Ch.131126 – Terms of Service Violation

“Go ahead and speak.”

I suddenly sat up, causing small waves in the bathtub.

[We’ve confirmed that NoName’s account is not currently registered as an official account with Wearsoft. May I ask what capsule model you’re using?]

-What does it mean not an official account?

-Is it saying this is a guest account?

-wtf wtf

-How did they even enter Nightmare mode as a guest?

My mind was racing. Do they really have no information about me?

“It’s a Samsung Stella A8.”

-LMAO that’s a 5-year-old model

-Doesn’t that lag like crazy?

-So World of Arsheria actually runs on that thing

-Your ping must be insane, how were your reaction times so fast in-game?

-Even my grandpa wouldn’t use that

└ Grandpas don’t use capsules at all;;

└ My grandma does though?

[Ah yes… I’ve confirmed it. *sigh* For now… I just received your account recovery request through Wearsoft Korea, and our headquarters was already aware of the bug that occurred during story progression.]

-What are they confirming exactly?

-Why so vague?

-Just get to the point!

[‘TodayAndTomorrow’ donated 1,000 won!]

-Ma’am, will you take responsibility if we can’t save our Adella?

[…? Is someone there with you?]

“No. I’m in the bathroom. I’m alone.”

[According to my report, you’re experiencing an issue where NPC Adella wasn’t properly eliminated in Part 1, which prevented the Part 4 boss Mephistopheles from appearing. Is that correct?]

“Keep talking.”

[Here’s what we’re proposing: On the condition that you don’t use this account in ranked channels, we’ll transfer 100% of Adella’s experience points and growth stats to your player character.]

“And what about Adella?”

[We plan to delete her so Mephistopheles can properly appear in the Part 4 stage.]

What nonsense is this…

-????????

-Are you out of your mind, lady?

-Ranked play isn’t the issue here!

-Are they worried about inflated combat power from 100% transfer?

-You’re completely missing the point!

-NoName is angry

-SAVE ADELLA!!!!!

*sigh*…

I took another deep breath and gathered my thoughts.

“Let me hear the other option.”

[The other alternative is to mark the world as completed instead of formatting it entirely. Your combat power will be calculated lower since you didn’t defeat the boss, but you’ll be able to enjoy ranked play with other users using this account, just like everyone else.]

“Is that all?”

[While we don’t typically support server recovery for guest accounts, we’ve made an exception after discussions with management since this is an unusual case.]

Their tone was subtly pressuring me while acting generous, but in reality, they just wanted to delete the bug source and wash their hands of it.

This wasn’t even closing the barn door after the horse escaped—it was covering the barn with a cloth.

“What I want is a bit different.”

[What aspect is unsatisfactory? We’ll provide the maximum support our company can offer, but…]

“I don’t care about ranked play or whatever, but please let me proceed to the Part 4 boss battle with Adella.”

[Unfortunately, we don’t have a solution for that. I apologize.]

“Then I don’t need to proceed with the boss battle. Just let Adella remain and mark it as completed.”

[Story completion always requires defeating Mephistopheles first, so that would be difficult as well. Moreover, Adella wasn’t designed to remain after completion, so her continued existence might cause additional server errors.]

-This won’t work, that won’t work. What WILL work?

-This is so frustrating

-Can I just curse? Even the managers have to admit this is ridiculous

-What’s so hard about saving ONE Adella!!!

In the core system code of the open world, the “combat power calculation” event only occurs after defeating the final boss.

Combat power calculation is a necessary and sufficient condition for story mode completion, but Mephistopheles cannot appear simultaneously with Adella.

Simply put, the time bomb inside Adella needs to explode for the ending to occur.

“Is this the extent of Wearsoft’s capabilities? I thought user-centered storytelling and high freedom were the strengths of World of Arsheria.”

[Please understand our technical limitations. The original cause of this bug was ‘access with malicious intent’ using a guest account, so we recommend you accept our accommodation.]

“I never had malicious intent, so why blame me? And even if the bug originated from me, isn’t it your fault for allowing the story to continue?”

[The bug occurred because the unique nature of your account prevented previous data from being deleted properly, causing two open worlds to overlap during the Part 1 boss battle.]

“So? Now you want to delete Adella? Should I understand that Wearsoft’s unified position is that it’s fine to trample on the memories a user has formed with an NPC for the sake of server maintenance?”

I bit my fingernail hard.

The hostage and all the information were on their side.

No matter how much I protested, I wouldn’t gain the upper hand.

I wanted to storm their headquarters and drop a meteor on them, but I couldn’t even do that…

It’s so frustrating.

[With all due respect, we don’t view our users from that perspective.]

“Ha, that’s exactly what you’re doing right now.”

[Due to privacy laws, we can’t access your information, so it’s difficult to fully empathize with your situation… but regarding your claim of having no malicious intent, we’d like to dispute that.]

“What?”

[Didn’t you knowingly violate the age restriction terms for Nightmare content? You’re not over 15 years old, are you?]

* * *

Initially, Name had no intention of hiding her age.

However, she still strongly identified as an adult and simply wished to be treated like one despite having a child’s voice.

But the main reason she’d been hiding her age was to prevent her World of Arsheria account from being suspended.

She had bypassed the age verification process required for Nightmare mode.

If the company discovered this fact, all her leverage would become useless.

Her body froze as if the hot bathwater had suddenly turned to ice.

Only her pitch-black pupils moved sideways beneath her trembling eyelids.

She was looking at the chat window.

The screen froze for about two seconds as if experiencing lag,

Then letters poured through the narrow passage like a massive dam breaking.

-?????????

-Not over 15?

-What did they say? I couldn’t hear

-???

-How old is she if not 15?

-Not a high school girl but a middle school girl?

-How old is 15? 9th grade?

-LOLOLOLOLOLOL

-Is this for real

-(оﾟдﾟо)(оﾟдﾟо)(оﾟдﾟо)(оﾟдﾟо)(оﾟдﾟо)

-Was she really in 9th grade when she told Hyebam she was preparing for academy?

└ Foreshadowing bruh

-Even 9th grade doesn’t make sense?

-What was all that she showed us then?

-Honestly it wouldn’t make sense even if she was a high school senior lol

-Maybe the company made a mistake?

[‘KongNangKong’ donated 1,000 won!]

-Um… teacher, are you really a middle school student…?

But not everyone accepted the raw information at face value. It was too different from what Name had shown them so far.

-Not a middle school teacher but a teacher who’s in middle school bruh

-Stop overreacting about a misunderstanding

└ The situation is so ridiculous people are freaking out lol

-Thinking about it more, that director is really pissing me off

-They’re deliberately changing the subject

-If it’s true, the company is incompetent for not catching it, and if it’s false, they’re incompetent for making wrong assumptions lol

└ They’re surrounded on all sides

-LOL a middle schooler (while activating universal magic)

-LMAO a middle schooler (mentally calculating inverse Laplace transforms)

└ What does all that mean? Why is the education level of viewers here so high?

-Just from her speech patterns you can tell she’s not a middle schooler, Twissy folks are so gullible;;

-Hey no harsh truths allowed

Keeping her mouth shut was the best strategy.

What should I do in this situation?

Dozens of options branched like tree roots in Name’s mind every second, but none of them seemed right.

Meanwhile, Michelle Badieu called out to her in a confused voice.

[NoName, I thought I just heard a real voice. Are you with family?]

The director had been repeatedly asking if Name was with someone else.

Noticing this, she immediately grabbed her trembling hand with her other hand and said:

“I am alone. But I’m streaming.”

[What?]

“Platform is Twissy, current viewers: 3,000.”

[Wait, why are you broadcasting this call…?]

This is it.

Name felt certain.

Forgetting she was in the bath, she quickly stood up to answer the phone again.

Her head spun from sudden anemia, but she couldn’t contain her excitement at finding a breakthrough.

The sound of water streaming down her bare body carried clearly through both the broadcast and phone.

“So should I understand that Wearsoft has neither the will nor the ability to resolve this bug?”

[That’s not what I…]

“That’s exactly how it sounds based on what you’ve said, Director. It seems the current situation is that you can’t create or adjust even a single boss monster outside your manual, correct?”

Name had heard through the news that Wearsoft’s stock had plummeted.

What had given this company such high valuation until now?

People expected them to be market leaders in virtual reality gaming and to guide the future of the VR industry.

But what if it came to light that the inner workings were merely outsourced to a small team of ASI specialists, and they themselves were just managers?

‘Of course, companies don’t operate that simply, and they surely possess some technical capabilities.’

But public perception is powerful.

People don’t think in nuances.

If some believe Wearsoft created World of Arsheria entirely on their own, others could just as easily believe the opposite.

Name believed that someone at the director level would understand what she was implying.

Her prediction seemed to hit the mark, as the director gave the most satisfactory answer yet.

[…We’ll look for additional solutions. Please trust us and wait, NoName.]

“Until tomorrow. I can only wait until tomorrow. Otherwise, I’ll leak everything you’ve told me to journalists.”