I Got an Otherworldly Dating App

A rooftop view with worn-out flooring and torn wallpaper, and a night view of New York's high-rise buildings through the gaps in the old walls in the distance. It was a familiar sight.

"I'm really back."

Until just a moment ago, it was a uselessly wide and terribly dark common area, but now Leo was back at his tiny house in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye?

No, he didn't even blink. At some point, he was in his house.

As if it were natural.

"What the hell is this app?"

Leo took out his phone with the familiar notification sound.

[+Congratulations on Leo's first match+!]

[Affinity change] [Iris Lemeria Bayart Peledia Lv.0 → Lv.1] [Affinity increased to +85%]

[Bonus level change] [Iris Lemeria Bayart Peledia Lv.0 → Lv.1] [300 Love Coins were paid as a reward] [Additional rewards to commemorate the first match were paid]

[Congratulations on becoming an official customer]

[Shop function unlocked] [Mailbox function unlocked]

As expected, so many things were popping up that the phone screen was full.

"What's all this?"

It was quite a mess, but when he read it one by one slowly, it wasn't something Leo couldn't understand.

He put aside Iris's affinity and bond level for now.

The warmth of Iris still in his hand made it unpleasant to think of it as the same as something that appears in a simple romance.

"...Can't I go to Iris again?"

Fortunately, the matching record remained, so Leo was able to see Iris's profile.

[Name: Iris Lemeria Bayart Peledia]

[Age: 524]

[Race: High Elf]

[Affiliation: EB-17]

[Occupation: Archmage]

[Alignment: Saint, Immortal, Devotion, Vegetarian... : : : : : ]

[Time left until rematch: 167:58:45]

"There's one week left."

Leo didn't expect to be able to rematch right away, but even so, wasn't a week too long?

[Tip: You can reduce the rematch time by using special items.]

The tip that appeared at just the right time was useful, but it didn't tell Leo what the item was.

"Is it in the shop?"

The shop that had been unlocked wasn't something he had noticed until now.

[The shop sells different items every time, so if you see something you like, don't miss it!]

"Is this a random shop?"

There weren't many types of items.

Maybe because of the limitations, Leo could only see a basic supply package (500 coins), basic fencing book (550 coins), lowest stamina recovery potion (200 coins), actress random red-hot ticket (800 coins)...

...What is this actress red-hot ticket?

Leaving this aside, what the heck is the item to access random red-hot actresses?

Leo frowned at the nonsense and turned his phone off.

But he pressed it because he wanted to hear an explanation about it:

[Red-Hot Ticket] [Rank: Normal]

[View one hot actress's screen play run skills.]

"...Huh?"

This ticket, which costs 800 coins, had a huge flaw. First of all, it was impossible to choose the age desired. There are famous actresses in their 20s and 30s, but there are also a lot of actresses in their 40s or older.

"Ugh...!"

Leo groaned as he imagined it and shook his head.

"I'm never buying this."

He moved it aside and looked at the rest of the products. Most of them were just as their names suggested, so they weren't all that interesting, but there were two things that caught his eye: the AR (Augmented Reality) Pass and the random box.

The description of the AR Pass was something that made Leo want to buy it. If he had this, he wouldn't have to go through the hassle of taking out his phone every time he used a dating app. It was a product that added convenience like the status screen in a novel, but it cost 500 coins.

Of course, his entire fortune was only 300 coins...

"Damn capitalism..."

Leo felt like he was shedding tears of blood, but there was nothing he could do right now.

He turned his head forcibly, and a random box decorating a corner of the store caught his eye. Each box only cost 50 coins, but he had no idea what it would get. There was no probability.

"...It's not like it's going to be toilet paper or something, right?"

The price was definitely cheap.

Even he, a 300-coin beggar, was able to buy it six times. However, his intuition was telling him that maybe buying it was crazy.

Leo could see the 300 coins evaporating into thin air before his eyes.

"I'll check out what I received as some kind of reward when I was in the other world."

With just 200 more coins, Leo could buy an AR Pass. Hoping that the reward was coins, he opened the mailbox.

[Mailbox]

[Starter Package x1]

[Golden Random Box x1]

"Oh."

He couldn't see the coins, but something much better than that appeared. There was even a message that said the open button was highlighted.

"This place has great service."

But since it separated him from Iris, he would still leave a one-star review.

Anyway, without further delay, Leo decided to open the starter package first. He pressed the receive button for the starter package.

[Warning: Once the package has been opened, it cannot be returned.]

"You're needlessly scaring me."

Since it's a phrase that game companies use all the time, Leo wasn't particularly impressed.

He pressed the open button without much thought.

Bang!

The package box opened with an effect of a pure white beam of light.

This made Leo feel like he had actually bought a package in a game.

[Starter Package]

[Beginner's Equipment Set x1]

[Random Skill Acquisition Ticket x1]

[10 Inventory Slots]

[500 Coins]

"Yes, this is it!"

It was a list that made Leo exclaim in admiration as soon as he saw it.

He was going to bow to the east, west, south, and north for just 200 coins, but they gave a whopping 500 coins.

On top of that, the name alone made his heart race, the equipment set, skill acquisition tickets, and the inventory that is the crown jewel of the status window!

"This is the first time in my 21 years of life that I have seen a starter package with such good items!"

"Let's start with the AR ticket."

Leo didn't know the slot for the items in the shop options.