NOVEL NEXT Chapter 324: Inner Self (3)
[Aether World Online]
[Login: ]
[Password: ]
A familiar login window popped up on the monitor.
Without much thought, Baek Yu-Seol entered his old ID and password but immediately regretted it.
Back when he used to visit PC rooms, he hadn’t played this game much, so he hadn’t expected to have an account.
[Login successful]
[Loading...]
To his surprise, the login succeeded, and the screen transitioned immediately. Baek Yu-Seol’s heart raced with excitement as he anticipated the next scene.
The game always began in the same location: the ‘Stella Academy Dormitory.’In the dormitory bed lay the characters raised by the players.
Although there had been recurring complaints about Class S Cadets having single dormitories, the background suited the character selection screen so perfectly that it had remained unchanged for over a decade.
“... There it is.”
At the exact center of the dormitory stood a single bed. Sitting on that bed was ‘Character Baek Yu-Seol,’ staring back at him.
Unlike the academy-themed genre, the character was dressed in a starry armor set, a longsword leaning against the bed. It seemed odd, given the story progression, that he hadn’t graduated from the academy yet. But since it wasn’t the most pressing issue, Baek Yu-Seol brushed it aside.
When he double-clicked on ‘Character Baek Yu-Seol’ with his mouse, a message appeared:
[Enter Secondary Password]
Panic instantly set in.
‘What... What was it again?’
It had been so long since he last logged in that he couldn’t remember the password. He hastily typed in his resident registration number, but the screen only displayed an error message along with a warning:
[Two incorrect attempts remain before automatic logout.]
“Damn it...”
After hesitating for a moment, his mother’s registration number suddenly came to mind. He quickly entered it.
[Access Granted]
Finally, the character was successfully logged in. Sending a brief, silent thank-you to his mother, he waited.
The screen displayed the back view of ‘Character Baek Yu-Seol,’ standing aimlessly in the corridor of Stella Academy. Above him, numerous notification pages appeared in rapid succession.
Most were community and event notices, so he quickly selected ‘Do not show for today’ and closed them all.
“... No, wait.”
Why had he even logged into the game in the first place?
The answer was simple: to find a way for his real self to survive.
‘I need to check the community forums…’
After navigating through the homepage a few times, he logged into his secure account to access the free board. Thousands of notifications instantly flooded the screen.
“What?”
These alerts typically appeared when someone commented on or highly recommended one of his posts (with more than 10 likes).
“Woah.”
When Baek Yu-seol clicked on the notifications, he was overwhelmed by the thousands—no, tens of thousands—of comments that appeared.
“What is this?”
Had he really posted something that could attract this much attention? As he hurried to check, a title that made his face burn with embarrassment immediately caught his eye.
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