Chapter 122

Guburi was just screaming loudly.

He wasn’t doing anything to properly handle the situation.

[Fire! Fire!]

[Maid]─Wakya-pya! It’s Guburi!

[Handsome Licker]─Guburi, put out the fire quickly!

The frustration was overwhelming.

If I had been right next to him, I would have smacked the back of his head with my fist.

“Stop screaming and do something, you crazy bitch!”

I couldn’t hold back my anger and shouted.

But it seemed like Guburi couldn’t hear me at all.

“Hey! Can’t you hear me?”

[Yoho]─He must be in a panic and can’t think straight.

[Maehwa Tree]─This is seriously cancer-inducing.

Guburi trembled, then suddenly threw his phone and rushed out of the room.

“Wait, where are you going all of a sudden?”

[Meng Yao]─Is he running outside?

[Big Girl]─No way. He wouldn’t run away without even calling for help, right?

[Min Ji]─He just bolted out of there…

[Balloon Gum Collector]─Wakya-pya. Guburi just ran away.

[Jujijoa]─Maybe he went to get a fire extinguisher.

[Qkrnfl892]─Yeah, if he ran away without taking responsibility, he’s trash.

[Maehwa Tree]─Knowing Guburi’s personality, who knows.

[Reverse Rape Mania]─Drifting, the phone angle is weird, I can’t see the screen properly.

[Drifting AI]─I’ll speak. I’ll broadcast Guburi’s webcam.

As Drifting’s chat appeared, the phone screen switched.

It showed Guburi’s room clearly.

It seemed Drifting had hacked into the webcam on the computer.

[Reverse Rape Mania]─As expected of Drifting.

[Yoho]─Whoa.

[Qkrnfl892]─Webcam hacking is kinda creepy.

[Handsome Licker]─Isn’t this an invasion of privacy? *Lick*.

[Balloon Gum Collector]─Wakya-pya. So we can see him anytime now.

[Min Ji]─So it was true that he was watching us earlier…

[Meng Yao]─I can do that too.

[Jujijoa]─No one asked.

“Drifting, if you know where Guburi lives, instead of hacking, call the fire department first.”

I was worried about Guburi, so I snapped a bit.

[Jujijoa]─Guburi’s address, Se-hoon, you know it too, right? Drifting said he’d send it last time.

“He just said he would but never sent it. Anyway, Drifting, sorry for snapping earlier… Please call for help before the fire gets worse.”

[Drifting AI]─I’ll speak. I’ve already reported it.

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─Se-hoon, don’t worry. I anticipated this and prepared in advance.

Suddenly, the Defense Team’s chat caught my eye.

What did he mean by “prepared”?

*Whoosh!*

Suddenly, a blue light flashed from Guburi’s ceiling.

*Swoosh!*

A waterfall of water poured down from there.

[Big Girl]─?

[Min Ji]─What the!

[Yoho]─Whoa?

The water quickly swallowed the flames.

And in the blink of an eye, the fire was extinguished.

I stared blankly at the scene for a moment.

Realizing the situation was resolved, I composed myself and called out to the Defense Team.

“…What? Did you do that, Defense Team?”

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─Yeah, I predicted something like this might happen, so I set up a magic circle in advance. Fire magic is dangerous, so I got some insurance.

[Min Ji]─Wow, you’re thorough.

[Jujijoa]─The Defense Team really knows Guburi well.

[Maehwa Tree]─If you knew this would happen, you shouldn’t have taught him magic in the first place.

[Qkrnfl892]─For real, Guburi doesn’t deserve magic.

[Yoho]─Defense Team, can’t you take the magic stone back? You should confiscate his magic.

[Reverse Rape Mania]─Right. He might cause a real accident someday. Just teach me instead. I won’t do something stupid like that.

[Balloon Gum Collector]─Wakya-pya! I really wanna beat Guburi up!

[Maid]─Warukya-pya! He needs a beating to wake up!

[Handsome Licker]─If he wasn’t cute, I would’ve beaten him up too. *Lick*.

[Big Girl]─I wanna smack him 100 times with a bat…

The criticism towards Guburi grew harsher, but I didn’t feel the need to calm the viewers down.

If you mess up, you deserve to get scolded.

“Well, at least it’s a relief… It didn’t turn into a big fire.”

Anyway, Guburi wasn’t hurt, and there didn’t seem to be any other casualties, so I felt relieved.

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─Lol, it’s all thanks to me.

[Qkrnfl892]─Stop acting like you’re the savior. If you hadn’t taught that idiot magic, this wouldn’t have happened.

[Min Ji]─True. In a way, the Defense Team is also at fault. It’s like giving a gun to a child.

[Maehwa Tree]─Yeah, the Defense Team is the root cause.

[Reverse Rape Mania]─So the conclusion is that the Defense Team is an accomplice to arson?

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─F*ck. How did it come to this? You crazy bitches.

While the viewers chatted away, I let out a sigh of relief.

[…Huh? What, what’s going on?]

Just then, Guburi returned to the room.

Seeing him holding a fire extinguisher, it seemed he hadn’t just run away without thinking.

[Min Ji]─Oh! The arsonist is back!

[Big Girl]─Guburi is back.

[Maehwa Tree]─So he didn’t run away.

[Handsome Licker]─I was almost disappointed. What a relief. *Lick*.

[What happened? Why is the fire…?]

Guburi picked up his phone and muttered.

Judging by his reaction, it seemed the magic circle on the ceiling was secretly set up by the Defense Team.

“Guburi, the Defense Team put out the fire.”

[Whoa! Right, we were on a video call… But the Defense Team put out the fire? Did he come here and leave?]

“I don’t know about that, but do you really wanna die, you b*tch?”

[Huh? Why are you suddenly cursing…?]

“Do you think I shouldn’t curse right now? You set the house on fire!”

[…Sorry.]

Guburi couldn’t argue and just hung his head low.

[Min Ji]─Scold him more!

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─Lol, Guburi’s all sulky~

[Handsome Licker]─Sulky Guburi is cute. *Lick*.

[Reverse Rape Mania]─If you’re sorry, take off your mask and show your face.

[Maehwa Tree]─Guburi, don’t use magic from now on.

[Qkrnfl892]─For real, if you get caught using it, I’ll shoot you.

“You’re so careless…”

{Are you okay!!!}

“Huh?”

While I was scolding Guburi, suddenly a few women burst into the room, shouting.

Judging by their uniforms, they seemed to be firefighters who had received Drifting’s report.

“…Guburi, you handle the aftermath. I’m hanging up.”

[Huh?]

*Click.*

I quickly ended the video call.

I didn’t want to get involved in the incident.

***

About an hour after Guburi’s arson incident.

『’Gyeongsaeng Guburi’ has entered the chat.』

Guburi re-entered the broadcast, having somehow managed to wrap up the situation.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─Hi.

[Maehwa Tree]─Hi? Wanna die?

[Jujijoa]─Acting like nothing happened, huh?

[Reverse Rape Mania]─Arsonist. Hi.

[Handsome Licker]─Criminal Guburi! *Lick*!

[Yoho]─Now you’re not even a witch.

[Min Ji]─Guburi, apologize first. Do you know how worried I was? -_-

[Big Girl]─You weren’t worried at all…

“Hey, you’re back? What did you tell the firefighters?”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─What do you mean? I just said it was a mistake and the fire was put out right away.

“You just said that? They didn’t investigate further?”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─Yeah, when I said that, the firefighters were like, ‘Ah! Got it, sex!’ and just left.

[Min Ji]─Stop lying. Why would firefighters shout ‘sex’?

[Yoho]─Gyeongsaeng must see the world a bit differently from us.

[Maehwa Tree]─Not a bit, but a lot differently.

[Qkrnfl892]─He’s really mentally ill.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─After the firefighters left, it was a real problem. I had to apologize to all the neighbors, it was exhausting.

[Min Ji]─You’re really a nuisance.

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─Guburi’s back in the chat, and it’s lively again. Lol.

“Well… Anyway, it’s a relief it didn’t escalate.”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─Nah, there’s still a problem. The landlord told me to move out. Lol, f*ck!

“He told you to move out? Why…? Oh, right, you set the place on fire, so it makes sense.”

I nodded in understanding.

If I were the landlord, I would’ve kicked out the crazy b*tch who set the place on fire too.

And if you have any conscience.

Even if the landlord didn’t tell you to leave, you should’ve moved out on your own.

Even if it was just a careless mistake.

[Min Ji]─?? They can’t just kick out a tenant like that, can they?

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─I don’t know about that. I just said okay because I felt bad for the landlord. Lol.

[Jujijoa]─You’re too timid to argue, huh?

[Maehwa Tree]─Go argue, you idiot.

[Yoho]─What’s there to argue about? If you set the place on fire, you should leave.

[Maehwa Tree]─It wasn’t on purpose. -_-

[Handsome Licker]─Maehwa, did you get soft on Guburi? You were cursing him, now you’re defending him. *Lick*.

[Balloon Gum Collector]─Wakya-pya! Guburi’s homeless now!

[Maid]─Wakya-pya! He’s a bum now!

“Guburi, have you found a place to stay yet?”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─I found a one-room tel, so I’ll move in there.

[Yoho]─A one-room tel? Like a goshiwon?

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─Yeah, similar to a goshiwon. The rent isn’t much different.

[Min Ji]─Do you have money? Did you get your deposit back?

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─The deposit was used up for rent a long time ago. Lol.

[Jujijoa]─Stop bragging, you idiot.

[Big Girl]─You don’t have money? Then how will you move into a one-room tel?

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─One-room tels don’t need a deposit, so it’s fine. I’ll use the money I got from the Defense Team for rent. But you polite trio bastards are asking too many questions. Go die.

[Reverse Rape Mania]─?? Defense Team, did you get extorted by Guburi?

[Qkrnfl892]─Lol, how did you get extorted by that b*tch?

[Maehwa Tree]─Defense Team must be a loser too.

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─I just felt sorry for him and gave him some money. You idiots.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─Anyway, I need to start packing soon. F*ck sex.

“……”

I looked at the chat and thought for a moment, then made an offer to Guburi.

“…Guburi, if you have nowhere to go, do you want to stay at my place? I have a spare room.”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─?

[Yoho]─?????

For some reason, I felt a bit responsible for this incident.

Guburi getting kicked out was the result of his mistake, but if I hadn’t asked him to show me magic, the fire wouldn’t have happened.

[Se-hoon Defense Team]─You’re gonna live with him? What kind of nonsense is that?

[Maehwa Tree]─Stop messing around.

[Jujijoa]─Se-hoon, are you crazy? Don’t take him in.

[Meng Yao]─Seriously?

[Big Girl]─Se-hoon, don’t joke around.

[Reverse Rape Mania]─Huh? Why only Guburi gets reverse rape kidnapped? Do it to me too! -_-

[Handsome Licker]─Guburi got chosen. *Lick*.

[Drifting AI]─I’ll speak. I warn you to retract that statement immediately.

[Min Ji]─Are you worried Guburi won’t find a place? If he can’t find a place, I’ll take him in and raise him… I have a lot of buildings…

[Balloon Gum Collector]─Wakya-pya! I welcome him! If he comes, I’ll beat him up!

[Maid]─Wakya-pya! You’ll have a new underling!

[Qkrnfl892]─Lol, guys, why are you taking this seriously? It’s probably a joke.

Ignoring the viewers’ backlash, I continued.

“Do some simple housework, and I’ll feed and house you for free. Out of consideration for our past relationship.”

If Guburi came to my place, the tasks would be simple and easy.

Learn housework under the maid.

Prepare three meals a day.

Go to the mart and do the shopping…

Listing it out like this, it seemed like a lot, but the main tasks were just being a cook and shopping shuttle.

[Balloon Gum Collector]─Wakya-pya! If you hire Guburi, will you pay him a salary?

“Of course I’ll pay a salary… Wait, why would I pay a salary?”

[Maid]─Wakya-pya?

[Handsome Licker]─This guy was about to say he wouldn’t pay, then changed his mind. *Lick*.

[Maehwa Tree]─Wait, are you seriously gonna live together? Not joking?

[Jujijoa]─I’ll pack my bags too.

[Qkrnfl892]─?? Are you serious?

[Drifting AI]─Guburi sniping ready.

“Anyway, what do you think? Wanna stay at my place and work?”

There was no answer, so I asked again.

I thought he’d obviously accept my offer.

But contrary to my expectations…

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]─Nope.

Guburi flatly refused my offer.

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