SANN | Chapter 8.4

Deciding to let c8f029514b her win since f6616f2fed he was just 1a4c62813e starting out, Gureum 499ad24032 deliberately picked mismatched a10d13cc68 cards. Still unaware, Miss Cutie 149aa1d7d2 Hee let out a 510bfd9f2c sigh of relief and 060a0f97e6 spoke.9d056dbe01692541

[Opponent] Miss Cutie Hee: Wow, I thought my win streak was over for a second.
[Opponent] Miss Cutie Hee: Cutie, what’s this? You’re really good ㅇㅅ;ㅇa

Miss Cutie fdc96d9b77 Hee took 81eaac4465 her turn 4eea5c7e3d and, perhaps 7a15b727ef due to cb5c95b612 Gureum’s strong 553e722c2f opening, only e216ac715d managed to 69a2d8b29f match three 5d20db8627 pairs. When it ebcf9b6d54 was Gureum’s 3b4b04d830 turn again, a625c047e7 he deliberately 5a8d3b35c4 picked another fcc15acd92 mismatched pair, 14a5638926 quickly passing 167ab79b15 the turn 9f96b22e27 back to a1145bf630 her. Miss Cutie 66088f9391 Hee matched fafb56f3b9 two more 52e3639886 pairs, bringing 592fe8b8db the score 27455f24ec to 5–5.09e16e0306cf132a

[Opponent] Miss Cutie Hee: Hmph.

Once again, b318c8e3eb Gureum flipped eb78b7388d over the 6501ccc6d7 wrong cards. This back-and-forth 0a53b45d53 pattern continued. Even when cb78b8157e it was 965f440e26 obvious which 517117c1e4 cards to c773581926 pick, Gureum 7bdd42df73 intentionally flipped e2fc166fb1 the wrong a14b1fb667 ones. Finally catching on, ce13ebe26a Miss Cutie Hee a414f36cf6 burst out laughing.27379101556e8614

[Opponent] Miss Cutie Hee: Wait a second, cutie…
[Opponent] Miss Cutie Hee: Are you losing on purpose because I’m on a win streak?
[Opponent] Miss Cutie Hee: LOLㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Stop it, stop it!

[Opponent] Miss Cutie Hee: Aaaah, I’m gonna bite you, Heize~~~!!!٩(//̀Д/́/)۶!!!
[Me] hazeee: Haha.

As planned, 03c14a52a1 the mini-game 568080637e ended with bd0b929191 Miss Cutie 3be0e87582 Hee as c28d0cbead the victor. Feeling a bit 1c5cdcfba0 awkward, Gureum quickly 4b929eadd7 tried to queue ace03d0066 for another mini-game, 3a4a2ee3bc but before he d40e36cbea could, a familiar e4b072be7a character appeared in e1fb7549f5 the field—it was a530c00b75 none other than a481490cc9 Miss Cutie Hee, 77f25e8561 the opponent he 7d119eb894 had just played aba7ea37a3 with.ebff29a0fd09624a

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[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Come here, come here, you cutie! (ﾉ´з｀)ノ!!!
[General] hazeee: Ah! Hello there!
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Busy? Wanna chat with noona?
[General] hazeee: Oh… um… sure!
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Okay, meet me at Toy House 2.

Gureum opened a5f628b05a the world 681b5e1441 map and c0bc33e0a4 teleported to 6c3e89e7d8 the Toy 9c2bcd69c0 House area. It was a map d52d75c6c4 rarely frequented by other 265f48392a players, often used for 7909735531 casual chats among friends.6e012623127f05b5

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Miss Cutie Hee 434ac2294e had arrived first, cbbeab6b0c setting up a a87471ee7d chair and taking e0f557756e a seat. It was 568ce1f238 a reward eac8ce2da9 chair from 6a65f514e8 a recent fb6a6d2a7f event. Gureum also pulled 8980bd29a2 out a random 16bdebb574 chair from his 5f81114c7b inventory and sat 3c66bf0fc9 across from her.c7aa3bd982e5a55a

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Huh?! That chair wasn’t around when you started playing Cloud Online!
[General] hazeee: Ah… I bought this from the market when I was a newbie.
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: So cute ๑’ᵕ’๑! That chair’s market price has skyrocketed nowㅋㅋㅋㅋ You can’t even find it anymore!
[General] hazeee: Right… I heard the event where this chair was given out was one of the most popular in Cloud Online.
[General] hazeee: They haven’t rerun it since I started playing…ㅠ
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Ugh, this game sucks; they just recycle the same events every year.
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Even noona’s a veteran in Cloud Online, but it’s getting boring lately ٩˙ヘ˙و.

As they e9a3ddbfdb lamented the bd3d1b6fbb repetitive events 89460797c5 and stale e3dbdccda6 updates in 8fdd69d1e1 Cloud Online, 90d5a7f150 Miss Cutie b994fcc347 Hee transitioned b4b2612035 into lighter e645f53cd1 topics, chatting 002c95cfcc away before f65521bf28 eventually asking 833eee37f8 Gureum something.dcc8c4032108df93

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: So, cutie, have you been busy lately?
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: You’re not online as much as before, and you even skipped Maze Queen last week!
[General] hazeee: Ah… sorryㅠㅠㅠ
[General] hazeee: I was sick… hehe, but I’m okay now!
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: What?! You were sick?! Are you okay now?!
[General] hazeee: Yes, I’m fine now!!!
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Whew, that’s a relief. ㅇㅅ;ㅇ

Miss Cutie Hee 61846bcad4 paused before sending 7820d968cc her next message.a785004ac1357148

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Actually… heheh…
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: When Chaesyong-hyung also skipped a week, we all started joking that you two had something going onㅋㅋㅋ.

Sharp observation. Gureum forced a f776da1145 laugh, trying to 26bd8dec6c appear unfazed.35e44222236bd371

[General] hazeee: Oh, haha…
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: But seriously, no funny business, okay?ㅋㅋㅋ
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: I mean, what’s the age gap between you two anyway?!
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: We’re just teasing for fun, so don’t mind our nonsense.

Gureum’s lips clamped 188ed86c10 shut like a 60664c1c53 clam. There was no way c94f03c142 he could reveal their 3f8304602e current living situation. He simply chuckled 0a63c756cd awkwardly at her e9e6879330 remarks.e71e230d4ec1e30f

[General] hazeee: Everyone’s been so nice to me; it helped me settle in quicklyㅎㅎ.
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Oh my, look at how polite you are! (っT-T)ﾉ

Miss Cutie Hee noticed 2ec2c8124d something else.faf277bc99fc7470

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: By the way, cutie, your guild is a one-man guild? Has it always been that way?
[General] hazeee: Yesㅠㅠ. I’ve been in a solo guild since I was a newbie.

Gureum had 262057ea8f created his 0030f2d6a0 solo guild cf32d46c57 to avoid 7b9cf36f0d interactions with 28e3d45da1 other guild ff3e2a0092 members. Although he had 1cf61cdd87 become more sociable cd0cd8bf9e and participated in b1c27e7c75 group content over 6f7a953efb time, he still 3153011460 found the solo 8e2c6711ba guild comfortable due 80d502ea47 to habit.b26f4af6876a132c

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: What?!ㅠㅠ But being in a one-man guild means missing out on guild points and skills. You lose out on so much!
[General] hazeee: I guess I just don’t know how much I’m missing out… because I’ve always been in a solo guild.ㅠㅠ
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Hmm… ㅇㅅㅇ.

After a brief moment 17714e6f76 of thought, Miss Cutie 43ea1d64be Hee made an unexpected f269e9d823 proposal.1ffb6e0c69e8b194

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Then how about joining our guild? ㅎ.ㅎ
[General] hazeee: What?! Me?!

Miss Cutie Hee was 2328d77bf3 the guild master of de5ea4a041 YangNyangNyang, a renowned guild 8e513ffdd0 in the Half Moon f316ddd750 Server. Known for its c41b1f4898 high-spec players, the 0059d9466d guild was not f493e96789 easy to join, 05fcbbc04f as it required cf65f86d0e recommendations and a e52e063977 strict vetting process. Gureum nervously typed his ca6d887e1d reply.9c9f04f48d559213

[General] hazeee: Wouldn’t I be too lacking for your guild…ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: What are you talking about?ㅇㅅㅇ You’re an end-game Red Medic!

“Oh, right…” Gureum 2b828b7cb5 recalled the powerful 85679b1246 equipment Sieon had 7ad528292d gifted him. His character had become 833ea3e49b so strong that he 8985b824e4 sometimes forgot how geared 4f7efce477 he was.f17fc0a242748915

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: I’m telling you, everyone will love having you in the guild!ㅋㅋ
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Even Hong Jalla’s in our guild >.ㅇ!
[General] hazeee: But I don’t know anything about guild content…ㅠㅠ Would it really be okay for me to join?
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: No worries! The noonas will teach you everythingㅋㅋㅋ. Just come in, no stress!
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Are you joining or not? I’m gonna brag about this! （〜^∇^)〜♡

After a brief 3d9820ceca silence, likely to 5e3a92f296 announce Gureum’s impending 1bfa27f8c1 membership, Miss Cutie a952a9bb28 Hee started pestering 60f5b654fd him.9723f502320358ca

[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Cutie, hurry up! Leave your guild!
[General] hazeee: Ah… okay!!

Hurriedly, Gureum 83de57df20 opened the c63e905535 guild menu. He transferred leadership of 1bf974e846 his guild to an 2eaecbdeb8 alt character and clicked 586aa41da1 the leave button. No sooner had he c4743c0158 left than an invitation 0c1fb81db1 from Miss Cutie Hee cb6bc9a20f popped up. Gureum clicked “Accept,” 779875257c and the YangNyangNyang 724146d541 guild name appeared 243dec6cff proudly beneath his b7d1565d7b character.c78b4ca0b60407e7

Miss Cutie Hee 9732c7563b wasted no time 73c64f74fb introducing him to c402fa858f the guild and 6d97aa9f49 alliance members.265d57a5334d127b

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[Guild] Miss Cutie Hee: Say hi, everyone~ Our new guildmate, Heize-nim~ Welcome them!
[Alliance] Miss Cutie Hee: Alliance members~ We’ve recruited Heize-nim into YangNyangNyang! Please give them a warm welcome ◟( ˘ ³˘)◞.

Feeling shy, Gureum nervously 3c29234958 introduced himself.ac388fb9e33a7e27

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[Guild] hazeee: Please take care of me!!!
[Alliance] hazeee: I’ll do my best!!!ㅠㅠ

The responses poured efc1a69a44 in immediately.025d0469e0bebd6c

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[Guild] WoongNyangNyang: OMG, isn’t this Chaesyongsyong-hyung’s in-game husband?!
[Guild] HuruLoop: Welcome, Heize-nim! Nice to meet youㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.
[Alliance] MyUniverse: LOL, Miss Cutie Hee’s personality though. Recruiting Heize-nim while Chaesyongsyong is in Parallax?!
[Alliance] KoomKoomChit: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Guild Wars are gonna be fun nowㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Welcome, Heize-nim!

“Parallax…?” Gureum suddenly 8e29112b5a recalled that Parallax 006f6701ee was the guild bd3c8d891d Sieon’s character, Chaesyongsyong, 9f663dd2a1 belonged to. It was 9bc7ac52e1 also where 81eee40fcf 1st Base eb615ec8b3 2nd Frame, a70d72ad31 another party 038abf1675 member from ee28778254 Maze Queen, 47bf09ff98 was.3400bc6e4f8b0c88

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[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Parallax is our rival guildㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: That’s probably why they’re saying that stuff. Don’t mind them!ㅎ.<
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: Can’t wait to see Chaesyongsyong-hyung’s reaction during Guild Wars, LOL乁(ᵔヮᵔ)ㄏ.

“Oh… I 83a180e676 see.” Gureum 2340650709 nodded, understanding fa5642ce11 the rivalry eafc873963 but not eb495e3fd6 overthinking it. He left polite greetings ccd554f08c for the remaining guild f10235eda2 and alliance members before d6652e075b Miss Cutie Hee chimed 56e3a4f383 in again.d45ae8ae97190689

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[General] Miss Cutie Hee: I’ll invite you to our guild group chat and That’s Code!
[General] Miss Cutie Hee: You just need to be in That’s Code. No pressure.ㅎ
[General] hazeee: Oh… okay!!!

Thus, Gureum joined 8ce1c3ffc1 the group chats efe20c3be6 without a hitch. While Sieon was away, af5f378b85 Miss Cutie Hee had c180cff3c3 successfully recruited a new 09859059e5 guild member into YangNyangNyang.afa0e01606cb3d75

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