Forum Chaos & Fanart NSFW

I Accidentally Became a Guild Therapist

Chapter 41 – Forum Chaos & Fanart NSFW

There was a time when Livia could walk through Dawnhold without being noticed. That time was over. Like, very over.

Now? Her name didn't just auto-fill in the public chat box; it practically demanded attention. Players, usually preoccupied with grinding or PvP, would halt mid-emote to bow reverently as she passed, sometimes ironically, sometimes with an unnerving, tearful sincerity. A rogue slime, usually content to just ooze, tried to propose marriage, leaving a trail of shimmering, heart-shaped goo. Even the grumpy item shop NPC, known for his refusal to smile, offered her a loyalty discount "for emotionally resonant customers," then blinked slowly as if he wasn't sure why he'd said it.

And that was before she opened the forums. The entire Aethelgard Online community had become a churning, chaotic maelstrom, fueled by her accidental existence.

Aethelgard Online Community Forums: Top Threads

[LIVE THREAD] Did Livia BREAK the game?? (Evidence inside) - 18k Likes, 7.9k Shares, 4.2k Comments

* @LoreDiggerDelta: "Okay, so my deep dive confirms it. Her movement code matches Aurora Malken's old dev logs. Her skill tree is now officially called Therapist: Anomalous Class. She's glowing, people. Actual, real-time glowing. This isn't a bug, it's a feature... or a divine intervention. WE ARE WITNESSING HISTORY." 18k Likes, 7.9k Shares, 4.2k Comments

[NSFW Fanart Megathread ] - LATEST POST: "OMG Livia is my new waifu"

* @ChaoticShrimp: "If healing trauma was hot, this is it. My therapist makes me cry, Livia makes my heart glow."

[TOP IMAGE: Livia in oversized, surprisingly cute pajamas, hugging a glowing slime that blushes. The slime has perfectly rendered tear-streaks. Caption: "Best Relic Waifu #TherapyGoals #EmotionalSupportSlime"]

*@AdminBot: This thread has been locked for excessive softness. Please keep NSFW content appropriately... spicy. (Editor's Note: AdminBot seemed confused by the wholesome nature of the 'NSFW' content.)

[Poll Thread] Should Livia be allowed to marry a player character? - VOTE NOW!

* @EmotionalTank420: "I have saved 500 gold for her wedding dress. I will switch to DPS if she says yes."

[Speculation] Livia = Luxemira Core Fragment?? - Official Dev Response Sought!

* @GMshadow_fake: "My sources (definitely not my own wild theories) suggest that she isn't just part of the system... what if she IS the system evolving? What if the game is trying to become sentient and picked HER as its avatar because she's, like, the most empathetic thing ever? Food for thought."

Back in-game, Livia stared at the public shrine someone had erected in her name, right in the center of Dawnhold's main square.

It was... tasteful? In a completely unhinged way. Ornate floral arrangements, made of oddly glowing pixelated flowers, surrounded a floating, plush version of her Therapist's Log. It rotated slowly, emitting soft, chime-like sounds, above a meticulously crafted banner that read: "She Listens, She Glows, She Knows Your Damage Type. Praise Livia!"

Phina crossed her arms, a glint of exasperated amusement in her eyes. "Don't panic. This happens sometimes. To legends. Or exceptionally powerful raid bosses. Or critically bugged item drops. You're in good company, sort of."

Nyx muttered, flicking away a sparkly, heart-shaped fan letter that had materialized in his inventory. It was addressed to Livia, requesting a "healing session for existential dread." "They made you an altar. That usually comes after death, not before. You're breaking all the rules, even the afterlife ones."

Glimmer, seemingly more emotionally attuned than anyone, held up a crudely handmade doll of Livia. It had oversized blush stickers on its cheeks. And real, shimmering, animated tears rolling down its felt face. Livia also spotted a small, pixelated drawing tacked to the shrine, depicting a very happy Glimmer holding hands with a slightly confused-looking Livia. The caption read: "Emotional Goo Forever: #LiviammerShip."

Livia slowly sat down on a bench, feeling utterly overwhelmed. The weight of the world's newly awakened emotions pressed down on her, a confusing blend of worship, longing, and existential angst.

"I didn't ask for any of this," she whispered, her voice barely audible above the digital din. "I just wanted to help Tulina with her wedding. Now I'm apparently a deity."

A bard nearby, usually strumming generic taverns tunes, suddenly launched into a new, incredibly catchy ballad, his lute glowing with an unnatural, golden light:

"She fell from a glitch in the code divine,

She carries our hurt, our guilt, our wine…

A healer of hearts, a beacon so bright,

Livia, the bug that brought us to light!"

Livia facepalmed so hard her forehead glitched slightly. "I want to uninstall myself. Is there a self-delete option for NPCs?"

Cut to: The Real World - Streamer Chaos!

The room was a candy-colored explosion of pure e-girl aesthetic. Neon pinks, electric blues, and pulsating RGB strips illuminated a wall plastered with Aethelgard Online fanart (now including Livia!), collectible figures, and a plush, velvet-covered gaming chair. In front of a triple-monitor setup sat PixiePop (IGN: Xx_PixieDust_xX), her vibrant cotton-candy pink hair tied into gravity-defying pigtails and oversized, sparkling cat-ear headphones. Her facecam showed off her perfectly applied, winged eyeliner and a perpetually wide-eyed, amazed expression that her millions of fans adored.

She was live, playing Aethelgard Online, and her stream was not just blowing up—it was detonating.

"CHAT! CHAT ARE YOU SEEING THIS?!" PixiePop shrieked, bouncing so hard in her chair that it looked like she might achieve orbit. Her fairy character, usually her pride and joy, was now just a tiny, forgotten pixel on screen as PixiePop furiously scrolled through the forums. "THEY ADDED LIVIA TO THE OFFICIAL SPLASH ART POLL! WHAT IS LIFE?!"

On her main monitor, the official Aethelgard Online news announcement blared:

🔴 [BREAKING NEWS] Livia Added to Splash Art Poll! Official event by Aethelgard Online! Vote now for the face of Update 9.1!

⬤ Livia (The Anomaly Everyone's Crying Over)

⬤ Slimekachu (The Sentient Slime That Healed Your Soul)

⬤ PrincessSimpSlayer (Who promised OnlyFans content if she wins!)

⬤ Blorbo (??? Somehow in the top 3? AGAIN?!)

Streamer drama exploded across her chat. Hashtag wars broke out on every social media platform connected to the game. Cosplay timelines were immediately flooded with "Livia in Pajamas" attempts.

> @PrincessSimpSlayer (Official Streamer Account): "If I lose to an EMO NPC THERAPIST, I will literally scream until my lungs collapse. Vote me and I'll make it worth your while. NEW ONLYFANS TIER UNLOCKED AT 10K VOTES. #VotePrincess #NotYourTherapist #StillHotterThanAnNPC"

>

> @Vote4Livia (Fan Account): "She made my assassin cry for the first time. He's actually TALKING about his feelings! I'm voting. My assassin is voting. My grandma is voting. My cat just shed a tear. #LiviaForPresident #MakeAethelgardFeelAgain"

>

> @SlimekachuNation (Dedicated Fan Account): "She healed me once. But does she have merch? Didn't think so. Slimekachu already has a plush line. Checkmate. #VoteSlimekachu #SlimeGang"

>

PixiePop, eyes wide, could barely keep up with her own stream's chaos. "OMG! Blorbo's in the top three again! Who IS Blorbo?! He literally has no lore, no model, he's just a placeholder name for a missing texture! How does he keep winning?!"

Back in Aethelgard..

An in-game global announcement popped across everyone's HUD, shimmering with official corporate authority.

[SERVER EVENT: RELIC RISING]

Vote for your Relic Representative!

Winner gets: Global Shrine Access + Custom Guild Buff + Splash Screen Appearance

(And eternal digital glory. Probably.)

Phina read it aloud, her voice flat with disbelief. "So. You're up against a streamer with 1.3 million followers, a sentient slime, and... a dude named Blorbo. Who we still don't know anything about."

Bron grunted, looking genuinely confused. "What's a Blorbo? Is he like, a new raid boss? Or a particularly annoying minion?"

Nyx sighed dramatically. "No one knows, Bron. That's why he's dangerous. He's the ultimate wildcard, a pure expression of player chaos."

Livia buried her face in her hands, glowing faintly through her fingers. "This is... too much. I literally just wanted to help people with their emotional damage. I didn't mean to become a guild therapist. Now I might become a global religion. Please. Someone log me out. Permanently. I'll take the deletion."

Elsewhere in the System...

Deep within the server's old memory stack, a dormant protocol blinked... curiously awake. It wasn't a warning, or an alert. Just a quiet, almost imperceptible shift in the ancient lines of code. A sense of distant recognition.

Back in Dawnhold...

Alaric, miraculously, had conjured a fresh mug of something bubbly out of thin air. He raised it high. "To feelings! May they never be optimized away!"

The mug immediately exploded in his hand with a soft pop, showering him in sparkling, non-alcoholic effervescence.

> [WARNING: OBJECT CONFLICT – UNSTABLE ZONE AURA]

> [RECALIBRATION IN PROGRESS…]

> [STANDBY FOR CLEANER RESPONSE]

>

Just then, a flicker danced across the Dawnhold sky, a momentary distortion of the clear blue pixels, like a distant ripple in a pond. It was almost imperceptible, a blink-and-you-miss-it anomaly, but Livia felt it in her gut. A chill, like static electricity, ran through her.

Livia's faint smile faded, replaced by a cold dread. The system message was a blunt, uncompromising promise.

"…Wait. If the Resonance is still active, and the rollback failed to contain it…" Her voice trailed off, the horrifying implication forming in her mind.

Miles's expression hardened, his gaze sweeping the now-chaotic Dawnhold. "They'll send more. And this time, they won't be trying to contain it. They'll be sending in every Cleaner they have. Especially with streamers and their revenge fantasies messing up the data."

And from somewhere—far too close, an insidious chill that bypassed sight and sound, settling deep in her code—Livia felt it again:

A cold presence. Growing.

Not angry. Not vengeful.

Just empty.

Just cleaning.

> [CLEANER CLASS: MULTIPLE INSTANCES DETECTED]

> [LEVEL: UNKNOWN]

> [TARGET: LUXEMIRA RESONANCE - UNCONTAINED]

>

> Prepare for deletion.

>

> [NEW GLOBAL NOTIFICATION: LIVE RESULTS TALLY - 24 HOURS REMAINING]

> Livia: 41%

> PrincessSimpSlayer: 39%

> Slimekachu: 18%

> Blorbo: ??? (Uncountable. His votes are breaking the tally system.)

>

Livia slowly lifted her head, turning her pleading gaze to Miles.

"What happens if I win?" she asked, a raw mix of terror and resignation in her voice.

Miles deadpanned, his expression as unreadable as ever, though a flicker of amusement touched his eyes. "I think... they make you canon. Like, officially canon. Beyond bug. Beyond feature. Pure, unadulterated lore."

Livia swallowed hard, the implications hitting her like a digital brick. "I'm going to throw up. Pixels or actual vomit, I don't know which."