Chapter 2

EP.2 Stop the Sexual Harassment...

Nickname: Paladin.

Broadcast Nick: Paladin.

Real Name: Kim Sanghyun.

Sanghyun, feeling the throbbing pain in his head, instinctively let go of the mouse and grabbed the back of his head.

Why is my head hurting so much?

Is it because it's one in the morning?

No, for an owl like me, this is the time to be active.

Is it because I played too many games?

No, I've only played two rounds. The game, which usually ends in about 30 minutes, including the queue and match waiting time, I've played over ten rounds a day without ever feeling a headache.

Then, did I lose? Or did I get turned around in a game I was winning?

That's a daily occurrence.

Then what is it? Did I get mocked by a thousand viewers?

That's a possibility. More than a possibility, it seems like there's a real stake in it.

About twenty percent.

Then what about the other eighty percent?

He soon realized.

And the moment he realized the reason, Paladin shouted.

Rainbow Tales is a game that supports in-game voice chat.

"Hey, you fucking bitch of a saint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

- Saint has left the voice chat.

Sanghyun immediately started typing.

[ Paladin: Hey, you fucking bitch, what's the problem today? ]

Saint didn't respond.

Sanghyun looked at his character.

Paladin, equipped with a greatsword, the ultimate weapon for a man, and wearing gear that mitigates the penalty of wearing metal equipment, was finally showing the appearance of a heavily armored greatsword warrior after a long time.

The valiant figure...

was lying on the ground, surrounded by a gray screen, with a broken back of the head.

In reality, Kim Sanghyun, as if he had just been hit on the back of his head, still had his hand on the back of his head, muttering to himself.

"What the fuck did I do wrong? Do you guys know?"

While watching the chat room of the streaming broadcast go wild, Sanghyun pressed his eyelids.

The game had started, but since it was a siege map, both teams needed preparation time.

Time to gather resources for siege and defense, buy portal scrolls, emergency potions, and siege weapons from the shop.

So, there shouldn't be any kill logs like that.

[ (Saint) has killed (Paladin) ]

No, they were on the same team, so even during preparation time, there shouldn't have been a kill log like that.

But why?

Why did Saint hit me on the back of the head with a mace?

Isn't it clear that this netcam kid finally wants to get banned?

"Alright. I'll send you to the world's worst place too."

Just as he was about to click the report button on Saint's portrait in the team interface, a donation came in at the perfect timing.

『RearCarAssemblerKimSanghyun has donated 1,000 won!

So, you're being rude to a woman, aren't you?』

"What the hell!"

『RearCarAssemblerKimSanghyun has donated 1,000 won!

You've been nagging since the match selection screen, and now in-game, you're being so obscene, hahaha. What kind of lewd talk would even a grumpy old man not use?』

"Fuck. That's just a greeting."

But it was true.

The netcam kid using the Saint nickname was a pervert who loved the obscene talk directed at his character.

The almost daily obscene talk when Paladin and Saint met.

Sanghyun screamed into the microphone.

"You guys know, right!"

[ Brother, go die in the back ]

[ If it was real, you'd be reporting it right away ]

[ Me ]

[ Lock ]

[ Me ]

[ Lock ]

[ Lock ]

[ Me ]

[ Paladin doesn't understand women ]

Shit.

Sanghyun read that much and lost interest in the chat room.

What the hell are these guys saying?

Anyone would think Saint is a real woman.

On the other hand, the in-game chat window heated up.

[ Paladin: Fuck, answer me! Why did you kill me? Why did you kill me? Why did you kill me? Why did you kill me? Why did you kill me? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? Am I trolling? ]

Saint, who might have blocked Paladin, didn't respond again.

Sanghyun was serious.

Users who have been stuck in Yellow 1 for a long time, or rather, most of them, value pride over score.

Losing a round is less important than pride!

Paladin was a perfect example of this.

"Right. This bitch trampled on my pride."

Sanghyun muttered, and the now resurrected Paladin took up the will embedded in the keyboard.

Paladin roared—

a roar of battle—though it was still in the preparation phase—ready to charge into the enemy lines.

And he actually charged!

But Paladin couldn't achieve his goal.

He fell immediately, shocked by the running posture.

Again, a mace in the back of the head, just like déjà vu.

The screen turned gray.

"YOU DIED" appeared, stained with Paladin's blood.

This time, human Kim Sanghyun, instead of Paladin, screamed.

"What the fuck is this bitch, who doesn't even use a mace, doing today?!!!!!!!!!!"

Sanghyun found a question in what he had said.

Huh.

His doubt was resolved by another donation that came in.

『WarriorSelfStudyBut? has donated 10,000 won!

But Saint doesn't use a mace, does she? She's always reading the Bible, giving a little healing, and moaning when the enemy team comes. What's with the mace, especially to a teammate?』

"Ah. Thanks for 10,000 won. Shit, that's what I thought. It's weird."

Hmm.

Sanghyun put his chin in his hand and thought.

Clearly, Saint was acting weird.

He didn't notice it at first, surrounded by the injustice of his death, but Saint,

who never gave her character anything as heavy as a Bible, a concept she had maintained for ten years, had broken her own concept.

"Did this bitch get hacked?"

He couldn't help but say it.

While this situation isn't the case, in the complex battlefield, Saint, who sometimes kills allies with a misfired holy spell or has the "aim heal" trait, which heals the enemy, did happen occasionally.

When that happened, and when curses were directed at Saint,

[ Saint: I don't know, please scold me more, give me more curses, please ]

Yes, she was definitely in the position of spouting such dirty words and receiving the team's scolding.

But she wasn't like that now...

"Shit. Is she a bot? The important thing is that this guy killed my character twice."

To Sanghyun, who cherished Paladin so much that he wouldn't even put it in his eye, the fact that his character received a penalty for dying twice in such a meaningless way was more important than Saint's changed attitude.

Sanghyun leaned forward in front of the monitor, almost touching the camera with his mouth.

The chat room went wild, saying it was disgusting.

But Sanghyun had already turned off the chat room.

"Paladin, just a little more pain. Then you can be free. I'll free you from that crazy faggot. Yeah, just a little more, about five more times?"

Sanghyun gritted his teeth.

He didn't know why Saint was acting this way, but his pride was definitely trampled.

When he resurrected again, he would take off all the heavy equipment and start trolling.

『EidaNextBibiNextClear has donated 1,000 won!

Her attitude is completely different from when she carried us in the Orange promotion match last time.』

"Shit, do you think you can cover what that guy is doing? Did the game do it alone? Shit, you're blocked. You're kicked out!"

『EidaNextBibiNextClear has donated 10,000 won!

When you said you wanted to marry a woman like Saint in real life...』

"Ten thousand... Ahem, I won't kick you out. But are you a newbie? Look at what that bitch is doing. What's the point of making a character if you're just going to do things that deduct points? And does a woman like that exist in real life? If she does, would she meet me?"

『ReallyFunnyMan has donated 1,000 won!

Really funny.』

『EidaNextBibiNextClear has donated 100,000 won!

A man who resolves his low self-esteem by playing with a gay netcam player who only has a pretty face... This is very rare.』

"Shit, you're really kicked out. No, it's 100,000 won, not 10,000 won. I misspoke. Yes, you're right. I have no money, low self-esteem, and can't play games. If the character inside is a faggot, and the face is pretty, I'm just a barking dog. Woof woof."

『A mission has been registered.

Mission: Don't troll this round and shower Saint with sweet words, becoming a sweet male character in Rainbow Tales.

59 minutes 58 seconds remaining.

Reward: 10,000 won』

"Would I do that? Would I do something like that?"

『The mission has been updated.

Mission: Don't troll this round and shower Saint with sweet words, becoming a sweet male character in Rainbow Tales.

59 minutes 45 seconds remaining.

Reward: 60,000 won』

Sanghyun immediately started typing.

[ Paladin: Ha ha, Saint, you look even prettier today. How about we go to the secluded Pandarell mine back road and have a deep, intense... you know, a □■■? ]

Then,

A bloodied mace approached the resurrected Paladin from behind.

[ (Saint) has killed (Paladin) ]

"Fuck, I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill you!"

Then, he saw the team chat, which finally appeared, not his own.

[ Saint: Stop the sexual harassment... ]

Sanghyun completely lost it and started typing wildly.

[ Paladin: What the fuck, you bitch, pretending to be innocent, you're just a dirty rag, you need to be taught a lesson, you fucking... ]

He no longer cared about the mission.

In that game, Paladin was killed by Saint eight more times.

Author's Note (Author's Afterword)

When he was a man, he was so immersed in the character that he did perverted things, but when he became the same body as the character, he felt that the insults and harassment directed at the character were being directed at him, and it felt strange and disgusting.

But the sexual harassment, which has been a part of his stance for ten years, continues like the inertia of the relationships he has built... This is the first half of the novel you are reading.

Updated on 11/15 (Censorship)