Chapter 59 – Cosplay?

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The cafe Older Sister Anna made was so breathtaking, I couldn’t help but gasp.

Currently, the MAX level in LEORE is 60, and the main stage is the Ardea nation.

Once you reach MAX level, you usually don’t leave the Ardea nation because there’s no need to go to low-level areas.

There are two types of food in LEORE: food just for enjoying the taste, and doping food that gives you buffs. Both are sold in restaurants.

The food that raises stats the most isn’t sold in restaurants and can only be made by users with the chef life skill.

Usually, you eat user-made food when going on a Raid, and simple food from restaurants when doing dungeons, Daily Quests, or Weekly Quests.

You might think you don’t need to eat once you have all your equipment, but the important thing is that it doesn’t just increase your stats—it also increases the amount of Gold you get by a whopping 5%.

That’s why restaurants in the Ardea nation are always crowded. On top of that, the background music in the restaurants is so well-made that some people just spend time there without doing anything.

Such a restaurant was unfolded as soon as I entered the cafe, so I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Older Sister Anna said she made it for me, and it was touching but also a little scary that she would go this far just for me.

I should be careful when asking for favors. Older Sister Anna’s hands are too big, way too big.

Reina and Reina’s friend came into the cafe.

Reina, waving at me, looked almost no different from how she does in LEORE.

It’s a game where you can freely customize your face, but no one I’ve met so far has changed it that much. It’s amazing.

Are they all confident in their faces? Or is it to get even more immersed in LEORE?

I guess because I made my face exactly the same as my real face, it feels like I’m really living in the LEORE world, so I’m enjoying it even more.

I entered the virtual world to have a comfortable conversation.

Only Reina came in, not her friend. Well, I don’t really have anything to talk about with her friend anyway.

Besides, the way that friend was looking at me didn’t really seem like she wanted to meet me.

I think Reina forced her to come.

I mean, she came all the way on an overseas trip, and instead of going out to play, she came to see me.

==

“So, when planning overall Tactics, what do you focus on checking?”

“That’s skills that certain classes have or—”

Reina generously shared information that could be considered important for running a Raid Group, more than I expected.

She didn’t hesitate to share information that couldn’t be known by individuals or small groups, information that could only be obtained through data from many people.

To the point where I wondered, “She’s even telling me this?”

What surprised me the most was the information about class tiers, meta, and understanding of skills.

No matter how amazing LEORE is, it’s still a game made by people.

A game with many classes and many Raids is bound to have balance issues.

Reina is rattling off information that the Mead Guild has diligently analyzed and figured out, as if a child is explaining their favorite cartoon.

Well, class tiers aren’t important to me since I don’t have many Guild members!

I saw Reina, who I had seen while watching the Mead Attack Party broadcast, with the same but different expression.

Blonde hair, distinct features, eyes with a light gray tint, and an overwhelming figure. If I saw her on the street, I would mistake her for a model.

If she led the Attack Party with a strong charisma and powerful voice on the broadcast, Reina now is like a… retriever.

Thanks to Reina, I got a lot of information and various tips on how to run an Attack Party, so I opened my mouth to ask about the [Assassin] class I was planning to switch to this time.

“Reina-nim.”

“Th-that… Ah, Arang!”

“Yes?”

“Could you… maybe drop the ‘-nim’? It makes me feel distant!”

“Okay. Reina. Um… Older Sister Reina. I’m planning to change my job to [Assassin] this time—”

“Ah! [Assassin]! That’s—”

==

My time with Reina was very rewarding.

It was a time to learn how overseas users play LEORE, and various things about the Mead Guild.

The talk about LEORE was over, and we were just chatting when Reina suddenly brought up something out of the blue.

“Arang, are you interested in… cosplay?”

“Cosplay?”

“Yeah, cosplay.”

Cosplay.

When a game event is held, many people who like games come in cosplay, so I’ve seen it a lot.

From people with good quality to bad. People who look good, people who don’t.

The important thing is that everyone’s love for the game is visible, so I think of it positively.

Of course, I didn’t have the slightest intention of doing it.

First of all, cosplay seems to cost a lot of money and time no matter how you look at it. I’d rather spend that money and time on the game.

“I think I’m interested, to the extent that it’s fun to look at pretty people?”

“Re-really!?”

Sometimes when I see professional cosplayers doing it for money from game companies, it’s definitely amazing.

The face, makeup, accessories, equipment, etc. were exactly like the game characters.

“So, does Arang have any thoughts on… do… doing cosplay?”

Oh… thoughts on doing cosplay.

Come to think of it, I have money and time now.

On top of that, I didn’t just get money and time, I also got a body—the body of a beautiful girl. Sometimes when I look at my face, I praise myself for how cute and pretty I am.

But wouldn’t cosplay be impossible?

First of all, I don’t have arms and legs.

I think that’s the biggest thing. Even if I do cosplay, there’s no reason to do it if I’m just sitting or lying down, right? Of course, it would feel good to see myself dressed up.

Even if I do cosplay, there’s nothing I can do.

“No! You don’t have to do anything specifically when you cosplay! The important thing is just becoming a character you like!”

“Oh? Did I say that out loud?”

“Yeah!”

Cosplay. A character I like.

What comes to mind is a male character I used to like: an alchemist character who is the older brother of a pair of brothers.

I enjoyed that cartoon so much at the time that I thought about cosplaying it when I was in Middle School 2nd Year.

The character without a left leg and right arm was using steel prosthetic arms.

‘It’s similar to me now. Well, I still don’t want to do anything annoying, so I’ll reject it.’

“I think of cosplay positively, but there’s a reason why I can’t do it.”

“A re-reason why you can’t…! Could you tell me? Ah, is it too much to ask…!”

“You saw me earlier, so you know—I’m physically disabled.”

“Huk, does that mean you’re sick? A di-disease…?”

“Ah, I’m healthy. But…”

I just don’t have arms and legs.

“But?”

“I’ll show you in reality after the conversation is over.”

“…?”

==

Anna was worried about Arang’s back using the Endoflife terminal on the chair, so she hugged her.

“Wh-what are you doing! Then, huh?”

Emma was embarrassed by the silent Endoflife terminal without any issues.

Normally, the moment someone else touches the body of a person using the Endoflife terminal, an alarm would sound, and if they make such a big movement, the surrounding police would be notified.

But Arang’s Endoflife terminal didn’t react at all.

“It’s okay. There are many times when I have to take care of Arang, so I temporarily turned off that function on Arang’s Endoflife terminal.”

“Is that possible— Ah, right.”

The woman in front of her wasn’t just an ordinary woman, but the Korean Branch Representative of Masble.

She originally couldn’t turn off such a function, but she thought Anna would be able to do it.

Anna carefully laid Arang down on the makeshift bed prepared on the second floor.

Clatter.

Emma felt something strange again at the sound she heard in her ear.

It was the sound of something hard colliding.

But it was a sound that absolutely shouldn’t have been heard at that moment.

Emma realized the identity of the discomfort she had felt while looking at Arang so far from the sound she heard in Anna’s next action.

‘The reason why that girl didn’t feel like a person… was because its arms and legs didn’t move even 1mm…’

Emma knew that one of her acquaintances was wearing a prosthetic arm, so she realized that Arang’s arms and legs were prosthetic arms and legs just by hearing the sound coming from the prosthetic arms and legs as Arang lay down on the bed.

The moment she realized the identity of the discomfort, Emma realized why Arang had such eyes.

‘What on earth have I been misunderstanding…? What on earth have I done to that child…?’

She misunderstood arbitrarily, mistook arbitrarily, thought of her as a bad person arbitrarily, and even revealed her malice in front of that child.

‘The reason why she has such a bright appearance in LEORE… isn’t because she’s wearing a mask to be loved by people, but…’

It was to survive.

‘Ah… I’m an idiot. I’m not even a child, and I had such feelings for such a girl…’

She had become sensitive after losing the WFK and seeing people’s malicious comments.

Because of that, she had such bad feelings.

The Lee Arang user is trash. The Lee Arang user definitely changed her face with Character Customization, etc.

She didn’t reveal it outwardly, but she belittled the Lee Arang user in her mind.

But the Lee Arang user, no, the girl was just a girl who sincerely loved and liked LEORE because she couldn’t do anything in reality.

But she herself… had degraded such a girl in her mind.

Emma turned on her Endoflife terminal and sat next to Reina.

“Are you going in?”

“Yes. I have to apologize.”

Emma connected her senses to Reina and entered the virtual world.