I Became a Member of My Favorite Group! - Chapter 52

Today, for some reason, the number of people visiting the field has increased significantly.

Even excluding Cheolgae and Raku’s groups, who had just left, the frequency of visitors has become much shorter compared to yesterday.

Was the donation message Cherry sent earlier true?

However even if it’s called a healing spot, there’s nothing particularly healing about this place.

At best, it’s just a field to look at, and it’s not even that big.

Honestly, it felt a bit awkward having strangers visit, but I was happy they came to enjoy the field I worked on, so I always did my best to welcome them.

“Ah, this is really healing… right?”

“Exactly. Lulu is so cute….”

“Wow, the pumpkin tea is really good too. I could drink this and go explore the snowy mountains.”

Sitting on the small bench I made in front of the field, watching the streamers chat among themselves, I couldn’t help but feel proud.

I hope they had a good rest.

“Lulu, did you decorate the field well?”

“Ah, CEO!”

• Oh
• CEO Kang is here
• Haebom Haebom
• Emergency inspection lol

While harvesting the fully grown pumpkins and replanting the seeds, I heard a familiar voice and turned my head.

CEO was waving at me with a bright smile.

Huh? Did she come alone?

I heard the CEO’s team was separate.

“Hehe, I’m working hard on it. I’ve installed sprinklers, and soon I’ll have an automated system.”

“You’re really working hard. Are those people over there guests?”

“Yes! They said word got around, so they came to take a look.”

“That seems to be the case. My viewers were also going crazy, saying they wanted to visit your pumpkin field, so I came to check it out.”

Gasp, so that’s what happened.

Word even reached CEO’s stream.

It’s nice that I don’t have to go out of my way to invite people, but…

“CEO, have some pumpkin tea too. It fills up hunger and thirst, so it’s really good.”

“Oh, is this the famous pumpkin tea? I’ll enjoy it.”

CEO walked around the field while drinking the pumpkin tea I gave her.

It must have been really effective, as she let out an “Ohh.” of admiration.

As expected of my masterpiece.

Even though it costs three small pumpkins or one large pumpkin to make one, the effects are worth it.

All the visitors have been praising it too.

[User ‘DingDingDing’ has donated 10,000 won for snacks!]

• Came from CEO Kang’s stream. Leaving tea money.

“Th-thank you for the 10,000 won donation… You didn’t have to pay for the tea, though….”

While I was puffing up with pride at CEO’s praise, a sudden donation made my eyes widen.

I didn’t expect a viewer from CEO’s stream to come to my stream and donate.

“Huh? Someone paid for the tea?”

“Yes, I think they’re a viewer from your stream, CEO.”

“Really? That’s good. You should pay for tea.”

• Lol, did you pay for it?
• CEO Kang is basically getting it for free.
• The evil CEO who eats four-year-old Axolotls…

I thought CEO might scold me for not donating to her stream, but she seemed proud instead.

The viewers joked that CEO didn’t pay for the pumpkin tea, but…

Well, I never intended to charge for it in the first place.

But 10,000 won for tea is a bit much, isn’t it?

They must be really rich.

No, they have to be rich.

“By the way, has anyone tried to steal from the field?”

“No, no one has. I think they’re scared because of the warning sign I put up.”

I pointed to the warning sign on the stone structure in response to CEO’s question.

A drawing of Axolotl doing a scary pose and a message asking people not to steal.

Seeing that, anyone who thought about stealing would probably get scared and back off.

I was about to puff up with pride at my clever defense, but CEO firmly denied it.

“No, I don’t think anyone would be scared of that.”

“Huh?”

• Lol true
• If anything, it’s cute lololol
• They probably feel guilty stealing from a kid with no money…
• The moment they steal, they’ll get lynched lolololol

Huh? Is that how it is?

Of course, I couldn’t use informal language with strangers, so I wrote “Please don’t steal…” instead of “Don’t steal!”

But I thought that would still be scary enough.

[User ‘TINFH’ has donated 40,000 won for snacks!]

• Lulu… if you steal pumpkins here, you’ll become a server outcast…

“Th-thank you for the 40,000 won donation… But a server outcast? Over just stealing?”

One Cherry even donated 40,000 won to kindly explain, but hearing that only made me more confused.

In Last, where murder is an everyday occurrence, you’d become a server outcast just for stealing something?

Or is this server unusually moral?

From what I’ve seen so far, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

• Anyway, that’s how it is lololol
• Lulu is a baby… we have to protect her…
• If someone steals, Mountain Thief and Raku will come after them with knives lololol

“……?”

I’m not sure what they mean, but I guess no one dares to mess with the pumpkin field?

That’s good enough for me.

Of course, given the nature of Last, if someone suddenly came and destroyed the pumpkin field, it wouldn’t be surprising…

But if that happened, I might cry.

I worked so hard to build this field.

These pumpkins are like my babies now.

“Lulu, thanks for the tea! Take care of the field! Fighting!”

“Ah, thank you! Be careful on your way back!”

While harvesting the fully grown pumpkins and making pumpkin tea by the bonfire in the corner, I heard the guests outside were leaving, so I rushed out barefoot.

“We’ll leave the tea money here! You’ll need a lot of pipes later!”

“Huh? Y-you really don’t have to…!”

“It’s the least we can do. Visiting the field was so much fun!”

“Yes, yes…! Thank you. Ah! Wait!”

Bowing repeatedly, I suddenly remembered something important.

I quickly caught up to the leaving guests and handed them the “Lulu’s Pumpkin Vouchers” from my bag.

It’s not particularly useful, but I hope it serves as a memento for the visitors.

“Here, this is a pumpkin voucher I made myself. If you bring this next time, I’ll give you either pumpkin tea or a pumpkin!”

“Gasp! You’re giving us something this valuable for free?”

“This one voucher is worth at least 640 pipes…?!”

“Huh?”

• Shh!
• Protect Lulu’s innocence!
• Lulu, don’t listen to that!
• Jae-jun, Jae-jun… this is the currency you created…

What does it mean that one voucher is worth 640 pipes?

Pipes are like the standard currency in Last.

Is there really an item in Last that’s worth 640 pipes?

Even the rare guns don’t cost that much.

“Ah, no! My friend must’ve been a bit confused. Anyway, thank you, Lulu.”

“I’ll come back to get more pumpkin tea next time.”

“Ah, yes! Thank you. See you next time.”

I guess they misspoke.

After all, a meaningless voucher being worth 640 pipes is ridiculous.

It doesn’t make sense.

Rustle rustle

After the guests left, I picked up the pipes they scattered and put them away.

Wow, some guests even left over 100 pipes as tea money.

I’ll save these pipes for when I need them later.

“Lulu, did you make a lot from the tea money?”

“Yes! I got over 400 pipes in total. Hehe….”

• Lulu’s so happy lol
• She’s such a harmless creature…
• Honestly, giving away that much pumpkin tea for 400 pipes is a loss lololol

• Anyway, as long as you’re happy, let’s have a drink.

Yeah, the chat is absolutely right.

I never intended to make money from this in the first place.

I was just happy that people came to see the field I made and enjoyed their time here.

The fact that they even showed their sincerity makes me even prouder.

“400 pipes is pretty decent. You can save up and go to the casino later to make it grow.”

“The casino?”

“Yeah. Didn’t you know there’s a casino in Last?”

“Ah…! I remember now. I’ve never been there, though.”

Now that I think about it, there is one.

I’m not really into gambling, so even though I knew about it, I never paid much attention.

Even during my first collab with Lilith in Last, I never set foot there.

[User ‘Mybunny’ has donated 1,000 won for snacks!]

• Lulu, don’t go… I lost 5,000 pipes there yesterday…

“W-what? Five thousand pipes?”

Just as I was considering going for fun, a donation from a viewer made my eyes widen.

What on earth do you do to lose 5,000 pipes?!

I haven’t even spent a single pipe in two days, and I only have 3,000.

• Lolololololololololol
• 5,000 pipes? You’re insane lolololol
• Gambling is the fastest way to ruin yourself…
• Jiji, Jiji, Lulu must never learn about this stuff.

Yeah, after seeing that donation, I’m convinced.

I should never even think about the casino.

Of course, since I have a lot of pipes left, it might be fun to try a round or two.

But I won’t go beyond that.

“Or do you want to go now? Lilith is playing there right now.”

“Huh? Lilith unnie?”

“Yeah, she went with Erin earlier.”

Ah, so that’s why I haven’t seen them today.

According to Yukiko, Lilith unnie and I went exploring yesterday and gathered a lot of resources.

Did they use that capital to head straight to the casino?

“Yes! Then let’s go.”

Since I’ve been away from the members for a while and was feeling a bit bored, I nodded, thinking I’d go to the casino and just see their faces.

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It took quite a while to get to the casino.

Looking at the map, it’s almost on the opposite side of where we were.

But thankfully, no one we met along the way started a fight, so we got here quickly.

“That’s the casino over there.”

“Wow!”

• Oh
• Lulu standing in a casino feels so out of place lololol
• An Axolotl entering a gambling den… this is precious…
• The atmosphere is already shady.

The place the CEO pointed to was a somewhat shabby-looking gambling den.

There was a sign outside written in English.

Translated, it said, “Dream of striking it rich!”

The sign alone makes it seem really suspicious.

“Where do you think Lilith unnie and Erin unnie are?”

“Good question, let’s look for them.”

The CEO and I entered the casino and started looking for the members.

The area is quite large, and there are several buildings, so it’s surprisingly hard to find them.

Then, as we quietly entered a particularly noticeable building…

“Huh? There they are.”

Following the CEO’s gaze, I saw Lilith unnie sitting on a chair.

Behind her, Erin unnie was standing quietly, watching the roulette wheel spin.

“Lilith unnie! Erin unnie!”

• Riha
• Looks like they were in the middle of roulette lololol
• Meanwhile, Erin’s just watching lol
• Erin seems like the type who’d stay far away from gambling.

Excited, I ran over and called out to them.

Erin unnie immediately turned her head, but Lilith unnie kept her eyes fixed on the roulette wheel.

Thinking she hadn’t heard me because she was so focused, I approached Erin unnie first.

“Ah, CEO. You came with Lulu?”

“Yeah, I heard you guys were here, so I brought her along. But what’s Lilith doing?”

“She’s playing roulette. But…”

But, what?

Just as I was about to tilt my head in confusion at Erin unnie’s awkward tone…

“Ahhhhhhh!”

• ?
• What’s happening?
• My eardrums almost burst ;
• That scared me lol

A piercing scream came from somewhere.

Startled, I turned my head and saw only the stopped roulette wheel and Lilith unnie sitting alone.

“Uh, unnie. Are you okay?”

Confident that the scream had come from Lilith unnie, I approached and spoke to her.

Then, unnie, who had been staring at the floor, suddenly lifted her head sharply.

“Lulu…! D-do you have any spare pipes? Can you lend me some?”

“Huh? Pipes…?”

She began pleading with me in a voice tinged with desperation.

P-pipes?

I do have quite a few pipes left, but…

Why does she suddenly need pipes?

Don’t tell me…?

“J-just 100 pipes! I’ll double it and pay you back! Please? Just this once?”

• She’s insane lololololol
• Did she already lose everything? lolololol
• Yo, her eyes are rolling back scary
• This is why gambling is dangerous, folks.

Yeah, as I thought.

She must’ve lost everything playing roulette.

That’s probably why Erin unnie’s reaction was so awkward earlier.

[User ‘Ctys’ has donated 10,000 won for snacks!]

• Lulu, her eyes are rolling back. Don’t lend her anything.
• Seriously, don’t give her anything.
• Double it back? Lol.
• Classic gambler who’s lost everything mindset lolololol
• If she even pays back the principal, it’ll be a miracle.

Seeing this, the viewers advised me not to give Lilith unnie any pipes, but…

“P-please, just this once. Huh? You’re the only one I can trust, Lulu…”

Her words, saying I’m the only one she can trust, pierced my heart.

How can I not give her anything?!

If our Lilith wants to do something, I have to support them!

[Pipes – 3,027]

Whoosh

“Here, unnie. You can definitely win! Don’t lose heart!”

I threw all the pipes I had left at unnie’s feet.

Clenching my fists, I cheered her on.

Our unnie can do whatever she wants!

If it’s pipes, I can always go out and earn more.