The Only Male Student in the Academy

001. Possession

That day, I was sighing while looking at the Discord message.

[Hello, Ilhwan Kim! I’m trying to apply for a commission after a long time.

Come to think of it, Ilhwan Kim drew cartoons in the past, right? It’s a pity that I can’t watch Kim Il-hwan’s cartoons lately ㅠㅠ Kim Il-hwan’s sports cartoons were fun.

I saw Kim Il-hwan’s Twitter. Didn’t Unknown Saga upload a proof shot yesterday? 1532 Hours of playtime is amazing! It’s only been 6 months since it was released, but you’re really good at it!

I also started watching Kim Il-hwan doing Unknown Saga! I’m fighting the boss in Chapter 2 right now, but I’m blocked from progressing because of a projectile judgment bug.

But it’s so much fun that I’m going to keep trying! I heard that the DLC will be released soon, but I hope the DLC comes out soon!

This commission application is the second creative cartoon.

Draw a lily manga with Unknown Saga characters! I like lily cartoons.

What I especially want to see is the female version of the main character, Lucius! I want the academy to draw lily manga with the setting of a female academy, not a coeducational school!]

“…f*ck the way you talk.”

Can you tell me something plain? If I don’t show off that you know me well, did I get a disease that would kill me?

A sigh leaked out again, but it wasn’t the first time. This person who sent the message was my biggest fan and a big supporter who was responsible for part of my livelihood.

So even if I lowered my head, it wouldn’t be enough….

“s*x Reversal Version of Unknown Saga…? Female Academy? Lily…??”

I feel dizzy even though I just listed the words. When I was in college, the assignments given by professors must have been easier than this.

I want to refuse.

I want to strongly refuse. I want to say no more than ever.

However, I couldn’t bear to send a message of rejection.

If you do not accept this commission request…… This is because I have to eat ramen for three meals a day this month.

“Yeah…How can it be easy to make a living…”

After sending the OK reply, I went straight to work.

My name is Ilhwan Kim, and I am 28 years old.

What a job…… Doesn’t exist.

I am somehow making a living through part-time jobs and commissions.

It’s going to be… So so. There is no such thing as popularity, and every day I feel my own lack of skills.

If you had the skills and popularity, you would have become a cartoonist long ago.

The failure to become a manga artist, and the lack of popularity as a painter. In the end, it must be because there is something lacking.

‘Still, is it more livable than before? .’

Immediately after the corona outbreak, part-time jobs were also cut off, so money was really scarce. At that time, I started streaming activities as a gamble, and this seemed to be more effective than I thought.

Mainly doing picture broadcasting. It seems that game broadcasting is more popular than picture broadcasting these days.

Anyway, I succeeded in expanding my awareness a little bit, and I am making a small amount of money through streaming.

Even so, poverty is still the same, but it is fortunate that the number of cases of starvation has decreased.

At this rate, in the future, I might end up making a living as a streamer, let alone a cartoonist.

By the way.

“How do you draw this guy… It’s a lily manga from the Unknown Saga…”

Muttered while glancing at the Discord message.

Unknown Saga. A package RPG game released about six months ago.

It is a game that has been well-received for its vast storyline, multiple endings with various characters, and unexpected twists.

However, is the popularity high enough? It is a game of misfortune that only those in the know know because the release date overlapped with other mega-sized games.

So I thought it was a game worth broadcasting.

It is obvious that most people will use popular games as broadcast content. So, if I compete with the same content as big streaming companies, I will definitely be pushed out.

For that reason, I had a game broadcast of Unknown Saga until recently, and thanks to that, I have knowledge about Unknown Saga.

‘… No, not at the level of knowledge.’

This can be affirmed. No player knows the Unknown Saga better than I do.

Unknown Saga playtime 1532 hours. Achievement 100% achieved. Even I am the only one in the world who has achieved all these achievements.

Thanks to that, the number of followers on Twitter has increased considerably, and the number of views of the strategy video I uploaded has also increased significantly. Half of my money now can be attributed to Unknown Saga.

So it’s not very difficult to draw a secondary creative cartoon for Unknown Saga, but….

“…s*x change is a bit over the line.”

Unknown Saga is an ordinary harem game.

The main character, Lucius, builds relationships with various students at the academy, solves the case with them, and eventually defeats the demon king.

Among the characters that Lucius can welcome as colleagues, there are quite a few male students, but there is no dating line with characters of the same s*x.

Only 4 main heroines and a number of sub-heroes can become Lucius’ love objects.

Unknown Saga has no homos*xual elements, and it was a game where male and female coupling was more popular than usual.

But to make a lily coupling…. Even with a gender change…… ?

Even if the difficulty is high, it is too high.

“First of all… I should draw Lucius as a woman. And let’s draw Lucius’ colleagues as women too…”

Ssuk ssuk ssuk. Move your hands to draw female versions of some of the characters.

It wasn’t even a job that could be called character design. The main task was to change the hairstyle based on the design of the original character and change it to a female body.

Because I thought I shouldn’t draw too femininely. If the design changes too much, there is a high possibility that the character will be recognized as a completely different character rather than a gender change.

‘… But if the design is too loose, it will look like a cross-dressing man.’

In that way, he finds a suitable compromise and draws some of the main characters.

Since it was a rough work, it didn’t take long. Being quick was the only advantage.

Conversely, there is no advantage other than quick hands.

Even if you feel it yourself, your drawing sense is low, and you don’t have the ability to tell a story.

Maybe that’s why I didn’t become a cartoonist.

Of course, even so, it is still lacking compared to the pros.

I also have time to draw. By amateur standards, it’s about average.

In that way, I roughly finished the character design settings and decided to start working on the manga.

“But it’s a lily…”

Think before you move your hands.

Lilies. A general term for genres dealing with deep friendship or love between female characters.

If the coupling element between female characters is the main material of the work, it can be said that it is a lily work in general.

However, the nuance is strangely different from that of lesbians and GLs. In that it deals with friendship between women.

‘But most people don’t know much about the lily genre. Lily is such a minor genre.’

Since I was an aspiring cartoonist, I came across lily art to some extent. It’s not an expert genre, but you’ll still have some knowledge compared to the general public.

In particular, early lily works have surprisingly little to do with romantic relationships.

Would you say it feels like a relationship that is more than a friendship and less than a romantic relationship? There were many cases that dealt with quite psychological sympathy.

However, it should be said that recent works have become easier to understand according to the tendency of modern people.

The so-called ‘Bobim’. Increased stimulating and erotic tendencies.

Of course, this is not a feature found only in lily works.

Comics, novels, and works of various video media. All of them are developing towards increasing stimulation.

“Let’s do it smoothly.”

Not too old-fashioned, not too stimulating.

I drew with that mindset.

-“Senior Lapiska…”

-“You call me sunbae again. Didn’t I tell you to call me unnie?”

-“Ah, that’s right… Uh, sister…”

“Khehehe…”

A shy, bashful Lucius is in the monitor screen.

Why? The more I draw manga, the more I feel like my mental strength is being cut.

-“Next time I make another mistake…I know I’ll kiss you.”

-“Yes, yes……♡”

“Quaaa!!”

I couldn’t stand it and screamed. Is this really true? Huh?

You know what? In Cthulhu TRPG, Sanity decreases when witnessing a shocking scene. If you lose 5 or more at once, you will enter a temporary state of madness, and if your sanity level drops to 0, you will go crazy and be taken to a mental hospital or die on the spot.

The reason why I suddenly thought of Cthulhu miscellaneous knowledge that is useless even if I know it must be because I faced the truth that I couldn’t handle. Making money is so hard.

When this manga is over, what will I be like?

Will life really stick?

Wouldn’t he be imprisoned in a mental hospital?

-“Why do you only care about seniors…! Why don’t you look after me!”

-“Ro, Ron…! Don’t do this! Lapisca-senpai to me…”

-“I don’t want to hear the name of the thief cat!!”

“aaa!!!”

As I was screaming, my nose broke in the middle. Lily cartoons are so dangerous.

Somehow it was completed after going through such bloodshed.

I have no strength in my limbs.

There is nothing to check why. It must have been because his hands and feet shriveled up.

In a state of exhaustion, somehow press the send button. I am Kim Il-hwan, the specter of money. Anything can be done for money. Call me Golden Kim Il-Hwan from now on.

“…Let’s wash up and sleep.”

I got up helplessly and went to the bathroom.

As soon as I look in the mirror, I see my haggard face.

Dark circles are also formed, and the flesh is hollowed out as if he had starved for several days.

It doesn’t seem to feel alive. Did I become a zombie or did a zombie become me?

Jurruk. Another nosebleed.

“Ha, crazy… I screamed a little earlier and my nosebleed… Uh.”

Staggering. Reaching for a tissue, but loses balance and falls.

Ughhh… , I can’t get enough power…. What is this

Isn’t this dangerous… ?

The tiles on the bathroom floor feel abnormally far away.

I don’t even have the strength to open my eyes. I closed my eyes in that state.

My memory was that far.