Ch.78[Episode 78] Interlude

Star I’m Not Little returned home completely exhausted.

“I never imagined things would turn out like that.”

The journey home after getting autographs from Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica could be written as a 17-volume epic saga, but to put it simply, it meant being chased by angry Stars and pioneers.

Upon arriving home and realizing she was finally safe, I’m Not Little felt all the strength leave her body with a sigh of relief.

Thinking she needed some rest, I’m Not Little staggered toward her bed and flopped down.

Enjoying the softness of the bed in a completely comfortable position while counting the grid patterns on the ceiling, I’m Not Little suddenly had a realization and pulled out the cards she had carefully stored in her pocket.

“Heh.”

With a silly expression on her face, I’m Not Little admired Sir Dominic’s and Sir Dominica’s autographed cards. Then, as if struck by a good idea, she got up and pressed the computer power button with her big toe.

On the desktop, I’m Not Little clicked on her GachaTube shortcut, quickly combed her messy hair, and clicked the broadcast start button.

A broadcast at this hour?

Oh, I know she turned on the stream just to deceive us.

Deceiver! Deceiver! Deceiver!

Comments quickly flooded in as soon as the broadcast started.

The standby screen featuring a deformed character of I’m Not Little transitioned to her webcam view.

“Yeahhh- That’s right! I turned it on to deceive you!”

She’s not even hiding it anymore?

A fan with suspiciously deep devotion;;

Everyone already knew that I’m Not Little had gone to Gacha Land to try to draw Sir Dominic’s card.

Because I’m Not Little had written it in her broadcast notice before leaving.

And viewers who knew I’m Not Little’s psychology well realized just from the fact that she turned on the broadcast that she had drawn Sir Dominic’s card.

So did you get one?

How much did you spend? Did you get just one base card?

However, viewers still didn’t know how many cards she had drawn or how much she had spent.

As soon as those comments appeared, the corners of I’m Not Little’s mouth turned up.

“Ta-da! Everyone, is this good?”

I’m Not Little pulled three cards from her pocket.

Viewers collectively began to have a meltdown when they saw the cards.

Wow;; Three cards!

But one says Sir Dominica, is that a fake?

“It was added through the parallel world event. Sir Dominic from a parallel world!”

Some viewers couldn’t contain their anger and got banned for cursing.

“But look at this. Can you see? This?”

I’m Not Little brought the cards close to the camera.

“First edition cards with Sir Dominic’s and Sir Dominica’s autographs! Wow! The only ones in the world!”

She’s actually insane.

I’ll buy those. Offering 10 times what you spent on Gacha Stones.

“Come on, do you even know how much I spent?”

Viewers began posting their guesses.

30,000?

I heard someone spent 2 million and still couldn’t get one. Considering I’m Not Little’s wallet, maybe 500,000?

Probably spent at least 100,000?

“Wrong! I got all of these in my first 10-pull!”

I’m Not Little’s deception began.

The chat went silent for a moment.

Then, like a compressed spring suddenly released, the chat exploded.

Deceiver! Deceiver! Patient Kim!

Doctor! The patient is having a seizure!

The doctor is having a seizure too;;

Wow;; Some people spend 2 million and get nothing while others get 3 cards in a 10-pull and even get autographs;;

Teacher, if you feel a shock to the back of your head while walking, know that your time has come.

“But it’s a shame. Since I’m planning to preserve the two autographed cards, I can only actually use one Sir Dominic card. If I had gotten one more Sir Dominica card, I could use them as a pair.”

Draws three cards with a seven-decimal-place probability and still complains.

That’s right. Burn with rage. This is why I deceive you. I’m Not Little was feeling smug.

She wouldn’t have deceived them like this if they were in person, but I’m Not Little knew well that they couldn’t harm her through the screen.

She was full of the “bedroom warrior” spirit.

“Wait a minute. I just realized I haven’t opened all my packs yet.”

How many packs?

“Three starter packs and three knight packs. Since I’ve already started broadcasting, should I do a card opening stream?”

Who’s going to stick 6 cards up their nose;;

You’ll just get Park Chunbae cards anyway.

Your cards are Park Chunbae.

The already irritated viewers cursed at I’m Not Little.

However, ignoring the chat, I’m Not Little held the first card pack in her hand.

“You can see this, right? Isn’t it cool how it opens when you sign it?”

Who doesn’t know that?

Who asked?

There was no one on I’m Not Little’s side among the viewers.

“I don’t expect much from the starter packs. They’ll probably be Park Chunbae cards anyway. But if I get something good from the knight packs, I’ll combine it with Sir Dominic’s card to make a knight team.”

Anyone can dream. Until they don’t get it.

“Yes, yes. Then let’s start opening cards! I’ll start with a starter pack!”

I’m Not Little took one starter pack and signed it.

As the seal broke, golden light seeped out from inside.

“Ah, no 3-star or above. That’s actually good. You know Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica are gold cards, right?”

Happiness circuit ON!

As if that would happen;;

The viewers earnestly prayed for I’m Not Little’s misfortune.

“Here we go! One, two, three!”

Ten cards floated in the air with flashy effects.

One gold card and nine colorless cards.

Completely failed, right?

Yeah, without the pity system, they’d all be common cards.

The viewers rejoiced at I’m Not Little’s misfortune.

“We don’t know yet. Let’s look at the common cards first.”

[★ Park Chunbae, Pride of Gaeam 3-dong][2 Cost] X3

[★ Porter Hines][1 Cost] X5

[★ Fisher Neister][1 Cost] X1

Terrible results.

Star I’m Not Little’s brow furrowed.

All cards with such poor performance they had become memes.

“We still don’t know. I could get something good from the gold card.”

No, you won’t.

Hope you get a Golden Helmet lol.

The viewers were already in a festive mood.

“Ah, really! No, I shouldn’t get upset. With a reverent heart, I thank Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica—”

Now! I’m Not Little flipped the card with an off-beat timing.

Suddenly, a cutscene appeared.

…???

What is this?

Star I’m Not Little had seen this cutscene before.

Similar to Sir Dominic’s but with a slightly different atmosphere.

A female knight leaning on a shield in front of a fortress with an erupting volcano in the background.

‘Be happy. I can’t be the only one who’s happy.’

“I’m Dominica of Feralant. Nice to meet you.”

[★★ Sir Dominica][5 Cost]

Star I’m Not Little was so surprised by the unbelievable scene before her eyes that she momentarily looked at the chat.

That day, I’m Not Little’s broadcast exploded.

…

“Ah, Governor. Welcome back. Here’s your exploration reward.”

The one called Governor returned with a car slung over his shoulder, wearing a gloomy expression.

His purple skin combined with his excessive face only made him look bizarre.

“Um… Governor. Did you get bad results?”

The pink-haired officer, seeing the Governor’s dark expression, began to console him in panic.

“So what if you couldn’t draw it this time? I’m happy just having you as Governor. Besides, if the results were bad this time, they’ll be good next time. You know what they say about fortune and misfortune?”

The Governor’s expression became even more miserable at the pink-haired officer’s consolation.

In truth, he had succeeded in drawing Sir Dominic.

However, he had spent enough Gacha Stones to build three imperial palaces, scraping together all the money he had and didn’t have.

He even took out a Gacha Stone loan after losing his senses, meaning he would have to make do with tasteless military rations for the foreseeable future.

His expression was crumpled because of how pitiful this fact was, but he couldn’t bring himself to tell the truth to his adjutant, the pink-haired officer standing before him.

The pink-haired officer held the position of administrative quartermaster in his clan, managing finances.

If the officer found out that he had lost his senses and spent enough Gacha Stones to build three imperial palaces, he would be half-dead.

If the loan also came to light, that would be the day he’d be smelling incense from behind a folding screen.

…

“Hey…”

“Yeah.”

“So…”

“Yeah.”

Here, beneath a mountain of written explanations, were two coders.

To be precise, there were fifteen coders from their team, but only the youngest ones with the freshest blood could still speak, the rest exhausted from writing endless explanations.

But even the youngest coders weren’t in good shape.

They had been writing explanations until their hands were blistered, and they still needed to send apology letters to 1,543 companies associated with this event stage, so they had already gone two nights without sleep.

Yet the mountain of papers before them showed no signs of diminishing.

“Hey…”

“Yeah.”

“Did we submit the compensation issue…?”

“…No.”

The two coders sighed.

The compensation for those involved in this incident had not yet been determined.

They needed to talk to the operations team about compensation, but the problem was that none of the personnel here had enough strength left to stand up.

“Hey…”

“Yeah.”

“When will this end?”

“…Yeah.”

The two coders, squeezing out what little strength they had left to continue handwriting explanations, kept talking to each other to let themselves know they were still alive and to confirm that fact.

It seems the compensation will be delayed a bit.