Chapter 39 : Apology Broadcast (2)

Early in the morning, Hanseong headed straight to the kitchen without even fixing his messy hair.

“…Toxic resistance killer.”

Since he had to take Hanyul and Chanseok somewhere, Hanseong had used his toxic resistance to completely sober up from the makgeolli’s effects.

After coming home and lying down on the bed, Hanseong couldn’t forget what had happened inside the tower, and he couldn’t sleep.

So, he turned to alcohol for help.

As a result, he was currently suffering from a slight hangover.

“…Sigh…”

Hanseong gulped down some water from the cup and wiped his face.

“…I’m going crazy.”

In his mind, he saw Yubin, who had crossed her arms, crying, and drunkenly complaining.

Even though Yubin was a Gumiho, she was quite beautiful, and aside from the ears and tail, there wasn’t much difference from a human, which caused Hanseong to get flustered by her.

“I’m crazy, huh? She’s a monster.”

No matter how much they were friends, a monster was still a monster.

He was flustered by someone with such a barrier like a servant.

“I’m definitely not in my right mind.”

Saying that, Hanseong slapped his cheek a few times and entered the Hunter community.

It was the most certain way to find out what had happened while he was asleep, so it had become part of his daily routine to check the community.

“…What is this?”

However, the Hunter (Celebrity Hunter Welcome) gallery, which usually only had complaints and self-pity posts, seemed a bit strange.

Instead of the usual posts, there were quickly rolling bait threads.

[Legendary Gumiho Broadcast LOL]

[Gumiho, what’s wrong with me?]

[Gumiho seems to have drunk and started broadcasting LOL, I’m pretty though.]

“…What is this?”

The titles of the posts were confusing.

Hanseong clicked on one of the posts.

[Title: Gumiho, what’s wrong with me?]

[Lololololol, isn’t she doing everything she can? Says she’s not an orc and that she’s pretty, so why do people say she’s scary?

She curses Yang Chanseok a lot, but I don’t know why she’s doing it LOL.

What did she do when she went into the tower last time?

Anyway, it’s so funny.

The clips and replays are circulating, so go find them, just search for Gumiho and you’ll see all the related videos from yesterday.

LOL]

[Comments]

LOL, she’s actually quite upset.

Honestly, if you just look at her appearance, she’s totally pretty, no fear at all. LOL.

└True, aside from being an SSS-class boss, she’s not scary.

└Instincts are screaming, but if you just look at her, she’s beautiful.

Objectively speaking, she’s really pretty, I would be upset too.

└LOL, she always freaks out when she sees herself.

└Even other monsters get scared of her, so she must be upset.

After reading those comments, Hanseong’s curiosity got the better of him, and he couldn’t resist finding out what Yubin had done yesterday.

He ended up searching online and watching all the chaos Yubin caused.

He was speechless for a moment.

The content in the videos was so chaotic.

[No, no… I’m not an orc… I’m pretty, though…]

For a brief moment, she was explaining that she wasn’t an orc while half-asleep.

[Yang Chanseok… you bastard… Why is the nice guy only doing this to me…]

She cursed Yang Chanseok, then praised him as a good guy, then cursed him again.

[Please, I hope Yang Chanseok dies!!!]

Then she swung a pillow around, clearly annoyed, shouting that she hoped Yang Chanseok would die.

[…Just kidding, people shouldn’t die.]

[Everyone, live long.]

She showed all her frustration but then let out a weary laugh, telling Chanseok and the viewers to live long.

Each scene was chaotic, but hard not to laugh at.

Hanseong tried his best to hold it in but eventually let out a chuckle.

“…Should I have told her about the toxic resistance?”

Hanseong thought of Yubin, who would probably be suffering from a massive hangover after causing such a ruckus while drunk, and offered his condolences.

“…If it was makgeolli, the hangover must be serious.”

Since Yubin had gotten completely drunk from drinking pure 100% makgeolli, Hanseong shivered just imagining the hangover she would face.

“…My condolences.”

Muttering that, Hanseong chuckled and got up from the bed.

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• LOL.

• You’re so pretty!

• Wow~ most beautiful monster ever.

• Do you hate me that much?!

• Do I look like an orc to you!!

• Orc hi?

• Why did you even do that in the middle of the night? LOL.

• I seriously laughed so hard I couldn’t sleep… LOL.

• Thought you were insane LOL.

I had no idea what I’d said in the middle of the night to make everyone react like this.

With no memory at all, I was left feeling helpless.

‘What the hell did I do……’

I really couldn’t remember anything.

“Um, why am I an orc?”

• No idea.

• You’re the one who used orcs as an example.

• Top beauty of the orc world, whoa.

How the hell did I end up becoming an orc?

They’re smelly, dirty, and ugly monsters—are they seriously comparing me to them?

“…E-everyone, I think you’re being a little harsh.”

• Then clarify that you’re not an Orc.

• So, what was that stream yesterday? Please explain.

So it was true—I did start a stream yesterday.

The increase in Tower Coins wasn’t just a coincidence after all.

Honestly, I’d hoped it was a coincidence.

“Uh, I don’t know what I was thinking yesterday while drunk, but I think I started a stream…”

“I was completely wasted and don’t remember anything, but… did I do something?”

When I confessed that I had no memory of it, the viewers got even more excited and flooded the chat.

• LOLLLLL.

• Drunk? LOL.

• Drunken mess LOL.

• How is your drunken habit narcissism? LOL.

• Never seen narcissism as a drinking habit before.

• You really don’t remember?

• You really forgot?

• LOLLLLLL.

• So you can drink inside the Tower too, huh.

• Even an SSS-rank boss gets drunk? You’re so weak LOL.

• How much did you even drink.

“…I really don’t remember anything.”

Seeing them all laughing only made me more anxious.

From the way they were saying I was being narcissistic… I must’ve done something very embarrassing.

“Did I… do something super embarrassing?”

When I asked that, the chat once again sped up like crazy.

• Nah, you were cute.

• You were adorable, have a drink on us.

• Cute, funny, and kind of pitiful too.

• I honestly felt bad when you teared up.

“…What on earth did I do?”

I muttered to myself as I read the chat, and as if they’d heard me perfectly, the viewers immediately responded.

• Should we tell you?

• Wouldn’t you die from the embarrassment though?

• If she dies of shame, does that mean Korea becomes the first country to clear the Tower with an SSS-rank?

• Want us to tell you?

• Do you really want to know?

• You look really curious right now LOL.

Honestly, I was curious.

Curious enough to go insane.

Though… I was also a little scared of the unknown answer that might come.

“…Please tell me.”

The curiosity outweighed the fear of the unknown.

And once I learned the whole truth, I ended up regretting it.

Should I say I learned a lesson—that Pandora’s box is not meant to be opened?

“…I-I insulted Hunter Chanseok?”

First of all, apparently I had openly badmouthed Hunter Chanseok.

I cried, complained, got angry, and whined nonstop for thirty minutes about how someone could treat me like that.

LOL.

What the hell did Chanseok do to you? LOL.

Did Chanseok go all wide-eyed over a monster again?

Our Chanseok is a good guy though.

“…I know, the hunter’s a good person… I mean, well, I got an apology too.”

I couldn’t go into detail, but I vaguely explained that we had a fight and made up.

That seemed to reassure the chat.

“Since I might say something wrong by accident, please ask Hansung and Chanseok about that part.”

Passing the buck, huh.

LOL.

You don’t wanna hear what came after trashing Chanseok?

Honestly, I didn’t want to hear it.

A pounding headache hit me like I’d just chugged a jar of red pills.

But before I could refuse, the viewers metaphorically shoved more red pills into my mouth.

You literally stared into a mirror and went all narcissist like, “I’m pretty, aren’t I?!”

LOL.

I legit thought you were a narcissist.

World’s first monster with narcissism as a passive skill.

That’s where the orc thing came from—you said you’re not an orc, so why are people scared?

You’re hella pretty so people should love you LOL.

Apparently, I’d shamelessly said some seriously cringe-worthy stuff.

I wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.

But that only lasted like 20 minutes—the rest was all Chanseok bashing.

Our Chanseok is really a good guy though.

What the heck did Chanseok do to earn the wrath of such a generous gumiho?

Chanseok’s usually kind, but yeah, he does go a bit nuts when it comes to monsters.

His nature is good, but… he’s got a past.

Seemed like people knew about Chanseok’s past.

Well, neither he nor the Myth Guild tried to hide it, so…“…D-Did I really talk that much crap about Hunter Chanseok?”

Umm… about 80% of the stream was you roasting him.

“……”

“…Hunter, I’m so sorry… If you haven’t seen the stream, please never watch it.”

Once I understood the full context, I quickly turned my clarification stream into an apology broadcast.

A quick apology—there’s no easier way to earn forgiveness.

After saying everything you wanted?

Now?

Of course, it seemed like I was already way too late.