Chapter 126

[World of Arseria Gallery]

[Concept Post]

[Today’s Urgent Maintenance Patch Notice][103]

04/02 23:00 ~ 04/03 23:59

Is this really just one line?

What were you expecting?

But what will you do about it?

What can you do other than getting really mad or cursing at customer service? LOL

…

Damn it, so my account got suspended for cursing at customer service.

(Account Suspension Reason Screenshot.jpg)

[Comments]

-Wa! I’m not even surprised anymore!

-Cursing at customer service will get you caught, you know;;

└ You should be just thankful it ended with an account suspension LOL

-What’s being checked? There’s no official notice; it’s legendary every time LOL

-Should I send a truck…?

└ Isn’t this actually worth sending?

└ This isn’t even the main gallery; why are we talking about trucks, calm down!

└ Solo queue is a balance disaster, tournaments are rigged, and now an emergency maintenance with no notice on in-game issues? It’s definitely worth sending something!

-Not even small businesses operate this way.

└ Riot Games gets a mysterious win LOL

[The Convincing Reasons for Wearsoft’s Urgent Maintenance][84]

(NoName Part 2 Clear Screenshot.jpg)

(NoName Part 3 Clear Screenshot.jpg)

Do you see next to you? A character that shouldn’t be here is right next to the player.

[Comments]

-How did Adella survive? LOL

-Is this real? It looks plausible though?

-I’ve been watching the broadcast, and it feels so unfair; I must have re-done the penalties about 20 times just to save Adella.

└ So that’s the bug LOL

└ It isn’t, though?

-Amidst all that, the character customization is top-notch.

-It seemed to be a pretty complete game, but there are still bugs.

-It’s ridiculous that a streamer nobody knows discovered a bug and called for an emergency maintenance LOL

[It’s disgusting how people are trying to bury NoName at this time LOL][185]

When did the monthly gallery become a gallery that only relays ACK?

If you write something that slightly irritates them,

They say to go to your own gallery~

It’s so irritating with those who are all about the broadcast~

The pattern is always the same LOL

The reason NoName keeps getting mentioned now?

Because a rare streamer is relaying a story mode from a game that’s been out for years and is deeply immersed in it, and it just so happens to be the 10/10/10 difficulty level, and the party leader’s skill is at another level, making it faster LOL

Every little thing becomes a topic, but I’ve been playing since the launch, idiots LOL

[Comments]

-For real, watching their boss fight feels like the excitement I had when World of Arseria first came out.

└ Back then, there was nostalgia, and if you look objectively, NoName is actually more impressive.

-People praise them as pros, but they’re just kids treating it as a job, it’s nothing special.

-Just look at how many painful games are in the second league LOL

-The level of Korea not having a single Champions Cup for three years is what it is.

-Abroad, they are already digging up NoName’s personal information.

└ Yankee brothers are relentless.

└ If they got exposed, it would have been ages ago LOL Regular people exposed in documentaries have been forced to stream.

└ In the end, isn’t it good that things turned out well?

[NoName Minor Gallery]

[Concept Post]

[What Sucks About Wearsoft][31]

I knew there would be a problem eventually.

They’re making a new virtual reality game, taking all the main developers of World of Arseria, and the operations started to go badly, and now they caused a big issue.

It seems like NoName’s mental state is really breaking; are they going to quit streaming like this?

[Comments]

-Anyway, these Wearsoft people aren’t going to change their old habits.

-The playtime is just a few hours, but customer service doesn’t give any clear responses, just saying to wait for headquarters’ guidance, ridiculous LOL

-Was there no mention of them turning on the stream tomorrow? It’s not that we won’t see them for weeks again, is it?

-I can’t tell if the leader has good or bad mental health; I’m worried.

└ In-game, they have a steel mentality, but something tells me they seem fragile from years of Twish viewers.

└ Oh, I felt exactly that way.

[NoName’s Most Adorable Moment][14]

After the broadcast, I was gathering energy to upload something but ended up feeling all down, so I’ll just do it tomorrow…

[Comments]

-No matter what, you have to upload that!!!!!!!

-It was a perfect narrative except for the ending, sigh…

-It feels like they were born with every unfair treatment in the world.

-I resolved not to play World of Arseria again without returning Adella.

-Can you extract the audio of NoName singing? Please, I’m begging you…

└ (Author) I’ll upload that tomorrow morning.

[NoName Voice Modulation Extraction][25]

I’ve created a voice modulation extraction program for personal use since I’m familiar with this field. But why can’t I extract NoName’s voice?

There are two cases: either it’s a different gender, or their actual voice is very similar, one or the other.

(Don’t ask me to share this; I know it’s illegal.)

[Comments]

-Weren’t you supposed to just use something sold at a streaming shop?

└ (Author): No, if that were the case, it would be easy; just overlay it and peel it off.

-It’s chaotic either way LOL

└ It’d be better if it were just a childish voice.

-NoName is a little one… we have to protect them…

[I’m planning to go to Wearsoft and do a one-person protest; is anyone interested in joining?]

* * *

“Hello.”

[How’s NaMeya doing? Is everything okay? Have you eaten?]

“Yeah, I just made do.”

[Oh, listening to you, it seems like you’ve only eaten once again.]

The dimly lit room lights up periodically with the smartphone screen.

So I flipped the phone over and buried my face in the pillow.

As the ensuing silence grew awkward, Professor Cheon filled it again.

[Today, NaMeya seems to be really low on energy. Is there no special pain anywhere?]

“Pain? Not at all. I’m completely fine. I just got a little tired from having too much fun yesterday.”

[I’m sorry for waking you up early today. By the way, NaMeya, on the 12th… That is, next Wednesday, do you have time? I need to see you briefly about the potion licensing contract since someone is coming to meet you. For now, the location is set in my lab.]

“Ah, I don’t mind at all. Anytime is fine for me.”

[Okay, it feels like it hasn’t been long, but I’m glad to hear your voice after a while. Oh, tomorrow is Academy day, so I shouldn’t keep you longer. Have sweet dreams!]

“Yeah. You too, Professor Cheon. It’s probably not your time to sleep yet, though.”

The call suddenly ended, and the notification light completely disappeared.

The room was just quiet.

It felt like I was floating in a world of nothingness without any light or sound.

I thought I had a lot I wanted to say to Professor Cheon, but in the end, it just turned into a simple greeting.

The lump in my heart felt so heavy that I eventually wrapped the blanket around my head and rolled over.

“Where have I seen that…”

Adella’s silver bob wouldn’t leave my mind.

It felt like a winged cat was spinning above my head, teasing me.

Adella was, after all, just an AI.

A character designed by the game company Wearsoft for commerciality, endowed with abilities and narratives, and ultimately settled into an open world.

However, it wasn’t surprising that I failed to recognize her at first with that silver hair, cat ears, and eyes that were almost slashed open.

In the photo, her hair was much longer than the bob she has now.

“The pendant of Alzahav.”

Inside the pendant that the Demon Lord always carried in the past life, there was a picture of someone who looked just like Adella.

Was it just a coincidence that our faces overlapped?

Could it be that I’ve transcended into the world of the game?

That absurd thought made me chuckle lightly. That’s absolutely not the case.

For now, the open world in the game had flat terrain. What does that mean? It means, contrary to the claims of flat Earth theorists, the world was not spherical, and there were distinct boundaries.

Therefore, as I went toward the edge of the map, endless inclines appeared. Gravity works towards the center.

But the world of my past life had the same size as the earth we know now to the point of suspicion of being a parallel world, and even the positions of the constellations were identical.

And no matter how realistic the open world was made, people like me, who are sensitive, would surely feel an alienation that is different from reality.

Every command I give my body feels about 1ms slower than usual, or the flow of reality is not random but shows a fixed pattern.

But the most viable hypothesis was dismissed as the most definite proof, leaving me confused.

That overwhelming sense of emptiness that surged as the broadcast ended gave me a headache.

20,000, yes, there were as many as 20,000 viewers watching me.

So I was definitely happy, and I should have been…

Why? Why was that?

Now that I think about it, I ended the broadcast without even saying goodbye.

If only there was some alcohol at times like this, maybe I could sort my thoughts easier, but I couldn’t find a single beer can in the fridge.

I wrapped my body-sized pillow with my arms and legs and hugged it tightly.

Just like when I was cuddling with Ms. Niobe back then, I indulge in my pillow for no reason.

Yeah, exactly.

There’s no one to talk openly to.

There isn’t anyone to tell me about myself.

No one to understand what I feel.

Perhaps the reason I called Professor Cheon was that I wanted to unravel all this heaviness.

But the reason I couldn’t… was pretty obvious.

Rebirth or realizing one’s past life brings a profound sense of loneliness.

When I turned on the light to see why the pillowcase was so damp, I found it was from my own tears.

This body, unfortunately, has an excessive amount of tears, making it hard to control my emotions.

It definitely seems like I’m painfully aware of the saying that “humans are slaves to hormones,” and I tried to erase my worries with such unmeaningful thoughts, but they wouldn’t just go away easily.

Gritting my teeth—

“Ah.”

I had bitten down hard when a sudden misalignment made me feel something small, like a pebble, crunch in my mouth.

After rolling it around with my tongue, I spit out a small white object that fell on the bed sheet.

It was my lower tooth.

“Damn, nothing is going right.”

When I prodded the spot where the tooth fell out, I tasted the metallic tang of blood.

In the process, I felt another tooth next to it shakily move.

Snap—

I opened my mouth as wide as possible and jammed my fingers in to yank out the other one too. This time, it felt like even more blood was coming out.

I immediately tossed the two little teeth into the trash and laid back down on the bed.

The blood that kept flowing mixed with my saliva and went down my throat.

After all, it’s from my body, so it shouldn’t matter if I swallow it.

Compared to the worries from my past life, it was indeed trivial, but I figured I should think of a solution if I want to sleep comfortably for the night, so I brought my smartphone under the blankets.

[World of Arseria]

[Rating: Not Recommended (★☆☆☆☆)]

[Ugh]

I left that review and tossed my phone haphazardly onto the floor.

Just as I was about to fall asleep, a notification sound rang out.

Struggling out of bed, I squinted to check the message that came to me.

[Semaaru: I think I’ll have time tomorrow afternoon, why?]

He was Yuna’s older brother, whom I had previously contacted about asking for editing work.