Chapter 13

Translator: mimari

Editor: Girl from the East

I clicked my tongue as I imagined Shin Heejae smiling without any pride.

“You like it? Tsk tsk.”

I rested my chin on one hand and looked at Shin Heejae’s message with the other. I was not getting tired of laughing at him.

Meanwhile, Shin Heejae was working hard to rip out new information from me today.

[Heejae: Noona]

[Heejae: there’s something i’m really curious about]

[Me: about what?]

[Heejae: what you look like ㅇ.ㅇ]

[Heejae: im so curious to the point i can’t even sleep these days]

After seeing the message, I looked at the full-length mirror attached to my door. At the moment, a man who looked good everywhere, sat hunched in front of the computer in comfortable training clothes.

I had a sudden urge to take a picture and send this image to him, but I calmed down. I still have a long way to go and more to sponge off him.

I patiently tapped the phone screen.

[Me: hmm… i dyed my long hair]

[Heejae: good]

[Heejae: picture go go]

[Me: wait]

I went through the file where the game client was installed and sent a screenshot. It was the screen that I customized when I first made ‘Sesam’.

As expected, as soon as he saw the screenshot, Shin Heejae was freaking out.

[Heejae: Seyoung-ah, oppa’s getting a little angry now]

[Heejae: lolololololololololololololololol]

[Me: fuckerlololololol stop making a fool out of yourself and go around the dungeon lololol]

[Heejae: you can log in or ㅡㅡ]

Shin Heejae, who was grumbling, suddenly asked what came to his mind.

[Heejae: is it true that you have a boyfriend?]

[Heejae: or are you a married woman?]

I thought for a moment about how to answer Shin Heejae’s question. However, he took the lead before I could even speak.

[Heejae: that can’t be…]

[Heejae: you don’t have the personality to be popular with men lolol]

I never wanted such popularity, but it was the right time to swear, so I chatted right away.

[Me: wanna d1e?]

[Heejae: lolol you have the personality that would be popular with me]

[Me: please let it go]

[Heejae: lololololololololol]

I couldn’t overcome Shin Heejae’s skill of having such a frivolous conversation so I eventually connected to [Arcadia].

[Heejae: noona ㅎ_ㅇ]

[Sesam: mhm]

As soon as I logged in, his character was standing next to my character as if he had come to meet me.

Shin Heejae had sent a [Party Invitation] request in advance before I could do anything. I accepted it by chance, however I felt like I wanted to let go of the party request that came without a pause. Somehow it had become my daily routine to invite him into a party as soon as I logged in to play the game. But what seemed natural before, today felt like an unpleasant pattern.

However, before I could be mean and back out, Shin Heejae made a trade with me.

[Sesam: ? what is it]

[Heejae: please accept it ㅇ_ㅇ lolol]

I accepted the trade with half doubt and half expectation. I checked the items he posted.

[Sea God’s Guardian +10]

[Guardian of the Shining Doom’s Gauntlet]

[Guardian of the Shining Doom’s Boots]

[Guardian of the Shining Doom’s Plate]

[Guardian of the Shining Doom’s Clip]

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[Atlica of Wisdom Great One Staff +9]

“This is…”

I wondered if all the items he put on the trading window were the ultimate items that a healer spirit should have. Shin Heejae’s last staff in particular, was a rare piece of equipment that could not be obtained by purchase, even if one had the money.

I opened my mouth as I dragged the mouse to check the staff’s detailed options.

“Crazy… Aren’t all the options the best?”

The most important stats are the wisdom stats for the healer spirit. This staff with three options to increase the highest numbers by 10%…

I couldn’t stand it. I wanted to get the item as soon as I saw it, even though I chose the healer spirit by saying that I would not spend any money this time around. I wanted it because this staff was at a level comparable to [Signiel of the Blue Flame], which had been taken away by Heejae in the past from me.

I pressed the [Trade Completion] button immediately without further delay.

However…

[Heejae: lololololololololol]

Shin Heejae, this bastard, canceled the trade.

What was worse was that he was laughing in the chats and he was laughing on Discord too. He turned off the microphone quickly as he must have been dying with laughter.

“The hell, you bastard!”

I slammed the desk with my hand, resentful at the thought of being deceived.

[Sesam: are you kidding me?]

As soon as I was about to start cursing, Shin Heejae suddenly turned on the microphone again. He asked me in a playful voice.

“Noona, do you have a conscience? Despite knowing how much it costs, you just tried to grab it.”

I replied with a snort.

[Sesam: you bought it for me anywayㅡㅡ]

“This noona is really funny.”

Shin Heejae giggled for a while about whatever he thought was so funny about my answer. By the time my patience wore off, he spoke to me in a casual tone.

“You’re right. I bought it for you.”

“…”

“But I have a condition.”

[Sesam: what?]

“Marry me.”

This was the most off-putting proposal in the world… If there was such a ranking, then this definitely would win first place. No. What kind of crazy guy gets married just to get some game items?

However, Shin Heejae continued to speak firmly, even when I was not answering.

“Let’s get Sesam and Heejae married. It would be nice to get a couple buff in the dungeon. We’re always together anyway.”

“Oh.”

Only then did I feel that my senses came back. I quickly warped to a certain place in the game and I nagged him.

[Sesam: when are you coming? i’m already in front of the wedding hall ㅎㅎ]

I couldn’t believe I could get an item worth 10 million won in cash just by marrying a character… Of course I couldn’t refuse.

In addition, [Arcadia]’s marriage system allowed you to divorce whenever you want after the wedding. It was possible to get a divorce as soon as you left the wedding hall.

Also, when getting married, both characters had to agree. But when divorcing, only one person had to express their will, so there was nothing to be bothered about.

As if he had read my thoughts, Shin Heejae smiled and said.

“Noona, you’re going to get a divorce right after the wedding, right?”

I paused, but immediately denied it, recalling the staff in front of me.

[Sesam: no? ㅎㅎ is marriage a joke to you?]

[Heejae: lololololololololololololol]

Shin Heejae chuckled and laughed at my answer. He didn’t seem to believe me at all. Still, he asked me as if he had received a promise.

“Really? Then, can I confiscate all my items if I get divorced?”

[Sesam: of course ㅎㅎ]

“How are you going to confiscate what you have already given me, moron?”

I calmly responded only through chat. Once I got my hands on the staff, I had no intention of returning it to Shin Heejae.

Besides, didn’t he buy him other equipment besides the staff? To be honest, I could almost make up for all the damage I suffered by just tearing it all apart, putting it up for auction and then quitting. I had a smile on my face, thinking that taking revenge might be easier than I thought.

However…

Shin Heejae was by no means a pushover.

“Well, let’s meet and make a deal.”

[Sesam: what?]

“Let’s make a deal after seeing your face. I’ll come over to the place where you live.”

“…….”

“Where do you live?”

After hearing that, I wanted to be a woman for the first time in my life. If I were really a woman, I would have called Shin Heejae to come near where I live right away. Then we could meet up to just get the item and then I could cut him off.

“How about a wig… Fuck, what am I thinking?”

Blinded by the item, I seriously considered dressing up as a woman, but I came to my senses again with a slap on my face. In the first place, wearing a wig didn’t mean that I would look like a woman. If I had that look, I’d have caught him with a cross-dressing photo.

Of course, it wasn’t bad to dress up as a woman and make Shin Heejae run away…

“Then I won’t receive the item…”

I ruffled my hair in a pitiful manner and reluctantly said to the man waiting for an answer.

[Sesam: where do i live fuck…]

[Sesam: i live in arcadia]

As soon as Shin Heejae heard my answer, he laughed as if he was unable to breathe.

And the more I heard him laugh, the more I felt down. It’s because I had lingering feelings of resentment. Even now, I’m thinking about whether I should ask Hyejin to step out in place of me instead.

Ugh! This son of a bitch, Shin Heejae! Why are you putting me through this? There are a lot of things I wanted in the name of e-dating…

He kept shaking the bait, unaware of my thoughts.

“Noona are you sure? This is a rare opportunity.”

“Fucking punk, I’m aware of that too…”

I cursed so much despite knowing that he couldn’t hear them.

However, even though I did not answer Shin Heejae, he kept trying to convince me that he had guessed on his own as to why I didn’t want to meet him.

“I wouldn’t mind even if you looked like this.”

Then, Shin Heejae sent a screenshot of [Arcadia]’s [Trulidge] map. It was a place where trolls and ogres appeared, and what he sent was a screenshot of a troll.