Chapter 136

Drip, drip…

Water droplets fall from the bathtub faucet.

The clear, cheerful sound echoes, creating gentle ripples.

Anna’s hand softly wraps around my stomach and slowly strokes it.

She’s trying to act casual while stroking my stomach, but I can feel the tension in her hand.

It’s probably because I might have a seizure if I fall into the bathtub.

Thinking back to the last time I fell into the bathtub and the seizure I had during the competition, I feel a little scared.

The feeling of my vision going white, my brain shrinking, and tears, snot, and drool streaming down my face isn’t exactly pleasant.

It ruins my pretty and cute face.

“Arang, how are you? Feeling okay?”

“Yeah. My whole body feels warm, so I feel good…”

The slightly warmer-than-body-temperature water melts away the tension in my body. The warmth of Anna’s ample chest against my back and the soothing sensation make my head calmer than ever, and my eyes close on their own.

“That’s good. I’m glad.”

‘Thanks to Anna, I feel better.’

This isn’t just a simple half-bath—there’s pink rose bath salts in the water.

The subtle rose scent and warm, humid air swirl inside me with every breath, slowly unraveling the turmoil in my heart.

Feeling better is one thing, but this incident is another.

After finishing the bath, I lay in bed with Anna in real life, closing my eyes and thinking.

I never imagined that the people bothering me could be my fans.

Moreover, when I checked the fan cafe, there were a lot of posts criticizing “Chicken Without Legs.”

All because I chose that nickname as a jab at someone.

Now I understand why Pinkubelly told me not to visit the fan cafe for a while.

Is a nickname really that big of a deal?

I still don’t get it.

I streamed and appeared on broadcasts and YouTube so everyone could have fun.

But this feels like a battlefield.

I don’t understand why they need to tear into me like this.

That’s why I thought about just shutting down the fan cafe this time.

I even considered telling Pinkubelly, but after the bath with Anna, I changed my mind.

‘Let’s use this as an opportunity to overhaul things.’

Until now, there was just a one-day waiting period after signing up, and you could join immediately after that.

I think we need to strengthen that a bit.

‘How should we do it… Is there a way to check someone’s character? Or should we just make the rules stricter?’

First of all, Pinkubelly, who manages all the fan cafes, will have a hard time.

‘No money, no rewards…’

In this situation, asking Pinkubelly to do more doesn’t feel right.

We’re just game friends enjoying Leore together. Just because I’m a bit famous doesn’t mean I can boss her around.

We help each other out a little, but this isn’t the way to go.

‘This seems hopeless… For now, I’ll have to help manage the fan cafe too.’

We should start by banning people who’ve been kicked out from rejoining.

After finishing my thoughts, I wriggled over to Anna without limbs, and her warm chest welcomed me.

I buried my face in Anna’s chest, rising and falling with her slow breaths.

“Mmm…”

As I nuzzled my face, one of Anna’s pajama buttons came undone.

‘Oh…!’

I didn’t mean to go this far, but Anna’s exposed chest came into view.

I tried to quickly button it up, but without arms, it was impossible.

‘Ah, whatever…’

I buried my face in Anna’s exposed chest, listened to her heartbeat, and fell asleep.

I must’ve been tired today because it felt like I hadn’t been asleep long before the warm sunlight made me close my eyes tightly.

Is it already morning…?

When I slowly opened my eyes, the bright hospital room wasn’t there.

I must’ve stayed in Anna’s embrace even while sleeping, as the first thing I saw upon opening my eyes was Anna’s ample chest.

‘It’s amazing…’

There’s no sexual desire for that chest, but there is longing.

Even though I’m a cute girl, I prefer beautiful women over cute ones.

‘But we share the same genes… Will I grow that big too?’

==

‘What do I do? What do I do? What do I do…!?’

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing while using the anchovy hunter. I concluded that what I was seeing must’ve been created using AI deepfake technology.

Otherwise, there’s no way my real-life appearance would be on Arang’s stream right now.

‘Someone must’ve illegally modded Arang to mess with me.’

This makes no sense.

The “Chicken Without Legs” I’ve been cursing, insulting, and trash-talking with others is Arang?

This would get roasted even if it were a web novel or manga.

Arang is a crazy Leore-only player, but suddenly she’s on Monster Hunter, gets discovered by Jindaru, and appears on his stream?

This is too much of a coincidence.

Even though Monster Hunter has been out for two years, it still has 20,000 concurrent players.

‘This is a lie. It’s all hidden camera stuff. I showed a cool side of myself on Jindaru’s stream for Arang, so “Chicken Without Legs” is trying to drag me to hell.’

The anchovy user quickly set their Instagram, which was being flooded with hate, to private and made all their YouTube videos private too.

‘This has to be fake. Arang wouldn’t curse like that. She’s always a cute, kind, and sweet girl.’

“Yongha, are you there…?”

The voice of Yongha’s mother reached his ears as he bit his thumbnail.

“What!!!”

Yongha responded aggressively, not sounding like he was talking to his mother.

“Uh… The police called for you.”

“What? The police?”

“Yeah…”

‘No way… Are they suing me over this? I didn’t even do anything!’

Yongha roughly opened the door, snatched the phone from his mother’s hand, and carefully held it to his ear.

“H-Hello?”

“Is this Mr. Lee Yongha?”

“Yes, yes.”

“We’ve received a lawsuit against you, Mr. Lee Yongha.”

“Uh…?”

==

The community is still burning over this incident, but the fan cafe is quickly stabilizing.

With Pinkubelly’s help, Sunchoo, Baedeokgae, and Palgili are assisting in cleaning up the fan cafe, and I’m also removing all the problematic people, quickly bringing things back to normal.

I thought about taking a break from the game, but I couldn’t.

Because a Leore announcement just dropped.

And it’s about the new season.

There’s still some time before the update, but after waiting endlessly for the new season, they finally gave a specific date and explained the new content.

Arang decided to hunt all the monsters in Monster Hunter before the new season and do maintenance in Leore before the update.

The community also shifted its focus from the battlefield to discussions about the new season announcement.

‘This is ridiculous.’

A single announcement completely changed the topic, and all the previous issues were forgotten in an instant.

‘Sigh. This is hopeless. Absolutely hopeless.’

“Arang, your shoulders.”

The doctor sister massaged my body diligently as she spoke.

As always, I’m naked, and the doctor sister works hard to prevent muscle atrophy.

“Okay.”

I nodded and lifted my armless shoulders.

The doctor sister pressed firmly on my still hairless armpits.

It felt a little itchy, but the coolness came first.

The daily full-body massage.

The muscles that had stiffened from lack of movement loosened under the doctor sister’s massage, and even though I had just woken up, sleepiness crept in.

“There’s no check-up this morning, so it’s okay to sleep.”

“Mm…”

At the doctor sister’s words, I closed my eyes and thought about the new season.

The faction war that started with the last update.

This new season will fully launch the faction war.

Right now, the faction I’m in is barely holding onto first place.

Probably because our party and the Mea’d party are included.

‘Two weeks left. Let’s finish Monster Hunter in two weeks and prepare for the new season in Leore.’

==

After a nap and lunch, I warmed up in Monster Hunter.

Holding the greatsword, a man’s dream, I naturally opened the friend list.

The only friend I have in Monster Hunter is Jindaru, and of course, the Monster Hunter addict was already playing.

He’s been playing this game for over two years… Doesn’t he get bored? Even though the updates are done.

Now that my misunderstanding has been cleared up, I decided it’s okay to play with Jindaru, so I sent him a whisper.

Let’s finish Monster Hunter quickly.