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01. Yoo Chae’s stalker?
[Event] Ranking Battle START! A thrilling ranking match that comes with summer!
The ranking match for each class that many people have been waiting for has finally begun!
Hello, this is Zenoris.
Various benefits and items are waiting for you.
Access Zenoris right now and receive various event products.
* Event details:
-Prepare for the ranking match! Gift box provided once a day (reset at 00:00 AM, once per account) (non-tradable)
-If you participate in a ranking match, you can receive a stamp. Get additional gift boxes as stamp rewards.
- Challenge your highest score! Several items are available.
* Components:
-Attendance reward gift box: level-up medicine, Linnaeus feather, three-color Cree
-Stal (random), low-grade enhancement stone, intermediate enhancement stone, potion collection bag, battle support box, etc.
-Additional stamp gift boxes: Totem (random), high-grade enchantment stone, supreme enchantment stone, gold box, primordial gem fragment, designated dye
-Reward items for achieving the highest score: Erg of Light, Level Enhancement Box, Refined Crystal, Three Stat Increase Potions, Pet (Smoke, Color Random), Challenger’s Suit (Choose 1 for women, 1 for men)
Please refer here for a detailed explanation of the rankings for each job. → [Ranking match guide for each class]
Thank you always.
[Guild] Bright Clouds: By the way sleepy-nim
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Don’t you want to play ranking matches??
A guild chat came up right after I finished the dragon raid with Chae Yoo-jeong. I answered by biting into the lollipop I was eating.
[Guild] I’m sleepy: just on the last day
[Guild] I’m sleepy: I’m just going to have a quick fight and get the reward
Dark Mage was the first job created last year, and Zenoris also started at that time, so I was able to get the highest score reward in just one round. I already had a job and didn’t have much time to play games due to work, so I didn’t have time to put any effort into the rankings.
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Ranking match is so good ㅇㅅㅇ
[Guild] Drink some water: I’m always busy playing games with Yoo Chae after work
[Guild] Drink some water: What are you going to do with the ranking match?ㅋ
[Guild] Let’s do this: Come on, come on~
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Aaaah>-<~
[Guild] I’m sleepy: yeah
[Guild] I’m sleepy: I don’t have enough time to play with Yoo Chae
[Guild] Harn:?
[Guild] TheHunter: ???
[Guild] Bright Clouds: What am I...?
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Why are you so obediently admitting it?
[Guild] Drink some water: Ah...it’s a bit rough, isn’t it?
[Guild] Manaolingnam: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Water-nim too?
[Guild] Harn: I’m going to faint ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Crazy Hunting Friend: Please think about it
[Guild] Park Seung-jin99: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Harn: Have you seen Staric?
[Guild] Harn: Please improve the second couple too
[Guild] Staric: Sorry...
[Guild] Staric: I will try harderㅠ
[Guild] TheHunter: Oh, that’s a long story again
Currently enjoying watching the chat of guild members who react as expected.
It was time to do it. Chae Yoo-jeong, who had gone to make a phone call, returned.
“Hyung, I have an interview scheduled.”
Chae Yoo-jeong’s voice was heard talking about the schedule through my headset.
“Interview?”
“Yes. I think I’ll have to go out for a bit next Wednesday.”
“What time is it?”
“It’s at 4 o’clock in the dormitory building. There is a separate interview room.”
After shyly explaining, Chae Yoo-jeong soon asked excitedly.
“Hyung, since your company is also in Gangnam, should I go there when you get off work? Can’t we have dinner together?”
“Of course.”
“Okay, then I’ll take the car. Please call me when you get off work.”
“Okay. But next Wednesday?”
“Yes.”
Today was Thursday, so there was about a week left until next Wednesday. I can’t spend a week like this just playing games.
“Shall we meet next Wednesday, and meet tomorrow as well?”
Crack, crash!
As I asked with a smile, the loud sound of something falling and hitting echoed through my headset.
“Chae Yoo-jeong?”
“Yes? Ah yes! I, T-tomorrow is good too! I really like it!”
“Are you hurt somewhere? What just happened?”
“That… I kind of dropped my phone. It’s okay.”
“…….”
Surely this won’t be a mess every time we go on a date from now on? I changed the topic of conversation a little, hoping that Chae Yu-jeong would calm down a little.
“Chae Yoo-jeong, aren’t you going to play the ranking match?”
“Ranking match?”
Fortunately, Chae Yoo-jeong answered in a much calmer manner.
“Well, I don’t really think about it. I didn’t play the rankings last season anyway, so I can get the highest score reward with just one or two games, so there’s no need to do it.”
Chae Yoo-jeong ranked first in the Chain blade class rankings the year before last, but last year he quit Zenoris due to problems with me and his professional gamer activities, so he did not participate in the rankings.
If he had been in first place last year, he would have had to be at least in the top five to get the highest-ranking reward, but neither I nor Chae Yoo-jeong did any ranking matches last year, so we only got one or two rounds to get the reward.
“What about you?”
“I won’t do it either.”
I continued as I threw the finished candy bar into the trash can.
“I don’t have enough time to play with you, so what am I supposed to do with it?”
Chae Yoo-jeong recently finished the spring season safely and his vacation has begun in earnest. In other words, he can stay at home and play other games to his heart’s content during his vacation.
Dating in Zenoris and dating in real life was difficult outside of this period. As I succeeded in getting a job, the free time I had was gone, so I planned to hang out with Chae Yoo-jeong as much as I could. The next vacation comes after finishing the summer season and the world competition, the Hold Cup.
“Hyung……!”
After hearing my story, Chae Yoo-jeong called me in a voice full of emotion. I couldn’t hide my happy smile either.
If other people see this, they’ll say we’re sick, but guess what? The beginning of a relationship is all like this.
***
At 11 a.m, Chae Yoo-jeong woke up leisurely and as soon as he opened his eyes, he picked up his cell phone and sent a morning greeting message to Yoo Ji-han. After finishing his shower, he had a simple salad for breakfast and logged on to Zenoris.
Yoo Ji-han was in the midst of working at the company. After seeing that ‘I’m sleepy’ was displayed offline in his friend’s window, he turned on the auction house.
Ever since he took his vacation and started Zenoris again, Chae Yoo-jeong has been buying reinforcement stones with a light in his eyes. The purpose was to upgrade Yoo Ji-han’s staff to the top 9.
Because of Chae Yoo-jeong’s professional work, he can only visit Zenoris on vacation, but he wasn’t Yoo Ji-han. It was clear that Yoo Ji-han had some affection for Zenoris, as even when he broke off ties with him, he would occasionally come over and play games.
It was natural for a user who had enjoyed the game to be greedy for specs in a game he was passionate about. Yoo Ji-han didn’t say anything, but he must have been quite frustrated after using a level 8 staff for nearly two years. So, he wanted to make it a level 9 staff on behalf of Yoo Ji-han, who was busy.
However, he was worried that Yoo Ji-han might feel burdened, so he was collecting reinforcement stones whenever he was away. Thanks to the ranking event, the supply of reinforcement stones was released and he was able to buy a lot at a cheaper price than usual, which was also beneficial to Chae Yoo-jeong.
[All] Lycheeyum: Yoo Chae-nim
[All] Lycheeyum: Yoo Chae-nim?
“……?”
When he heard that chat messages kept popping up somewhere, he found himself being called by an unfamiliar user.
When he moved the auction house window that was blocking the center of the screen to the side, a character he had never seen before was standing right next to him.
Even though it was clearly visible that the other person was calling him, Chae Yoo-jeong only raised his eyebrows in curiosity.
He moved the auction house window that had been placed on the side, back to the center. And then he resumed the shopping that had been interrupted by the useless guy.
[All] Lycheeyum: Hey, Yoo Chae-nim
[All] Lycheeyum: Are you diving?
<Lycheeyum has sent a friend request. Would you like to accept? [Confirm/Reject]>
However, the other party was also formidably persistent. Not only did he continue to talk to Yoo Chae, he even sent him a friend request.
The friend request messages and chat windows covering the screen were a bit annoying. Chae Yoo-jeong frowned and reluctantly tapped on his keyboard.
[All] Yoo Chae: ?
[All] Lycheeyum: Oh haha, you’re awake!
[All] Lycheeyum: Hello
[All] Yoo Chae: ?
‘?’, which means answer only business questions. The other person in the chat said with a slightly embarrassed expression.
[All] Lycheeyum: Yoo Chae, you don’t have a guild right now, right?
[All] Lycheeyum: Would you like to come to my guild?
Chae Yoo-jeong hadn’t gone anywhere since he left the guild Early Evening.
After that, he quit Zenoris halfway and didn’t feel the need to go to the guild unless it was Early Evening, where Yoo Ji-han was. Since he could only enjoy Zenoris briefly during vacations, there was no point in him joining the guild, so he did not go back even when Kang Ji-hye said it was okay to come.
[All] Yoo Chae: no
Chae Yoo-jeong flatly refused without even confirming the name of his opponent’s guild.
But the opponent was persistent this time too.
[All] Lycheeyum: Please at least think abt itㅠㅠ
[All] Lycheeyum: I heard you split up with Early Evening
[All] Lycheeyum: All members in our guild are all strong and have good personalities
[All] Lycheeyum: If you come, I’ll treat you really well.
[All] Yoo Chae: no
As if Chae Yoo-jeong’s answer was not visible, an invitation to join the guild appeared in the center of the screen. Chae Yoo-jeong, who realized that he was someone who couldn’t communicate well, closed the invitation window and immediately clicked on the channel change button.
‘Hyung too… Was this how you felt when you first met me?’
Chae Yoo-jeong realized that it was more intrusive and bothersome than he thought for someone he didn’t even know to pretend to be friendly, and he recalled what he did to Yoo Ji-han in the past.
At that time, he was so happy to meet Yoo Ji-han and was so excited that he tried to get to know him, but looking back now, it was really true. He once again felt grateful to Yoo Ji-han for accepting him.
‘As expected, Hyung is the best!’
No matter what he thought, Chae Yoo-jeong, who ends up with ‘Yoo Ji-han is amazing,’ praised Yoo Ji-han very naturally this time.
Otherwise, today is Friday and he will be meeting Yoo Ji-han in the evening, but his heart has already started to beat faster. So Chae Yoo-jeong completely forgot about the guild offer he had just received and was filled with anticipation as he thought about his date with Yoo Ji-han.
***
HM: it’s nice to see that YC understanding why MC acted like that….
GX: YC is getting a taste of his own medicine, albeit he’s still praising MC whilst it is happening. Well, at least he understands.
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Meimei, Ghostx
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