Arang and Marang

Suddenly, the viewer who had put up the challenge mission clicked ‘Challenge Mission Success.’

Along with the notification of ‘Challenge Mission Success,’ 100,000 balloons came in. If it were just 100,000 balloons, I would have immediately gotten up and done all sorts of crazy dances, but this wasn’t the time for that.

Lee Arang.

A kid who entered my university and the youngest daughter of the Masble CEO.

What if I accidentally touched even a single strand of Arang’s hair? What if Arang doesn’t have arms and legs?

I just said it as a joke. I just said it because the arms and legs chat kept coming up.

But what? It’s the correct answer?

Hyuksoo and Lee Youngoh both started to turn pale.

,Hey~ Don’t lie. Didn’t you see just now? She was doing the Space War amazingly and almost won, and she was so happy that she was skipping around. Someone like that doesn’t have arms and legsㅡ”

Hyuksoo felt something was off even as he continued to speak.

His downfall-detecting sensor, honed over a long time broadcasting, was sending out strong warning signals.

,Wait a minute!”

Hyuksoo went online, hiding the broadcast screen, and searched for Lee Arang.

Considering Arang’s position, there’s no way there wouldn’t be any pictures.

There aren’t any. I can’t see anything.

There’s nothing about Arang’s real appearanceㅡ oh?

Then, X caught Hyuksoo’s eye. Entering X, he saw Arang’s cosplay photos.

No matter how he looked, he couldn’t see her arms. In other words, it’s certain that Arang doesn’t have arms.

If she doesn’t have arms, there’s a very high probability that she doesn’t have legs either. The photo shows her standing, but it must be a prosthetic leg.

In short, it really means that Arang doesn’t have arms and legs.

,Shit?”

The 100,000 balloons weren’t for him.

This was clearly poison, and a poison that would send you to the afterlife if even a little bit touched your lips.

,I, I have to refund it first…!’

Just eating this? You can eat 10 million won, but you can’t eat your life.

If you ask, “Is 10 million won important? Is your life important?” anyone would choose the latter.

Of course, eating this 10 million won wouldn’t really kill him. But he knew that the aftermath would be unbearable, so he started wiping his sweat and moving to fix the situation that had unfolded.

==

An enormous number of messages are being posted in the Space War [Nine University] chat room.

All of those messages were about me.

Besides Hyuksoo-ajusshi and Lee Youngoh-ajusshi, there are a total of three ajusshis at Nine University.

Those ajusshis are each human, monster, and alien pro-gamers and professors who teach the students, and the remaining 10 are all female streamer students.

The ajusshis were just simply like, “Welcome, welcome.” But the unnis showered me with greetings and compliments about my cuteness.

They asked if I was available to meet up together around 9 PM tonight to introduce ourselves, and I said I was.

,Should I go into LeoLe for a bit before 9 PM tonight?’

It’s been about a week since I went into LeoLe. I don’t know about the daily quests, but if I’m not completely quitting LeoLe, it’s good to consistently do the weekly quests.

After school, I logged into LeoLe for the first time in a while.

The cool breeze that you can only feel in LeoLe, which makes your whole body feel cozy, I closed my eyes and tried to feel this breeze for a moment.

Ttirring. Ttirring. Ttirring. Ttirring. Ttirring. Ttirring. Ttirring. Ttirring. Ttirring.

An enormous chat notification sound started to ring.

Slightly.

Opening one eye, I could see the guild chat window burning like crazy. Is it because I didn’t log in for over a week? The guild members are sending me countless amounts of love.

,Hmm, I should go to the guild house first.’

As soon as I entered the guild house, it was so crowded with guild members that it felt like everyone who was currently logged in had gathered in that big guild house.

,Has everyone been doing well?”

,Arang-ah!”

As expected, BellyBlanket was the first to pop out.

==

,Should I play Space War too?”

I spent time talking a lot with the guild members after a long time, hugging them, and doing this and that.

Everyone calmed down to some extent and went to do their own things. BellyBlanket is always stuck to my side in LeoLe while I see her in real life too.

And then she said, “Should I try Space War?”

,Unni, do you know about Space War?”

,It’s weird if someone in our generation doesn’t know. When I was a student 10 years ago, if you turned on OGN, they almost only showed Space War tournaments, you know?”

,Ah, is that so? Then, have you tried it, Unni?”

,I quit because it was difficult, but I was curious if it was that fun because Arang is so into Space War these days. And I can’t be stolen away by it…!”

,Why are you jealous of something like that.”

,But there are so many pretty people there…”

,Sigh. Don’t worry. I don’t like people who can’t play games, no matter how pretty they are.”

,Ah, that’s right. Arang has that kind of taste too.”

,What’s with saying it’s a taste…”

Kwang!!!

A huge sound that seemed to shake the entire guild house echoed.

,Mommyyyyyyy!”

There was no need to know who made such a sound in our sacred guild house. That’s because after that sound, I heard someone shouting “Mommy.”

That’s because there’s only one person here who calls me Mommy.

Huh?

As soon as Marang came into my sight, I was slightly taken aback.

That’s because Marang, who always said she would stay in my form and lived with a appearance exactly like mine, had changed a lot.

Is it because we’re in the guild house right now? Her body is Marang’s original physique. That is, the appearance I would have if I had grown up, but her hair and outfit were different.

,Quite daring…?’

I don’t know what to call her hair, whether it’s twin tails or not.

She tied her hair on both sides, but she didn’t tie all of her hair, just a little bit? And her clothes were like lingerie underwear, so as soon as you saw them, you’d think, “Sexy?” No, it was underwear.

I wanted to ask what happened in a week.

,Mommy, welcome…! I missed you so much…!” Unlike her adult-like appearance, Marang was acting spoiled towards me. Well, when you think about it, it hasn’t been long since Marang was created, so she’s still a child.

,This is the complete opposite of me and Marang.’

When I think about it, I have the mind of an adult in a child’s body. Marang has the mind of a child in an adult’s body. I think it would be right for the two of us to switch minds.

,Marang, you’ve changed a lot?”

,Yeah. I’ve been learning this and that while spending time with Mommy’s guild members.”

,Oho… Then, who did you learn this outfit from?”

Even though Marang has the body of an adult and is an AI, AIs these days are no different from us to the point where we should just call them people. To make such a Marang wear such revealing underwear.

Marang’s gaze turned behind me, and behind me was BellyBlanket, who was hugging me.

I turned my head and glared at BellyBlanket.

,Time. Give me time to explain. Arang-ah.”

,Try explaining.”

,You know that Marang is similar to you, Arang, and that Marang’s original appearance is Arang’s grown-up appearance, right?”

,I know.”

,So I wanted to give her adult avatars that Arang can’t wear right now. And I didn’t just give her that avatar! I gave her almost 20 kinds, but Marang likes this one the most, so she wears it around!”

BellyBlanket was sweating as she made excuses. I looked at Marang because what she was saying made some sense.

Nod. Nod.

Marang nodded, letting me know that she wanted to wear this costume.

,Okay. I’ll let it slide.”

,Huu… And on the World Boss event day, she’ll wear the dress avatar she was originally wearing.”

,Really? That’s a relief then.”

,Mommy. Mommy, are you not going to come in for a while?”

I turned my head away from Marang’s glistening eyes as she rubbed her head against my stomach and looked up at me.

,W-What is it…!”

,Mommyyyy… Don’t abandon Marang…!”

In a week. Marang didn’t just grow up in a week, she grew up in a very scary way.

She learned everything about how to shake a person’s heart, and it hurt just to look at her.

,Tch. It’s not working.”

I was wondering what to do about Marang’s actions, but Marang broke away from me first, pouted her lips, and hugged me with a sulky expression.

,Is this the latest ultra-high-performance AI…? To be honest, if Marang had held on just a little longer, I might have unknowingly said that I would live in LeoLe.

No, isn’t this too scary?

I know that Marang and the recent LeoLe AIs have developed considerably.

There are people who marry NPCs in the game, and there are people who date them.

,LeoLe. Are you now trying to keep people from quitting the game by taking NPCs hostage…!’

If I were a man and an NPC like Marang told me not to quit LeoLe, not to leave, and to stay here, I would have just gone wild right away.

Of course, LeoLe is not a 19+ game, so you can’t do high-level acts.

But you can hug without any problems. Within the limits that the NPC allows.

,Mommy, please come in at least once a week. Okay?”

,Okay, Marang-ah. I’ll make sure Marang isn’t lonely.”

,Arang-ah, me too! Pet me too!”

It feels like I have two kids now… I stroked Marang’s and BellyBlanket’s heads and sighed.

The time is slowly approaching.

,I’m going to go now. I’ll come in as often as I can.”

,Okay. Bye, Mommy.”

,Okay. Unni, please take care of the guild.”

,Trust me, Unni! Don’t worry!”

BellyBlanket Unni said, pounding her chest. To be honest, I’m very worried.

BellyBlanket is good at fighting, but she’s really only good at fighting.

Well, I don’t not trust her, so I logged out of LeoLe with peace of mind and went to the [Nine University] room.