[Dohae] Ah, please, hyung. 9:09 PM
[Dohae] I’m not just saying that. 9:09 PM
[Dohae] (emoticon) 9:10 PM
The message from Haesal had arrived with an emoticon that seemed to be part of a set with the usual rabbit emoticon. It was clutching its forehead and shaking its head back and forth.
Yeonjun treated it like nothing and silently sent back a cat emoticon that seemed to snort with a “hmph.”
[Ignis] (emoticon) 9:10 PM
Yeonjun’s short response made Haesal react right away.
[Dohae] Wow, unbelievable. 9:11 PM
[Dohae] You spent a whole month telling me 9:11 PM
[Dohyae] like some old man who’d be entering a coffin tomorrow 9:12 PM
[Dohae] and yet 9:12 PM
[Dohyae] you know how to use emoticons? 9:12 PM
[Dohyae] (emoticon) 9:12 PM
The messages came rushing up one after another, and while Yeonjun did feel they were rather rude, he was not offended.
Instead of answering, he sent a cat emoticon making an OK sign with its paw, as if deliberately trying to annoy him.
[Ignis] (emoticon) 9:12 PM
[Dohae] Ah, seriously, hyung. 9:13 PM
Yeonjun read through Haesal’s messages, which seemed thoroughly worked up, and his lips twitched. Then he finally came to his senses.
Anyway, this was not the important thing right now. He had blocked party invites and whispers through the built-in function, but the moment he went back out into the field, users would trail after him and send guild join requests one after another.
If Yeonjun was keeping his head on straight, he could just refuse them.
But if several came flooding in at once and he had to press the refusal button repeatedly, it would be troublesome if he accidentally accepted one.
He was going to leave right away anyway, but making that kind of mistake itself would look far too embarrassing.
After thinking for a moment, Yeonjun asked a question he could ask precisely because it was Haein.
[Ignis] I have something to ask. 9:14 PM
[Dohae] ! 9:14 PM
[Dohae] (emoticon) 9:14 PM
The emoticon Haesal immediately sent back was so bright and cheerful it was as if he had never been sulking at all.
[Dohae] Not just one thing. 9:15 PM
[Dohae] You can ask me ten more. 9:15 PM
Yeonjun was never going to ask that many in the first place, because even he would find it troublesome. He let Haesal’s excessive enthusiasm pass in one eye and out the other, then asked.
[Ignis] These days, if you want to announce something to the whole server, 9:16 PM
[Ignis] where do you post it? 9:16 PM
[Dohae] ? 9:17 PM
Unable to understand Is-nim’s intent, Haein tilted his head and asked back.
[Dohae] It depends on what kind of announcement you’re making, doesn’t it? 9:17 PM
[Ignis] Hm… 9:17 PM
[Ignis] I want them to stop sending party invites, guild invites, and whispers, 9:18 PM
[Ignis] and I’m not especially attached to the title, 9:18 PM
[Ignis] so only people confident they can beat me should challenge me to duels? 9:18 PM
‘…?’
The moment Haein read Yeonjun’s message, he was speechless.
Was this really something a person who had so stubbornly insisted he had no intention of playing from now on should be saying?
You said you weren’t doing PvP? Haein knew, strictly speaking, that he had no right to argue with him, yet he still found himself grumbling.
[Dohae] Hyung, I thought you were only good at games. 9:18 PM
[Dohae] ♡♡ Turns out you’re good at deceiving people too ㅡㅡ 9:19 PM
[Dohae] After telling me you absolutely wouldn’t. 9:19 PM
Contrary to Haein’s worry that Is-nim might suddenly snap that there was no button for that and cut off the conversation, he sent back a response that did not seem especially displeased.
[Ignis] I’m saying I’ll do up to 1:1. 9:19 PM
[Ignis] I’m not doing 5:5 or mass battles (*large-scale PvP battles involving dozens of people). Too tiring. 9:20 PM
At Is-nim’s surprisingly obedient answer, Haein kept getting greedy.
But if they ask again, you’ll accept it, won’t you? Haein thought hard for a moment, then made a suggestion to Is-nim first.
[Dohae] Then I’ll post it for you. 9:20 PM
[Dohae] You’re way too hot a celebrity right now, hyung. 9:20 PM
[Dohae] If you post once, you’ll keep getting 300 comments at a time. 9:21 PM
[Dohae] Your notifications will go crazy. 9:21 PM
To Yeonjun, it was information that hardly mattered.
He did not have the energy to painstakingly check what other people were saying about him, and even back when he had been active, he had never posted on the site, wherever that site was.
It might be better to let it pass through Haesal’s hands.
[Ignis] I’d be grateful if you did. 9:21 PM
[Ignis] Don’t write anything weird. 9:21 PM
[Ignis] Post only exactly what I said. 9:22 PM
As soon as Yeonjun gave his casual permission, Haesal sent an emoticon of a rabbit hopping around in delight.
[Dohae] (emoticon) 9:22 PM
[Dohae] (emoticon) 9:22 PM
[Dohae] (emoticon) 9:22 PM
On top of that came another emoticon, one that blinked both eyes mischievously and flapped its ears.
He sure has energy, Yeonjun thought, not putting much meaning into it, and lightly typed the two letters [ㅇㅇ].
Soon, a post written by Haein went up on Erha Online’s representative community.
| [Server Board: (Nacht Server)] [Title: Statement Regarding Ignis-nim’s Return.] [Body] Hello, I am DoHaesal, guild master of the Nacht Server [Yeonhwa] guild. Regarding Ignis-nim’s recent return, Ignis-nim wished to state his position directly, so I am posting this on his behalf. Because Ignis-nim is not used to using the board, I will organize the comments you leave and pass them along to him. First, the user who won yesterday’s 1:1 duel against BbungBbungBbang-nim is indeed the Ignis-nim many of you remember. He returned two months ago and has been quietly active, mainly leveling and gathering in the field. He originally said he no longer had any intention of doing PvP or high-end content. As for the incident at Menor Strait, BbungBbungBbang-nim repeatedly requested 1:1 duels, so he had no choice but to accept. Since returning to full activity as a ranker would make his disturb his current work, and since he is somewhat advanced in years and is not in a situation where he can spend long hours in the game, he asks that you refrain from party invitations for recruitment, guild join requests, whispers, and the like. However, please note that he will accept 1:1 duel requests only from those who are absolutely confident they can win. [Comments] – Wow, he was a Named from my childhood memories. It’s really been so long since I’ve seen him. I’m so happy. – Wait, but what’s with “advanced in years” in the middle there? Is he really old enough to be my dad now? ㄴ If he’s Chandal-noona’s age, he shouldn’t be that old. ㄴ What is Chandal even doing these days? I haven’t seen her around. ㄴ Chandal quit in 2017 because she had to raise her kid. – Can you tell us why he suddenly quit back then?ㅠㅠ It’s not like he suddenly deleted his character. He just disappeared, so everyone was super curious. ㄴ 2222 This is honestly what I’m most curious about. ㄴ 333333 There were rumors he fell out with his guildmates too, and he was basically a super hot celebrity, so why did he suddenly quit…? – After he vanished, there were even rumors that he’d had an accident, so I’m glad he seems to have been living well and healthily. It’s really something that ten years have already passed. – I don’t know who this is. Was he that famous?? ㄴ 2222 Someone show up and explain. ㄴ Even if you combined the current buzz of Yeonhwa, Glazing Unicorn, Bukhansan Crazy Idols, and Wooahage, they couldn’t match Flammer back then. Among people who played Erha, there basically wasn’t anyone who didn’t know Ignis. He appeared in the guidebook several times, kept showing up on the official homepage main page, and was an all-round insanely good-looking monster who was good at everything, PvP and raids alike. – If Yeonhwa’s guild master posted it for him, then we should just assume he joined Yeonhwa. |
Haesal sent him only a screenshot of the body with, “I posted it like this~”
Yeonjun was so dumbfounded that he pinched the space between his brows and frowned.
Advanced in years? Did he write it like this on purpose to bait people?
When Yeonjun immediately questioned him, Haesal answered calmly.
[Dohae] Judging by the way you talk, 9:48 PM
[Dohae] forget being in your forties, you seem like you’re in your fifties. 9:48 PM
[Dohae] So I reflected your will, hyung. 9:48 PM
[Dohyae] Did I do well? 9:48 PM
[Ignis] ㅡㅡ 9:49 PM
[Ignis] Do you think you did? 9:49 PM
When Yeonjun briefly made his displeasure obvious, Haesal tossed out a joke, as if cheekily climbing up at him.
[Dohae] If you don’t want to be treated like an elder, 9:49 PM
[Dohae] then you can join our guild and make a proper return ㅇㅇ 9:49 PM
[Ignis] ㅡㅡ 9:50 PM
[Ignis] I’m not buying it. 9:50 PM
[Ignis] I said I’m not buying it. 9:50 PM
[Ignis] Go away. 9:50 PM
[Dohae] For an elder, 9:51 PM
[Dohae] your expressions are pretty MZ-like^^ 9:51 PM
[Ignis] Ugh ♡♡ 9:51 PM
[Dohae] ♡^^♡ 9:51 PM
[Dohae] Yes, elder. Tomorrow I’ll teach you how to make a group chat♡^^♡ 9:51 PM
[Ignis] ㅡㅡ 9:52 PM
After the post went up, Yeonjun had hoped that since he had made something like a statement, the number of people annoyingly following him around would decrease a little.
That hope proved completely useless. With Haesal’s help, he switched his party status to always joined and only temporarily released it when accepting 1:1 duels, so that much was manageable. The biggest problem was the guild join requests.
[General/Ignis: Sorry, but please stop sending guild join requests.]
[General/Ignis: I have no intention of joining a guild.]
But did people even read the chat? It seemed they had no intention of giving up until a guild name appeared above Ignis’s head.
T/N: They are flirting aaahhh.
Also, what beautiful misunderstanding. lmao
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