Chapter 118
Chapter 118
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 118
Chapter Title: The Talent of a Graduate Student
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When does a woman look the most beautiful?
It's when she's next to a man.
Not because someone else's girl is more tempting or anything like that.
It's just a matter of contrast and emphasis.
Like how colors pop more against a field of pure white snow—the bigger the thing beside her, the tinier she seems.
Sandwiched between the hulking frames of Lee Jun and Tae-hoon, Seol-a looked far smaller than usual.
It's not something you notice when she's streaming solo.
Hard to tell from the zoomed-in cam feed filling the screen.
But standing next to others, her beauty, delicacy, and petite charm truly stood out.
— Chat Jeon Jeonseol why so tiny? lolololol — Chat Your solo perspective game's all distorted tho — Chat The closer you get, the bigger you look? Guess that's a lie... — [Anon donated 1,000 won] "If Legend-nim's been kidnapped by the mysterious gang and you're feeling the danger, give the carrot a shake." At the donation ping, Seol-a pressed her hands together into a triangle and shook it.
Just like miming a carrot.
— Chat Kidnapped confirmed! — Chat Anyone gonna go rescue her from there? — Chat What if Once folds her in half? scaryyyy — Chat So that's the Korean Fitness Association HQ, right? — Chat Kidnapped Victory and Jeon Jeonseol — Chat Jeonseol-a! Here to save you? Nah, I got caught too — Chat Overhyping just cuz two muscleheads are there — Chat But Jeonseol really is tiny — Chat Tiny one go go go "Quit saying I'm small! Of course a girl's smaller than a guy!"
— Chat She's mad lololol — Chat Being small is cute, why get mad — Chat Cuwte — Chat So you're saying women taller than guys aren't women? — Chat Pretty much lol — Chat International law says over 160cm and you're not recognized as a woman anymore~ — Chat Gasp.....urk!....hngh!! Kek! Lololol — [Hong Gil-dong donated 1,000 won] "Can't call your father 'father,' can't say the Earth rotates, can't say Jeon Jeonseol is small—how could this not be utterly frustrating?" — [Jeon Jeonseol's Conscience donated 1,000 won] "You know it deep down—no need to compare to guys, you're just small. Even among girls, you're the tiniest. Incredibly small. Just small." "What are you talking about! It's not that bad!"
Unfortunately, no chance came to prove it.
Seol-a had zero friends who were girls.
And right now, all three guys beside her towered over 180cm.
Plus two of them were built like tanks.
No matter how indignant she felt, no one acknowledged it.
Or rather, they knew but deliberately ignored it to tease her mercilessly.
"Once-nim, looks like you've been hanging with some seriously evil viewers too."
Seol-a shot Tae-hoon a look of shared exasperation.
But calling his current audience "his viewers" was a stretch.
With Victory + Wild + Jeon Jeonseol, Once's stream was flooded with newcomers, wiping out the originals' presence.
"Alright, enough teasing—let's move to today's main content. With these two here, we can't skip the finals. That legendary match."
— Chat Bringing in the losers? Kinda harsh no? — Chat Junjun22 ㅠㅠ — Chat Pathetic — Chat This the kinda stream we doin here? Pretending to worry, but really just piling on to make him more miserable.
But Lee Jun wasn't delicate enough to get hurt by that.
Life's sandstorms had worn away all his soft edges.
"No regrets—my teammates gave it everything. No resentment toward the winners either. But runner-up won't cut it. We'll keep pushing, so cheer us on."
Someone once asked if he wasn't sorry to the fans.
Back when it was just one runner-up, that kinda talk pissed him off.
Second place ain't bad, right?
We tried our hardest, didn't we?
Compared to bottom-tier teams, second is solid.
Then came the second runner-up, earning him "Double Runner-up."
The third, drowning in mockery.
Lots of pain and doubt, but the answer was always one.
If the door won't open, knock till it does.
"Guess I'll keep being that wall."
But Victory's no easy door.
To smash those gates, you'd need unbreakable will.
— Chat TPL summer teaser dropped? — Chat Spring just ended how long ago lol — Chat Rivalry tension delicious — Chat But there's this super pro who wrecked both... — Chat Jeonseol not going pro? Watching those two, Seol-a thought.
Looks kinda fun.
Tournaments and all.
"Okay then, before in-game footage, let's break down the ban-pick? Got game 1 up. Jeon Jeonseol-nim, third-party opinion first."
Once kicked off the finals review content.
For any Teamfight Arena fan, this was must-watch gold.
Especially fans of Victory, Wild, or Jeon Jeonseol.
Shining brightest mid-stream? Seol-a.
"The Hunter's Q projectile moves exactly twice as fast as the E. How'd I know? Tested it myself."
Even masters learn from pupils, they say.
Jeon Jeonseol, in and out of Gladiator meets daily, lecturing.
To explain clearly, she organized all her fuzzy knowledge.
Some confirmed via group experiments with members.
Game skill up a bit, lecturing skill way up.
Outshining even Victory here.
— Chat To git gud at TFA you need to know stuff like that?????? — Chat Why even test that? You a grad student or what? — Chat Pure passion "Nah, you don't have to know every detail. I just... stumbled on it researching the game? Uh?"
Everyone in the know knew about the Challenger circle, but openly mentioning it? Dicey.
Seol-a hesitated, and chat pounced to roast her.
— Chat TFA Research Director lolololol — Chat Genius types always a bit off — Chat Thought Jeonseol was a talent freak but turns out hardworking — Chat Don't fall for it this girl's mastering champs by reading skill descriptions during loading screens She'd earned the weirdo researcher image from loving the game too much!
Anyway, Jeon Jeonseol dissected viewer questions, confusions—even stuff the finalists didn't know.
Content got clearer, bulkier, better.
"Jeon Jeonseol-nim, you'd crush as a caster. Any plans?"
"Don't jinx it. They'll think I'm baiting."
— Chat Okay so summer season caster confirmed? — Chat Live viewing locked in — Chat Mystery beauty caster drops outta nowhere "But rank 1 as caster instead of player? Talent waste no?"
"Can't do player or caster! Gotta leave the house! Crowds that big? I'd die!"
Peak hikikomori energy from Seol-a.
But sandwiched between three guys, happily streaming? Zero conviction.
Especially this being her first IRL collab.
She'd streamed with Lee Jun ages ago, but online then.
Now cam on full face reveal!
Thought she was a fellow shut-in! Social anxiety, people-phobe, hikikomori!
Turns out you're fake too.
Able to mingle, wants to mingle—innie!
Some viewers thought.
— [Anon donated 1,000 won] "Quit streaming Legend-nim, go be caster or player. Coming off all fake now. Pretend homebody, hikikomori, social avoider—then laughing with three dudes? Hilarious. Any truth in what you told viewers? Anyway I'm out. Four months end bitter." — Chat ?> — Chat Dark yandere legend lolololol — Chat One collab and you're blacklisted forever — Chat Jeonseol face lololololol