[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 3

“…Are you really sure you don't need to go to the hospital?”

My mother asked in a worried voice, but I slowly shook my head.

“Yeah, I'm fine.”

Logically speaking, I should definitely go to the hospital to examine the changes that have happened to me.

But I didn't have any immediate physical pain, and since I had regained the health I never had, I didn't feel the need to go.

Above all, I had already lived a life as a patient with a rare, unprecedented disease.

「“Are you the patient?”」

「“Yes, Professor.”」

「“Hmm……”」

It wasn't that I was directly harmed, but I sometimes felt like a lab rat in the eyes of the doctors.

Of course, I knew they didn't have any malicious intent. They were just doing their job, and it was more correct to say they were trying to find ways to help me.

But… even so, I never wanted to feel that way again.

Moreover, this time, it was a case where my gender had been reversed.

It was clear that I would receive attention and focus that couldn't even be compared to a rare disease that caused the contraction of all my muscles.

“…Okay. But you have to tell me if you’re in pain, okay? Got it?”

My mother nodded, as if she agreed with the idea that she didn't want to send me out into the world as a guinea pig.

“Yeah.”

“…Alright, let’s do that.”

My mother, standing in front of the door, looked back at me again, as if her feet still wouldn't move away.

“Call me if you need anything, okay?”

“Okay.”

“Oh, right.”

Then, as if she remembered something, my mother approached me and grabbed a few strands of my hair.

“Just a second.”

*Thud*

“Ouch!”

And the silver hair, shining like silver, was pulled out in her hand.

It was a bizarre sight, even though I was watching it directly.

“That’s it. Get some rest.”

My mother, holding the silver hair she had pulled from me, rushed out the door as if she were being chased.

“……”

I could guess why my mother was in such a hurry and where she would use the hair she had pulled out, but I didn't want to point it out.

Overnight, my son had become a woman.

It was only natural that my mother needed a convincing reason.

‘No, wait a minute…….’

Suddenly, an ominous thought came to me.

The changes that have happened to me are definitely not small. Not only has my gender changed, but my entire body has changed.

With this much change, it would be no surprise if my original genes had completely disappeared.

‘Ugh… It’ll be alright.’

Maybe, just maybe, if the paternity test came back negative…….

‘Am I going to be kicked out of the house?’

No, it would be fortunate if it were only that.

In the worst case, I could be punished in connection with the missing ‘Lee Yujin.’

Since I had no identity, I could go to jail as an unidentified person.

“…I don’t know.”

I stopped thinking.

It'll work out somehow.

I even thought that if I had to, I would have to squeeze out all the tears and snot to make up the memories of my family. I threw myself on the bed.

“Ugh.”

The silver hair that was strangely tickling my nose as I lay my head on the pillow.

I've never had hair this long before, so I couldn't see any signs of getting used to it.

“Hatchoo!”

After a few sneezes, I gave up on sleeping.

Well, if you think about it, I've been unconscious until now. There was no way I could fall asleep again.

“Ugh….”

I slowly got out of bed and looked at the mirror on my bedroom wall.

‘Can… I do it?’

The concept of walking on two legs was still very unfamiliar to me.

But anything is hard at first.

One step, one step.

I slowly took a step forward.

I don't know if I'm getting used to this body, but moving my legs didn't feel as awkward as it did at first.

“Ugh.”

At the end of that short but intense journey, I finally stood in front of the mirror.

It was to reconfirm my appearance, which I hadn't been able to see properly because of the commotion before.

“…This is really me.”

Is my height around 160cm?

It didn't seem like there was much difference compared to when my original height was 161cm.

‘I'm seeing this from this angle for the first time.’

I felt the fact that I was standing on two legs again.

When I slowly reached out my hand towards the mirror, the girl with silver hair on the other side of the mirror reached out her hand as well.

Silver hair reaching to the shoulders.

Silver eyebrows as well.

Mysterious eyes with a harmonious blend of red and brown.

I feel it again, but it can only be expressed as beautiful.

Me, looking at myself and saying I'm beautiful… is it too narcissistic? But as I meet the red gaze, I don't dare think of denying it.

“Ugh.”

My gaze slowly turned down to my neck.

The first thing I saw was my chest, which was bulging out from the loose t-shirt.

Not too big, but not too small either, a perfect size.

I'm not an expert on women's breasts, but at least in my eyes, it was perfect.

“Really pretty.”

The face, the body, and on top of that, the mysterious atmosphere that subtly emanates.

Everything is perfect.

It was as if I felt like this if a god-like being really existed and appeared in the world.

If my vocabulary had been a little better, I would have used a different expression, but unfortunately, I wasn't very enthusiastic in class.

How come even a tutor threw their hands up and made it a routine to just kill time.

‘Well, it’s not that important.’

After finishing my appreciation, I slowly moved my gaze.

If I can walk again, what will I do?

It was a hope I had always dreamed of, and at the same time, a despair I had thought I would never be able to achieve.

But now, that hope has become a reality, and I finally have freedom.

In the past, I just wanted to run out to the playground like everyone else and play with my peers.

But now that I've eaten my fill of age, I obviously don't feel like that.

“That’s it, after all.”

The conclusion I came to was to sit in front of the computer, as always.

The saying goes that you know how to eat meat if you have eaten it before, and it was unlikely that a life that had been spent on a bed and chair all my life would change that easily.

At least being able to get out of bed and sit in a chair by myself was one of the biggest changes.

‘And… there’s something else I really wanted to do.’

After finishing all sorts of thoughts, I turned on the computer and connected to the record search site.

It was a kind of ritual and habit that I always did first when I turned on the computer.

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[Prisoner]

Rank 4th

Solo Rank

- Challenger

- 1,588 LP / 239 wins 172 losses

- Win rate 58%

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I’ve been slacking on ranked games these few days, so my rank has gone down a bit.

‘Doesn't matter.’

If it had been in the past, I would have been struggling to maintain the top rank, but I've been doing this for 8 years, so I'm used to it now.

If maintaining the solo rank number one back in the day was a kind of vanity, I don't need to do that anymore.

‘Shall I play a match?’

It was already 12 o’clock at night.

It’s a good time to catch a heavenly game as it's when most active pros finish scrims and play solo rank.

[Login]

The first thing that appeared in my eyes, after logging in to my Prisoner account, was my friends list.

“Let’s see……”

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[3minTopIsTheHolyGod]

In-game.

[SCV KING]

In-game.

[GoodAtCarrying]

In-game.

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My main position is jungle.

Originally, I was a mid-laner, but I had to change positions in order to move up, as I couldn't help but be lacking in physical aspects compared to others.

Of course, it’s not that I don’t like the jungle.

Even though I was originally a mid-laner, I think things like reading and fighting that the jungle requires are quite fun, and it’s also a part of me that I’m quite good at.

Anyway, the reason why there are mostly top-laners in my friend list was also along those lines.

Because of the position, there were many cases where top-laners would request to be friends first.

“Everyone’s in-game.”

Of course, that doesn't mean I only have top-laners on my friends list.

Even though the number is relatively small, I do have friends from other positions.

For example… the proud Red Cup winner, you see.

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[SY Rainbow]

Searching for game…….

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“Rainbow's here too.”

Rainbow.

A mid-laner who won the Red Cup twice not long ago, and who mentioned me in an interview.

I had quite complex feelings about that interview, but anyway, it could be said that I was quite close to them.

“If I play now, will I meet them?”

Rainbow's current score is 1400 points.

It was a rising trend that was hard to believe they had just returned from an international competition.

“They got demoted from inactivity and got to 1400 points in a few days? They’re crazy, absolutely crazy……”

I don't think just anyone can win the Red Cup twice.

As I was thinking about all kinds of things, the queue finally popped.

[Game found!]

[Accept / Reject]

The game finally started, and the usernames of the teammates began to appear one by one.

Very, familiar usernames.