TS Vtuber Streaming Life - Chapter 54
“What is this? Is that the VTuber thing?”
I asked back calmly without panicking.
“Is that you, older sister?”
“What are you talking about?”
“You said you were going to do an internet broadcast!”
…Did I say that to you?
Ugh… Am I suffering from young-onset dementia?
I forgot the apartment password earlier, and now I can’t remember…
Anyway, if she’s this convinced, I must have said something…
“I’m Hakko. How could I have become such a big enterprise in such a short time?”
“No! What you said is true, but I feel like you could! Besides that, you look exactly like her?!”
“They say there are about three dopplegängers in the world.”
“Not just looks! Personality! It’s a VTuber, how would I know what her face looks like?!”
Hmm… No use…
It seems she came with a certain level of conviction.
“Oh! No! I do know what her face looks like to some extent!”
“Huh?”
“They say she looks really scary, right? I thought, ‘Ah! That’s my sister!’ I was convinced?!”
…It has turned out like this.
As expected, talking about the red pill is not something to do often.
If I kept talking and compared hands while showing a cooking broadcast, there would be no answer, so I quickly changed the subject.
“But does that VTuber have original songs?”
“Oh? Yeah, I think so? Why?”
“If I were that VTuber, I would have featured with that board and name.”
“No! She probably would have turned it down considering the social perception! She must be a king fan!”
…She looked like a big fan.
That, too, was concrete in the virtual broadcast…
“So you’re saying I went out of my way to create an alternate character to feature, and I’d hide that I’m that VTuber from you for no reason?”
“Uh, yeah…?”
“My personality?”
“Um… yeah…?”
Phew… What to do…
For now, following my instincts, I acted innocent, and only now did my rationality return.
Ah, ugh… I’m contemplating…
Should I say… or not…
I tried to stay calm and thought about the pros and cons of telling Nayeon the truth.
First, the pro is…
…there’s none?
Unless I’m making her a guest on my broadcast, there’s nothing.
Conversely, what are the cons?
Just thinking off the top of my head, I can come up with three.
The first is that I’ve never acted cute on broadcasts and don’t plan to; what if that changes by some chance?
If that time comes, I think I would reset Nayeon, not just fix her.
So it wouldn’t work for me or for Nayeon.
The second is, knowing her personality, she would definitely give me unsolicited advice on my broadcast.
I hate it when viewers give me advice, but her giving me unsolicited advice?
Hmm… I can’t imagine what could happen.
The third reason is the most important.
I just hate it.
I didn’t say it first, but she came looking for me!
It feels like I would be admitting defeat if I acknowledge it.
Out of three reasons, two are for Nayeon…
I’m so kind that it’s a problem?
Anyway, the direction has been decided, so I prepared to speak.
“Why are you so eager to make my life miserable?”
I’ll maintain ignorance until the end.
“You’re really not my sister?”
“Yep.”
“Really?”
“Yep.”
“Really really?”
“…Stop and leave.”
“Ah~ wait a minute~ I still have questions~”
“…If you say that nonsense one more time in front of me.”
A feeling of disgust, which could not be expressed in words, swept over me.
If I feel that sensation one more time, my body will move before I realize it.
“Could you relax your eyes a bit? No matter how resistant I am to your face, it’s hard to see that expression.”
“You put yourself in this position, so endure it.”
“Okay, well… I can just not look at your face.”
Speaking more would just raise my bl**d pressure, so I decided to resolve her curiosity quickly and send her away.
“Ha… So why aren’t you leaving?”
Nayeon, excited, asked my question.
“Isn’t it true that you’re with Gaon Entertainment, even if you’re not Roje?”
“…Yeah?”
Did I say something about my agency?
Didn’t I just inadvertently feature in a song?
Well, I should just let it go; it’s a true statement.
“Have you met other celebrities?!”
“Oh, yeah, I met a few. Why?”
“Wow! Then how about Do-hyun?! You’re classmates after all! Have you met him?!”
…Did she like Mr. Namdol?
That makes sense to understand.
If she likes Mr. Namdol at this time, she wouldn’t be able to not be interested in Do-hyun.
“Yeah.”
“Really?! How was it?! Is he more handsome in real life?!”
“Yeah. He doesn’t look good in photos.”
“Crazily! If you say that, how handsome must he be?!”
“Um… he’s pretty handsome.”
“Did you have any conversation?!”
“A few short phrases?”
“Did you exchange numbers?! You exchanged numbers with Do-hyun, right?!”
“Number? We’re not that close, and there’s no need to contact him anyway.”
“Wow! This crazy girl! Just by looking at you, it’s obvious he has a good chance! You should be close!”
I know how much better he is doing than you, you little brat.
Bam!
In annoyance, I smacked her.
“Ah! Don’t hit me on the head!”
“If you don’t want to be hit, don’t do things that deserve it.”
“Geez… Talking to Do-hyun… I’m jealous…”
“Hmm…”
“…What’s that sound of contemplation?”
“If you do well on your college entrance exam, I’ll set you up with Do-hyun.”
“Really?!”
“Yeah.”
“Oh, but you said you’re not close!”
“If you ask that much, he would probably grant that kind of request.”
Even if Do-hyun is a middle school graduate who hasn’t taken the high school equivalency test, he won’t treat me petty.
“Wait, wow! I almost fell for that! You said you don’t even have his number!”
“If you do well, it’s possible somehow.”
I could just slip in when Mr. Composer and Do-hyun meet, and it should be fine.
Both of them would probably overlook something like that.
The grudges I have against those two are—
Ugh… Do-hyun would not hold a grudge just because I featured in a broadcast without saying anything, right?
I don’t know.
Now that I’ve said it, there’s nothing I can do.
Even if I acted somewhat impulsively to send Nayeon away quickly.
In the first place, she has to perform well on her college entrance exam for this to even take place.
“Then go study.”
“Keep your promise! I’m seriously going to study my a** off?! Filling in 14 hours of studying?!”
“Just say what you can do. And leave.”
“Really—”
“Leave.”
I pushed her out with my foot.
“Phew…”
Considering that I almost got caught with the red pill, I handled it well, right?
“Uh… Did I make excuses for no reason?”
She’s bound to find out one day; did I really need to act like this?
But no, if I’m the one to say it, don’t bother asking!
I don’t know…
I’ll think about it when the situation arises where I have to speak.
I should go out and have dinner.
As usual, I pushed any difficult thoughts to later and came out to the living room.
“Oh, is our singer out? Ready to eat?”
“…Please.”
“I never thought you would be a singer for the rest of your life. Back when I was trying to make you an acting child, you were so stubborn…”
“…When did that happen?”
I have no memory of that?
“Six years old?”
That sounds about right.
“When’s the next song coming out?”
Huh?
“If the featuring song gets first place, wouldn’t they give you something nice too?”
“Huh?”
…Why didn’t I predict this obvious outcome?
Did I wake up too suddenly?
“Ah, did Mom intervene uselessly? Yeah, I’m sure you have things going on by yourself.”
…That character has been thrown away.
I have my main character…
“I’m my main—”
Wait a minute, if I say this, what about all the effort I put into lying to Nayeon…?
…Life really feels pointless sometimes.
After a long contemplation, I firmly stated that I have no intention of using my alternate character anymore and told my parents I have a main character.
They were curious about this VTuber business, but I managed to explain it well to get past it.
And….
“No way! No way!”
“If it were you, would you tell the truth?”
“Wow! What a fierce one! How can you say that without any change in expression?!
Luckily, it seems it didn’t show.
“It was obviously right, but since you didn’t move a muscle, I just let it go…”
It seems it really didn’t show…
Do I have a talent for acting?
No. This was a survival instinct kicking in, so I couldn’t help but do well.
“Since I found out, let me ask something.”
I cleared my mind and asked out of curiosity.
“What?”
“How did you find out about Roje?”
“From a song.”
Hmm, songs are definitely the best way to gather interest, huh?
I realized the power of music once again.
“I liked the song, so I looked it up more, and there was a variety show with Yesul Kang?”
Hmm, that one was fun.
“I found someone on it who’s exactly like my little troublemaker.”
Bam!
“Ah! Don’t hit me on the head!”
“What a little troublemaker, what’s a little troublemaker.”
“I hit like this, so if I’m not a little troublemaker, what am I?!”
Bam!
“Ah! Don’t hit me! If you keep hitting me, I’ll expose you to your viewers!”
I don’t understand why she keeps setting herself up for punishment.
“Go ahead.”
“Uh…?”
“I’ve never mentioned I have a younger sibling. Not even to the members. You’ll just end up being treated as the weird one.”
That’s a pretty useless way to bring up something that only gets one in trouble.
“…d*mn it.”
Bam!
That doesn’t mean I’m not going to hit you.
While she was sulking from the beating, I noticed a change in her expression as if she was curious.
“Ah, older sister! Then who was the person you brought on the cooking broadcast?!”
“Do you want me to tell you?”
“Yes!”
“If you cuss again, know a punch is coming.”
“…So that means it’s a shocking person?”
You know well.
I briefly told Nayeon just the name while she was eagerly waiting.
“Do-hyun.”
“…What?”
“The one I said I’d set you up with if I do well on my college entrance exam.”
“Sis… do you have a problem with your head?”
Slap!
“Ah! I didn’t curse!”
“And that’s why I didn’t hit your head.”
“Wow…! No…! This crazy girl, really…!”
Bam!
“Ah!”
“Tsk tsk… With that intelligence, do you think you’ll do well on your college entrance exam and meet Do-hyun?”
It’s hard not to click my tongue in disappointment.
“No! If it’s that much, it’s true you’re close!”
“We’re not close.”
“Oh…? So you brought her in without being close, blocking her from speaking, torturing her, and now having her play the messenger?”
Hmm… If you only look at it that way, don’t I seem like the strange one?
“Let’s not distort the facts.”
“…What’s distorting? That’s how it was in the video I saw?”
“It wasn’t without consent; I brought her in with agreement.”
Of course, I didn’t know it was for a broadcast when I got permission.
Ah, I didn’t know she didn’t realize I wasn’t able to speak.