Chapter 4: Tsundere Heroine detected

In a world where hunters, humans who possess magical abilities, must battle deadly monsters to protect the human race from certain annihilation, a notoriously weak hunter named Ren Saiko finds himself in a seemingly endless struggle for survival. One day, after narrowly surviving an overwhelmingly powerful double dungeon that nearly wipes out his entire party, a mysterious program called the System chooses him as its sole player and in turn, gives him the extremely rare ability to level up in strength, possibly beyond any known limits. Follow Ren's journey as he fights against all kinds of enemies, both man and monster, to discover the secrets of the dungeons and the true source of his powers.

There were several concepts that Seiya had to reduce and many materials that he has to alter. For example names from Korean to Japanese, location, and other dialogues.

There are certain parts where Korean novels invest more time in building other characters so he had to reduce them too.

There are also no cute girls who would attract readers where 80% are degenerates.

Then last but not least, his problem to actually writing the novel.

He will get full knowledge after completing the quest but it is the start that lifts you in success. If he can't even attract readers then all of his efforts would lay useless.

In short, he has to increase his literature skill to an Advance or Expert level in order to write a good story. It would have been no problem to gain some readers in a month or two but time was essential there.

After a few hours of brainstorming and practicing typing kanji, Seiya yawned.

"Holy… It is already nighttime?!" He was surprised that it was already the time of dinner.

He packed some old games and manga to sell and exited his room. He saw his father cooking for dinner while his aunt was cutting some ingredients. To be honest, he wanted to give some hand or cook something delicious for them but his pride won't let him make any half-assed dish.

He used to eat outside or instant ramen if he was lazy so he did not know about cooking. If he was to cook then he wanted to make something delicious.

However, he was a little tired from constantly sitting and writing on the computer for 5 straight hours. Heck, even his butt was even imprinted on his chair by constantly sitting at the same spot.

Seiya wanted to go out and take some fresh air.

"Where are you going, Seiya?" Shido, Seiya's father asked. By seeing a pack of old games and some manga in Seiya's hand, he had guessed that his son was finally getting rid of them but he wanted to inquire about it as a parent.

"Just to get rid of useless stuff. Besides, I feel like the world has changed while I was jailed in my room. So even I need some fresh air." Seiya managed to speak without being arrogant. It was hard for but he can still talk normally without triggering his narcissist ability.

"Then take your time, son but make sure to come back before dinner," Shido spoke.

"I will." Seiya smiled and nodded.

He was about to leave when he heard an annoying call that made him almost stumble.

"Oi, did you discover Golden Finger and turn into a new leaf or did you transmigrate your memories back to your previous life so that you can live a better life?" Aisu spoke with a smirk.

As a novel editor, she has read many kinds of novels like that so she thought that maybe she was witnessing real-life transmigration but who she is kidding, that is only fictional, right? RIGHT?!

She has to inquire if that was the case with Seiya and make a plan to get her memories back to her previous self too.

"No wonder Nee-san's age is getting to her brain. Just find a man so that your single mind won't generate such useless stuff." Seiya smirked and resumed his walk and opened the door. He almost gave a surprise reaction but thanks to his arrogant personality, he avoided the suspicion.

Aisu may sound like a dull woman but she was sharp. If you were to tell her that magic exists in this world, she won't take a second to believe that.

"Get lost asshole! Why are you bringing my age in every discussion today?!" Aisu gritted her teeth and was already planning to take revenge on his nephew. But she has to say, she was enjoying fighting with sarcastic remarks with her cute nephew.

Unlike past where he was just a rude teen, he was much better.

"Anyway, do you want something from the store?" Seiya ignored his aunt and asked.

"Beer!"

"I am underage. Only apple juice."

Seiya said and then left the house. After walking to some distance, he looked at the starry night and took a deep breath.

"Man, I can't believe that I am back to the past. It's so surreal but real."

Even though he didn't question much, he was still a little excited about what this world had to offer. After all, he was in past in his body but the world was different.

After another moment of monotone, he resumed his walk till he reached a manga store near him.

"Irasshaimase!"

He heard the shop attendant but he ignored them.

"Hah!... What the hell is wrong with my… body…?"

He was panting like crazy as if he had just run into a bloody marathon! No wonder his stamina was so low. Just a few meters of walking and he was on verge of death.

He had decided to start a workout plan the next morning.

After calming his breath, he asked the shop girl and negotiated the selling price of stuff he wanted to sell.

"Do you want to see some of our merchandise? *whisper* There are a new set of illustrations in 'that' section." The shop girl said and winked.

"I-I don't have any interest in degeneracy. I am a man of a pure heart." Seiya coughed and spoke while peeking a glance at the 'adult' section from the corner of his eyes. "I will see if I can find something good."

He then walked away from the counter and started strolling if he could find any good manga. However, he didn't find anything out of ordinary, even if had; he was not going to buy it. It was the age of digital media and Seiya always read manga or novels on his phone.

Then his eyes fell again on 'that' section of the store and after confirming that girl was not looking, he silently entered.

It's not like he was interested in reading that trash. He was just curious how much longer humanity will survive should he find some yaoi, loli, or NTR shit.

Who he was kidding with? Of course, the first thing his eyes fell was a doujinshi of Piccolo and Vegeta, YAKH!

He was about to storm out when he noticed a blond-haired girl with glasses and dressed in a green jersey.

'Wait, a minute. I think I know her…' Seiya hid behind a shelf and thought.

He then remembered the blond-haired petite girl from both, his previous life's and current life's perspective.

She was like Seiya's childhood acquaintance in current life and one of three main heroines of his favorite show Saekano, Eriri Spencer Sawamura.

He was a little shocked after finding out that she also exists in this world and in a way related to Seiya too. Nonetheless, he still didn't want to meet her and decided to ignore her. Even though she was a cute waifu material, Eriri was part of life and they didn't share a good history too.

But then he suddenly saw a hollow gram in front of him.

[A sub-quest has been triggered.]

[Sub-Quest: Guide Eriri

Eriri should be an aspiring illustrator of the manga community. Help to show her a better path.

Objective: Review Eriri's illustrations and give her an honest guiding review.

Reward: Skill [Cooking (Basic)] and 20 System Points.

Accept? Yes/No]

Without even thinking for a second, he smashed the Yes button.

'Time to meet waifu x so-called childhood friend.' Seiya smirked and was about to walk towards Eriri when his eyes fell on a curse. This time it was another Dragon Ball doujinshi but this time, it had Freeza with the boobs. 'FUCK!'

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[Status]

Name: Seiya Kanie

Age: 16

STR: 13

AGI: 12

STA: 15

INT: 23

WIS: 5

CHA: 2

LUC: 1

Innate Ability: Natural Narcissist.

Other Abilities: -

Skills: [Mathematics (Advance) +], [English (Advance) +], [Literature (Advance) +], [Science (Basic) +]

System Points: 0]

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