Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 132

The moment I woke up from my hazy thoughts, I noticed someone was gently stroking my head.

Was it because I had been in the soft, cozy blanket for so long? I no longer felt the exhaustion weighing down my body.

“Sohee?”

“You’re awake.”

It was Sohee who had been stroking my head.

As I sat up in bed, I realized there was a strange scent wafting through the health room.

It was a calming aroma.

The scent seemed to come from a small table situated slightly away from the bed.

The mist-like fragrance slowly dispersed.

As I stared at it blankly, Sohee smiled and said,

“It’s a scent that helps relieve fatigue. How do you feel?”

Sohee’s words were indeed true. I didn’t feel any fatigue in my body.

I never imagined the health room would have such things.

“I’m not sleepy anymore.”

Sohee seemed pleased with my answer and gave me a bright smile.

That smile was truly enchanting.

I sat there absently, gazing at her face.

While all fatigue had vanished, I felt a strange lethargy.

“Alright. I’ve got your bag.”

“My, my bag?”

I was startled by Sohee’s words and whipped out my phone.

The thick curtains drawn over the health room windows made it impossible to gauge the time.

“Whoa…”

Upon checking my phone, it indicated it was 4 PM.

School was over.

Right. I had slept like a log without waking up until school ended.

No wonder I hadn’t felt any fatigue; I had been sleeping for such a long time.

“Thanks, Sohee!”

She even brought my bag.

I grabbed Sohee’s hand and shook it up and down vigorously.

This would help save time.

I swiftly gathered my things and jumped off the bed.

Had I rolled around so much in my deep sleep? It felt like my stockings were slightly rolled down.

“Is it okay to go home?”

“Yes. I’ve already talked to the teacher. You can just go back.”

“Thanks!”

Just as I was about to leave the health room after thanking Sohee…

“Yeo, take this.”

“What’s this?”

Sohee handed me a small box.

“It’s an aroma scent. If you light it before sleeping, you’ll have a nice restful sleep.”

I felt a jolt of warmth in my chest at Sohee’s gift.

I bit my lip and nodded. It was her present; there was no way I could refuse it.

“Make sure to light it before bed, okay?”

“Yes, I’ll definitely light it!”

Sohee still wore her smile right to the end.

She waved her hand at me while sitting on a small chair next to the bed.

As I exited the health room, I wondered why Sohee hadn’t come out with me.

Pushing that small doubt aside, I returned home and opened the gift box Sohee had given me.

Inside the box was a luxurious incense burner, a wrapped aromatic candle, and, unexpectedly, Soft & Chewy Cow.

“Whoa…”

It wasn’t that unexpected. Sohee always gifted me Soft & Chewy Cow.

I laid everything from the box out.

A beautiful and elegant incense burner.

A wrapped aromatic candle.

And finally, three bags of Soft & Chewy Cow.

Now that I had checked the gifts, it was time to express my gratitude.

I set my phone camera up to take a picture.

Sending that to Sohee would wrap things up.

Now, it’s time to log into the game.

I tossed my phone onto the bed and threw off my school uniform as well.

“Ah…”

The moment I tossed my last skirt, I noticed a tiny hole in my thigh-high stockings.

The white stocking was poking out, showing the skin beneath.

Even when I pressed down on it, the white skin peeked out again.

Why was there a hole?

Seeing that there were no signs of the threads being pulled, it looked like it had been torn on something.

The sensation was quite pleasant, but I felt I had to throw them away.

As I removed the white stockings, I rolled them up.

After wearing them all day, they had absorbed warmth.

Goodbye, holey stockings.

I tossed the rolled-up stockings into the trash.

*

After a frantic farming session, I returned to the village to catch my breath.

I plopped down by the large fountain in the center of the Elf Village and checked the gold in my inventory.

11,200 Gold.

It had already been 10 days since I borrowed gold from Helena to buy the Dragon Slayer Sword.

This meant that the 11,200 Gold was what I had earned over those ten days.

Countless raid gold parties and acting as a bus driver for the 85-level dungeon helped me reach that grand total of 11,200 Gold.

This was only possible because it was the early stage of the expansion. As time passed and player stats naturally increased, the amount of gold obtainable would significantly decrease.

Let’s use the 11,200 Gold earned in ten days as a baseline.

I owed Helena 195,000 Gold.

To pay off that debt completely, simple calculations suggested it would take 174 days.

But this was just a hypothetical. The gold earned would surely decrease as time went on.

Should I create another raid character to run gold parties in the meantime?

If I went the tanking tree route with a sword-wielding warrior-type, I could enter raids without spending too much money.

Plus, with the name Yeo, creating a third party would be a piece of cake.

As I pondered this, I frowned.

I remembered the required experience points needed to reach level 85.

Deron’s main quests do not lead up to maximum level. There are intervals between levels where only through grind or repeat quests could you level up.

From level 1 to max level 85…

And adding in the farming required for the minimum specs to go on raids, I’d need to invest a maximum of about a month into a single character.

A month meant 30,000 gold. I didn’t have enough time to waste 30,000 gold.

“Blood Demon King!!!”

“Whoa…!”

Suddenly, a huge voice boomed from behind me.

I jumped in surprise, springing up from my spot.

“Did I startle you?”

“Oh, Snow…”

The one who startled me from behind was the Snow Mage.

Normally, I would have sensed her approach before she got anywhere near me.

But I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I had been slow to react.

“Why do you look so glum? You just got an amazing weapon.”

“Ah, about that… It’s actually because I need a lot of gold.”

“Gold?”

“Yeah.”

“Weren’t you farming gold like crazy, Blood Demon King? Is it still not enough?”

“I need quite a bit more. A huge amount, actually.”

“Hmm…”

The Snow Mage nodded at my words and began to circle around me.

As if she were pondering something deeply.

After a while of spinning around, the Snow Mage nodded and said,

“If I were you, I’d start a stream. If you danced the Soft & Chewy Dance as a reaction to donations, you could earn tons of gold.”

“St-stream? No, what’s the Soft & Chewy Dance?”

“You know, the one from the ad you filmed before.”

“Oh…”

I recalled the memory of dancing in a cow suit.

That dance wasn’t actually called the Soft & Chewy Dance.

The correct name was [The Soft & Chewy Cow Becoming Delicious Dance].

“I’m not thinking about streaming or anything like that. I don’t have the talent for that. I’m not someone who enjoys communicating with people.”

“Communicating isn’t really necessary, is it? Just turn on the stream and smile brightly, and people will throw money at you.”

“R-really?”

“Yes. People would love it if you occasionally wore the cow suit and danced the Soft & Chewy Dance!”

“Snow…”

The Snow Mage started wiggling her butt in front of me as she danced the Soft & Chewy Dance.

I knew it. I knew I was cute. It wasn’t just self-consciousness; it was objectively true.

How many cute, game-savvy middle school girls like me are out there?

Me streaming and wiggling my butt?

People wouldn’t be able to resist throwing money at me.

“I’m not doing it.”

I said with a firm expression. The special needs to remain special.

Once you sell laughter for money, your uniqueness becomes closer to ordinary.

“What a shame…”

Did the Snow Mage realize I wouldn’t change my mind? She stopped dancing.

“If you need gold, let me know. I can lend you some.”

“I’m fine.”

Borrowing gold just shifts the creditor; it doesn’t solve the problem.

I shook my head and stood up.

I figured I had rested enough. It was time to go farming again.

“Come forth!”

I stretched my legs and spread my arms, summoning my chick.

“Chirp!”

The summoned chick bowed to me with an impressively cool expression.

I hopped on it and soared into the air. According to the recorded timer, it was almost time for the field boss to respawn.

Gathering the herbs around would be perfect to kill some time.

“Let’s go!”

I dashed toward the vast forest with my chick.

Quickly scanning the hazy scenery of the disappearing forest. I couldn’t rest even while flying.

I was looking for either a uniquely spawning elite named monster or sparkling special gathering material.

At that moment, I discovered a faint shimmer disappearing as I raced past it.

“Over there!”

“Chirp!”

The sparkling gathering material revealed an item called [Essence of Nature].

Each one was worth 30 gold. I absolutely couldn’t miss this.

At the moment, as I dove down with my chick, someone was rushing in from afar at incredible speed.

On a burning horse, with red horns sprouting from his head.

With two righteous guns slung around his waist.

It was Hwarang.

He was also eyeing the sparkling gathering material.

Our goals overlapped. I hurriedly drew my sword. Even though Hwarang was my family, there are certain things I couldn’t concede.

“Hyaaaaah!”

Clang!

“Ugh!”

The powerfully swung sword struck Hwarang’s head hard.

Caught off guard by my sudden attack, he was unable to react and fell off his horse, rolling to the ground.

Now was my chance.

I swiftly grabbed the herbs and took to the skies.