A Slight Smile Is Very Alluring
Part 1: Got dumped
RealWaterIsScentless
“Taetae, come to Unmoved Island, and let’s get a divorce.”
The moment Kim Taehyung goes online, he sees this message from his online “husband” RealWaterIsScentless. Taehyung is a bit dumbstruck. No way, the dorm’s broadband took half a month to repair, which is only ten days or so, but he already has a change of heart?
Kim Taehyung / Omega
“Why?”📲
RealWaterIsScentless
“Taetae, I’m sorry. Please don’t ask why. I’ll send you a divine gear item as compensation.”
There’s even alimony? Taehyung feels a bit helpless
Kim Taehyung / Omega
📲okay
Marriage in games is never for real. he married RealWaterIsScentless so that they could complete quests since some of them can only be completed by married couples. It is also the reason why many single Alphas and omegas in the guild got married.
RealWaterIsScentless sent him a message asking if he wanted to marry him, and he agreed without thinking much of it.
They’ve been married for half a year now. Although Taehyung has never been loving and affectionately calling him “hubby” and has always called him by his full name, they’ve been highly compatible. After battling alongside each other for so long, they’ve rather grown a strong sense of comradery.
Kim Taehyung / Omega
📲“I’ll go there immediately.”
Taehyung’s avatar, “ReedTaetae (HumbleReed),” hops onto a horse and gallops towards Unmoved Island.
Reedtaetae is a powerfully adorned heroine in red.
This online game, “Dream Voyage in Rivers and Lakes,” that Taehyung is playing, is the hottest WuXia (martial arts) online game on the market. There actually isn’t anything special about the game other than its beautifully crafted sceneries and its large collection of avatars available; there are eighteen different avatars for Alphas and omegas each. Taehyung’s heroine in red is less commonly chosen; not that it isn’t pretty, it’s because his weapon is a large saber.
In comparison to the elegant flute made of jade, the snow white colored dancing ribbons, the lightweight soft sword, or the Emeici (daggers), the large saber truly lacks beauty and feminism, so not many omegas pick it, but Taehyung likes it. Taehyung feels that it’s tough and matches his image.
After arriving at Unmoved Island, they drink a cup of Unmoved Water.
System Bot
“ReedTaetae and RealWaterIsScentless’s love has broken and are now divorced. They no longer have any ties together.”
RealWaterIsScentless wants to give Taehyung a divine equipment item, but Taehyung clicks on cancel and doesn’t accept it. he sends him a smiley face and the red clothed heroine walks away fearlessly
In the afternoon of the next day, Taehyung goes online again after eating lunch. StormGoddessNiNi (StormGoddessomega), a omega in the guild who is rather close with Taehyung, sends him a message
StormGoddessNiNi
“Taehyung, what happened? You and RealWater are divorced? I heard that he is getting married with LittleRainYaoYao (LittleRainEnchantress) at eight o’clock tonight!”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“……”
StormGoddessNiNi
“How unfortunate. RealWater is a pretty good guy. I never thought that he would be spellbound by beauty, but that LittleRainYaoYao is indeed quite pretty.”
Ni Ni obviously isn’t saying how pretty her avatar is, but in real life. Three months ago, the gaming company held a real life voting contest with the gamers; top three gamers got top level gears. LittleRainYaoYao uploaded a few photos and a video clip and won by huge popularity; the results immediately shook the local server that Taehyung was playing on; LittleRainYaoYao became the target for drooling over on by many lecherous guys playing on the same server.
his ex-husband is now marrying another omega in a blink of an eye. Although he and RealWater were more like teammates, Taehyung still couldn’t help but feel depressed.
he bangs his head on the table (this is what he does when he is depressed…)
Kim Taehyung / Omega
“How can you be like this!? How can you choose beauty by appearance and not from within!!!!
Taehyung didn’t shout like that in the game, he shouted in his dorm room, so the bunker above immediately threw pillows at him.
Park Jimin / Omega
“Kim Taehyung! How can a true beauty like you say that out loud! What are the rest of us going to do?”
That’s right. Kim Taehyung is a beauty; a super pretty omega. But there are many types of pretty omegas; some are elegant, some are intelligent, some are sweet, some are gentle, some are virtuous……
And there are some like Taehyung, who are——only good for looks……
Even though Taehyung has been studying hard to become the smart kind, but……
With enchanting eyebrows, captivating eyes, lips that are always red, and a hot body, even if Kim Taehyung wears the humiliating university of science and engineering school uniform, no one would really believe that he is a student from this brand-name university.
Kim Taehyung suddenly remembers other hateful things in life, so he continues to bang his head on the table.
Meanwhile on the computer, StormGoddessNiNi continues to gossip
StormGoddessNiNi
“Before, I heard that LittleRainYaoYao wanted to marry someone on the leaderboard, but I didn’t know that she would be with RealWater. Then again, I saw RealWater and her going on quests together a lot recently.”
Just as he thought, they had an affair while he was away. Taehyung sends a gloomy burnt face over.
StormGoddessNiNi
“You can’t really blame RealWater, Taehyung. Actually…”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“What actually?”
Taehyung stops banging his head, grabs a cup of water, and types with one hand.
StormGoddessNiNi
“Actually……you’re so good at playing and you’re ranked sixth on the PK (battle) leaderboard. Furthermore, you never ask guys for new gears, so a lot of gamers suspect that you’re a crossplayer!”
Kim Taehyung / Omega
“Pfft!” Taehyung spurts water all over the screen.
Chapter 2 “Taetae Groom Kidnapping?
Eight o’clock at night on the dot.
The red-clad Omega warrior stood confidently with his large blade on Chang’an’s Vermillion Bird Bridge.
This was the place that all marriage sedans must travel through.
In [Dreams of Jianghu], marriage ceremonies could be grand or simple. Kim Taehyung and Park Bogum’s ceremony had been very simple, just a simple trip to the Temple of the Elder of the Moon. At that time, everybody was poor and since it was for a quest, there wasn’t a need to make it so meaningful
But today’s ceremony between Park Bogum and Lee Yoona was definitely going to be very grand.
There were hundreds of flower wreaths on the streets, people playing gongs before the marriage sedan that was carried by eight people, the highest grade of food at the restaurant-tower that was entirely reserved, not to mention everybody at the wedding banquet would receive a red packet of 888 gold.
There were already rumours about this wedding, as Lee Yoona’s reputation was there and Park Bogum was not entirely unknown either. Supposedly, the players from other servers had also taken notice, and there were those who registered puppet accounts to come watch this wedding ceremony.
On Vermillion Bird Bridge, the Omega warrior stood motionlessly, his shadow thin and expression sombre.
At this moment, the world channel had exploded.
[World] [Flowers Blowing The Flower Rain]: Everybody look, Park Bogum’s ex-wife is on Vermillion Bird Bridge!
[World] [E Ai Ni]: Yup, I can see him.
[World] [The Green Waves under the Bridge of Sorrow]: Me too. *sigh* I feel his figure is so sad. We always only see the joy of the new, we never see the grief of the old.
World] [O He He]: Kao. There’s slang again. I really hate internet slang.
[World] [◎olo◎]: I saw him earlier and now I’m standing right beside him. Wow, today’s going to be exciting! I feel he’s going to kidnap the groom.
[World] [Chocolate Milk Tea]: I support Kim Taehyung marriage by capture!!! Lee Yoona belongs to me!!!
[World] [O He He]: … …
After that, the opposing side came out.
[World] [anny]: Even though Lee Yoona is beautiful, I still have to say she did not do this properly. Stealing somebody’s husband and bragging about it, isn’t she afraid of karma?
[World] [Call of Lightning]: Yeah. Kim Taehyung is a pretty good person, very loyal.
[World] [The Green Waves under the Bridge of Sorrow]: Look at Taehyung, he’s so sad he can’t speak a word.
[World] [Grass 520]: The other woman … … such a pretty woman … … there’s no need … …
[World] [ Yoona Yoona Is Shameless 108]: Hehe, why is she showing off? She’s showing off her skills at stealing somebody else’s husband. Yoona is shameless shameless shameless shameless shameless shameless ￥％％￥※×… … (the swearing was censored by the system)
This “Yoona Yoona Is Shameless 108” was Yoona’s sworn archenemy. Nobody knew why there was such enmity. For no apparent reason, the player would come out and swear at her. According to the rumours, he was killed and banned many times, but with each death and ban, he got bolder. Each time after being deleted, he would register again. The number after his name was supposedly the number of times he was deleted from the game.
At the sight of this person, Lee Yoona’s close friends couldn’t resist joining in
World] [Xiao Yu Fei Fei]: You shameless person, shut your mouth! Who’s saying Yoona is the other woman? Don’t think so highly of yourself, you aren’t qualified to label Yoona the other Omega!!!
[World] [Xiao Yu Qing Qing]: If somebody wants to kidnap the groom, let them try. Don’t think you are invincible just because you are on the PK charts. Our Xiao Yu Family is all here, we’re just afraid nobody will dare to try.
[World] [wsn]: Omegas that are on the PK charts must be monsters, Bogum’s choice isn’t wrong
Due to the chatter on the world channel, everyone started to head to Vermillion Bird Bridge.
Kim Taehyung came out of the washroom to find such a scene. his crimson-clad warrior avatar was standing in the middle of a huge crowd, but there was an empty circle around him. The Omega warrior stood alone as a desolate figure in the middle.
Then the speech bubbles continuously came out from the surrounding players, the most frequent being “Support Taetae Taehyung groom kidnapping! Support Taetae Taehyung groom kidnapping! Support Taetae Taehyung groom kidnapping! Support Taetae Taehyung groom kidnapping! Support Taetae Taehyung groom kidnapping! Support Taetae Taehyung!!!!"""
he had just got on to the game, went to Vermillion Bird Bridge and then left to go to the washroom. It couldn’t have been more than five minutes. What had happened?
Yes, the game did allow kidnapping of a spouse, but there were several requirements. First, there was a large fee that had to be paid to the system. Secondly, there had to be three continuous wins in 3 PK matches and lastly, the person being kidnapped had to agree to be kidnapped and subsequently to the marriage. . . If the person didn’t agree, the marriage by capture would be considered a failure. So except for those who were seriously infatuated, only brain-dead players would try marriage by kidnapping.
What did he do that made everybody would mistakenly think that she was going to attempt marriage by kidnapping?
Taehyung looked on with a face full of despair, pondering if he suddenly decided to escape, would the gossiping crowd think that he was running away due to a broken heart?
As Kim Taehyung struggled over whether to leave or not, his friends list was bouncing, full of friends asking him what was going on. Taehyung didn’t reply to any of them, closing every message.
The sect channel was also bursting with discussion, the majority of the Alphas siding with Park Bogum and the majority of the Omegas siding with Kim Taehyung. There were also some that were trying to tell Kim Taehyung to not take it so hard, and not do anything too damaging, since everybody was from the same sect.
The chat box started bouncing again. When Kim Taehyung opened it, the sender was Bogum. He seemed to be slightly enraged, and the tone of the message wasn’t polite at all.
RealWaterIsScentless
“What is it, weren’t you so cool with this yesterday? And I tried to repay you. It was you that didn’t accept.”
Kim Taehyung wanted to weep but couldn’t squeeze out any tears. he typed back powerlessly
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“Friend, I only came … … to … … look … … at the spectacle … …”
Part 3: Receives a marriage proposal
Taehyung has no way out of this dilemma. To run away and escape isn’t very heroine like. Standing there seems very much like a bandit. Thus, Taehyung makes a quick-witted decision. he pulls up his clothes and sits down.
When characters sit down in “Dream Voyage in Rivers and Lakes,” they can rest, they can meditate to built up their inner powers, and another kind is like what Taehyung is doing right now — sit down to set up a vendor stall for selling items.
Kim Taehyung / Omega
📲 Kim Taehyung types out the stall name, “Medicine Convenience Store”,
All the players around him cannot help but be speechless.
Kim Taehyung / Omega
📲Kim Taehyung quickly types out a ‘yell’: “Come and see, take a look, fresh out of the oven medicine made by a max level healer, selling it cheap at 20% off!”
Once this sentence comes out, all the players originally waiting to see the excitement, suddenly become fervent.
It must be a joke, there are no system bot run medicine stores that sell medicine made by max level healers, and only once in awhile can you get a drop from a monster. They are priceless valuables. Even though there are quite a few max level healers, they only serve their own guild.
Very few ever bring out their own medicine to sell. Unexpectedly, there is cheap max level medicine being sold right now! The players on Vermillion Bird Bridge become excited and, immediately, rush up. In a blink of an eye, they drown out the heroine in red’s small figure.
The marriage sedan comes and the marriage sedan quickly leaves. For some reason, the marriage sedan that has been slowly proceeding the entire time, suddenly speeds up as it reaches Vermillion Bird Bridge. In a flash, it disappears at the other end of the bridge
In the scramble for them, Kim Taehyung’s medicine is also sold out in a flash. Seeing there is no more excitement to see, the players scattered one after another. The lively Vermillion Bird Bridge that few people normally come to unless there is a wedding regains its loneliness.
Taehyung closes his shop and stands up. he is just about to leave when she sees someone at the end of the bridge calling him.
unknown
“Reedtaetae (HumbleReed).”
Taehyung looks over at that player.
That person is standing under the willow tree planted on the side of the end of the bridge. The gentle wind lightly brushes the willow branches. The man underneath the tree is wearing a spotless white robe and holding a guqin. The sleeve of his robe floats in the wind, like he’s free and unrestrained.
Taehyung’s eyes are already hypnotized.
Of course, he isn’t hypnotized because the Alpha in white is very handsome. Even though he is very handsome, this figure in white with a guqin isn’t uncommon in the game. After seeing a lot of them, one becomes insensitive to it.
Rather, it is because of the Alpha's name.
ASmileNaiHe (WhyNotJustSmile.)
The server’s top master, ASmileNaiHe.
In this game, to be called a top master, not only does one’s level need to be high, he must have powerful equipment, be fierce at PK, must have accurate APM (actions per minute), and, the most critical point is, must have lots of (real) money
That’s why, when Reedtaetae first sees ASmileNaiHe, he can’t help but emit hearts from his eyes and continuously emit gold coins.
Taehyung runs down the bridge.
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“It’s an honor to meet you at last, Brother Jeongguk. Were you calling me?”
Note : Jeongguk is his name on the same and Asmilenaihe is username
ASmileNaiHe makes an “mmm” sound.
System Bot
system bot prompts taetae: “ASmileNaiHe added you as a friend.”
Taehyung quickly clicks accept and, conveniently, adds ASmileNaiHe. It isn’t this easy to add ASmileNaiHe. The friend list of top-notch masters is usually closed all year round. Sometimes, when Kim Taehyung adds too many people, he also closes it.
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
After a moment, ASmileNaiHe sends a message over: “What did you think about the wedding ceremony?”📲
Taehyung feels a little embarrassed. Can it be that Great Master is also here to gossip?
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
"It was very grand.”
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
“Then do you want an even grander wedding ceremony?”
Kim Taehyung is stupified.
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
"Get married to me".
Taehyung feels that it is great he isn’t drinking water today. Otherwise, the monitor will probably have been sprayed with water again. With lingering fear in him, Kim Taehyung moves the cup of tea next to his hand a little farther and looks at the screen
On the screen, ASmileNaiHe’s avatar is still quietly standing under the willow tree, quite elegantly and at ease.
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“Great Master…did your account get stolen? ＝ ＝”
It is clear, ASmileNaiHe does not really appreciate Taehyung’s humor .
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
“Did you see the newest announcement, on the official site, about the (Married) Couple PK Competition?”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“Wait, I’ll go take a look.”
Taehyung opens the official site, and sees the large words “Couple PK Competition” right away. he quickly skims it over and, more or less, understands it. Couple PK Competition, as the name implies, consists of a married couple entering the PK competition together.
The couples who enter will first PK in their own server and then the top three of each server will be guaranteed a reward. Then, the winning couple from each server will PK with those from other servers. The top three of that will receive ultimate rewards. Furthermore, the grand prize is so abundant it makes Kim Taehyung drool fall a meter.
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“You looked for me for this PK competition?”
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
“Mmm.”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“*speechless*, why look for me?
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
“You are the only omega player in the top ten of the PK leaderboard.”
Kim Taehyung is a bit touched. This Mr. Jeongguk is actually a very strong person. He is number one on the PK leaderboard, number one on the wealth leaderboard, and his weapons and pets are all on the deity level. If he joins hands with him, the server’s number one, there is at least half a guarantee of winning. But, the first time he got married was for a quest. Can he really get married the second time for PK?
Kim Taehyung can’t help but be speechless.
But, then again, if it isn’t for quests or PK, then why does he get married to strangers? Plus, the reward is so generous…
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“Let’s get married!”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“Come on, let’s join up as a party to go visit Yue Lao.”
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
“Wait.”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“What is is?” Is it that he agreed too straightforwardly and Mr. Jeongguk is scared off instead －
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
But, it is evidently not like what kim Taehyung thinks, ASmileNaiHe says: “I need to make some preparations. In three days. At eight o’clock.”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“Prepare what?”
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
"Wedding ceremony"
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“Just a notarization is good enough. It’s just a wedding for a competition. It doesn’t need to be too grand, does it?
ASmileNaiHe / Jungkook's character
“No, how can my, ASmileNaiHe’s, wedding be casual?”
Reedtaetae / Taehyung's game Character
“…”
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