Chapter 65

What the heck;;

I pressed it by mistake, okay?

It’s seriously cute lolol

Can I screenshot it???

No, I pressed it by mistake

Can I post it to my story??

Post what????

The story

Can I post it?

Nope

No no no no no no

Why would he post that! Mo Yeonhoo answered in horror, but Kwon Mieon was persistent.

I’m posting it because the puppy is cute

Why do you hate it, Yeonhoo?

He was even being strangely stubborn about it!

Then post it haha

Okay

Just erase that it was me haha;;

Ah

Then there’s no point

You said it was because the puppy was cute;;;

No, I said there’s no point

?????

What was this? They were not children.

Mo Yeonhoo laughed under his breath at the pointless scuffle, then froze.

“Uh....”

Had he just laughed while DMing Kwon Mieon? While looking at this childish message window full of nothing?

Do whatever you want...

Even though no one was watching, he felt embarrassed. Mo Yeonhoo answered roughly and was about to leave the message window.

I’m sorry, Yeonhoo

Are you mad?

I’m sorry

It was just a joke

I wanted to cheer you up

I won’t do anything Yeonhoo hateㅇs

Hatesㅇ

Anything you hate

Yeonhoo

And so another rapid-fire string of messages came from Kwon Mieon.

This much?

Mo Yeonhoo stared at the several anxious messages arriving one after another and reached out without thinking to reply, then flinched. Then, as if nothing had happened, he flipped his phone face-down.

Of course, the moment he flipped it over, a call came in.

...He really is a unique kid. Is he actually clinging to me because he has no friends?

He still could not understand why Kwon Mieon kept contacting him nonstop.

Kwon Mieon was....

The type people would crowd around even if he just sat still, isn’t he?

Even Mo Yeonhoo, who had no great interest in men’s faces, could tell he was handsome. And the funny thing was, even among groups of men, the good-looking ones tended to have fairly high status and popularity.

Right, how does a face like that have no friends? His personality is a little weird, but it’s not like he’s bad enough for that.

The more he thought about it, the stranger it suddenly seemed that affectionate Kwon Mieon had no friends and was desperate for him.

That was when.

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Ah, I got a warning because I went AFK.

His doubts lasted only a moment. For now, he decided to focus on the game.

At the warning notification that he seemed to have been away from his seat for too long, he moved his character slightly, but Miu was still completely motionless.

(CH03) 0momo0: Miu???

He called him, but there was no answer.

Is he still AFK?

Mo Yeonhoo circled around beside Miu, got bored, and quietly moved his character around to look over the area in detail. Just then, he found a burned box nearby. When he pressed it, item information appeared.

Pegasus’s🐴‍🪽

Box: (unusable)

The box seemed damaged, because a notification immediately asked whether he wanted to repair it.

The name is cute.

The boxes beside it all had “Pegasus’s” attached to them too. The boxes were damaged, so there was nothing inside, but seeing the names still neatly stamped on them made it seem like everyone had been quite attached to the alliance territory.

Well, I guess growing an alliance territory to this scale and keeping a ranking like that would be impossible without attachment, wouldn’t it?

But now they had all scattered and were living separately....

From Mo Yeonhoo’s position, after being attacked by three alliances, it did not feel entirely like someone else’s problem.

(CH03) Miu: You back?

Just then, Miu called Mo Yeonhoo through chat.

(CH03) 0momo0: Ah, yes

(CH03) Miu: ㅇ

Mo Yeonhoo blinked at the chat, then tilted his head slightly.

He did not know if it was just his imagination, but....

Why does it feel like he’s in a bad mood now?

Miu might ignore someone if he wanted to, but Mo Yeonhoo had not seen him type this carelessly many times. But Miu soon began talking as if to prove it was only Mo Yeonhoo’s imagination, so he quickly forgot.

(CH03) Miu: I forgot to mention this

(CH03) Miu: The <Hawk> and <HamHidden> alliances split apart too

At the sound of footsteps nearby, Mo Yeonhoo glanced to the side and saw Miu, who had approached at some point, standing beside him.

<Hawk> and <HamHidden>?

Weren’t those the alliances that had attacked them? The alliances that had joined together and even launched a Siege War had split apart overnight?

(CH03) 0momo0: Does that mean the alliances collapsed???

(CH03) Miu: Yes

(CH03) 0momo0: Whoa????? Why did they collapse??

(CH03) Miu: I asked, but they wouldn’t really tell me, so I don’t know the details either

(CH03) Miu: But when I checked today, their members were all split up, either in different alliances or transferred to other servers

It was similar to Pegasus. As he stared silently at the smashed box, another dinging notification sounded.

(CH03) Miu: So take it

The red light in his mailbox.

(CH03) Miu: Even if it’s just a game.. because of what we’re about to do, I think you’re going to get pretty stressed too

(CH03) Miu: So you should be paid properly for the work

Mo Yeonhoo pressed the mail and was dumbfounded to see that another gem had been added at some point.

Now there are two of them?

When he searched it, the other gem was also fairly expensive, worth around 5 million gold.

He truly had no reason to accept something this expensive. Just as he was about to return it immediately, he saw Miu staring straight at him.

(CH03) Miu: I’m going to work you hard with no regard for human rights

(CH03) Miu: So just take it

There was no sign he intended to back down. Sensing that if this continued, they would only end up arguing forever like before, Mo Yeonhoo thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

Right! Why didn’t I think of this?

(CH03) 0momo0: Then never mind the gems. Can I receive something I actually want instead???

(CH03) Miu: Something other than gems?

Miu was silent for a few seconds, but soon answered.

(CH03) Miu: Yeah, well..

(CH03) 0momo0: Oh???

(CH03) 0momo0: You’re allowing me to ask for something I want, right???

(CH03) Miu: ㅇㅇLink the item

(CH03) 0momo0: Can it be a wish???

(CH03) Miu: A wish??

(CH03) 0momo0: Yep

Miu seemed puzzled. Naturally. Mo Yeonhoo was refusing the best trade items among those currently exchangeable, items that were highly valuable and easy to liquidate, and suddenly asking Miu to grant a wish.

(CH03) Miu: I don’t know what you need besides money

(CH03) Miu: But if it’s possible in-game, anything

Judging by that attitude, Miu probably thought Mo Yeonhoo could not ask for anything that impressive.

And his guess was right. Mo Yeonhoo had no intention of asking for anything impressive.

(CH03) 0momo0: Then

(CH03) 0momo0: Could you maybe......

Mo Yeonhoo made a serious expression.

(CH03) 0momo0: Yeonhoo

It might have been the most serious expression he had worn all day, despite everything that had happened.

(CH03) 0momo0: Can’t you call me Yeonhoo?

It was not a grand wish, but it was an earnest one.

(CH03) 0momo0: And speak casually while we’re at it.. haha

Speaking casually, and being called Yeonhoo.

For that, Mo Yeonhoo could do anything. Even if Miu told him to charge straight into enemy territory right now, he would obey at once.

To think I can finally speak casually with Ms. Miyoung and have her call me Yeonhoo.

Why was he so obsessed with forms of address?

Yeonhoo. When you’re flirting, the most important thing is what you call each other, okay? Once you start speaking casually and calling each other affectionately, you get attached fast. And on top of that, if you show how cool you are? Game over!

That was what a guy who was supposedly good at dating had told him before. Forms of address were the most important thing in getting closer to someone he liked. From Yeonhoo’s perspective, he had wondered why that mattered so much... but after failing at one-sided love about thirty times, he decided not to try to understand it and simply accept the advice.

Seongjae also said he and his girlfriend got really close after they started speaking casually before they dated.

He had said the moment they went from “you” to calling each other affectionately had been the turning point. So Mo Yeonhoo had also wanted to speak comfortably with Miyoung, but when had he ever had the chance?

Even though he kept hovering around her, there had been almost no progress in their relationship, so he had been waiting for an opportunity.

And that’s now.

Miu did not answer right away, which made him anxious. As Mo Yeonhoo watched for his reaction, he quietly typed into the chat.

(CH03) 0momo0: I mean, we’re going to be doing some serious team play from now on

(CH03) 0momo0: So I thought making the way we address each other simpler and speaking shorter would be.. efficient....

Of course, it was not as if there was no ulterior motive....

That was why he had called it a wish....

(CH03) 0momo0: Miu???

After hovering around him continuously, Mo Yeonhoo tilted his head, then his face brightened.

Could he be agreeing that we can start now?

Miu was an extremely honest person. If he disliked it, he would have cut him off immediately and said he disliked it, but he gave no answer at all! If he was just too embarrassed to say it, and had given tacit agreement instead!

Mo Yeonhoo’s face flushed as he placed his hands on the keyboard. His character, in first-person view, looked at Miu.

Looking at that handsome character, Mo Yeonhoo shyly typed into the chat.

(CH03) 0momo0: Hi..

Ah, what should he do?

(CH03) 0momo0: Miu

This was making his heart pound so much!