Chapter 24: Became Famous After the Broadcast (Part 1)

“Y-Yes…… I guess so?”

Perhaps because my answer was absurd, Ji-eun sighed deeply.

And then she muttered something and shook her head.

I vaguely heard her say, ‘I knew it,’ but I don’t know exactly what she meant.

“Well, it can happen. It can happen.”

“Ahaha…….”

As I awkwardly scratched my cheek, Ji-eun smacked her lips bitterly and explained.

“You know that if you gather experience, your level increases, right?”

At those words, I looked at Ji-eun with a blank face.

……Does this person think I’m an idiot?

“I know.”

“Arfellium gives you one stat point every time your level increases. You can use this to increase the stats in the status window. Do you remember when I killed the Ratmen in one hit? That’s all because my strength stat is high.”

“Aha.”

I roughly understand what kind of system it is.

……But this is just the basic system of an RPG.

There didn’t seem to be anything special about it. I think I know roughly how to manage it. I nodded.

“Of course, the higher the stats, the better, right? Ah, and basically, it seems to be good to raise all the stats evenly.”

“Is that so?”

Usually, RPGs have different required stats for each class, right?

‘Ah, she said there are no classes here.’

To be precise, Arcana plays the role of a class, but it seems to be a problem because this Arcana can be changed.

‘It would be sad if you got a good Arcana, but you couldn’t use it because your stats are concentrated.’

There will definitely be people who aim for that and plan to play only a specific class and concentrate their stat settings.

It’s natural that a person who did that is stronger than a person who distributed evenly.

“First, distribute your stats. You’ll forget again.”

“Yes.”

Answering Ji-eun casually, I looked at the status window.

‘Hmm…….’

Certainly, it was a matter of concern.

The direction of character development in the game was an important matter.

‘Should I go all-in, or should I go for an all-rounder?’

Actually, if I think about myself in ‘that world’, it would be the right choice for me to raise my strength first.

Agility…… If this is a stat that works the way I think it does, it would be good to raise it.

‘There’s no reason to raise stamina, since I just have to not get hit.’

Magic and intelligence seemed to be stats related to magic.

So, for me as a ‘swordsman’, the best choice is to raise strength and agility.

That’s right.

It’s for me as a ‘swordsman’.

And I was a ‘Hero’.

Of course, I also knew how to use magic.

‘I don’t have to go all-in on swords…….’

I don’t know how users use magic in the game.

But I’m sure I can use magic in the way I know.

‘I’ve done it so far, so I probably can.’

I was an excellent swordsman, but at the same time, I was also an excellent magician.

‘I was praised by the Great Magician of ‘that world’ for my skills.’

A magician, an all-rounder play would definitely be fine.

“…….”

I’m worried.

Which would be the best?

‘Ah, come to think of it…….’

I suddenly remembered my Arcana.

At that time, I was angry at the word ‘Hero’ and didn’t even check the contents properly, but I should check it now.

I manipulated the interface and brought up the Arcana window.

Then, the explanation of the ‘Hero’ I received appeared.

[Arcana: ‘Hero’]

[Not helped.]

[Not restricted.]

The explanation was simple.

No, can I even call this simple?

This was at a level where they just wrote down anything because they were too lazy to explain.

It was really a explanation.

But I understood the content perfectly.

‘I’m not corrected or restricted by the system……. Doesn’t this mean that I can show my body’s true abilities?’

Arcana adds a certain amount of correction to the user’s actions.

The problem is that it doesn’t just add correction.

Considering the characteristics of the class, it restricts stats with opposite tendencies.

For example, ‘Swordsmen cannot use magic’ would be that.

But my Arcana says that I have no correction or restriction.

No benefit, but no loss.

If that’s the case.

‘It’s enough.’

I turned on the status window again and distributed the stat points.

[ID: Shihyun13]

[Level: 28(45.7%)]

[Strength: 20]

[Stamina: 10]

[Agility: 20]

[Magic: 14]

[Intelligence: 13]

[Stat Points: 0]

A distribution method that focuses on strength and agility, but also takes care of magic stats.

Of course, I don’t give points to things like stamina.

Because stamina is a stat that only people who like to get hit raise.

“Hmm!”

When I finished distributing the stats, Ji-eun said.

“You said you’re still level 28, so should we catch a few more Ratmen to make it 30 and finish?”

“Then will we immediately play ranked?”

Ji-eun shook her head at those words.

“No. I don’t think it’s possible today, so tomorrow or the day after? Let’s set foot in the ranked match around that time.”

“Okay.”

After that, we left the boss room.

The moment we returned to the area with the stone entrance, Ji-eun clapped her hands as if she remembered something and looked back at me.

“Ah! Come to think of it, this was Shihyun’s first rank, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then you’ll probably have to take a placement test…….”

Ji-eun trailed off.

Is there a problem? I asked with a puzzled heart.

“Does the placement test take a long time?”

“Well, you have to do at least ten rounds……. Right? It takes quite a long time.”

I nodded at those words.

Well, it makes sense.

Ji-eun’s tier is high, so she can’t do ranked duo with me.

Of course, she can’t take the placement test with me either.

Then in the end, she has no choice but to watch me play the game for 10 rounds without doing anything.

‘I can’t ask her to do that.’

I can’t cause such trouble.

I scratched my neck and opened my mouth.

“Then I’ll finish the placement test separately.”

“Okay! I’ll leave the placement test to Shihyun as homework. I’ll give you plenty of time. Do it by the end of this week, how about that?”

“Homework, that’s good.”

But why until the end of this week?

Even if it takes a long time for one round, it’s about 1 hour.

10 rounds can be finished in one day.

But I was puzzled that the given time was more relaxed than I thought.

When I asked about that part, Ji-eun looked at me with strange eyes.

“Well, unless you’re a streamer like me who plays games all day, everyone has a company to go to and things to do, right? So I gave you a week…….”

Ji-eun trailed off and stared at me.

Her gaze seemed to say, ‘Could it be…… are you unemployed?’, so I avoided Ji-eun’s gaze and pretended not to know.

“Well, that could be. Youth unemployment is serious these days.”

“I’m not unemployed.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Anyway, Shihyun has talent in Arfellium, so you can take this path as your career. You don’t have to worry, okay?”

Ji-eun looking at me with subtly pitying eyes.

No! I definitely had a job!

To think that a former Hero would be misunderstood as unemployed.

Korea is so harsh.

I felt sad and tears came to my eyes.

-Whoosh!

With the sound of steam escaping, the lid of the VR device slowly begins to open.

The woman who was lying quietly inside the device slowly raised her body.

Black hair flows down along her movements.

The woman, who had completely raised her body, opened her eyes slightly.

She looked around the capsule and sighed a little.

“Sigh.”

I’m hungry.

The woman, who calmly got out of the capsule, slowly walked towards the refrigerator.

Milky white feet gently step on the pure white marble.

At the cold that rises, the woman trembled.

“Ugh, it’s cold.”

Her fine eyebrows furrow slightly.

I should buy a rug and lay it down later.

Thinking that, I walked for a while, and before I knew it, I reached the medium-sized refrigerator placed in the broadcasting room.

The woman took out a sandwich and low-fat yogurt from the refrigerator, sat on a black leather recliner, and began to eat leisurely.

At that very moment.

-Ring ring ring!

With a classic ringtone, the smartphone placed on the table began to vibrate.

She frowned slightly, put down the food, and picked up the phone.

When she saw the name of the other party on the phone screen, she clicked her tongue.

“Hello.”

[Trainee, are you done with the broadcast?]

A playful voice is heard over the speaker.

The woman frowned at the word ‘trainee’.

“……I told you not to call me by that nickname.”

The woman ground her teeth at the insensitivity of the other party who unhesitatingly uttered the nickname she hated the most.

Of course, the other party didn’t care whether the woman ground her teeth or not.

[Ah, right, right. I did, didn’t I? Haha. I forgot, hey.]

Or maybe he knows and is teasing her.

[But that’s not what’s important. Turn on the internet now. It’s very important to you.]

“……Important to me?”

The woman’s voice softened a little.

Whatever it is, the other party is her business partner.

He habitually teases her, but he’s also someone who cares for her.

He probably contacted her today to help her.

“I turned on the internet.”

[Then type ‘Shihyun’. Do you know which site to type it on?]

“……I don’t want to go there.”

[Ah, hurry up!]

The woman clicked her tongue again and tapped the phone keyboard.

When I searched for ‘Shihyun’ in the gallery, a huge number of posts immediately appeared.

The woman’s eyes widened when she checked the contents of the posts.

“W-What is this?”

When the woman was bewildered, the voice over the speaker chuckled.

[What is it? Hehe. Soso-rang, it means that you are no longer the top beauty broadcaster.]