Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

The viewers, who had been discussing excitedly just a while ago, had now fallen silent as they watched the intense match between Pearl and Silas with bated breath.

Silas turned on his profile page to show off his achievements and stats.

[Damn! I had no idea he had won so many awards before.]

[Yeah, he used his alternate account for the live show, but this is his main one.]

[So, he's MissingPearl, the one who suddenly became the runner-up on the list and took the top spot when Pearlbelle stopped playing?]

[MissingPearl... Could it be that he was missing Pearlbelle? Oh, my! How romantic!]

Pearl had missed that connection, but as people discussed it, she realized the truth. She glanced at Silas, catching the passion in his eyes.

"Yeah, they're right."

refuted, "Bah!

That's a bit harsh," Silas retorted. He moved his wrists deftly, clicking on the one-on-one match option and inviting her to join. "The first to score three

to decline his challenge. "Sure. But since it's a

stroked his chin with a mischievous smile. "How about this? If I win, you

quickly decided that she couldn't afford to lose this match based

lose... I'll behave, work properly, and won't pester you for

was

exasperated, Pearl rolled her eyes. "It's unfair. If you lose, you won't be able to pester

him, and he dramatically threw his phone aside, sprawling on the couch in mock despair. "Then I won't play

teased. "Mister Silas, I thought you were confident, but it

fell on deaf ears, as Silas remained motionless as if he hadn't

going to play this match

a hint of petulance, "You'll have to kill me if you want me to

Pearl reluctantly agreed to the bet. "Fine, just

beamed. "I know you're