I Became an Illegal Cheat User

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Just like in the morning, Seo-yeon appeared without any presence.

Because of her, Yu-jin and Asuka were startled once again.

“”……!””

This time, they were so surprised that not even a scream, let alone any sound, came out of their mouths.

They say that when people are too shocked, they can’t make a sound.

That was exactly the state Yu-jin and Asuka were in.

Seo-yeon looked at Yu-jin and Asuka alternately with an expressionless face.

Then, in a low voice, she asked,

“What were you two doing?”

She asked what they had been doing.

“Hic!”

At this, Asuka started hiccupping again.

“Sigh.”

Yu-jin let out a deep sigh and looked at Seo-yeon.

‘I whispered it because I thought this might happen.’

She must have heard it and come to find them.

Otherwise, there was no reason for her to come to the training ground at this exact time.

“Asuka, drink some water.”

“Th-thank, hic! you…”

As soon as Yu-jin handed her the water, Asuka turned her back and started gulping it down.

While she was doing that, Yu-jin approached Seo-yeon and asked in a low voice.

“You heard everything this morning, didn’t you?”

“…No?”

[Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)”, says that she did.]

Hmm… your talent says you did though?

Yu-jin smiled bitterly at the talent’s message visible through the system and said,

“I know you heard everything, so don’t lie.”

“……”

Realizing her lie had been caught, Seo-yeon stared at Yu-jin blankly with an expressionless face, but Yu-jin knew from that expression that she was displeased.

How did he know that?

[Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)”, says it doesn’t like this.]

Her talent was telling him through the system what emotions she was feeling.

[Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)”, says we want to be patted on the cheek too.]

And what state it was in now.

‘…We?’

Was what was just written in the message real?

Yu-jin was so surprised that he forgot Seo-yeon was in front of him and openly checked the system message, but through rechecking the message, he could be certain.

Seo-yeon’s talent had really said “we”.

‘Huh….’

Yu-jin stared at Seo-yeon, feeling dumbfounded.

“……”

She blushed as if shy and avoided his gaze.

Regardless, Yu-jin was just astounded at the half-assimilation state of her and her talent.

‘She evolved her talent when I told her its name.’

Now she was already in a half-assimilation state after eating the Spirit Energy Pill?

At this rate, she might overtake Arthur and become the top main character, but that thought only lasted for a moment.

Yu-jin sensed something strange.

‘…What is this?’

Why did the energy emanating from Seo-yeon still feel like upper-middle tier?

It was clearly a half-assimilation state, even if incomplete.

Yu-jin tried to sense Seo-yeon’s energy again with a puzzled feeling, but the energy leaking from her was still only upper-middle tier.

‘Is she hiding her energy?’

But the leaking energy was too consistent for that.

‘Ah, I’m so curious…’

He really wanted to know if this was the half-assimilation state he knew about, or if she was simply hiding her energy.

He wanted to confirm it for certain, but to do that, he needed physical contact.

For example… with her heart or face.

[Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)”, says we want to be patted on the cheek too.]

And as it happened, her talent was desiring physical contact.

So Yu-jin reached out his hand without hesitation.

“……!”

He cupped Seo-yeon’s cheek.

Seo-yeon, who had been avoiding his gaze, looked at Yu-jin with a startled expression, her body flinching slightly.

She looked into Yu-jin’s eyes with trembling eyes.

Then she slowly began to close her eyes.

As Seo-yeon gradually leaned her face in, Yu-jin could only smile bitterly.

Since they were alone in the training ground except for Asuka, he could give Seo-yeon what she wanted, but the moment he actually did that, it would lead to a bad ending.

By Seo-yeon’s hand, not the Sword Star’s.

As you could see, Seo-yeon started to become obsessive like this from the moment a certain affection level was reached.

And it would get worse as her affection increased.

Still, while she becams obsessive, she maintained some boundaries, but from the moment of a kiss, even if skinship was okay, those boundaries immediately disappeared.

Literally, regardless of affection level, her obsession would reach its peak and she would become what was called a yandere.

‘It wouldn’t matter if I only cared about Seo-yeon’s affection…’

But right now, Yu-jin was managing everyone’s affection for the Ending Quest.

Because that was how he could lower the corruption rate of the main characters, but because of that, he couldn’t accept Seo-yeon’s skinship yet.

In his current state, he couldn’t handle her obsession and jealousy.

So regrettably, skinship would have to wait until he became stronger.

‘When I can handle you and the Sword Star, then we’ll do it intensely, Seo-yeon.’

[T/N: EYO]

Thinking that, Yu-jin removed his hand that had been cupping Seo-yeon’s cheek.

Now that he had confirmed she was in a half-assimilation state and still upper-middle tier, there was no need to keep cupping her cheek.

But Seo-yeon and her talent seemed to find that regrettable.

“……”

Seo-yeon looked at Yu-jin with a pouty face rather than her usual expressionless one, and her talent, which was practically her inner feelings,

[Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)”, says it’s sulking.]

It cutely informed him that they were disappointed.

At this, Yu-jin smiled awkwardly and took out a Physical Enhancement Pill from his inventory, placing it in her hand.

“…What’s this?”

Seo-yeon, her face returning from pouty to expressionless, tilted her head at the elixir placed in her hand.

“It’s an elixir called the Physical Enhancement Pill, I heard it’s good for the body.”

He had originally planned to give it to her this morning, but had forgotten due to the sparring caused by Seo-yeon’s obsession.

So he was going to give it to her tomorrow… but since she came, he decided to give it now.

“I know that… but is it really okay to give me such an elixir?”

“It’s fine, you saw yesterday that I have tons of elixirs. So don’t worry and just take it.”

To be precise, he had nearly infinite amounts.

Anyway, at Yu-jin’s words, Seo-yeon looked alternately at the elixir and him, seeming to recall yesterday’s events.

Then she nodded and put the elixir in her mouth.

“Haa…”

Feeling her physical strength increase from the elixir’s effect, Seo-yeon let out a long, heated breath.

“…Thank you.”

Seo-yeon looked at Yu-jin with moist eyes, and just as she was about to hug him,

“Top Student! My hiccups stopped!”

Asuka pulled on Yu-jin’s body.

It was truly perfect timing.

Yu-jin let out a small sigh of relief and gently patted Asuka’s head.

“Hehe.”

Asuka giggled cutely as if happy, enjoying Yu-jin’s touch.

While doing so, Yu-jin slightly turned his gaze towards Seo-yeon.

And he could see.

“……”

Seo-yeon was staring blankly at Asuka with an expressionless face and eyes that seemed to have lost their light, but since the trigger hadn’t been pulled, Seo-yeon only stared at Asuka without acting on the various thoughts in her head.

‘But doesn’t Asuka feel Seo-yeon’s gaze?’

Yu-jin looked at Asuka with puzzled eyes.

“Hehe… I like it…”

Asuka had now closed her eyes completely, enjoying Yu-jin’s patting.

If he stopped his hand for even a moment, she would grab his hand with her small hands and pat herself.

As if she couldn’t feel Seo-yeon’s gaze at all.

Seeing Asuka’s behavior, Seo-yeon seemed to decide to back off.

“…Yu-jin, I’m going to bed now.”

She said she was going to bed and left her spot.

Yu-jin waved goodbye to her, telling her to sleep well.

Only after the sound of the training ground door opening was heard, and Seo-yeon’s figure disappeared,

“…Is she gone?”

Asuka’s closed eyes opened.

“Yeah, she’s gone.”

“…Phew.”

When Yu-jin told her Seo-yeon had left, Asuka let out a deep sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Yu-jin realized that Asuka hadn’t failed to notice Seo-yeon’s gaze, but had been deliberately ignoring it.

“Hic, I was so scared…”

Asuka made a tearful face.

She talked about the pressure Seo-yeon had directed at her.

…I hadn’t felt it?

That meant she had only directed that pressure at Asuka.

‘…Is this what they call a catfight?’

No, that wasn’t it.

Rather than a catfight, it was more like the predator Seo-yeon one-sidedly devouring the small animal Asuka.

She was only maintaining boundaries because the trigger hadn’t been pulled.

“…Yeah, you did well.”

“Sniff.”

Yu-jin patted Asuka’s head to comfort her for her efforts, then took out a Spirit Energy Pill and a Physical Enhancement Pill from his inventory.

“Here, take these.”

“…Are these the elixirs you gave to Seo-yeon?”

“Yeah, they’re called Spirit Energy Pill and Physical Enhancement Pill…”

“Gasp! These are Spirit Energy Pills and Physical Enhancement Pills?”

Asuka looked at the two elixirs placed in her hand with sparkling eyes.

“I’ve only heard about them, I’m seeing them for the first time!”

“These are A-grade, shouldn’t your family be able to obtain them?”

Now that he thought about it, shouldn’t Seo-yeon be able to easily obtain elixirs too?

If he remembered correctly, the Mirinae Guild run by the Sword Star should be a large guild in Korea?

But that thought only lasted for a moment.

“Eh? A-grade elixirs? Top Student, you’re joking, right? Even B-grade elixirs are hard to get, how could we obtain these?”

Asuka revealed a shocking fact.

“…What do you mean? Hard to obtain?”

“Um… didn’t you know? A-grade elixirs are so rare that not only my family, but even Seo-yeon’s guild can’t easily obtain them.”

“……”

This didn’t make sense.

A+ grade elixirs and above might be understandable, but A-grade should be easy enough to obtain that they could be easily made with just ingredients and recipes…

To say such elixirs couldn’t be easily obtained?

‘How is that…’

Yu-jin felt confused.

Was it because this was reality and not a game?

No, even so, the alchemists and recipes existing in this world shouldn’t be different?

‘…Looks like I have a definite reason to go to the Alchemy Workshop now.’

He was planning to go to the Alchemy Workshop anyway for money, but this worked out well.

He decided to visit the Alchemy Workshop this weekend to find out what had changed and why elixirs had become difficult to obtain.

Anyway, having made weekend plans, Yu-jin nodded and encouraged Asuka to take the elixirs when she asked if it was really okay to eat them.

At this, Asuka hugged Yu-jin tightly as if very happy.

“Top Student, thank you so much!”

Then she released the hug and put the two elixirs in her mouth.

Her cheeks puffed out like a squirrel’s.

Yu-jin wanted to poke her bulging cheeks, but unfortunately, as the elixirs melted, her cheeks returned to normal.

Whoosh!

Just like with Seo-yeon yesterday, a storm of magic power erupted from Asuka’s body, but unlike Seo-yeon’s magic storm that had gently enveloped him, Asuka’s magic storm repelled Yu-jin.

Yu-jin immediately understood why.

Boom!

The blue magic power erupting from Asuka’s body turned red.

At the same time, the magic power condensed and took on a form.

[Asuka’s talent, “Madness Dragon Blood (S)”, asks who are you to interfere with it.]

It was none other than the head of a giant dragon, and simultaneously, it was the source of Asuka’s cursed talent, ‘Madness Dragon Blood’.

The dragon’s head glared at Yu-jin with murderous intent.

[Asuka’s talent, “Madness Dragon Blood (S)”, says do you think it will give up its vessel just because of this?]

[Asuka’s talent, “Madness Dragon Blood (S)”, says it will definitely possess this vessel.]

[Asuka’s talent, “Madness Dragon Blood (S)”, says if you keep interfering, it will kill you along with the Shuhei family.]

The dragon’s head said this as it flew towards Yu-jin.

Then it growled, emitting a fierce aura full of killing intent.

To the dragon’s head behaving like this, Yu-jin snorted and said.

“A soon-to-be-gone thing sure talks big.”

[Asuka’s talent, “Madness Dragon Blood (S)”, asks what do you mean by that?]

“Oh, you don’t know?”

[Asuka’s talent, “Madness Dragon Blood (S)”, says to speak quickly!]

“That is…”

Yu-jin trailed off as he checked the dragon’s head.

Its color was gradually changing to blue and fading, seeming like the elixir’s effect was coming to an end.

[Asuka’s talent, “Madness Dragon Blood (S)”, says to hurry and speak before it disappears.]

At that urging, Yu-jin grinned and said,

“You don’t need to know.”

As soon as he said that, the dragon’s head tried to say something, but all of the magic power was sucked back into Asuka’s body.

The elixir’s effect had ended.

“Wow, my body feels so much lighter!”

As if she didn’t remember anything that had just happened, Asuka bounced around showing off her newfound agility.

“So, how’s the control over your talent? Any better?”

“Just a moment!”

Asuka fingered her necklace.

Then the space around the necklace rippled and a sword handle appeared.

“Whew…”

Asuka took a deep breath and grasped the handle.

At the same time.

Swish!

A sharp aura began to emanate from Asuka’s body.

Her talent, Madness Dragon Blood, had activated.

But unlike when she had sparred with Seo-yeon, this time she only emitted an aura without showing any hostility or killing intent towards Yu-jin.

“…Are you controlling it?”

“……”

Asuka stared blankly at Yu-jin.

Her eyes, which had changed from pink to blood-red, gazed into his, but that only lasted for a moment.

“Haaaa!”

Asuka released her hand from the sword handle and let out a long breath.

It seemed she had been holding her breath until now.

“Top Student!”

Asuka looked up at Yu-jin with teary eyes.

Then she hugged him tightly and said,

“I succeeded in controlling it a little! I didn’t lose my mind right away!”

“Oh!”

That was really good news!

Yu-jin sincerely praised her progress.

“Then pat my head!”

“Alright, alright.”
Yu-jin smiled and patted Asuka’s head.
“Touch my cheeks too!”
“Ah, that’s a bit…”
“Why not! Please touch them!”
“No, that would be trouble.”
If he touched those soft cheeks, he might want to pinch them.
“Hmph!”
Asuka made a pouty face and buried her face in Yu-jin’s chest.
Then she mumbled.
“…Thank you.”
“It was nothing.”
Yu-jin smiled and gently stroked Asuka’s head.
Ah, even patting her head was becoming addictive.
If he pinched her cheeks, wouldn’t he be unable to stop?
Yu-jin chuckled at that thought.