Apostle (4)

Arang, who was proceeding with the main quest alone, received a lot of attention from users whenever she moved.

It’s nice to receive attention, but it’s also hard to just ignore it, so she ended up waving, which meant she couldn’t fully enjoy the main story. She felt a little gloomy, but as soon as a new area came into view, all those thoughts disappeared.

,Oh… what is it? Is that the World Tree?’

She had been active in the Ardea nation during the Abyss Season. But now that the worlds have merged, areas from the merged worlds have appeared in what was originally empty space.

And the first place she discovered was a city built around a huge tree.

Unlike Ardea, which was created by the development of civilization, it was a city that harmonized with nature.

,The walls are all made of wood. It must be sturdy, so they do it that way, right?’

As soon as Arang saw the scenery of the city from afar, she thought, “If there were an elf village in a fantasy world, would it feel like this?”

,I need to go quickly.’

She was curious about what the inside of the city was like, so she wanted to go quickly.

Arang ignored the many users running on the ground and flew upwards quickly.

,As expected, flying mounts are the best.’

If the number of users exceeds a certain number, there will be no physical collisions, so you can go without any problems.

,But if the surroundings are full of users, it’s hard to see this kind of scenery.’

The open view and the grandeur that comes into view at a high place cannot be felt on the ground.

“Jjeonda…”

I thought it was a city fused with nature, but when I actually came in, the city was very good due to the development of civilization through magic.

The buildings made of wood that I see around me, the beautiful and handsome citizens, and the civilization felt in the clothes and objects of those citizens were more developed than the Ardea nation.

If Ardea was the epitome of a fantasy medieval city, the new city felt like a prosperous elven metropolis with a lot of magic developed.

The surrounding users also seemed to like the new city, exclaiming “Wow, wow” as they looked around.

Since it is impossible to ride mounts in the city, Arang decided to take a walk and look around this city first, rather than focusing on the main story.

She was looking around here and there like a child who came to an amusement park for the first time, fascinated by the new and unfamiliar scenery, which was not familiar to her.

“H-hey, are you, are you perhaps I, Iarang-nim!?”

“…?”

A female user she had never seen before spoke to her.

,Did she come after me?’

She was exploring the new city, going without hesitation through alleys and seemingly dangerous places, and as soon as she entered a sparsely populated and dark place, a female user spoke to her.

The red circle next to the Korean nickname means that this female user is currently broadcasting live.

,Is she a streamer? No, if you’re just broadcasting or recording, you’re a streamer. Anyway, she’s very pretty. Is she a model?’

For some reason, pretty women gathered around Arang.

Since the last broadcasting incident in her previous life, the only people Arang has appeared on broadcasts with are Kang Han-gil Ajussi and Reina.

She thought that she might cause another accident if she appeared on the broadcast, so she tried to run away quietly because it was annoying.

“I, I’m streamer Yesol! The broadcast is currently off, both the screen and the microphone, so nothing is being shown…! You can check!”

The female user poured out words in the fastest and loudest voice possible to catch Arang, who was trying to run away.

Arang stopped and searched for Yesol, the nickname and streamer name, after the female user revealed that she was a streamer and that the current situation was not being broadcast.

The broadcast was on, but as she said, the screen was pitch black and the microphone was off, so chats were coming up with viewers worried about what was going on.

,Is this a small-time broadcast?’

The number of viewers was much smaller than that of Kang Han-gil streamer, but it was natural because Kang Han-gil streamer was the most famous streamer among LeoLe streamers.

,Why did she find me? Does she just want to make her broadcast bigger?’

Arang tilted her head at the sudden appearance of Jang Jun.

To be honest, there were many streamers and YouTubers who wanted to meet Arang at first.

In the beginning, Kang Han-gil acted as Arang’s manager and did interviews once or twice.

Later, she didn’t accept them because she preferred playing games, and later, after Arang’s real appearance and Arang’s parents were revealed, it became difficult to approach her easily.

Everyone was being careful because they were afraid to even send an email, and they didn’t know what would happen if they went directly to LeoLe and she hated it because it was annoying.

So Arang became curious about Yesol, who introduced herself as a streamer and came to find her in person.

“What did you come for?”

It’s definitely not because the female user in front of her is pretty that she’s following her. Really.

==

Yesol, a streamer and YouTuber, wondered if the current situation was real as she looked at Arang, who was staring at her with wide eyes.

Recently, her broadcasts on LeoLe have not been growing. Of course, it’s not a bad thing. But Yesol, who wanted to grow her broadcast even more, thought a lot about what kind of content she should do.

Even if there is new content or updates, as the times develop, even broadcasts by foreigners are translated in real time with the latest AI, so broadcasting is a situation of extreme red ocean.

Because of this, she desperately needed content that was different from others and could attract viewers’ attention.

As usual, while broadcasting and introducing the newly updated content, Yesol saw Arang passing in front of her and spoke to Arang on the spur of the moment.

,I, is this really happening…?’

Among YouTubers and streamers, Arang is like a legendary PoXmon.

The reason is, as everyone knows, Arang is so famous but hard to see, and Arang’s acquaintances have high recognition, and Arang’s parents are the representatives of Masble, whom no one in the world doesn’t know.

,I-is it okay? No, get a grip. Yesol, you can do it.’

Yesol patted her cheeks and lifted her head.

Yesol was momentarily mesmerized by Arang’s sparkling eyes looking up at her.

,Wow… she’s really cute and pretty…’

“Excuse me?”

“Ah, yes, yes!”

Yesol quickly regained her senses at Arang, who was waiting for her.

“Um… c-can we go to the cafe I was looking for, is that o-okay?”

“Yes.”

==

Chuuup.

“Wow… this is so delicious? I need to write this down.”

Yesol was watching Arang drinking the drink she recommended at the restaurant cafe she had found earlier, and she wanted to smile like a proud father and stroke Arang’s hair right now.

But she held back because she knew that the viewers watching her broadcast would clip that scene and spread it.

“Heok…! T-ten thousand!?”

Yesol, who looked at the broadcast screen to see the viewers’ reactions for a moment, said out loud without realizing it at the number of viewers she had never reached before.

“Only ten thousand people came in?”

“Only ten thousand…?”

“Up to 100,000 people come to Ajussi’s broadcast.”

“By Ajussi, do you mean Kang Han-gil-nim?”

“Yeah. And speak comfortably. I’m 15 years old.”

“Ah, th-that’s a little… I’m still uncomfortable.”

“Hmm. Do as you please. So why did you talk to me?”

“Ah… that’s…”

Yesol swallowed hard as Arang spoke while drinking her drink.

She shouted and grabbed Arang without realizing it as soon as she saw Arang in front of her, and she didn’t think about what to do at all.

But Yesol knows that this situation can be the driving force to grow her stagnant broadcast.

Moreover, Arang, the most famous and hottest person in LeoLe, is right in front of her.

,Brain, move…! This is the most important time…!’

“Your co, costume is re, really well suited for you!”

,You idiot! Why are you talking about the damn costume now!’

Yesol mentally hit herself like crazy at the absurd words she said.

“This? I like it too. Oh, and I know that there’s a lot of buzz about this costume in the gallery or Reddit right now. Would you like to see the original design?”

“Yes…?”

“Ah. Of course, on the condition that it doesn’t go on the broadcast. My Unni hates showing other people what I wore.”

“Oh… then is it okay for me…? If I see it, will I be…”

“Ah. It’ll be okay for a woman.”

Arang’s Unni, Anna, is now known to everyone as much as Arang is famous.

Everyone knows how scary Anna is. There’s even a rumor that if you sexually harass Arang, spread rumors, or swear at her, you’ll disappear without a trace…

There’s even a rumor that Anna ordered this costume problem.

Anna changed the old costume by manipulating LeoLe, and she’s going to see it?

If she makes a mistake, she might disappear without a trace.

But…

,I’m curious… I’m so, so curious…!’

At Arang’s words, Yesol became very curious about the original design of the costume Arang was wearing now.

What was the problem that made them change the costume for Arang?

Yesol knows very well that what Arang is offering to show is Pandora’s box.

She knows that the moment she sees it, countless viewers will ask and tear at her like crazy, and at worst, they might even find Arang’s Unni, Anna…

Yesol decided to open that Pandora’s box.

“I, I want to see it!”

“Then turn off the broadcast screen.”

“Yes. Yes…!”

She turned off the broadcast screen in front of Arang.

As a situation was created where no one but Yesol in front of her could see it, Arang showed Yesol a screenshot she had taken when she first wore the Apostle outfit.

“Heo, Heoeoeok!”

Yesol shouted loudly at the screenshot Arang showed her.

The viewers watching the broadcast could only type question marks at the pitch-black screen where nothing could be seen and Yesol’s voice, which was really surprised.