NOVEL NEXT chapter 56
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Jolrye-nim and the Guildmaster tomorrow
[Guild] Mocha Bread: are really getting married?!?!
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Yeah
The day before the wedding, Friday—
even if it was “just a game,” there was still a ton of prep to do.
From reserving the cathedral where the ceremony would be held, to buying the special wedding outfit, to sending out invitations…
Since Yu Chae said he’d be late logging in today because of real-life stuff, I had to handle it all by myself.
[Guild] Drink Some Water: You’d better have booked that in advance
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Already did lol
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: Did you send the invites too?
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Check your mailbox in an hour, go go
[Guild] ManaOing: What about the dress?
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Bought it
[Guild] Mocha Bread: If you pick special flowers at Taranto Island
[Guild] Mocha Bread: you can carry a glowing bouquet
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Which is why I’m at Taranto Island right now..
[Guild] Drink Some Water: hahahahahaha
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: This is getting serious lol
[Guild] Hwa So-un: At this point isn’t Jolrye-nim just as serious about the marriage..?
[Guild] Haereun: Let him enjoy it
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: lol what are you even talking about;;
I was only trying to do it properly since we were doing it anyway.
It was unfair, but I needed the flowers, so I kept gathering.
With brown hair, yellow tones should suit better.
Of course, yellow flowers happened to be the rarest, so I had to scour Taranto Island for ages.
I finally collected the thirty flowers needed to craft the bouquet when the invitations I’d scheduled went out—messages started rolling in.
[MelodyCode: Marriage hahahahaha]
[MelodyCode: What’s the partner’s nick? lol this is killing me]
[MelodyCode: JolryeOwner lmaooo]
[PureIntellect: Dude—]
[PureIntellect: You won’t PvP me but you’re getting married;;]
[PureIntellect: Can I show up tomorrow and PvP you??]
[SoeSoe: So you ditched me and Haeseong to go game..]
[SoeSoe: and now you even send wedding invites]
[SoeSoe: I can’t stand it]
[SoeSoe: I’m taking a screenshot and posting it in the group chat, cya]
God, these assholes are annoying……
Handing the flowers to the cathedral NPC, I fired off a reply to Kim Daeseok.
[Jeo Jolryeoyo: No really, I had a prior plan]
[SoeSoe: That’s a lie]
[Jeo Jolryeoyo: You wanna start a war with me?]
[Jeo Jolryeoyo: Should I dump all your black history saved on my phone?]
[SoeSoe: Brother]
[SoeSoe: I will definitely attend the wedding]
[Jeo Jolryeoyo: Good]
What a clown.
Easily knocking Daeseok into line, I replied to the other two.
[Jeo Jolryeoyo: Why ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ are you insulting my partner?—]
[Jeo Jolryeoyo: Don’t come]
I had lazily set the invites to go to both friends and guild members at once, and now I regretted it.
Those three definitely didn’t need to come. Fuck.
[Guild] Mocha Bread: You need an invite
[Guild] Mocha Bread: to enter, right?
[Guild] Haereun: Yeah, correct
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: lmaooo JolryeOwner hahaha
[Guild] I’m Lagginggg: “May Jeo Jolryeoyo and JolryeOwner find a happy union..”
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Happy lol union hahaha
[Guild] ManaOing: Not a happy union—more like the result of losing an enhancement bet lol
[Guild] Haereun: Guess that’s why luck matters in life
[Guild] Haereun: Lucky enough to actually marry your crush;;
[Guild] TheHunter: For real..
[Guild] TheHunter: Who could’ve guessed the enhancement would succeed there
[Guild] TheHunter: the odds were fucking low
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Tried to win the enhancement bet to kill the marriage talk, but ended up actually getting married hahahaha
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: Legendary stuff, Jolryeoyo
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: lol..
Right then the NPC handed me the finished item—a bouquet glowing brilliantly yellow.
Standing there holding a bouquet while getting roasted by my guildmates, a crushing wave of self-awareness hit me.
‘What the fuck is this……’
I was the one being forced into marriage, but somehow I felt like it was the other way around.
I suddenly wanted to toss the bouquet I’d worked so hard to craft.
That’s when the alert popped up: Yu Chae had logged in.
[Guild] Yu Chae: Hyung!
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’m here!
[Guild] Drink Some Water: The bride’s arrived
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: Bride lol
[Guild] Hunting Madman: Showing up and looking for your groom right away, I like it ^^
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Sweet, so sweet
[Guild] Haereun: At this rate they’re actually gonna fall for each other
[Guild] Hwa So-un: If that happens, I’ll support them
[Guild] Hwa So-un: I don’t have that kind of prejudice.. hehe
[Guild] DoraHeeImnida: Me too hehe
[Guild] Yu Chae: ok, got it
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Shut the fuck up
[Guild] Yu Chae: Where are you? ^ㅡ^
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: In front of the cathedral
[Guild] Haereun: Guildmaster, why so late?
[Guild] Haereun: Jolrye-nim did all the wedding prep alone ;;
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Trash, right?
[Guild] ManaOing: He even went to Taranto Island to pick flowers ;;
[Guild] DoraHeeImnida: They say the bouquet’s that important for the bride hehe
[Guild] Hwa So-un: For his one and only lovely bride..
[Guild] Hwa So-un: the groom personally gathers flowers on a deserted island..
[Guild] TheHunter: Damn, insane
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: So romantic, what is this~~ lol
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Booked the dress too..
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Sent out invites..
[Guild] Yu Chae: Oh, right
[Guild] Yu Chae: I got the invite too
[Guild] Yu Chae: Hyung I love you ♥
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: hahaha
Covering my eyes with my hand, I let out a long sigh.
Hilariously enough, I’d been pissed when Yu Chae wasn’t around, and now I was pissed because he was.
Never met anyone like this in my life.
[All] Yu Chae: Hyung~
[All] Yu Chae: Your foxy bride is here >.<
He must’ve used a teleport item—he came through a portal that opened right in front of me.
Yu Chae dashed over, tail swishing like an excited fox.
[All] Yu Chae: Were you really busy today??
[All] Yu Chae: I really wanted to play with you but had some unavoidable stuff ;;
[All] Yu Chae: Tomorrow I won’t miss it no matter what!
[All] Yu Chae: But did you seriously go to Taranto Island for flowers?
[All] Yu Chae: To make me a pretty bouquet?
[All] Yu Chae: The bouquet you’re holding is that one?
[All] Yu Chae: Yellow flowers are hard to get O.O
[All] Yu Chae: You even sent out invites and made reservations ;;
[All] Yu Chae: Hyung I seriously love you so much..
“…….”
Reading Yu Chae’s cutesy flood of messages, unbelievably, my irritation started melting away.
I thought the change in my mood was ridiculous, but… well, if he was sincerely apologizing, I could let it slide.
It wasn’t a good look to keep raging just because I’d done some extra grinding alone in a game.
I forced down the smirk creeping up my lips and moved my fingers.
[All] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Yeah yeah, just join the party
[All] Yu Chae: Okay ^ㅅ^
Noticing right away that my mood had lifted, Yu Chae slipped straight into the party I’d made.
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: I mostly sent invites to guildmates
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: If there’s anyone else you want, set it now
[Party] Yu Chae: Nope, no one!
[Party] Yu Chae: Hyung, I went outside today, it’s getting chilly
[Party] Yu Chae: Next week they say it’ll rain too
[Party] Yu Chae: Make sure to wear something when you go to your part-time shift
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Part-time?
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: School’s starting next week anyway so I’m off work for now
‘So he’s not a college student?’
He said he was a year younger than me, so I assumed he was.
Of course, there are plenty of people at that age who work, or who are jobless.
Or maybe he lied about his age.
Yu Chae looked awkward after my reply.
[Party] Yu Chae: Oh, it’s already the new semester?
[Party] Yu Chae: I totally forgot, I’ve been on leave so long
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Military leave?
[Party] Yu Chae: No
[Party] Yu Chae: Just..
[Party] Yu Chae: Hyung, did you do your dailies today?
[Party] Yu Chae: I didn’t, let’s do them together!
He blatantly switched the subject, bouncing up and down to head off hunting.
As expected, he avoided talking about personal info.
Not answering whether he was on military leave—was it just not wanting to reveal his service status?
Or not wanting me to realize he was at an age where he didn’t even know much about the military?
Either way, it just meant he didn’t want to be honest with me.
Couldn’t help feeling a little let down.
‘Forget it, why do I care.’
Rubbing the back of my neck, I shook off the sour feeling.
Then, lightening my mood, I sent him a trade request and handed over the bouquet I’d crafted.
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Put this on your alt
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: I didn’t do my dailies either, so let’s go