Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 10

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 10

“I’ll buy it. I’ll buy it, so adjust the price for me instead.”

“Excuse me?”

“No matter what you say, it’s old used goods, so I can’t buy it at full price.”

Items being forcefully sold must be purchased.

Buying them is fine.

But what if I can’t afford the price?

I can just negotiate it down, can’t I?

Of course, it doesn’t matter if I fail.

‘If I keep holding out, my purification power will recharge anyway.’

“Th-that’s…”

“Then I’ll just keep wandering around looking for products that catch my fancy.”

I lifted my head and narrowed my eyes lazily. It was the expression of a confident troublemaker.

This would surely look like a declaration that I absolutely wouldn’t back down until they agreed to negotiate.

Chae Heon was looking at me as if he couldn’t believe it. As if asking whether that was really my strategy.

Did you think that would work? Chae Heon was asking.

Just then, the employee made a suggestion as if they had been waiting for this moment.

“We happen to have a discount event going on. Would you like to participate?”

I looked at Chae Heon and shrugged my shoulders.

See, it worked, didn’t it?

* * *

Before I knew it, the employee was holding a large lottery box.

“Please draw one.”

The employee brought the box close to me.

“This is the event?”

“Yes, customer! You can purchase the item at the price written on the paper you draw.”

“Ah, I see.”

While I was nodding along as I listened to the explanation, Chae Heon made an expression like we were doomed.

Since there was no way to manipulate the lottery, he must be thinking we were completely trapped.

However, I looked at the lottery box nonchalantly.

What would the odds be? 1/50? 1/100? Or maybe there were no winning tickets at all.

Judging by the employee’s confident voice, that seemed likely.

But who am I?

I confidently put my hand into the lottery box.

I’m an alien from a highly advanced civilization, after all.

‘Activate ‘Decoration.”

‘Decoration’ is a function used to decorate farms in the game. It’s used to build fences, change the exterior of houses, and even put various skins (items that change appearance) on Planetmons.

This free-form ability is possible because, according to the game’s setting, Earth’s civilization is below that of alien civilizations.

Therefore.

I pulled out a piece of paper from the box. As expected, the paper had ‘Dud’ written on it.

But I confidently unfolded the paper and showed it to the employee.

“0% discount, huh?”

Changing the text written on paper is child’s play for me.

Such trivial tricks are merely products of a lower civilization that I can manipulate with just one finger.

When I smirked, the employee hesitated.

If I could see their face, they would probably have an expression of disbelief.

“That can’t be right…”

With those words as their last, the employee’s body crumbled and disappeared.

I picked up the phone I had gotten for free.

Chae Heon stared at this intently.

“What exactly are you?”

“An ordinary alien.”

“…”

Chae Heon seemed at a loss for words.

Why, what, why.

Soon we were moving along, having gathered zucchini, free-range eggs, wine-aged pork, Shine Muscat grapes, and plenty of retort foods.

I was somewhat nervous passing by the employees, but no one stopped us.

‘Is it really okay to just leave like this?’

We glanced at each other and tried to act nonchalant while walking as quickly as possible to get outside.

Beep beep beep beep.

When we came out in front of the Yongsan Station stairs, it was already getting dark outside.

I stared blankly at the back of Chae Heon as he strode down the stairs.

‘…Would it be okay to follow him?’

Seeing Chae Heon’s back as he walked away so casually, I felt bad about acting too selfishly in the shopping mall.

But his favorability did go up…

Would it be okay to chase after him?’

I clutched the phone tightly and fidgeted with my feet.

How could I go with him? Should I really look for another place?

While I was hesitating, Chae Heon, who had been going down the stairs, looked back.

“What are you doing, not coming?”

I didn’t ask if I could follow. I was just afraid Chae Heon might change his mind, so I said urgently.

“Coming!”

Pyopyopyopyop!

Chae Heon really is kind!

I immediately became elated.

“Chae Heon, I used too much energy purifying. Carry me on your back.”

Now even if he tries to abandon me, I’ll stick to him like gum and never fall off.

Instead of carrying me on his back, Chae Heon grabbed both my ears with one hand and carried me dangling.

Still, well… this is quite an improvement.

* * *

That night.

After eating the pork that Chae Heon grilled and patting my full belly, I went out to the daecheongmaru.

My spaceship was sitting alone in the center of the daecheongmaru.

I slipped inside and fiddled with the phone I had been holding onto.

Chae Heon looked at me suspiciously for not letting go of the phone, but when I said I was very interested in modern Earth civilization, he nodded blankly.

His face seemed to say, “What could you possibly do with that thing?”

He’s secretly looking down on me.

“Hmph.”

I snorted and pressed the phone’s power button firmly.

Why was my phone there? What does this even mean?

“Oh, it turned on.”

Fortunately, the phone still had some battery left.

The first thing I wanted to check was obviously 【Cute Cute! Planetmon!】.

In web novels, don’t people usually go directly into the game?

Why did I become the game protagonist in reality?

Various questions flashed through my mind. My head was complicated.

I didn’t know if turning on the game would make my curiosity disappear, but couldn’t I at least find some clues?

I took a long breath and pressed the game.

Click.

A sparkling sound accompanied the loading screen that appeared.

The moment the familiar game logo showed up, I unconsciously held my breath in excitement.

Now that I’d logged into the game, the jelly alien should come out to greet me.

But….

[【Sparkle Sparkle! Planet Mon!】 will terminate its service as of xx month xx day, xx year.

We thank you for your interest and love, and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.]

Only a service termination message was displayed on the screen.

“What?!”

I stared blankly at the screen.

No way, suddenly terminating service?!

‘Then what about my items? My skins? My Planet Mons?!’

I frantically opened the item window, but inside was completely empty.

All the items I had collected with sweat and tears had vanished without a trace.

A deflated sigh escaped me.

As I was turning the empty window this way and that.

Rainbow light burst forth from one corner of the window.

‘This is…?’

Among the rainbow light sat a single egg.

‘A Planet Mon egg?’

My eyes widened.

If it’s a rainbow-colored egg, then surely….

‘It’s S-rank?!’

Normally eggs produce Planet Mons of random grades, but eggs that shine with rainbow light are guaranteed to produce S-rank Planet Mons.

Really S-rank?!

I excitedly lifted my phone above my head and shook it wildly, then suddenly froze at a thought.

‘Wait, no. This isn’t the time to be happy. Is this all… there is?’

My gamer self had briefly emerged to fuss over items, but honestly, at this point it’s just graphic fragments, isn’t it.

Isn’t there anything that could be a clue to my current situation?

I looked at the notice from top to bottom, bottom to top, upside down, tried everything, then finally let out a deep sigh and lay down.

‘It couldn’t be resolved this easily.’

My lips jutted out in a pout.

On the phone screen, only the single egg was enlarged.

They shut down the server but what am I supposed to do with something like this?

‘Unless this thing jumps out of the screen or something.’

As I thought that and frantically dragged the egg around.

The egg suddenly disappeared from the screen and dropped into the spaceship with a thud.

“Huh?”

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