episode_0087

“Okay, so.”

Conference room on the first floor of the student center.

I tried to mediate between Emily and the students with as gentle a gesture as possible.

“Once you open your mind… Would you like to talk about it?”

The students just glared at Emily with blank expressions.

Emily slurps and munches on her refreshment, but doesn’t open her mouth.

Baekyang dormitory leader Cappuccine thought for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and said.

“I was a bit harsh.

He was being too noisy, so I just said something I didn’t mean to say, but there was no malice.

There’s no way you can ignore Emily.”

“But Emily testified that people deliberately avoided playing games with her.

He said he would study but refused to promise to come to the game room later… ”

Cappuccine’s sneering sneer.

“Is it that rare to try to study in the morning and then go out to play in the afternoon?

To me, rather than malicious intent, it just seems like a lack of motivation to learn.”

If I say this, I have nothing to say.

Because changing your mind is not prohibited.

“Oh, of course, Emily must have been embarrassed to see it.

But I think this happened due to an unfortunate misunderstanding-”

“Hey, I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

I cut off Cappuccine’s conversation firmly.

“We didn’t call you here to take Emily Sigma’s side.

From what I can see, Emily is a little… There are many times when I act tactlessly and inappropriately.”

Emily flinched.

I ignored it and continued.

“It’s okay if you don’t like Emily and don’t want to play games with her.

But I wish you would make that fact clear.

If you pretend to smile on the outside and make excuses behind your back, you will only ruin the atmosphere of the game room.”

“No, it’s just a coincidence?

I apologize for saying something out of anger.”

Cappuccine is still being talked about.

The rest of the people don’t seem to agree with her, but they don’t open their mouths.

I somehow thought it would be like this. Well, it wouldn’t have been possible for me to solve it alone –

“Ugh. Suddenly I feel hungry.”

Everyone blinked at Tangaroa’s sudden grumbling.

“Let’s finish talking after eating. Uh, Stark.”

“Blue Dragon 64th Stark.”

Emily’s motivation to wake up suddenly.

The vice president asked, gesturing towards him.

“Want me to buy you food?”

“It’s okay. I had lunch-”

“You don’t want to eat with me?”

“No!”

“Yes. What should I eat?”

after. I’m only going to give you this torture, Mr. Vice President.

So we ate pilaf in the restaurant on the first floor of the main building.

While Cleo and I were preparing our meal, Tangaroa began to roast and boil the starch.

“Stark. Be honest. Don’t you hate Emily?”

“Oh, no… ”

“Don’t say things you don’t mean. Of course I don’t like it.

Even though I’m stupid at what I do, I get good grades and am the grade representative… It’s going up.”

The Vice President pushed the meatball that came with it towards Stark.

A first-year student who couldn’t refuse Magna Cum Laude’s gift and swallowed it down.

“If you tell me honestly, Emily might be banned from the game room.”

“No entry?”

“Yes. Now, what did Emily do that makes her not want to play games with me?

Did you touch the model again with hands that had something on them?”

He quickly shook his head.

“No. He doesn’t eat anything at the game room these days.

Even when I touch someone else’s model, I always ask permission before doing so.”

“Then, did you cheat by manipulating the dice?”

“That kind of thing… None.”

“Then?”

Stark still hesitates.

Tangaroa sighed and began to sprinkle so much pepper on Stark’s meatballs that they couldn’t even be eaten.

“Uh. I give too many instructions… ”

“Ohh?”

“Even when I watch from the side, they tell me to do this instead of doing that.

Not only to Blue Dragon players, but also to players from other factions.

As a result, there are many cases where the wrong advice is given… ”

“Do you keep going even if you tell me not to?”

“That’s not true… ”

Tangaroa’s expression asks if this is enough.

It’s not enough, but it could turn the tide.

When I returned to the conference room, I immediately asked Emily.

“Mr. Emily. Do you usually give advice often?”

“Often? I don’t use it often… ”

The students in attendance snorted.

Emily corrected in a slightly quiet voice.

“Well, yes, there are times when I intervene while watching…

But I won’t do it if people don’t like it… ”

“Mr. Emily. Have you ever thought that ordinary people just hate hunsu itself?”

“That… I see.”

“Moreover, it is said that he not only disciplines Cheongryong, but also interferes with the play of other dormitory students.”

“I… I think I know the game as a whole now…

I am also the runner-up in the Romantic Festival… ”

Cleo licks her lips uncomfortably.

Well, actually, it was the final where Cleo entered in the place where she had withdrawn and beat Graven, who had both bad luck and misfortune. It’s not that great…

“Mr. Emily.”

“Yes… yes! From now on, I will never, ever discipline you!”

I deliberately nodded as if this was enough.

“Good. Then, Emily decided to correct her mistake-”

As expected, there are people who twist their bodies as if they are uncomfortable.

I immediately questioned the student.

“Why are you doing that? Do you think Emily won’t keep her promise?”

“… That’s because it’s not the only thing.”

“… Yes?”

Emily opens her eyes wide.

“When he was with me, he said he did it ten times.”

“Ha… But it was okay at that time… ”

“Then you must have said it was okay because it was really okay!”

Once the revelations began, the rest of the people also started complaining as if they had been waiting.

“When I succeeded in the combo, he looked like he was chewing shit and muttered, ‘I’m making the game dirty!’”

“That… That was something I was saying to myself… ”

“When I saw my favorite model that someone else had worked so hard to paint, I asked why they were using such a trash unit!”

“No, I was curious because they used units that were objectively weak… ”

“You abused the rules against a beginner again today and gave up!”

“I just thought annihilation would be easier… ”

Emily tries to make excuses, but finds herself increasingly on the defensive.

Tears well up in her eyes.

Cleo looked at me.

“… Should I designate the player as banned?”

Hmm. If it were an ordinary store, it would be possible to ban entry just because other players don’t like it, but…

The game room in the student center is directly operated by Funforge.

As such, it is necessary to be more careful when creating a blacklist.

It would be a good idea to establish rules by creating operating principles or a code of ethics in the future.

But anyway, that’s for later, and in this case…

“You should have told me sooner… ”

Emily sobbed, pouring out all her tears and snot.

“I have no sense, I don’t know what others are thinking, and I have no ability to make a living… ”

“Now, Emily, don’t be too hard on yourself… ”

“If you had told me in advance, I would have tried to fix it… ”

“Miss Emily has a point.”

Hwayoung, who had been silent until now, added her words.

“Anyway, Miss Emily corrected all the behavior that was pointed out to her.

If other nuisances had been told right away, I would have tried not to do so in the future.

I didn’t have the courage to blush, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to bully someone behind my back.”

That is correct.

I clapped my hands and showed my intention to conclude the discussion.

“Then how about doing it like this?

Since there is no rule to prohibit entry, Emily will not apply it, and instead, Emily is apologizing here and now for the inconvenience she has caused.

And from now on, please tell Emily right away whenever she does something wrong.”

“Really! I’m really sorry!

If I do something stupid in the future, please tell me right away!”

Emily’s apology, with her back bent 90 degrees.

Everyone seems to be accepting the apology.

Cappuccine looks shocked, but doesn’t seem to have any intention of causing trouble…

Rather, Cleo countered.

“Mr. Coleman. That seems like an excessive stopgap measure.

It is not easy to immediately point out mistakes to your game partner.”

“That’s true too… A roundabout means of delivery is needed… ”

“What about anonymous bulletin boards?”

Ugh!

I shuddered and shook my head.

“Well, someone could make it, but at least it doesn’t seem like something that Funforge would run.

Anonymous submissions cannot be verified and may be used as a means of manipulating public opinion.”

“Then… ”

“Of course, it would be right for people to manage it themselves.”

“By creating a position within Funforge?”

I nodded.

Well, let’s see. The chairman is too high-status to be entrusted with this kind of work.

As a director, if I do it, there may be issues about fairness or bias.

Cleo and Hwayoung are in charge of balance and art…

My gaze reached the intended destination.

“Okay, it’s all done, right? I’m going!”

Tangaroa jumps up immediately.

But just like in the student council room, this time I was grabbed by the back of the neck and dragged away.

“Vice President. Please take on the position of Funforge’s community management and communication manager.”

“Hehe. I’m the vice president of the Academy, so I have a lot of work to do.”

“There’s a lot of work, so it won’t be noticeable if you take on more.”

Tangaroa tried to resist my sophistry, but soon gave up.

Anyway, you were the one who was the most upset in Funforge.

“ character. From now on, senior Tangaroa will be in charge of operating and managing the gaming center!

If you have any complaints about other players or the management, please let us know here!”

Polite applause.

Just as everyone was about to leave the room, Emily approached Tangaroa.

“Is it okay to tell the Vice President from now on?”

“Huh? Uh oh.”

“That… ”

Emily carefully lowered her head and whispered.

Tangaroa’s expression, which had been pressing his ear in annoyance, changed in an instant.

“Cappuccine grade representative.”

Cappuccine’s steps as he left the conference room stopped.

“What does this mean? Did you use Baekyang’s first-year student model, which has a unique shape different from the usual model?”