NPC Fell onto My Bed C41

Chapter 41

“What the…?”

The first to react was An Jeonghyeok. His eyes widened when he realized the quest progress had increased just from handing out bread.

“Noah-nim, did you attack just now?”

“N-no… I merely shared bread…”

Noah was just as baffled. He had assumed one had to slay the rabbits to progress, yet the quest advanced through bread alone. After staring at the quest window, he turned to Jeonghyeok and asked,

“Do adventurers commonly receive quests like this?”

“Nope. It’s usually like—pick flowers, gather herbs, collect branches, that kinda stuff. I’ve never seen a quest where you interact with mobs. Especially not as a substitute for killing them.”

It was unthinkable to interact peacefully with monsters meant for grinding levels—especially since many monsters, unlike rabbits, would attack players on sight.

“In that case… may I continue like this?”

“Sure! But, uh, you’re out of bread.”

Noah didn’t hesitate. He immediately turned SteelWarrior1234 around and left the hidden dungeon, returned to town via portal, sold every beginner weapon he owned, and bought as much bread as his funds allowed.

Jeonghyeok’s jaw nearly hit the floor. Selling all beginner weapons meant the player would fight bare-handed, effectively activating hard-mode. But Noah didn’t bat an eye. With fifty loaves in hand, he returned to the hidden area and began distributing bread among the rabbits.

<Wild Rabbits 5/10>
<Wild Rabbits 6/10>
…
<Wild Rabbits 10/10>

Thankfully, feeding the non-aggressive rabbits worked smoothly, letting Noah clear the first quest requirement and officially begin his Last Chronicle journey.

But the foxes posed a new challenge.

Foxes didn’t attack players, but they fled the moment one approached. Whenever Noah tried to get close, they scattered like smoke on the wind. Left alone in an empty clearing, SteelWarrior1234 glanced around helplessly.

“Yeah, I don’t think foxes will come near bread like that.”

“Hm…”

Rather than reply, Noah acted. Feeding skittish forest creatures wasn’t unfamiliar to him. Foxes, like the timid beasts he once tended, simply needed space.

He dropped a loaf of bread. Then stepped aside and dropped another. He repeated it—twenty times—then walked away from the clearing entirely.

As SteelWarrior1234 moved far out of sight, Noah murmured,

“Timid beasts do not easily warm to humans. Sometimes giving them space to dine in peace is its own kindness.”

Left alone, SteelWarrior1234 stood motionless. The Tyrel Forest BGM faded, replaced with birdsong, flowing streams, rustling branches. Noah waited quietly, breathing in the natural ambience.

<Wild Foxes 1/10>
<Wild Foxes 2/10>
…
<Wild Foxes 10/10>

The second objective was cleared soon after. Jeonghyeok exhaled a stunned breath.

“This was… possible?”

Cold goosebumps climbed his spine. To Noah, this wasn’t just a game—it was the world he lived in. But to Jeonghyeok, items dropped on the ground despawned after a timer. Creatures were just AI.

The discrepancy was alarming.

“Now only wolves remain…”

“Right. And wolves are aggressive mobs. But you’ve probably got a plan too, right?”

Jeonghyeok’s voice was worried yet strangely full of belief. Noah felt a pang of helplessness.

“I fear not. I have never fed wolves. Wolves hunt to sate hunger—they do not accept offerings easily.”

“So we need to fight barehanded now? Man, if only I could use my skills…”

Noah also seemed troubled. Just then, Jeonghyeok’s phone rang—Gu Taeheon.

Without hesitation he handed the phone to Noah, gave him brief instructions, and pushed him outside. Left alone with Iron, he slumped into his chair.

“Hey, Iron.”

“What is it, Jeonghyeok?”

“This is weird, right?”

“What is?”

Jeonghyeok sighed and pressed a key.

Immediately—

Warning — Unauthorized login detected
Warning — Unauthorized login detected
Warning — Unauthorized login detected

Even tapping a single movement key triggered the barrage, making it impossible to control the character. He stared at the screen, then leaned back with a heavy expression.

“Look.”

He pressed Alt+F4. The game closed, returning to the desktop. Then he relaunched and logged in.

SteelWarrior1234 appeared deep in Tyrel Forest, still inside the hidden zone’s boundary, though technically outside the trigger zone.

Instead of returning deeper in, Jeonghyeok began dropping bread in the normal forest.

He did exactly what Noah had done.

“…Huh?”

This time, nothing changed. Not a single rabbit came. The bread simply sat there—an untouched game item, with no reaction from the creatures.

“Noah’s rabbits flocked. Mine don’t.”

“I see.”

“Yeah. I’ve dropped food before in dungeons. Monsters never cared. So why now?”

Something clicked in Jeonghyeok’s mind.

“Think about it. This isn’t reality. Monsters shouldn’t sniff food or gather like that.”

He picked the bread back up—no reaction, no sign of life.

“So here’s my theory. That place Noah found? It might be the real Last Chronicle.”

“…The real Chronicle?”

“Yeah. You two said it yourselves. The gods grant NPCs avatars so they can handle the flood of adventurers, right?”

Iron’s brows knit deeply. The idea troubled him.

“So this place—the one players see—is a fake Chronicle made for adventurers. But that one… that hidden area… it isn’t. That’s why the animals behave like real creatures.”

Iron frowned.

“I understand what you mean. But does it matter?”

At that, Jeonghyeok lifted himself upright, meeting Iron’s eyes with unusual gravity.

“How could it not?”

His fingers tapped the chair arm—slow, deliberate.

“That place—might be the path back home for you two.”