chapter 5
Even as another guy, I had ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) to admit—Yatta was hopeless. Every time a female character joined our clan, he had to talk to her—asking her age and whether she was a real girl.
Then, if she was between 20 and 23, he’d try to drag her into Discord or push for private messages.
Naturally, his reputation tanked fast. When he finally tried hitting on Hyejin and it didn’t go his way, he rage quit and jumped to another clan. There, he ended up dating a Spirit Healer named Ttamiseul.
Hey… you remember Ttamiseul?
Hyejin
LOLOL of course, why?
I just suddenly thought of Yatta and Ttamiseul LOL
Hyejin
No way
I was literally just thinking about them too LOL
Yatta and Ttamiseul were obnoxiously public about their relationship.
There was a cash item called a “high-powered megaphone” (or “hi-meg” for short), which let you broadcast server-wide messages. Those two would go off on it like 30 times a day, declaring their love, gratitude, future plans for children—every kind of cringe imaginable.
They were so insufferable that other users would start firing off their own megaphones just to drown them out.
Eventually, everyone started pretending not to see it. You couldn’t reason with that couple, so the whole server gave up and ignored them into oblivion.
Hyejin
They spammed the server with hi-megs every day
I was so fed up with it
Hyejin
LOL oh f*** I just found an old screenshot—Clan Master, you have to see this LOL
She sent me a screenshot from the [Yeongil] days.
Right there, plain as day, was a hi-meg message from Yatta confessing to Ttamiseul.
EYatta: The one pitiful girl I rate higher than anyone… that’s you, Ttamiseul.
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Hyejin
LOL Jesus f***ing Christ
Do you remember how we debated what he meant back then?
“Just one girl” vs “Pitiful girl”
LOL
Hyejin had been seriously traumatized by Yatta back then, and she ended up sending me a whole compilation of his “legendary” hi-meg moments. I laughed while scrolling through them—but part of me was thinking something else.
The reason that cringe couple popped into my head…
…was because Ttamiseul turned out to be a netkama.
And not just that—Ttamiseul scammed the hell out of him.
Yatta even posted a sob story titled [This Is Unfair] on the community board, claiming Ttamiseul had milked him for over 3 million won across six months.
(Though when we looked into it, it turned out he’d just given her a beat-up old laptop and maybe bought a couple of 2,000-won Royal Hair coupons. That was it.)
Still, Yatta was devastated. He quit the game completely—and never logged into [Arcadia] again.
That was the part that stuck with me.
It sparked an idea I hadn’t considered before.
What if—really, what if—that bastard Heejae had developed a thing for me?
What if I pretended to be a real girl, seduced him… leeched him dry… and then revealed I was a netkama?
Wouldn’t that be enough to make that bastard so humiliated he rage-quit the game for good?
Just thinking about it made me giddy.
Because of Shin Heejae, I’d fallen from being a successful lord to rock bottom. I’d sold my prized account for scraps. Even now, my jaw clenched remembering it. If I could give him even a fraction of the humiliation I felt back then—
Even if I couldn’t make him quit, if I could just get one line added to his Namuwiki page that said [Got tricked into dating a netkama]… wouldn’t that be satisfying enough?
‘The question is… does that bastard actually like Sesam?’
Hyejin’s teasing was just that—teasing. I had no proof. But still… if the alternative was quitting the game, then maybe it was worth chasing the possibility.
With that thought, I sat in front of my computer.
Heart pounding, I logged into [Arcadia].
A world full of adventure—
Welcome to Arcadia.
Once loading finished, my character stood alone in the waiting room of [Bloody Rain]. I must have been booted near the arena after rage-quitting the match with Heejae.
“Clan… still there, huh.”
Just in case, I checked.
The clan name [Degeuldegeul] still floated above my character’s head.
Then, as if they’d been waiting for me, messages poured into the clan chat—excited greetings from the trio who had first invited me.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
CHooha: omg
CHooha: it’s Sesam!!!
CHooha: Sesam-nim wait a sec pls T__T don’t leave
CYeou: oh hello!!
CYeou: wait Sesam-nim give me a minute okay??
CLemonzzup: Sesam… please calm down…
I guess they were terrified I’d leave the clan after losing to Heejae.
But I wasn’t going anywhere—at least not yet. I was waiting to see how that bastard would react.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
S‘Heejae’ has logged in.
I didn’t have to wait long. He logged in almost instantly.
Had he told the clan to notify him the moment I came online?
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
CHeejae: where’s Sesam?
The way he cut right to the point pissed me off—but at the same time, it confirmed it: this bastard was still very, very interested in me.
Heejae showed up at the [Bloody Rain] arena in no time.
Standing right in front of me, smirking like an idiot.
‘I play along for a while… act like we’re kinda dating… and then drop the bomb? Hah, not a bad plan.’
But could I really hold in my rage long enough to act friendly with this bastard?
Just looking at him made me want to stab something.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
NHeejae: Sesam-noona
NHeejae: ㅇ_ㅇ
NHeejae: you totally ghosted me after I crushed you
NHeejae: I thought you jumped off a cliff T_T I was worried
It seemed like he wasn’t actually flirting—just obsessed with trolling me.
What really got under my skin was the fact that I would have to make the first move… teasing him, luring him in. Just thinking about it made my fists shake.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
NSesam: yo
I barely managed to suppress my anger and reply.
This might be the real beginning of my revenge.
And this—while he still had no idea who I was—was the perfect window to screw him over.
Heejae, completely unaware, hit a grin emote and kept talking.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
NHeejae: so starting today we’re dungeon partners, right noona?
NSesam: yo
NHeejae: but like… your level’s kinda low
NHeejae: guess I’ll have to carry you for a week lol
NSesam: yo
NHeejae: so grateful, right noona~? ㅇ.ㅇ
I didn’t answer that.
I just sent him a party invite.
But even after accepting it, that bastard couldn’t shut the hell up.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
PHeejae: noona are you still mad?
PSesam: no
PHeejae: then why are your replies so cold ㅇ_ㅇ?
PHeejae: being mature means accepting the result of a fight, noona~
That was it.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
PSesam: shut up.
PSesam: I was holding back from murdering you and you keep running your f***ing mouth
I immediately regretted it—but I’d already hit Enter.
Yet all Heejae did was cackle.
[Whisper to Party/Clan Friends]
PHeejae: lol
PHeejae: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
PHeejae: in the end, it’s all about level ㅇ.ㅇ
PHeejae: if you don’t like it, better grind faster, right? ㅇ_ㅇ lol
And that final line?
Absolutely infuriating.
My jaw clenched. I hissed through my teeth:
“You f***ing bastard! If I hadn’t quit because of you—!”
Yeah, I got totally wiped out by him.
But my main was once higher-level than his.
Hearing this from the guy who ruined everything for me—
The smug bastard who ruined my life and game—was unbearable.
Fuming, I stared at the chat box where Heejae was still giggling like an idiot.
“Oh yeah… I’ll make sure you quit this game if it’s the last thing I do.”