die?”
【Handsome Licker】─LOL, not that extreme, but he would’ve cursed right away. *Lick*.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─I miss the increased frequency of curses.
【Qkrnfl892】─?? What increased frequency? It’s decreased a lot.
【BigGirl】─Mania, do you know what “frequency” means?
【Reverse Rape Mania】─It’s short for “frequency of poverty.”
【BigGirl】─Sure.
【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Big Girl has given up on the conversation!
【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Mania is really in a bad state.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─LOL, I was just joking, why are you all so dramatic? Anyway, I miss the increased frequency of curses~ I want to hear more curses. ㅠㅠ
【Jujijoa】─What? This time you used the word correctly. Did you actually know what it meant?
【Meng Yao】─Did you search it up?
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Given how he’s acted so far, even if he’s joking, it looks like he’s just being stupid. Damn.
[Kyu Mi-ho asked me to teach her, Reubang.]
Reubangyi answered.
Listening to their explanation, it seemed they had agreed to teach each other their languages.
Using the ancient language as a common ground.
Thankfully, they weren’t that stupid.
Well, they couldn’t be that dumb.
That level of stupidity would mean they had no brains at all.
“I’ll teach you our language when Popo and Posun wake up. Kyu.”
The fox smiled brightly and continued studying with Reubangyi.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─If you say “kyu” one more time, I’ll strangle you to death.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Let’s turn her into a fur coat.
【Handsome Licker】─Her tail would make a perfect scarf. *Lick*.
【BigGirl】─Ugh, why are you all so cruel? This chat is giving me chills.
【Qkrnfl892】─Don’t ever say “kyu” again. This is your final warning.
【Min Ji】─What’s with the tone?
I stared at the fox for a moment, then suddenly had a question.
“By the way, why are you learning our language? It’s not like you’ll use it.”
“Kyu? It’s not bad to learn. It’s good to be able to speak multiple languages.”
Listening to her, she wasn’t wrong.
There’s no harm in learning anything.
【Handsome Licker】─I like her attitude to learn. Mania should take a lesson. *Lick*.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Whatever. ㅡㅡ
“But why are you suddenly speaking casually to me? Kyu?”
“Just because.”
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Probably because she’s such a stupid idiot that she doesn’t deserve respect.
【Min Ji】─That was a misunderstanding earlier. She’s not that dumb.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Nah, that’s unrelated. She just looks like a stupid idiot. LOL.
【Min Ji】─I agree.
【Qkrnfl892】─Don’t agree. Damn.
The fox paused her studying, turned her gaze to me, blinked, and asked.
“Then can I speak casually too?”
“No.”
“Kyu…”
“More importantly, aren’t you going home? It’s getting dark, you should head back.”
At my question, the fox tilted her head.
“I don’t have a home? Kyu.”
“…You don’t have a home? Where do you usually stay?”
“Kyu? I just stay outside. Today, I’m happy to sleep inside a house for the first time in a while!”
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─We haven’t said you can stay yet, damn it.
【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! A wandering fox!
【Maid】─Wow! A homeless fox! So pitiful!
The fox explained further why she stays outside.
The reason was simple.
She just didn’t like living with others.
Additionally, she also liked traveling.
She said she stays near where the Drifting Restaurant opens so she can quickly get there when it opens.
“Does the Drifting Restaurant open in fixed locations in this world?”
“Not fixed, but it opens in the same place about three out of five times. Kyu.”
【Handsome Licker】─But why did you suddenly drop the honorifics? *Lick*.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Don’t try to understand Gyesekkihoon.
Three out of five times.
That’s almost fixed.
Anyway, all my questions were answered.
Later, when the fox and Reubangyi finished studying.
I got up and called Reubangyi.
“Reubang. Can I ask you something?”
[Reubang?]
“Are you male?”
[Gender doesn’t exist, Reubang.]
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Stop talking nonsense, you idiot.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Stiff dick!
【Se-hoon Defense Team】─LOL, if Reubangyi gets sulky, does that mean he’s flaccid? His body would droop.
【Maid】─Wow! If he loses his erection, he’s flaccid!
【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Is he erect now?
【BigGirl】─Hmm. Flaccid… That makes sense.
【Qkrnfl892】─That makes sense, sure. Big Girl, why are you taking this so seriously?
【Meng Yao】─She’s probably a serious type.
It was a relief she wasn’t female.
I was planning to wash up at the bathhouse before bed, and going alone would be boring.
Popo is asleep now, so I can’t take him.
“Really? Then let’s go wash up together. I saw a public bathhouse nearby.”
[Got it, Reubang!!]
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Why is this guy suddenly so excited?
【Min Ji】─Is she maybe female?
【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Seriously, a genderless being wouldn’t be that excited.
Just as I was about to leave the room with Reubangyi.
“Kyu?! I, I’m genderless too! I want to go with you!”
The fox jumped up and shouted that she wanted to join us for the bath.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Stop talking nonsense, you idiot.
【Semen Thief】─Wasn’t that fox female?
【Meng Yao】─She is female. She looked like a woman in human form.
“Are you kidding? I clearly know you’re female.”
“How did you know… Kyu…”
I thought she wasn’t stupid, but looking again, she’s still a dumb fox.
Anyway, I left the disappointed fox behind and headed to the bathhouse with Reubangyi.
*
After arriving at the bathhouse near the house.
I was about to end the broadcast, but the viewers seemed disappointed, so I switched to shower mode.
Shower mode is basically a broadcast without a camera.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Damn it! Show us the bath scene!
【Handsome Licker】─Turn the camera back on. Damn it!!! *Slap slap slap*!
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Reubangyi, you bad girl! Show us what you’re seeing!
【Drifting AI】─◎.◎
【Qkrnfl892】─Isn’t Drifting watching? She gave us the equipment, so hacking should be easy.
【Yoho】─No way. Drifting isn’t that kind of shady person.
【Drifting AI】─●.●
[Reureureubang… It’s warm, Reubang.]
Reubangyi and I soaked in the bath.
Without much conversation, we blankly looked up at the sky.
[Black sky. White stars… I don’t like this world, Reubang.]
【Min Ji】─Earth is the same though.
Reubangyi seemed to be lost in sentiment.
It seemed like she wanted to return to her original world.
‘Popo and Posun seem to like it here, but Reubangyi doesn’t.’
Before leaving this world.
I decided to ask Reubangyi if she wanted to return with me.
There’s no need to stay in a world she doesn’t like.
Of course, it’s too early to ask now.
She might change her mind after staying here longer.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Reubangyi really hates that world, huh? If she comes back, I’ll make her suffer with food torture. LOL.
【Maid】─Wow! Guburi is listing Reubangyi’s favorite dishes now!
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Stop making up nonsense. I’ll kill you.
Anyway, the first night in another world deepened like this.
***
The next morning.
We woke up and left the house to walk around the village.
Today, we planned to explore the village together.
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Watching Gyesekkihoon’s broadcast right after waking up is like sex.
【Handsome Licker】─Sex. *Lick*.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Today’s early leave is complete!
While walking with the yokai, we saw a festival happening in the center of the village.
I stopped a passing goblin… No, an oni, and asked what festival it was.
“W-what festival? It’s just a welcoming banquet!”
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Why is that goblin so nervous?
【Handsome Licker】─Stuttering like Guburi. And it’s not a goblin, it’s an oni. *Lick*.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Stupid Guburi LOL. If Guburi went to that village, he’d get his head smashed with a club.
“A welcoming banquet?”
“Yes. Quite a few people moved into our village yesterday. It’s been a while since we’ve had so many new residents, so the village chief suggested holding a banquet.”
It seemed that besides us, other yokai and humans had moved into the village.
The oni’s expression was a bit awkward, but I thought it was nothing serious and ignored it.
Anyway, today we planned to explore the village and enjoy the festival.
It’s a shame not to enjoy a festival when it’s happening.
Just as we were about to move on.
[Reubang? Reureubang. I want to do that, Reubang.]
Reubangyi stopped and pointed at a place.
It was a lottery booth.
The goblin in front was shouting loudly, and from what I heard, the lottery was free.
But each person could only participate once.
“If you want to do it, go ahead. It’s free anyway.”
I said that and approached the lottery booth with the yokai.
The goblin welcomed us warmly and explained that prizes were given from 1st to 10th place.
The lottery method was simple.
Just put your hand in the box and pull out a piece of paper.
I let the yokai go first.
And so, the lottery began.
The results were as follows:
Reubangyi got a blank.
Popo and Posun also got blanks.
The fox won 10th place.
The prize was <Work as a staff member here for one hour>.
“Kyu?! What kind of ridiculous prize is this?!”
The fox protested loudly about the prize.
But she was forcibly dragged to the seat by the goblin.
“Stop complaining and just work.”
“Kyu!!!”
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What the hell.
【Handsome Licker】─How is that a prize? *Lick*.
【Reverse Rape Mania】─Worse than a blank…
I stood in front of the newly appointed staff member, the fox.
“…Now it’s my turn.”
“Kyu… Go ahead…”
I put my hand in the lottery box the fox held out and picked a piece of paper.
Without hesitation, I pulled it out and unfolded it to check the result.
<Blank>
As expected.
The result was a blank, as I anticipated.
There’s no way I’d win something like this easily.
I didn’t expect anything, so I wasn’t disappointed.
“Let’s go, guys.”
“Take me with you… Kyu…”
Since I didn’t win any prizes, I was about to leave the fox and the paper behind and explore elsewhere.
“Oh? You drew a special blank! Congratulations! You won 1st place!”
【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Huh?
The goblin ran over to me and shouted in surprise.
Saying I had won 1st place.