Became the Mother of Virtual YouTubers - Chapter 110
“Merry-senpai, isn’t this the first time Astra and Seasons are having a meeting together?”
“Right. The VR chat map seems even more desolate than usual…”
Under the gathering of the general manager Young-Jun, members from the second-generation Astra and third-generation Seasons gathered in VR chat.
“Ugh… By the way, having a meeting this early in the morning is too much, isn’t it?”
“Still, if we didn’t do it this time, we wouldn’t be able to meet together like this.”
“Merry, you’re too kind, you know? No matter how I think about it, this is labor exploitation.”
Cherry’s grumbling didn’t last long. After all, she knew that today’s discussion was quite important.
The background of the private room felt particularly desolate today. Usually, they held meetings in a lively and bright map, but today’s prepared map had an official and cold feeling. Young-Jun put a lot of effort into emphasizing that they were dealing with important matters today. If it weren’t important, they wouldn’t have called all the CosmoLive members to one place.
Of course, it wasn’t the first time that the second and third-generation members had done content together.
“By the way, Winter, have you thought about what duets we should do next? Last time we did an upbeat song, so I hope this time we can do a calm ballad. What do you think?”
“Actually, I’ve already listed a few songs. I’ll send them to you after the meeting.”
Merry and Winter, who are the top two singers in CosmoLive, regularly host karaoke collaborations or release cover songs.
“Cherry-senpai! Did you know? Spring still hasn’t cleared Jump Queen yet.”
“Really? Ahahaha!! Hey, I cleared it in two days, and you’re telling me she still hasn’t cleared it?”
“Well… senpai, taking two days isn’t something to brag about.”
“The important thing is, I cleared it, and Spring didn’t! Ah~ It looks like I have to pass on the title of the weakest member in CosmoLive to her now~”
“Ahhh! Just you wait, sisters!! I’m definitely going to clear it today!!”
Cherry and Summer easily bonded and often teased the other members.
Anyway, the second and third-generation members are somewhat close, even if they haven’t been able to meet often because of their busy schedules.
While the members were chatting, a beam of light descended in the middle of the meeting room map, revealing the avatars of Daon and Young-Jun. Young-Jun glanced at the avatar with bright yellow hair tied in two pigtails and nodded his head with a satisfied expression.
“Since Fall is here, everyone must be present.”
“Ha— Manager! I’m not late anymore, you know?!”
When Fall jumped in disbelief, Daon burst into laughter.
“Do you not remember that you were late for your fitness stream not long ago?”
“W-Well, I intentionally arrived late to create content!”
“For someone who did it on purpose, you looked really rushed when you joined the stream.”
“…Hmph. Sachyo, you’re being too harsh.”
Seeing Fall quickly sulk at Daon’s teasing, the members chuckled softly.
“Ahem! Now, let’s start the meeting. Today we will discuss changes to the CosmoLive group collaboration content scheduled for the end of this month.”
“Huh? This content wasn’t about us revealing swimsuits?”
Cherry tilted her head and asked at Young-Jun’s words.
“Our Lunyangs~ must have been looking forward to it, but it’s unfortunate~”
“But, I don’t think we’ll see much if Cherry-senpai reveals swimsuits, to be honest, except for maybe Merry-senpai.”
Summer’s verbal attacks generally did not discriminate.
“What? Swimsuits are all about style?! Just because I’m all stacked?”
“Yeah~ Our Mama, Jin Ha Mama~ the 3D quality is so much better~ Thank you, Mama~”
“Ugh…!”
Ignoring the fuming Cherry, Young-Jun continued with the meeting.
“Actually, I’m a bit disappointed about not revealing swimsuits, but there’s something much more amazing in store.”
At that moment, Winter’s eyes sparkled as she asked.
“Is it Mama’s content?”
“That’s right. The truth is, Jin Ha wanted to test ‘wings’ on us CosmoLive members this time.”
At Young-Jun’s words, everyone looked taken aback and confused.
“Wings… what?”
“Are we really going to be flying?”
“Yes, we are really flying.”
Young-Jun nodded confidently as he projected the presentation materials on the screen. The rough documents compiled by Jin Ha were refined by Young-Jun throughout the night. His only hobby was causing trouble in the community, so that says it all.
“It’s called, ‘Sky Race Challenge.’”
At Young-Jun’s determined voice, Summer snorted derisively.
“Wow, Manager. Is that naming sense for real? It’s just so…”
“This was named by Jin Ha.”
“…That’s pretty great. As expected of Mama. The sense is unreal.”
Young-Jun chuckled and began explaining the content.
“To put it simply, we will be racing in the VR map prepared by Jin Ha…”
As Young-Jun continued explaining, the members’ eyes filled with curiosity and anticipation.
“Wow… That’s really amazing. I can’t believe something like that is possible… Of course, I guess I’ll only get a sense of it after trying it myself…”
“So our juniors have been having all this fun while just relying on Jin Ha, huh?”
The Astra members, who were experiencing Jin Ha’s content properly for the first time since the fan page, were genuinely surprised.
“Wow… Jin Ha Mama, did you catch another alien to experiment on?”
“It seems that anything made by Mama wouldn’t be weird anymore…”
The Seasons members reacted with the sentiment that Jin Ha did it again.
“Wow~ This looks fun! Can I participate in the race too? Huh?”
“The CEO should handle the event…”
“Aww, can’t Jun do the hosting for me instead?”
“If I handle the content, it will be boring, so no.”
“Ah, that’s true. Our Jun may be good at causing trouble, but they really don’t have a sense for broadcasting at all.”
Daon’s words scratched Young-Jun’s mind properly. However, if he showed he was scratched, more teasing would pour in, so he endured the irritation and continued speaking.
“And there’s one more important thing. For the person who comes in first in this race, Jin Ha has prepared a prize.”
“A prize? What kind of prize?!”
“Jin Ha mentioned to keep that a secret until the day of the content. However…”
Young-Jun continued with a meaningful expression.
“I can give you one hint: the person taking this prize will surely be able to produce at least a week’s worth of content.”
The atmosphere in the meeting room became strange at Young-Jun’s words. It was a tense atmosphere, as if they were walking on thin ice. Particularly, two people burned with motivation.
None other than Summer and Winter.
“Hmmm~ I wonder what the gift could be~”
“…This is interesting.”
In an instant, Summer and Winter’s gazes met. Sparks flew in their eyes as they looked at each other.
*
Time passed, and it was the day before the CosmoLive collaboration stream. Following the link to the VR chat private room sent by Jin Ha, the CosmoLive members were presented with a beautiful forest that seemed to blur the lines between reality and fantasy.
“Wow…!”
“…Crazy. Look at the quality.”
Through the thick green trees, sunlight streamed down like stars. Just a little below, a crystal-clear silver river cut through the forest. The white clouds reflected on the surface floated endlessly over the blue sky.
When they squinted their eyes and looked closely, transparent currents intertwined like threads between the clouds. Updrafts slowly rose along the beams of light, while downdrafts lightly sank like white fog.
Even the distant scenery, barely visible, was decorated with detail. Far in the horizon, large and small islands floated on clouds with birds gracefully circling around them.
The scenery created by all these elements was exceedingly realistic yet could never be found in reality. It was truly a world one would expect to see only in dreams.
“Are we sure we’re connected to VR chat?”
“It feels like I’ve been reincarnated in another world…”
While the members stared at the breathtaking scenery for a while in silence,
“How’s it going? This is the stadium you’ll be flying in tomorrow.”
The creator of this world, Jin Ha, slowly approached the members.
“Ah, hello, Jin Ha!”
“It’s so beautiful here, Mama!”
Jin Ha lightly waved at the members who were greeting and admiring her.
“I just sent each of you a file. Please download it and apply it to your avatars.”
As soon as they clicked the link on the translucent holographic window, wings spread wide behind them.
“Could you please focus for a moment? I’ll give a brief explanation on how to operate them.”
As the members admired each other’s wings, Jin Ha clapped her hands lightly to capture their attention.
“To ascend, tilt your neck back, and to descend, lean forward. You can adjust the speed with the buttons on the VR controller. Now, shall we try it slowly?”
Following Jin Ha’s instructions, the members carefully tilted their necks back and lifted their bodies into the air.
The ground beneath their feet gradually receded.
As their field of view slowly started to rise.
The moment they began to feel the sensation of floating due to the illusion.
“Wow…!”
“Awesome! We’re really flying!!”
The exclamations burst out from everyone’s mouths.