That guy is This guy Side story 1 chapter 4
- HoshiMiya
- Apr 6
- 7 min read
Updated: Apr 7
4.
02. Ranking match
“Hyung!”
When I pressed the code on the door lock and opened the front door, Chae Yoo-jeong came running in, smiling brightly. The image overlapped with a large dog greeting its owner.
“Are you not tired? I should have picked you up by car.”
Chae Yoo-jeong, who was standing in front of me as I was taking off my shoes, naturally took my bag.
“It’s okay. Why bother going out on this street?”
Yes. Coincidentally, the location of the company where I worked was much closer to Chae Yoo-jeong’s house than my own.
Thanks to this, I can see him like this after work even on weekdays. The contract for the house I currently live in is coming to an end, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look for my next house nearby.
“Are you hungry?”
“Yes. Order something……”
As I walked into the house while answering Chae Yoo-jeong’s question, I found a table full of food.
“The lady visited yesterday.”
“Ah.”
“Well, all I did was warm it up and prepare it, but… If it’s still okay…………….”
Chae Yoo-jeong continued his words with both cheeks-stained red. Faced with that right in front of me, I thought quietly.
‘It’s so fucking cute.’
Even if that’s not the case, how can you not like a pretty guy who makes up his mind and only chooses pretty things?
I approached Chae Yoo-jeong, struggling to suppress my dark desire that kept rising at the top of my head.
“Kiss kiss.”
“What?”
I demanded again, tapping my cheek with my finger.
“I want you to kiss me.”
“……!”
Chae Yoo-jeong’s eyes widened and his entire face lit up.
“Why are you so shy about kissing when you prepare all the food and wait for me?”
Chae Yoo-jeong, who had hesitated for a while in front of me, who was smiling, finally mustered up the courage to kiss my cheek. A sound rang out, along with a tickling sensation as if his feathers were touching it.
***
After dinner, we happily took out the ice cream sticks that we had bought in advance.
“You can’t go to sleep, right?”
“I have to go home because I have to go to work tomorrow too.”
After eating half of the ice cream, I began to speak cautiously.
“Yoo-jeong, I feel bad about saying this while you’re on vacation.”
“What?”
“That… Actually, there is something I want to do at Zenoris.”
Originally, Chae Yoo-jeong’s professional specialty was that he had to return to HOL after his vacation.
Considering that, I tried to enjoy whatever game I played during my vacation with Chae Yoo-jeong.
Of course, I didn’t make a promise, but it’s still a long-awaited vacation and Chae Yoo-jeong might be upset if I do something different.
“Anything else?”
“Yeah. To participate in the event. Rather than just playing one or two rounds, the goal is to be first in the job rankings.”
If the reason Lycheeyum is obsessed with Chae Yoo-jeong is to make his guild No.1 on the server, then you just needs to destroy that goal.
“It won’t take long.”
I added leisurely, leaning back on the sofa.
If you leave Lycheeyum like this, he will continue to follow Chae Yoo-jeong until his vacation ends and force him to join the guild.
To prevent that, even if Chae Yoo-jeong returns in the Early Evening, he will have to leave again when the vacation is over, and that will only cause unnecessary fuss.
In that case, all I have to do is work hard for a few days and take away Lycheeyum’s first place. We also happen to have overlapping jobs. I couldn’t miss this opportunity.
……To be honest, these reasons were all just excuses, and I just wanted to beat up Lycheeyum in an official setting.
‘How dare you try to use my lover as promotional material for your guild?’
When I looked into it, I heard that there were a lot of users watching the battle for first place. I’ll spread the word throughout the server that you’re a slob.
“But it’s not important, so you won’t have to do it if you don’t like it. It’s fine.”
After hearing this, I tried to quit talking about this to Chae Yoo-jeong right away if he got even a little glum or sad, but instead, his face was filled with anticipation.
“It’s actually so good! If you had the skills, it would be very easy to get to the top of the job rankings, but since the timing overlaps with your vacation, I thought you couldn’t do it because of me...………………”
“No way. I didn’t want to do it because it was a hassle.”
“Hyung, actually…….”
Chae Yoo-jeong lowered his long eyelashes and opened his mouth with an embarrassed expression.
“I have something to give to you.”
As soon as I finished eating my ice cream, Chae Yoo-jeong grabbed my hand and led me into the room. He then turned on the computer and sat me down, then he turned on his laptop from the seat next to me.
“Wouldn’t it be easier to participate in ranking matches if you had better weapons than you have now?”
“Good weapon?”
Those words reminded me of the weapon I was using now. A few years ago, when I first started at Zenoris, I was using the same staff I received from Chae Yoo-jeong.
Afterwards, new staffs specifically for Dark Mage and high-performance staffs were released, but since I had already strengthened Lux 2.0, there was no need to change to a new one.
“Isn’t it still good enough? You gave it to me.”
“It’s not fully strengthened yet.”
Chae Yoo-jeong accessed Zenoris on his laptop and opened the inventory. I was shocked when I saw the red items filling my inventory.
“What’s this?”
“It’s enhancement stones.”
Chae Yoo-jeong answered shyly and smiled.
“Recently, due to an event, mass supply of enhancement stones has been released, so the price has gone down. I collected them because I wanted to take pictures of Hyung’s weapons.”
“This much?”
“The probability of reaching the 9the level is low, and if I fail, I have to advance again… Still, this will be enough.”
When I received an unexpected gift, I was a little embarrassed. Even when filming the quarterfinals, didn’t Chae Yoo-jeong prepare all the necessary materials, starting with the enhancement stones? He even provided reinforcements himself.
I’m grateful that he did that, but he even prepared the reinforcement stones for reaching the 9th level in advance.
‘No matter how cheap the event was, it would have cost quite a bit for this amount...…………’
When I saw Chae Yoo-jeong, who only thought about me whether he was sleeping or awake, my heart rang.
“Are you going to participate in the ranking match tomorrow? Let’s make the 9th level with this!”
Chae Yoo-jeong’s eyes were shining brightly towards me. It seemed like he wanted me to praise him, his heart clearly visible, and I couldn’t hold back any longer, so I hugged him and showered him with kisses on his face.
“So adorbs, I’m dying, really.”
Chu, Chu, Chu. The tickling sound rang out non-stop. He was amazed at how someone could be so pretty, cute, and lovely.
“Hyu-Hyung...…………… “
After I kissed him to my satisfaction, Chae Yoo-jeong’s face and neck turned so bright that it wouldn’t be surprising if he burst out immediately. I said that he was so cute, so I kissed him on the cheek one last time and released him.
“Thanks. With this, I’ll take it to the 9th level and then beat up all those kids.”
When I thanked him playfully, Chae Yoo-jeong nodded with an excited expression.
“Should we enhance all here?”
It was almost 8pm now, so I had about 2 hours to spare. I followed Chae Yoo-jeong and accessed Zenoris via computer.
I received the Enhancement Stones from Chae Yoo-jeong and stood in front of the altar. I calmly placed the staff and reinforcement stones on the altar.
The success rate in the 9th round was only 5%. Considering my luck of failing miserably every time I challenged these odds, it was obvious that the Enhancement stones would cost two to three times more than others.
“Should I give it a go?”
“Yes……!”
After hearing the solemn announcement, Chae Yoo-jeong looked very nervous and glared at the monitor. I swallowed dry saliva and moved the mouse.
[Do you want to strengthen it? (Gold coins are used)]
When I pressed the button, a yellow light flashed and a sound effect of striking metal was heard. yet.
Kwrrrng!
[Strengthening failed.]
“……..”
“…….”
Black lightning struck the altar, and a message window notifying the Enhancement failure appeared in the center of the screen. The air surrounding me and Chae Yoo-jeong suddenly became cold.
When I checked the staff information with trembling hands, I saw that the quarterfinals had changed to the semifinals. Fuck.
“Hyung, it’s okay! I knew this would happen so I prepared a lot of reinforcement stones!”
“Y-yes.”
Chae Yoo-jeong is right. There’s no way you’ll succeed right away on the first hit. There is nothing to be shocked about again.
After gathering my heart, I pressed the altar again and inserted the staff and reinforcement stone.
Kwrrrng!
[Strengthening failed.]
Kwrrrng!
[Strengthening failed.]
Kwrrrng!
[Strengthening failed.]
Chae Yoo-jeong and I stared at the staff who had become the 5the level with cold eyes. what? Why have my staff stats returned to when I first received them? Did it go back?
Even after reaching the semifinals, I failed once more. Even if I failed from the 5th level, I was lucky that I didn’t lose my enhancement level, otherwise I would have been stuck in the 4th level.
Chae Yoo-jeong, who was fidgeting next to me, carefully held my shoulder and opened his mouth.
“Hey, Hyung.”
“…….”
“Should I…?”
I quietly gave Chae Yoo-jeong my seat. I’m so embarrassed, really.
***
HM: MC really has bad luck
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
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