I Became a Gallery Manager in Another World

[Author: ChildhoodFriendAssault■]=[Evelyn Marigold]

[My childhood friend is a total f---ing crazy bastard]

Today, I went to my childhood friend's house and accidentally saw the bastard masturbating. F---, lol.

He asked me to be sex friends because I seemed turned on. Isn't this guy a real psycho?

ㅇㅇ(892.151): So, what did you do?

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: What do you mean, what did I do? I just slapped him and left. I still can't believe it.

ㄴㅇㅇ(892.151): Lol, you even did a sleep assault.

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: Is that the same?

ㄴㅇㅇ(892.151): Right? Being sex friends is at least bold, but sleep assault is crossing the line.

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: What the hell? It's damn bad.

ㄴFlame Sandwich■: No, but you did sleep with your childhood friend, too.

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: Ah, f---. I'm not driven by lust, but that guy is all about lust!

ㄴㅇㅇ(892.151): True, they don't know how scary sexual desire can be, lol. Even if you have desire, feelings will develop 100% eventually.

ㄴFlame Sandwich■: Really, once you firmly grab the tip, an opportunity will always come.

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: Really? But still, sex friends... if he gets a girlfriend... then... I...

ㄴㅇㅇ(892.151): A harem would actually be better.

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: What's good about that, damn!!

ㄴㅇㅇ(892.151): Surprisingly, in pure love stories, childhood friends are often the losing heroines, but in harem stories, they have a high chance of being the main wife, according to research.

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: Bullshit, who does such stupid research?

ㄴㅇㅇ(892.151): Pabes ㅇㅇ... (Link) Surprisingly, this is Pabes' ranking of main wives in harem heroines.

ㄴChildhoodFriendAssault■: Really, Pabes always researches useless stuff.

Evelyn bit her lip while reading the comments.

“Sex friends…”

Tears almost came out, but she felt a slight happiness, thinking Ian might see her that way. Was she crazy?

“Really… it’s a sin to have fallen for him…”

She should have marked her territory earlier somehow.

All the trouble she went through to get a confession from Ian, and all she got was to be sex friends…

Thump!

“…That bastard.”

Evelyn punched a doll resembling Ian and buried her face in the pillow.

“… I’m tired.”

I hadn’t slept a wink since Evelyn slapped me and left.

Of course, I couldn’t sleep.

“…What should I do now?”

Actually, I was thankful it ended with just a slap.

Evelyn had looked genuinely happy just before I mentioned becoming sex friends.

But…

“If we get married, the world will end!!!”

…would anyone believe that?

Now, not only with Estelle but also with Evelyn, my head was getting more complicated thinking about making peace.

Clink! Bang! Footsteps!

Then, someone entered through the front door.

“Evel…yn?”

“Haven’t had lunch yet?”

Evelyn, her hands full of shopping bags, asked casually.

“Uh… yeah…”

“I’ll make it for you. Just wait.”

Adeptly tying her hair and putting on an apron, Evelyn began preparing the ingredients.

Chop! Chop! Chop!

The rhythmic chopping and her familiar hand movements as she cooked.

Although Evelyn was a lady from a family who wouldn’t need to know cooking, she had started learning and cooking at our house some time ago.

Of course, there were numerous trials and errors…

Eventually, my taste had adapted to Evelyn’s cooking.

“…Here. Eat.”

Evelyn swiftly prepared lunch and laid out the dishes on the table.

Spicy fish stew, grilled eel, oyster grill, black raspberry juice.

It was always the same menu.

“… I’ll enjoy the meal.”

Hmm, home-cooked meals are the best, aren’t they?

Familiar yet incredibly delicious.

But…

“….”

“….”

“….”

The silence was so uncomfortable it seemed to diminish the taste.

‘…What should I do?’

If I had prepared my mind with some online browsing before coming, I might have something to say. Her appearance was still too sudden.

“… I’m done eating.”

“…Me too.”

Ultimately, we didn’t speak a word until the meal was over.

“…Hey, get out the toothbrush.”

“Okay, here.”

We often visited each other’s homes, so we always had our toothbrushes ready.

Brush brush

Evelyn and I stood side by side in front of the mirror, brushing our teeth.

This utterly normal activity now felt strangely burdensome.

After finishing the meal and brushing our teeth, there was literally nothing left to do.

“….”

“….”

“….”

“…Sigh.”

It seemed Evelyn couldn’t put it off any longer, sighing deeply.

“Let’s do it.”

“…Do what?”

“Wha-what do you mean, what!!…Se…sex…friends! Let’s be sex friends!”

Evelyn, her face turning bright red, shouted.

“…Are you serious?”

“Of-of course, does this look like a joke?”

“….”

Honestly, I was shocked.

[Damn, should I just kill this guy and die myself?]

[How should I react, huh? If it's about being sex friends, then what?]

[Sex friends? Is he really crazy? Damn, I should just go and stab him...]

[It's better to be sex friends than to lose him to someone else...]

Evelyn had been indecisive until yesterday, judging from the posts she made in the gallery.

“…Are you really okay with this?”

“Ha, it’s okay. What… it’s just sex friends, right? Yeah, I’m human too… I have sexual desires… sometimes… want to… do it…”

Evelyn’s voice grew quieter and quieter.

By the end, it was barely audible.

“What did you say?”

Crack─

“…I, I also… masturbate, you bastard….”

“Ah…”

I wondered if it was okay to call masturbating three times a day ‘occasionally,’ but I generously let it slide.

“But don’t get it twisted. No matter how many times we have sex, our status as childhood friends will ‘never’ change. You’re just a living dildo. And I’m just a living fleshlight. There’s no emotion involved here. Got it?”

“Got it…”

“…..”

Upon hearing the answer, Evelyn’s expression was a complex mix of relief and anger, difficult to decipher.

“Sigh… Well, okay. Let’s do it.”

“Do what?”

“Se…sex… what else… what do sex friends do…”

“…Now? It’s daytime.”

“So what? Got anything else to do?”

“…No.”

As my eyes drifted towards the bed, Evelyn seized my wrist.

“We’re not doing it there.”

“…Then where?”

“Follow me. We’ll do it at the Cream Pie Inn.”

[Cream Pie Inn]

Though it bore the name of an inn, it was less a place for lodging and more…

A destination where couples usually went for sex

“….”

“….”

I stood in front of the counter, feeling like I was engaging in something illicit, as an elderly lady peered at me through a gap that was barely large enough.

“Ahem… One room, please.”

“…Short stay? Overnight?”

Weekend short stay (6 hours): 60,000 Eris

Weekend overnight: 100,000 Eris

There was a considerable price difference between an overnight stay and short-term use.

If we were only going to have sex, 6 hours should have been more than enough.

“Then, a short stay…”

“…Overnight, please. The best room you have.”

“230,000 Eris. Room 703.”

Click─

Before I could object, Evelyn had already withdrawn the money and handed it over.

“…Overnight?”

“It’s your first time, right? Who knows how long you’ll last. We should take our time.”

“It’s not your first time?”

“Ha, as if I’d tell you…”

Evelyn, who looked like she was about to boast, suddenly fell silent.

Even if it wasn’t true, she didn’t want to plant the thought in Ian’s mind that she had been with another man.

“… You’ll see. I know everything, even if it’s my first time.”

“Really? That’s impressive. I was nervous even the second time.”

“….What?”

“Even though it’s my second time here, I’m nervous.”

“….”

As Ian casually pressed the button for the magical elevator, Evelyn watched his back, her thoughts a complete blank.

Second time? He was here for the second time?

Why?

Why was it his second time?

Had he come here with someone else before?

For what reason? To have sex?

Was it really his second time?

Really? His second time?

Did she mishear that?

“He… hey…? It’s… your second time? You… you misspoke about the first time, didn’t you?”

“No, it’s really the second time.”

“…Okay.”

Evelyn clenched her fist tightly at Ian’s nonchalant response.

‘Well, well… It could happen!’

It’s not a big deal.

Ian was an adult, and she might not be his first.

Even though they were childhood friends, they hadn’t been together 24/7.

He might have had a relationship without her knowing.

‘…It could happen…’

Aside from being dense, Ian was a man with no flaws in his appearance or personality.

She had known for a long time that there were quite a few women after Ian.

‘The.. the first experience… it’s… not a big deal, right?’

Even the expert virgin detector, SpecialGradeUnicorn■, had lowered his standards because it’s too hard to find virgins these days. How important could a first experience be in today’s world?

It’s just a sequence; all experiences were the same.

And now that they were sex friends, she could just do it more with Ian from now on.

‘Yeah, so far, we… we were… just… childhood friends… Yeah, yeah…from now on… we can slowly… progress… it’s okay, right?’

That’s what she thought, but…

Drip─ Drip─

“Ah?.. Ah… What’s this.. sob… Suddenly… sobbing…”

The moment she opened the door to room 703, her emotions overflowed as tears streamed down her face.

“El… Evelyn? Are you crying?”

“Ah? Uh… no… not crying… sob… not crying…”

She hated it.

In fact, she hated it so much.

Even though she tried to act like it was nothing, it just wasn’t working.

The thought of another woman taking Ian’s first time made her feel like her heart was being torn apart.

“Sob.. sob… wailing… sob… I’m… a bad… person!… Why… why did you… go and have… sex… on your own!.. sob… It… it was my first time too… wailing.. wailing.”

“Ca… calm down… Evelyn.. stop crying..”

“Sob… sob… I’m not crying! Wailing… I’m not… you… you jerk… sob…”

The sex they had at his home that, she thought was their first time, was just an illusion.

No wonder, Ian, that guy seemed too good for it to be his first time.

‘Sob… if I had known… then, just… at the… hot spring… I should have… taken him… sob…’

It wasn’t for nothing that she had resisted giving control to Ian.

She felt wronged, angry, and foolish.

As childhood friends, there had been so many chances, but to have Ian’s first experience taken away!

“Sob… sob… Answer me… Who… who did you do it with…? Sob… That… that café… sister? Or… or the girl… you met at church?… Sob… Or is it… Delphicia?… Sob…”

“Why would Delphicia come up here? It was my first time. My first.”

“Sob… Don’t lie!! You said… it was your second time!! Sob… You said… it was your second time!!! Sob…”

“No, I meant it was my second time coming to this inn. I stayed in an inn temporarily before I got my own place after becoming independent.”

“That’s nonsense… Sob… you’re lying… just to… comfort me… because I’m crying. Sob…”

“I thought you said you weren’t crying earlier…”

“Be… be quiet!! Sob… just answer me… who… who was it…? Sob…”

“I swear on Goddess Elris, I meant it was my second time coming to this inn.”

“Sob… Then… why… would you… confuse me like that! Speak… clearly! You jerk… wailing…”

Perhaps it was relief, but despite feeling fortunate, she cried even harder.

“I’m sorry. It was my mistake…”

I hugged Evelyn tightly as she sobbed uncontrollably.

I couldn’t say it was her own mistake for misunderstanding my words.

Evelyn and I fought, and I lost over 90% of the time, but I still retaliated.

I said it on purpose, knowing she might misunderstand.

“Sob… sniff… you… you’re really… it was really your first time, right?”

“It was my first time… I swore on it. Who would I have been with?”

…I didn’t expect such an extreme reaction.

A long while passed before Evelyn stopped crying in my embrace.

“Haah… sniff… haah… ah… phew… ah… I’m so angry… really… haah…”

“I’m sorry…”

“I’m so annoyed… really…”

Evelyn glared at me as if my apology wasn’t satisfying enough.

But that look meant she was somewhat pacified.

Swoosh─

I moved closer to Evelyn and interlocked our fingers, saying,

“…Evelyn, should we just sleep tonight? Like before, holding hands. We can be sex friends another time…”

“Sh… shut up.”

Evelyn’s eyes were swollen from crying.

But still, she appeared even more beautiful…

“We’re definitely having sex today.”

Was it my eyes, or was it Evelyn’s beauty?