Netkama Punch!!!

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What are you talking about?
I asked because I didn’t understand why the picture she sent was supposed to be Shin Heejae’s first love, and Urara, after reading it, didn’t reply for a while before saying something weird again.

Urara
Ah…
You were a god-tier half-human ㅇㅅㅇ……
But how does someone like you end up as a netkama?!
Even if I didn’t understand everything, I knew that last question wasn’t meant in a nice way.
I typed out a long string of vicious curses as if I were dealing with Shin Heejae, but in the end, I didn’t send it and erased it. Instead, I sent Urara a cold warning.

No calling me a netkama.
Urara
ㅇㅅㅇ Tilted head?
Not in the mood for wordplay.

Urara
ㅠ
But really, can’t you tell me? ㅇㅅㅇ
Why did god-tier half-human Sesam-hyung become a ts-girl so moe that even hardcore otakus would shake their heads ㅇㅅㅇ
ㅡㅡ What are you saying.
Urara
It’s like… like there must’ve been some huge reason… ㅇㅅㅇ
Tell me ㅠ
Lala’s lips are sealed ㅇxㅇ……

And then Urara started sending tons of Japanese-anime-like emoticons as if she were doing it on purpose. I was getting a little irritated, and since I hated being bothered by Urara, I replied without any explanation.
I was Yeongil’s guild master.
I planned to ignore her even if she asked what Yeongil was.

But the response that came back was extremely intense.
Urara
What???
?????????????????????
?
Urara
Really?

Even her deliberately wrong spelling and weird emoticons stopped. Then she kept sending [whoa] as if she were trembling like a shaking tree.
I was actually surprised by Sim Woohyun’s reaction.
You know about Yeongil guild business?
Shin Heejae himself had completely forgotten about it, but Sim Woohyun stayed silent for a while, and only after I prodded again with a [??] did he finally reply.

Urara
Of course I know……?
Wow, but I didn’t think Sesam-hyung was Sebyeok-nim……
I was slightly surprised to hear my old nickname again after so long.
‘…This guy really did know?’

I thought it was just empty talk…
When my [Yeongil] nickname came up, it felt a little strange. And Urara even said something weird in an unusually serious tone.
Urara
I was your fan ㅠ

??
Urara
You used to write a lot of guides on the Tips Board.
Ah……

Urara
I raised a Battle Mage because of you…
?
Urara
My main ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) was a Battle Mage.
It’s true ㅇㅅㅇ……
Kkikki made one before Lala did ㅠ

I thought of another character Urara had in the [Degeuldegeul] clan, [Ukkikki], and was momentarily flustered. That character really was a Battle Mage.
Urara even started recalling those days in detail.
Urara
Whenever your posts showed up on the Tips Board, I was always the first to comment……
Do you remember the weekly guide ranking?
I used my mom and dad’s accounts to upvote you so you’d get first place, haha.

Urara
……
I made you win first place and everything…
And you even got the Knowledge King title and bragged about it in the free board…
The more I read, the weirder I felt. I could clearly feel the atmosphere of that time, and memories I had buried started surfacing.
‘Right… I used to nag clan members to hurry and recommend my posts to get that…’

But it was hard to get the [Knowledge King] title with just clan recommendations, so I had painstakingly edited screenshots for every single post to get as many upvotes as possible. I even hunted the same boss over a hundred times to get decent shots for explaining patterns.
When I remembered how I even dragged Hyejin into it and spent days and nights completely absorbed in [Arcadia], my fingertips felt a little tingly.
‘That was probably the most passionate I’ve ever been about anything in my life…’

‘I doubt I’ll ever play a game like that again…’
Just as I was sinking deep into nostalgia, Urara suddenly threw a question that shattered it.
Urara
So ㅇㅅㅇ
But… why did you decide to date Heejae?
Planning to kill him later when his guard’s down? Whoa?

That question pissed me off enough to shatter my trip down memory lane. I yelled at Urara through text even though she wasn’t in front of me.
“Ah, fuck! What the hell are you saying!”
ㅗ

We’re not dating.
Urara
But I know you live with Heejae though?
‘Fuck… what? Did Shin Heejae say that?’

I felt a little pang of guilt, but to be fair, it’s not exactly accurate to call what we have now dating.
So I denied it firmly.
We just live in the same house.

Urara
Hmm……?
Wow, but… does Heejae know? That you were Yeongil’s guild master?
At those words, I frowned, remembering the conversation I’d had with Shin Heejae before.
‘He said, “What did I do wrong?”…’

He even had the nerve to tell me it would’ve been fine if I’d just been better at the game.
‘God, just thinking about that smug face makes me mad again.’
The anger I had forgotten surged back, and I pressed my fingers hard against the screen.

Yeah. But he says he didn’t do anything wrong, lol.
Urara
Scratches head ㅇㅅㅇ…
Why’d you spare him ㅇㅅㅇ…
LOL

And with what Sim Woohyun said, my mood lifted just a little. Honestly, I hadn’t thought about it much, but the fact that Shin Heejae never properly apologized after I drunkenly confessed everything still pissed me off.
Urara
When you come to the after-party later… should I hold him from behind so you can hit him? LOLOLOLOL
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It was clearly an invitation to the after-party, but it felt nice that Urara was taking my side. Even Shin Heejae’s own friend thought he was in the wrong.
But then, as I laughed, I realized something ridiculous.
‘Wait, if this guy was my fan, why the hell is he sitting pretty in Shin Heejae’s clan?’

Usually, you don’t get along so well with someone your “idol” had beef with, right? He made it sound like I was some kind of life role model, but his words and actions didn’t add up.
Hey, if you were my fan, how come you’re best buddies with Shin Heejae?
Did you know him before?
As soon as I asked, Urara went silent again. Even though the read receipt was there.

‘Knew it. He was lying.’
Or maybe he really had admired me back then but exaggerated it.
But after a short pause, Urara’s answer completely defied my expectations.

Urara
Nope.
But, hyung ㅇㅅㅇ… you ignored me in the game first…
So I got pissed and joined Heejae in siege battles ㅋ.ㅋ
What?
Urara
You know fans who turn anti are scarier, right? Lolol
But it’s fine now… I forgot all about it.

Sim Woohyun spoke like some kind of magnanimous saint, but to me, it made no sense.
When did I ever ignore you?
I didn’t even know who you were;;
I mean, you have to know someone to ignore them, right?

But after another long pause, Sim Woohyun just repeated the same after-party nonsense.
Urara
I’ll tell you at the after-party ㅇㅅㅇㅋ
?
Why not just tell me now?
You’re making this up, aren’t you?

Urara
……
Lala was so shocked back then I even took a screenshot…
I still have it, you know? ㅇㅅㅇ…
Urara
Just thinking about it makes me sad again…
I cried myself to sleep when I was nineteen because of you ㅇㅅㅠ
And then he completely shut his mouth.

I kept pressing him, but Urara stayed stubbornly silent. It was clearly meant as a joke, but there was something serious behind those words, and it was driving me crazy with curiosity.
‘What the hell did I do???’
He was saying I’d done something bad enough for him to still remember it… but I had no idea what it was. Back in the [Yeongil] days, I never did anything to earn anyone’s grudge…

‘No, no… even Shin Heejae, who I thought was done with, showed up at my house…’
For some reason, this damn game kept making me out to be the villain.