Chapter 144

I know I shouldn’t think like this.

Arang doesn’t feel like just a person, but more like a small, cute creature.

I always knew she was cute.

The first time I saw Arang, it was a video of her, small and adorable, fighting one-on-one against a huge orc.

Leore is a game that emphasizes realism, where reach varies based on physique, and physical sensations and strength from the real world carry over. For a small, physically weak female—especially a young girl—Leore is an extremely difficult and unfair game.

But Arang was different.

She used her small stature in combat, and despite being a young girl, she had overwhelming physical strength and exceptional combat sense.

In Leore, there’s no one who can compare to Arang. She’s known as the best player in Leore…

And now, she’s melting in my hands, letting out cute whimpers.

Her short limbs, severed due to illness, flail helplessly, unable to stop my hands, and she can barely even turn her body on her own.

The Arang who couldn’t be defeated no matter what in Leore is now completely helpless in reality, twitching and flailing at every movement of my hand. It’s so unbearably cute that I feel like I’m going crazy.

‘Gasp.’

I quickly pulled my hand away from Arang’s stomach.

‘What kind of dangerous thought was I just having…’

It felt like I was thinking something along the lines of Baedeokgae.

‘No, I need to get a grip. This is disrespectful to Arang.’

“Huah… Uung…? Unnie…?”

Arang’s pronunciation, completely relaxed from the half-bath and massage.

Her skin, glistening from sweat and lotion, and her slightly plump body, healthier than before, seemed to tempt me to keep touching her.

‘She must have been a nine-tailed fox in her past life. Arang was definitely a nine-tailed fox.’

Shaking my head roughly to shake off the bad thoughts, I carefully hugged Arang.

“Let’s wash off the lotion and go to bed.”

“Already…?”

“Yeah. Hyeseon unnie.”

Hyeseon unnie, who had been resting and drinking water, got up and took Arang.

As Arang went into the bathroom to wash off the lotion, I let out a deep sigh.

‘That was close…’

It’s not that I’m falling for Arang.

It’s dangerous that I almost thought of her as a pet or a doll rather than a person.

‘I shouldn’t give Arang massages anymore… And I should never let any men near her.’

Even I, a woman, was tempted to do something inappropriate to Arang. What if a man saw this scene?

Something dangerous would definitely happen.

Listening to the sound of the shower from the bathroom, I calmed my excited heart.

“Pfft.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the situation.

Just a few hours ago, I was so scared, anxious, and on the verge of tears that it felt like a dream.

Now, all I can think about is sleeping with Arang.

The shower sound stopped, and not long after, the bathroom door opened.

“Whoosh.”

“Huaham…”

Hyeseon unnie and Arang came out of the bathroom.

“Good job.”

I immediately took Arang from the tired Hyeseon unnie.

Arang, who now has some weight to her.

She’s yawning and nodding off, clearly sleepy.

“Shall we go to bed?”

“Yeah…”

==

Hyeseon unnie went into the guest room, and Arang and I lay down on the bed in my room.

Of course, I was holding Arang in my arms.

Arang, sleeping soundly in my embrace.

Many stuffed animals around the bed caught my eye.

Since becoming independent from my parents and living alone, I haven’t been able to get close to people, so I bought a lot of stuffed animals to combat loneliness.

I always slept hugging large stuffed animals, but today, I’m hugging Arang.

Even though I was so dependent on stuffed animals that I couldn’t sleep without them, Arang gives off a completely different sense of security.

The soft, smooth skin of a child and the unique, comforting scent that you can’t feel from stuffed animals made of fur.

Arang’s soft belly rising and falling with each breath.

And, though I feel really, really sorry for Arang, I keep touching her amputated limbs because it’s strangely satisfying.

I want to sleep holding Arang for the rest of my life; it’s that healing.

Before Arang came, I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep because of fear.

But now, I can’t sleep because Arang is so cute and lovable.

==

“Ugh…”

I woke up because it was hard to breathe.

Warm sunlight streamed through the curtains, and in front of me was Hayaan unnie’s chest. I pushed her chest away with my short arms.

“Phew…”

It seems she was hugging me tightly while sleeping because she was so tired yesterday.

But thankfully, after talking with Anna unnie yesterday, she seemed to have calmed down a lot, chatting with me and sleeping comfortably.

Hayaan unnie is back to her usual Pinkubelly self.

The only problem is that her hugging strength has increased?

If before it felt like she was treating me as a cute cousin, now it feels like I’ve been upgraded to a cherished stuffed animal?

Anyway, I can’t escape Hayaan unnie’s embrace now, so I just poked her chest a few times and closed my eyes again.

==

Anna unnie came back, and after we all had breakfast together, I returned to the hospital room.

On the way back, I came with Hyeseon unnie, and Anna unnie stayed behind to talk with Hayaan unnie.

It’s probably about the issue with Pinkubelly that flared up in the gallery this time.

After a possible check-up, I returned to the hospital room and immediately logged into the access device to check the current gallery situation.

Since I haven’t made any official statements yet, the fan cafe, Reddit, and everywhere else are all talking about Pinkubelly.

If I write anything now, it could make things worse, so I’m just observing, but I see some people crossing the line.

First, since I have authority in the fan cafe, I banned the ones that caught my eye.

Since it’s my fan cafe, people aren’t using bad language like in the gallery, but if something caught my eye, I didn’t hesitate to kick them out.

After banning about 20 people, the fan cafe members started to notice.

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[Everyone, bow your heads! Limbs are being cut off!]

I only wrote very healthy posts.

Neutrality is important in everything.

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-But actually, does it even matter what Pinkubelly does now?

ㄴYeah.

ㄴNo. Since she did that there, who knows what she’ll do to our princess (deleted).

ㄴYou should have your limbs cut off.

ㄴLOL, seriously, you got banned.

ㄴLimbs B2.

-You should wait until both sides’ positions are clear before tearing into them. Kids these days just start a colosseum the moment the guild cup starts.

ㄴThey just need an excuse to fight. They just really want to fight LOL.

ㄴKids have no thoughts.

[If you get banned here, you can’t rejoin.]

Be careful, everyone.

If you want to receive our princess’s love, just worship her.

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-I’m curious about this raid. Can we get WFK again?

ㄴOur princess might be able to.

ㄴThere are a lot of returning users this time, so who knows.

ㄴBut if they’re returning, doesn’t that mean they’ve been inactive? Will they be able to compete?

ㄴHonestly, it’s either Mea’d or Arang Arang raid party.

ㄴWon’t they form an alliance again?

ㄴThat’s unlikely because of Mea’d raid party’s sponsor, right?

ㄴDoesn’t our Arang Arang raid party have a sponsor? The viewership is no joke.

ㄴDo we even need one?

ㄴArang doesn’t need one, but the other raid members do, right?

ㄴOh, right.

[Arang is cutting off limbs herself.]

But if a bad thought comes to mind, I shouldn’t say it, right?

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-Then your limbs will be cut off too.

ㄴLOL seriously.

-Arang is really gone, so I can’t even make jokes.

ㄴThe moment you do, you become a demon.

ㄴThe moment you do, your limbs disappear.

==

While I was cutting off the limbs of the fan cafe members who were getting on my nerves, a notification from the guild chat went off.

It wasn’t just a regular message but an alert that goes off when I’m specifically mentioned, so I checked it immediately.

“Ha. They’ve finally gone crazy, huh.”

The message was about how the guild that attacked Anna unnie, along with many other guilds, are now attacking our guild.

I immediately logged into Leore.

“Arang!”

As soon as I opened my eyes in the guild house, Baedeokgae came running towards me, out of breath.

“Baedeokgae unnie. What’s the situation?”

“Right now, about 30% of our land has been taken, and it’s still being taken. It seems that guild has teamed up with others, as they’re only attacking our guild and leaving the surrounding ones alone.”

“What about our guild members?”

“Since it’s such an odd time, most of our overseas members are the only ones online. There are only about 10 of us.”

“Really? How many are on their side?”

“At least 40, I think. I’m not sure of the exact number. Right now, all our members are fighting, but they’re just dying without doing anything.”

“Got it. Let’s go.”

“A-Are you sure? Even if Arang is good at PVP, this difference in numbers… Shouldn’t we just wait until everyone can gather?”

“Do you trust me?”

“Of course I do!”

“Then let’s go.”

“Eh!? R-Really?”

“Yeah. Tell everyone in the guild chat to stop fighting and fall back to regroup.”

This isn’t just a simple one-on-one but a war where guild members clash.

In this situation, especially when we’re overwhelmingly outnumbered, my assassin class won’t work.

For the first time in a while, I put away my two daggers and took out the Tashim Sword.

My sexy leotard disappeared in an instant, replaced by a pitch-black armor.

“Phew…”

Both reality and Leore are driving me crazy.

“Let’s go.”

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