Interview

As expected, Arang’s emotions surge when I’m in reality.

I feel like I’m being sucked into a bottomless swamp, falling into the deep sea where nothing can be heard, and it dominates my whole body.

It happened once before when I was with my parents and Anna-unni, so I wasn’t too surprised.

The doctor-unni cautiously approaches me.

,Hello. This is the first time we’re properly meeting, right?”,

,… Yeah.”

The doll-like answer comes out again. Arang’s emotions haven’t completely faded yet, but I’m getting used to it now, and I think I’ll overcome it soon.

But for now, I think I’ll have to stay in this doll-like reality. It seems the doctor-unni has prepared something for me.

,Arang-yang, I brought you a present!”

,…A present?”

,Yes. I brought candy for Arang-yang!”

,…Candy?”

The doctor-unni smiles brightly, clears her throat, and looks at me with an expression that anticipates my reaction.

,Yes! Now, close your eyes and reach out your hand, and unni will give you a can…”

The doctor-unni, who had prepared something to comfortably ease my doll-like state, made a slip of the tongue at the end.

When she naturally told me to reach out my hand, she saw the little bit of my severed arm that remained on my shoulder and her eyes widened.

Seeing the doctor-unni’s expression, I burst out laughing. Arang’s emotions were still strong, so I laughed inwardly, but the doctor-unni, unaware of this, started to tremble and began to read my expression.

,I-I’m sorry, A-Arang-ah. Th-that, unni didn’t m-mean to do that on purpose… That’s, well…”

,…Heueuk!”

,Ah…”

I feel sorry for the doctor-unni. If I had completely overcome Arang’s emotions, I would have told her it was okay, smiled, and changed the atmosphere, but because Arang’s emotions still linger, tears streamed down my face against my will.

,I’m sorry. Unni is sorry. I’m really sorry…”

The doctor-unni hugged me, who was crying, and patted my back.

The doctor-unni’s flustered appearance is funny.

==

Somehow, today’s checkup was safely completed.

I’m currently in the virtual world with Im Jong-gi. Arms and legs that move according to my will. As expected, the virtual world is the best.

After her slip of the tongue, the doctor-noona spoke as slowly and carefully as possible, comforting me.

As Arang’s emotions gradually seep into me, I plan to tell her directly that it’s okay when I overcome them.

I was fine and well, and the doctor-noona’s flustered expression was funny, but the doctor-noona felt guilty all day about her slip of the tongue today.

,Kkeueung~”

I stretched out, doing the stretches I couldn’t do earlier, and with a light touch, I opened the window and logged into LORE.

The vision, once again dyed in pitch black, returned to the place where I logged out yesterday. The clear sky was gone, and gloomy weather awaited.

The rain, dripping drop by drop, slowly soaked my body.

,Even this is felt…”

The sensation of being rained on is so perfect that it’s impossible to distinguish it from reality. I can’t imagine how good the technology is.

Well, anyway, that’s that, and playing is playing.

First, I set a goal to reach the max level by tomorrow.

Basically, LORE itself is fun to level up, but LORE is especially famous for its combat content at the max level.

Raids, PVP, sieges, guild wars, and many other contents are waiting. That’s why I want to reach the max level as quickly as possible.

,Let’s see. Pinku Berry is, ah, logged in!”

Thanks to Pinku Berry, I’m saving on potion costs and leveling up quickly. Plus, she sometimes tells me about confusing quests, so she’s a very good party member.

I still don’t know why she’s partying with me while even adjusting her level. Pinku Berry says it’s fun, but I don’t think it would be fun if her level decreased…

,Well, if she says it’s fun, then it’s fine!”

I sent a whisper to Pinku Berry.

Soon after, the pure white healer Pinku Berry arrived. But Pinku Berry’s appearance isn’t very good. Should I say she looks a little sick?

,Pinku Berry, didn’t you sleep well? Ah, did I contact you too late? Sorry. I forgot you had something to do today.”

,No. It’s okay. I woke up late too. But suddenly, what happened?”

,Um… it’s hard to explain, just doing this and that?”

,That… it might be rude to ask, but Arang is 15 years old, right?”

,Right? I’m 15 now, right? But how did you know? Ah…”

I was wondering how she knew, then I looked down at my body.

Come to think of it, LORE is basically rated for ages 15 and up, and looking at my current appearance, anyone would think I’m 15.

,Then you’re a middle school student, so don’t you go to school?”

,School? I went to elementary school, but I’m not going to middle school.”

,Huh? Really?”

,Yeah. I’ve never been to middle school.”

Arang got sick shortly before graduating from elementary school, and soon after, her arms and legs began to rot, requiring amputation.

Since then, she hasn’t taken a single step out of the hospital.

But come to think of it, can’t I go out now? My current condition is in the best state of health.

Once I get used to Arang’s body and emotions, I’ll wear prosthetic legs and arms, ah, that’s right. Come to think of it… I heard that prosthetic legs and arms are difficult to use properly?

The nerves were damaged as her arms and legs necrotized, which is why it’s difficult, according to Arang’s memories.

But now that I’m healthy, can I do it? No. Is there a need to go outside with difficulty? I can just stay in the virtual world.

,Isn’t middle school compulsory…?”

,Ah, really? Hey, what’s so important about middle school now! Leveling up is important! Let’s go quickly!”

I grabbed Pinku Berry’s hand and dashed towards the hunting grounds.

==

Tdiring!

[Level Up!]

Pinku Berry went out to eat lunch, and I was hunting leisurely and achieved level 45.

When I reached level 45, a new skill was unlocked.

This time, there were a whopping three active skills, so I was looking forward to seeing what cool skills I received, and I was about to open the skill window when suddenly the sky darkened.

,Huh?”

The moment I raised my head, I saw a huge man.

The man, with pomade hair and visuals that would have earned him the title of handsome guy, was equipped with a one-handed sword like me on his waist.

LV : 60 Kang Han-gil

He’s not so much huge as I’m just short, so he looks huge. He probably looks like a man around 180cm.

,Who are you?”

I immediately prepared to block him.

After I was posted on the LORE gallery recently, the misunderstanding was resolved with the LORE announcement, but because I became so famous, strange people kept coming to find me.

Each time, I was blocking them all with amazing reflexes, and I prepared to block this time as well.

,Hello. I’m Kang Han-gil, a streamer on LORE.”

The man bowed at a 90-degree angle, and I lowered my guard.

,Hello. What brings you here to find me?”

,First, I came to apologize.”

,Apologize?”

,The reason is that the video posted in the LORE gallery was caused by my carelessness.”

,Ah… I see.”

So this is the person who filmed it.

Listening to him, all the party members were recording to raid the Orc Chieftain, and he was so impressed by my appearance of taking down the Orc Chieftain alone that the video was leaked.

He said he came to apologize for me being suspected of being a hacker and being cursed at in the gallery because of that.

I accepted the apology from the Kang Han-gil streamer, who even came to apologize in person.

,It’s okay. LORE officially cleared up my misunderstanding. I don’t care about it anymore.”

,Then, if it’s okay, would it be alright to do an interview?”

,An interview?”

,Yes. The video of Lee Arang-nim clearing the Orc Chieftain alone and even clearing the Corrupted Judge with one healer is still attracting a lot of attention. So I want to upload Lee Arang-nim’s interview on my RyuTube.”

,Oh… How many subscribers does Kang Han-gil-nim have?”

,1.2 million.”

,1.2 million!?”

1.2 million RyuTube subscribers is truly a major corporation among major corporations. I wondered why the video spread so quickly and was seen by so many people, but it’s because a 1.2 million-subscriber major streamer had this happen during his broadcast, so it was bound to become famous.

,Okay. I’ll do the interview.”

,Really!? Thank you!”

I don’t remember when my last interview was. When I first cleared a famous RPG game as famous as LORE in this world, I had an interview at a place called Inven.

But this time, it’s an interview with a 1.2 million-subscriber RyuTuber, so I’m quite looking forward to it.

==

[LORE Gallery]

[Lee Arang Interview]

(Video)

In the end, he went to apologize and even did an interview. I didn’t know when I saw her from afar, but now that I see her, she’s so cute. It’s hard to believe she’s over 14 years old kekekeke

[Wow, with that face and body, she’s 15 years old? Crazy]

ㄴ[I want to say something really bad]

ㄴ[Hey crazy bastard, didn’t you hear that your nickname and name are the same?]

ㄴ[Police officer! Over here!]

[Kekekeke The reason she’s good at parrying “It just worked when I did it?” kekeke]

ㄴ[Swordsman-type rankers are crying]

ㄴ[Isn’t Lee Arang going to take the #1 ranking as soon as she reaches the max level?]

ㄴ[Do you think the #1 ranking is a joke?]

ㄴ[Did that #1 ranker clear the Orc Chieftain alone?]

[Wow, I’m so jealous of her weapon. Isn’t that the Corrupted Heart Sword?]

ㄴ[Yeah, that’s right. She said she got it after catching the Corrupted Heart]

ㄴ[Wow, a level 45 has a weapon that even the max-level swordsmen don’t have kekekeke]

[Is Arang a gold spoon? I heard that costume is really expensive]

ㄴ[I know kekekeke Isn’t that look really expensive? I can count the number of guys wearing that on one hand]

ㄴ[Yeah, that’s a costume you get for free when you reach 10 million mileage]

ㄴ[Really? How much do you have to spend to get 10 million mileage?]

ㄴ[100 million won]

ㄴ[Crazy, a 15-year-old spent 100 million won? That’s insane]