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Join the ServerA video was playing large on the screen. Baek Jiun found it strange but casually replayed it.
“What did I do to get notifications all night… Pfft!”
But soon he realized what it was and spat out his water. His wide eyes stared at his phone in horror.
“Uh-uh, his lips moved and his eyes blinked rapidly. What the hell is this!”
[Oh my, who is this… Isn’t it Ju Uirang? Haha. But… Ju Uirang-ssi, you look a bit short today. Why do you seem stretched sideways? Geon Ita doesn’t like short people, you know?]
[Han Dokyeom-ssi, what are you talking about…! We’re not on such terms to say that! And Ju Uirang? It’s Ju Uiryeong! Please call me by my name correctly!]
[Wow… so scary. I’m gonna hit you, Uiryeong. Hyung, hide me. I’m… I’m E-rank… and he’s A-rank. But… Uiryeong. Our puppy hyung is S-rank, woof!]
Baek Jiun covered his mouth without realizing. His face was already pale.
“What is this…! Is this crazy?! Who filmed this…”
“Did I film this?! Why did I film something like this! If hyung finds out, I’m dead!”
“I need to delete it! I need to…”
But Baek Jiun saw them. Countless comments under the black screen. Seeing them, his hands and feet trembled and cold sweat ran down his spine… Now he realized why the alarm had been ringing all night.
It was his NewTube channel. Not a video recorded and saved on his phone, but a livestream that had been archived.
“Aaaah!”
[Hey… Uiryeong, we’re having a company dinner too. At a hotel, um, Taeseongyeon… Oh, right. Taeseongyeon is giving us 300,000 won per person, you little thief?]
[Thief?! Han Dokyeom-ssi, are you drunk-talking to me?! How can you say that so casually… Are you really crazy?!]
In the screen, Han Dokyeom was hiding behind Beom Yeonhu, only his face peeking out, staring at Ju Uiryeong. His eyes were full of drowsiness, and they seemed to be just leaving the shop, with signs of buildings occasionally visible behind.
Around them, Beom Yeonhu’s stunned friends and many hunters who seemed to belong to the Woohwa Guild stood with blank expressions.
[What… I didn’t drink that much.]
[Dokyeom hyung, wow… why are you so cute when drunk. Please be like this usually, okay? Huh? Ah, I’m drunk too? Uh… a little? We opened some whiskey. Look at Dokyeom hyung’s face, always pale, now it’s flushed. A person should be like this, not always pale. What did we eat? We had tuna sashimi today!]
“Aish! Cute my ass! I must be crazy! If that’s cute, then Dali is a god, a god!”
Baek Jiun threw his phone on the floor, squatted down, and grabbed his head.
…I’m dead. What do I do… The moment hyung sees that, he’ll grab a sword.
The video was a whole hour long, and the comment section was reacting intensely.
[riseu: Han Dokyeom this crazy bastard lolllll]
[dsttt: Did Han Doekyeom have something with Geon Ita? Why does he turn into a fighting chicken only when he sees Geon Ita lolll]
[beokbeonbeong: No lol why is Doekyeom appearing at the Woohwa Guild dinner lollll]
[Neonajalhaja: Hey, Han Doekyeom is scared lol he’s hiding behind Beom Yeonhu lol why is he so pathetic and pitiful lolll]
[eer98: Sahyeon Guild should also have a group dinner lol how much did he want to go that he archived this lolll]
[ghhral: Are you all brainless? How is this different from grabbing a passerby and drunk-talking???? Am I the only one who sees Ju Uiryeong stepping in shit? Han Dokyeom is bringing shame to the Sahyeon Guild all by himself? No wonder he’s E-rank.]
[Happiness: The reply above is so pathetic lol look at this guy flexing rank lol anyone would think he’s SS-rank lolll]
[MaepgoguMA: Hey lol why aren’t the people around stopping him and just standing there lol Yeonhu ya lol why are you looking at him so proudly lol are you really a puppy lollll]
[RKEO: I think Han Doekyeom is smart. By putting Beom Yeonhu in front, no one dares to attack lolllll]
[Baembaem: An A-rank can look down on an E-rank… people are too interested in a little provocation…]
[SKDO: Is the above reply sane? In your eyes, Han Doekyeom is A-rank?]
“I should delete it. Just delete it…”
Baek Jiun crawled on the floor, picked up the dropped phone, and huddled under the table, moving his hands quickly. But then the door burst open and he jumped in surprise.
He quickly turned around and saw Han Dokyeom standing there, rubbing his haggard face with one hand. Like himself, he was still wearing yesterday’s clothes.
In the dim room, Dali and Agon, who seemed to have just woken up, also appeared. The problem was…
“Haha, hyung… you could sleep a bit more…?”
The thing was that Han Dokyeom, as he walked out, was holding a vase upside down in his hand.
“He saw it. He definitely saw it.”
“Hyung! Wait, wait! I have something to say!”
“Oh… yeah, you bastard. You filmed me well yesterday. I subscribed to you because I suspected this. Our Jiun seems to be too comfortable lately. So comfortable that you filmed this live, I don’t know.”
“Aish, comfortable my ass! Put that down! Are you trying to kill someone!”
“Jiun, come here while I’m being nice. Before one hit turns into ten.”
Han Dokyeom, who was staggering, suddenly moved with lightning speed. Baek Jiun, pale, quickly got up and ran around the room. Then, seeing the vase swung, he grabbed Dokyeom’s wrist and held on.
“Hyung, I’ll fix it! I said I’ll fix it! Even if I’m B-rank, I’ll die if you hit me with that!”
“You humiliated me and now you say you’ll fix it? Let go, bastard. Not letting go?”
“Hyung, hyung! Phone! Your phone is ringing!”
While struggling, Baek Jiun glanced with wide eyes at Dokyeom’s vibrating pocket. Dokyeom also looked down at his pocket. He shook his caught hand as if to let go, and Baek Jiun released it, took a defensive stance, and subtly distanced himself.
While looking at Baek Jiun with displeasure, Dokyeom pulled out his phone and checked the screen. Suddenly, his eyes, wrinkled from hangover and irritation, widened in surprise.
Taeseongyeon. Those three letters floated on the white screen.
Dokyeom put the vase down and stared at the name. Only after a long while did he bring the phone to his ear.
“Yes, Taeseongyeon-ssi.”
“Dokyeom.”
Dokyeom took the phone from his ear for a moment, frowned, and looked at the screen. Wondering, he glanced at the phone, and a low laugh came through. He was laughing. As if he found it very amusing.
“Why are you calling out of the blue and laughing? What, did you see the video too? Did you subscribe?”
“Hmm, you wanted a company dinner? If you had said something, I would have arranged it.”
The languid words seemed mixed with a small laugh. Dokyeom spoke indifferently into the speaker.
“Oh, well. Sorry, Taeseongyeon-ssi. I was drunk rambling, so I don’t remember.”
“Make some time. I have to take care of our guild hunters who saw the video and got their hopes up, since you don’t remember. And it would be good if you put on some weight in the process.”
“Put on weight, my ass.”
Dokyeom sighed and plopped onto the nearby sofa. His eyes were half-open with exhaustion, his pale face looking like he hadn’t eaten a thing. His head throbbed, and his stomach ached as if someone had clawed it.
He remembered drinking soda and eating sashimi at the raw fish restaurant, but after the glasses started being changed, he had no memory.
“So, are we really having a company dinner? When? I’m not going unless it’s a hotel or something. I need to go somewhere better than that damn Woohwa Guild.”
Baek Jiun glanced at him as if to say what kind of talk is that. As he quietly listened, a low voice seeped into his ear.
“Dokyeom-ssi.”
“Why.”
“Let’s make time soon. I think we have a lot to talk about.”
Dokyeom’s eyes twitched. Beom Yeonhu and Baek Jiun were already looking at him, listening.
Then he realized. Contact. The contact must have come. From overseas.
“Did… did the contact come? No, is a date set?”
Was it supposed to come this fast? Well, since it wasn’t shown in the original story, Dokyeom had no way of knowing how long it would take for the meeting to be arranged after accepting the offer.
“The other party’s demands are more than I thought. I think I need your permission to handle it my way. You know better than I do that if I do it my way, the deal won’t go through.”
“No, we have to accept it. I clearly…”
“So let’s meet, Dokyeom.”
…Did he need to say he wanted to see my face so grandly?
Dokyeom sighed and then thoroughly messed up his own hair, which was already a bird’s nest.
“…Fine. I’ll go see you. You sure took a long time to say you want to see my face. And just try buying that damn red bean bread again. I’ll throw it right in your face.”
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