Why Is Everyone in This Dating Sim Trying to Kill Me?!

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Translator: Vine

Chapter Title: My Sister Eats Too Much

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Who was the person who achieved the most dramatic rise in status recently at Velvet Hunter Academy, where not a single day passed without incident?

Jin Yuha?

Of course, the rumor that he, who had entered from the bottom due to the male quota system and faced everyone's ridicule and disdain, had proven himself with exceptional swordsmanship and even defeated Kang Dohee in a spar, was now known to everyone at Velvet Academy.

Even students who hadn't yet seen his skills considered him to be "decent for a man"!

However.

In fact, Jin Yuha had attracted considerable attention even before proving his skills.

The basis for this was none other than his appearance.

From the moment he entered basic training, various nicknames were attached to him, to the point where people were sick of hearing remarks like, "Why does he bother suffering with a face like that?"

And rumors even spread that Cheon Hwa and Tugyeon, the two special admission students, had fallen for Jin Yuha's looks from the beginning of their enrollment and stuck to him like glue, forming a love triangle.

Eventually, in some classes (Understanding Basic Monsters, Understanding Position Formations and Organizations), he proved his excellence not only in combat but also intellectually, further increasing his reputation.

This peaked when Jin Yuha was revealed to be the party leader of the Utopia Party, to which Cheon Hwa and Tugyeon belonged.

It was hard to call it a rapid change, as Jin Yuha had shown a lot over time; in fact, considering what he had demonstrated, his status change could even be considered slow.

So, returning to the initial question.

Who achieved the most dramatic rise in status at Velvet Hunter Academy?

It was none other than Im Gaeul.

The last-place supporter in the second year.

Throughout her first year, she was evaluated as untalented, a trash supporter who barely avoided repeating the year with grades worse than even the male students.

Therefore, even when she became a second-year, no one expected anything from her, and most students didn't even remember her name.

But then, she.

Suddenly announced a spectacular surge as soon as she became a second-year.

The catalyst was the "Choi Aram Demon Incident."

Above, they had tightly sealed mouths to prevent the news of a demon appearing in the academy from spreading, but it was impossible.

Furthermore, a considerable number of second-year students had been gathered by Choi Aram, making it difficult to silence all of them.

Especially the second-year students who had experienced that situation couldn't help but focus on the Utopia Party, led by Jin Yuha.

However, due to the nature of Velvet Academy, where classes were mostly separated by year.

Even if they wanted to approach Jin Yuha, there was no easy way.

At such a time, what caught their eye was Im Gaeul.

"Are you that Im Gaeul?"

"Excuse me, do you happen to know Jin Yuha's number?"

"I heard your party is a bit short on members, how can I join?"

"…Please connect me with Jin Yuha."

Im Gaeul was flustered by the sudden attention directed at her.

From those who usually wouldn't speak a word to her or looked at her as if she were trash, to those awkward acquaintances who only exchanged greetings.

They were all trying to act friendly and strike up conversations with her!

A subtle sense of pleasure and superiority.

However, Im Gaeul tried her best to maintain her composure amidst it all.

"Sorry, I can't tell you."

She couldn't help it if they called her rude.

'I mustn't cause trouble for my junior.'

She remembered.

How much Jin Yuha cherished his party now, and how, when she was served the unheard-of and absurd "Hawaiian Kimchi Stew" at his house, his carefully revealed sincerity had deeply settled in her heart.

'Hmm, I still don't quite understand why he did so much for me... but it doesn't change the fact that my junior is my benefactor.'

The method of using mana stones to activate skills.

A grateful person who taught her an unimaginable method and readily placed a precious, highest-grade mana stone in her hand.

"So, to not disappoint my junior, I have to work hard!"

What was the way for a supporter to improve their skills?

Of course, there were various methods, but

What her junior expected from her was supporting skills utilizing mana stones!

Acceleration and Deceleration.

Im Gaeul aimed to master these two skills by using them as often and as much as possible, to become familiar with them.

After all, the mana stone her junior gave her was a highest-grade mana stone, wasn't it? Surely, even if she used it for months, it would be difficult to exhaust it completely.

To repay the kindness of her junior, who recognized her and showed her the way.

Certainly, it had started with such a firm and noble intention.

First, she tried to maintain the 'Acceleration' skill on herself at all times.

When Acceleration was about to wear off, she would cast it again, and again when it was about to wear off.

Travel time, mealtime, training time…

She spent almost all her time with the Acceleration skill, except for sleeping.

As she could move and act faster than usual, the academy schedule, which she usually struggled to keep up with daily, finished earlier than expected, granting her "free time."

And during that spare time, Im Gaeul began to look around, searching for opportunities to use her skills.

'Oh, a kitten is being chased by a hawk over there!'

She cast Acceleration on the kitten and Deceleration on the hawk.

Suddenly, the hawk's gliding speed slowed, and the kitten's speed increased.

And the kitten successfully escaped from the hawk.

'…Dangerous! A box is falling!?'

A delivery person from the academy, transferring packages, had dropped a box.

'Acceleration!'

With his body sped up, he caught the falling box in mid-air.

"?"

The female delivery person looked around, seemingly unable to comprehend the situation, but Im Gaeul had already left the spot.

"…Wow, do the Utopia Party kids get support skills like this all the time?"

Now, she went to her other classmates, those who had remained friendly even when she was last place, and used her skills to help them train.

They exclaimed with surprised expressions.

When she cast Acceleration on them, they could finish their training in a shorter time with their faster bodies, and when she used Deceleration, they could increase their training focus.

'Acceleration!'

'Deceleration!'

'Acceleration!'

'Deceleration!'

Appearing here and there in a flash!

She utilized all her break times and non-class hours at the academy, appearing everywhere and unleashing her skills.

It had certainly begun as training to improve her skill proficiency, intended to help Jin Yuha.

But Im Gaeul was gradually becoming addicted to helping people with her seemingly inexhaustible mana and feeling a sense of satisfaction from it.

*

She noticed something was wrong starting from "Thorn Prairie."

'Huh… already, more than half of it has turned into an ordinary stone…? When did that happen?'

Only about 40% of the highest-grade mana stone she held was emitting a blue light.

But she couldn't afford to be sparing with it.

That day was also the official debut of the Utopia Party, and her support skills were crucial.

If it weren't for her skills, the dungeon clear could have been quite dangerous.

And when they emerged from clearing the dungeon,

Less than 20% of the highest-grade mana stone's remaining mana was left.

'My junior told me to use this for a month…'

A highest-grade mana stone.

What would happen if he found out she had squandered that immensely valuable gem in just one week?

He would probably look at her with cold eyes. And in severe cases, even expulsion…!

'…Dangerous!'

Feeling a sense of crisis, Im Gaeul tightened her belt from the day she returned from the dungeon.

Still, the justification of "I need to raise my proficiency" was strong, so she started buying and using low-grade mana stones with her own money instead of the highest-grade one.

However.

They say that humans only feel true loss when they lose something they once possessed.

Having freely used mana through the highest-grade mana stone, she couldn't be satisfied with low-grade mana stones that ran out after just a few skill uses.

It was like driving a sophisticated sports car and suddenly having to ride a bicycle—a suffocating feeling.

It was so clear that the skills, which should have extended much further, had lost their power and their effects were diminished.

"…I have to endure!"

She tried her best to be patient, but…

"B-But, just one more time… should I use it…?"

Starting with casting Acceleration on herself, unable to resist the temptation of the highest-grade mana stone.

"R-Right! It's good to get as used as possible to the skills I cast on myself!"

'It's a dangerous situation, so just one more time…!'

'It's to help a close friend, so just one more time…'

Gradually increasing the frequency.

'Anyway, I was going to repay this! This is mine now, isn't it? Junior Yuha transferred ownership to me… so it should be okay if I just use it, right?'

Im Gaeul was already addicted to the omnipotence provided by the highest-grade mana stone.

And on the day of the practical gate training.

'…Ah.'

When she finally came to her senses upon facing Jin Yuha,

Only enough mana for one more use remained in the highest-grade mana stone.

"…"

* * *

I took Im Gaeul, who was shouting nonsense on the park boulevard, to a chicken restaurant.

*Gulp, gulp—*

*Phew—!*

Im Gaeul, who had downed 500ml of beer in one go, spoke in a shriveled voice.

"I'm trash… I'm the 'weak-willed' part of 'weak-willed'…"

Im Gaeul spoke with a voice full of self-reproach.

"It's okay. I gave it to you anyway, Senior."

"…Still."

"Well, it was definitely my mistake to give you a highest-grade mana stone from the start. It's fine if you used it all. You can just use low-grade mana stones again now."

"…Low-grade mana stones?"

"Yes, it seems you couldn't handle such great power from the beginning. I didn't think of this part either. Let's gradually get used to low-grade mana stones again, step by step."

"…N-No!"

Im Gaeul sprang to her feet and shouted.

"Huh?"

I tilted my head and asked.

Her eyes were still squinted, but her eyebrows were raised in a resolute expression.

"…Junior Yuha. I've thought of something this time."

'What on earth is she going to say?'

I adopted a serious listening posture to hear her words.

"…Junior, I'll earn it back and repay you! So give me just one more!"

"…"

"I feel like I can't live without it now… I'll really use it sparingly this time. So just one more!"

"…"

"I'll be your doctor fish!"

I looked at her with cold, dismissive eyes.

What? Doctor fish?

It's truly dizzying to hear such gambling addict-like words from that gentle face.

I swallowed the sigh that was rising.

"…No, how exactly are you going to 'earn it back' to repay me? Are you going to go to a gambling den and bet mana stones or something?"

"Junior, that's too much. Do I look like someone who would do something like that?"

She spoke with displeasure, but I nodded.

"Yes, you do right now."

"No! I would never do that."

"Then what? How are you going to earn it back?"

"I mean, using the highest-grade mana stone to hunt S-rank monsters and replenish the highest-grade mana stone!"

Im Gaeul crossed her arms, looking confident as if to say, 'How about that? It's a good plan, isn't it?'

I let out a hollow laugh.

"Well, can you even catch them?"

"You can help me with that, Junior Yuha."

Im Gaeul shamelessly roped me in.

I wondered if she even knew I was the creditor; her character was questionable.

'Is this karma…'

The normally gentle noona, who should have steadily grown from low-grade mana stones.

She tasted the highest-grade mana stone and became corrupted.

"Is something wrong?"

Im Gaeul spoke confidently, as if her plan was truly plausible.

"It seems like nothing *but* problems."

"T-That's!"

I stared at her, and then something suddenly occurred to me, and I spoke up.

"Hmm, I think there was a mana stone charger among the items that come from the gacha…"

In the game, mana stones weren't particularly rare resources, so something like that definitely existed.

I spoke in a low voice, but Im Gaeul's eyes widened, somehow having heard me.

"…A mana stone charger!? Then, highest-grade mana stones can be duplicated!?"

'Hmm, maybe it's better to send this noona to a gambling addiction treatment program…?'

It was making me dizzy.