Chapter 25

“Wow.”

─Why, sis?

“500 emails just came in.”

In Yena’s apartment, which offers a panoramic view of Seoul.

Taking a short break from her stream to plan her NewTube uploads and broadcasts, Yena chuckled to herself during a Discord call with the editing team.

For nearly four days, she received 500 emails.

Even excluding the playful ones, there were over 400 emails related to offers or work.

─Are they emails related to Lady Lily?

“Yeah. There aren’t any emails specifically for Lady Lily, so they all sent them to me.”

Emails asking if they could collaborate with Lady Lily.

Emails expressing interest in Lady Lily’s character.

Emails inquiring if she plans to join the company.

Asking about her guild membership…

“Why are all these sent to me?!”

Yena sighed and gulped down her coffee.

She understood but thought it was a bit much.

It’s not like she’s Lady Lily’s spokesperson or anything.

In the Discord room where about four people were present, one portrait lit up aside from the two already there.

The editor, in charge of the main editing for NewTube.

─Isn’t it because Lady Lily only hangs out with Miss Yena? Right now, there’s no one else she meets in-game.

“That’s true, but still… sending this like it’s a delegated task is a bit much.”

─Um, sis. Now that Lady Lily streams, wouldn’t she also create an email or something?

That’s right.

Previously, since Lady Lily didn’t stream, there was no point of contact, so they sent everything to her. But now it’s different.

If Lady Lily wants to, she can easily create a point of contact anytime.

However, there’s a slight problem…

“It wouldn’t be good if it gets too disorderly.”

It’s been less than four days since she last showed her face on a stream, and she already received 400 emails asking her to pass along messages.

If an email channel were created, it was clear that even more emails would flood into Lady Lily.

Among those, there would be malicious emails and strange proposals aimed at forming contracts.

─And among those, there will also be guild membership requests, right?

“…Did you finish the thumbnail?”

─Huh? Out of nowhere?

“Hurry up. We need to upload a few shorts too.”

─Is this sudden outburst really necessary?

“Yes.”

The thumbnail manager grumbled as he turned off his mic.

Regardless, Yena sipped her remaining coffee with a serious expression.

“Could it be that he actually won’t come after saying that…?”

I feel uneasy.

Very uneasy.

■

Deoen fell from the sky one day.

Out of nowhere, three years ago, a virtual reality game suddenly appeared.

And the newly established company, Nutri Company, operating that game.

Nutri Company seized the market with unknown funds and, in just three years, proudly made its name among global corporations.

With such aggressive and rapid takeover capability and technology that defies understanding, there were jokes going around suggesting that Nutri Company had extracted technology from aliens.

Actually, there were quite a few people who believed in such conspiracy theories.

Anyway, the virtual reality game, which was more real than reality, came as a fresh approach to them.

[So, is Lily a cheat or not?]

Because of that technology, there are no cheats in Deoen.

A cheat is the act of using a cheat program to pull off ridiculous specs or a lot of resources in the game, but Nutri Company has the kind of technology that cannot tolerate any cheats.

In fact, many tried to uncover the technology by disassembling Deoen or connecting it to computers to understand its internal systems, yet no one even brushed against the origin of the technology.

All they could do was adjust the warming function within the device, a technology that was supposed to be added later by a subcontractor.

[So, is Lily a cheat or not?]

Author: Sushi

(1v1 play video)

No matter how I think about it, Lily seems like a cheat.

Setting aside skills or techniques, there are some phenomena that just make no sense.

In the video, while battling a mage who had cast a fire field, a homing arrow flew at her, and after dodging it once, she decided to bat it away since it kept chasing her.

Then she used Silphid’s ring to swat the arrow with her spear, and it ricocheted off the wall before suddenly exploding.

(Boiling point gif when it hit the wall)

No matter how you look at it, fire fields and fire arrows colliding shouldn’t yield that kind of destructive power.

Just to be sure, I tested it with a wind attribute weapon, and it didn’t even reach 20% of that power.

Since it’s the wind of a spirit, it could be different, but remember that time when the spirit sorcerer ‘Leo’ fought the Angel Guild’s ‘Michael’ in the second siege war.

(Short clip)

Even then, when flames and spirit winds collided, an explosion occurred, but it wasn’t anywhere near that level.

In fact, we had the higher specs then, so our explosion should’ve been bigger, yet Lily’s was much larger.

My feet should be bigger, but Lily’s are way larger.

Honestly, even if my skill is mostly a side character, considering how I blocked that one critical hit before, something feels off.

Even if Yena catches up with the assassin’s speed, no matter how strong the body enhancement is, that seems like a cheat.

In a nutshell:

1. I think it’s a cheat.

Upvotes: 6130 / Downvotes: 1230

Comments: 2701

─ There are so many cheaters.

─ Seriously, where’s the cheat in Deoen? Haha.

└ For real, how does Lily use a cheat?

└ Yeah, it is a cheat.

└ There’s never been a cheat until now; that’s just nonsense. Haha.

─ I’m the president of Nutri Company’s son. There are no cheats here.

└ Wow! Do you use a cheat character?

└ Mage needs a nerf.

└ LOL.

─ I think the traits from this patch are super OP, so you better reroll quickly. Haha.

└ Yeah, only trash comes out~ I lost 200 bucks!

└ I got Sword Mastery Level 2, though. Haha.

└ ?

└ Seriously?

─ Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily! Don’t slander Baby Lily!

[No no, I don’t think it’s a cheat.]

Author: LilyLily

(Lily shouting “Status Window” GIF)

(Lily hiding behind a spear out of embarrassment GIF)

(Lily smiling GIF)

Think about it.

Would such a cute Lily really do something illegal?

I don’t think so.

Lily is someone who returns the 10 million won donation from the Angel Guild and keeps her loyalty to Yena.

Does that kind of person use some petty cheat to get stronger?

It doesn’t make sense.

If you argue against this, you’re wrong.

Upvotes: 4217 / Downvotes: 390

Comments: 701

─ I accept as a member of Baby Lily’s fan club.

─ Honestly, Lily doesn’t know about cheats.

└ I agree.

└ For real, haha.

└ The very claim of a cheat doesn’t make sense, and seeing that Deoen hasn’t said anything separately, it’s definitely not a cheat.

─ So when’s Lily’s next broadcast?

└ Probably after the New Year’s event.

└ Ugh, time is going so slow.

─ Lily, I’m cold… Lily, I’m cold… Lily, I’m cold… Lily, I’m cold… Lily, I’m cold…

─ Honestly, she’s super pretty.

─ Wow, lol.

─ Yesterday’s battle was epic.

I surprisingly didn’t feel tired when I returned to reality.

Maybe it was because I was only moving my mind, not my body.

Just lying down for so long, there was no helping it; my body felt stiff.

“Couldn’t do it, though.

“Ugh…!”

How long has it been since I started? After five matches, I wrapped it up around 3 or 4 PM, so I must’ve streamed for about 8 hours.

Even though I spent five hours reading donations, I think that’s quite a bit of streaming, right?

After that, I slept for three hours and woke up exactly at 7 AM.

I got up, prepared a simple meal, and sat in front of my computer for a bit.

“…I don’t think I’ll be able to read them all every time.”

I was worried about more donations piling up during matches again, so I turned them off. But sooner or later, I’ll have to turn them back on.

Yena does it this way, too; usually, she leaves donations on or only turns them off briefly when things get too hectic, so I guess I should turn them on as well.

Unless I have a lot of money, I can’t keep relying on Yena and living off her kindness.

I need to become self-sufficient, too.

“Receiving too much is a burden… I think a reasonable amount would be good.”

The more the donation amount is lower, the more strange people tend to show up, and the delays get worse.

On the flip side, if the amount is too high, I don’t have the confidence to deliver something worthy of it.

If I receive a large sum, I need to do something in return.

That’s why, even on my days off, I intentionally go out and heal the young children in the slums.

Honestly, they were wounds that would naturally heal without any treatment.

But ignoring them doesn’t sit well with my personality…

“Hmm… I should set a minimum and maximum limit—”

Ding!

In the moment of my deep thinking, a whisper from Tuiichi arrived.

The notification window was packed with +999 whispers.

There were so many that I had been deliberately ignoring them, but something caught my eye, so I opened it.

─Hello, this is Streamer Black.

In July, there will be a regular season siege war, and we plan to hold a mock siege war in early April.

This will be a content with famous streamers like Lord Leo, ChotoChokachuChip, and Lady Yena participating.

Teams will be divided into three, and Lady Lily can also participate as a streamer.

If you have any thoughts, I would appreciate your response.

“Hmm?”

Siege war? Yena is participating too?”

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