NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 165
[Leore Gallery]
[The Princess has appeared, aaaah!]
(Screenshot of Arang drinking a beverage)
There’s this streamer I like named Yesol, and suddenly the screen went black, and then Arang appeared out of nowhere LOLOLOL.
Why is Arang drinking a beverage so cute like this LOL.
Arang is truly a legend.
[Comments]
– Huh? Arang is appearing on a stream?
ㄴ Yeah, come in quickly!
– No, seriously, no manners, you should’ve left a link, idiot.
ㄴ Ah, sorry (link).
– Isn’t today update day? And she’s appearing like this? Doesn’t Arang hate being disturbed while playing her game?
ㄴ Yeah, she once gave a streamer who randomly showed up the death glare LOLOL.
ㄴ That streamer’s broadcast blew up back then LOLOL.
[Breaking News: Princess Apostle Outfit Story]
The Princess said, “I’ll show you the old Apostle outfit,” and boom.
The gallery users and viewers were all hyped when they heard Arang would show the pre-patch Apostle outfit, but when she said she’d only show Yesol, everyone couldn’t hide their disappointment.
– Huh?
– Wait, Arang!!!
– What about us!
– Show us too!!!
“How is it? Pretty, right?”
Arang, wearing the pre-patch Apostle outfit, showed a screenshot and spoke to Yesol, who was left speechless.
Honestly, the reason Arang showed Yesol the screenshot of herself in the old Apostle outfit was because she wanted compliments.
Even though Arang’s mental age has lowered and she’s gained more feminine emotions, she still has a male personality.
From a male perspective, she thought the outfit looked good on her, even with her young appearance, since she’s worn similar outfits in past RPGs.
So she proudly showed it to Anna and Pinkubelly, but as everyone knows, the reaction was the opposite.
“Never wear this. Don’t show this to others. You’re too young for this,” etc. She was a bit bummed after Anna and Pinkubelly’s strong rejection, even though she wanted compliments.
She understood. It was something family would say, and she did think it was a bit risqué. But it wasn’t the answer she wanted.
So she wanted to ask someone outside her family for their opinion. She had taken many screenshots of herself in the pre-patch Apostle outfit before it was changed.
“……..”
Yesol couldn’t say anything about the Pandora’s box in front of her.
“Not pretty…?”
Arang looked dejected at Yesol’s reaction.
“Ah, no, it’s not that! It’s super pretty and suits you well!”
“R-right!? Pretty and sexy, right?”
“Se-sexy…!”
“Hehe.”
Arang blushed and smiled at Yesol’s answer, while Yesol felt a strange emotion.
‘This cute and pretty kid…’
Yesol thought about Arang, whom she likes.
Arang, who had to have her limbs amputated due to illness, causing her personality to split between reality and Leore.
‘But it’d be rude to pity her.’
Yesol looked back at Arang’s screenshot in front of her.
‘I said it’s pretty and sexy, but… I think I know why Leore changed it.’
If this Apostle costume had been released and Arang wore it in front of all the players worldwide, her family would’ve had a meltdown.
‘What was Leore thinking making this outfit…! They did well, but this design is too much!’
The sides were completely open, showing her side chest and pelvis, and it looked like even a slight movement would reveal everything.
Plus, Arang intentionally angled the camera downward, making it look even more provocative.
This design clearly shouldn’t be in a 15+ game.
“Anna unni said it’s too revealing and told me never to show it to others, so I was really disappointed.”
“Ah.”
Arang squirmed happily at the compliment, and Yesol realized she’d opened Pandora’s box.
If Arang were her younger sister, she’d want to gouge out the eyes of anyone who saw her in this outfit.
Even she was thinking like this, so what would the famous Anna do?
‘This is bad.’
– Yaaaaaa
– WTF WTF WTF
– Show us too!
– What’s going on! Why are you saying it’s sexy?
– Nononononono
– Show us, show us, show us!
The stream was already in chaos.
Before they knew it, the viewers had surpassed 50,000. But they weren’t there to see Yesol—they were there for Arang’s Apostle outfit.
But the moment this screenshot was revealed on stream, Yesol knew she’d be kicked out of the virtual world of Leore for sure.
Of course, she had no intention of maliciously releasing the screenshot.
‘I need to delete it before I mess up.’
Just having this was like holding a bomb. No, a nuclear bomb. Something she couldn’t control.
As she moved her finger to delete the screenshot—
“……..”
Feeling an overwhelming pressure, Yesol glanced at Arang and closed her eyes tightly.
Arang’s eyes drooped, and her lips pouted.
“Guess it’s not good…”
Seeing that Yesol was about to delete the screenshot, Arang looked disappointed, so Yesol quickly waved her hands.
“No! It’s so pretty, I’m just worried I can’t handle it properly…!”
“Really? Don’t worry about leaks. It’s fine if it spreads!”
‘Arang might be fine, but Anna would have a problem…!’
“U-um, can we switch back to the stream screen…?”
“Sure.”
After turning off Arang’s Apostle outfit screenshot and returning to the stream, the viewers were still going wild.
– Show us too!
– Yesol, what are you doing? Yesol, what are you doing? Yesol, what are you doing?
– Kyaaaaaa
– Nononononono
The chat was filled with chaos, and Yesol, without a manager, couldn’t calm it down.
“Enough.”
Arang, watching Yesol’s stream, spoke up when she saw Yesol struggling.
With just that one word, the chat instantly stopped and returned to normal.
“Wow…”
Yesol was amazed. The toxic comments, insults, and incomprehensible chats all stopped with Arang’s single word.
‘Is this the Arang known as the Princess in Leore?’
The childlike Arang from before now had sharp eyes and a firm gaze, exuding authority.
‘So cool.’
==
The stream ended shortly after Arang said “Enough.”
“Is it okay? Didn’t you call me to boost your stream?”
“Well… I think it’s too much for me to handle.”
Just Arang’s presence alone was overwhelming, and she’d opened Pandora’s box.
For a while, if anyone asked about Arang’s old Apostle outfit on stream, her head would hurt, but on the other hand, it could bring in new viewers.
The peak viewer count hit 60,000.
If even 10%? No, 5% of them came to her stream, it’d be a success, Yesol thought.
“What are you going to do now, unni?”
“I’m going to do the main quest.”
“Really? Want to sync up and do it together?”
“…Huh?”
“If you’re logged in now, that means you’re unemployed, right?”
“Ugh…! C-can you call me a streamer…?”
“Oh right, you streamed. Anyway, want to do the main quest with me?”
“Don’t you have a lot of friends?”
“They’re all busy living healthy lives, so they don’t come online at dawn.”
“Ah.”
“So I thought I’d make a new dawn gaming friend.”
Gulp.
Yesol was stunned by Arang’s proposal.
Arang’s friend.
The Princess’s direct squad.
Kang Hangeul, Pinkubelly, Sunchoo, Reina—all top-tier players in Leore—were inviting her?
She had to accept this.
But why her?
“Um, I’m not very good at the game…”
Honestly, she wanted to kneel and thank her right away, but there was a problem.
Yesol wasn’t good at the game.
She wasn’t trash, but Arang and her friends were all in the top 10 in Leore.
Just logging into the Leore leaderboard site would show their names on the front page.
Meanwhile, she was barely in the bottom 50%, averaging around the bottom 70%.
If they did any content together, she was worried she’d hold Arang back.
While she was debating whether to take this opportunity, Arang’s words made her realize her worries were pointless.
“It’s fine. You’re pretty, unni.”
“…Huh?”