Chapter 25: Became Famous After the Broadcast (Part 2)

A voice full of laughter. It was definitely a sneer.

Sparks flew from Sosorang’s eyes at that voice.

“……Who is Shihyun? Where did she pop out from?”

She asked, glaring at the pictures posted in the featured posts.

At those words, a laugh was heard from beyond the speaker.

[First of all…… she’s not someone who came out of being a trainee somewhere. I guarantee it. My juniors are still active, you know? But they said they’ve never seen this face before.]

“…….”

[Rather, they asked me who this person was.]

“……A normal person?”

Sosorang reacted a beat late to those words.

“Does that make sense?”

This is a normal person?

‘No lie, for real?’

The beauty of the person in the picture was so great that Sosorang had such doubts.

It could be described as simply overwhelming.

Sosorang was a trainee at YG Entertainment. As such, she had seen the real faces of YG Entertainment actors or idols a few times while passing by.

And the face of the woman in the picture could be called top-tier compared to them.

But this person is a ‘normal person’?

[Yes. A normal person. It seems like this is her first time broadcasting, too?]

“……Then it’s fine.”

Sosorang answered abruptly in a chilly voice.

“Anyway, if she’s a normal person, her concept doesn’t overlap with mine, right? Then well, it’s none of my business.”

Sosorang was broadcasting using her experience as an idol trainee.

Surprisingly, her Arfellium skills were quite considerable, so she was also making a name for herself as a skilled broadcaster.

Therefore.

Shihyun and Sosorang’s concepts actually overlapped considerably.

The only difference was that Shihyun was not aiming for the entertainment industry.

“……Right?”

Perhaps because she knew that fact herself, Sosorang’s voice was trembling slightly.

Did he notice that tremor? Laughter was heard from beyond the speaker.

[That’s a funny thing to say. It’s not like you.]

“……What’s like me?”

[Well, I wonder if the guy you buried last time knows?]

-Thud!

At those words, Sosorang reflexively slammed the table.

Her fine face twisted like a demon.

Sosorang spoke to the other party over the speaker in an angry voice.

“Watch your words. When did I ever bury someone?”

[Ah, right. That’s right. It was like that, wasn’t it? Outwardly, you’re not involved, right? Right?]

The other party answers smoothly.

Sosorang fanned her face with her palm and asked.

“……What do you want?”

[Woah, I’m trying to help you. Don’t be so sharp.]

“…….”

[Just, yeah! Anyway, you’re a little concerned, right? Just say the word. I’ll take care of it like last time. We’re business partners, aren’t we?]

The words “We’re business partners, aren’t we?” echo in the broadcasting room.

Sosorang was silent for a moment, then asked carefully.

“……Like last time?”

[Well, just involve her in an incident and get rid of her.]

“…….”

Sosorang lightly swept her lips.

‘Like last time, then…….’

Not bad.

Soon, Sosorang’s lips twisted.

“Well, it would be a shame if that newbie experienced ‘such an unfortunate event’.”

[Twisting your words. Okay. Then I’ll take it that way.]

-Beep beep beep……

At the same time, the call ended.

Sosorang stared at the screen of the smartphone, which no longer made any sound, and then tapped it a few times to bring up Shihyun’s picture posted in the featured posts.

Sosorang’s lips twisted into a bitter smile as she looked at the picture.

“……Yes. This is natural. Right?”

Anyone would have done this.

“Competitors are always unwelcome.”

Sosorang excused herself like that.

***

-Slash!

“It’s nice that there are no competitors here.”

At the words I said while cutting off the Ratman’s neck, Ji-eun, who was watching me from behind, laughed.

“That’s the advantage of the tutorial room. The map is wide, and the boss room is instanced. It’s good because there’s no need to fight with people over hunting grounds, right? Actually, most places other than here have hunting ground competition.”

“Is that so?”

There’s hunting ground competition even when you go to a wider space.

From those words, I could tell how many people play ‘Arfellium’.

Since the number of players playing is overwhelming, you’re bound to bump into people wherever you go.

“By the way, Shihyun. What about your level?”

At Ji-eun’s question, I opened the status window.

[ID: Shihyun13]

[Level: 29(89.9%)]

[Strength: 20]

[Stamina: 10]

[Agility: 20]

[Magic: 15]

[Intelligence: 13]

[Stat Points: 0]

“Level 29, 89.9 percent full.”

“That means you just need to catch a few more to level up. Congratulations, you’re about to reach the level where you can play ranked matches.”

“Haha.”

When I laughed awkwardly, Ji-eun strode up, poked my side, and said in a sly voice.

“Don’t forget that we promised to play together. Okay? I have to go to Diamond.”

“I’ll definitely! Get Ji-eun to Diamond.”

“Thank you.”

Ji-eun said that, and then asked me as if she had suddenly remembered.

“By the way, shouldn’t we start speaking casually now? It’s been a while since we’ve known each other.”

At those words, I opened my eyes wide.

“Casually?”

“Yes, well…… we’re around the same age. ……We are around the same age, right? Shihyun, how old were you? I don’t remember you telling me.”

Ji-eun asked anxiously.

I scratched my cheek and answered.

“21 years old.”

“……Oh my god! You were five years younger than me? But why are you so mature…….”

Saying that, Ji-eun’s gaze quietly moves to my face and chest.

Soon she muttered with a gloomy face.

“I drank a lot of milk during my school days…….”

“……Haha.”

“It’s kind of unfair……. Sigh, anyway. What do you think? About speaking casually.”

I shrugged.

“I don’t mind.”

Ji-eun’s face lit up at my answer.

“Really? Great, from now on, we can treat each other like real friends. Right?”

“Yes, haha.”

“Hey, we decided to speak casually. It’s not ‘yes’, it’s ‘yeah’.”

“Uh, uh……. That’s right.”

It was awkward to suddenly start speaking casually.

Is it because I’ve been using honorifics all this time?

It seemed more like it was my personality.

But that doesn’t mean I can back out after we’ve already decided to speak casually.

I smacked my lips and regretted my hasty choice.

‘Well, it can’t be helped.’

What can I do, I have no choice but to try to get used to it from now on.

Thinking that, I focused on hunting Ratmen again.

Because I swept up all the Ratmen around to reach level 30, there weren’t many Ratmen left.

But fortunately, when I defeated the remaining monsters, I was able to reach level 30.

“Ji-eun…… Ah. I reached level 30.”

The moment I was about to say ‘Ji-eun-ssi’, Ji-eun glared at me.

Ugh, isn’t she glaring too much? It was just a mistake…….

“Already? Congratulations, Shihyun-ah!”

“Yeah.”

“Finally, today’s work is over. Right, guys?”

When Ji-eun said that and smiled, the chat window, which noticed the meaning of that smile, caught fire.

[Huh, she’s about to end the stream.]

[Don’t cut it off here]

[Show us our Shihyun more]

[Don’t run away! Fight !]

“Okay, okay, unfortunately, today’s broadcast is over. The shop is closed, so everyone, hurry up and leave.”

[-bye]

[Ning-bye Ning-bye~]

[Shihyun will be on tomorrow too, right????]

“Huh? Tomorrow? Tomorrow is not possible. Shihyun has to take the placement test from tomorrow. Where would she have time to broadcast with me? Right?”

“……Well, that’s right.”

Honestly, I think there would be plenty of time to broadcast, but if I said that now, Ji-eun would probably poke my side.

“Right? That’s right. Then everyone, Ning-bye!”

Ji-eun waved her hand hard.

Soon the broadcast ended and the recording function was also turned off, and only then did Ji-eun groan and rub her cheeks.

“Ugh, I talked too much today. My mouth hurts.”

“Are you okay?”

“I don’t think I’m okay…….”

She fiddled with her mouth and sighed.

“Well. It can’t be helped. It’s my job.”

“You’re working hard.”

“Sigh, anyway, that’s it for today. I need to go in and rest a bit. I also have to prepare content for tomorrow’s broadcast…… Lately, I’ve only been doing broadcasts where I play mindlessly with Shihyun, you, so the subscribers might be a little tired of it.”

“I see.”

“Then I’m going! See you later!”

And then Ji-eun ended the connection.

I quietly stared at the place where she disappeared, and then manipulated the interface to end ‘World’ myself.

With a strange sensation, I was back in the main square.

Fortunately, because I had turned on the non-contact and invisibility options, there was no commotion when I appeared.

‘A break for a while…….’

No, to be precise, it’s not a break.

Because I have to take the ranked placement test.

To put it precisely, I could say that I had some time to myself.

‘It feels a bit strange.’

Because I’ve been playing games with Ji-eun all day for the past few days, it felt a bit awkward to have personal time.

‘Well, does it matter?’

I looked at the interface to organize my thoughts for a moment.

But suddenly I saw a square envelope-shaped icon flashing at the top.

“What?”

I pressed the icon.

Then, hundreds of messages suddenly filled my vision.

“Wh, What.”

They were all messages sent to me.

It seems that people sent me messages because my Arfellium nickname was revealed while playing games with Ji-eun.

I was a little curious, so I glanced at the contents of a few, but there was no very nutritious content.

Rather, it seemed that there were quite a few messages that were a bit unsettling.

“Ugh, I should delete them all.”

Of course, deleting them doesn’t mean they disappear.

Because messages are still coming in now.

‘I should ask Ji-eun how to block messages later.’

I muttered that and pressed the delete all button.

Anyway, it would be okay to delete them all.

There’s no way a message with important content will be sent to me.

*****

“……Why is there no contact?”

ML Masterpiece’s head coach, Kang Seunghyun, looked at the message box and tilted his head.

I definitely offered conditions that anyone would be interested in, so why is there no contact?