Ch. 83 Double-Edged Sword (1)
by AfuhfuihgsChapter 83 – Double-Edged Sword (1)
“S-Stop talking such nonsense!”
Left alone in the warehouse, Jung Chan-soo replayed the words she had said to him before leaving.
“People will misunderstand if they hear you. You might be okay with it, but I’m not. So, speak clearly. What do you think of me?”
She took a step closer, her face firm and serious.
On the other hand, Jung Chan-soo, who was having a conversation with her on a topic other than combat or dungeon conquest, froze.
“I said what I thought…”
“Oh, for God’s sake! I’m asking you to say what you think compared to the girls around you! Se-jin, Diana, Sylvia, people like that. You’re not seeing me the same way as those girls, are you?!”
Reina, who had no intention of being included in his harem and vehemently refused to be misunderstood that way, intended to get a definite answer from his mouth.
After all, the Constellations were watching everything.
Reina, knowing what kind of bait and controversy would roll around in Fate Road if she didn’t get a definite answer, was desperate.
‘Do you think I’ll be charmed by you like those other girls and fall for you as I please? Absolutely not!’
She knew that some of the Constellations were pushing for a pairing with Jung Chan-soo.
She also knew that they were living like weeds, stubbornly surviving despite being periodically suppressed in each gallery.
But her actions now were not to appease the Constellations but purely according to her own heart.
Reina was once a reader. She didn’t ignore or deny the ‘protagonist power’ that Jung Chan-soo possessed.
But knowing all that, she had no intention of being played by him.
“…You’re different from them.”
“Really? How am I different? We’re just rivals and comrades aiming to climb the Tower together, right? That’s enough for me.”
“…Let’s say so.”
Jung Chan-soo nodded at Reina’s rapid-fire words. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t wrong.
The reason why he saw Reina as special and cared about her was clearly because she was different from the comrades he had planned and gathered one by one since the moment he regressed.
It wasn’t just rational interest.
In the first place, he, at this point in time, was a person who had no mental strength to spare for rational interest, constantly worrying about the uncertain future that was approaching every day.
It was just that the people around him were misunderstanding as they pleased.
“Okay, I’ll go. Don’t worry about the meeting. I’ll do as you wish.”
Reina, who had at least gotten the answer she wanted, sighed and left the underground warehouse first.
Jung Chan-soo had been standing there blankly, watching the spot she had left, ever since.
‘As you say, you are special. Different from others. In that moment that will come someday, in that moment when I lose my light. You must shine so that I can see you, Reina.’
If he had uttered his inner thoughts at that moment, a ripple beyond the virgin controversy that had erupted from his one word might have swept over.
Even if that feeling wasn’t just simple rational interest, it was a word that could have given even more shock.
But fortunately, he swallowed that thought.
The Constellations, who were arguing even with just his expression and gaze, were still seething on the bulletin board, but that much was common for him, who was ranked 1st and had the most popular fandom.
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[I don’t like Jung Chan-soo hitting on Reina…]
[But if she does well next to Jung Chan-soo’s faction, can’t she easily win the ranking competition?]
[The ranking competition depends on Reina. Who knows how the defense war will proceed? Even if you’re placed at the top floor, you might end up just sucking your fingers]
[The atmosphere was tense like a confession, but nothing really happened ㅋㅋ]
[If you roll strange bait after today, I’ll beat you mercilessly. Jung Chan-soo and Reina don’t seem to have any feelings for each other, what’s the deal!]
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Reina, who intuitively realized that the community would be turned upside down, made a desperate attempt at damage control, and fortunately, the bait didn’t roll in the worst direction she had imagined.
Those who had been expecting an exciting and thrilling story smacked their lips as if they were slightly let down, and those who opposed the pairing sighed in relief.
Of course, there were those who tried to roll the bait by force, but such people were dismissed as nonsense seeking attention and were not getting any particular response.
“Hmph, of course.”
Serpina was the same.
She didn’t bother to write strange posts on the gallery due to her status, but instead, she snorted in reality while leaning back on the fluffy sofa and munching on snacks.
“In the first place, Reina has been showing a consistent attitude towards Jung Chan-soo until now. She’s been paying a lot of attention, but that attention is only a competitive spirit to beat and surpass him, and she has never given him rational interest even once. My eyes for seeing females have never been wrong.”
“I know. What’s changed isn’t Reina but Jung Chan-soo. He has an eye for things, and he’s slowly starting to recognize Reina’s true worth.”
She raised the corners of her mouth again at Perbas’s reply.
Jung Chan-soo was also a troublesome person to Serpina.
He was a talented junior who would become a reliable comrade when he reached the top of the Tower in the future, but he was still a huge mountain blocking Reina’s path.
But at the same time, he was a good stimulus that aroused a strong competitive spirit in Reina.
It was natural for her as a master to want her disciple to do well.
‘I can’t give her to a guy who has so many women by his side. Rather than giving Reina to such a guy, I’d rather…’
She laughed to herself and changed the screen.
The community screen was reduced, and instead, the enlarged screen showed Reina’s figure.
Reina, who had entered preparations for the defense war with her guild members, was suspending training or personal practice and holding meetings with her comrades to prepare for emergencies.
“Generally, the higher the floor, the stronger the enemies appear. Since we’re going to be working with the strongest guild in the Tower right now, the enemies we’ll be facing will be just as strong. Don’t be careless.”
“But we will just be assisting them by their side…”
“Of course, it’s not pleasant. But this is a war for the fate of the Tower and us, and it can’t be avoided. So, shouldn’t we do as much as we can?”
The Over Moon guild members were not the best in terms of talent, but they were people with a strong competitive spirit and a strong will to climb the Tower like Reina.
In the first place, Kim Ji-eun had gathered only such people to create the guild.
It was all for Reina, who was trying to climb the Tower without rest.
As such, they clearly didn’t like being chosen as assistants to Jung Chan-soo’s group.
“We’ll have a chance too. I guarantee it.”
To such guild members, Reina declared that there would be a chance with unwavering eyes.
Her appearance was so firm and confident that even the guild members nodded blankly.
In fact, Reina had already proven it several times. If you follow her, a path will surely open before you.
If it doesn’t open, she was the kind of person who would take up her sword and forcibly create a path even if she had to.
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ㄴ“Reina is so capable and she usually doesn’t like to step forward, but honestly, she has enough leadership skills”
ㄴ“Her command ability has been verified for a long time. I would believe and follow her to the end ㅇㅇ”
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The users of the fan gallery who saw that praised Reina’s actions as innate leadership and insight.
No one yet knew that the truth was thanks to the knowledge of the ‘novel’ she already had read, and that she was peeking at the posts that they were writing.
Occasionally, there were posts asking if Reina was a regressor or transmigrated person, but in almost all cases, the content was just a gag post trying to be funny by posting past videos of Reina suffering in traps, or they were deleted as malicious provocations to slander without evidence.
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ㄴ“Originally, successful kids all have malicious people attached to them ㅇㅇ…”
ㄴ“Those bastards don’t seem to know why they’re not trusted. They go around everywhere and just do unwarranted hate, would they be trusted? ㅋㅋ It’s all karma”
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The Reina fandom, which had become sensitive due to the recent emergence of the anti-fandom, reacted fiercely if anyone criticized her even slightly without evidence.
This was also a common sight in Fate Road these days.
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ㄴ“Still, doesn’t it really seem like it?”
ㄴ“There’s no evidence yet. Honestly, most regressors and transmigrated people get caught quickly. They don’t know that even Constellations who aren’t on their side are watching them 24/7, or they don’t even know that it’s wrong”
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However, it was an undeniable fact that it was very delicious bait.
As Reina’s fame increased, just as the number of people who liked and disliked her increased, so did the number of self-proclaimed ‘detectives’ who wanted to dig into her.
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ㄴ“If you look at her actions, you can suspect her… like how taciturn she is.”
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The more they acted and investigated Reina, the more they learned that she was a very thorough person.
Unlike most regressed and transmigrated challengers, Reina had one more very special element hidden, which was that even her gender had changed in the process of transmigration.
Reina, who used to be very ashamed of the fact that she had become a woman in the past, thoroughly kept silent and hid everything.
Now that she knew the identity of Fate Road, she was even more careful, but she had been careful with every word and action even when she didn’t know.
Naturally, almost no evidence to confirm that she was a regressor or transmigrated person came out.
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ㄴ“Then what about Jung Chan-soo?”
ㄴ“There it’s really certain, there’s no evidence but if they catch even one thing, it’s just…”
ㄴ“The fandom loves him extremely, but would they like regression and transmigration too?”
ㄴ“They might get something out of this defense war ㅇㅇ”
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Instead, the arrow turned elsewhere.
To the strongest player of Tower No. 3445, who had shown a unique path as much as, or perhaps even more than, Reina.
Author Note
A/N (Author’s note):
Thank you for reading.
Translator Note
T/N (Translator’s note):
If you think about it, it is stupid yes.They want more powerful constellations as allies, yet shun those who have ‘unfair’ advantages to get stronger.
Then again, they are noobs and dumb, so people like Serpina won’t judge!
Probably.
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