Chapter 56

Reina and Emma have known each other for a really long time.

Since they were kids, they lived right next door, so naturally, they grew up together as childhood friends.

Even though they went to different high schools, since their houses were right next to each other, they never grew apart.

As adults, they ended up going to the same university, and that’s how they started living together.

Reina and Emma were alike, yet not alike.

They both loved Leore and created a guild together while playing Leore. They grew into the Mea’d Raid Party and even climbed to the top of the world rankings.

But in reality, their tastes were completely different. Reina liked cute and small things, while Emma liked normal-sized, cool guys.

Once a year, they would visit Korea, where Leore was made. Reina would buy Leore merchandise, and Emma would buy K-pop goods.

This time, they were planning to go to Korea after happily achieving a WFK in the final season raid.

But then, a problem arose.

They lost the WFK. They had achieved WFK three times in a row, so they thought they could do it again this time.

And things were going smoothly.

But then, they were beaten by a raid party they had never seen before, led by a party leader they had never met.

They were angry and frustrated.

But…

Meanwhile, Reina, her friend, was grinning like an idiot, her usual charismatic demeanor nowhere to be seen.

Reina, who had been obsessed with cute things since childhood, was now in her 30s, and her room was still pink. She collected Leore’s Ilmiho merchandise, cute mascots, and dolls, decorating her bed with them. Honestly, it was pitiful, but Emma just let it slide because it was Reina.

“Reina… Do you know how dangerous your expression looks right now?”

“Huh? Why? What’s dangerous?”

Reina, without a care, was looking for clothes to dress Arang in, only to realize that the clothes were too big for Arang.

So, she analyzed all the videos of Arang to figure out her height and measurements.

Since Reina was into cosplay, she had no trouble figuring out Arang’s height and measurements in Leore.

Even Emma, Reina’s childhood friend, frowned at her crazy behavior.

Right now, Reina looked no different from a child kidnapper.

“Sigh… Never mind. Forget it.”

Emma knew Reina was obsessed with cute things, but this was the final season WFK. Four consecutive WFKs, the flawless Mea’d Raid Party.

They were about to face the enemy who had scratched so much of their progress, and yet Reina was so happy…

Why did she even want to meet them?

Did she even know how much their raid party was being torn apart on Reddit?

Of course, Emma knew those posts and comments were just mindless bashing, but it still made her angry every time she saw them.

And here was her friend, who had fallen in love with a user named Arang, someone they had never even met. Emma couldn’t help but sigh.

‘What kind of logic is it to want to meet someone just because they’re cute in a game with character customization? Sigh… I shouldn’t keep sighing, but it just keeps coming out. Stop.’

Emma checked her luggage again for tomorrow’s trip to Korea and went to see if Reina was ready.

“Reina?”

Seeing Reina, Emma walked over and slapped her back hard.

*Whack!*

“Ow! What, what was that for!?”

Emma was speechless.

Even though she was upset about not achieving the WFK, she was excited about the trip to Korea with her friend and went into Reina’s room with a light heart.

But.

Normally, Reina would have finished packing and been researching what to do in Korea, but instead, she was still picking out clothes—not her own, but the enemy’s.

“Reina. You didn’t forget we’re going on a trip together, did you?”

“Ah, sorry… Arang is just so cute and pretty, I couldn’t help it…”

At Reina’s straightforward words, Emma exhaled deeply and put her hands on her hips.

She knew Reina had a weakness for cute things, but seeing her so obsessed with Arang made Emma feel a bit hurt.

They had known each other for almost 20 years, and Reina had never shown this much affection for her. It was starting to make Emma a little angry.

“Emma…!”

Quick to notice, Reina rushed over and hugged Emma.

Emma patted Reina, who was clinging to her, and thought to herself.

This Arang user was definitely someone who had customized their appearance and body to look cute.

There was no way someone with that appearance and physique could lead a raid party in an RPG game, especially the final season raid, and achieve a WFK.

It didn’t make sense. No matter how you looked at it, with that appearance and physique, they couldn’t be older than 15. How could such a young girl lead a raid party in an RPG game?

Absolutely impossible.

That cute face and body must be hiding someone much older.

Emma vowed to herself that if she met Arang, she would expose all of Arang’s flaws.

How dare they steal her 20-year childhood friend? Unforgivable.

And she would comfort Reina if she got hurt.

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The meeting with Reina was set for Saturday.

Today was Thursday. Thursday was the reset day for Leore. That meant they had to do the raid.

Since they had been trying the raid for almost 12 days, they cleared it smoothly, almost like farming.

It was the third raid, so the three pure DPS, including Baedeokgae, had all their raid gear ready. So, instead of raiding, their DPS increased by 30%, and it didn’t take much time.

Of course, the final fourth boss was so hard that they wiped twice, but they cleared all the bosses in a day and finished distributing the gear.

The guild atmosphere was at its best lately.

Being the first Korean raid party to achieve a WFK since the global server launch, everyone who played Leore knew about their raid party.

People even started showing up at the guild house to see them and took tons of screenshots.

They had already done several interviews.

Leore Gallery, Leore Inven, etc., and according to Kang Hangeul, there were many interview requests from abroad too.

Especially about me, they were very curious.

I like doing interviews, but I don’t like doing them all the time. It cuts into my Leore time.

Besides, the interviews weren’t in Leore like Leore Gallery or Inven.

They had to create a server in the virtual world and meet there, which was quite a hassle, so I declined all requests unless they were coming to our server.

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After enjoying Leore, the day to meet the leader of the Mea’d Raid Party arrived.

Today, with my sister’s help, I woke up in reality.

“Arang, is everything comfortable?”

“… Yeah. It’s fine.”

“Wow. Our Arang is speaking so well now! So proud!”

“… Yeah. I’ve… improved a lot… right?”

Now, I could speak like a 3-4-year-old. It might not seem like much, but when I first became Arang, I could only say “yes” and “no.”

But after intense rehabilitation and speech training, my speech had improved.

The problem was that I still couldn’t handle the prosthetic arm and leg well.

The negative emotions left in Arang were still blocking me, so I wasn’t rushing and was taking it slow.

Today, my sister came because of the meeting with Reina.

Until now, it had been meetings with people I played games with, but this time, it was with a foreigner I had never met, so my sister decided to stay with me.

And also.

I slightly turned my head and looked at the bodyguard behind my sister.

She was definitely a woman, but her physique made it hard to call her just a woman.

Her face was feminine, but below that, she had a really sturdy build.

Even though Anna is tall, the bodyguard was a head taller and had the muscles of an athlete, visible even through her clothes.

So, I felt like I could really trust this bodyguard with my life.

This is what a bodyguard should be like.

This bodyguard wasn’t hired just for this occasion but was Anna’s dedicated bodyguard. She came along because Anna was worried about me.

And apparently, she had been protecting us during the Mom’s Touch collaboration event.

She was more reliable than I thought.

The place where I was meeting Reina today was a large cafe that my sister had reserved. She said she booked the whole place so we could spend time without any pressure.

Originally, we were supposed to meet at the hospital, but my sister suggested we go out, so it was decided.

My heart was pounding.

The leader of the world’s number one Mea’d Raid Party must be very charismatic, serious, and cool.

I wonder how amazing they’ll be.