Take Pictures!

,What is this? We’re not playing a game right now, are we?”

,I don’t have a weapon… and my skills aren’t working…”

,Are you really, really the Guild Master? Did someone put up a hologram here or something?”

Most of the guild members who were seeing me for the first time reacted similarly.

I understand. They probably never imagined that their awesome Guild Master-nim would be a flawless and cool middle school girl in real life.

,It’s true. I’m Yeon, alright.”

Ehem-

I nodded with my arms crossed, and only then did the guild members start whispering to each other and showing signs of agreement.

,It really is her…”

,It’s just like the game…”

,Wow…”

Although I received help from Sohee, I’m the one who made this appointment in the first place.

I stepped forward and said to the people.

,Everyone, come in comfortably. There are name tags at the seats. Write your nicknames on them and attach them to your chests.”

,Name tags?”

,Yes, you all look different from the game, right? I prepared them separately because I can’t tell who’s who.”

Actually, Sohee prepared them, not me.

I turned my head and checked the tables lined up in a row.

A fancy pen and a neat name tag were placed on each chair.

,Guild Master-nim, didn’t you overdo it?”

It was Iyap who spoke to me.

His attitude was always consistent. A well-mannered rogue uncle.

I shook my head at Iyap’s words. Honestly, if it weren’t for Sohee’s help, I wouldn’t have been able to rent a place like this.

,It’s okay. I didn’t overdo it.”

Sohee overdid it.

Iyap nodded with a bewildered expression at my words.

,Everyone, come in and eat comfortably.”

A buffet was prepared. There was no one in this space except for our guild, so it was okay to act comfortably.

The people who had been showing a bit of timidness soon started chatting comfortably as they did in the game.

It seemed that they hadn’t been able to talk naturally because they couldn’t tell who each other was until now.

As I was watching the guild members and nodding, a tall woman approached me.

A familiar face, the Snow Mage I met at the first gathering.

,Guild Master-nim!”

,Yes?”

At that moment, my body was pulled back slightly.

It was because Sohee’s hand was gripping me tightly.

I frowned and lightly tapped the back of Sohee’s hand.

Let go of me, you bitch.

Other people are looking at us strangely.

,Um, would it be okay to take a picture?”

I nodded at the Snow Mage’s question.

Sohee twitched as if she was about to say something in the middle, but my answer was faster.

,Of course. Actually, the last gathering was weird. You all said you didn’t take any pictures?”

,Yes, I couldn’t even think about taking pictures back then. Honestly, I still feel like I’m in the game.”

The Snow Mage said that and waved her arm in the air.

As if she was holding a transparent staff in her hand.

I fully understand her feelings.

Even I get the illusion that I’m not in the game when I look in the mirror.

My appearance in both the game and reality was perfect. I nodded with a confident smile.

,Let’s take a group photo.”

I broke free from Sohee’s arms, took her hand, and walked towards the stage.

It seemed that she had compromised on holding hands rather than hugging me.

As I moved, the guild members’ gazes began to gather one by one.

Since it was a party hall, a microphone was also prepared separately.

As I held the microphone in my hand and turned it on, a crackling white noise spread throughout the hall.

[Huhu-]

I gently blow air to check the sensitivity.

The sound spread throughout the hall without any problems.

[This is Guild Master Yeon. Please listen while you eat. You don’t have to answer. We plan to take a group photo on this stage, so if you would like to take a picture, please come forward.]

Everyone who was sitting and eating focused their attention on me.

I checked their gazes one by one and nodded.

[I’m broadcasting again. Please listen while you eat. You don’t have to answer. We plan to take a group photo on this stage, so if you would like to take a picture, please come forward. Over.]

As I finished speaking and turned off the microphone, the male guild members in particular started looking at me strangely.

Why are they looking at me like that?

I carefully organized the microphone I was holding and put it back where it was.

,Hayun-i seems used to using a microphone.”

,Ah…”

I gave an awkward smile at Sohee’s words. I just happened to learn it.

I avoided her gaze, recalling vague memories.

***

,Ah-”

Chloe felt a strange eeriness after listening to Guild Master Yeon’s broadcast.

Even the place is different, and the tone of her voice is also different. But for some reason, she felt like she had fallen back into that place.

,Aren’t you getting up?”

,Ah, I have to go…”

Chloe nodded to Priscilla, who had spoken to her, and got up from her seat.

Priscilla, a female user, didn’t seem to feel that special sensation, but the other male users were tilting their heads and looking at Guild Master Yeon.

Chloe thought.

To be honest, she still felt like she was in the game. Even though she knew that the Guild Master’s identity was a current middle school student.

She usually looks like an ordinary middle school student. Seeing her enjoy the game and do various concept plays makes me happy too.

However, the strange uncle-like feeling that comes out unconsciously, like now, made her feel a considerable sense of alienation.

Is this really not inside the game?

With a familiar gesture, Chloe drew a hand sign in the air and looked down at the floor.

If it were Deron, he would have reacted to that motion, and a small imp would have been summoned under her feet.

But there’s nothing. It was clearly reality.

When all the job leaders of the 1st party who were sitting with Chloe stood up, the other guild members also began to move.

If they only looked around, their faces would not appear in the group photo.

Everyone who was eating gathered near the stage.

The little girl Guild Master Hayun looked at her guild members with a satisfied expression.

Everyone came out saying they would take a picture without exception. This was a good phenomenon.

It meant that all the guild members were definitely following the Guild Master.

,Wait a minute!”

Hayun started adjusting the large tripod, moving her short legs *hodadak hodadak*.

Iyap, who approached her, reached out to help, but she shook her head with a firm expression.

,I’ll do it myself. Everyone, go back to your seats and wait.”

The way she gave orders was as natural as in the game.

At that sight, the guild members naturally gathered.

The central seat, where the gazes gathered, was naturally for their little Guild Master Hayun.

At that moment, Hayun, who had finished all the settings, waved her hand and shouted.

,Everyone, smile!”

They couldn’t help but smile.

Everyone smiled naturally as they watched the little girl set the timer on her cell phone camera and run *hodadak* towards them.

*Chalkak-!*

The camera shutter sound goes off. But as if it wasn’t over yet, the little Guild Master ran *hodadak* back to the tripod once again.

,Everyone, wait! I’m going to take two more pictures, so change your poses!”

*Hodadak hodadak*, what’s she so busy with?

Natural smiles deepened on the faces of those watching Hayun’s actions.

,Eum eum!”

Hayun smiled with satisfaction as she looked at the pictures she had taken this time.

Everyone looked good. There were a few people who blinked, but in the end, everyone’s smiling faces were clearly captured in the last picture.

It’s natural. It’s not a forced smile. Everyone looked happy.

,I’ll upload them to the group chat!”

Yeon sent the pictures she had taken this time to the group chat.

A total of three pictures were uploaded, and the moment the pictures were uploaded, everyone here took out their cell phones and saved the pictures to their phones.

She took the group photo, which was the purpose. Just as people were starting to disperse as if to resume their interrupted meal, a woman raised her hand and shouted.

It was the Snow Mage.

,Guild Master-nim!”

,Yes?”

,Can you take a picture with me?”

The gazes of those who were dispersing focused on them.

,Sure. Is there anyone else who wants to take a picture with me?”

At Hayun’s words, they began to look at each other. If old men stepped forward to take a picture alone with a current middle school student, it wouldn’t look good.

No one readily steps forward.

Hayun nodded. It was because she had roughly grasped the situation.

Objectively speaking, she is a very perfect middle school student. Her appearance must have been a bit burdensome for the uncles.

Hayun took a picture alone with the Snow Mage at her request.

The Snow Mage smiled brightly as if she was incredibly happy and started tapping her cell phone *udadada*.

Hayun looked down from the stage.

Everyone is hesitating. If it were in the game, they would have raised their hands, saying, “Let’s take a picture together.”

The atmosphere began to subtly sink.

Hayun thought. It’s times like these that the Guild Master has to step up.

Hayun hurriedly went down from the stage and pulled out one of the legs of the installed cell phone tripod.

The weight in her hand was quite heavy. It wasn’t much different from in the game.

Hayun took that stick and ran back up to the stage.

*Tadak- tadak- tadak-*

Her movements are endlessly light. The way she jumps over two steps at a time wasn’t much different from her movements in the game.

*Hwik-! Hwiik-!*

The lightly extended black stick rotated here and there, creating a rather threatening sound.

The guild members who had gone down from the stage could only blankly watch what their Guild Master was doing.

Hayun didn’t stop moving.

Then, the guild members who had been watching blankly could finally understand the Guild Master’s actions.

She was recreating Yeon’s appearance in the game.

,Hayat!”

Her voice is also the same as in the game. The stick, stretched out towards the empty air with a short shout, shook pitifully.

,Take pictures!”

,Yes…?”

,Quickly capture my awesome appearance!”

The guild members started taking pictures of Hayun with bewildered expressions.

The photo time that started like that eventually led to other people being pulled up onto the stage.

Everyone starts imitating their Guild Master. They each take familiar poses.

Just like when using skills in Deron, as if wielding weapons.

Hayun put the stick on her shoulder, watching the guild members having fun.

Just like carrying a sword on her shoulder in the game.

The initially burdensome atmosphere disappeared. The guild members captured Hayun’s appearance in their cameras without hesitation.