Calibrating the NTR Drift in the Light Novel - MTL

Yuri Lee and I were looking at each other, sweating beads.

"Huh… Haha…"

"Whoa… How are you?"

"Let's do it one more time, okay?"

"Again? You said it was your first time, and you're already hooked? Was it that good?"

"Yes. Quickly, quickly…"

Yuri Lee begged with her eyes, and I complied with her request.

I took out a 500 won coin from my pocket and inserted it into the machine in front of me.

When we put in the 500 won coins we exchanged for the money we brought, cheerful music started playing from the device, and I stepped on the right footrest and started selecting a song.

"Which one do you want?"

"Exciting!"

Although Yuri was sweating profusely, she answered immediately with a very excited expression.

For Lee Yu-ri, who had never had any other hobbies other than occasionally watching webtoons or dramas, things like DDR, an arcade that has long been out of fashion, were a great stimulus.

As arrows divided into up, down, left, and right continued to fall on the game screen, Lee Yuri and I began dancing on the DDR device.

"Huh?! This, profit… Now, wait a minute, why is this so fast… Argh! I'm dead again!"

However, her body, Yuri Lee, could not withstand the barrage of arrows and died quickly, and since I did not play DDR often, she did not last long and died.

"Mr. Ha, this is difficult."

"Let's play one more round, okay?"

Yuri begged, raising one of her index fingers, but this time she refused her request outright.

"Hey, it's already the 5th game. It's hard for me too. Let's not just do this and do something else. We have a lot of time today anyway, right?"

"Hmph…"

At the arcade, we spent time playing coin karaoke and DDR, and Yuri Lee quickly became hooked.

Perhaps because she had just opened her eyes to the new stimulation, Yu-ri Lee did not act cold like usual, but instead pouted her mouth and made a whining sound like a child.

I placed my finger on Yuri's lips, which were poking out while laughing.

Originally, if I did something like this, Lee Yu-ri would have looked at me like a bug, but she had a strong feeling that it would be okay now.

"Look at that lip sticking out. Are you a kid? There are plenty of other things to do, so this is the end of the arcade."

Yuri Lee's lips were moist and slightly sticky because of the lip balm.

Yuri saw her finger touching her lips, and she lifted her eyebrows slightly and took her finger away.

"So, where are you going next?"

She looked like she was asking 'what are you doing?' But she wasn't upset at all that I had put my finger on her lips.

It means that the boundaries in Yu-ri Lee's mind have already become much lighter.

I smiled to myself and answered Yuri's question.

"Have you ever been to an escape room café?"

"I just know the name, but I don't know what Denji does…"

"I've lost half my life. Of all the places I'll go today, this is probably the most intense."

"…?"

I searched through her memories and searched for an escape room café that would give Yuri Lee her most intense first experience.

It didn't take long to make a decision, and I immediately took Yuri Lee to an escape room café near Jinsu Station with a sign saying 'Amazing'.

"Welcome! It's amazing! Are you two? What would you like as the theme?"

"Do you want to choose a theme?"

I gave up the choice of theme to Lee Yu-ri.

"Theme? What theme?"

"Should I say the atmosphere of the room we're going into…? You'll know when you choose and go in."

"Uhm…"

Lee Yu-ri was troubled as she looked at the catalog given by the clerk.

This café is unusual in that it only shows the name of the theme in the catalog, but does not tell us at all what type it is.

And what Yuri Lee chose…

"Ah! I found it!"

Yuri Lee pointed to a part of the catalog.

『Dogs, Cats and Mystery Pension』

"Isn't the name cute? I'll go with this!"

Perhaps Yuri Lee just saw the name and imagined something like a cat café.

We pooled our money, paid the bill, and headed to our room with the guidance of the clerk.

A small enclosed space of no more than a few pyeong.

The surroundings were dark, and only white light illuminated this dark room.

A few seconds after hearing the clerk lock the door, a dark and deep male voice was heard filling the room.

– On a snowy Christmas Eve five years ago, a man who brought several of his pet dogs and cats stayed in this very room.

Yu-ri Lee was startled by that voice, but soon looked around the dark room with expectant eyes.

However, the next moment, a male voice was heard, completely changing the atmosphere.

– At midnight on Christmas, the man killed all of his beloved dogs and cats with his own hands.

"What… Say…?"

Yu-ri Lee was greatly embarrassed by the gruesome contents and froze in place.

At the same time, the white light that illuminated the room changed to an ominous red color.

"Surprise! What is this?!"

– The dogs and cats cried out for help, but the owner killed them all one by one.

– Wow

At the same time, a very ominous and creepy cat cry echoed in the room.

"Mom!!!"

Yuri Lee became panicked and clung to me and screamed.

– But when the police arrived, all that was left in the room was a horrible blood stain, and they couldn't find the dog, the cat, or even the man. In order to escape this room, you must find out where they disappeared to.

– Wow

– Awww

Hehe!!!"

The theme chosen by Lee Yu-ri: 『Dogs, Cats, and Mystery Pension』, Despite the cute-looking name, it was a fairly high-quality horror thriller theme.

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"Thank you for using us!"

After an hour, we left the escape room café while being greeted by the clerk.

Somehow, I succeeded in solving all the puzzles in exactly one hour, but…

"Huhhhhh… Hibb…"

"Hey, stop crying. It's over."

When the horror atmosphere of the escape room café reached its peak, Lee Yu-ri, who was half out of her mind, became a gumball completely stuck to my arm by the end.

When everything was over and the door was opened, he ran out, whining like a child, and has been like this ever since.

"W-I thought I was going to die because I was scared! What is that? They said they were dogs and cats! I thought it was a dog café or something!"

"But you chose the theme yourself, right?"

"Uh-huh… You have to tell me, you bastard! I really thought I was having a heart attack!"

"No, I didn't know either. Is there anyone who memorizes the theme of an escape room café?"

"Hi… You bad guy… You tricked me…"

Only after receiving the afternoon sunlight did Yuri finally calm down, and all the while, she didn't stop whining about how she had lied to me and called me a bad person.

The last time he tried to ostracize me and ended up in an alley that was a gangster's hangout, and the way he chose the escape room café theme today, doesn't he have the temperament of an asshole?

I took her to her nearby convenience store and comforted her by buying her a chocolate.

Even though Yuri kept complaining to me, she just ate the chocolate I gave her.

Yuri Lee was so surprised that she even began to hiccup, and while she was sitting on a bench in the main street for a while, she just chewed chocolate in silence.

"Mumble… Hiccup."

"Have you calmed down now?"

"No."

Seeing Yu-ri Lee still with a pouty expression, I lifted her hand and wiped the tear stains from her eyes with my collar.

"Kya?!"

Although Yuri was shocked, she didn't throw away my hand, and thanks to that, I was able to erase her tear stains while feeling the texture of her cheeks.

"My makeup will be ruined. I came out looking pretty to show off, but it's a waste."

"Who, who said you put makeup on to show off?! Hiccup!"

"Isn't that right? I heard this is the first time you've come out like this, so I thought you were doing it to show me off."

"Ah… No! I'm really alone in this strange delusion… Hiccup."

"Is that so? I guess I was mistaken because I wasn't in a good mood. Then, when things have calmed down, shall we go to a calmer place this time?"

"Isn't it like an escape room café? If you cheat again, I'll be furious."

"No. Um… How about watching a movie?"

Yuri Lee tilted her head at my suggestion.

"Movies? I don't really want to see anything that's showing right now."

"I'm sorry, but going to the movie theater is difficult because I don't have a lot of money. After paying the entrance fee to the escape room café earlier, I don't have any money now…"

"But how can we watch a movie?"

"A DVD room or something?"

Then Yuri narrowed her eyes and looked me up and down with an expression full of disbelief.

"Even though I've never been there, you think I don't know what the DVD room does?"

"What are you thinking? Really, just watch a movie. I won't do anything weird."

"… Is it true?"

Instead of answering, I put my little finger, and although Yuri looked disapproving, she ended up putting her little finger on my finger.

"If you do something strange, I'll really scream."

"I realize once again that I don't have any trust from you."

"So, it would have been better if I had behaved properly on a regular basis. Sigh… I feel a little uncomfortable… But it will be cheaper than the movie theater. I will choose the movie instead."

"Okay, so this time, don't make a fuss by choosing a strange movie and crying alone?"

"That's not it!"

Yuri crossed her arms and walked ahead, looking upset.

I quickly walked next to Yu-ri Lee and poked her protruding cheek.

"But did you really hate escape room cafés that much? To the point where you never wanted to go again?"

Yuri swatted away my hand that was poking her cheek and quietly took a bite of the last piece of chocolate.

And after swallowing it, Yuri turned her head to the side, avoiding my gaze, and she answered quietly.

"… Next time, go somewhere that isn't scary."