Gathering

Unlike usual, Kwon Miae woke up early in the morning and took a shower to quickly get her mind right.

After cleaning her body neatly, Kwon Miae did a simple makeup and worried about what clothes to wear.

Since she was having a one-on-one gathering with Guild Leader Arang, she wore slightly oversized clothes to give a good first impression and to hide her tall height and large build.

After looking in the mirror and checking again for anything strange, Kwon Miae put on socks to hide her ugly feet.

Although the socks didn’t match the clothes she was wearing, Kwon Miae smiled without caring.

The reason was that there were socks exactly like the ones she was wearing, but much smaller in size, right in front of her.

Moreover, there weren’t just socks, but also small and cute shoes of a similar size to the socks.

Neat and cute-looking pink canvas shoes.

If she were as small and cute as others, it was one of the shoes she would have wanted to wear.

With a happy smile, Kwon Miae carefully wrapped the socks and shoes, checked one more time to see if she had forgotten anything, and perfectly finished preparing to go to the gathering.

,I’ve packed the socks, gloves, and even the shoes… Let’s see…”

Kwon Miae checked the memo she had written on her phone, worrying about what Arang might need while living in the hospital, and then left her studio apartment.

‘I can’t believe we’re having an offline meeting this quickly.’

It’s not like she’s never had an offline meeting while playing Leole.

Having played Leole for a long time, she had joined guilds, met party members she had become close with while clearing raids together, and even drank and played with them.

Since all of them were good memories, she was looking forward to an offline meeting when she joined the [Munchkin Cat] guild this time as well.

She liked all 12 guild members, including Arang, and thought it would be fun if they all gathered together.

At least, she thought that if they played together for a long time, clearing raids together and becoming close, they might have an offline meeting as a guild gathering, but suddenly the story of a gathering came up in the announcement.

Of course, Kwon Miae quickly ran to Arang and said she would do it.

However, adults living their daily lives naturally had a hard time making time for the suddenly arranged gathering.

Moreover, the gathering date was on a weekday and not in the afternoon, but during the maintenance time, so it was even more difficult from morning to before evening.

But Kwon Miae was currently working as a track and field coach, and since there were no major competitions coming up in August, she had plenty of time and could say she would go to the gathering without any burden.

The problem was that out of the many 12 guild members, only Arang and herself said they would attend the gathering.

At first, she couldn’t hide her disappointment because it seemed like the gathering would be canceled, but Arang said nonchalantly.

,Shall we just meet up, the two of us?”

Kwon Miae was startled by those words.

Kwon Miae was looking forward to the gathering that had come to fruition.

Just being able to meet and play with Arang, who had the ultimate appearance she had been pursuing and hoping for, made her heart flutter.

Despite being 15 years old, she was small, cute, and squishy, looking like she came straight out of a manga.

Is she just pretty? No.

Watching the field boss clear video uploaded on RyuTube brings a wave of emotion.

Overwhelming physical skills that even most rankers admire. And that haughty and confident expression, and the snaggletooth that appears when she smiles slightly, are one of Arang’s symbols.

She doesn’t know how many times she’s watched that video on RyuTube.

Kwon Miae picked up her phone and checked the bus she would be taking one more time.

Seoul Asan Hospital, marked on her phone’s navigation.

Kwon Miae took the bus and thought about Arang.

Seoul Asan Hospital. If you were to name the largest and most famous hospital in Korea from the past to the present, you would say Seoul Asan Hospital.

She was shocked to hear that Arang was hospitalized in such a hospital, but she was thinking of having fun for Arang, who would be hospitalized alone.

‘I should have a lot of fun with Arang. And since there was something I promised Arang… to touch Arang’s feet to the extent that Arang doesn’t feel uncomfortable… Hehehehehe.’

She’s so pretty even in Leole, she can’t imagine how pretty she’ll be in real life.

Squishy, soft, and beautiful, she can’t even imagine it well.

‘Arang said she’s hospitalized in a private room, so it’s a relief that I can play comfortably without worrying about other people’s eyes.’

Although she’s an only child, Kwon Miae, who has many cousins on her paternal and maternal sides, was filled with the thought of wanting to meet and play with Arang quickly, as she was confident in playing happily with young children.

And so, she arrived at Seoul Asan Hospital.

The size of Seoul Asan Hospital, which she had never been to before, was so large that it was bigger than most universities.

The overwhelming feeling could be felt from the entrance, and there were so many people, and ambulances were constantly coming and going, making her feel that this was the best hospital in Korea.

As soon as she entered the entrance, she saw the emergency room and entered the building next to it.

The reception desk was busy.

Many people were waiting while drawing numbers, and various people were moving for their own reasons.

Kwon Miae turned on her phone and checked the contents she had shared with Arang.

‘She told me to go to the staff without drawing a number, but…’

Even though it was a weekday morning, there were so many people because it was Seoul Asan Hospital, and the staff seemed too busy, and she felt a bit burdened to ignore the people waiting behind her and speak.

So, she approached a large security guard who was guarding the area instead of the busy reception staff.

,Hello.”

,Hello. Is there a problem?”

Kwon Miae breathed a sigh of relief inside at the security guard’s kind words and opened her mouth.

,I came here to visit someone, but I don’t know where to go…”

,You don’t know where the patient is hospitalized? We don’t have the authority for that. You have to ask the patient you’re trying to visit directly. We are not allowed to give information about hospitalized patients, no matter how close you are or if you are family.”

,She said that if I tell the staff here, they will kindly tell me. She said.”

The security guard said ah, at Kwon Miae’s words and nodded.

,Are you here to visit Lee Arang-nim?”

,Ah, yes! I came to visit Arang.”

,I see. Just a moment. I’ll tell the staff in charge. Can you wait here for a moment?”

,Yes.”

The security guard kindly spoke and exchanged wireless communication with someone.

Not long after, Kim Hye-sun, Arang’s attending physician, walked over.

,Hello. I heard you came to visit Arang?”

,Hello. I came to have fun with Arang today!”

,Is that so? Arang will be really happy too. Follow me.”

Kim Hye-sun spoke to Kwon Miae, who was walking along the road and looking around.

,Are you Arang’s guild member?”

,Gasp. Yes! How did you know?”

,Arang boasted about making a guild this time, and even said she was having a gathering. She even said she was really looking forward to it.”

,Ah. Is that so? Arang is looking forward to it…!”

Kwon Miae felt good at Kim Hye-sun’s words that Arang was also looking forward to this gathering, not just herself.

Kim Hye-sun did not tell Kwon Miae about Arang’s condition like she did with Pink Berry Lee Ha-yan.

It wasn’t just because she was too lazy to tell her.

Kim Hye-sun now knows Arang well and also knows about Leole, which Arang is doing.

She went to the Arang Arang meeting together, and she has watched Arang play the game a lot on the monitor.

She thought that the guild members would naturally know about Arang because it was a guild where Pink Berry and Soonchu were together, and Arang was no longer sad about her condition and had a positive mind.

So, she didn’t say much about Arang and simply told her the precautions.

The problem was that the precautions were simply about disinfection when entering this building.

,Wow… This is different from other buildings?”

,Yes. And you must hold this.”

Kwon Miae received a small round button-shaped remote control that fit in one hand and a name tag necklace to hang around her neck.

,What is this?”

She understood the name tag necklace because it was used a lot in other places, but Kwon Miae asked about this small object with a small button.

,This is a pager. If something happens, a signal will come to us immediately, so it’s unlikely to happen, but if, really if, something happens, you can press this button.”

,Ah… I understand…!”

,You don’t have to be so nervous.”

After receiving various instructions, Kwon Miae stood alone in front of the lounge door where Arang was waiting with a pounding heart at Kim Hye-sun’s words that Arang was waiting.

She quickly opened the lounge door.

,Arang-nim! I’m here!”

Arang, who was waiting for [Arang’s Foot Licker] in the lounge, raised her head at the bright and cheerful voice and greeted [Arang’s Foot Licker] with a bright smile.

Of course, Arang’s face did not change.

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