Chapter 50
Chapter 50
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 50
Chapter Title: The First Snowfall
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Do I look like the type to fall for that?
—tap tap
"Eugh..."
"Princess, it's time for your cough."
"Cough...? Why a cough all of a sudden...?"
"It's time to get up. Please look out the window."
"Eh...?"
Early morning. As always, the day began with Ophelia waking her. The room felt a bit darker than usual, and even with the curtains drawn back, it wasn't all that bright.
"Ugggghhh grrrraaahhh~!!!"
After stretching her unpowered body with a super intense full-body stretch to jolt it awake. Because she'd half-asleep missed it the first time, she sat dozing on the bed for a while before asking again.
"Ophelia... what did you say earlier...?"
"Please look out the window."
"Out the window...?"
A sky still dim and overcast with a bit of cloud cover. It was eight in the morning—even in winter, the sun should be up by now.
"W-Wowwwaaahh...!!"
"Hee hee."
December 20th. The world's first snow had fallen.
"Ophelia! I need to go wash up!"
"...!"
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💬 Comments
— Life Is Ruined
Yo snow came, awesome Haha love it fr
— Anonymous
My knees were aching
↳ Life Is Ruined
Grandpa...
— Married-man-sex-king
Kid likes snow cuz he's a child
↳ Life Is Ruined
Hey; adults like it too;;
↳ Married-man-sex-king
Half of adult men in Korea hate snow, kid...
↳ Life Is Ruined
(Severe punishment)
— Anonymous
Snow fight? I'll dev it
↳ Life Is Ruined
I'm putting rocks in your snowballs, cool?
↳ Anonymous
Cool, I put poop in mine
↳ Life Is Ruined
Ew why ;;
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙
Ding!
"Whine."
While waiting for Ophelia to prepare the bath, a message popped up in the chat.
— MalangEve
Hello You're Eve, right??
— Life Is Ruined
Wut Yeah yeah that's me
— MalangEve
(Giftcon) Please accept it,, I watched the Ansan Royal Tomb raid stream
— Life Is Ruined
No way Why would you send...! Thank you so much...
"Whaaat...!"
A message from a gallery friend she'd never seen before—and they'd sent a Psyburger giftcon, no less. Not just a single, but a set. This was basically a marriage proposal level. She hadn't planned it, but now she had something to do outside today.
"Yup! Awesome! Gonna hit up Mom's Touch and eat Psyburgers today!"
MOM'S TOUCH.
Korea's proud number one burger brand. An amazing company holding strong in the burger market even as foreign brands invade.
In other words, buy tons of Psyburgers to save the souls with the Star of the Prairie flowing through them.
"Eungheung."
Come to think of it, there were tons of DM notifications on Insta too.
"Eugh...? What's this...?"
Surprisingly, overnight her Insta followers had neared 300k. Her live clips had gone viral worldwide, it seemed.
As Issue Command hit A+ rank in a flash, it upgraded once more.
"All in foreign languages... Tell Koreans to speak Korean...!"
She scrolled through some Reels—Minium's battle edited into a hype mad movie with cool BGM and slick cuts. Ophelia's clips popped up occasionally too, with comments like this everywhere.
— zifokks_01
her @?
↳ rod_smehe
@realdonaldtrump
↳ zifokks_01
u dumass
Joke replies tagging random accounts under questions about Ophelia's Insta. Better not reply myself...?
Anyway, from Ophelia praise to nasty comments that'd make her mad if she saw. But this...
"No love for me...?"
Of course, she hadn't really done much. But there were tons of her shots in the live—yet no mad movie for her. Just Minium's epic fights and creepy Ophelia thirst comments.
— jaksdwojj
oh my queen😭😭😭😭😭😭
Ophelia was full queen treatment. I'm the princess—where's my comments...?
"Sigh! Figures...! But I'm the real MVP!"
What makes her greater? Tons to say. She made Ophelia? Made Minium?? Factoring every contribution, Ophelia owes her existence... But still...!
"Princess? The bath is ready."
"Hng, got it."
"Did something happen?"
"N-No.... Nothing..."
Foreign awakening bros are the same. I'm sulking.
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—whoosh
"Well done. The outside temperature is minus 8 degrees, so zip up fully."
"Yesss hehe."
Anyway, she was in a good mood. Famous now, for sure—and surprisingly big reaction from Japan. Obviously cuz Minium and Ophelia hit subculture weebs right in the feels.
Minium was already huge as a "walking Gundam," and cool beauty combat maid was basically a popularity formula.
"Here."
"Whoa! Snowbird tongs!"
They'd headed to the nearby park. Mecha-Doggo, Suri, and Minium came prepared too—hilarious seeing them all in red scarves. Do they get cold?
"Mecha-Doggo got a scarf?"
—Peep!
"Mwah! Looks great!"
Minium, back to her massive size, was gathering piled snow into huge balls. One snowball was already shoulder-high on Eve.
"Whoa! Minium! Making a snowman?!"
—Clank!!
"Okay! Can't lose! I'll make 500 snowbirds!"
—Clank!
While Eve and her golem pals played hard, Ophelia sat on a park bench, mentally processing to-dos at ultra super speed.
Pre-filtering thousands of Insta DMs to block anything Eve shouldn't see.
— smithwaqq_
Look at my big Schlong!! (Photo)
Plus hundreds of collab inquiries, ad deals, etc. For Royal Mayfair's prior message, she politely curved with "not enough nn."
Or just delete and ignore.
"Ophelia not playing?"
"I'm fine. Please watch your extremities don't get too cold, Princess."
"Yup."
Gently turning away Eve's invites to join.
"Gasp!! Mecha-Doggo's out!!!"
When cold-frozen Mecha-Doggo came, she'd thaw and revive with hairdryer hot air. Basically a mom letting her kid play in the park while catching up on work.
The winter chill even cooled the heat from intense work—perfect conditions.
'No law degree means can't practice law here.'
Ophelia knew every law worldwide plus countless online case files, but sadly Korea requires law school grad or candidate for bar.
As she sorted issues one by one, hungry Eve waddled over and plopped down.
"Princess, playtime over?"
"I'm hungry. Wanna go eat?"
"Understood."
Total elementary kid.
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"Number 46... Ah, out. I'll grab it."
"No, I'll go."
As planned, using the fan giftcon at Mom's Touch. When Ophelia fetched the Psyburger, a young female clerk's eyes sparkled at her.
"Um... you're her, right?"
"Her who?"
"The... Insta one. Fighting in the dungeon."
"Yes."
"Whoa...! Fan! Your Korean's amazing?"
"Is it? Thank you. I speak all languages."
"For real...? Incredible..."
Ophelia took the Psyburger and headed to the window seat where Eve waited.
"What'd she say?"
"She knows your Insta. Said she's a fan."
"No way, really? Haha, already like this."
Fan mention puffed her up, humming away.
Even as she devoured the Psyburger watching Brawl Stars YouTube, passersby peeking in gasped occasionally.
—Yo, saw that? The Insta one?
—Crazy, looks just like.
With tiny toy-sized Minium too, impossible not to spot. Even this happened.
"Excuse me... eating, sorry. Kept glancing from outside. Sudden, but interested in entertainment? From JM Entertainment. You could debut as is... Chat a bit?"
"No plans now. Leave a card, I'll keep it."
"Ah... Got it. Here then..."
Watching from the side, super kid Eve wiped sauce with her palm and said:
"Whoa... Ophelia just got scouted...?"
"They have no eye. Talking to me first with you here."
"Ehehe... You're pretty too."
Eve loved compliments.
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"Hmm... Where'd this come from suddenly?"
"Not sure, but seems tight with Nova Guild."
"Korean? Doesn't look it."
"No activity overseas. Even in Korea, like popped out of nowhere—no prior records."
"Tch."
A man inhaled deeply, clicking his tongue harshly.
One of China's three mega guilds based in Shanghai, Celestial Net Ghost Alliance. Its leader and world hunter rank 13, Jing Tongxian, watched the viral Desert Mausoleum battle edit.
Clashing with Nova Guild over the new high-rank entry-type gate in the West Sea, their fame grated.
"Yan Fei. Wanna hit Korea?"
"What? Korea? Why sudden?"
"Reason... We'll make one. Like protecting Chinatown full of Joseonjok."
"Jeez, since when we care?"
"Just pretext."
Jing Tongxian picked up a crumpled document from the table, scanning it.
Artificial Open-type Gate Creation Research Results
"Bigger than Han River Park, and make it solid."
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