He Is That Guy

“……?”
I rubbed my eyes, thinking I must’ve read it wrong.
But the message from that lunatic Yu Chae was still sitting there on screen.
What the hell is this maniac saying?

[Guild] Haereun: KYAAAAAAA~~!!!
[Guild] Staeric: So they really are a thing?
[Guild] Sanyang-eMeChinnom: mㅇmㅇ~~

[Guild] Mokappang: He actually just dropped a proposal in guild chat;;;
[Guild] DoraHeeImnida: How much should I give for the wedding gift? hehe
[Guild] RereRekgollyeoyo: First it was love confessions over voice chat, now proposals in guild chat?

[Guild] ManaOing: Hope you two live happily ever after~^^
[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: gratz gratz gratz gratz
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: fuck off

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: not doing it
[Guild] ManaOing: Ah~ straight up rejected LOL
[Guild] YangnyeomGejangJjeop: I’m fucking dying LMAOOO

[Guild] Hwa So-un: What if Sleepy ragequits the guild over this😭
[Guild] Sanyang-eMeChinnom: Who’s gonna help newbies now…
[Guild] TheHunter: And why are you offering marriage as a transaction? LOL

[Guild] Yu Chae: Why not
[Guild] Yu Chae: Why won’t you marry me?
Of course I instantly rejected him. But apparently that triggered something, because Yu Chae started whining.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’ll get it to +7, I promise!

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: nah
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: I’ll try again
[Guild] Yu Chae: You just wasted all 70 stones, what do you mean “try again”?

[Guild] Yu Chae: You can get +7 and marry me, two birds one stone
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: absolutely not
[Guild] Yu Chae: Why noooot

[Guild] JaboninaheunGwaemul: I’m trying to focus on this raid and I’m literally dying LOL
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Why the hell would I want to
[Guild] Yu Chae: You’ll get a +7 weapon
[Guild] Yu Chae: Plus a cute, pretty, competent younger partner

[Guild] Yu Chae: Literally the jackpot, why are you saying no!! ㅜㅡㅜ
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Did he just say that himself...
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: I like older types

[Guild] Yu Chae: I lied about my age actually
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’m two years older than you
[Guild] Yu Chae: Marry me, Sleepy

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: you’re fucking deranged
[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: LOLOLOLOLOLOL
[Guild] ManaOing: I’m losing itttttt LOL

[Guild] Mokappang: He’s completely unhinged LOL
[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: Why does that sound kinda cool tho LOL
[Guild] Haereun: My head is spinning LOL

I ignored Yu Chae’s bullshit and opened the auction house. No need to push for +7—just get back to +6. That’d mean buying maybe 50 more enhancement stones.
‘Damn, they’re pricey.’
Enhancement stones were always expensive, but I’d only hit max level recently, so my gold reserves were barely enough to cover repairs and potions.

Not to mention the gold I just torched in the last few enhancement attempts. If I wanted to keep going, I’d need gold as well as stones. And I wasn’t about to swipe my card just to fix this.
Maybe I should buy just 30? But could I even get to +6 with that? My luck was so garbage I # Nоvеlight # couldn’t say for sure.
[Whisper] Yu Chae: Hyung

[Whisper] Yu Chae: Please hear me out
[Whisper] Yu Chae: ㅠㅡㅜ
[Whisper] Yu Chae: It’s not like I’m asking you to marry me for no reason!!

[Whisper] Yu Chae: Hyeooong
Ding, ding, ding. Since I was ignoring guild chat, the guy started spamming my inbox with marriage proposals.
Arms folded, I was trying to seriously calculate whether to buy 50, 40, or 30 stones. The nonstop messages made me scrunch up my brows.

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: knock it off, fuck’s sake
[Guild] Yu Chae: Let’s do this, hyung
[Guild] Yu Chae: If I get it to +7 with just 40 enhancement stones

[Guild] Yu Chae: You marry me
[Guild] Yu Chae: But if I fail—
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’ll use however many it takes to get it to +8

[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: Persistent little shit LOL
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Oh?
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Honestly not a bad deal?

[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: +7 with just 40 stones? That’s not easy…
[Guild] TheHunter: fr Sleepy
[Guild] TheHunter: just take the deal

[Guild] Staeric: If it were me I’d say yes, that’s a win-win
[Guild] ManaOing: ngl guildmaster’s luck is cracked
[Guild] ManaOing: He might actually pull it off with 40;;

[Guild] Mokappang: And what if he does succeed?? What then, Sleepy ㅡㅡ
[Guild] Mokappang: Y’all talking like you’re not the one getting married ㅡㅡ
[Guild] Hwa So-un: LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Get it to +7 with 40 stones, huh? +6 takes 5 stones, +7 takes 10—so minimum 15 stones if everything lands. But with even one or two fails, it’ll eat through 40 real fast.
After weighing the odds, I told him:
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Let’s not count stones—let’s do it like this

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: You get one fail
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: One fail allowed, then you have to hit +7 clean
[Guild] Yu Chae: So then

[Guild] Yu Chae: You’ll marry me if I pull it off?
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: LOL
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: sure, I’ll even marry you IRL;

[Guild] ManaOing: whoa
[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: That’s… quite the statement;;
[Guild] TheHunter: yeah but like

[Guild] TheHunter: getting to +7 with just one fail is insane
[Guild] Hwa So-un: The odds are low, but not impossible
[Guild] Staeric: 5→6 is 45%, 6→7 is 40%, so

[Guild] Staeric: technically doable
[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: You’d need god-tier RNG, lol
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Nah, that’s basically impossible

[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: Looks like Yu Chae’s about to +8 your staff instead LOL
Honestly, I agreed with them. That’s why I offered it.
‘Accept or not—either way, I win.’

If he refused, he’d stop pestering me to marry him. If he accepted, I’d win for sure. Total W.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’ll do it
[Guild] Yu Chae: I don’t care

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: You will?
[Guild] Yu Chae: Yep ㅇㅅㅇ!
I figured he’d think about it at least a little—but he agreed instantly and without hesitation. That somehow made me nervous.

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: You get the rules, right?
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Two fails and you’re done
[Guild] Yu Chae: I know! ㅜㅡㅜ

You do?
He agreed to a terrible deal with no attempt to bargain. I couldn’t understand what this man was thinking.
[Guild] Staeric: LOL Sleepy, congrats in advance

[Guild] Haereun: Guess you’re hitting +8 today kek
[Guild] Mokappang: Is this all part of the guildmaster’s grand plan?
[Guild] Mokappang: Maybe he’s just baiting Sleepy into letting him +8 the staff…

[Guild] ManaOing: This plan’s the size of a world map LOL
[Guild] Sanyang-eMeChinnom: fr LMAOOOOO
[Guild] RereRekgollyeoyo: Never thought I’d see weapon enhancement and marriage used in the same wager

‘Well, if he insists.’
I handed the staff over to Yu Chae and asked:
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: You need gold too?

[Guild] Yu Chae: What, you think I’m some adult shaking down a child?
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’m good, thanks ㅎㅡㅎ
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: You little shit

[Guild] Hwa So-un: LOOOOOL
[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: AHAHAHAHAHAHA
[Guild] Haereun: Oh my god LMAOOO

[Guild] ManaOing: A rare moment: a newbie asking the server’s #1 if he needs gold
Yu Chae bought more enhancement stones at the auction house, then stood at the shrine with my staff.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I’m starting

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: k
[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: I’m so nervous
[Guild] Mokappang: Why are you nervous LMAO

[Guild] Haereun: Bet he hits +6 on the first try
I agreed. But even if he got to +6, going to +7 would be the real challenge.
This whole wager boiled down to whether or not Yu Chae would succeed in the +6 to +7 jump—or crash and burn.

The shrine glowed red as the enhancement sequence began.
KWA-RRRRRRUM!
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: ?

[Guild] Hwa So-un: Huh??
[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: That was a fail, right?
[Guild] Staeric: No way the guildmaster failed too?

[Guild] Sanyang-eMeChinnom: What’s the difference between him and Sleepy now LMAOOOO
[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: It’s over, GG
Yu Chae must not have expected to fail either—he fumbled around awkwardly.

[Guild] Yu Chae: n-nah
[Guild] Yu Chae: Bad luck’s cleared now
[Guild] Yu Chae: For real this time

[Guild] Haereun: LOL “bad luck cleared”
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Next fail and it’s over
[Guild] Yu Chae: Got it..ㅠ.ㅠ

Yu Chae answered gloomily and started the next enhancement.
[Guild] ManaOing: This is it…
[Guild] YangnyeomGejangJjeop: dkgdkgdkg (drumrolls)

DING-DING-DING!
Thankfully, this time it wasn’t the sound of failure, but the cheerful chime of a successful upgrade.
[Guild] Hwa So-un: Oh!

[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: Nice—so that’s +6 now, right?
[Guild] Mokappang: Now go straight for +7!
[Guild] Staeric: gogogogogo

[Guild] SseSseSsehajago: Why is this so fun to watch LOL
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Watching other people enhance is always peak content LOL
[Guild] Yu Chae: Hyung, wait for me

[Guild] Yu Chae: I’ll succeed no matter what…
[Guild] Yu Chae: And I’ll make you mine
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: shut the fuck up and go

[Guild] MuljomMasyeora: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[Guild] TheHunter: LMAOOOOOOOO
[Guild] ManaOing: He’s insane LOL

Yu Chae immediately began the enhancement toward +7.
The shrine hummed, the red light intensifying. I swallowed dryly, eyes locked on the result.