KYB Ch 19

That item unmistakably belonged to Kisekki.

What on earth just happened? Even Ye Woo-won could only let out a helpless laugh in disbelief. Honestly, at this point, curiosity began to set in.

‘Why does he hate me so much?’

He knew well enough that he wasn’t particularly perceptive, but he couldn’t begin to guess why Kisekki despised him.

‘Was it because I took that PVP too seriously when it was just a joke? But still…’

Wasn’t Kisekki the one who challenged him first? Then, did that mean he already bore a grudge against me before the PVP? But we’d had no prior contact.

‘Maybe that’s possible.’

After pondering it for a moment, Ye Woo-won decided not to dig deeper. Compared to a month ago, they’d grown relatively closer (?), and he was satisfied enough that his and Kisekki’s tension no longer dampened the guild’s atmosphere. In fact, things even seemed livelier now.

‘I’ve achieved my goal.’

Ye Woo-won’s only intention had been to blend naturally into the guild and get along with Kisekki, who clearly disliked him, so that the others wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. Now, their bickering had become such a familiar sight that it felt like a regular piece of content in itself—so it was fine.

While they were chatting, the raid ended, and guild members began appearing one by one in the guild territory.

Ye Woo-won said that as well, but something felt… off.

The atmosphere was definitely strange enough that Ye Woo-won’s eyes widened.

The Wilt Rose party window was still active. Kisekki had left the party the moment the raid ended, but the others quickly responded.

Even those who had joined the raid seemed equally confused. Since it was Ye Woo-won’s first time seeing Dotbal and ElephantCoffee, he had nothing to add.

‘Should I go in too?’

Following Nyamnyangi’s lead, Ye Woo-won hesitantly clicked on the in-game guild voice channel.

‘Wow… there’s so many people.’

It looked like nearly all the currently online guild members were in. Ye Woo-won had used voice chat before—though since he was at a PC café, he’d only ever listened quietly. But this was the first time he’d entered the room when it was packed.

‘Kisekki-nim’s here too.’

Among them sat Kisekki, seemingly dragged in right after the raid ended. Yet despite the number of people, the room was dead silent. Judging by the situation, no.10 must’ve muted everyone’s mic.

Then, Dotbal’s message popped up in the guild chat—his tone clearly furious.

Kick Kisekki out?

No one understood what was going on, and the party chat exploded.

As everyone’s confusion was plain to see, the chat window kept flooding with messages.

From those messages, he was finally able to piece together what had happened.

After the Gaesae Guild’s incident with Mystic Association, every member had been placed on the blacklist. Because of that, it was true that the guild members had a hard time joining other parties.

Others began chiming in too, and the situation turned into chaos.

Hearing that, Ye Woo-won quietly studied the nicknames for a moment.

‘Now that I think about it, I recognize their names, but I’ve never actually met them. Why is that?’

For a month, Ye Woo-won’s login hours hadn’t been particularly short. However, although the notification showed that they had logged in, none of them had ever gone on a raid with Ye Woo-won, nor had they even exchanged greetings with him.

—“Let’s all calm down first.”

A composed woman’s voice came through. On screen, no.10, the guild master, had unmuted her mic and began speaking.

—“It’s true that the Mystic Association incident has caused everyone inconvenience. But that doesn’t mean we can just expel Kisekki-nim. This guild was originally founded by Kisekki-nim and me, and he used to be the guild master. So…”

Eventually, no.10 had no choice but to unmute ElephantCoffee, TangerineFarmer, Dotbal, and MeteorMagic. The moment the mics were on, Dotbal began.

—“We’re not asking for much, are we? I went through the trouble of contacting a Mystic acquaintance to talk with the Association, and I relayed their message. They said if the guild kicks out Kisekki, they’ll remove us from the blacklist.”

Kisekki? The blacklist?

Then ElephantCoffee added fuel to the fire.

—“What’s so hard about kicking out one person? It’s not like this guild is small. We’re the second-ranked guild on the server, aren’t we? Do you know how hard we worked to reach that? And now we have to struggle like this because of one guy?”

—“But like I’ve said before…”

—“Why the fuck should I be the one to leave?”

TangerineFarmer suddenly cursed and shouted.

—“I’ve contributed more than anyone else here. How could you tell us to leave? I didn’t think you were that kind of guild master, but damn, you’re really playing favorites—are you protecting him just because he’s your boyfriend?”