By Zephyria 
(CH03) Miu: That’s good then.
(CH03) Miu: If you can’t do it, you can just leave the Alliance.
(CH03) Miu: Right?^^
Miu used a laughing interaction. From that expression, I could tell what they were really thinking.
‘If you don’t like it, then get lost!’
It meant that if you weren’t confident you could keep those terms, then don’t even start. Mo Yeon-hu read the file with a troubled expression and let out a deep sigh.
‘Thinking back to the farming and gathering times…’
Ms. Mi-yeong, who was already very sharp in real life, was even more so in the game, if not less. Miu really knows how to work people to the bone.
Thinking back to those times when they squeezed every last drop out of a novice farmer, it’s a wonder how I endured it.
‘Is a friendly form of address that difficult? I could call you baby bunny every day.’
Since it was obvious that accepting would turn daily life upside down, I couldn’t rashly step forward and say I’d do it.
(CH03) Miu: So we’ll pretend it never happened, right?
Miu pressed for an answer.
(CH03) Miu: Can I have the radio back?
(CH03) Miu: Ah, if you want it, you can keep it.
(CH03) Miu: I’m going to throw it away anyway.
Their attitude seemed to suggest they thought Mo Yeon-hu would naturally refuse. It seemed like those terms were written from the start to push him away.
‘Ending our connection?’
Actually, Mo Yeon-hu knows Miu’s real-life identity, Ms. Mi-yeong.
So even if our in-game connection ends, I can just focus on the real-life Mi-yeong… I don’t think it’s that big of a deal, but.
[(General) Miu: Sincerity]
[(General) Miu: I’m kinda curious about your sincerity lol]
The way they saved me, or.
[Miu has invited you to the 〈Sky Terror〉 dungeon party. Will you accept?]
[(Alliance) Miu: Accept the invite]
[(Alliance) Miu: I’ll keep my promise]
Accompanying me to a Raid I’d never been to before, or.
[(Alliance) Miu: Time to counterattack now, right?]
Appearing during the Siege Warfare and turning the tide with a counterattack, or.
[(Alliance) Miu: What kind of bastards messed with us?]
Even the cool scene of them appearing when we were suffering through the Zombie Wave—none of those memories faded from my mind. Recalling those memories, Mo Yeon-hu’s expression naturally turned sullen.
‘I don’t want to cut ties… It’s fun, I tell you.’
I’m not good at games, but playing with Miu is fun. From Raids to Siege Warfare, and even the Zombie Wave, I had so much fun being by Miu’s side.
(CH03) 0momo0: I’ll do it.
Mo Yeon-hu made a decision quickly.
(CH03) Miu: ???
(CH03) Miu: You’ll do it??
As if they couldn’t believe it, Miu asked again, but Mo Yeon-hu didn’t back down.
(CH03) 0momo0: Yes.
(CH03) 0momo0: I’ll do all of that, so just tell me what to do first.
(CH03) Miu: Why would you do that?
When he acted decisively, as if he had truly made up his mind, Miu naturally seemed dumbfounded. It seemed they hadn’t expected him to actually agree, even though they were the ones who suggested it.
But Mo Yeon-hu was already firmly resolved.
(CH03) Miu: You’ll spend so much time it’s like throwing it down the drain.
(CH03) Miu: And your basic rights will be completely wrecked, you know?
(CH03) 0momo0: I’ll still do it.
(CH03) Miu: Huh..
(CH03) 0momo0: I’ll do everything on the list I have to follow.
(CH03) 0momo0: Whatever you ask, I can do it all.
Of course, it would be tough, but since my body has already been tempered once through farming and gathering, maybe it won’t be as hard.
The Necromancer wearing a veil, 0momo0, stepped forward solemnly, eyes gleaming.
Two characters standing close together in the ruined Alliance Territory. In a situation where it seemed like a cool line from a movie would be uttered any moment, Mo Yeon-hu thought for a moment.
‘Don’t suggest anything weird, just take the gem and end it, right?’
Miu’s intentions were clear. By pushing this hard, they wanted Mo Yeon-hu to reluctantly accept the gem and, in return, receive help.
That’s why they presented such unreasonable conditions for just agreeing to a form of address.
(CH03) 0momo0: So you keep it too, Miu.
(CH03) 0momo0: Using informal speech seems hard, so I won’t force it.
(CH03) 0momo0: Instead,
But looking at Miu, who couldn’t accept help without giving something in return…
(CH03) 0momo0: Call me oppa.
Mo Yeon-hu also felt a surge of stubbornness.
(CH03) 0momo0: Or I’ll call you Noona, so you call me Baby.
He wanted to show Miu that he was willing to help gladly, not for money, but just for a form of address like this.
Whoooosh, wind blew through the Alliance Territory. Soon, wind and leaves swirled, and trash within the Alliance Territory clumped together and flew around. In that unrealistically strange scenery, Miu finally burst out laughing.
(CH03) Miu: lolololololololololol
(CH03) Miu: lolololololololololol
(CH03) Miu: This is fun.
It was a laugh that seemed to say they couldn’t believe it, but what could I do?
(CH03) 0momo0: Hurry up.
Mo Yeon-hu was serious.
Miu typed ‘k’ for a long time before stopping.
(CH03) Miu: Okay lololol
(CH03) Miu: Then I’ll start giving you things to do from today, okay?
It felt like the stubborn faces on the other side of the monitor were visible to each other, but.
(CH03) Miu: Oppa lol?
Anyway, this ship had set sail.
(CH03) 0momo0: Yeah, let’s go Baby.
(CH03) Miu: Ah♥♥
Though it seemed to have set sail heavily tilted.
“Wow, you’re alive and not dead? Why did you two come in together?”
“Haha! Long time no see~~”
“We met out front. Hi.”
It was a dimly lit red space. A well-dressed man sitting at a table away from the bartender greeted the two who had just entered.
“Park Taek-yoon, Mo Yeon-hu! What’s with your clothes?”
“Ah~ I came after playing tennis!”
“Ugh, sweat smell.”
“Haha!”
“What about Mo Yeon-hu? Why the hat?”
“I was a bit busy….”
Kim Seong-jae made a disgusted face. While he was wearing a neat coat, Park Taek-yoon was in athletic wear, and Mo Yeon-hu, who usually dresses well, was also in comfortable clothes with a hat.
But what does it matter? Since they were friends meeting after a long time, conversation soon continued with refreshing laughter.
“I already ordered a platter and a few bottles of alcohol, want anything else?”
“Not really….”
“I’m fine. Thanks for gathering because of me, you guys are really something.”
“Wow! But Park Taek-yoon, what’s up? Why are you so tanned?”
“Hey, this is how much it costs.”
“So it was an artificial tan?”
“No, actually, I didn’t go to a shop.”
What, so you just got tanned from playing around. They laughed, giggling like they did back in elementary school when they first met, over trivial talk. It was a gathering because Park Taek-yoon, who had been abroad for a long time, had returned home after ages.
“Must’ve traveled around a lot. Mo Yeon-hu, show me your face. But just looking like this, you seem even paler?”
“Right.”
Unlike Park Taek-yoon, who had tanned from apparently traveling a lot, they marveled at Mo Yeon-hu, who had become even paler.
“Being this pale is also impressive, really.”
“But Mo Yeon-hu, what have you been up to all this time?”
“This guy’s been so out of touch lately, I almost filed a missing person report.”
“True.”
As the two complained, Mo Yeon-hu smiled awkwardly.
“What do I do… I just play around.”
“That’s why I’m asking why you’re never seen anywhere. You don’t come to bars much, and you don’t show up when the guys hang out either.”
“Me?”
“Rumors spread all over.”
“Even I heard about it overseas. People kept asking what Yeon-hu was up to.”
Since their social circles overlapped, it seemed they had all heard through rumors that Mo Yeon-hu had been holed up lately.
“But why does his voice sound like this? Like all the energy’s drained out?”
I was about to say I just rested at home, but Kim Seong-jae spoke curiously.