He Is That Guy

‘He’s totally gonna fail.’

That’s what I thought—yet I couldn’t help feeling a little tense.
Honestly, judging by how he bombed earlier, he didn’t exactly seem like the luckiest guy in the game. Just like everyone in the guild said, there was no way this was going to work.
Or so I thought.

Ding-ding-ding!
“…Huh?”
Instead of the black lightning signaling failure, the success chime rang out. I blinked fast.

What the hell just happened?
[Guild] Hwa So-un: ?????
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: Uh? Did that actually succeed just now?
[Guild] Haereun: WTF he landed it on the first try?
[Guild] Drink Some Water: This game’s really just “lucky gets everything” fr
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Wait a sec;; then what about Sleepy..?
[Guild] Staeric: LOLLLLLLLLL
[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: I believed in you, Guildmaster-nim^^
[Guild] TheHunter: That sycophant…
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Wait, you actually got +7? LOL
[Guild] ManaOing: Bro I’m speechless after watching this wtf
[Guild] ManaOing: How do you hit +7 in one shot
[Guild] Hunting Madman: I’m jealous––ugh––seriously ugh
[Guild] Yu Chae: LOL
Yu Chae walked up to me while I was still frozen like an idiot. Then he sent me a trade request.

“……”
When I accepted, my staff popped right up in the trade window. I grabbed my mouse with a trembling hand and hovered over it. The item info appeared.
[Solis Staff (+7)]

…You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me.
This crazy bastard really hit +7 in one go.
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: This is all a lie..
[Guild] Haereun: LOLOLOLOLOL
[Guild] Drink Some Water: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Sleepyyy T_TTTT
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: A tragedy you can’t witness without tears..
[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: Save Sleepy ㅠㅠ
[Guild] Staeric: It’s...all your own fault
[Guild] TheHunter: I think you underestimated our guildmaster too muchㅠㅠ
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: Excuse me but you guys told me to let him do it
[Guild] TheHunter: LMAOOOOOO
[Guild] Staeric: LOL wait did we? HAHAHA
[Guild] Hunting Madman: You actually trusted those two… Sleepy… come on
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: Stop me before I leave this guild
[Guild] Mocha Bread: LOOOOOOOOOOOL
[Guild] Mocha Bread: This is killing me I’m crying omg ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: So this is how people get scammed, terrifying lol
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Really shows how dangerous it is to trust people^^~
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Hang in there Sleepy HAHAHAHA
[Guild] Haereun: You got this~! LOLOLOL

“Haah……”
With no way out, I sighed deeply and pressed my forehead.
Game marriage itself didn’t really matter. That wasn’t the issue.

The real problem… was the guild.
Now that I had the staff back as planned, I hadn’t decided yet whether I’d stay or leave like I used to.
Frankly, ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) the reason I lost the staff in the first place was because of Yu Chae. And thanks to me, we shut down Fever’s Meteor strategy. From Chojeonyeok’s perspective, there was no solid reason to make me stay if I wanted to leave.
‘But if it’s like this……’

I could already picture their reactions if I said I was leaving right after the in-game marriage.
“You’re just gonna ditch your spouse?” “Not even a full day and you’re filing for divorce?” “You’re not sleeping in separate rooms—you’re doing separate guilds now?”
Ugh. Just thinking about it gave me a headache.

[Guild] Yu Chae: Hyung, hyung!
[Guild] Yu Chae: Let’s live happily ever after >///<♥
He had no clue how messed up I was feeling. Just grinning and bouncing around like a dumbass.
I leaned my chin in my hand and watched him for a bit—then let out a quiet laugh. I seriously can’t win. How is his luck better than mine even in this kind of situation?

[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: I’ll give it to you—your luck is insane
[Guild] Yu Chae: LOL I am lucky
[Guild] Yu Chae: Honestly, I’ve never failed at something I really wanted to do ㅎ.ㅎ
Yeah, okay, you little show-off.
I equipped my trash-tier backup staff—the one I was using before I got my main one back—and smacked Yu Chae with a basic attack.
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: Okay now hit the confirm button
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: Give me the staff
[Guild] Yu Chae: We’re getting married, right?
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: You said so yourselfㅡㅡ
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: I lost, so I have to..

[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[Guild] Haereun: ㅠㅜㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Sleepy…ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: LOL ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[Guild] DoraHeeImnida: I’ll definitely come to the wedding hehe
[Guild] Mocha Bread: I’ve never seen such a sad story ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[Guild] Staeric: ㅠㅠ
Once I admitted defeat, the guild chat drowned in tears.
These fake-ass clowns… I’ll remember this. I will get my revenge.

[Guild] Yu Chae: Not just because you lost,
[Guild] Yu Chae: I want to hear that you're marrying me because you love me
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: I’m logging off and uninstalling, bye
[Guild] Yu Chae: LOL just kidding, just kidding
[Guild] Yu Chae: But wait, hyung—hang on
Yu Chae canceled the trade and followed up with another message.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’ve still got some enhancement stones left
[Guild] Yu Chae: Since we’re at it, I’ll try for +8
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: How many you got
[Guild] Yu Chae: About 40 ㅎ.ㅎ
[Guild] Yu Chae: Even if I fail, I can still get it back to +7 ><
[Guild] Yu Chae: Shall we?
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: Go for it

Worked out for me either way. Bet or no bet, Yu Chae was the one who got my staff to +7.
With my permission, Yu Chae headed back to the shrine and started the next attempt.
Ding-ding-ding!

And just like that, he hit +8.
[Guild] Mocha Bread: HOLY SHIT LOOOOOL
[Guild] Staeric: This is getting depressing LOL
[Guild] Drink Some Water: First-try +8 is actually over the line;;
[Guild] Hunting Madman: How many damn stones did I waste trying to get +8
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Is this the mythical marriage-buff at work??
[Guild] Staeric: Anyone wanna marry me?^^
[Guild] TheHunter: LOL should we line up?
[Guild] Hunting Madman: Count me in..^^
[Guild] Haereun: Looks like Staeric’s a heartthrob now
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: I guess this is why people say you gotta pick the right person to marryㅎ..
[Guild] ManaOing: LOLLLLLLL
[Guild] ManaOing: Wahhh I’m so jealous, Sleepyyy~ >.<
[Guild] Hwa So-un: For real, for real—if only I’d married someone like that >.<
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: LOL take him then;
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Sorry.
[Guild] ManaOing: Yeah nah, that’s a bit much;;
Yu Chae handed the staff back to me. The +5 staff I gave up had returned as a +8.

After checking the bonus damage and percentage boosts, I immediately got why players kept throwing themselves at those awful success rates.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I did good, right? ^ㅡ^v
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: Yeah yeah thx
[Guild] Yu Chae: We are getting married
[Guild] Yu Chae: How about a kiss instead of a thank you?>▽<
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: No
[Guild] Drink Some Water: So when’s the wedding?
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Right after the prelims?
[Guild] Yu Chae: Nah, weekend
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Then next Saturday it is
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Let’s just post the details in the group chat
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Everyone who’s free, show up LOL
[Guild] TheHunter: Yeah, we all need to witness this kind of spectacle
[Guild] I’m So Sleepy: Spectacle?
[Guild] TheHunter: I-I mean celebration
[Guild] TheHunter: That came out wrong lol
[Guild] TheHunter: I meant this is a big event and we should all be there to celebrate hehe
[Guild] Staeric: Fuck LOL
[Guild] Hunting Madman: Facts. This is our guildmaster’s wedding, not just anyone’s
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Cleared my Saturday^^
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Same^^
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Me too^^
[Guild] ManaOing: Bro you didn’t have plans anyway, you’re always soloㅠ
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Shhh
[Guild] Drink Some Water: If our guildmaster’s getting hitched,
[Guild] Drink Some Water: shouldn’t we be the ones to give you a honeymoon house as a gift?
[Guild] Yu Chae: Nah, it’s okay
[Guild] Yu Chae: I already have one
[Guild] Drink Some Water: ?
What was that? That creeping dread—

Before I could even type anything, Yu Chae was already ahead of me.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I decorated hyung’s farm before the prelims startedㅎㅎ
[Guild] Yu Chae: Right, my darling~? u///u)r~♥
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Oh…
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: GUAAHHHH
[Guild] Mocha Bread: MY EYES FUCK
[Guild] TheHunter: Must be nice… so jealous… LOOOOOL
[Guild] Staeric: Damn they even got a honeymoon house already lol
[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: At this point, weren’t they already basically dating?;;;
[Guild] Haereun: For real, we were the only clueless ones
[Guild] DoraHeeImnida: You two are perfect together hehe
[Guild] Hwa So-un: That kind of comment… might sound like an insult to Sleepy…
“Fuck my life…”

I don’t even know how many times I’ve cursed now.
All I could do was lower my head in total despair.