Room Fortress Warrior refers to someone who, in real life, can’t say much but appears commanding like a great warrior on the internet.
[Anonymous: What are you saying lol? To use 7th circle magic, you need permission from local authorities and the government, and national-certified wizards have to conduct a risk assessment. I’m an expert, so stop bragging for no reason.]
[Asha: If you cast it on a higher tier with 5th circle dimensional descent, the effective range will decrease, so it’s totally possible.]
[Anonymous: What are you even talking about with someone like you who’s clueless? Ugh lol;]
[Asha: I’m NoName.]
[Anonymous: If you’re NoName, then I’m Kim Gun. Come at me if you want to duel! lol, if you’re gonna do it, come to Yeopo High School.]
[Asha: Funny enough, I’m transferring to Yeopo High today, so that works out. See you later, my friend!]
[Anonymous: Yeah, I don’t believe that lol.]
And with that, the self-proclaimed NoName ‘Asha’ darted off.
On his way to school, Kim Sam-sik logged another precious victory on the internet today.
Every time they had keyboard battles like this, he felt uneasy about the parties involved transferring to his school…
NoName was currently the busiest person in the world.
There’s no way someone like that would casually transfer to Yeopo High.
“Hey, did you guys hear there’s a transfer student coming today?”
“No way, again? Why do we feel like we get a transfer student every week? Where have the others gone?”
Yeopo High was strange, seeing transfer students every week and then they vanish without a trace.
“So we should try to get along with them. Sam-sik, they leave because you bully them.”
“Ah…! So it was my fault! I just realized that today, sorry sorry. I’ll be more careful from now on.”
“Anyway, we really need to avoid having bad connections with the new students this time. I heard their wealth is 3 trillion; it could all disappear in a flash.”
There was a commotion among the students, buzzing with stories about the transfer student.
“They’re worth 3 trillion, they’ll walk past the president on the red carpet, and they have a hobby of putting cat ears on unruly slaves or something.”
Gulp
Nervously, Sam-sik straightened up in his seat at the front.
Are there even thirty people in the Republic of Korea with a fortune over 3 trillion?
A thought crossed his mind.
[Asha: I’m NoName.]
“Could it be that today’s transfer student is NoNa—”
Wheeeng—
A magic circle appeared at the classroom’s front door.
[Magician – Argentina – Samatra]
[Cast: Arabesque Knot – Fire]
Kaboooom—!
With a massive explosion, the wooden door flew off completely.
Kim Sam-sik squinted at the scene of the explosion.
Through the billowing black smoke walked in two girls.
Among them, a notably shorter girl climbed onto the stairs.
She stood in front of the podium and asked the trembling students with a fierce gaze:
“Which one of you is Kim Gun from Yeopo High?”
There was no sense of authority in her cute voice at all.
*
The set for MYBC’s flagship talk show entertainment ‘Room Fortress Warrior’ was quite massive.
Over thirty cameras focused on us in a formation, and the Jimmy Jib was busy moving through the air.
Even though it was a variety show, the cast couldn’t escape from the script provided by the producers.
So I thought everyone had agreed to it in advance.
“Hey… wait, is this really okay?”
“Wow, this is gonna blow up right here! Just so you know, NoName’s ad-libs are not part of the production team’s intentions.”
“This is a major incident! It’s not going to be easy to walk out of here today. Hahaha.”
Buzzing—
The production team was rushing around and soon started cleaning up the site with brooms and dustpans.
Exchanging glances with Saetbyeol, we silently acknowledged that something had gone seriously wrong.
I said with a slightly apologetic expression to the cast.
“Sorry. Wasn’t I supposed to come in like this? I messed up, didn’t I?”
“What did the script say?”
“It said ‘open parentheses, bang!’ close parentheses. Then ‘open parentheses, enter with a powerful stride.'”
“Haha! The bang was supposed to be the door opening, but the transfer student blew the door apart!”
“Then it’s not your fault! The writers should have written that more clearly!”
“This transfer student is seriously unsettling… she’s no ordinary person…”
After the chaos finally settled down, I stepped out of the set for a moment and re-entered from the start.
Even though the front door had been utterly destroyed, I nailed the powerful stride perfectly.
“Woooooah! The transfer student has arrived!”
“Whoa, so cute…! Is she an elementary school student?”
“She dyed her hair silver. She must be a bully…!”
“Silence.”
At just one low-frequency comment, everyone froze.
“Which one of you is Kim Gun from Yeopo High? The one who argued with me this morning.”
“That’s him! That’s Kim Sam-sik!”
“Me? No way, that’s not me.”
“Come on! There’s no one else who would do that but you! Step forward!”
Comedian Kim Sam-sik was pushed forward.
When we publicly shared the messages exchanged, the crowd erupted with jeers.
“Wow, are you insane? You’re getting ready to fight the National Exchange Tournament champion?”
“Are you going to fight me? I really love to fight.”
“Uh… no…”
“Why are you using formal language now?”
“Oops, I didn’t mean to. No, no… I don’t like fighting at all.”
Hahaha! Sam-sik is really scared right now.
“Don’t do that again. I’m gonna keep an eye on you today.”
With that, I smacked his head with a rubber hammer.
After, Kim Sam-sik returned to his seat, rambling about how he felt death lurking.
“That’s not really hard. Just adjust your vocal cords with aura to produce low frequencies. This kind of low frequency vibrates the muscles, making it feel like your body freezes.”
The opening was pretty long.
We had fallen behind quite a bit.
“Anyway, nice to meet you guys! Can everyone introduce themselves?”
“Hey, I’m NoName and currently running the Janjeol Clan. I skipped six grades to enroll in Yeopo High.”
“Then how old are you?”
“I’m exactly ten years old this year.”
“It’s really a new experience to have someone way younger than the high school students here, huh.”
“Right around now, the captions will say ‘8 years old, won the Academy Competition, 9 years old, obtained High Wizard qualification, and at 10, Fields Medal and National Exchange Tournament champion.'”
“This is insane. This is legendary.”
“Ahem, I heard rumors about my fortune being 3 trillion…”
Clears throat as the cast subtly shifted the topic.
Recently, my sale of Dream Stone engraved gear for 366 billion was a huge topic.
“She’s really obsessed with money. She’s quite materialistic. We apologize on her behalf.”
“But weren’t you also born with a silver spoon in your mouth?”
“Oh Na-me has broken all her silver spoons.”
Haha…! I see.
As the joke hit like a ton of bricks, I couldn’t help but giggle.
We decided to talk about the fortune later and passed the baton to Saetbyeol.
“Nice to meet you! What are you looking at? I’m Adella! Hehe, I was once known as Cheon Saetbyeol in VTuber broadcasts!”
“Wowww! So cute!”
“You can totally see she has the spark.”
“I watched Adella’s broadcasts a few times! Weren’t you super famous?”
“Yeah! At one point, I made it into the top 10 VTubers in the world!”
Saetbyeol proudly introduced herself, shrugging her shoulders.
“But wasn’t Adella a game character? Am I mistaken here?”
“I used to be an NPC in World of Arseria, but it turned out I’m just like you guys. Na-me unni rescued me from being reset by the game company.”
“So, among all the players, you were the chosen one Adella. Wow, it sounds like a movie.”
“Is that dyed hair of yours?”
“Nope, this is my natural hair. Oh? Speaking of which, you also have a silver hairpiece on? Nice to meet you, friend!”
“Uh? Ah… I’m just naturally white-haired. Took the wrong herbal medicine as a kid…”
Haha…! Oh no, I’m sorry!
Saetbyeol fell back laughing, clutching her belly.
Laughter filled the studio.
It seems like bring Saetbyeol along was the right call.
After introductions were done, it was time for the real talk show.
To transfer to Yeopo High, the students needed to collect three Yeopo stickers from the cast.
I was thinking about how ambiguous the standard for ‘Yeopo-ness’ was…
“Well, Na-me, this was your first variety show since the National Exchange Tournament, right?”
“Yup.”
“Normally, I thought you’d do news, variety shows, or even commercials, but is there a reason you haven’t shown up anywhere?”
“Well, the fact that I presented Human Transmutation probably made a big impact. It’s not quite a typical magic, so misunderstandings and envy could arise.”
“Ah, that must have been dangerous.”
“Yeah, rather than appearing on broadcasts, I thought we should quickly create a new technology utilizing this magic. So, I developed the Dream Stone.”
“Can it fix baldness?”
“Baldness is still a no… But can’t you just plant new hair?”
That sparked huge resistance from the cast.
“Hey!”
“No way, it’s different! The difference between my hair and yours is huge!”
“Sigh, I understand, I’ll consider it.”
Questions about the effectiveness of the Dream Stone kept pouring in.
“Na-me, I keep getting a runny nose since it’s fall; can that be fixed too?”
“Sure. Dreaming Mode removes allergy antigens that our bodies reject and restores our broken immune system. Just use it for about 5 minutes in the morning when you wake up, and you’ll be fine all day. But that doesn’t mean it’ll change your constitution. Those illnesses act as signals that something is wrong with our bodies, so they’re not necessarily bad.”
“I used to be allergic to cilantro, but thanks to Na-me, I put it in my hot pot!”
Concerns about the pharmaceutical company and doctors also came up.
“I heard doctors say it needs thorough verification before use. What do you think?”
“I’ve read a lot of medical literature, so I understand their concerns. The basic principles of this magic are quite similar to when the optic nerve connectome was announced. It provides ideal target data and stimulates the Aura Heart, encouraging each user’s body to adapt on its own. It’s not about treatment in the medical sense.”
“Na-me, you scored 270 out of 300 on the mock USMLE last time!”
As I saw Saetbyeol chattering away, one cast member suddenly said.
“I’ve been watching closely since earlier, and it seems like Saetbyeol is the most excited. Kept saying, ‘Our Na-me is amazing!’”
Hahaha! Did I? I didn’t notice.
“Do you often brag about Na-me?”
“I mean, I don’t need to boast. She’s just an incredible person. I do think she’s cool.”
“Plus, it’s unique how you keep calling her ‘unni’.”
“Oh, there’s a story behind that! Listen up.”
Saetbyeol clapped her hands and began to share her experience during the Genius Discovery Team shoot.
“I never imagined Na-me was gonna be eight years old! She spoke like an adult and treated me like a big sister. In her game avatar, she was all tall and stunning.”
“She does come off as mature and somewhat aloof.”
“Right? But I had a chance to flip the title. If she beat me in a virtual duel, she said she’d call me ‘unni.’ Looking back, isn’t it kind of funny? Two years later, she won the National Exchange Tournament!”
“So that’s when you decided to accept your fate.”
“Saetbyeol, fight hard to claim your sister. This sounds like something out of an old martial arts novel.”
Haha! Right, right.
“It seems like Na-me doesn’t think of herself as a child.”
At that surprisingly sharp comment from the cast, I widened my eyes.
“Why is that?”
“I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks this way. Remember when there were discussions about Na-me being an AI?”
“Like Adella?”
“Exactly. Did you hear that, Na-me?”
“I did. But I feel a bit unfair about it.”
Pouting, I protested about that fact.
“I did have some childish behaviors when I was young.”
“When you were little?”
“I’m still young!”
What’s going on here? Hahaha!
“I thought for a moment I was hearing from the director when she was a kid!”
“What I mean is that I was a bit more mentally immature back then… Now I’m good, right?”
“Uncles might find Na-me cute and tease her. Keep talking.”
With my hands on my hips, I pretended to sulk for a moment.
But I didn’t really hate this comfortable atmosphere, so I smiled faintly.
“Is there anyone here who’s played League of Legends?”
“If you’re a guy, I bet everyone has tried it at least once.”
“Now that you enter the battlefield, various merchants pop up. Among them, there’s the Fox Merchant who gives out potions and speed items named Liri. Yernika Liri.”
“I know her! The one with the fluffy fur.”
“Liri was totally my beloved plush toy. When I was younger, I loved running up to hug her as soon as the game started… And since she’s AI, we communicated effortlessly without a language processor module. So you know, we played house, assigning roles and acted out scenes together. Looking back, it seems childish, but isn’t it kind of cute?”
In that time, my childish spirit was still present.
Of course, the team members looking at me must have been burning with jealousy.
“I’ve never shared this kind of story before. Anyway, it was warm and nice back then.”
Recalling the past made me chuckle.
However, for some reason, there was a somber atmosphere in the studio.
As the cast slightly teared up, Saetbyeol waved her hands and echoed my sentiments.
“You guys, you rarely get to see Na-me like this, smiling! It’s a rare expression that comes out only when she’s really happy, so we need to take a photo quickly!”
At that, 30 cameras turned simultaneously to capture my smiling face.
Isn’t this really overwhelming?
I meant to smile for just five seconds but ended up grinning for an extra fifteen.
“The Liri character plushies are about to sell out today.”
“Is that so? It came out so long ago that its design is now quite outdated.”
“You’ve been playing the game since you were one, right? I heard you sold titles—how did you do that?”
“I was planning to discuss that too. Before my mom passed away, or maybe I don’t know when it was, she handed me the party leader position and fell asleep. When I woke up, the game just automatically launched, and the titles I earned sold themselves.”
“So she had everything pre-set for you with AI before she left…”
“That’s probably it.”
“Ah…”
So I had lingering regrets.
If I had just noticed a bit sooner, I could have supplied mana potions to my mom.
Though the knowledge and self from my past life settled perfectly, the title crafting itself progressed smoothly…
Even though I paid off all the potion debts, I still couldn’t bring back Seol-ah who fell into eternal slumber.
“Oh, the topic’s gotten too gloomy. Let me quickly throw you a question! What kind of role-plays did I usually do with Liri? This should be really fun. But getting it right at once might be hard?”
