Chapter 130: A little special confession

I rewound the YouTube live video to the interview scene, as there wouldn’t be a separate replay available at this time.

“There’s this… Vtuber called Esmi Leah.”

– Kyaa
– Wow, a mention there?
– I thought I misheard for a second lol
– I wondered after seeing the Rift Devourer solo, but he really did copy Leah lol
– Was anyone else watching the League and Leah’s stream at the same time like me? lol
– Barex, you were a Pia too??
– Pia exist everywhere…
– But why do I feel a little embarrassed… lol
– Barex’s female fans declare a boycott
– I’m a current high school girl, and I think guys who watch Vtubers are attractive

“Seeing her effortlessly repeat routes that only true experts can pull off, honestly, I couldn’t help but be impressed.”

– Barex’s acknowledgement… this is precious
– Is Leah going pro? lol
– No… don’t even think about taking Leah away, you guys ㅜ
– (Leah’s at least 27, so she can’t go pro) [Message deleted by manager]
– Now I have something to say to those who said Leah would be in Challenger if she was Challenger level ㅜㅜ

After seeing even the thank you directed at me, I closed the interview.

“…Yes, I saw it. I’m grateful to Barex-nim for mentioning me. It’s rewarding to know that my tutorial video helped someone.”

– Should we officially recognize it as a tutorial video now…?
– Only pros can use it lol
– I thought it was a flexing video, but it was actual gameplay footage lol
– Physical skill textbook
– Let’s change the thumbnail, something like “Even Barex uses this!” lol

The current situation was similar to when viewers flocked in after Yoon Chaedam’s Linsta post. I’m the type to strike while the iron is hot. Always.

“Shall we play a little Origin Rift?”

I closed Voxel Craft and queued up for Origin Rift.

○ JustAPassingElf (Spirit Ranger/Pathfinder)

– Spirit Ranger/Pathfinder, what kind of hybrid is this?
– Why even bring out trash like Spirit Ranger
– Get out if you don’t know Leah is a Spirit Ranger master
– She’s declared serious focus, no-talking mode lol
– Silent unni on

This Dimensional Jungle map was a floating island. Fragmented island pieces floated in the sky, unfixed.

Dealing with only the minimum number of mobs, I quickly moved to the Blooming District. Among the many floating islands, it was the only area decorated like a botanical garden.

The air was strangely thick with moisture and the faint glow of scattered flower petals.

In the center. A large flower, petals closed, concealed its heart.

Potarena. The elite mob of the floating island.

Slowing my rhythm by a beat, I lowered my body.

Stems, grown like tentacles, spread out in all directions, and the dust particles in the air vibrated like moonlight.

A petal opened without a sound.

My reaction was immediate. I twisted my body, drawing a curved trajectory. Where the first stem had passed, the ground split open, and a root-like structure sprung up.

Potarena, with its numerous stems and roots moving like tentacles, gave the impression of fighting multiple enemies at once.

But one versus many was also a familiar style for me.

“To elves… plants are beings we can speak to. Even if they’re still, if you listen closely, you can hear what they’re saying.”

Arrows continued to fly, and the petals gradually opened fully, revealing the heart.

“There were also some who expressed themselves more actively… by bending their branches or dropping their leaves.”

High-temperature steam erupted from between the petals.

Pushing myself into it, I gauged the most vulnerable spot, following the heart’s pulsation.

All of the opponent’s movements were transparent to me, and my arrows simply seeped into them.

Potarena twisted, pulling up its last tentacle.

“But this flower… doesn’t speak. It rejects, pushes away, tries to destroy. …Even me, an elf.”

When the final arrow, piercing the heart’s center, landed, Potarena’s stems curled inwards.

The garden quietly breathed its last.

“Plants that aren’t understood sometimes become… ferocious like this. It’s like looking at plants in the Demon lands. It’s sad.”

– How is this so easy???
– No lie, she’s better than Barex
– There’s no thrill…
– What? Was Spirit Ranger this kind of character?
– Wow, so that’s her inserting crazy talk while still managing to kill it
– Hey, that’s a bit harsh
– But why is she actually talking? Wasn’t it silent mode??
– Or she should at least be panting…
– Ah, so to be good at Spirit Ranger, you just need to talk nonsense mid-fight lol
– Makes sense lol

I heard that once Barex soloed the elite mob, his presence was unstoppable until the end of the game.

That was the effect of the early game elite mob buff.

My arrows, swirling across the battlefield, appearing from dimensional rifts everywhere, continuously felled enemies.

“Have I changed? Yes. Before, I couldn’t talk because I was concentrating. Now I’ve gained enlightenment, and I feel a bit more comfortable.”

The enlightenment I gained was definitely the method to swim even in shallow water.

But it also applied to Spirit Ranger, which demanded risky play.

Because it was enlightenment about the essence of immersion.

Before, the deeper my immersion, the more the boundary with reality crumbled.

And within that, I held onto my senses tightly, to avoid losing myself.

But now it was different.

The change that began in shallow water was now protecting me even in these deep waters.

Even without suppressing stimuli, I could exist as myself within this.

An arrow lodged itself in the gap between the helmet of an armored soldier. The next arrow struck the mage’s chest, as if being sucked in. An arrow also pierced the knee of a fighter fiercely charging through the air.

– Calmly talking while destroying everything makes it feel like a smurfing stream…
– Definitely not Grandmaster levelㅇㅇ
– Does Leah, who got a shoutout from Barex, look like a joke to you?
– Spirit Ranger << How trash of a character must it be for even Leah to be speechless until she got used to it??
– But it’s a bit strange that she was panting just from concentrating…
– What, is she a pufferfish? lol
– How bad is her stamina?
– She’s done 100-hour streams… is her stamina really that bad??
– Huh? Then she just wanted to let us hear her moans…
– That’s it lol

Ambush.

As always, the direction my Pia took was unpredictable.

“…Now I have to explain myself!”

Feeling my face flush, I glared at the chat.

I had to clear my name from the false accusation of moaning intentionally. I couldn’t be labeled a pervert.

I took a deep breath. Perhaps it would be good to say it now.

“…My way of focusing in combat is… a little different from what you Pia think. For example… when you hold a coffee cup, you don’t consciously move your fingers at certain angles, or bend your elbows and wrists at certain degrees, do you?”

I bit my lip for a moment, hesitating whether to speak or not – and then I continued.

“But I move while calculating all of that. Even the speed at which my pupils shake, or how much my shoulders move with each breath. I control every movement of my body… simultaneously, like a machine. That’s why I couldn’t talk, and it was difficult to breathe.”

The story of fighting alongside spirits in another world, I had told that on stream many times.

Memories of cutting through battlefields while singing the songs of spirits.

But now… the spirits were no longer by my side.

However, not everything I gained in that world had disappeared. My Elven bloodline, and the physical senses and reactions I learned then.

That… still remained within me, even in this world.

And today was the first time I had clearly stated this in front of people.

This… was definitely not something a human could do.

The reason I hadn’t spoken about it before wasn’t because I wanted to hide it, but…

Because I thought, perhaps, you would understand even if I didn’t say anything. I might have held onto such a childish expectation once again.

And honestly, talking about ‘abilities possible in reality’ was… a different issue.

Because the phenomenon itself would draw attention before the explanation of ‘physical abilities possible because I’m a half-elf.’

Before my existence was accepted –

I might be seen as a strange person, a bizarre person, a test subject. I was afraid of that.

But now it was a little different.

Now, it seemed okay not to hide it anymore.

Who I am, what abilities I possess. Now I felt like I could be a little more honest.

– Is Leah saying she controls her body like a multi-drone??
– Look at her talking without considering nerve conduction speed lol
– Isn’t pupil vibration control just eye tremors?
– If a person controlled that many things simultaneously, their brain would explode, unni…
– Is Leah saying she’s some kind of robot…
– How many CPUs does she have? lol
– Leah is a humanities major, everyone please be quiet
– She’s most likely a vocal music major lol
– She’s making up excuses because she’s embarrassed about moaning lol
– Honestly… this is the most absurd setting in her RP so far lol

“Do you understand now why I said humans are weak?”

– No…
– Were elves robots??
– Leah, a sudden shift to sci-fi is a bit much

I glanced at the chat and chuckled softly.

Rotating my shoulders, I drew back the loaded arrow.

“As expected, you wouldn’t understand.”

The trajectory of the arrowhead as it sliced through the air was so natural that it no longer required calculation.

I lowered my body again with an unwavering rhythm.
And the next moment, another arrow pierced the enemy’s vital point.

“That’s the kind of being I am. From the very beginning.”

My words scattered as if brushing past the empty air –

But the arrow, as always, struck true.