"...?"
For a moment, I thought I had misread, so I rubbed my eyes. But the chat message from that lunatic Yu Chae was still floating on the screen.
What the hell is this crazy bastard saying?
[Guild] Haeren: Kyaaaaa~~!!!
[Guild] Staeric: So you two are like that?
[Guild] Hunt-madman: mㅇmㅇ~~
[Guild] Mochabread: Proposing in guild chat? That's wild;;;
[Guild] ThisIsDorahee: How much do I need to give as congratulatory money? hehe
[Guild] Lelerelags: So you started dating in world chat and now proposing in guild chat?
[Guild] ManaoringMan: Wishing you two a beautiful love^^~
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: Congrats congrats congrats
[Guild] SoSleepy: ㅗ
[Guild] SoSleepy: Stop it
[Guild] ManaoringMan: Ah~ immediate rejection, huh?
[Guild] SpicyCrabYum: This is f*cking hilarious lmaooo
[Guild] Hwaseoun: What if SoSleepy quits the guild because of thisㅠㅠ
[Guild] Hunt-madman: Then who's gonna take care of newbies now…
[Guild] TheHunter: Wait, who proposes expecting something in return? lol
[Guild] Yu Chae: Why not?
[Guild] Yu Chae: Why won't you do it?
I rejected him instantly without even thinking, and that must've hit another nerve because Yu Chae started whining again.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'll make your gear +7!
[Guild] SoSleepy: No thanks
[Guild] SoSleepy: I'll try again myself
[Guild] Yu Chae: You burned through 70 stones already, what are you gonna "try again"?
[Guild] Yu Chae: Just get it to +7 and marry me
[Guild] SoSleepy: No way
[Guild] Yu Chae: Why not?
[Guild] Capital-bornMonster: Can't focus on the raid, I'm dying here lol
[Guild] SoSleepy: Why should I like youㅡㅡ;
[Guild] Yu Chae: You get a +7 weapon
[Guild] Yu Chae: A cute, pretty, and talented younger partner
[Guild] Yu Chae: It's a total win, so why won't you?! ㅜㅡㅜ
[Guild] Hwaseoun: …Did you really just say all that about yourself
[Guild] SoSleepy: I prefer older people
[Guild] Yu Chae: I lied about my age actually
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'm two years older than you
[Guild] Yu Chae: Sleepy, let's get married
[Guild] SoSleepy: F*ck off, seriously
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: LOLOLOLOLOL
[Guild] ManaoringMan: hahahahahaha
[Guild] Mochabread: This is insane lol
[Guild] Let'sPlaySesese: Why is this so badass though lol
[Guild] Haeren: My head's spinning lol
I left Yu Chae to his nonsense and opened the auction house. Let's not get greedy—just aim for +6 again. I'd probably need about 50 enhancement stones.
'Hm, they're expensive.'
Enhancement stones had always been pricey, but since I had only just hit max level and barely had enough for repairs and potions, it felt like a heavy burden.
Not to mention all the gold I'd already burned trying to enhance my gear earlier—it added up fast. If I wanted to keep going, I'd need not just enhancement stones but gold too. But spending real money just to get to +6? No way.
Maybe I should just buy 30 instead of 50. But could I even reach +6 with only 30? The success rate was so abysmal that I couldn't be sure.
[Yu Chae: Hey]
[Yu Chae: Just listen to me for a sec]
[Yu Chae: ㅠㅡㅜ]
[Yu Chae: It's not like I'm asking you to marry me out of nowhere!!]
[Yu Chae: Hyyyung]
Ding, ding, ding.
Since I ignored him in guild chat, Yu Chae started messaging me directly, begging me to marry him.
Arms crossed, I was seriously debating whether to buy 50, 40, or 30 enhancement stones when the nonstop pings from his messages made me furrow my brows.
[Guild] SoSleepy: Cut it out, ffs.
[Guild] Yu Chae: Hyung, let's do it like this.
[Guild] Yu Chae: If I manage to get your staff to +7 using only 40 enhancement stones,
[Guild] Yu Chae: you marry me.
[Guild] Yu Chae: But if I fail,
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'll take full responsibility and enhance it all the way to +8 no matter how many stones it takes.
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: He's really trying lol
[Guild] Hwaseoun: Oh?
[Guild] Hwaseoun: Honestly, that doesn't sound like a bad deal?
[Guild] Let'sPlaySesese: Not even +6, but +7 with only 40 stones? Really?
[Guild] TheHunter: For real, SoSleepy
[Guild] TheHunter: You should take this deal
[Guild] Staeric: If it were me, I'd say yes. This is pure profit, for sure.
[Guild] ManaoringMan: Tbh, guild master's luck is insane
[Guild] ManaoringMan: He might actually pull it off with just 40 stones;;
[Guild] Mochabread: But what if he does succeed? What're you gonna do, Sleepyㅡㅡ
[Guild] Mochabread: Easy for you all to joke when it's not your marriageㅡㅡ
[Guild] Hwaseoun: LOLOLOLOL
Get it to +7 with only 40 enhancement stones? Normally, it takes about 5 stones for +6 and 10 for +7, so at the very least that's 15 stones. But just one or two failures and you'd burn through more than 40 in a flash.
Weighing all the possibilities, I gave Yu Chae a counteroffer.
[Guild] SoSleepy: Let's not complicate things with stone counts.
[Guild] SoSleepy: I'll give you exactly one chance to fail.
[Guild] SoSleepy: Fail once, then succeed every attempt afterward and get it to +7. Try that.
[Guild] Yu Chae: If I do that…
[Guild] Yu Chae: You'll marry me, right?
[Guild] SoSleepy: LOL
[Guild] SoSleepy: Sure, I'll marry you in real life too;
[Guild] ManaoringMan: Whoa
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: That's… a serious statement;;;
[Guild] TheHunter: Damn, but like—
[Guild] TheHunter: Doing +7 with only one failure? That's brutal.
[Guild] Hwaseoun: Statistically, it's not impossible, but…
[Guild] Staeric: 5→6 has a 45% success rate, 6→7 is about 40%, so
[Guild] Staeric: Technically possible.
[Guild] Let'sPlaySesese: He'd need god-tier luck… lol
[Guild] ParkSeungjin99: That's straight up impossible.
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: Yu Chae's about to enhance your staff to +8 lol
Honestly, I agreed with the others. That's why I proposed the bet.
'Accept or refuse, I don't care either way.'
Either he refused, and I wouldn't have to deal with more marriage begging, or he accepted and there was no way I'd lose—so I'd win regardless.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'll do it.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I don't care.
[Guild] SoSleepy: You're seriously going for it?
[Guild] Yu Chae: Yep!
Contrary to my expectations, Yu Chae didn't hesitate at all. His answer was quick and confident—which actually made me nervous.
[Guild] SoSleepy: You do understand the terms, right?
[Guild] SoSleepy: If you fail more than once, it's over.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I know!
He knows?
He agreed to such a one-sided deal without even trying to negotiate? I couldn't understand it.
[Guild] Staeric: LOL Sleepy, early congrats
[Guild] Haeren: Looks like you're getting a +8 staff today
[Guild] Mochabread: Isn't this whole thing part of the guild master's master plan?
[Guild] Mochabread: He's just using this marriage stunt to get your +8 for free because your RNG sucks;;
[Guild] ManaoringMan: Lmao what kind of 4D chess is this
[Guild] Hunt-madman: Fr tho, I'm dying over here lolololol
[Guild] Lelerelags: Never thought I'd see the day someone bets marriage on weapon enhancement
'Well, he says he's doing it himself.'
I calmly handed the staff over to Yu Chae and asked,
[Guild] SoSleepy: Want me to send you some gold for the enhancement too?
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'm not the kind of adult who takes money from a kid
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'm good
[Guild] SoSleepy: You little sh*t
[Guild] Hwaseoun: LOLOLOLOLOLOL
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: LOLLLLLLL
[Guild] Haeren: Oh right LOLLLLLLLL
[Guild] ManaoringMan: A rare moment—watching a newbie ask the top player on the server if they want some gold
After receiving the staff and buying more enhancement stones at the auction house, Yu Chae stood before the altar in my place.
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'm starting now.
[Guild] SoSleepy: kk
[Guild] Let'sPlaySesese: Ugh, I'm nervous
[Guild] Mochabread: Why you nervous though? lol
[Guild] Haeren: I bet he'll nail +6 right away
I agreed with Haeren. He'd probably get it to +6, but +7 would be the real challenge.
This bet hinged entirely on whether Yu Chae would succeed or fail in the jump from +6 to +7.
The glyphs engraved on the altar began to glow red, signaling the enhancement had started. And then—
KWA-RRR-RRRNG!
[Guild] SoSleepy: ?
[Guild] Hwaseoun: Huh??
[Guild] Let'sPlaySesese: Did he fail??
[Guild] Staeric: Wait, even guild master failed?
[Guild] Hunt-madman: So what's the difference between him and Sleepy lololololol
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: That's a loss right there
Even Yu Chae looked a little flustered, probably not expecting to fail right out the gate.
[Guild] Yu Chae: No no
[Guild] Yu Chae: That was just shaking off the bad luck
[Guild] Yu Chae: Now I'm really doing it
[Guild] Haeren: LOL "shaking off the bad luck"
[Guild] SoSleepy: You fail again, and it's over
[Guild] Yu Chae: Yessir..
Replying gloomily, Yu Chae began the enhancement again.
[Guild] ManaoringMan: Let's see how this goes
[Guild] SpicyCrabYum:drumroll intensifies
Ding-ding!
Luckily, this time it wasn't the lightning of failure but the cheerful chime of success.
[Guild] Hwaseoun: Ohhh
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: Nice, that's +6 now right?
[Guild] Mochabread: Straight to +7, go go go
[Guild] Staeric: go go go go
[Guild] Let'sPlaySesese: Why is this so fun lol
[Guild] ParkSeungjin99: Watching other people enhance is peak entertainment lol
[Guild] Yu Chae: Just wait, hyung
[Guild] Yu Chae: I'll make this work…
[Guild] Yu Chae: And you will be mine
[Guild] SoSleepy: Cut the crap and hit the button
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: LOLOLOLOLOL
[Guild] TheHunter: lolololol
[Guild] ManaoringMan: He's lost it hahahahaha
Without delay, Yu Chae began the final enhancement attempt for +7.
Wuuuung… The altar activated once again, glowing bright red. I swallowed dryly and focused on the result.
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