Chapter 12 – Interview

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As expected, Arang’s emotions surge when I’m in reality.

The feeling of being sucked into a bottomless swamp, falling into a deep sea where nothing can be heard, dominates my entire body.

I wasn’t too surprised since this happened once before when I was with my parents and Older Sister Anna.

Doctor Unnie cautiously approaches.

“Hello. This is the first time we’re properly meeting, right?”

“… Yeah.”

The doll-like answer comes out again. Arang’s emotions haven’t completely faded, but I’m getting used to it, and I think I’ll overcome it soon.

But for now, I’ll have to remain a doll in reality. For my sake, Doctor Unnie seems to have prepared something.

“Arangyang, I brought you a gift!”

“… A gift?”

“Yes! I brought you candy for Arangyang!”

“… Candy?”

Doctor Unnie smiles brightly, clears her throat, and makes a face, expecting my reaction.

“Yes! Now, close your eyes and reach out your hand, and Unnie will give you a can…”

Doctor Unnie, who prepared something to ease my doll-like state, made a slip of the tongue at the end.

When she naturally asked me to reach out my hand, she shook the remaining part of my severed arm, and Doctor Unnie’s eyes widened.

Seeing Doctor Unnie’s expression, I burst out laughing. Arang’s emotions were still strong, so I laughed internally, but Doctor Unnie’s eyes started to tremble, and she began to read my expression.

“S-sorry, A-Arang. U-Unnie didn’t m-mean to do that on p-purpose… I mean…”

“… *Hic*!”

“Ah…”

I feel sorry for Doctor Unnie. If I had completely overcome Arang’s emotions, I would have told her it was okay and changed the atmosphere with a smile, but since Arang’s emotions are still strong, tears flowed from my eyes uncontrollably.

“I’m sorry. Unnie’s sorry. I’m really sorry…”

Doctor Unnie hugged me, who was crying, and patted my back.

Doctor Unnie’s flustered face is funny.

==

Somehow, today’s checkup was safely completed.

I’m now wearing the Endoflife terminal and have entered the virtual world. Arms and legs that move according to my will—the virtual world is the best.

After her slip of the tongue, Doctor Unnie spoke as slowly and carefully as possible, comforting me.

As Arang’s emotions gradually seep into me and I overcome them, I plan to tell her directly that it’s okay.

I was fine and well, and Doctor Unnie’s flustered expression was funny, but Doctor Unnie felt guilty all day about her slip of the tongue.

“Ugh~”

I stretched out, which I couldn’t do earlier, and loosened my body. With a light touch, I opened the window and logged into LEORE.

The jet-black view returned to the place where I logged out yesterday. The clear sky was gone, and gloomy weather awaited me.

The steadily falling rain slowly soaked my body.

“It even feels like this…”

The sensation of being rained on is so perfect that it’s indistinguishable from reality. I can’t imagine how good the technology is.

Well, that’s that, and playing is playing.

First, I set a goal to reach Max Level by tomorrow.

Basically, leveling up in LEORE itself is fun, but LEORE is especially famous for its combat content at Max Level.

From Raids to PVP, Siege Warfare, Guild Wars, and many other contents are waiting. That’s why I want to reach Max Level as quickly as possible.

“Let’s see. Pink Berry is, ah, logged in!”

Thanks to Pink Berry, I’m saving on potion costs and leveling up quickly. She also tells me about quests that are sometimes confusing, so she’s a very good party member.

I still don’t know why she’s partying with me while even adjusting her level. Pink Berry says it’s fun, but I don’t think it would be fun if her level decreased…

“Well, if she says it’s fun, that’s fine!”

I sent a whisper to Pink Berry.

Soon, the pure white Healer Pink Berry arrived. But Pink Berry’s condition isn’t very good. Should I say she looks a little sick?

“Pink Berry, didn’t you sleep well? Ah, did I contact you too late? Sorry. I forgot she had something to do today.”

“No, it’s okay. I woke up late too. But suddenly, what happened?”

“Um… it’s hard to say, just things I’m doing?”

“That… this might be rude, but Arang is 15 years old, right?”

“Right? I’m 15 now, right? But how did you know? Ah…”

I was wondering how she knew, then I looked down at my body.

Come to think of it, LEORE is basically for ages 15 and up, and looking at my current appearance, anyone would think I’m 15.

“Then you’re a middle school student, so don’t you go to school?”

“School? I went to elementary school, but I’m not going to middle school.”

“Oh? Really?”

“Yeah. I’ve never been to middle school.”

Arang got sick shortly before graduating from elementary school, and soon her arms and legs rotted and had to be amputated.

Since then, she hasn’t taken a single step out of the hospital.

But come to think of it, can’t I go out now? My current condition is at its best.

When I get used to Arang’s body and emotions, I’ll wear prosthetic legs and arms, ah, that’s right. Come to think of it… she said it would be difficult to use prosthetic legs and arms properly?

The nerves were damaged as her arms and legs necrotized, which is why it was difficult, according to Arang’s memories.

But now that I’m healthy, can I do it? No. Is there a need to go out with difficulty? I can just stay in the virtual world.

“Isn’t middle school compulsory…?”

“Ah, really? Hey, what’s important about middle school now! Leveling up is important! Let’s go quickly!”

I grabbed Pink Berry’s hand and ran to the hunting grounds.

==

*Ting!*

[Level Up!]

While Pink Berry went out to eat lunch, I was casually hunting and reached Level 45.

When I reached Level 45, a new skill was unlocked.

This time, there were as many as three active skills, so I was looking forward to seeing what great skills I received, but suddenly the sky darkened.

“Huh?”

The moment I looked up, I saw a huge man.

With a pomade hairstyle, the man, who looked like he’d been called handsome somewhere, had a one-handed sword equipped on his waist like me.

LV: 60 Kang Hangil

Rather than being huge, he looks huge because I’m so short. He seems to be about 180cm tall.

“Who are you?”

I immediately prepared to block him.

Recently, after I was posted on the Leore Gallery and the misunderstanding was resolved with the Leore announcement, I became so famous that strange people kept coming to find me.

Each time, I was blocking them all with amazing reflexes, and I prepared to block him this time as well.

“Hello. My name is Kang Hangil, and I’m a Leore streamer.”

The man bowed 90 degrees, and I lowered my guard.

“Hello. What brings you here to find me?”

“First of all, I came to apologize.”

“Apologize?”

“The video that was posted on the Leore Gallery was due to my carelessness.”

“Ah… I see.”

I was wondering who took it, so it was this person.

According to him, all the party members were recording to Raid the Orc Chieftain, and he was so impressed by my soloing the Orc Chieftain that the video was leaked.

He said that he came to apologize for me being suspected of being a hacker and being cursed at in the gallery.

I accepted the apology of the Kang Hangil streamer, who even came to apologize in person.

“It’s okay. Leore officially cleared up my misunderstanding. I don’t care anymore.”

“Then, if it’s okay with you, would you mind doing an interview?”

“An interview?”

“Yes. The video of Lee Arang clearing the Orc Chieftain alone and even clearing the Corrupted Judge with one Healer is still attracting a lot of attention. So I want to upload Lee Arang’s interview on my RyuTube.”

“Oh… how many subscribers does Kang Hangil have?”

“1.2 million.”

“1.2 million!?”

With 1.2 million RyuTube subscribers, he’s truly a mega-corporation. I was wondering why the video spread so quickly and was seen by so many people, but with a 1.2 million-subscriber mega-corporation streamer having this happen during his broadcast, it’s definitely bound to become famous.

“Okay. I’ll do the interview.”

“Really!? Thank you!”

I don’t remember when my last interview was. When I achieved First Clear in an RPG game as famous as LEORE in this world, I was interviewed by a place called Inven.

But this time, it’s an interview with a 1.2 million-subscriber Ryutuber, so I’m quite looking forward to it.

==

[Leore Gallery]

[Lee Arang Interview]

(Video)

In the end, I went to apologize and even did an interview. I didn’t know when I saw her from afar, but now that I see her, she’s so cute. It’s hard to believe she’s over 14 years old lololol

[Wow, with that face and body, she’s 15 years old? Crazy]

ㄴ[I want to say something really bad]

ㄴ[Crazy bastard, didn’t you hear that your nickname and name are the same?]

ㄴ[Police officer! Over here!]

[Lololol The reason she’s good at Parrying “It just worked when I did it?” lololol]

ㄴ[Sword-type Rankers are crying]

ㄴ[If Lee Arang reaches Max Level, won’t she immediately take first place in the rankings?]

ㄴ[Do you think 1st place in the rankings is a joke?]

ㄴ[So, did that 1st place in the rankings clear the Orc Chieftain alone?]

[Wow, I’m so jealous of her weapon. Isn’t that the Taseom Sword?]

ㄴ[Yeah, that’s right. She said she got it after catching Taseom]

ㄴ[Wow, a Level 45 has a weapon that even Max Level Swordsmen don’t have lololol]

[Is Arang a gold spoon? I know that costume is really expensive]

ㄴ[I know lololol Isn’t that look really expensive? I can count the number of guys wearing that on one hand]

ㄴ[Yeah, that’s a costume you get for free when you reach 10 million mileage]

ㄴ[Really? How much do you have to spend to get 10 million mileage?]

ㄴ[100 million]

ㄴ[Crazy, a 15-year-old spent 100 million? That’s insane]