Our Guild's Idol — Chapter 1

HEY, WAIT...!

WHY ARE YOU TAKING THAT OFF?!

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY MEAN YOU HAD TO--

WAIT, DON'T LOOK AT ME JUST YET.

THE CAP'S GOT MY HAIR ALL MESSED UP...

Y-YOU...

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NO. 1 PC MMORPG.

A GAME EVERY GAMER PLAYS AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME.

<DEAR DANE>

cya.

GDae. *

*GDAE: HAVE A GOOD DAY WITH DEAR DANE.

[Party] whoa, you get along with the guild master, huh? isn't he a bit scary?

he's nice, you know.

he can't read the room sometimes...

but he cares about his guild members.

<GUILD ROOM>

oh, guild master is here.

bro, check this out.

THE NUMBER ONE GUILD WITHIN DEAR DANE IS CALLED <SUNSHINE>.

<SUNSHINE> [CHYARU]

THE LEADER, OR THE GUILD MASTER, OF IT IS NAMED [CHYARU].

eh, I dunno.

haha, you'll understand once you know him for a few years.

[CHYARU] CHERISHED HIS GUILD MEMBERS...

AND LOVED HIS GUILD.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SECRET THAT HE COULD NOT TELL...

I CAN'T LET THEM KNOW.

IF I GET CAUGHT...

...THIS GUILD WILL...

ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS AGO.

Tuesday, October 18th, 20XX

Mom says to call after academy.

Saturday, April 8th, 20XX

Hey, is Dear Dane newbie-friendly?

Hey, is

OH, HE READ IT RIGHT AWAY.

ERROR

HUH?

WHY DO YOU ASK ABOUT DDAE*? ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT PLAYING IT?

UM...

*DDAE: SHORT FOR DEAR DANE

ARE YOU SURE YOU SHOULD BE PLAYING GAMES THOUGH?

ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU START THINKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE INSTEAD?

HONESTLY...

ISN'T IT ALREADY LATE EVEN IF YOU START NOW?

Equanimity Keep your daily life

AJIN BAE (26) REPEATED HER LAST YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL THREE TIMES TO GET INTO HER DESIRED UNIVERSITY, CURRENTLY ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE

DON'T LECTURE ME...

JUST LEAVE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE THAT.

DOJIN BAE (19) AJIN'S LITTLE BROTHER

WHY DON'T YOU USE MY ACCOUNT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY?

YOU'LL PROBABLY QUIT AFTER PLAYING A BIT, SO DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. JUST USE MINE.

ARE YOU NOT GOING TO PLAY THE GAME ANYMORE?

I'M GONNA TAKE A BREAK UNTIL I TAKE THE SAT... SINCE IT'S MY LAST YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL.

OH... HE'S ONLY GOING TO LET ME BORROW THE ACCOUNT...

...ANYWAY.

I'M RUNNING A GUILD IN THAT GAME.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE MY ACCOUNT, JUST MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SOMEONE ELSE IS USING IT.

Equanimity

Keep your daily life

A GUILD?

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING YOU JOIN TO GET EXTRA PERKS?

HAS ONLY PLAYED SOME MOBILE GAMES LIGHTLY.

SO YOU WANT ME TO PRETEND TO BE YOU?

WHY?

THE GUILD WON'T HOLD TOGETHER WITHOUT ME AROUND.

HE'S REALLY INTO THE WHOLE GUILD MASTER THING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST A GAME, HUH?

THAT'S WHAT SHE THOUGHT AT THAT MOMENT.

ISN'T IT EASY TO BECOME A GUILD MASTER THOUGH? IF YOU MAKE A GUILD, YOU AUTOMATICALLY BECOME ONE, AFTER ALL.

ALRIGHT.

I'LL PLAY JUST A BIT TO SEE IF IT'S FUN. IF IT IS, I'LL PRETEND TO BE YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT.

HE'S ALWAYS PICKING FIGHTS WITH ME AND LECTURING ME, BUT DEEP DOWN, HE'S STILL JUST A KID, HUH?

AJIN HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS GETTING INTO.

NUMBER ONE?

SO HIS GUILD IS THE NUMBER ONE GUILD IN THE GAME?

THEN THERE MUST BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE GUILD WHO ARE GOOD AT THIS GAME, HUH?

IN FACT, SHE DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH, EVEN WHEN SHE STARTED TO FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WAS OFF.

I'LL JUST QUIT PLAYING IF THEY FIND OUT. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S EVEN MY ACCOUNT.

IT'S JUST A GAME, AFTER ALL.

BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE'LL EVER MEET OUTSIDE THE GAME, SO THEY WON'T FIND OUT, RIGHT?

YOU... ARE NOT HER, RIGHT?

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

AND AS SHE EXPECTED, NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WASN'T LIKE SHE WAS IN A REINCARNATION STORY OR ANYTHING.

SURPRISINGLY, AJIN WAS PRETTY GOOD AT PRETENDING TO BE DOJIN.

ok.

hi.

fine.

haha.

kay.

go?

thanks.

good.

BUT DOJIN WAS NEVER CLOSE WITH HIS GUILD MEMBERS...

...WHICH MADE IT EASIER TO HIDE THE FACT THAT THE PLAYER HAD CHANGED.

I'LL JUST PLAY UNTIL HE TAKES THE ACCOUNT BACK...

IN THE END...

SHE FOUND HERSELF SPENDING MONEY...

...INVESTING TIME...

...AND GROWING ATTACHED TO THE GAME.

BY THE TIME SHE REALIZED THAT AN MMORPG ISN'T JUST A GAME, BUT ITS OWN WORLD...

DOJIN

OH.

YOU CAN KEEP THAT ACCOUNT.

HUH?

...SHE WAS ALREADY IN TOO DEEP...

...TO BACK OUT.

PRESENT DAY AGAIN

[Guild] Daneenee: Guild master, you wanna go clear dquest*?

*DQUEST: DAILY QUESTS

Chyaru: nah.

Chyaru: Imma go eat and rest.

[Guild] Chyaru: Imma go eat and rest. [Region] RobinHo: I'll show ya. [Guild] Daneenee: kay. [Guild] Daneenee: Imma take a break too then.

THE PLAYER BEHIND [CHYARU] ISN'T [CHYARU].

THAT WAS THE SECRET THE GUILD MASTER HAD THAT NO ONE KNEW, BESIDES HER BROTHER.

[Region] Whut: You know how I've been telling Walker to leave that guild and come to ours, right?

WALKER?

DOES HE MEAN [DREAMWALKER]?

[Dreamwalker]: One of the Vice Guild Masters of <Sunshine> [DREAMWALKER]

Robinho: Yeah, you've been doing that since forever, right?

Whut: Well, I asked him again recently.

Until now, it didn't really feel like I was getting through to him.

PRETENDING TO BE AFK

But I think there's a chance now.

RobinHo: Huh?

Whut: It's subtle, but he was different today.

For real, haha.

WAIT...

COULD IT BE...? IS DREAMWALKER...

THINKING ABOUT LEAVING OUR GUILD?

VICE GUILD MASTER [DREAMWALKER]

HE'S ONE OF THE MOST IRREPLACEABLE MEMBERS OF <SUNSHINE>.

HE'S ALSO THE REASON AJIN IS PRETENDING TO BE DOJIN.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE, <SUNSHINE> IS THE NUMBER ONE GUILD IN THE GAME.

Gold Bonus ↑ Atk Stat↑

Exp Bonus↑

Def Stat↑

IT'S HELD THAT POSITION FOR THREE YEARS, ENJOYING VARIOUS PERKS AS THE NUMBER ONE GUILD.

SO, HOW DID IT BECOME THE NUMBER ONE GUILD?

GUILDS ARE RANKED BASED ON HOW QUICKLY THEY CLEAR THE GUILD RAID.

Guild Record Sunshine 36 mins 24 secs

2

41 mins 05 secs

Red

3

Kingdom 54 mins 32 secs

4

Maltese

58 mins 46 secs

SO NATURALLY, HAVING STRONGER MEMBERS MEANS YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO COME OUT ON TOP.

so getting top players into the guild must've been pretty important, huh?

BUT THERE WAS ONE IMPORTANT FACTOR...

...THAT DECIDED WHICH GUILD THE TOP PLAYERS WENT FOR.

PERSONAL CONNECTIONS

AND MOST OF <SUNSHINE>'S CURRENT TOP PLAYERS...

...WERE BROUGHT INTO THE GUILD BY ONE PERSON.

SOCIAL BUTTERFLY

TOP RANKER

THAT PERSON WAS NONE OTHER THAN [DREAMWALKER].

HOWEVER, [DREAMWALKER] WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN GUILD MANAGEMENT...

DOJIN IN THE PAST

you wanna be a vice guild master?

actually,

please be one.

...AND HE DIDN'T REALLY GET ALONG WITH THE OTHER VICE GUILD MASTERS.

since you're asking, I guess I'll accept the position.

PLEASE LET GO OF ME THOUGH.

SO IF HE WERE TO FIND OUT THAT HIS ONLY FRIEND, THE GUILD MASTER, WASN'T WHO HE THOUGHT HE WAS...

THAT ANOTHER PERSON IS PLAYING ON THAT ACCOUNT...

oh, then I'll quit being a vice guild master.

I'm also going to leave this guild.

bye.

THEN THE RANKERS WHO JOINED THE GUILD BECAUSE OF [DREAMWALKER]...

...WOULD LEAVE THE GUILD ONE BY ONE...

...AND IF NO ONE COULD TAKE HIS PLACE...

...THE GUILD WILL...

Whut: I mean, it's about time.

He should be tired of being a vice guild master.

RobinHo: wait, are you sure you should be talking about this in region chat

Whut: Yeah, I mean, who'd care?

Whut

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LV. 110 DINGER (ASSASSIN)

Kareua

World

Title

Prophet of the End

Red

Guild Position

Vice Guild Master

HE'S FROM <RED>...

*RED: SECOND BEST GUILD IN THE GAME

IT WAS THEN AJIN REALIZED...

...EVEN IF [DREAMWALKER] NEVER FOUND OUT THE TRUTH...

...HE COULD STILL LEAVE AT ANY MOMENT.

WHETHER THAT RUMOR'S TRUE OR NOT, THE FACT IS... HE CAN LEAVE ANYTIME HE WANTS.

I GOT TOO COMFORTABLE, ASSUMING HE'D STICK AROUND JUST BECAUSE OF HIS TITLE.

BUT HE'S NOT THE TYPE TO CARE ABOUT TITLES LIKE THAT.

WHAT SHOULD I DO...?

IF HE REALLY LEAVES THE GUILD...

NO!

I DON'T WANT THAT...

MY GUILD MEMBERS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON...

Sunshine ☀️ 172 🔕 Haha, post a picture so we can verify that.

I HAVE TO PROTECT THEM...

WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT THOUGH?

Oh, Bloomie.

Is that a photo of you in your pfp?

Wow, you're gorgeous!

Wow, you've got it all, don't you?

Oh.

You look like the popular type.

I thought our guild was for loners, though. (sob)

Wow, you revealed your face, huh?

Bloomie/Hwarin No gift coupons pls

Oh, what's going on?

1:1 Chat

Block

Solasido I thought our guild was for loners, though. (sob) You don't like people with lotta friends?

SO THIS IS WHAT SHE'S LIKE OUTSIDE THE GAME, HUH?

Then I guess we can't be friends, huh? TT

Nah, you sound like a loner to me.

Shut up.

Wow. She's a beauty, while I'm a jobless bum in reality. Life's just unfair, huh?

Cheer up, mister.

You don't have to comfort me.

You're going to make Bloomie uncomfortable...

With all that reaction.

I'm so jealous of Scramble!

Maybe Scramble is a handsome guy in real life too!

Scramble/Kana Ooh, you got me there.

Hahahaha, well.

BLOOMIE IS AS AMAZING AS I THOUGHT...

Hahaha. That sounds so sus. are you sure you're handsome? Hahahahaha

Bloomie/Hwarin

Yeah, it's me in my pfp. Thank you for the compliments.

I DIDN'T THINK OUR GUILD MESSENGER WOULD GET SO HEATED OVER SOMEONE'S PFP. EVEN THE ONES THAT RARELY TALK ARE LEAVING MESSAGES...

WAIT A SECOND...

LOOKING THROUGH OLD MESSAGES...

TWO WEEKS AGO, IN <SUNSHINE> MANAGEMENT CHATROOM

We're getting a lot of attention from the community.

They're mentioning how Bloomie's a member of our guild.

We were already famous, but we're getting even more attention, huh?

DreamWalker She's an important member, so please be nice to her, okay?

Of course! All of our members are important, after all!

DreamWalker Oh, two more top rankers are going to join us soon.

They'll be sending in their applications soon, so if you see them, please show them the ropes.

Wait, are they...

...joining us because of Bloomie?

DreamWalker

Yes.

WAIT...

MAYBE BLOOMIE CAN TAKE DREAMWALKER'S PLACE IF HE EVER LEAVES!

[BLOOMIE] TOP SUPPORT FROM KAREUA SERVER

...I SHOULD BEFRIEND HER.

I'M NOT SURE IF DREAMWALKER WILL LEAVE THE GUILD,

I SHOULD GET CLOSE TO HER ASAP...

...WHILE SHE'S STILL SETTLING INTO THE GUILD!

TRAGICALLY, AJIN WAS PAINFULLY OBLIVIOUS.

That's a nice pfp, Bloomie.

THAT DURING THE SEVEN YEARS SHE SPENT...

Bloomie is online.

...SHUT AWAY IN HER ROOM...

...SHE'D LOST MANY OF HER SOCIAL SKILLS, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO READ THE ROOM.

???

Hahaha, why are you being all sweet, guild master?

LOL what's going on here?

[Couple] Wait.

<DESECRATED TEMPLE(DUNGEON)>

I got a message from the guild master.

again?

CHOCOLATE SWORD

he's quite persistent, isn't he?

[SCRAMBLE]

is he like that because of your pfp?

Idk.

the guild already looks like it's going downhill, though.

people are badmouthing the guild master behind his back,

and management's just embarrassing themselves trying to protect that creep.

really?

then Imma leave the guild now.

wait, wait.

if you leave now, you'll only draw attention to yourself.

wait just a few more days. let's see what happens.

JIHYEON YEON (26) CENTER FOR IDOL GROUP "DAWNLIGHT"

IN-GAME NICKNAME: BLOOMIE

[Free Topic] There's a creep in our guild. Written By: Potatotato | Comments: 18 | Views: 375

The other party's clearly uncomfortable, and they're already dating someone else in the guild, but that creep keeps making moves on them. It's uncomfortable to watch. Honestly, it makes me want to leave the guild.

Cough Report | Comment What the hell?

Legugyuma Report | Comment Tell us their nickname.

OP Potatotato Report I don't want things to get out of hand though...

MorningBuns Report | Comment Ew.

Whaaat Report | Comment Tell the guild master what's going on.

OP Potatotato Report ...S***.

Whaaat Report ? Wait, is the guild master the creep?

ImaNewbie Report Which server are you in?

Colororok Report ???

NiceGuy Report | Comment Give this a post a thumbs up to get it pinned on top.

OP Potatotato Report | Comment Wwwwwwwwait D

OP Potatotato Report | Comment Don't press the thumbs up button!

Haa Report | Comment I'm in that guild too, but if you don't think you can keep this post under control, I think it's best to take it down.

OP Potatotato Report Alright.

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