Chapter 163
I lived my life thinking there was nothing to be ashamed of under the sky. Well, maybe there were a couple of things. Anyway, I thought I lived a life with little to be ashamed of.
However, when I pulled out the list I had carefully stacked away in a corner, it turned out there were quite a few things I had put off, thinking I’d clarify them someday.
Indeed, you shouldn’t delay things too much. I felt as if I was relearning a lesson I had felt when organizing clothes before.
Those boxes were still neatly stacked in one corner of the room.
… I learned the lesson, at least. As with everything in life, there’s a big difference between learning something and putting it into practice.
Anyway… I intended to slowly sort through the tasks I’d delayed since the beginning of the broadcast.
-Bycon has donated 1,000 won!-
【No way, did you really do a naked dogeza? This is just…】
『Even Bycon’s horn breaks over this』
『This isn’t an explanation; it’s arson』
『What exactly are you clarifying here?』
Turns out, it wasn’t easy.
“Um… there seems to be a misunderstanding. It wasn’t me doing a naked dogeza. I made someone else do it. I hope that clarifies things.”
As soon as I finished talking, the chat exploded. Many people reacted as if that was the bigger problem… Well, when you weigh it, making someone else drink alcohol is usually considered worse than drinking it yourself.
It felt like explaining that you weren’t bullied but rather the bully… maybe not that extreme. After all, it was a prize in a duel that everyone voluntarily participated in.
“Listen. Don’t misunderstand. It was a fair duel between gentlemen. Moreover, the person I originally intended to make do the naked dogeza eventually ran away, so I couldn’t even make him do it… and I heard the person who replaced him has no complaints these days. Um, ReformedGwangjil? Are you here?”
-ReformedGwangjil has donated 10,000 won!-
【Can I leave now?】
“No, no. Can’t do that. Give a testimony that you’re living an honest life thanks to that incident and that we’re maintaining a good relationship.”
『Is this a gangster…?』
『Hey, we’re close, right? We’re close, so say we’re close LOL』
『Isn’t the reason she doesn’t reveal her face because of bullying allegations?』
『When will you talk about Orthodox!!!』
『Forget it, let’s just play RogueDaddy’s game』
『Is this even an explanation broadcast?』
-ReformedGwangjil has donated 10,000 won!-
【Yes, thanks to your generous forgiveness, I am happily living as a rogue. Everyone, please don’t misunderstandㅠㅠ】
… This person didn’t originally have this kind of character. Why does he sound like someone is threatening him with a knife?
There was a somewhat ambiguous feeling, but… given that he wasn’t the kind of crafty person to harbor strange thoughts. A diligent rogue who played ten games a day wouldn’t be like that.
“… I’ll interpret it in a good way. Anyway, just by looking at the ID with ‘reformed’ in it, we can see that you’ve escaped from a den of evil and become a good rogue. Everyone, give a round of applause… Now, the matter of the naked dogeza has been resolved, so let’s move on.”
What was next?
Oh, the explanation about hacking.
“And, we also had a demand for an explanation about hacks. They were mentioning the see-through hack and some other hack suspicions. Since I wasn’t that interested, I don’t remember well… Oh, mr. ReformedGwangjil, you haven’t left yet. I think back then you wrote a post calling me a trashy person who uses some kind of hack… Do you remember what kind of hack you said I was using?”
-ReformedGwangjil has donated 100,000 won!-
【I am truly sorry once again, and I didn’t call you that…】
Had he prepared this in advance? Such a large donation came at a speed that could almost be called instant.
… No, that wasn’t my intention at all. Why are you making me feel bad?
“No, really, you don’t have to apologize… Truly, you don’t have to. You’ve already reformed. And why so much money… I’ll refund it, so send me a private message later. If you want to donate it to the Rogue Revival Movement funds, please do so after the explanatory broadcast.”
Despite everything, isn’t it too harsh to ask for money from someone just for them to reply? Unless they really had something they wanted to say.
“I’ll open the chat window so you can just type without donating.”
At that moment, when I clicked on ReformedGwangjil’s ID to display his chat history on the screen.
-ReformedGwangjil has donated 10,000 won!-
【Oh no! The refund is not necessary haha, wait, please don’t do that】
A donation notification came through, suggesting the original message might have been hurriedly edited—
『ReformedGwangjil: Wow』
『ReformedGwangjil: GetDevoured! GetDevoured! GetDevoured!』
『ReformedGwangjil: I want to kill those bastards who falsely accuse me』
『ReformedGwangjil: Morons should only give advice from the same tier level, really』
『ReformedGwangjil: ???Cam???』
『ReformedGwangjil: Wow』
『ReformedGwangjil: Look at that mid』
『ReformedGwangjil: Rogue’s pocket, oh』
『ReformedGwangjil: Just looking at your neck and jawline, I can tell you’re really pretty, dammit』
ReformedGwangjil’s chat log, which was somewhat unexpected, filled the screen for about two seconds. I quickly moved to clear the unsightly content from the screen.
… This person has quite a gap between his donations and his chats.
Despite that, he’s our precious second-in-command. I need to… protect him, to some extent.
Regardless of everything, there was a chat at the end saying, ‘I have a lifelong wish,’ filled with considerable desire… Hopefully, no one actually read that. Hopefully not.
“… Ahem. It seems I displayed the chat of a different person by mistake. I’m sorry for the disruption in the flow. As a sign of repentance, I will forgo my right to explain about the hack today.”
『???』
『Reflecting?』
『No way, just got ReformedGwangjil-ed』
『????』
『Was there a hacking accusation???』
『Rights……?』
In reality, it was a bit strange to explain about hacking again after starting the broadcast and hitting Challenger rank. Despite having ideas prepared about how to address hacking accusations if they arose, it seemed that now wasn’t the time to express personal regrets.
So, let’s proceed. Now, what’s next…?
“Ark’s boyfriend…? Ah, it seems there was a request to clarify if I am Ark’s boyfriend. This came up before I started the broadcast. Anyway, I somewhat addressed it at the time… Since this involves another broadcaster, let’s skip it.”
More importantly, Ark seemed sensitive about discussing relationships. Just a few weeks ago, merely mentioning a couple relationship resulted in her becoming unusually serious.
She might actually have a boyfriend.
I must be careful.
“Next is explaining the drinking broadcast… Oh. Wait a moment. I’ll go grab something to drink.”
Seeing this triggered a memory. I excused myself and stood up to head to the fridge.
I had bought some mulled wine for the upcoming year-end celebration but somehow forgot about it. I opened the bottle, poured the mulled wine into a mug, heated it in the microwave, and took a slow sip—
Yes. This is the taste.
I wasn’t particularly fond of sweet tastes usually. However, I had started to enjoy the sweetness in alcohol at some point—I had no intention of resisting this change in taste. After all, didn’t I dislike vegetables when I was young? It’s natural for tastes to change over time.
In that sense, the good thing about mulled wine was that it didn’t require any snacks. Despite being wine-based, the heating process made it more like a beverage with a low alcohol content.
Personally, I had added a bit of vodka—but just a bit, really just a bit.
“So, where were we?”
Looks like a lot of the regular viewers have come back; many of them sending concerned chats about bringing alcohol again, joking that I should call it water… The familiar atmosphere was quite noticeable.
Of course, there were still more people spamming the chat about Orthodox or the Rogues.
But advancing the schedule now would seem like promoting queue-cutting. Long-time viewers might be more interested in other clarifications than one about Orthodox.
I had to follow the order.
Still, the new arrivals seemed quite angry about waiting aimlessly…
After a brief contemplation, I posted a notice on the top of the screen.
『Broadcast explanation in progress – 2 items remaining till Orthodox』
Seeing a queue always eases some anxiety.
“Um… Did you know? In medieval Europe, it was hard to drink plain water. Hygiene issues… and lots of limestone. If one had money, drinking beer or wine was common.”
I slightly reduced the size of the rapidly scrolling chat window and gulped down the remaining mulled wine.
“Considering the mood of KoK… a little light drinking might be the perfect seasoning to immerse oneself more in the game. That’s what I think. In that sense, how about you all have a drink to enhance your immersion before starting the game?”
No sooner had the words left my mouth when the buzz hit them hard… maybe they poured too much vodka. The taste, though, was to my liking.
While they extended and reduced the chat window repeatedly, pondering for a moment, various donations continued to pour in.
– ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW! –
【We can see you adjusting the chat window, you idiot. Trying to create a rat hole or something?】
– ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW! –
【Hey, don’t push there! It’s really cramped.】
– ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW! –
【But Teacher, you’re not supposed to drink just one glass, right?】
– ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW! –
【Wasn’t the controversy about showing you drinking alcohol?】
Oh. The chat window… was visible.
When did I put it up on the broadcast screen? I must have clicked something wrongly in a hurry while trying to hide Gwangjil’s chat history earlier.
“Hmm… there seems to be a misunderstanding. Explain it… yes. I will address this as the first issue in the next explanation broadcast.”
Whenever that might be. Surely, a day would come when the list would be filled again.
Eventually.
So, today’s explanation… was only one left if the Orthodox matter was excluded.
Should I wrap it up quickly and have a drink broadcast instead? Given that I had been doing too many joint streams recently, a little interaction seemed overdue.
I took another full cup of mulled wine to quench my thirst and glanced at the near-end of the now almost-empty list.
“Alright, so next… derogatory comments about characters… this is really a misunderstanding. I have never degraded priests by calling them things like ‘walking potions with terrible mobility’, nor have I ever made harsh comments about mages like ‘just waving their hands all game, but when their tower falls, they just chant spells with their mouths’. It’s true that rogues are superior, but that doesn’t mean the others are inferior. I’m not that kind of discriminatory person.”
『???』
『That’s way too specific, teacher』
『There wasn’t any chat like that』
『Who would even degrade like that』
『Starting with “I’m not a racist but” usually means…』
『Hate broadcast, lol』
“Hmm… I do not hate priests. This is not that kind of broadcast. Asking to clarify controversies from the community… it likely isn’t about me.”
Was it because I had a genuine conversation with the viewers after a long time? Or perhaps the combination of sugar and alcohol induced a euphoric reaction?
Light-hearted conversations felt quite enjoyable-
– National Warrior Association has donated 1,000 KRW! –
【Explain about constantly degrading warriors like it’s second nature】
“There’s a misunderstanding. I didn’t degrade the characters, but rather, you just played a degraded character… Perhaps you should ask for clarification from the developers, not me.”
