I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 535

Sword Matstar, Ash, had remained as quiet as a dead mouse while Kaylin visited the Holy Kingdom.

After all, with a VIP of supreme VIPs visiting, even stepping outside had been difficult.

Therefore, to avoid being caught, she had carefully trained her martial arts or browsed the Gallery.

"Come on, come on. Up one more time."

"I-I feel like I’m gonna die...!"

"If you have the strength to lift a finger, you have the strength to move your abs. Stop exaggerating and do one more set."

While practicing martial arts, she also helped Selena, who was beside her, with her workout.

Having raised countless knights until now, teaching wasn’t difficult for her.

Besides, Selena wasn’t undergoing ’training’ to become a knight, but doing ’exercise’ to take care of her health.

So instead of building muscle, it was all about burning body fat.

"One minute is up. Get up."

"Didn’t only thirty seconds pass?"

"Nope. One minute is up."

"No, clearly only thirty seconds pass—"

"Ssh."

Though it was exhausting, Selena merely grumbled while faithfully following her guidance.

Thus, while Kaylin was active in the Holy Kingdom, she worked hard to shape up her body.

When about another day passed after that, the two faced an unexpected situation.

"What? Princess Chaenggu became a Blue Badge too?"

"Huh?"

"Take a look at the Gallery."

It was during a brief break before diving into summoning magic research.

At Ash’s words, Selena hurriedly logged into the Gallery.

As always, Grylls’s live video stream was broadcasting.

However, what stood out even more was the state of the Gallery.

[Is the Orange Badge having a hard time with work lately?]

[Must be pretty tough lol]

[Let’s just make one moderator per race.]

[Upvote if you think Princess Chaenggu being appointed is annoying lol]

Posts welcoming the new Blue Badge flooded the board. Selena tilted her head.

Currently, she was semi-certain that Don’t Abandon the Hero equaled Asella. Yet a new Blue Badge had been appointed.

Not fully knowing the context yet, she dug deeper. First was Princess Chaenggu’s post.

Title) Why did I become a Blue Badge?

Princess Chaenggu

Please tell me the reason~

↳ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Looking at you, there’s no football to watch anyway! You looked free, so I picked you!

↳ Princess Chaenggu) It starts in two weeks though...

↳ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Just do it without talking back! Unless you wanna get banned!

↳ Princess Chaenggu) ...

↳ What are you gonna do about it lmfao

↳ FR the Orange Badge told her to do it lmfao

↳ The way I see it, this Orange Badge bastard is getting drunk on power lol

↳ Last time she forced Sword Matstar to be a Blue Badge lmfao

↳ Heavenly Demon) Welcome.

↳ The first Blue Badge appears shiver

↳ What’s more shocking is that person wanted to be a Blue Badge of her own free will;;

↳ No matter how I think about it, Heavenly Demon is the real lunatic lmfao

↳ Funny thing is she works really hard at power-tripping lmfao

On the surface, it seemed she had been appointed as a Blue Badge for no apparent reason.

However, Selena thought differently. It was highly likely that Princess Chaenggu had bothered Grylls.

’Not just bothered him—she might have openly shown affection toward him.’

Just as Ash had, Princess Chaenggu must have expressed interest in Grylls.

However, two questions arose here. Did she really appoint her as a Blue Badge just because she expressed affection?

That meant there was a very high probability that Asella knew Princess Chaenggu’s true identity.

Judging by the handle alone, Princess Chaenggu seemed female, but given the nature of the Gallery, no one could be sure.

Even for the Orange Badge who could track locations in real time, determining identity without meeting in person was nearly impossible.

’If this hypothesis holds, then Princess Chaenggu recently visited the Holy Kingdom...’

Beyond visiting, she must have met the Hero Asella ’face-to-face.’ Selena slowly organized her thoughts.

What Princess Chaenggu’s race was, where she was from, what kind of person she usually was, and so on.

’Looking at her usual posts, she’s definitely of the Demon Race. And as Demons usually are, she’s crazy about sports.’

Selena examined Princess Chaenggu’s posts one by one.

It was certain she was a Demon enthusiastic about sports, and her tone suggested she was female.

No matter how much someone pretended to be a different gender on the Gallery, certain aspects always gave them away.

Princess Chaenggu made no effort to hide her gender, frequently making remarks that only women would relate to.

’I know broadcasting-enchanted orbs are extremely expensive. On top of that, she even got Orichalcum from Grylls-nim and combined them.’

Considering this, she was likely a noble or wealthy person, and either an exceptional mage herself or had such a mage by her side.

As she pieced these conditions together step by step, one person naturally came to mind.Get faster updates on novelping . com.

None other than Mephisto’s princess who visited the Holy Kingdom yesterday and held talks with Asella: Kaylin.

Except for being sports-crazed, she fit every other condition perfectly.

’I heard Princess Kaylin was part of the anti-sports faction, though...’

However, the story had changed recently. Thanks to Grylls’s unintended exploits, the prestige of sports had skyrocketed.

If it was a game and culture enjoyed even by the gods, how could they possibly ban it?

Although Demons were originally far removed from religious faith, ironically, they had invoked faith for the sake of sports.

Still, even for the Demon Race, faith could not be ignored. One wrong move could ignite a war with the entire world.

’Did Princess Kaylin originally like sports, but political issues caused a misunderstanding?’

Reaching this point made it a plausible hypothesis. But Selena thought differently.

She had already dropped subtle hints while conversing with Asella, implying she knew Asella was the Orange Badge.

Asella often showed a foolish side on the Gallery, but in reality, she was completely different.

She was intelligent, sharp-witted, and had served as ruler of a nation, albeit as a regent.

’She might have appointed Princess Chaenggu as a Blue Badge as a decoy.’

Wasn’t it? The timing was far too coincidental.

It was practically screaming "That person is Princess Chaenggu!", so how could Asella not realize that?

Literally a sacrificial lamb for a decoy. Asella had likely aimed for this exact outcome.

’If she acted out of emotion, then Princess Kaylin truly is Princess Chaenggu.’

Selena raised her head to look at Ash. Ash was also browsing the Gallery.

Since a clear precedent already existed, it was hard to rule out completely.

"I should probably get going soon. The time I promised Kadir-nim is approaching."

"Huh? Is it that time already?"

Ash checked the time via the Gallery. Indeed, quite a bit of time had passed.

She wanted to help Selena workout all day today, but Selena had her own duties.

Thus, she saw Selena off and returned to her room. She had nothing particular to do.

If anything, maybe teaching Grylls how to utilize Unity of Self and Object.

’Even if he lacks technique, he’s exceptionally brilliant at practical application.’

Thinking so, Ash attempted to send a message to Grylls as she always did.

However, an unexpected event occurred right then.

Ttirring!

It was the notification chime for a new message. Ash froze.

As a Blue Badge, few people could send her direct messages—the Orange Badge or fellow Blue Badges.

Otherwise, it could only be Grylls, but she was opening the chat window at that very moment.

’Who is it?’

Full of curiosity, Ash opened the incoming message.

At first, she thought it was just a routine administrative message.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Hello! Fellow Blue Badges! It’s your Orange Badge, Don’t Abandon the Hero! As you know, with another Blue Badge recently appointed, we now have a total of 4 moderators! So I created a separate group chat room to easily aggregate your opinions!]

"Euing?"

A weird sound slipped from Ash’s mouth. She couldn’t help it.

Up until now they had messaged individually, so a sudden group chat room?

Even Ash, a Gallery lurker, was caught off guard. Of course, she knew such a feature existed.

Word was that before the previous Orange Badge got imprisoned, the mods formed a group to share opinions.

In fact, back then there were 7 Blue Badges. The current number was severely lacking in comparison.

[Heavenly Demon: Aggregating opinions, is it? What opinions should we submit?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Lately, due to a certain someone’s exploits, the Gallery has been thrown into chaos quite often!]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: (Rough drawing of a woman presumed to be the Chief God 1)]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: As you all know, pictures like this are floating all over the place!]

[Princess Chaenggu: Ooh. Every time I see it, her chest is bigger than mine so I’m jealous~ As a fellow woman, I wanna be held by her~]

As if her previous grumbling about being made a Blue Badge was ancient history, Princess Chaenggu uttered vulgar words.

Apparently she had either accepted her fate or been persuaded by Don’t Abandon the Hero.

Honestly, giving in quickly like that might be easier. Rebel unnecessarily, and she’d just get banned.

[Heavenly Demon: Isn’t it burdensome if it is that large? Moderately large is best.]

[Sword Matstar: Similar to that, people say they care about personality over looks.]

[Heavenly Demon: What is the meaning of that?]

[Sword Matstar: Usually ugly people say stuff like that lol]

[Heavenly Demon: Ha. Laughable. That drawing is simply excessive; this maiden falls short to no one anywhere.]

[Sword Matstar: Wanna post proof?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: DON’T POST WEIRD PICTURES!!!]

[Princess Chaenggu: Those two are fighting here too~ Guess it wasn’t a persona after all~]

An urgently intervening Orange Badge, two bickering Blue Badges, and the new Blue Badge spectating from afar.

It was an utter shitshow, but fortunately, order was restored.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Anyway, occasionally pictures insulting gods, including that drawing, get posted! Feel free to delete them at your discretion!]

[Heavenly Demon: Is that not oppression?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: It’s based on Gallery rules! If left unchecked, it could cause issues with faith!]

[Princess Chaenggu: Are you telling us to ban all of those pictures~?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Drawing of the Chief God being humiliated 1) (Drawing of the Chief God being humiliated 2)]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Just ban insulting pictures like these!]Read the latest chapters at novelp‌ing.com.

It was a completely understandable matter. Currently, quite a few rumors were circulating regarding the Chief God.

While the Gallery was a great outlet for venting desires, neglecting it entirely wasn’t right.

There were Orange Badges who had neglected moderation in the past, but most met a terrible end.

[Princess Chaenggu: But isn’t this clique-building~? Seems risky~]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: It’s not clique-building, it’s a forum for smooth communication of opinions!]

[Princess Chaenggu: Not a clique, right~?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Yes!]

"You’re not, right?" "Nope." "Alright, let’s keep it clean." It went roughly like that.

Though it felt somewhat hypocritical, the underlying intent wasn’t bad, so she had nothing to say.

Furthermore, since it was a chat room among moderators rather than general fixed nicks, resistance would be lower.

Unless the Orange Badge openly used appointing Blue Badges as an excuse to form a clique—which she wasn’t the type to do anyway.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Then let’s start the 1st meeting! What would be a good method for smooth Gallery management!]

[Heavenly Demon: This maiden shall state an opinion.]

Heavenly Demon wanted to give an opinion. Ash felt a strange sense of anxiety.

Whatever opinion this person offered was unlikely to be good.

Sure enough, Heavenly Demon fluently spewed an opinion that bordered on total bullshit.

[Heavenly Demon: Unlike those two, this maiden voluntarily donned the armband. Since then, I have diligently managed the Gallery.]

[Sword Matstar: Must have had absolutely nothing better to do.]

[Heavenly Demon: Thus, I request of the main administrator. Grant this maiden greater authority so I may supervise the successors more meticulously.]

[Princess Chaenggu: Isn’t that a pyramid scheme~?]

Princess Chaenggu pointed it out sharply. It really was the starting point of a multi-level scheme.

Or the start of top-down hazing commonly seen in the military.

Whatever happened, Heavenly Demon must not be given such authority. A huge disaster was bound to occur.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: That sounds like a decent opinion, but I respectfully decline!]

[Heavenly Demon: Why?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Because Heavenly Demon-nim previously banned Sword Matstar-nim out of ’personal feelings’!]

Ah. What a flawlessly just person.

To flatly reject an offer that sounded tempting on the surface—she was surely the reincarnation of Aragon.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Instead, Heavenly Demon-nim’s words make sense, so I will give it careful thought! Are there any other opinions!]

[Princess Chaenggu: Is anyone willing to accept a uniform~? You just have to cheer for the Chaeyu team~]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: NO WAY!]

[Princess Chaenggu: Even the Herald of God cheers for them, but if you won’t accept, oh well~]

No reply came from the Orange Badge for a while after that. Could she actually be contemplating it?

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: C-Could you give me just one set...!]

[Princess Chaenggu: Hehe of course~ Let’s get along well~]

[Sword Matstar: You said this wasn’t a clique chat;;]

She was serious. Every time Ash saw this, she couldn’t believe the Orange Badge was Asella.

Was this pushover of a person really the smart, capable Hero she usually was?

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: I have urgent business, so I’ll be going now! Please share your opinions among yourselves!]

And just like that, Don’t Abandon the Hero departed, claiming urgent matters.

Naturally, only the 3 Blue Badges remained, and awkwardness hung in the air...

[Heavenly Demon: From now on, address this maiden strictly as Sunbae.]

[Sword Matstar: What kind of nonsense is that again?]

[Heavenly Demon: Even gorillas strictly enforce a hierarchy. It is a natural duty as human beings.]

[Sword Matstar: What kind of bullshit is that;;]

[Heavenly Demon: Did you not say you were a soldier? Why do you ignore the hierarchy?]

[Sword Matstar: We don’t need to bring that to the Gallery, lady;;]

What boomer behavior. Ash let out a hollow laugh.

Trying to stand on top by spouting useless garbage.

[Princess Chaenggu: If I get a uniform, I’ll call you Sunbae-nim~]

[Heavenly Demon: Give me one.]

[Princess Chaenggu: Okey-dokey, Sunbae-nim ^^]

And what’s with this one? Ash felt her mind go blank.

It was hard to find a sane person in the Gallery, but these people were definitely not normal.

To the point she wondered if they were going to cause an accident.

[Sword Matstar: Phew... At least I have to stay sane.]

[Heavenly Demon: (Screenshot 1 of Sword Matstar begging Grylls to marry her on the Gallery) (Screenshot 2 of same content) (Screenshot 3 of same content)]

[Heavenly Demon: Hmph.]

[Princess Chaenggu: That’s so pathetic~ I’d rather sell my pride for a uniform like I did~]

[Sword Matstar: Hey, fucker. Drop your address. Where do you live?]

If Grylls saw this, what would he think?

She was truly curious.

’Should I bring in Selena at least...?’

She had no choice but to seriously consider it.