Chapter 4: Game

After dinner, I talked with Haim in her room, not mine.

“Older Brother, please save me!”

“Heung, what should I do?”

Haim knelt before me and pleaded.

Now my younger sister had become my s*ave.

‘How should I tease her?’

“No, isn’t there a way? If you look at fortunes, don’t you have something like a lucky item?”

“There is, but I’m low on sugar, so it’s not coming to mind.”

“Isn’t there something sweet?”

“……!”

Haim quickly went to the kitchen and brought out ice cream.

It wasn’t just simple ice cream, it was Häagen-Dazs.

“It has been presented.”

Somehow, I felt like I had gained a good s*ave.

I scooped up the Häagen-Dazs strawberry ice cream with a spoon and ate it.

“So what is my lucky item?”

“Kingfisher.”

“……?”

“You don’t know?”

“It’s a bird of the order Coraciiformes, family Alcedinidae, and one of South Korea’s summer migratory birds.”

However, it was currently winter in South Korea.

“Fck! How am I supposed to get that now?!”

Munch munch.

“You don’t need to get it.”

“Huh? You said I had a major misfortune today?”

“Yeah, just today.”

“……!”

The major misfortune will disappear after today.

And it was currently 11 PM.

If nothing happens, the aura of major misfortune will disappear on its own.

“Th-Then my ice cream is…?”

“Here.”

I handed the empty ice cream cup to my s*ave.

“You clean it up yourself.”

“Mom! Older Brother ate my ice cream!”

Our s*ave ran towards Mrs. Kim.

‘There won’t be anything good from going quickly.’

“Agh, my toe!”

The foolish s*ave stubbed her toe on the doorknob while running.

The aura of major misfortune still hadn’t disappeared.

***

A day passed, and a mysterious package arrived in front of the house.

[Sender: Korean Awakened Ones Association]

[Recipient: Lee Seong-a]

‘Lee Seong-a? Who is that?’

‘There’s no one like that in our house….’

“Hey, Lee Haim, did this come for you?”

“Yeah, what is it?”

Haim checked the name on the package.

‘Did she change her name without the family knowing?’

“This is Older Brother’s, though?”

“Huh? What are you talking about? My name isn’t written there.”

“Try opening it.”

“……?”

As Haim said, I opened the package.

In the box, there were three things: a resident registration card, a passport, and a smartphone.

“This is my photo, isn’t it?”

“But the name is…”

Lee Seong-a.

It was exactly one character different from my name.

‘Why is there a name I’ve never seen before on my ID card?’

“Oh, the photo turned out well?”

“Did you take it?”

“Yeah, it was simple because I just needed a little Photoshop.”

‘Stalker bi*ch, when did you take the photo?’

‘If you took it, you could have told me.’

“I changed it.”

“Because I’m Older Brother’s guardian now.”

Since Haim was the first discoverer and also family, it makes sense that she’s my guardian.

However, the name….

“Why change a perfectly fine name?”

“But I want to have an Older Sister with a pretty name.”

As if that was a reason, she was so annoying that I hit her on the back.

“Ah! Ah! Stop hitting me!”

“What is Seong-a?! Seong-a! It’s a total girl’s name!”

“But Older Brother is a woman now!”

“No, still, this is a bit much….”

As I always say, even though I turned into a woman, I didn’t abandon my masculinity.

“Oh, right, check your account.”

“The association must have deposited money.”

“Money?”

At the mention of money, I stopped hitting her.

The smartphone had no password set, so it opened easily, and the apps were still there.

“How many zeros are there?”

“One, two… seven?!”

I checked my account, and ₩10,000,000 was deposited in my bankbook.

Although the welfare for returnees had improved, I didn’t expect it to be this much.

“Okay, I’ll be going now.”

“I have university classes.”

Haim packed her bag and went outside.

Only I was left at home.

‘What should I do now?’

‘…Shall I play a game?’

Since I had nothing else to do anyway, I might as well play a game leisurely.

I went to my younger sister’s room and turned on the computer.

There were various games on the desktop.

‘This bi*ch must be a gaming addict.’

‘I should never become like a kid.’

“Are there any games to play these days?”

It’s been a while, I should go into a community and ask.

[What games are there to play these days?]

[There’s really nothing to do, any recommendations?]

[- What kind of game do you want?]

[- RPG games are the trend these days].

[- Recommend Last Magic, streamers only play that these days].

[└There’s a jumping pack these days, it’s easy].

[└But streamers play only that too much, I’m tired of it].

[└But it’s still super fun, have a drink!]

The other comments were all posts recommending Last Magic.

‘Shall I try it?’

Just in time, Last Magic was also installed on the computer.

I created an account and entered the character creation screen.

There were a total of five classes.

Swordsman.

Mage.

Rogue.

Fighter.

Priest.

It was a game where you chose a class you liked from these and advanced.

And I was a performance fanatic.

A wicked performance fanatic who would quit immediately if the damage was low.

‘Shall I do a fortune telling first?’

RPG games like this are bound to have balance patches over time.

Because of that, Tier 1 damage dealers could drop to the ground, and Tier 5 damage dealers could soar to the sky.

And the community is always noisy during balance patches.

What I would choose here was a class that received less hate and had the highest damage output for the past 10 years.

I burned tissue paper with a lighter I had taken from Mr. Lee’s room beforehand, and as the smoke rose, it showed me the character’s appearance.

‘Now, tell me.’

‘What is the class that receives less hate and has the highest damage output for the past 10 years?’

The smoke showed a female character holding a rope and a staff.

Mage.

The smoke showed ‘Mage’.

My fortune telling is always right.

I entered the character creation screen, selected the Mage class, and entered the game.

I set the gender to female, and the nickname was the problem.

‘What should I make it?’

I moved my fingers on the keyboard as I pleased.

[GochuwangLeeHaim]

“Kya, this is it!”

I already feel attached to the nickname.

Now I feel like playing the game.

Next is character customization.

Honestly, this is the biggest concern.

Because I’m so bad with my hands….

[Would you like to synchronize with your real face?]

‘Synchronize?’

Without thinking, I ended up pressing the YES button on the suddenly appearing notification.

Click!

“Ugh!”

The camera function on the computer turned on and took a picture of my face with the flash.

“Wh-What is it?”

“Why suddenly take a picture?”

‘It’s better to just make it by hand.’

But when I checked the character’s face, it had changed to be exactly like mine.

“So this is what synchronize meant?”

Technology has gotten much better these days.

Although it’s strange for me to say this, even I could see that it was a very pretty face.

It’s also troublesome to create it, so I’ll just go with this.

When I logged into the game, a pretty angel welcomed me.

「Welcome, Hero! We…」

‘Yeah, skip.’

「For you, a special power…」

‘Yeah, skip.’

Skip.

Skip.

Skip.

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.

.

.

Skip.

I repeatedly pressed the skip button.

There was no need to listen to things like this.

Anyway, I was going to use a jumping ticket.

I immediately applied the jumping ticket to the character and went to the town square.

It was full of players with classes like me.

‘First, I was told to upgrade my weapon, right?’

As Anonymous told me, I first entered the weapon enhancement window.

‘My fortune today is neutral, will it be okay?’

Neutral luck meant it was an ordinary fortune with neither plus nor minus.

“Shall I try pressing it?”

This kind of thing is about confidence.

If you think you’ll fail, what could have succeeded will fail.

Click!

Failure.

“Ugh, failure on the first enhancement….”

The start wasn’t good, but now was the beginning.

I immediately spam-clicked the enhancement button up to +16.

I quickly reached +16.

Now it was the demonic +17 enhancement.

Because you can’t use probability-increasing items from +1 to +17, it’s called the noob filter.

Achieving +17 also unlocks the auction house function, so it was essential.

Many noobs get filtered out at this part.

But I’m different from regular noobs.

I’ll pass this easily.

Click!

Failure.

‘…Right, failing on the first try was too much.’

Now was the beginning.

This time too, I spam-clicked the enhancement button.

Failure.

Failure.

Failure.

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.

.

.

Failure.

Click click click click.

Now, no matter how much I clicked, I couldn’t even attempt the enhancement.

“Why isn’t it working?!”

Checking, I found that I was short on materials and currency.

It seems I used up all the materials and currency the jumping ticket gave me.

Without hesitation, I went into the payment window and lightly spent about ₩500,000.

‘Yeah, let’s see who wins?’

***

“Huff huff, I finally succeeded….”

I succeeded in getting everything to +17 for ₩1,500,000.

It was a victory.

Now the minimum requirements to go to raids were met.

‘Where should I go?’

With an excited heart, I entered the party finder window and immediately sent a join request.

‘With specs like this, they won’t refuse─.’

Refused.

“…they did.”

‘W-Well, they might refuse.’

‘Let’s not worry about it.’

‘Because I can just send a join request to another party.’

But that was a big mistake.

No matter how many join requests I sent to other parties, the only thing that came back was a refusal message.

Unable to bear it any longer, I went into the community and wrote a post.

[Is this normal?]

[No matter how many join requests I send, I get refused.

I’ve got everything to +17 and even accessories].

[- What’s your class?]

[└Mage].

[└lololololol].

[└Why did you have to choose Mage of all things lololol].

[└Change class lololol].

All the comments were just reactions teasing me.

For accurate confirmation, I wrote another post on the community.

[Is Mage a bad class?]

[In most RPGs, aren’t mages overpowered classes?]

[As far as I know, mages are known for high damage output?]

[- They do have high damage output lololol].

[- Who plays a class that’s squishy, has the highest operation difficulty, and the lowest mobility?]

[└Summary, give this comment a fcking upvote].

[└Okay lol].

[- Just a ranged fire-power one-trick lololol].

“…….”

Mage was quite different from the class I had imagined.

It seems I chose the worst class in the RPG.

Crunch!

‘I can’t give up here…!’

Squishy?

I just need to avoid damage.

Highest operation difficulty?

It’s fine if my fingers hurt.

Lowest mobility?

I just need to move beforehand.

How much money had I spent so far?

I couldn’t give up here.

“I will clear raids with this class no matter what…!”

***

One month later.

Lee Haim looked at her older brother(?) who was playing games late at night.

From their heavily hunched back to the cookie crumbs scattered on the desk, and eyes full of dark circles, nothing about them was proper.

“Older Brother, can’t you come out for a bit?”

“Just a little longer, I’m in a raid right now, yawn~”

The fortune-teller who defeated the Demon Lord and returned to Earth…

“Hehe, it’s fun.”

She became a gaming shut-in.