Talking about Miin-nim felt slightly guilt-inducing, unlike when conveying other people’s stories.
[Haeyam] There is at least one good person-yam lololol
[Aang] It’s a trash guild so there’s no one except that person…
Thinking back to when I left the guild, the only person I could definitively say was kind was Miin-nim. All the other bastards had hung around with Sisi saying a word here and there or typed things like [lololol] in agreement.
[Haeyam] Who else-yam?
[Aang] And… Sisi?
[Aang] But Sisi honestly sucks so……
[Haeyam] Right-yam
[Haeyam] I watched NewTube and he really wasn’t that good-yam lol
I felt a bit pleased at Haeyam’s merciless assessment.
Honestly, Sisi was so inflated it was hard to understand why he had so many subscribers. Everyone just doesn’t know Sisi’s true nature…… That bastard is half hot air.
[Aang] Those are the people who’ll definitely come out
[Aang] As for the rest, I don’t know who’ll show up……
After that, I thoroughly shook down the details of the Royal guild members who were at least good at combat.
Haeyam listened to everything with interest.
[Haeyam] Thanks to Aang-nim, our probability of winning went up to 120 percent-yam
[Aang] What was it originally
[Haeyam] A hundred percent-yam ㅇㅅㅇ
[Aang] lololololololol
I really liked Haeyam’s confidence.
Our guild members were certainly good. It wasn’t that I didn’t feel pressure that I just needed to do well, but anyway, having a lot of information was definitely advantageous.
But then, Haeyam spoke as if reading my worries.
[Haeyam] Don’t worry too much either, Aang-nim-yam
[Aang] Me?
[Haeyam] Even if Aang-nim does 0.5 person’s worth, your spouse will do 1.5 person’s worth-yam lol
[Aang] What are you saying!
[Haeyam] lol And Aang-nim has improved a lot lately too-yam
[Haeyam] You can do well enough-yam ㅇㅅㅇ
[Aang] ㅠㅠ sniff
[Aang] Thank you
My heart was touched by Haeyam’s unexpected comfort. It felt like the anxiety that had been sitting in one corner of my heart subsided a little.
So I was about to send Haeyam 99 [Resurrection Scrolls]…… but remembering how Nanneokeo had returned the same value before, I appropriately sent just 10.
[Haeyam] What’s this-yam?
[Aang] A gift of gratitude ㅠ
[Haeyam] What did I do to be grateful for-yam lol
[Aang] Please accept it ㅠㅠ
[Haeyam] I’ll use them well-yam lol
Fortunately, 10 wasn’t a burdensome number, and Haeyam readily accepted the [Resurrection Scrolls] without much fuss.
I finished the conversation with Haeyam on such a friendly note.
Ding―.
Suddenly an alarm rang from Banye’s laptop that was left on.
I inadvertently pressed enter on Banye’s laptop. It logged in directly, as if Banye didn’t set a separate password on his laptop.
The alarm that rang was Discord’s message notification sound.
[Jorangi] Uploaded the edited version to the drive!
‘Oh no……!’
Only then did I realize I’d seen Banye’s Discord conversation without permission and hurriedly tried to close it.
But the problem was that just as I was about to close the chat window with Jorangi-nim, I inadvertently saw the ID of the person in the slot below.
“……Huh?”
[Kwon Dajeong]
‘That’s Sisi?’
Why did Kwon Dajeong and Banye talk to each other? What could they possibly have to discuss?
I absolutely couldn’t hold back my curiosity. There was a fear that I might be opening Pandora’s box, but…… still, I couldn’t just pass over this conversation.
In the end, I gulped and clicked on their chat window.
[Kwon Dajeong] lololol?
This was Kwon Dajeong’s last message.
I checked that message while scrolling up through their chat window.
The conversation was shorter than expected.
Kwon Dajeong started the conversation first. Somehow knowing, that bastard brought up my name and contacted Banye.
[Kwon Dajeong] Is this Banye-nim?
[Kwon Dajeong] I have something to say about Ryu Hanyoung
[Kwon Dajeong] On our server he had the nickname Kolkol and I heard he’s now in your guild with the nickname Aang
I’d only read up to here but I was so pissed my hands were shaking. Because I never dreamed that bastard would approach Banye behind my back.
But……
[Hwang Hyunjung] Looks like you didn’t go to the countryside today
Banye…… didn’t react to Sisi’s words at all and scratched at the bastard. Sisi typed [haha] at those words. As if it was absurd.
But Sisi seemed to think he’d endure once, as he didn’t give up and tried to talk about me one more time.
[Kwon Dajeong] You probably heard bad things about me from Hanyoung and have a prejudice
[Kwon Dajeong] If you listen to my story, you’ll think you were deceived too.
[Kwon Dajeong] When I was dating him, I was also deceived a lot by Hanyoung
“When did I ever deceive him!”
I was furious, but on the other hand I was curious about Banye’s reaction.
So I held back and scrolled down the chat window to see Banye calmly picking a fight without getting entangled with Sisi.
[Hwang Hyunjung] You were deceived by Hanyoung? Excuse me but your intelligence…
[Kwon Dajeong] ?
[Kwon Dajeong] Even speaking nicely lol looks like you have no intention of listening
[Kwon Dajeong] okay then I’ll take it as you not listening lol Don’t say I didn’t warn you when you regret it later
I felt slightly strange here, but was a bit surprised hearing what Banye said next.
[Hwang Hyunjung] But for someone who was deceived you’re living too well lol
[Hwang Hyunjung] When are you going to pay back the 5 million?
[Kwon Dajeong] ? What 5 million?
[Hwang Hyunjung] Why do you think I keep boosting your boring ass NewTube
[Hwang Hyunjung] I’m sniping you hoping you’ll blow up and get ad revenue to pay back the money you borrowed from Hanyoung lol
‘He-he knew about getting 5 million won ripped off by Kwon Dajeong too?’
I felt shocked, but Kwon Dajeong seemed to think I’d tattled to Banye and got excited, starting to spew dirty words wildly while speculating about the relationship between me and Banye.
[Kwon Dajeong] lolololololololololol
[Kwon Dajeong] Now you’re latched onto him?
[Kwon Dajeong] Did he seduce you by sending photos too? lol Have you actually met? lol
[Hwang Hyunjung] yeah we uploaded a NewTube we filmed together yesterday lol
[Hwang Hyunjung] Why do you pretend not to know when you creepily boost my channel views all the time lol
[Kwon Dajeong] lololololololololol Me? What kind of self-consciousness overflow is this? lol
[Hwang Hyunjung] A moron with a stomachache who came all the way to Discord talks a lot lol
[Kwon Dajeong] lol Ah yes! You take good care of the secondhand goods I used and threw away
[Hwang Hyunjung] lol You really are a moron
[Hwang Hyunjung] I understand why Hanyoung says he wants to stab you to death whenever your name comes up lol
Banye said that, and from then on began to seriously spew profanity at Sisi.
[Hwang Hyunjung] Kwon Dajeong you moron
[Hwang Hyunjung] What are you acting tough for when your home address got leaked lol
[Kwon Dajeong] lololol?
[Hwang Hyunjung] You still live at ×××× Street 234, Unit 301 right? Why are you putting on airs when you have nowhere to run
After saying that, Banye sent a photo to Sisi. It was a photo of some villa entrance. It was an unfamiliar place to me, but Sisi seemed to know this place well as he didn’t say anything.
“Don’t tell me…… this is in front of Sisi’s house?”
I widened my eyes. But I couldn’t know the truth.
Despite Sisi’s silence, Banye’s words continued.
[Hwang Hyunjung] If you don’t have 5 million, you wouldn’t have money to move either, would you?
[Hwang Hyunjung] It must’ve been nice when you were receiving gifts from Aang lol
[Hwang Hyunjung] What do you think is gonna go to that address, why do you keep acting up to me
After that, whether Sisi blocked Banye or what, he didn’t say anything and Banye didn’t say anything more either.
I watched the war of words between the two, then my thoughts reached how Banye came to know Sisi’s home address.
Then one memory came to mind.
“The letter……”
Probably that address was memorized from the address written on the outer envelope when I tried to attach the love letter.
I’d forgotten about it…… Then did Banye memorize the address I wrote at that time, and then go visit that address?
“Why……?”
……F-for me?
My heart suddenly started pounding. I felt an emotion that was hard to distinguish between fear and heart-fluttering.
Click.
Just then, Banye came into the room without knocking again today. Banye saw me sitting in front of his laptop and frowned.
“What are you doing?”
“That……”
I looked at Banye not knowing what to do, then realized that pretending not to know and hiding it at this point would seem even stranger, so I just stayed still.
Then Banye approached and scanned the laptop screen I’d been looking at with his eyes.
“I-I didn’t mean to look on purpose……”
“……Did you see everything?”
“Mmm……”
An awkward silence began to flow between us.
