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“Hmph, hmph, hmph… I have no clue what’s going on!” I exclaimed, my eyebrows raised and mouth twisted downward in annoyance.

I was sitting on a large rock by the water’s edge, legs spread wide, with my left elbow resting on my left knee, and my right elbow on my right knee, chin supported by my right palm. Despite appearing as a teen girl, I exuded an old-man vibe. That being said, I was actually a 32-year-old man.

“I said I’d try out a Skill Combo, but everything blows up before I can even do anything!” I discovered something surprising while testing my skills. Currently, I wasn’t limited to just my Enchanter Job skills; I could also use skills from my Sub Jobs and even those of other characters on my account.

“Aren’t I cheating a bit too much?” In other words, I had a Tank’s defense and durability, an Attacker’s attack power, a vast Magic arsenal, and the ability to heal myself, on top of already being able to buff myself. “This is truly a dream character! Well, it’s a dream, after all!!!”

Oh, and if you were wondering, a lot of the forest ended up in a terrible state after my testing session.

The trees were shattered, reducing most things to ashes, blown away by the wind. The ground resembled a crater, with the molten earth at the bottom turning into boiling lava. Blown-away earth, sand, and rocks piled up, creating new small mountains here and there.

The landscape dipped and rose, burned, and melted—more like a vision of hell than a war zone. It was as if the area had become a victim of a natural disaster.

Amidst this hellish landscape, I also gauged the range of my Radar; it was about 10 km. Currently, there were no Mobs within a 5 km square—they’d all been wiped out. Truly, what one would call a death zone.

In stark contrast to the hellish state behind me, the view before my eyes was serene and healing. In the dense forest, the sound of water echoed as if from another world. A waterfall cascaded down, seemingly cut off from its surroundings, dropping from a height of about 10 meters and a width of around 20 meters.

However, the waterfall landed on a rock that extended several meters ahead, leaving an empty space behind it. The falling water resembled a silk curtain, and the area behind it was large enough for people to pass through.

The waterfall itself appeared to emit a pale light, caused by the diffused reflection of sunlight filtering through the leaves of the broadleaf trees above. The basin, where the water curtain fell, bubbled and splashed white.

Perhaps because the water volume on the left wasn’t as great, the depth was just above my knees. Still, the water was a shimmering emerald green, as if light were shining from the sea bottom.

The waterbody spread out over a 20-meter square, and the river slowly flowed downstream, narrowing as it went. The sound of the waterfall, the gentle murmur of the river, the rustling leaves in the wind, and the occasional bird call created a healing space, a haven of negative ions.

Susie looked at the cool, sparkling, twinkling, and shimmering surface of the water.

“It’s good that my Passive Skills are working as well. I’m like a jack-of-all-trades! Too bad I can’t look at my status, I’m sure it’s gonna be one hell of a mess. I’m still a bit intimidated, even though this is just a dream…” A bead of sweat dripped down my face.

“I wish I could do something about one-shotting monsters. Maybe if I use some spare equipment… Wait? I can use the Inventory?!”

As I focused, the items in my Inventory began appearing as images.

“Whoa?! That’s a lot!!! Is this from all my characters? Did I have any spare equipment? Huh, the Warehouse? I can use the Warehouse too. Well, I guess that’s normal. I doubt there are any Warehouse NPCs in the area. Is this okay though? Wait! The Guild Warehouse as well? Oh yea! Come to think of it, Susie was a Guild Master. Still, these cheats that come with this dream are just amazing!”

I ended up discovering that I was even able to access the solo Guild I’d made just so that I could increase the space of my Warehouse.

“If I can use the Guild Warehouse, this means that I can probably pull out some training equipment…”

“Hmph? It seems like I first have to transfer them to my Inventory to be able to equip them. Found it! The swimsuit!!!”

With a joyful little cry, I got up from the rock, jumped down to the water’s edge, and looked down at my reflection in the water.

My body, which had been clad in full armor, was instantly dressed in a white one-piece swimsuit. Susie’s cleavage was emphasized, her back was exposed, and the angle of the V-zone was decently sharp.

“Whoooa! I really can swap items in an instant! Now that’s the dream feature I was waiting for! Still, this is very nice…”

I put my hands on my hips, twisted my body from side to side, and let out an impressed sigh at my reflection in the water.

“Good, good. How about this?”

I instantly changed from the one-piece swimsuit to a white micro bikini.

“Whoooa! Now this packs a punch!”

Feeling delighted, I tried various gravure-like poses, such as crossing my arms under my chest and placing my hands behind my head.

“This is exactly why I make female characters! I can dress them up however I want and pose to my heart’s content!!!”

I felt very satisfied.

“Don’t tell me?!” I suddenly looked up as if having realized something. “Will this work?!”

Suddenly, my bathing suit vanished, leaving me in just my underwear—bra and panties.

“This was expected. Once you remove a character’s equipment, they’re left in their underwear. The real test starts here.”

I swallowed down the saliva that was building up in my mouth.

Susie was currently wearing a sports-type bra that looked like a tank top. With one swift motion, I rolled up the bra to remove it, revealing a pair of shapely, white twin dunes.

I then placed the bra on the grass nearby.

“I did it! I removed it! I removed it!!!” I yelled with joy. “It’s like a dream! I’m so glad it’s a dream. Thank you, dream!”

With a voice full of emotion, I wrapped my palms around the two bulges, mimicking what was known as a handbra.

“I see… At least B cup. Maybe C minus? No! They’re C! They’re definitely C cup!” I mumbled to myself as if trying to convince myself while moving my hands around them several times.

“I’m so glad I didn’t choose a skinny character. I really am!” I felt like something was on the verge of overflowing. “N-Next is… The final line of defense…”

I placed my fingers on my shorts and took a deep breath as if steeling myself. Then, with a determined motion, I pulled off the last barrier.

After removing the shorts, I carefully examined the fabric in my hand, turning it inside out as if searching for something.

However, it didn’t take me long to come back to my senses, and begin to wonder what I was even doing. I placed the shorts down on the grass and walked back to the edge of the water, my cheeks slightly flushed.

Standing ankle-deep in the water, I looked down at my feet, checking my reflection in the water.

“Around 20 years old, I guess. So about a college girl?” I muttered to myself as I looked again at my body, now unobstructed by anything.

Twisting left and right, I explored my body’s curves, watching my reflection in the water to confirm that it was indeed my own.

Slowly, my gaze began to drift downward. I gulped, feeling my cheeks heat up slightly.

“This is a domain that no man can go without exploring… I can’t just ignore and pretend I didn’t see it, now can I?!”

With a sense of resolve, my hesitant hand moved as if it had finally made up its mind, and then…

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The quiet murmur of the clear stream and the gentle calls of wild birds echoed through the trees. I lay weakly on the grass by the water’s edge, breathing heavily as if I had just sprinted at full speed.

My cheeks were flushed, and my entire body was drenched in sweat. “That was intense… Like seriously, just crazy.” My breathing was ragged, and as I tried to turn onto my side and get up, my arms felt too weak to support me. I gave up, deciding instead to lie on my back and wait for my breathing to stabilize.

I placed my right hand over my heart, checking my heartbeat, and looked up at the sky.

“Women are amazing…” I muttered, feeling deeply moved, though I couldn’t quite articulate what was so remarkable. Eventually, my breathing calmed, and the rapid movement of my chest slowed to a more steady rhythm.

“……”

As I calmed down, my thoughts started drifting elsewhere. I knew that if I turned my attention to it, I wouldn’t be able to stand idly. Then I felt something stir within me again. And then…

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The sun was already high overhead, the afternoon light shining down.

“That’s crazy. This is just way too much. I should control myself. If I don’t, I might just go on forever… This is just crazy. I should really control it…” I told myself, deciding to take it easy.