Strike.

The next day, after school.

As usual, I said goodbye to the kids and arrived home with the help of Nakyeong-unni.

Nakyeong-unni naturally tried to take me to the examination room.

Because the first thing I do after school is go to the examination room for a checkup.

And until the results come out, I do rehabilitation training, and when that’s done, I take a shower and receive psychological counseling.

By the time the psychological counseling is over, the examination results come out, and after talking about this and that with the results, it’s dinner time.

This process is so annoying and difficult for me.

Time at school? I don’t care about that.

Because Arang likes it and my body likes it, I automatically feel good.

Moreover, now that I’ve become close with my classmates and gotten used to school, the time at school isn’t just difficult and annoying, but I’m even excited to meet the kids and think about playing during breaks.

But the process from examination to counseling is tough.

If I had the mentality of a fully grown man, maybe it would be different. But now that I’ve merged with Arang, I’ve become quite mentally younger.

Even if my thoughts and judgments are those of an adult, my mental state has become that of a child.

In my opinion, my current mental state is like a Kukdas mental.

Arang’s mind, who suffered from an illness at the age of 10 and spent five years in a machine without arms or legs, with her body and mind dead, is naturally weak.

Especially during her period, she’s so weak that she cries and gets hurt even over trivial things.

The process from examination to counseling. At first, I didn’t think much of it.

But the more I did it, the more mentally exhausted I became, it seems.

Being among countless machines and doctors for nearly 3 hours every day without fail seems to have been mentally exhausting.

The stress that had been building up little by little without me knowing eventually exploded today, triggered by the thought that I didn’t have enough time for myself.

,I’m not going.,

I said, letting go of Nakyeong-unni’s hand.

,Arang-nim?,

,I’m not going to get a checkup.,

,Yes? A, Arang-nim!,

,Don’t touch me, Nakyeong-unni.,

I walked straight to the bed and sat down, immediately pressed the power button on the access device, released the prosthetic legs and arms, lay down on the bed, and entered the virtual world through the access device.

==

BaeDutgae, who is serious about Leore, has reached the maximum level in both combat and non-combat jobs in Leore.

Ttiring.

BaeDutgae, who was making doping food and potions to use in today’s raid, opened the interface when he heard a friend’s connection notification.

[Lee Arang] [Connecting] [Guild House]

,Huh? Arang connected really early? Isn’t it checkup time right now?,

BaeDutgae, who had known Arang for a long time, knew that it was checkup time right now.

[Lee Arang] [Connecting] [Arena]

,Huh? She went straight to the arena? Did the checkup time get pushed back today?,

BaeDutgae, not thinking it was a big problem, started crafting again.

Because Arang wasn’t alone in the hospital room, but there were also many medical staff, Pinku Berry, and Anna, he thought it wouldn’t be a big deal.

But.

,Miaeya!,

,Pinku?,

While he was crafting, Pinku Berry came running to the underground workshop of the guild house in a hurry.

,What is it? Pinku also came in early today?,

,It’s a disaster!!!,

,What, what disaster!?,

,Arang is refusing to get a checkup right now…!,

,Huh? Wasn’t the checkup postponed today?,

,No…! Arang isn’t answering whispers, and even if we talk to her through the access device from outside, she doesn’t listen…!,

,What!?,

==

[Leore Gallery]

[Arena Emergency!!!]

The Princess has arrived.

I was in the arena trying to go from Silver to Gold, but suddenly the opponent was the Princess.

(Screenshot of Arang holding two huge greatswords in front of her)

The Princess, who entered the arena not as Soma, but as the Berserker she’s been playing lately.

Of course, I was cut down in 1 minute, no, 10 seconds lololol

She’s really fucking good.

Isn’t it right to match a former Challenger with a Silver player? lol

(Screenshot of defeat record)

[Comments]

-Oh, is Arang starting the arena again?

-I wondered why the 5th World score went up. When I think about it, Arang is alone in the 5th World lol

ㄴThinking about it, that’s right. Then isn’t the 5th World too disadvantageous?

ㄴBut there’s nothing really to gain besides the title, so there’s no real problem.

ㄴㅇㅇ

-It seems like Arang is doing placement matches right now?

ㄴEven if she’s a former Challenger, does she meet Silver players because of placement matches?

ㄴIt seems like she’s starting from Silver and going up?

ㄴWhat did the person matched with her in Silver do to deserve this? lol

ㄴEveryone up to Grandmaster is screwed lololololol

-Is she going to reach Challenger again this time?

ㄴWouldn’t she?

[Is this pro-level skill?]

(Grandmaster screenshot)

(Defeat screenshot)

(Screenshot of Arang with a blank expression)

Her skill is really unbelievable.

I sometimes meet pros, but Arang’s parrying skill is just 넘사 (beyond comparison).

I get parried in ridiculous situations, so my brain just fucking shuts down.

It’s like fighting a wall when you fight her.

On top of that, Berserker is a class with high base stats, so if you get parried, only the one being parried gets stunned, so there’s just no answer.

[Comments]

-What, Arang is already up to Grandmaster queue?ㄷㄷ

ㄴ[Author] ㅇㅇ She’s 9 wins 0 losses in placement matches right now

ㄴㅁㅊ?

-But why does Arang’s expression look so scary ㄹㅇ Berserker

ㄴI know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her with such a scary expression

ㄴHer crying face was also fucking cute, but her angry blank expression is also fucking cute

ㄴㅇㅈ (I agree)

ㄴBut Arang usually had that kind of expression at that time

ㄴThat time?

ㄴㅇㅇ That time

ㄴWhat’s that time, you ㅂㅅ (idiot)

ㄴThe magical day, you ㅂㅅ (idiot)

ㄴAh

ㄴHas that day already come?

ㄴIsn’t there still about a week left?

ㄴHow do you know that?

ㄴArang has the same cycle as my girlfriend, so I know

ㄴThis guy is a ㅁㅊ (crazy) bastard.

ㄴThis bastard is fucking dangerous.

==

Kaang!

I parried the incoming magic with my left-hand greatsword and ran forward.

The Sorceress, who had pre-saved the magic, desperately released the magic all at once to try to create distance.

,Tsk. She’s so bad? Is she really a Grandmaster?,

The last game of the placement matches. The opponent was a Grandmaster user.

The overall level of the arena has increased since the server integration, but even so, the current Grandmaster was boring.

To the point where I couldn’t even feel tension.

,When I reached Challenger last time, it wasn’t this level?,

Maybe this situation came about because the number of arena users increased with the server integration.

The current Grandmaster seems to be about the skill level of a Master on the Korean server.

I parried all the magic pouring down in front of me and rushed forward, and as soon as I did, I saw the Sorceress’s gaze move.

A gaze looking beyond me, not at me.

,Too obvious.,

I swung the greatsword at the Sorceress with my right hand, and the moment it was about to touch the Sorceress’s body, the Sorceress disappeared.

One of the Sorceress’s movement skills and considered one of the OP skills in PVP, Spatial Shift.

But Spatial Shift has a disadvantage.

That is, you have to look at the place you want to go.

In old PC RPGs, you wouldn’t know where the opponent’s mouse is, so you couldn’t predict it, but in virtual worlds, you have to look at something at least once to use all skills.

Pros even use that as a psychological warfare tactic, but this Grandmaster isn’t at that level.

,Korean Grandmasters all know how to do that technique, but the current Grandmasters are just headbutting dinosaurs.,

I had already predicted where the Sorceress would escape to with Spatial Shift, so I didn’t stop the swung greatsword and instead spun my body with the rotational force and threw the greatsword as it was.

And that greatsword naturally flew to the Sorceress’s Spatial Shift destination and hit the Sorceress’s torso, who couldn’t move due to the after-delay.

,Keuheok!,

I stabbed the greatsword into the Sorceress’s neck, who couldn’t move due to the stun.

[Victory!]

I easily finished the placement matches with 10 wins and 0 losses.

The result.

,Huh? I got Diamond 1 even though I had 10 wins and 0 losses? Is this right?,

Even if it’s placement matches, are they just giving out Diamond?

I feel a little sorry for the Diamond people.

After the placement matches ended, I checked the time and started to get scared.

Hmm…

The raid time is approaching.

That means I’ll meet Pinku.

I already knew that Pinku was connected to Leore.

Because the notifications pop up in the guild and friend list.

Earlier, the emotions of the sulking Arang were so strong that I shouted, ,I’m not getting a checkup!, and connected to Leore.

But after my mind came back to some extent and time passed, I slowly started to worry about the things I had done and the things that would come back.

I’ve even blocked the sound coming into the access device, so I’m worried about how worried they must be outside.

I want to keep running away like this, but…

Forgetting the raid that happens once a week is an even bigger incident.

The guild leader suddenly runs away on the day of the raid? Wow, that’s just unforgivable.

I have no choice but to do the raid.

I sighed and teleported from the arena to the guild house.