Praise the Orc! Chapter 52:
Chapter 52 – Yiyu’s Revenge (1)
Ian disconnected and emerged from the capsule . He contemplated on his play last night .
It was a long journey . He started at Orcrox, which was on the edge of the continent . It passed through Anail, Arnin, and Chesswood to the centre of the continent . He was now stronger than anyone who wasn’t a ranker .
He also got revenge on the Thawing Balhae Clan . There would be a little delay as he searched for Hyunchul and the clan leader, but the crippling blow to the Thawing Balhal Clan had already been dealt .
He could now work on the reason why he began playing this game . The reason he started playing the game was for his sister Jung Yiyu . Her character was in the center of the continent, at one of the starting points for elves .
“That is the reason why I am playing the game, for Yiyu…”
Ian hummed before suddenly stopping .
“……!”
This wasn’t something he normally did .
He had hummed unconsciously because Jeremy was always making noises beside him . It was just like Iron, F4 the roleplaying group, and the orcs who played the game . Meeting all of those people had changed Ian in real life .
Ian started laughing . Change . It wasn’t a bad feeling .
He stretched, afraid of becoming unhealthy after spending so much time in Elder Lord . He needed to move his body properly . Ian slowly moved . By the way, his body was softer than he thought . No, rather, it seemed more flexible than before .
Ian cocked his head . Somehow, strength was overflowing in him . What was this? Ian looked down at his hands before suddenly falling face-down to the ground . He put weight on both hands in a push-up stance and then slowly lifted his lower body from the ground .
Ian’s mouth dropped open . It was a success . This type of body movement was called a Planche . He supported his body with only his arms and formed a straight position in the air, like Superman .
He hadn’t thought that it would be possible after not exercising for a while . However, it actually seemed easier than before . Ian got up and pondered over his body . Maybe it was thanks to Elder Lord .
There was a similar reaction as one conducted image training, so maybe Elder Lord had that effect on the body as well .
Ian showered and left home . After dropping off some food at the café for Han Yeori and Yoo Sooyeon, he headed to Yiyu’s university . It was lunch time so he thought he would buy her something delicious .
He contacted her and told her to wait in front of the cafeteria .
“Oppa . ”
“You came?”
They entered the cafeteria .
Ian ordered a set of sushi and noodles . Yiyu loved sushi . When she was young, she had been impressed by the classic cartoon, ‘Mister Sushi King’, and dreamed of being a chef . Of course, she gave it up after realizing that she had no talent in cooking .
“Why did you come here all of a sudden? And you’re buying the meal as well?”
“It isn’t sudden, I’ve bought you a lot of meals . ”
“You haven’t done it lately, so I thought you didn’t care about your little sister anymore . Have you been busy meeting that pretty sister?”
Ian smiled and poked Yiyu’s forehead with his fingers . She frowned .
“Does it hurt?”
“It hurts,” Yiyu complained, and moving her gaze to her phone . She seemed to be messaging someone . Ian touched his chin .
This was good enough .
One year ago, Yiyu had been awkward with Ian . It had been seven years .
As soon as he became an adult, he received an exemption from military service due to having a minor dependent on him . He was then sent to the foreign troops through Baek Hanho’s recommendation .
He sent and received letters, but he hadn’t been able to communicate with her properly due to the circumstances of his unit, the time difference, and security issues . Yiyu was left at a relative’s home and Ian supported her living expenses and tuition . Yiyu wasn’t bullied, but she also didn’t receive any love .
When Ian was discharged and returned to Korea last year, the 13 year old child had already become an adult .
Yiyu was unfamiliar with Ian .
She told her brother, whom she hadn’t met in seven years, that she would get a job as soon as she graduated high school so that he didn’t need to worry about her . It was regrettable, considering their past relationship, so he just told her to go to the school that she wanted to go to .
His father had always said to him,
‘Mother and Father are busy, so you have to protect your little sister . A brother and sister should be closer with each other than with their parents . You have to depend on each other until you die . It is the deepest family connection . So… You must protect Yiyu . I believe in you . ’
Then there was his parents’ funeral, who had died without even leaving a will . Ian didn’t cry . He smiled and made a pledge towards his father’s photo . ‘I won’t let you down . ’
He sometimes doubted if he was meeting his father’s expectations, but the resolution of that time still remained in his chest .
“Oppa, why are you smiling like that?”
“……”
“I-It hurts!”
Sometimes that resolution was shaken . The meal arrived and Yiyu started eating the sushi .
“How’s school?”
“Good . ”
“And your course feels right?”
“No… I don’t know . ” Yiyu sighed . “Oppa, sometimes I wonder about my dream . I thought that I’d find it in the economics department, but I don’t know anymore . ”
“Wasn’t it to become the sushi king?”
“Ah, not that . ”
“You should do what you want . ”
“I can’t always do what I want . I need talent . ”
“Talent?”
“Yes . For example, even if all soccer players practice, that doesn’t mean they will be like Pele, Ronaldo, Maradona, and Messi .
Ian laughed . Yiyu raised her eyebrows . “What, what?”
“There is no need to be the best . ”
“Then?”
“There are plenty of soccer players out there . You don’t have to be the best . Even if you can’t play, you can open a soccer school and coach . Or you can open a neighborhood gym . ”
“I see…”
“You should just be happy as you do what you want . ”
Yiyu looked at Ian with a strange expression before going back to swallowing her sushi . She gasped, “Ah, wasabi, wasabi . Spicy . ”
Ian handed her some water which calmed her down as she drank the water .
“But Oppa, what if I don’t know what I like?”
“You don’t know?”
“Yeah, I don’t know . Under these circumstances, it looks like I just have to live and die . ”
“It’ll be okay . ”
“You always say that it’ll be okay . ”
“If you want to live roughly, than you should just do it . No one will scold you . ”
“You scold me for my failing grades . ”
“That’s a formality . ”
“Then I’ll keep doing it in the future, okay?”
“No . ”
“Yes, yes . ”
“No no no . ”
“Che . ”
The two concentrated on their meal for a while . It was delicious . Ian decided to come here with his part time workers next time . Ian cut to the chase .
“You, how is Elder Lord?”
“Huh?”
Ian coughed . “Hmm, I’m actually…”
“I quit . ”
“Very high…what?”
“I quit Elder Lord . ”
Ian looked at Yiyu . She didn’t even look at Ian as she slurped her udon . “I won’t play anymore . ”
Ian hesitated because her face seemed really determined . “Why all of a sudden?”
“I just did . ”
Ian recalled a childhood memory .
Whenever something bad happened, Yiyu would stay quiet at home . Ian would ask what happened, and she wouldn’t reply . Ian always had to coax the details out of her . If he kept asking, then she would eventually confess .
As Ian looked at her glum expression, he couldn’t help asking, “What’s going on?”
“I just don’t want to do it . ”
“Tell me . ”
“……”
As soon as Yiyu closed her mouth, Ian grabbed her favorite tuna from the sushi set .
“Ah, what the?”
“You can’t eat until you speak . ”
“Ah, why? How petty . Gimme . ”
“Eat . ”
“Okay, I understand . ”
Ian gave her the tuna back .
“It’s just scary . ”
“Scary?”
“Well…”
Yiyu was scared and weak . As she had told her friends, she had died to a rabbit . Therefore, she became a mystic to obtain spirits and carefreely roam around the world . One day, she encountered a group of users .
They were high level players that were normally not seen in the beginner’s area . They noticed that she was shearing sheep alone with her spirits and approached . They told her that they were high level users, and that they would help her raise her level .
Yiyu rejected, but they kept at it, quickly becoming angry at her clear refusal .
Before attacking her, they exclaimed, “Ah, **** . This **** must have spent a lot of money on her customization . Does she think she’s a real elf or something?”
Yiyu ran away as they laughed and chased her, as if they were hunting deer . Her spirits resisted, but they were eventually sent back to the spirit world, leaving Yiyu to fend for herself . Her assimilation rate was only 10%, so she didn’t feel a lot of pain . However, after being **** like a hunted animal, she didn’t want to play Elder Lord anymore .
“I’m so sad about my poor kids being attacked,” Yiyu said . She called the spirits her kids . “At any rate, I don’t want to play anymore because there are many strange people . I apologize for forcing Oppa to play and then quitting . ”
“Why are you sorry? It’s okay . ”
“Oppa shouldn’t play as well . Elder Lord is too tough . Don’t play that tough game and remain a café boss . ”
Ian laughed . His sister didn’t seem to know that he was the toughest person around .
“Where were you?”
“Was it Maillard? Oppa, this is delicious . I want more . ”
“I’ll go . ”
He ordered more sushi for Yiyu .
Ian remembered the name Maillard . He also got a description of her attackers’ appearances and some other information from Yiyu . The only reason she told him all this was because he had added more tuna sushi to the plate .
Maillard was a city of elves located a little further from where Crockta currently was . Unlike Arnin, it was a place where other species were free to enter . Elves were able to choose from a variety of starting points, unlike the orcs . Maillard was a favorite starting point among beginners .
He would show them the wrath of an orc warrior .
Ian laughed .
“Yiyu?”
Someone suddenly called out her name . Ian raised his head .
Yiyu replied, “Uh, Yunji . ”
“Wow, I didn’t expect to see you here . Are you eating lunch?”
“Yes . You as well?”
“Yes . It has been a while . ”
It was Yiyu’s friend . She glanced at Ian . “Is he your boyfriend?”
“No, my brother . ”
“Brother? Really?”
She looked at both Ian and Yiyu . “You do look alike . Hello, I am Yiyu’s friend, Jung Yunji . ”
“Hello . I am Yiyu’s older brother . ”
Ian greeted her . He spoke politely since she was Yiyu’s friend . She came with another party, so a group of girls were waiting for her . Jung Yunji said goodbye to Yiyu and turned away . But Jung Yunji looked strangely familiar to Ian .
Her face was familiar . Her grouchy face complaining to Ian seemed to pop into his head for some reason . Ian frowned . Who was it? Where did he see her?
“Ah . I hate carrots . ”
Yiyu spat out a piece of carrot as she ate the udon .
Carrot . Carrot…
‘Bah, will Ian’s strength make a difference?’
“……!”
‘Will it turn carrots into beef? You would be a wealthy merchant . ’
Those words suddenly popped into his head . Ian looked back . He caught Jung Yunji’s eyes as her friend nagged her .
“……?”
She looked embarrassed by Ian’s gaze and turned slightly pink . She shyly bowed her head and tucked her hair behind her ears .
“Why are you staring, are you interested in her?” Yiyu asked sharply . Ian shook his head and turned forward again .
“No . ”
“Then what is it?”
“She looks familiar . ”
“Hrm…”
Yiyu made a questioning sound, but Ian just put the sushi in his mouth . It was obvious why . He actually met her in reality, so he couldn’t help feeling goosebumps .
But somehow, it felt like the back of his head was stinging .