Return of the Frozen Player

d; her eyes quickly got moist.

Sniffle, sniffle.

While the Frost Queen was shedding tears on the wooden floor, the Thunder God came out of the room since he was done treating Seo Jun-Ho.
He stared in the direction where the sobbing Frost Queen sat.

“…Sniffle.”

The Frost Queen looked up at him with her puffy eyes.
The Thunder God went his way as if nothing had happened.

‘What should I do?’

Sitting on the floor and contemplating for a long time, the Frost Queen slightly bit her lower lip.
A monarch of a nation had to take responsibility for what she had done.
She forced her foot into her contractor's room.

“Oh, you're here? Look at this!” Seo Jun-Ho shouted with a bright expression.
Thanks to the elixirs, moving his body was no longer an issue.
“An elixir really is a good medicine.
I can't believe it managed to treat such a broken body to such an extent in just four days.
Isn't it amazing?”

“Mmhm…”

“I've made a ton of tea and cakes to celebrate the fact that I can now get up.
I'm sorry I couldn't make it for you in the meantime.”

“Mmmm…”

“Come on, eat it.
Eat it.
You really wanted to eat it, right?”

When he held out a cake and gave her a fork, the Frost Queen cut the end of the cake.
And when she brought the cake to her mouth and nibbled on it, water began to fall from her eyes once again.

'It's delicious…'

Her contractor even prepared a delicious cake for her, but she had done nothing but cause damage.
Amidst the guilt and shame, she started crying.

“…Hey, are you crying? Why, why are you crying? Does it taste bad?”

When the confused Seo Jun-Ho asked, the Frost Queen cried even louder and apologized, “I'm sorry, Contractor, I-I… by mistake…
broadcasted…
a lot of comments… uwaaahhh.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

Seo Jun-Ho received the Community window that she held out and quickly scanned the bulletin board.

‘She did a live broadcast? Frost did?’

With a frown on his face, he quickly watched a video of the Frost Queen’s live broadcast.

“…”

After contemplating for a while, he breathed a sigh of relief.

'There was no slip of the tongue.
It seems like everyone’s thinking that she’s an elf.'

No one thought she was a Spirit.
That was because very few Players had actually ever seen a spirit.
Even if a Spirit user saw Frost, it would be unreasonable to think that she was a Spirit.
Regardless of who had seen her, she was just a cute girl on the outside.

‘But making a mistake like this is clearly wrong.
I have to scold her so that she doesn't make this mistake again…’

Seo Jun-Ho stiffened his resolve, but—

 

[Current PP: 537,185.]

 

“Huh?”

After making a sound as if the air had rushed out of his lungs, Seo Jun-Ho stared blankly.

‘My PP is 500,000? Why?’

The last time he earned PP was the match with Gong Ju-Ha.
At that time, he won and got 800,000 points, all of which were used at the Administrator’s Shop.

‘So why do I still have 500,000 left?’

Confused, Seo Jun-Ho checked the PP transaction details.

 

[‘3vs5,000’ sponsored 40,000 PP.]

[‘10 Years as a Cosu’ sponsored 30,000 PP.]

['Cute Hunter’ sponsored 57,000 PP.]

[‘What Should I Make as My Nickname’ sponsored 1,500 PP.]

…

 

The entirety of 500,000+ PP came in today and in only forty minutes.
It was during the time when the Frost Queen was in the middle of her live broadcast.

“…”

Of course, Seo Jun-Ho's video was still being sold.
However, rather than selling well, it was selling steadily.
It wasn't to the point of selling like a ‘bestseller.’

'Wait a minute…'

Seo Jun-Ho stroked his chin and thought.
It was 500,000 PP in just forty minutes.
The 800,000 PP he had earned from working himself to death over several days in the matching board felt like it was in vain.
If he were determined to use the Frost Queen as the face of his videos, it wouldn’t be difficult to get millions of PP.

'But…
that's it.’

Seo Jun-Ho drew the line cleanly.

‘There's no reason to take risks when I don't need PP urgently.’

One time was fine.
In fact, even now, most of the responses were just, ‘She was so cute earlier~ I want to have a daughter like that later.’

‘But if I keep it up, I’m bound to make a mistake eventually.’

The penalty that he would have to bear was too great if the Frost Queen was discovered to be a Spirit.
Especially since some people had skills that worked great against Spirits.
There was only one thing Seo Jun-Ho was concerned about.

‘It doesn’t matter if it’s anyone else, but it's a problem if someone with a skill like that is a fiend.’

If something were to happen to the Frost Queen, it would put a brake on his growth as well.
After all, her growth was his own growth.

‘Ted Ruid, the world's greatest Spirit user said so.’

The higher the Spirit’s rank was, the stronger they were.
The Frost Queen was currently a Low Spirit…[1] No, she was showing outstanding skills despite being a Grade 2 Arch Spirit.

‘I’m sure she’s going to show even greater power when she reaches Common, High, or maybe even Arch.’

In short, it meant that her potential was great.
He couldn’t let anything happen to her because of his petty greed.

Stroke, stroke.

“…Sniffle?”

Seo Jun-Ho gently stroked the top of the Frost Queen’s head.
After sobbing for a long time, she carefully raised her head.

“Everyone makes mistakes.
You just have to make sure not to repeat the same mistake.
You know what I'm saying, right?”

“Yeah…”

Her tension suddenly eased when she realized that her contractor had forgiven her.

Growl.

She felt hungry as the tension loosened.
With a slightly reddened face, the Frost Queen happily ate the cake.

‘Is she cute?’

Seo Jun-Ho looked at the Frost Queen without her mask for a while, then smirked.

‘They’re right.
She's pretty cute.’

He lay on his side and supported his head with one arm while proudly looking at the Frost Queen enjoying her cake.

530,000 PP.
That was too much to give her a hard time.

1.
The first character for cute (귀여운) and ghost (귀신) sounds the same in Korean. ☜

1.
just in case everyone had already forgotten, the spirit grades are as follows: Lesser, Low, Common, High, Arch