CH 11

I looked at the screen in surprise. Luckily the microphone was turned off. He freaked me out of my wits!

“No, is this bastard stretching his limits again? Go back…”

I got very annoyed, so I turned on the messenger app again on my phone and sent a reply with [Do you want to die?]. Shin Heejae seemed to have been looking at the messenger all the time, and immediately let out a soft laugh.

“No, so why aren’t you talking?” 

[Me: bothersome]

“You’re really hard to get.”

[Me: it’s not as fun as I thought. I’m hanging up]

“Oh, wait a minute.”

Shin Heejae laughed and interrupted, but hearing the vivid voice of a guy on the phone at dawn was giving me a reality check… Also, I was a little sleepy at the time, so I coldly hung up the phone.

Shin Heejae, who called again a few times afterward, sent a message as if he had given up when I didn’t answer.

[Heejae: I was starting to tell a really fun story, really]

[Me: I said it’s really no fun? yawn] 

[Heejae: so shall I sing you a lullaby?]

“Ha… !”

Those words made me laugh out loud involuntarily.

“Really this bastard… It’s terrifying, it’s terrifying.” 

However, Shin Heejae did not stop flirting there.

[Heejae: or should I give you a wake-up call when you wake up in the morning?]

Seeing those words, I scoffed at him to give him a “punch”.

[Me: there are a lot of men who can do it besides you ㅎㅎ] 

However, Shin Heejae was not easy to intimidate.

[Heejae: do any of them have a higher level than me? Tell them to come to Rolling.

[Heejae: lolololololololololol]

Is it really impossible to beat a real madman with words? Without realizing it, I laughed and turned off the phone screen and threw the phone a little further away than usual. 

When talking with Shin Heejae, there are times when I get annoyed and burst into laughter, but that was because I felt like I was losing.

* * *

“Ah… Shitty bastard Shin Heejae.” I cursed angrily.

And the result was that… I was late. 

Yesterday, I put my phone farther away than usual so I couldn’t hear the alarm well. I was 20 minutes late.

It was the day I had a consultation appointment with a complainant, so I was sweating even more. Fortunately, the complainant, who had been waiting, didn’t say much. But since I was late, things got messed up all day so I ended up leaving work later than usual.

[Heejae: when are you coming ㅇ.ㅇ]

[Me: Because of youㅡㅡ] 

[Heejae: ??]

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It was Shin Heejae.

I turned on the computer with my foot, leaving the phone alone. After that, the phone was disconnected only after Discord was automatically logged in. I was tired, so tired.

[Sesam: hey I’m taking a shower]

If I went to the shower without saying anything again, he would keep calling. I left the chat on Discord and went into the bathroom telling him not to call in advance. 

After I just washed up and came out… As I wiped my hair, I looked at the monitor and for some reason most of the clan members were gathered in the guild castle.

“What? Is there a siege today?”

However, the siege was only held on the weekends, so I was standing in an ambiguous place without knowing what was going on and just staring at the clan members awkwardly.

[‘Heejae’ logged in.] 

Shin Heejae also appeared. As soon as he was connected, he ran to me.

[Heejae: noona]

[Sesam: ?]

[Heejae: come to the clan Discord room] 

“Did the clan have a separate Discord room?”

I was curious, but once I received the message of Heejae’s invitation, I moved to the Discord room where the clan members were gathered.

Unlike the Discord room where I usually chatted with Shin Heejae alone, the clan Discord room had many people I did not know who were talking and chatting.

Fortunately, there were many people who turned off their microphones and just listened. So I was buried in the group and just listened to other people’s voices blankly. I wasn’t close to anyone to recognize their voice and character anyway… 

Then, Shin Heejae who came in a little later than me, turned on the microphone and started talking.

“There’s going to be a siege soon, so I told only the top-level players to gather.”

He didn’t raise his voice as much as he usually does, but as soon as Shin Heejae grabbed the microphone and spoke, everyone naturally became quiet.

In the quiet Discord room, Shin Heejae recited the ‘list of participants’ for this siege. 

“Except for those who said they couldn’t do it, I divided everyone else by occupation. I posted the plan for each occupation as a link in the chat room, so please check it… If anyone is unable to come on the same day, please let me know.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

The replies of the clan members who were full of spirit in their loud voices burst out from here and there. 

Then, one of them suddenly turned on the microphone and started talking to Shin Heejae. He sounded like a man in his early to mid-20s.

“Hey, clan master.”

“Yes.”

“I looked at the layout, and I think it would be better to go to Area C.” 

“Why?”

“Ah, I’m an archer from the City Tree…”

“…”

“Uh, on the side with the watchtower… The location of the site came out…” 

“…”

“So the site… to… secure it… um…”

He mumbled when Heejae didn’t answer but couldn’t speak any more. After a moment of silence, Shin Heejae spoke to him calmly.

“Are you done?” 

“Yes? Ah… If that’s not…”

“No, it’s not that it doesn’t work. Why don’t you talk?”

“Ah, yes. That… watchtower… good for securing… The tower can also be used, so… ”

“If you die at the watchtower and respawn, you know it’s the farthest from the center?” 

“Yes? Ah, yes…”

“That’s why only those who tamed a horse or had a movement speed of 300 or more, or who had a speed limit or higher, will be at the Watchtower.”

“Ah…”

“If you don’t have all three, I think it would be better to just do the layouts. You understand, right?” 

“Ah, yes… Yes. S-sorry.”

Shin Heejae didn’t say anything particularly firmly, but it was strangely irresistible. And the man who spoke seemed to feel the same way. He hesitated, then turned off the mic and became quiet.

I looked at the man for a moment and then shifted my gaze to the layout. In fact, I didn’t even have to look at the layout diagram. This was because I had no intention of participating in the siege in the first place. First of all, I had no equipment to participate in the siege, and above all, there was no desire to protect Shin Heejae’s castle by fighting hard.

However, on the first page I clicked on accidentally, my nickname was the first in the lineup of lord's castle, which can be said to be the most important core. 

I rubbed my eyes and checked again.

Lord’s castle – Sesam (healer)/Heejae’s assistant

“What?”

Dumbfounded, I sent a ‘whisper’ to Heejae. 

[Sesam: hey, why am I assisting the lord’s castle???

[Sesam: I didn’t say I was participating???]

“Pfft.”

Shin Heejae laughed unpleasantly into the microphone as if he had seen my ‘whisper’. And soon over his mic, I could hear the clacking of a keyboard. 

[Heejae: noona should definitely be with me ㅇ_ㅇㅋㅋ you’re my heal shuttle]

[Heejae: did you forget that you lost me? lolol]

Then straight away, as if driving a final nail into the wall, he spoke to the microphone.

“I think Sesam noona is very nervous because this is her first time in a siege. Everyone, please take care of her.” 

“…”

“…”

“What are you talking about, you bastard…?”

I frowned as I heard Shin Heejae’s sudden outburst. 

This was not some kind of chatroom confession, why was he forcing his regards on others out of the blue? As the person involved, I was so embarrassed. Of course, the other people who had their microphones turned on didn’t say anything, as if they didn’t know how to respond to what he said.

However, Shin Heejae did not stop there, adding a cheesy line as if he was muttering to himself.

“This kind of stuff makes me tremble… Ah, cute.”

Especially these last words, as if it were for everyone to hear… it was an openly sweet tone. 

“Wh… what?”

I jumped up from my seat in embarrassment and shock.

Naturally, the atmosphere in the Discord chat was awfully frozen. However, the clan members, who quickly understood the situation, laughed nonchalantly and gave me words of encouragement one by one.

[Flower Tale: ㅎㅎ everyone makes mistakes in the beginning] 

[Flower Tale: don’t worry too much, sesam-nim ㅎㅎㅎ]

[Yewoo: sesam-nim is a healer prodigy]

[Huha: if need be, clan master will set up a human shield lolololol]

[Lemonade: yesyes lolol clan master will take care of everything lololololol] 

But even in the midst of the kind words, I felt an undue shame because of the shitty atmosphere because I could clearly tell what’s on the clan members’ minds…

Our clan master is online dating…

And they must believe that the target is me.

What Shin Heejae had just done was like spitting on me. How much image management has this bastard been managing? I was vaguely aware of the attitude of the clan members. 

If he behaved as vulgarly in the clan as he did to me, would he have been able to hold weight in front of several of the clan members like he did today? Besides, not all of the clan members are in their early 20s, many of them are in their 40s…

This little bastard must have maintained a private distance like a knife that other clan members would not be curious about. And he would have adhered to his shrewd behavior and unobtrusive tone so that even at a young age, he could not be underestimated.

And then he says I’m cute and he asks me to take care of him… If I were a clan member, I would have thought that there was something between the two of us also.

The problem was in my circumstances, where I could not proudly say “no”? It felt unpleasant. But this situation itself was perfect for my revenge, so I couldn’t make a public excuse for it. 

However, I couldn’t help but feel the urge that came up my throat to turn on the mic and explain myself right away.

[Sesam: fck why are you acting like we’re close?? do you want to die??]

[Sesam: you don’t want to lose the territory, right? lol try doing the siege once without a healer]

My pride didn’t allow me to stand still like this, so I ‘whispered’ abusive language to Shin Heejae. 

However, Shin Heejae calmly chimed in after seeing the ‘whispers’ I sent him. Then he spoke into the microphone that hadn’t been turned off yet.

“Did you finish taking a shower? Ah.”

After that, he immediately turned the mic off as though he were embarrassed by something he didn’t mean to say.

I was motionless as I wondered, ‘What is this bastard talking about all of a sudden?’ 

Then, suddenly, the clan members rushed out the Discord chat without saying goodbye.

And only, after about three seconds, I realized what he had done and frantically smashed the keyboard.

t/n: lmaoo i like how seyoung wanted heejae to fall for him but whenever he flirts with him, he’s like WTF