KYB Ch 18

Even without their help, the situation turned in Yewoo Beomjeol’s favor. Because their guild was on the blacklist, Kisekki couldn’t raid without his own guild members anyway.

In the end, Kisekki cursed and had no choice but to invite Yewoo Beomjeol.

Immediately, as if they’d been waiting, the guildmates sent party requests.

The six-man party for Wilt Rose, which had been impossible to assemble earlier, came together in seconds.

Because every guildmate insisted on going with Yewoo Beomjeol, Kisekki had no choice.

He was visibly irritated as always, but in the end, he still had to raid with Yewoo Beomjeol that day. Of course, the raid itself was no exception.

As always, Kisekki lashed out at Yewoo Beomjeol.

Yewoo Beomjeol calmly and quietly turned Kisekki’s insides upside down.

“Ah, seriously…”

Amid the noisy hum of the PC café, a low voice murmured. The screen flashed with dazzling effects, almost bursting from the monitor. In front of it sat a man with his hood pulled up. Beneath the hair so dark it seemed to shimmer blue, his long eyes curved gently. They were calm and composed eyes—orderly, yet serene.

“This is so much fun.”

Ye Woo-won burst into laughter again, then absently brushed his fingertips over the corner of his mouth. These days, he found himself smiling so often that the upward curve of his lips no longer felt unfamiliar.

‘Has it been about a month?’

He realized it had already been nearly a month since he started following Kisekki around.

‘It’s the first time I’ve ever ignored everything else just to play a game.’

He had been completely absorbed, not even making plans with friends lately. Of course, he hadn’t meant to dive in this deep at first. He had just wanted to kill time, but meeting Kisekki and joining his guild changed everything.

‘Guess I’ll just keep tagging along to every raid Kisekki joins.’

It also helped that he’d set himself a new goal—to follow Kisekki around for the sake of a smoother guild life. Half out of a desire to get used to Kisekki’s reactions, and half out of a wish to grow closer to him, he’d started playing alongside him—and before he knew it, a month had passed.

Of course, building a rapport with Kisekki hadn’t been easy. Ye Woo-won paused, recalling Kisekki’s words and behavior.

If anything went wrong during a raid, Kisekki always blamed Ye Woo-won first—and even when Ye Woo-won made no mistakes, he’d still find something to nag about.

Each time, whispers flooded in, and Ye Woo-won hurried to reply that he was fine.

Even when he reassured them, the guildmates kept worrying. The guild master, no.10, couldn’t say it outright, but always lingered around Ye Woo-won’s spot in the guild territory.

‘Just this much is fine, really.’

But Ye Woo-won truly was fine. He wasn’t just saying it to be polite.

He simply found Kisekki’s typing speed—spitting out scolding words while moving so fluidly—remarkable. Days turned into weeks, and soon, a month had passed.

‘He talks less now. Kind of a shame, actually.’

Up to that point, nothing had changed between them. Even now, it was still the same.

Apparently displeased about having to raid with Ye Woo-won again, Kisekki was taking out his anger on the boss. Without pausing to breathe, he kept hammering damage into Wilt Rose so hard that the boss seemed to glitch out. Before it could even rage properly, the raid was over.

It was the first time the boss ever looked pitiful. The rare sight had everyone bursting into laughter.

‘That was the fastest clear ever.’

Ye Woo-won widened his eyes in surprise. Sure enough, a system message popped up announcing the record and contribution stats. The party window exploded in reaction upon seeing the report.

Without a healer, it had been a full DPS party of six. For Kisekki alone to claim 57% of total damage meant he hadn’t stopped attacking even once. Ye Woo-won watched him charge toward the boss’s corpse to collect loot.

Normally, he’d make a snide comment or two, but this time, he seemed eager to leave. Ye Woo-won also approached Wilt Rose to claim his reward, casually striking up a few words as he did so.

At that, Kisekki froze mid-motion. Then, seeing Yewoo Beomjeol standing close beside him—

Kisekki has left the party. The party leader role was transferred to Jinhee.

‘He left?’

Ye Woo-won hadn’t expected him to suddenly quit the party and even leave the raid. As he tilted his head in confusion, Jinhee trotted over to stand beside Yewoo Beomjeol’s character and spoke.

Jinhee gestured at something in disbelief.

There it was—one lonely box left behind.

TL’s Note:
[1] OTT means “over-the-top,” a term for streaming media content, like TV shows and movies, delivered directly to viewers over the internet instead of through traditional cable or satellite providers. For example like Netflix, Disney Hotstar, WeTV, etc.
They are literally treating the interaction between Kisekki and Yewoo Beomjeol like paid content. WhiteKimchi basically said he is paying his subscription by helping Yewoo Beomjeol achieve his goal to raid with Kisekki (a.k.a helping him bully Kisekki LOL). And Jinhee means that if she doesn’t pay it like this, she can’t afford to pay the subscription in another way.
[2] Emoji like ㅇㅅㅇ, ㅇㅅㅠ, dㅇㅅㅇb, ㅇ.<, >.ㅇ, >.< should be quite clear, right? It’s basically just eyes, nose, winks, and sometimes thumbs up. For this one: ㅇㅅㅠ imagine that he shed tears only from his right eye.