Te moment King returned home, the weight of his curses pressed down on him like a thousand iron chains. His body trembled, bruises still fresh, limbs aching from the humiliation of school. He pressed his forehead gem and stared at the Black Pill Window.
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⧉ BLACK PILL WINDOW — LEVEL UPGRADE ⧉
Current Level: 21
EXP Available: 80,907,600
Upgrade Available: Lv.24
King took a deep breath, hands shaking, and spent every last bit of EXP to upgrade the window to Level 24.
Pain tore through him instantly. Every nerve, every bone, every fiber of his cursed body screamed in agony.
The Black Pill Window glowed violently, pulsating black-red energy into his body.
For hours — or maybe an eternity — he writhed, clenched, fainted, and regained consciousness repeatedly.
The pain didn't stop. The night itself seemed to stretch endlessly.
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When morning finally came, King woke with trembling limbs, sweat-soaked clothes, and bloodshot eyes. Pain still lingered, but now it was bearable, almost… tolerable.
He pressed his gem and the window appeared.
Level: 24
Curses Remaining: 3 → 2
EXP Remaining: 100,000
Shop Access: Granted
A small smile flickered across his lips. 100,000 EXP in the shop…
He opened it.
There it was. The Myth-Rank Elixir.
Requirement: 100,000 EXP
Effect: Remove ALL curses permanently
King's heart raced. His mind shouted in warning — the last time something this strong crossed his path, the pain had been unbearable.
But the reward… all curses gone.
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Decision
He stared at the elixir, hesitated, and took a deep breath.
> "It's now… or never," he whispered.
He drank the entire elixir in one gulp.
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AGONY UNLEASHED
From throat to feet, pain erupted like molten fire.
Bones shattered, muscles tore, skin peeled. Hair fell in clumps.
Every nerve burned.
Every scream clawed through him, silent in the world around him.
> "This… is… nothing…" he gasped, tears streaming, pain consuming every sense.
Faintness swallowed him. Darkness. Pure, unrelenting darkness.
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Awakening
He opened his eyes — sterile white light, the beeping of machines.
He was in a hospital bed.
Hands… normal. Limbs… fully functional.
Body: healed. Stronger, unbroken.
Face… still ugly, average in height, AV-looking — but his cursed deformities, acne, and twisted limbs were gone.
His gem had shifted to his left eye — now a deep crimson.
The other eye remained his natural color, giving him heterochromia.
He looked in the mirror. Monster-like, yes, but… free.
A joy he had never felt before bubbled in his chest, overwhelming all the pain and humiliation.
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Black Pill Window — Confirmation
He pressed the gem. The window appeared, elegant and symmetric, glowing with dark energy:
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║ ⚫ BLACK PILL WINDOW ⚫ ║
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║ Name: King of Ruin ║
║ Age: 16 ║
║ Height: Average ║
║ Weight: Average ║
║ Appearance: Average ║
║ Eyes: Heterochromia (L:red, R:normal)║
║ Curses Remaining: 0 ║
║ Traits Unlocked: None ║
║ Level: 24 ║
║ EXP Remaining: 0 ║
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║ ⧉ QUESTS ⧉ ║
║ Completed: Flower Proposal, Rat Quest, Readmission Trial ║
║ Pending: None ║
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║ ⧉ SHOP ⧉ ║
║ 1. Myth-Rank Elixir (100,000 EXP) ✅ ║
║ Effect: Remove ALL Curses ║
║ 2. Pain Tolerance Pill (1,000 EXP) ║
║ Effect: Tolerate Extreme Pain ║
║ 3. Height Enhancement Serum (50,000 EXP)║
║ Effect: Slightly increase height ║
║ 4. Hunter Eyes Elixir (75,000 EXP) ║
║ Effect: Improves visual perception║
╠════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Notification: All curses removed. ║
║ Window upgraded to Lv.24 ║
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For the first time in his life, King smiled fully, joy breaking through the darkness he had lived in for so long.
> "All… gone," he whispered.
"Every curse… removed… my life… finally…"
His left red eye gleamed like a predator. Monster or man, it didn't matter. This was his life now.
A thrill of power, freedom, and hope surged through him. His best day ever.