TGMND 36

A noisy and busy week has passed. Earth Star, who had been too busy engrossed in fighting content for a while to reply, returned to his usual self, and the only thing that changed was that the guild sign above Yeo-woon’s head had disappeared.

‘By the way, I’m so sleepy…’

Nosy Assistant Manager Kim suddenly appeared behind Yeo-woon, who was sitting in front of his desk unable to concentrate and lost in thought.

“Mr. Yeo-woon, are you okay? You seemed half asleep even during lunch earlier.”

“…!”

Yeo-woon quickly straightened his back and smiled awkwardly.

“Oh. Yes! I’m fine. I’ll feel better after getting some rest at home after work today.”

“What did you do over the weekend to catch a cold like this?”

“I was moving to a new studio apartment….”

He spent most of the day with the windows open to ventilate the newly painted room. Perhaps because of that, Yeo-woon ended up catching a slight cold after the weekend.

“Well, I heard Min-chae also has a cold.”

“Ah, yes!”

In response, the colleague sitting diagonally across from Yeo-woon pushed up his glasses and slowly got up. Only two weeks into the job, with everyone still full of vigor, Assistant Manager Kim chuckled and muttered.

“It seems like many people catch colds during the change of seasons. Is this place a company or a comprehensive hospital, huh? Let’s just avoid passing from one to the other.”

“…Yes, I’m sorry.”

“Why are you apologizing, Yeo-woon? You have nothing to apologize for.”

“I, I’m sorry too….”

The two cold-stricken colleagues exchanged glances. Assistant Manager Kim, with his subtly mocking tone, was the type to always have a comment, whether you answered him or not. And of all people, he had to be the one in charge of them…

“Why is everyone like this! No apologies allowed. Let’s just take care of our health better, okay?”

The overly friendly Assistant Manager Kim sat down on Yeo-woon’s desk.

“Mr. Yeo-woon, are you taking any nutritional supplements?”

Oh no, here it goes… this conversation is going to drag on. Yeo-woon maintained the concept of being diligent, competent, and polite that he had set upon joining the company, subtly smiling to keep up appearances. His lips twitched slightly.

“Yeah, so I’ve been drinking herbal medicine lately.”

“Oh, really? Herbal medicine. Hmm….”

“That’s why I can’t even drink alcohol.”

“Oh… what a predicament.”

“Still, since health is the most important, I’m trying to endure a bit. But it’s not easy, you know? Oh, speaking of which, we haven’t had a welcome party yet, have we? Yeo-woon, are you good at drinking?”

“I’m neither good nor bad at drinking.”

“Wow, you seem confident when you say that?”

“Ah… it’s not really like that.”

Gosh, when will the lunch break end?

“Do you exercise regularly?”

“Exercise? Lately, not really….”

“Lately? So, you used to exercise?”

“I used to do boxing as a hobby. For about four months?”

“Yeah, boxing is good. These days, I’m working out again…”

Assistant Manager Kim rambled on for a while about his personal matters until Manager Jeong walked in, prompting him to suddenly start discussing work and fiddling with some documents. Yeo-woon also thought to himself as he opened the Excel window on the screen again.

It seems like his stamina has weakened since he stopped exercising lately… Maybe he should start exercising again.

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Title: Battle Royale Slaughter Tournament, Illusion PVP Competition Season 1 End Notice

Author: GM Lemon

Hello, this is GM Lemon.

The first season of the Battle Royale Slaughter Tournament and Illusion PVP Competition has concluded successfully. Sincere thanks to all adventurers for your support! After receiving the Season 1 ranking rewards from the reward NPC inside the Isis Combat Arena, you can continue to use the arena.

The AP obtained after the maintenance will be added to your score for Season 2 of the Battle Royale Slaughter Tournament and Illusion PVP Competition.

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‘CatMeowMeowMeow invited you to the party. Do you want to accept it?’

He wasn’t feeling very well, so he logged into the game today with the intention of only getting attendance rewards, but CatMeowMeowMeow invited Yeo-woon to the party. Upon entering, without even a greeting, Yeo-woon wondered what was going on.

[Party] neutaaaa: Hmm

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: You’re here!

[Party] Captain Poseidon: Hello^^

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Hahahahahahahaha

It was a party consisting of a total of 4 people, including Yeo-woon. However, he noticed that Earth Star was not part of the party this time. Yeo-woon, who was staring at the party members, opened the couple window and asked through the party chat.

[Party] neutaaaa: Where Earth Star???

[Party] Wandu Wandya: lol did you come here just to look for Earth? lol

[Party] Wandu Wandya: What’s with you guys?

[Party] Wandu Wandya: I thought you said you’d break up after the spring event? There are only a few weeks left…

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Oh, right, the deadline lol

[Party] Wandu Wandya: I’m against this breakup

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: I agree

Breaking up? Well, it’s because he promised, but it wasn’t so strange for Yeo-woon to suddenly look for Earth. Because…

[Party] neutaaaa: It’s weird because the NPC isn’t in the game…

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Ah hahaha

[Party] Captain Poseidon: It’s quite understandable… I also feel a bit strange right now.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: NPC damn lol

To Yeo-woon, who only logged in during the evening, Earth Star seemed to be glued to the game almost all day long. He claimed to be a college student, but he didn’t even go to school. Still, today seemed to be an exception. Yeah, that’s right. No matter what, if people just play games all day… Life must be fun.

Anyway, normally he would be the type of person who would make a fuss about going into the couple’s dungeon together, but it felt strange to see that he was completely offline.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: But Neuta, you will join our guild, right?

[Party] neutaaaa: ??

Captain Poseidon, who was already dressed in summer-scented clothes, came fluttering with a white light aura. Following behind him were CatMeowMeowMeow, with black cat ears, and Wandu Wandya, riding on a green slime ball. The three of them sat down on either side of Yeo-woon.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: I missed the timing to ask if it’s okay without consulting Earth as he had been away for solo play.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: I understand if you don’t want to join the guild because you feel burdened by Earth Star. Do whatever you want!

Not really… he hadn’t thought that far. Yeo-woon just blankly closed his eyes. Then, Wandu Wandya inside the round slime ball bounced up as if to comfort him. The cute bouncing movement was adorable.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: No!!! Neu-nim, you must join our guild no matter what.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Even the Vice Guild Master is eagerly waiting.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: No… It’s Halloween. He just does it because he finds it fun lol.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: It might be a bit awkward after breaking up…

“…!”

Yeo-woon was moved again. He couldn’t believe Captain Poseidon even worried about such delicate details. It may seem like a very unnecessary worry, but it was still something Yeo-woon was thankful for. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like Captain Poseidon was the only normal person in Poseidon. If he joined in, there would be two people, right?