Chapter 75: The Bad Man
"You bastard. Don't you even know how to mean what you say…."
"…But wouldn't you get hurt more if you did?"
"…It's annoying, so don't call my name."
"Then how about big sis?"
"Ugh. Th, just call me Producer from now on. I'll call you Writer."
She said this while avoiding his gaze.
At her reaction, he couldn't help but let out a small laugh. The more he saw her innocent response, the more amusing it was. She seemed to like being called big sis.
'She said it only happened with all-female groups, right?'
The night before, the two of them had shared quite a lot while drinking.
Among those stories was her past—she had graduated from an all-girls middle school and all-girls high school before immediately getting a job at a publishing company.
And the publishing company she joined was Red Novel, an all-female group that mainly handled romance and BL works.
Of course, she said she quit the company now because she dislikes BL, but in any case, it meant she had almost no opportunity to have private conversations with men. She had even mentioned that her only dating experience with a man was a brief relationship in middle school.
But now that she had started recognizing him as a man rather than just a writer, the natural ease she had when they first met had disappeared.
In any case, Seo Juhwan changed how he addressed her according to her instructions.
"Producer Choi Mi-hwa. Like this?"
"…Yes. That's right."
Choi Mi-hwa felt deflated because he immediately followed her instructions so obediently.
It had only been a day, so why did the title "Producer" sound so unfamiliar to her?
She had known from the beginning, but the one who couldn't let go of lingering feelings was still herself. The fact that she still spoke casually even though she had said they should organize how to address each other was probably because of that.
Even now, thinking about that intense night made her lower abdomen burn with heat, and because of her unsteady legs, the sensation from last night refused to leave her mind.
Honk honk.
The taxi had arrived at some point.
"I should go…."
Even though she tried not to show it, her voice came out deflated.
She opened the back door of the taxi and tried to get in.
Then, he grabbed her hand.
"Big sis."
"Huh, what?"
"I won't bring it up first."
"…?"
"But if you bring it up first, I won't reject you either."
"…What? What do you mean by that…"
"Get in safely. Let me know when you arrive."
He said this with an awkward expression and saw her off before closing the car door.
When she turned her head to look out the window, she could see him waving his hand meaninglessly.
Choi Mi-hwa quickly turned her head away, hugged her handbag, and lowered her gaze.
'He won't reject me if I bring it up first? What exactly does that mean?'
She questioned herself inwardly, but in truth, she already knew the answer.
Her face was already burning red.
'That bastard. He told me to call him Producer.'
Somehow, it seemed she had ended up liking a bad man.
She denied her feelings in her heart and repeated it to herself,
'It's just that his body is good.'
But that was another problem in itself.
*
"I'm a total bastard."
Seo Juhwan was fully aware of his own actions. That's why he was even more baffled. Clearly, the version of himself from before wasn't like this.
He had lived an unfortunate life in his previous existence, but even so, he had decent luck with people, and there were those who approached him first. Of course, he had put up walls due to self-loathing.
In any case, those people who had approached him first had told him he was a good person, and that was why they liked him.
But looking back at his actions over the past day, even a dog wasn't as much of a bastard as he was.
"Did the Desire System influence me in some strange way?"
Thinking about it this way made sense. Wasn't the name itself evil-looking? It's a system given by a Dream Demon God, so it's possible!
Lucy rebutted.
[That has nothing to do with me.]
"Ah, I wasn't blaming you, Lucy."
[Not the Dream Demon God either. It's just your hidden personality coming out.]
"Right. I was just talking nonsense anyway. Sorry."
He apologized to Lucy, who was speaking in a somewhat sharp tone for some reason.
What's this? Is she angry because he cursed at his creator?
But Lucy responded in her usual tone.
[Rather, why don't you check your messages?]
"Right. Let's do that."
There were many messages accumulated from last night.
From halfway through, he had turned them off because they were too noisy.
Lucy displayed the messages for him.
[Achievement 'The Man Who Took Her First' completed. 10,000 LP awarded.]
[Achievement 'Heaving Heaving Multiple Orgasm (Female)' completed. 2,000 LP awarded.]
[Achievement 'Bad Man Playing with a Woman's Heart' completed. 5,000 LP awarded.]
[Fetish: Narratophilia (Lower) collected. 3,000 LP awarded.]
[Choi Mi-hwa's Sex Fantasy 'Sharing Vulgar Dirty Talk While Having Lewd Sex' achieved. 5,000 LP awarded.]
[You will randomly acquire one of the top three talents possessed by Choi Mi-hwa.]
[Latent Grade A+, Speed Reading acquired.]
Seeing the messages pop up one after another, Seo Juhwan's mouth corners rose with a grin.
"25,000 LP. That's generous."
Adding the 'First Work Contract' he achieved last night, the total was 30,000 LP.
He had thought he would only get a few thousand points from fetish collection at best, but it was an unexpectedly high income.
"I'm sorry to Mi-hwa, but…."
He had made the right choice after all.
Especially seeing the newly acquired latent grade A+ talent 'Speed Reading,' that thought only grew stronger.
The situation seemed to have become complicated, which made him feel a bit uneasy, but in any case, that was a problem for later. Things would work out somehow.
At least for now.
"Lucy."
[Yes, Master.]
"Show me the shop window, talent window, and skill window. All of them."
He decided to go shopping after a long time.
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