0. Thus Spoke the System
In the beginning, the Administrator of the World System said:
“Oh, pitiful and insignificant world.”
A declaration so arrogant it could have torn the heavens apart.
There was once a time when all humanity held its breath at a single exhale from him.
And then—
[The Administrator of the World System declares!]
[system_papa] ✨CONGRATULATIONS✨
[system_papa] Today is my daughter’s birthday
[system_papa] Bow before her, you lowly worms
…Yeah. There was a time like that, too.
It was sometime in the 20××s.
By then, people had already gotten used to the sudden appearance of the “Administrator of the World System,” the mysterious Tower, and the monsters crawling out from the Gates.
But just when Hunters were starting to adapt to the madness—
something completely absurd happened.
[Title: Did he really open the 77th floor just for his daughter’s birthday??]
[Post: ?? Has he lost his mind?]
┗That’s one thing, but the #1 ranker cleared it in a single day, lmao is this real?
┗Reddit, 2ch, every forum’s blowing up. Everyone’s yelling about unfair progression.
┗Ah yes—behold, the nation of KOREA.
┗flap flap
┗Guys stop chugging nationalism juice and someone actually explain.
┗What’s there to explain? Admin opened 77F for his daughter, top ranker cleared it. The end.ㅇㅇ
[Title: The Administrator must be pissed;]
[Post: Opened a floor for his daughter, only to have it looted LMAO priceless~]
┗Guess we know why he hates the #1 ranker so much nowㅋㅋ
┗But seriously, why do they hate each other?
┗How should we know, dudeㅋㅋ
┗Unless it’s some kind of love triangle lol
┗Bruh, stop making baseless guesses
┗K-romance instincts too strong, as expected of Koreans
┗Hey idiot, Korea’s not “K”—snap out of it
[Title: But seriously, who even is the Administrator’s daughter?]
[Post: She’s so overrated smh;]
┗What do you mean she is? She never shows off—her dad does.
┗Trueㅋㅋㅋ
┗❀Protect Liza at all costs❀ Disrespect her = ☠ public execution☺
┗The Liza cult has arrived.
┗But like, why even stan some faceless cosmic admin? Makes no sense.
┗Eh, not that crazy actually.
┗Yeah, his image is trash now, but back during First Call, Liza hype was real.
┗[VoiceClip_AutoPlay_PitifulAndInsignificantWorld.wmv]
┗Haha damn, that line still gives chills.
[Title: No but really—who is the Administrator’s daughter?]
[Post: Lowkey curious. Who’s got the cosmic dad wrapped around her finger?]
┗∑ㅇㅅㅇ He… he’s turned into a daughter-con?!
┗2222 For real, I wanna know
┗33333 Is she even human?
┗Wait—what if…
┗The #1 ranker’s in love with her?? So that’s why the Admin hates him??
┗Admin’s daughter falling for the top player?? Bruh that’s peak K-webnovel material.
┗Even a webnovel would get flamed for writing thatㅋㅋ
“Oh,” I murmured, scrolling down the thread.
Like a cow stumbling backward into a mouse hole, the internet’s wild imagination had, against all odds, hit startlingly close to the truth.
[system_papa] The Administrator of the World System is outraged by these baseless rumors.
Unfortunately, my so-called father’s opinion was… quite different from mine.
[This post has been removed by moderators.]
Before I could even check the notification, the post vanished.
[system_papa] The Administrator panics, saying his daughter’s precious eyes were nearly tainted.
[system_papa] He assures you not to worry—Daddy handled it.
[system_papa] “Daughter? Why’d you take three seconds to reply?” the self-proclaimed father asks anxiously.
“I’m listening,” I muttered, only half paying attention as I scrolled through HunterNet again.
[Title: So what’s the 77F reward exactly?]
┗Heard it’s a golden apple?
┗Yeah, Hesperides’ Golden Apple. No full info yet, but it’s classified as a Mythic Artifact. Probably a powerful healing item.
┗Makes sense Admin wanted it for his daughter—though he got wreckedㅋㅋ
Not wrecked.
I sighed quietly, rolling the golden apple in my hand.
Hesperides’ Golden Apple.
A myth-grade artifact said to restore even those on the brink of death.
A single-use item—
but valuable enough to be called a price tag for a life.
And it had landed in my hands exactly 23 hours and 17 minutes after the 77th floor was opened.
The reason it wasn’t in the hands of the player who cleared the floor was simple.
“…So.”
The young man before me, with a bandage wrapped across his temple and one eye nearly closed, handed me the gleaming apple.
“Yours.”
“I mean—” I stared, exasperated.
“You didn’t have to go that far.”
It had only been a day since my birthday began—
and no sane person would blitz through the Tower like that.
It wasn’t like picking an apple from your backyard.
But the world’s top ranker only gave a quiet smile.
“Your birthday’s not over yet, right?”
As if that explained everything.
“If the Administrator opened that floor for you, there had to be something there you needed.”
“Well, yeah, but still…”
“I wanted to be the first to get it. To give it to you myself.”
That was the only reason the world’s #1 ranker cleared the Tower’s newest floor in a single day.
[system_papa] The Administrator begs you not to fall for that smooth-talking housecat.
[system_papa] “I opened that floor for you—why is he getting the credit?” he fumes.
“Haa…”
Even I didn’t know whose side to take anymore.
“Still… thank you.”
“No need.”
His cool black eyes met mine, steady and unwavering.
“You already know, right?
From the moment you tamed me—everything I am belongs to you.”
“Il-won…”
[The Administrator’s true voice echoes through the world.]
[I’ve been patient, but this is getting ridiculous. You dare flirt with my golden flower before my very eyes?]
A crushing pressure filled the room—
enough to make most mortals faint.
But the young man, forged through countless battles and legends, didn’t even flinch.
The Administrator growled:
[A dog my daughter tamed, and this is how you repay me?]
“Yes,” Il-won answered calmly.
“And I like it that way. Because as long as Ayoon tamed me herself—she’ll never abandon me.”
How could anyone call this a conversation between the World Administrator and the Top Ranker?
I could only close my eyes and sigh.
Somewhere along the way…
things had gotten completely out of hand.
