Chapter 93

Somehow...

[(CH03) Miu: Momo, you do know something, right?]

[(CH03) Miu: BBQ is a guy.]

He felt as though something similar had happened a few days ago.

The situation had come out of nowhere, but it had been true, so Yeonhoo had simply let it pass at the time. Now, though, he was completely baffled.

Wasn’t YoureGettingSued a woman?

The voice he had heard during the last Siege War had sounded like a woman to anyone’s ears. But setting that aside, what did that have to do with him helping YoureGettingSued?

(CH03) 0momo0: Does that matter?

(CH03) Miu: Lol??

(CH03) Miu: Are you saying guys are fine too right now??

(CH03) 0momo0: Fine for what?

(CH03) Miu: You just said it’s okay even if YoureGettingSued is a guy.

(CH03) 0momo0: No, that’s—

He had no idea what context that had come from, but Mo Yeonhoo corrected the part that was wrong first.

(CH03) 0momo0: YoureGettingSued isn’t a guy, she’s a woman?

(CH03) Miu: ?

(CH03) Miu: How do you know that, Momo?

(CH03) 0momo0: Because I heard YoureGettingSued’s voice before...?

(CH03) Miu: ?

(CH03) Miu: You heard her voice????????

(CH03) Miu: Why?

(CH03) Miu: Why did you hear it?

(CH03) Miu: How did that happen???

The messages came flying in so rapidly that Mo Yeonhoo started wondering if he had done something wrong.

(CH03) Miu: And “Sued”??? Why are you dropping the first part of the name???

(CH03) 0momo0: Huh?

(CH03) 0momo0: Is YoureGettingSued’s surname “Youre”?;;

(CH03) Miu: Are you asking me that right now?

(CH03) Miu: How would I know? Lol.

(CH03) Miu: Do you want to know YoureGettingSued that badly???

While Yeonhoo was too flustered to say anything, Miu even started saying bizarre things.

(CH03) Miu: This is driving me insane lol. When did you two get so close?

(CH03) Miu: No wonder she greeted you so familiarly.

(CH03) 0momo0: Who? Me and YoureGettingSued??

(CH03) Miu: Use the full name.

You said you didn’t know her surname...

(CH03) 0momo0: Anyway, you think I look close with YoureGettingSued?;;

(CH03) Miu: Yes.

What’s wrong with Miu?

Yeonhoo had no idea what Miu was talking about. Still, for some reason, he felt like Miu was a little angry.

(CH03) 0momo0: I really don’t know what you mean.

(CH03) 0momo0: Did I do something wrong?.. :(

(CH03) 0momo0: If I did, can you tell me? :(

Miu snapping at him was scary, so Mo Yeonhoo decided to ask honestly. At that, Miu froze for a moment before returning to kind mode.

(CH03) Miu: Ah;;

(CH03) Miu: No.

(CH03) Miu: It’s nothing.

But even with Miu’s urgent messages, Mo Yeonhoo still felt dejected.

(CH03) 0momo0: Is YoureGettingSued suspected of being a spy, maybe? :(

(CH03) 0momo0: Was I being way too clueless??? I’m sorry... :(

(CH03) Miu: No, that’s not it.

(CH03) 0momo0: If I did something wrong, can you just tell me honestly....?

(CH03) Miu: That’s not—

(CH03) Miu: bro

(CH03) Miu: nnnnno

(CH03) Miu: I mean, Momo—

He was so flustered that he had even called him “bro” instead of his usual affectionate form of address...

(CH03) Miu: Ah, I’m sorry.

Either way, Miu apologized.

(CH03) Miu: I think I’m sleepy.

(CH03) Miu: I’ll go wash my face.

(CH03) Miu: I’m sorry.

Miu kept apologizing to the dispirited Mo Yeonhoo, then disappeared, apparently to wash his face.

Looking at the now-quiet chat window, Mo Yeonhoo let out a deep sigh.

Is YoureGettingSued on the spy list?

Miu had given him brief information about the suspicious people, but he had not explained in detail. It was because he did not want Mo Yeonhoo to develop unnecessary prejudices.

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Kyaa, are you there~~?

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Momo~ Miu~!!

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Are you AFK???

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: :( I don’t have anyone to help me.....

(Alliance) 1Poop1: Sued, what help do you need?

(Alliance) ShinJadu: YoureGettingSued, what kind of help??

While he stood there in confusion, the alliance chat window was also moving quickly.

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Ah, I was pushing a side quest, and suddenly it told me to go to the closed ward dungeon. Haaah :(

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: I’m looking for someone to go with me... haha.

(Alliance) BBQ: Huh? Closed ward?? What’s that??

(Alliance) ShinJadu: Ah!! YoureGettingSued, you’re doing A Collector’s Fantasy right now, aren’t you;; :( That one’s kind of annoying.

A Collector’s Fantasy?

Miu’s attitude was still bothering him, but Yeonhoo was also curious about a quest he had never heard of before. He typed “A Collector’s Fantasy” into the in-game quest search window.

📜 Sub Quest: A Collector’s Last Fantasy

The director of the now-closed “Memoria Closed Ward,” “Arister Valentine,” was a collector in various fields. If you give “Anna” the final collectible he left behind in the ward, you might receive something precious in return...?

Conditions

Enter Lv.150 “Memoria Closed Ward” (0/1)Recover the “Rusted Music Box” (0/1)Oh, so there’s a dungeon like this.

A Level 150 closed ward dungeon. The name alone was creepy, and it did not seem like it suited him, but it was still interesting.

Quest Reward

EXP: 125,000

Housing Furniture — “Vintage Vacuum-Tube Gramophone” (includes BGM playback function)

A gramophone? That’s neat!

The reward especially interested him. The gramophone looked quite antique and pretty.

But aren’t there already devices that can play BGM?

Of course, it was not particularly useful. The alliance territory already had a function that could play BGM. Though in terms of design alone, it was incredibly romantic...

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: I really did every damn thing imaginable to get this gramophone. Now I just need to retrieve the chart and I’m done, but nobody wants to go to that dungeon. Kyaa... :(

(Alliance) ShinJadu: The reward isn’t great, and the dungeon itself is designed to be kind of annoying, so nobody really wants to go... People would rather do the 140 dungeon or hurry and jump to 160 so they can go hunt birds.

(Alliance) 1Poop1: Lol, oh no. Of all things, it’s that closed ward dungeon with the absolute trash reward.

(Alliance) BBQ: Oof, finding a public party for that must be hard as hell lol.

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Someone help me!! :(

So it seemed to be a dungeon people rarely visited.

(Alliance) 1Poop1: Ah, I wanna help, but I have a raid soon;.. sorry sorry.

(Alliance) MouseTrap: I’m sorry... I have to go to a dungeon with 1Poop1 too... :(

(Alliance) ShinJadu: I’m going with them too...

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Haaah :(

Even the alliance members were unusually busy with prior plans.

(Alliance) BBQ: How long have you been waiting, YoureGettingSued? Lol.

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: About two hours haha??

(Alliance) FUNK: Whoa.

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Kyaa... ha.

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: :( Sobbing... It’s okay... I’ll just wait a little longer, I guess.

That dejected comment, as if she had no choice, tugged at Mo Yeonhoo’s heart.

What do I do? It’s sad when you don’t have anyone to go on a raid with...

Mo Yeonhoo knew exactly how that felt.

In truth, he had been doing raids diligently under the name of Miu’s special training, but most of them had been solo practice mode.

He was worried he might cause trouble if he joined an official party. And most of all, in try parties...

They wouldn’t let me in.

Because they excluded Necromancers. More than once, he had been kicked the moment he joined with a message like, “Ah, Necro, sorry.”

Remembering those depressing entrance rejections, Mo Yeonhoo carefully typed to YoureGettingSued, who was still crying.

(Alliance) 0momo0: YoureGettingSued, would you be okay with a try too?