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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Yu-jin went to Winry’s room, striking while the iron was hot, as the saying goes.
– Y-Yu-jin? What brings you here so suddenly… Aaaah!
He didn’t know what she had been doing, but she seemed surprised by his sudden visit, judging by the sounds of commotion coming from inside the room.
It seemed like she had been making something, as usual, and dropped it in surprise.
‘Ah… I hope she doesn’t tell me to get lost.’
Even though he had the starting buff from his parents’ good reputation…
…Winry pathologically hated being interrupted when she was making something.
He thought he might not be able to ask for the fusion crafting he had planned…
…when…
Click.
…the door unlocked.
C-come in.
And thankfully, instead of “Get lost”…
…he was granted permission to enter.
‘…I’m entering Winry’s room with permission, not by force.’
Usually, the way to enter Winry’s room was not through ‘permission’, but ‘force’.
He had no choice but to intrude like a thief.
After all, Winry wouldn’t let anyone except Kali and Grey into her room.
Of course, he could use the game’s affinity system to raise her affinity but unlike other characters, Winry’s affinity couldn’t be fully maxed out.
No matter how many gifts the player showered her with, or how many affinity quests they completed, it never went above 60%.
So the only way for the player to enter Winry’s room was by force, sneaking in when she was away, which happened very rarely.
But even though it had been less than an hour… no, less than a few dozen minutes since they met he had gained permission to enter Winry’s room.
‘Is this the power of my parents’ reputation?’
He marveled at the thought and opened Winry’s door.
As he had seen in the game, the room was a cluttered mess of machines, guns, and various materials.
And amidst the chaos, Winry, still wearing her ill-fitting white lab coat, approached him, her face slightly flushed, dragging the coat behind her.
“…Yu-jin, what’s wrong? Why are you here all of a sudden?”
Yu-jin didn’t hesitate and went straight to the point.
“Winry, I have a favor to ask.”
“A favor?”
“Yes, something only you can do…”
“No.”
…What?!
She rejected him right away?
He stared at Winry with a disappointed expression.
‘Was there no starting affinity buff?’
No, no, wait.
He definitely had a starting affinity buff.
That was why he was able to enter Winry’s room.
‘But for her to refuse without even hearing my request…’
Did it mean she was okay with him entering the room, but not with fusion crafting?
‘Ah… it’s over.’
He had put a lot of thought into what items to fuse but it seemed he couldn’t do it right now.
Or rather, would he ever be able to do it?
Even though he was the son of highly respected parents, she might have felt uncomfortable being asked for a favor on the first day.
So starting affinity buff or not, Winry might refuse him…
“I don’t like being called Winry.”
…Oh, she didn’t.
Wait, she didn’t refuse the favor, she just didn’t like being called Winry?
He sighed in relief and chuckled wryly.
“Then, Noona Winry?”
He called her “Noona” as she wished, and…
[T/N: for those of you unfamiliar Noona is like Big Sister or Older Sister in korean and Oppa is Older Brother or Big Brother]
“Yes, of course you should call me that.”
…Winry nodded with a satisfied smile.
She then led him to a workbench larger than a bed…
“So, what kind of equipment do you want to make?”
…and asked what he wanted to create.
‘…Oh my god, Winry is offering to make equipment for me.’
He stared at Winry with an awestruck expression and deactivated ‘Infinite Items’.
He then opened his inventory and poured out the items he wanted to fuse onto the workbench.
“Whoa, what’s this! You use guns like Sung-jin oppa?”
Winry looked up at him with wide eyes, staring at the various firearms on the workbench.
‘Wow, I almost patted her head.’
He had gotten into the habit of patting Asuka’s head at the Academy, so his hand automatically moved towards Winry’s head.
That was how cute Winry’s current behavior was, comparable to Asuka’s.
“Ah, yes. I ended up using guns.”
He replied, and Winry’s expression changed, her face scrunching up in a pout.
…Wait, why was she doing that again?
“Um, Noona? Why are you making that face all of a sudden…?”
“I don’t like it.”
Now what didn’t she like?
He sighed inwardly, frustrated by her cryptic behavior, and asked,
“Noona, could you tell me what you don’t like?”
“That.”
“…That?”
“That, the formal speech.”
[T/N: i wouldnt try to understand if i were u guys since the difference between informal and formal speech is minimal in english]
Ah, so she didn’t like him speaking formally?
‘…I was trying to be respectful like Grey Noona.’
Well, there was nothing he could do about it.
He had to do as she wished.
“So I can drop the formalities? Or rather, I should drop the formalities?”
Winry nodded, her cheeks slightly flushed.
“Okay, I’ll do as you say, Noona.”
“Okay, good.”
Winry smiled and turned her attention back to the workbench at his agreement to speak casually.
He could see her ears turning red.
[She really is a white dduk.]
[T/N: Dduk is a korean rice cake]
Terra’s message suddenly appeared in his vision.
For some reason, he could sense a hint of annoyance in the text.
He asked her what was wrong.
[Her appearance, her behavior… she’s exactly like Pink dduk.]
[I’m sure White dduk will cling to you just like Pink dduk did.]
‘…Come on, I doubt that.’
Even though Winry looked like this, she was five years older than him.
There was no way she would cling to him like Asuka.
‘And she’s a shut-in who rarely leaves her room, unlike the lively Asuka, so she won’t do that.’
But as if proving him wrong, Terra’s messages flooded in.
[(⩌_⩌) Master.]
[Be vigilant.]
[Pink dduk didn’t act like that at first either.]
[But didn’t she start clinging to you after a few days?]
[And according to the knowledge I have acquired, introverts are more obsessive than extroverts.]
‘…Really?’
[Yes, really.]
[So, Master, be careful.]
[If you keep emitting those pheromones so carelessly, you will suffer from troubles caused by women someday.]
‘Hey, hey! When did I emit pheromones?!’
[Of course, Master wouldn’t be aware of it.]
[But because of Master’s unconscious pheromones, you have already attracted three bees.]
‘….’
He couldn’t refute Terra’s words.
He knew who the three were.
‘…But Arthur isn’t one of them, right?’
[(ಠ‸ಠ)]
‘…I’m sorry. I’ll be careful.’
[Yes, please do.]
He nodded gravely at Terra’s sincere advice and looked at Winry, who was excitedly disassembling the firearms.
As if sensing his gaze, Winry looked up at him, her face flushed with excitement.
“Yu-jin! Where did you get this?”
She pointed at the disassembled Thunderbolt (A).
“This is a gun item! And it’s A-rank!”
Winry’s eyes sparkled.
“It’s hard enough to find item firearms, and an A-rank pistol?! ”
She spoke rapidly, caressing the Thunderbolt’s components as if they were precious treasures.
She asked him how he got it, and he gave the answer he had prepared beforehand.
“My parents left it to me.”
“Ah…”
Winry stopped caressing the Thunderbolt’s components.
The flush on her face, caused by her excitement, quickly faded.
“…I’m sorry.”
She withdrew her hand from the Thunderbolt’s components.
Her hands trembling slightly, she placed the screwdriver on the workbench and looked at him with a dejected expression.
“Um, Yu-jin… I don’t think I can make it.”
“…Why?”
“How can I disassemble and reassemble my unnie and oppa’s legacy…”
But Thunderbolt was already disassembled?
As soon as he thought this, Winry picked up the screwdriver again.
“…I’ll reassemble it.”
He sighed as she actually started reassembling Thunderbolt.
“Noona.”
He called her name and placed his hand on her shoulder.
“…Huh?”
She turned to face him, meeting his gaze.
“Noona, please. Please craft the equipment with your own hands.”
“Uh… uh…?”
Please!
Please do the fusion crafting!
Upgrade my equipment!
Perhaps his sincerity reached her…
“Ah, okay. Okay, so…”
…Winry nodded hastily and removed his hand from her shoulder.
She looked back and forth between him and the equipment, hesitating for a moment…
“…So you’re really letting me touch them?”
…then asked, as if she couldn’t believe he was letting her disassemble and fuse his parents’ legacy.
Yu-jin nodded.
Seeing his serious expression, Winry took a deep breath, a determined look on her face, and started taking out tools from her subspace item.
She then fixed her gaze on the workbench and pointed at the door.
It was a clear gesture telling him to leave, so he left her room, wishing her luck.
Click.
As soon as he left the room, he heard the door lock behind him.
Terra’s message appeared as if waiting for that moment.
[White dduk botchi is quite professional in that regard.]
‘She’s a self-proclaimed mechanic for a reason. She’s serious when it comes to handling machines.’
So he couldn’t help but be excited.
He smiled, his heart filled with anticipation, and returned to his room.
‘I wonder how it will be upgraded.’
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A week after entrusting Winry with the fusion crafting…
…Yu-jin had been busy tracking down and hunting Fallen with Grey and the other members of the 9th Extermination Unit.
Of course, since there weren’t many Fallen or villains in the city they operated outside the city, where they were rampant.
As he worked with the members, building trust and camaraderie he finally received a call from Winry.
She said the fusion crafting he had requested was complete.
He immediately returned to the base (he borrowed the base key (dagger) from Grey) and checked…
Finally, Angel of Death could use Holy Bullets (A) without any problems…
…and…
…his trusty Thunderbolt had been upgraded from a semi-automatic pistol to a machine pistol.
However, due to the lack of suitable materials, it had been fused with a low-grade machine pistol, so only the burst fire function and the stats on the item had been slightly improved.
But did it matter?
His Thunderbolt could now fire in bursts!
Anyway, the last item was the one created by fusing OPG (A) and Ares Armor (A)…
“Wow… this is insane.”
…and he couldn’t help but exclaim in awe at the transformation of its effects.
After all, the original equipment effect of Ares Armor was…
…but after being fused with OPG, its performance had improved to the point where its name had changed.
“Ha, finally.”
He was free from being a glass cannon.
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[YANDERE ALERT I REPEART YANDERE ALERT!!!]
Bro is gathering wives from left to right like there’s no tomorrow 💀
Well..please try your best Terra, even if you’re fighting a losing battle.
Terra predicted this shit