Eventually, harsh words spilled out.

Click!

When Haniel pressed an option, only then did the true identity of the numerous options fully reveal themselves.

“…”

“D*mn it.”

She has become a constitution that is loved.

But now… it didn’t say by humans.

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And so Haniel became destined to be loved by non-human living beings.

In another world, at that.

It wasn’t exactly what she wanted, but at first, she tried to think positively.

Being limited to living beings, excluding her own kind, meant having the ability to be loved by all living beings except humans.

‘Even if it excludes humans, there are so many living beings in the world. That’s good, right?’

‘At least I didn’t choose something like “limited to living beings with exoskeletons.”‘

Exoskeletons… as far as she knew, that referred to insects and crustaceans.

‘Insects are creepy, and it’s not like I’ll be eating crabs or shrimp all my life. So I made a good choice.’

Dogs. Cats. Birds. Maybe chubby lizards. How cute would it be if these creatures approached her again, wagging their tails?

She didn’t know before, but being loved by animals that should rightfully show hostility to unfamiliar humans is clearly a special privilege.

And come to think of it, Haniel had such memories.

Memories of birds flying in flocks to rest near young Lee Haneul, not just dogs and cats.

Memories from before she became poor, when she went to theme parks for exotic animal experiences and snakes or lizards would stubbornly insist on staying close to Haneul.

The handlers had quite a struggle trying to separate them as the animals refused to let go, but honestly, it felt good.

Of course, she didn’t have this ability back then, so the young Haneul must have been mistaken for someone with food.

‘I can never forget that overwhelming emotion I felt then.’

And now she could truly and certainly be loved!

Haniel happily imagined herself like a Western animation princess, with colorful pretty birds perched all over her body, frolicking with deer as companions.

Even if they weren’t humans but other animals, to receive someone’s affection without any cost.

Where else could you find such an ideal story?

‘This ability has endless applications in any world!’

Yes, truly endless!

Just like this.

“What a catch.”

Flap!

Haniel grabbed one of the salmon gathered around her.

Gulp, gulp.

A mouth opening and closing indignantly, as if saying “I love you, why don’t you love me back?”

“I’m sorry… I just wanted some smoked salmon…”

Haniel skewered the salmon with a stick, looking quite regretful. Stab! Her skilled hands didn’t look regretful at all.

Yes. The ability.

As expected, the ability to be loved by all non-human creatures was truly endless.

To the point of driving one mad.

‘It’s been 2 years now.’

It had already been 2 years since Haniel fell into this world after her death.

Contrary to her expectation of being reborn, she fell straight into another world as soon as she obtained her ability through the status window.

Looking exactly like the character she had created in that problematic dating sim game.

And her surroundings weren’t the kind of landscape one would imagine from the words “another world,” but simply a forest.

Forest. Wilderness untouched by human hands!

‘Where am I?’

Where’s my apartment?

No, where’s my house!

Haniel was surrounded by an extremely dense forest, and where she stood was about a 10-pyeong (about 33 square meters) clearing that felt… strangely artificial.

A clearing in the forest without even a speck of civilization.

“Could this be my house?”

That’s when the d*mn status window appeared in the sight of the blankly blinking Haniel.

Ding!

“What? The only human? What does that… More importantly, where is my house?”

Ding! Ding!

“…”

The status window was saying:

‘This is your home’. Or ‘Welcome, sucker’.

Since then, she can hardly remember what state of mind she’s been living in.

The only human in a place without humans.

‘So in this world, on this planet I don’t even know, I’m the only person?’

At first, she couldn’t believe the status window and went beyond the dense forest to look for humans, but indeed, there seemed to be no trace of civilization here.

She couldn’t go very far because she was terrified by the increasingly giant trees, strangely shaped poisonous mushrooms, and swamps as she got closer to them. But at least that was the case within the range she had surveyed.

This was a world where, as the status window said, there was no human except for Haniel herself.

All she could see were animals that couldn’t communicate with her and vast, remote mountains.

‘I’m not even asking for a romance fantasy world. I just want to live among people.’

If only she could turn back time.

That was the modest wish Haniel harbored.

‘If I hadn’t been distracted by that game. Or at least if I had clicked my finger just 1cm higher when choosing…’

If she had known this would happen, would the outcome have been different?

If she had known in advance that she would fall into a place where not a single one of her kind could be seen.

And if she had known that, she would have to catch so many fish that her fishing skill would reach the maximum of 999, where no matter what fish she caught, her proficiency would no longer increase…

If she had known that in this remote mountain area, where there was nothing but trees, grass, and forest, she would have to do everything by herself from scratch!

But regret was futile.