Chapter 19 – Matching

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“Haa…”

Today is my checkup, which happens about twice a week.

Unlike last night, when I was defeating a Maggot Boss that seemed like it would destroy the other world, now all it can do is wriggle around.

I hope the checkup finishes quickly.

I’m healthy, but the doctors don’t know why I recovered. Of course, they wouldn’t.

I was originally dead, but suddenly I came in and became Arang, so it’s inevitable that the doctors are having a headache over this fantastical phenomenon.

Reality is a bit inconvenient compared to the virtual world game LEORE, but it’s not that bad.

Even if I do nothing, a pretty Doctor Unnie takes care of me. She massages me, washes me, and examines me gently.

It’s like that comfortable and pleasant feeling you get when you go to a hair salon and the hairdresser washes your hair.

There’s one thing I feel sorry for Doctor Unnie, who takes such good care of me: I still haven’t told her that I’m okay about what happened last time.

She talks to me a lot and tells me interesting stories for my sake, but I can’t react even though I want to.

As soon as I come out into reality, it’s hard to speak because I’m overwhelmed by Arang’s emotions.

Doctor Unnie, thank you always!

After finishing today’s checkup, Anna Unnie came to see me.

“Arang, are you hurting anywhere?”

“No… I’m not…”

Still, I can now say a few words besides yes and no. This is a big improvement.

“Is the game still fun?”

“Yes… it’s fun…”

Anna Unnie talks to me in reality, even if it’s just a little, so that I can overcome not only in the virtual world but also in reality.

Maybe that’s why I can say other words like this. Even so, I still have a long way to go.

After talking with Unnie about this and that, I entered the virtual world and fired up LEORE to connect again.

LEORE doesn’t run right away.

Actually, there’s a reason why I asked to have a checkup today.

It’s because today is the day of the LEORE update.

Since there’s a LEORE update and I can’t play LEORE during that time, I scheduled the checkup for today.

The timing was perfect after the checkup. While it was downloading diligently, I went to the update announcement posted on the LEORE website.

While there seemed to be only minor bug fixes, an unimaginable announcement appeared near the end.

“Moms Touch collaboration…?”

It was none other than the news that LEORE was collaborating with Moms Touch. Moms Touch is a well-known brand.

In particular, it often collaborates with games, so I remember ordering delivery several times even before I became Arang.

If you order a LEORE set from Moms Touch, you get a coupon. The coupon reward wasn’t that appealing, but the problem was that certain stores were giving away keyrings on a first-come, first-served basis.

What kind of keyring? Just like each game has a representative monster, LEORE has a representative monster, OneTailed Fox. It’s a cute monster that always appears on the LEORE loading screen.

They were giving away the OneTailed Fox keyring.

When I was a man, I never wanted to get something like this, but maybe it’s because I became Arang, but I really want to get it.

Hmm…

The way to get it is to go to the store and order the LEORE set… It’s very difficult. It wouldn’t be difficult for a normal person, but it’s difficult for me.

First of all, I have to get out of the hospital room. This is the hardest part.

I don’t know if they’ll let me out because they’re so worried. In the first place, I can’t go out alone, because I can’t roll around.

So, if I do go out, I have to get help from Anna or Pink Berry.

Even if I clear the first problem, a problem arises in the second. The second problem is authentication.

It says that you can only get the keyring by authenticating your fingerprint, which is your information data stored in the Endoflife terminal, to prevent resellers.

Fingerprint… I don’t have any fingerprints on all ten fingers… Ugh… What should I do?

I don’t even have an arm, let alone a finger with a fingerprint.

Should I buy it from the resellers? Or ask Pink Berry? No. That’s meaningless. It only has meaning if I go and get it myself.

But there’s no way…

Even if I’m crazy enough to roll to the store, I don’t have a fingerprint.

Isn’t there a way to get authenticated even if you don’t have a fingerprint? There might be people in this world who don’t have fingerprints.

Let’s inquire. Let’s send an email first, and if that doesn’t work, let’s call.

After diligently writing and sending the email, the LEORE download was finished.

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“Hoo~ LEORE is the best after all.”

The cool air and the sounds of nature were pleasantly audible, so I stretched and moved my body.

Today I have to play LEORE alone. Pink Berry said that she has something to do at her parents’ house and can’t connect until tomorrow.

Anyway, I have to get at least half of the [Underground Cave] equipment before going to the next dungeon, so I told her not to worry and go.

Pink Berry is currently wearing end-game equipment, so she doesn’t really need to farm with me.

So today I’m going to go to [Underground Cave] alone through direct matching!

So far, I’ve only played LEORE with Pink Berry, Gang Hangilnim, and Mozza Whoppernim.

Today is the first time I’m playing with other users. With a pounding heart, I pressed the matching button.

[Estimated waiting time 23:00]

“Huh?”

Uh… 23 minutes? 23 minutes? Did I see that right?

[Estimated waiting time 22:55]

Ah… Is this real? What is this… Ah, now that I think about it, LEORE was just updated. Is that why there are no tanks and healers?

What should I do for 23 minutes? It’s quite troublesome. I’ve already cleared almost all the quests in the area I can move in.

“Hmm. Should I ask for help in the global chat?”

When I opened the global chat, I was dizzy from the huge amount of chat that was constantly scrolling.

LEORE is an RPG game after all. There were many chats, from those buying equipment, guild promotions, GuildRaid Group recruitment, Party recruitment, and so on.

I simply typed a chat.

Lee Arang-[Please help me match for Underground Cave]

It’s going up so fast that I wonder if anyone will see the chat I wrote, but not long after I posted the chat, I heard a chakang! sound and entered [Underground Cave].

Finally, a party play with users I’m seeing for the first time.

I looked around. There were two men and one woman who were much bigger than me. The funny thing is that the tank was a woman.

The party members, who were looking around, lowered their heads and looked at me, and I was startled.

“Heok!”

“Wak!”

“Oh my. It’s really Arang.”

“Hello.”

I bowed to the party members.

“Wow… I didn’t expect it, but I’m glad I matched.”

The tank woman, who was holding a huge axe, smiled and knelt down to match my eye level.

“How can a person be so cute…!?”

The other two men in the party also peeked at me from behind the woman and started taking screenshots.

Was I that famous?

I knew that Gang Hangilnim was a famous person, but I didn’t know that I was known to this extent. Did I become a named person…!?

I drew my beloved sword, Taseom Sword, and struck a cool pose.

“Ooh!”

The party members started taking screenshots while circling around me diligently. I struck various poses and showed them cool poses.

I didn’t expect I was this popular.

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[Leore Gallery]

[I matched with Middle School 2nd Year Lee Arangㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [236]

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So cute, not a person from this worldㅋㅋㅋㅋ At first, she did a belly button greeting, and when we looked at her curiously and took screenshots, she drew her Taseom Sword and struck a poseㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋThe way she smiles is so cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[So jealous, are you still running Underground Cave now?]

ㄴ[Yeah, it seems like she’s doing it until she’s done farming?]

ㄴ[Since Middle School 2nd Year Arang is a dealer, you have to run as a tank and healer now]

ㄴ[ㅋㅋㅋㅋ There’s a shortage of dealers in Underground Cave right nowㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

ㄴ[Realㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Wow, is this dealer shortage real?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

ㄴ[Everyone is running as a tank and healer right nowㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

ㄴ[The courage to run as a dealer at times like this]

ㄴ[Ohㅋ I met Middle School 2nd Year Arangㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So cute, crazy, what is this]

[Now is the chance to see Middle School 2nd Year Arang! Matching ㄱㄱㄱㄱ]

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While farming [Underground Cave], the matching time changed to 1 second. Even though I’m a dealer, I was caught every time I put in a match.

All the party members who were caught in the matching were users who were turning up to meet me. I had a screenshot time before attacking the dungeon.

I thought I didn’t really like people’s attention, but maybe it’s because there were only 3 people, so it wasn’t burdensome.

It’s not something to brag about, but I’ve never lost in a DPS fight even once in 5 runs. Is Sword Master broken to this extent…? Or am I just good?

Well, for now, today’s [Underground Cave] farming ended without any problems. Thanks to the 1 second matching until the farming was over with one chat, it ended quickly.

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