After Han Yuyeon cleared the 9th floor.
The Tower Gallery, which had been enjoying a festival atmosphere, slowly began to think it was time to have the conversation they had been putting off.
Han Yuyeon clearing the 10th floor was a foregone conclusion.
If she were given the choice to return to Earth after clearing the 10th floor, just like the other difficulties, what choice would Yuyeon-nim make?
[Title: Still Don't Know Yuyeon-nim? She'll Just Go Straight to Floor 11 and Keep Streaming While Crushing Hell]
Author: Bangpaegaboncheim
(Picture of Han Yuyeon doing a double peace)
Yuyeon-nim might seem to have a somewhat impulsive temperament, but in the end, altruism can be seen in every principle behind Yuyeon-nim's actions.
It's not enough that she looks after us in the Rest Area; anyone can see the answer just by watching her continue to look after us even while advancing through the Trials.
Yuyeon-nim simply wishes for us to live happily, so all we have to do is live happily.
Yuyeon, my love.
Yuyeon, my light.
Yuyeon, my life.
- *Sob* How can Yuyeon-nim live like this?
ㄴ I mean, I really don't know how she lives like that...
ㄴ Yuyeon-nim is a famous unfathomable eccentric...
- These days, whenever I'm having a hard time, doing VV cheers me up.
ㄴ Ppungppungi: These days, when I want to cry, I go hing-ing-ing and hum.
ㄴ Does that help?
ㄴ Ppungppungi: No, just hing-ing-ing hum.
ㄴ If you're going to cry, cry quietly.
ㄴ Ppungppungi: Hing-ing-ing
Han Yuyeon would ascend to the 11th floor without returning to Earth.
This opinion was highly plausible.
After all, Han Yuyeon would know better than anyone that she was the only one who could clear Hell difficulty.
At the same time, opposing views also surfaced.
[Title: It Might Actually Be Better for Yuyeon-nim to Return to Earth]
Author: Jeollyeokbunseokga
It's true that it's good that fewer people get dragged into Hell difficulty while Yuyeon-nim is there.
However, Yuyeon-nim remaining in Hell difficulty simply to reduce the number of people dragged there to die is also a waste of power.
What if Yuyeon-nim returned to Earth?
It's a bit cruel to say, but someone would get dragged into Hell difficulty again.
Those who haven't obtained their Hell exemption would have to live in anxiety again.
But on the flip side, us who have received support from Yuyeon-nim would become stronger on a whole different level than before.
When that happens, the number of people dying because of Gates would decrease drastically.
Until now, S-rank Gates haven't appeared much, so we've been able to manage somehow, but there's no guarantee this will last forever.
What if S-rank Gates suddenly appeared simultaneously all around the world?
Or if Gates just opened up in overwhelming numbers?
Could we stop that without Yuyeon-nim?
Even if Yohan-nim and other S-rank Hunters all stepped up, the damage would be enormous, wouldn't it?
We have to remember that even before Yuyeon-nim entered Hell, the number of deaths from Gate incidents overwhelmingly exceeded the number of deaths in Hell difficulty.
I might be using too extreme an example, but it could be better for Yuyeon-nim to return to Earth than to hold out in Hell difficulty.
- Fucking long, but he ain't wrong.
- We almost got wiped out trying to close an A-rank Gate yesterday, so I can't argue.
- If Gates suddenly open like crazy, humanity would be straight-up doomed.
- If S-rank Gates appeared simultaneously all over the world, wouldn't it be polite of us to just go extinct?
ㄴ Polite young man, lol.
Humanity was enjoying peace built upon a sandcastle.
Though they had entered a period of relative stability for now, barely maintaining the form of civilization, everyone knew this time could not last forever.
Everyone had experienced how an ordinary, happy daily life could shatter without warning.
Therefore, public opinion in the Tower Gallery divided into two categories.
Those who wished Han Yuyeon would continue conquering Hell difficulty, and those who wished she would return to Earth.
No matter how much they debated inside the Tower Gall, a conclusion on which side was the correct answer was impossible, so they had tried to convey their opinions via chat when Han Yuyeon's stream turned on, but...
[Title: But Isn't Your "Do It for Us" Mentality Too Strong?]
Author: Pumgyeokinneunjuinnim
Clear Hell difficulty for us, take care of humanity for us.
Come back to Earth and block Gates for us, too.
Give us lap pillows, aww, feed us, too.
Shit! Isn't it a bit pathetic to go "goo-goo ga-ga" wanting her to do everything for you?
If you're Yuyeon-nim's master, let's live with some dignity, guys.
Whether Yuyeon-nim clears the rest of Hell after the 10th floor or returns to Earth, that's Yuyeon-nim's choice.
Yuyeon-nim is only 17 years old; don't try to depend on her so much.
No, forget age.
Just think about how heavy a burden it is for the entire human race to whine "Goo-goo, do it for me" at her, guys.
- Hanyuyeonyuksu: Real talk, there's a limit to asking to be spoon-fed.
- Rabirabina: I'd still like lap pillows and to be fed, though.
ㄴ You already enjoyed that, you jerk.
ㄴ Jealous jealous jealous jealous *chomp chomp chomp chomp*
- Hanyuyeonsaranggae: Yuyeon, we'll take care of ourselves, so do whatever you want~
- Yuyeonnimui1beongeom: Right, right. Let's live without holding Yuyeon-nim back.
Public opinion was silenced by the shocking words that felt like a hard smack to the head.
Because they had realized that their dependence on Han Yuyeon had risen abnormally at some point.
That's right. Whatever choice was made, it was Han Yuyeon's choice.
Begging a small hero who had already accomplished so much for us to do even more was an act utterly devoid of conscience.
- Let's not bring this up on Yuyeon-nim's stream.
- Yeah. We don't want Yuyeon-nim to overthink after hearing us.
- Just in case, let's train hard, too.
- We have to stay alive until we meet Yuyeon-nim.
The moment public opinion settled and the Tower Gallery's firepower was about to die down, Han Yuyeon's stream turned on like a ghost.
[Hell Difficulty Climber - Han Yuyeon (Maid) (17 years old) (10th Floor)]
They would soon see what choice Han Yuyeon made.
***
I'll become an expert, an expert.
Finished preparing, so I came up to the 10th floor.
- Is that Han Yuyeon Yuyeon-nim???
- Your streaming schedule is getting more and more erratic! I love it so much!
- Yes, yes, it's fine to turn on the stream whenever you feel like it, so just give us health, happiness, cuteness, beauty, and a double peace.
- (Double Peace Maid Con)
- (Dancing Maid Con)
I'm fully prepared right now.
Nothing can stop me now that I've mastered Quadruple Peace and the ultimate quick-draw sword technique.
Or is there? It could exist somewhere. After all, nothing is absolute in this world.
「Tower of Trials 10th Floor - Bloodstained Throne」
「The root of all tragedies in Serbain. The True Ancestor, Valerius, awaits you.」
「Main Objective: ???」
"?"
Right away, something that could stop me appeared.
This is why you shouldn't make absolute statements.
Tower-nim. You won't even tell me the main objective now?
I'll live humbly and flexibly, so could you please tell me?
Even looking around, I couldn't feel anything like a hint.
- Yuyeon-nim, why aren't you saying anything?
- She's always like this for a few minutes after turning on the stream.
- Ugh, I smell a newbie watching a live broadcast for the first time again.
- Let's wait with some dignity.
My current location was the entrance to the Audience Chamber.
The long red carpet, the gold-decorated pillars, and the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling were gorgeous and luxurious, but...
"Hmm."
- Meow.
- Rawr.
Dust had settled thinly everywhere, as if it hadn't been cleaned in quite a long time.
Does the True Ancestor happen to dislike cleaning?
I was already worried that our personalities wouldn't match.
Even if vampires don't breathe, isn't it unpleasant to look at so much dust?
For now, I greeted the empty air as always.
"Hello. I'm Han Yuyeon."
- I see.
- Ugh, there are so many Han Yuyeon impersonators these days.
- If you say you're Han Yuyeon, are we supposed to believe you?
- You'll be punished for impersonating Yuyeon-nim...
- Peace. Prove your innocence with peace.
"This is the Maid Dignity Double Peace. VV."
- It's the Yuyeon-nim I was looking for!!!
- Woofwoofwoofaaarrrrurrr
- It really really was Han Yuyeon-nim!!!
- I believe you. You are indeed Han Yuyeon.
I wondered if the viewers were there.
Having climbed to the 10th floor, many thoughts crossed my mind.
I thought about wanting to return to Earth and eat bungeo-ppang.
I thought about wanting to eat bungeo-ppang filled with custard instead of red bean.
I thought about wanting to try bungeo-ppang with other fillings— ah, right, Rabina-nim.
I continued speaking to the air as if talking to myself.
"The 10th floor's objective is just a question mark. It says that the True Ancestor is waiting for me, but why is the objective a question mark?"
- Hing?
- Looks like a hidden route.
- That's because the Butterfly Effects Yuyeon-nim has accumulated all this time changed it into a hidden route.
- If it's a hidden route, it doesn't necessarily mean kill the True Ancestor and get the ending; there's another ending route, too.
"Since defeating the True Ancestor is already a set plan, it shouldn't matter."
- I see.
- Farewell, True Ancestor.
- Yuyeon-nim is going to kill you!
- (I won't remember you! Priest Con)
Rabina-nim's footprints were visible from walking ahead, perhaps due to how thick the dust was.
The curious thing was that only Rabina-nim's footprints could be seen.
If dust had accumulated this much, there should be multiple footprints from vampires coming and going, so why were only Rabina-nim's visible?
- But why is it so dirty here?
- They live in a filthy-ass place, and they're not even sewer rats.
- Get some sunlight and do some cleaning while you live, tsk tsk.
- But... don't vampires die in sunlight...?
- (Then die! Swordsman Con)
- If you're going to die anyway, don't bother Yuyeon-nim and just die on your own.
Unless no one had entered or left the Audience Chamber for an extremely long time—
Aha. I realized it. The True Ancestor must be someone who hates communication to an extreme degree.
So perhaps he had never called other vampires to the Audience Chamber, and since he doesn't clean, that's why dust had piled up like this.
I had finally stepped into the realm of a deduction master.
I'll have to develop the Maid Dignity Deduction Peace later, too.
I continued deeper inside, following Rabina-nim's footprints stamped on the dust.
The places where I stepped had no dust, so my footprints didn't remain.
While walking like that, I discovered a peculiar footprint.
♡
- ?
- There's a heart.
- Rabirabina... be happy...
- Draw a V next to it, too.
It seemed Rabina-nim had stopped here and drawn a heart.
Unwilling to lose, I drew a V next to the heart.
♡ V
- Wow, you really drew it, thank you.
- How is even drawing with your feet so dignified?
- Her dance lines are like that, too. Must be natural talent.
- Yuyeon-nim overflows with dignity in every aspect.
"!"
Having drawn a satisfying V, I moved forward again.
Not running frantically, but slowly. With dignity, click-clack.
Running in the Audience Chamber is impolite— huh?
"?"
- ?
The two shotguns I had given to Rabina-nim were lying on the ground.
Rabina-nim's footprints also ended here.
The only remaining traces were the marks of shotgun shells rolling across the floor, scattering the dust.
"???"
- Uh...?
Rabina-nim had suddenly disappeared.