How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 1

Extra’s Way of Living – Episode 1

Episode 1

Episode 1: Extra After Work (1)

“Hey, you know what?”

Would you believe me if I told you I entered the world of a novel?

…Well, you probably wouldn’t.

But what if you were forced into a situation where you had to believe it?

“Hoo… I still can’t get used to this.”

I plunged my head into the flowing stream, washing away the heat and stray thoughts, and looked at my reflection in the water.

Seeing that, I unconsciously frowned at the lingering sense of unfamiliarity.

Of course, my reflection frowned along with me.

But my face now is very strange.

The face reflected in the water is not the face of ‘Ahn Sang-hyuk’ that I knew.

It has become the face of a completely different person.

Slightly reddish hair with a hint of brown.

And the face and bone structure of a distinctly Western boy.

Is this really me?

‘Well, he’s quite handsome.’

Honestly, the appearance isn’t bad.

I definitely think this face is quite beautiful.

‘The problem is that it’s my face now.’

It’s me, completely different.

Not like plastic surgery.

It feels like only my mind is inhabiting someone else’s body.

Let’s see? Maybe it’s called possession?

‘It would be foolish to be happy about becoming handsome here.’

I sighed and recomposed myself.

I recalled the problems that were currently troubling me one by one.

When there are many difficult things, it’s best to organize and think about them first.

Question 1. Where am I?

‘…Melenast Territory, located in the southern part of the Selbas Kingdom.’

I apply the ‘memories’ already in my head and the facts of the ‘original work’ that I knew.

Question 2. Who is the current ‘me’?

‘Aylen.’

My name now, which popped out reflexively as if asserting my identity, before the name ‘Ahn Sang-hyuk.’

Finally, I asked the third question.

That is, the fundamental question of the situation I am currently in.

Question 3. Where is this place… where is this world?

‘Presumably, the world of the fantasy novel I read until recently, 《The Returned Great Hero》…’

That’s right.

This is the world inside the novel.

And I have become the least important character in that novel world.

As if to prove it, these letters appeared above my head.

It’s not even funny.

‘Why did it turn out like this?’

I still don’t know.

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know.

I really don’t know!

I splashed cold water on this handsome face again to calm down, recalling the first day this happened.

Episode 2: Extra After Work (2)

“Huh? Is it already the end with this?”

I muttered while staring at my smartphone.

The current time is 2 a.m.

It’s implicitly still work hours, but who would work during work hours?

Anyway, I’m off work, right?

So I’m confidently doing something else!

If you’re not happy, please follow the Labor Standards Act! Boss!

While only shouting protests in my heart, I opened the last episode of the novel I was reading.

What I’m currently reading is a web novel that can be viewed on a smartphone.

‘It’s perfect for killing time.’

Web novels are good.

I really like the presence that seems to say, ‘Read this while doing other things during work.’

What I have is unpaid overtime.

During that time, I read countless novels indiscriminately, and today I finished this one.

《The Returned Great Hero》.

Recently, I had been engrossed in reading this one.

A total of 1,114 episodes completed.

It’s quite a considerable amount, but don’t underestimate a wage slave being exploited by a black company [a Japanese term for companies that exploit their workers]!

Well, in that sense, I read it in my spare time and finished it in just a week!

Ditching work is really amazing!

But for some reason, I’m sad.

Is my life okay like this?

‘I’d rather go home from work!’

Let’s not dwell on the impossible.

For office workers, going home from work is a non-existent concept.

Even if there was a bead that granted wishes in reality, it definitely wouldn’t be able to grant that one.

More than that, what should I read next?

Even if I finish work quickly, the next thing waiting for me is more work.

The real deadline is giving it a day later than the scheduled time!

That’s how you survive a long time in the workplace.

“Haa… I want to go home from work.”

As I made tearful complaints and put down my smartphone to rest my eyes for a moment.

“Huh?”

A strange sense of unease shook my head.

At that moment, my vision went dark and then suddenly brightened.

Is it dizziness?

“Huh? What, what is it?!”

The strange thing is that the scenery I’m seeing has changed.

The tiresome scenery of the office and the smoky sky outside the window have all changed.

What I saw next in my eyes, as I was bewildered by this phenomenon, was.

“…A club?”

For some reason, it was a huge, thick club being swung down at me.

I couldn’t believe it and didn’t even think about reacting.

“Dangerous!”

Someone grabbed the back of my neck and pulled me away with all their might.

Who is it?

Before I could even check, I was thrown away and rolled on the floor.

“Kuheok?! Ugh?!”

Dirt got into my nose and mouth because I fell face first, but I can’t complain.

I’m sure I survived thanks to that violent hand.

Thump!

The ground shook and the impact shook my head.

That club had just struck the ground.

What would have happened to me if I had just stood there blankly?

I don’t even want to imagine it.

“…What the hell is that?”

I was still lying on the floor, barely raising my head, and could only stand there blankly.

That’s a monster.

A dark green monster that is roughly 3 meters tall.

It rolls its hideous eyes and searches its surroundings.

“This isn’t… a movie shoot, is it?”

But it seems that there is no kind person anywhere to answer my question.

Before I knew it, about ten soldiers surrounded the monster, aiming sharp spears at it.

They don’t seem to be friends with that monster.

“Damn troll…”

“Surround it and start piercing it with spears to subdue it!”

“Aim for the heart! Even if trolls have great regenerative power! If you stab the heart, it dies!”

The soldiers surrounded the monster and thrust their spears from all directions.

Thwack! Thwack!

The spears pierced the monster’s bumpy, pebble-like skin.

Bright red blood flowed out, and the monster, called a troll, screamed and resisted.

-Kuaaaaaaaak!

As if trying to counterattack, the monster tries to lift its club, but one of the soldiers quickly thrusts a spear that pierces the monster’s wrist.

Because of that, the monster dropped the club.

“No way! You monster bastard!”

However, instead of the club, the troll reached out its other hand towards the soldier.

As if looking for something to replace it.

Other soldiers thrust their spears to stop the movement, but they bounced off the skin.

When they couldn’t stop it, someone shouted as if in despair.

“Evacuate! Don’t get caught by that bastard!”

Unfortunately, the soldier couldn’t escape.

The troll firmly grabbed his arm.

“Uwaaaaaaak!”

The soldier screams in terror.

But even the scream didn’t last long.

The troll roared and swung the soldier around and threw him away.

And coincidentally, there is another soldier who has not grasped the situation at the point where he was thrown.

Thud!

“…Ugh!”

I turned my head.

I don’t want to confirm the reality of the sound I just heard.

If I saw it, I would definitely not be able to handle it.

“Aylen! What are you doing! Aylen!”

Then someone shook my shoulder violently and stood me up.

It’s a soldier I’m seeing for the first time.

Who is it?

“Aylen!”

Why are they calling me Aylen?

Above all, I don’t have any Western friends.

“Yes? I’m not Aylen, I’m Ahn Sang…”

“Stop talking nonsense and get up!”

But he doesn’t seem to want to listen to me.

“Don’t stand there blankly! Grab a spear if you want to live!”

With those words, the soldier handed me a spear that was the same as theirs.

It’s heavy.

Hey, wait? Are you telling me to fight that troll or whatever? Are you crazy?

But without even having time to argue, the soldier charged towards the troll and began to fight alongside the other soldiers.

But the situation is not good.

“Aylen!”

He shouts at me.

Damn it! I don’t know either!

Anyway, it’s certain that cooperating with those soldiers is my lifeline.

If they are annihilated, that monster will target me.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaak!”

I screamed, not knowing if it was a scream or a shout, and thrust my spear.

Someone said something about the heart earlier, right?

Then let’s aim for the monster’s chest.

However, the spear I stabbed only slightly pierces the troll’s skin.

It’s hard! It’s like stabbing a stone!

“Damn it! I’ll help you! Aylen, grab this side and push!”

In the end, the soldier who kept calling me Aylen ran up, grabbed the spear with me, and pushed with all his might.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaak!”

I also gave it my all as if I had nothing to lose.

Thwack!

A strange feeling was felt as the spear pierced through.

It must be the sensation of piercing the troll’s heart.

It sent shivers down my spine.

-Keuheoeoeoeoeoe… Keuhook…

The troll staggered and knelt down.

It collapsed, spitting out a mass of blood mixed with foam.

The monster is dead.

But I can’t rest assured with just that.

Looking around, the corpses of those monsters were piled up beyond description, and the number of human corpses was no less than that.

I realized it now.

This is a battlefield.

A place where monsters and humans are fighting.

‘What, what happened? Where is this place?’

Confused, I shook my head wildly.

‘That troll or whatever, and… why was I conscripted into this subjugation battle… Huh? Wait? Subjugation battle? What nonsense is that?’

What was I thinking just now?

Why did I think this place was a place to subjugate those monsters?

Why do I know that I was conscripted?

There is a strange memory.

‘Memory? Whose?’

“Aylen!”

Then someone hit my back hard.

Surprised, I stopped thinking and turned around, and it was the soldier who had been calling me Aylen since earlier.

So, wrong person…

“Kelman… sir?”

But words flowed out of my mouth reflexively.

I recognized him now.

For two reasons.

One is that I saw something strange above his head.

Such letters are floating like name tags.

It’s a phenomenon that has just started to appear.

The same name tags are floating above the heads of other soldiers as well.

Why are people’s names visible? What is ‘Extra’ at the end?

I have memories of that soldier.

Mr. Kelman.

A young man from the village who is five years older than me and lived in the same village.

Likewise, a conscription order was issued and he came here…

‘…Wait? Does that make sense?’

I shook my head repeatedly.

Why do I have memories of him?

I have memories of growing up in the same village like a really close neighborhood brother.

But that’s not Ahn Sang-hyuk’s memory.

And what I realized now is that my body is strange too.

Aside from wearing the same armor as them, it’s clear that this is not my original body.

It feels like my mind has been overwritten on this body.

A moment ago, he called me Aylen.

Is that the name of the owner of this body?

‘No way! Who the hell is Aylen!’

Kelman’s eyes, looking at me in confusion, were filled with worry.

“It seems like you bumped into something wrong. …I understand, but hold on tight. You have to survive too, right?”

He said it in a different sense, but it’s not wrong.

Even in the midst of confusion, I understood.

‘Yes, I have to survive first…’

But I seem to be destined to die in this inexplicable situation.

Bad news came right away.

“More trolls are coming!”

Someone shouted like that.

The soldiers’ faces hardened.

Mr. Kelman was also sweating coldly.

It seems that at least 100 more trolls are advancing towards this side.

That news is definitely nothing short of despair.