Hobbyist VTuber

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If the name presented as Dia’s real name was absurd, there was no need to panic.

If it was a name completely unrelated to Dia, you could just brush it off lightly.

From the beginning, the sponsorship message asking if Dia’s real name was Min Dayeon wasn’t that serious either.

Usually, the opinion that a VTuber’s real identity is a famous actress has zero credibility.

However, unfortunately.

This “usual case” didn’t apply to Ha-eun’s situation.

“Mi… Min Dayeon? Isn’t she an actress?”

Even while pretending not to know the name Min Dayeon, her heart was pounding.

Partly because there was no way to prove that Dia wasn’t Dayeon.

Is this what they mean by feeling a sudden pang of guilt?

Anyway, continuing to talk about Dia’s real name wouldn’t do any good.

The chat atmosphere was getting a bit weird because she answered the sponsorship message, which was clearly a joke, with a slightly flustered voice.

So, she decided to end the conversation about Dia’s real name altogether.

That’s why, after briefly checking her tone, she spoke again in Dia’s signature cheerful voice.

“Are you saying I’m as pretty as an actress? Thanks~.”

Following her usual bright voice, curiosity arose about the KBC Acting Awards broadcast photo where Dia’s keyring was spotted.

“By the way, was my keyring really hanging there?”

– Yep.

– It was dangling on your Chanel bag.

– Only Dia has a keyring like that.

– Baby broadcast, lol.

Strictly speaking, she had already seen the photo of Dayeon’s handbag with Dia’s keyring more than 10 times.

But she continued the conversation pretending she hadn’t seen the handbag photo until today.

So, with a face full of shamelessness.

No, with a shameless filter on her voice, she briefly operated the broadcast computer to search for Dayeon’s handbag photo.

Not long after, she came across Dayeon’s handbag photos again.

“Uh, uh? It really is my keyring! This isn’t photoshopped, right?”

– I thought it was photoshopped at first too, lol.

– It’s the same in the internet article photos.

– That bag is crazy expensive.

– Wow.

– Damn, how famous are you gonna get?!

For about 5 minutes, she acted as if she was amazed while looking at Dayeon’s handbag photos from different angles.

Fortunately, the other members sitting next to Ha-eun also chimed in appropriately, so there was no awkwardness.

“Our youngest has made it big~.”

“Dia’s keyring really stood out, huh?”

“Yeah, Dia, you’re in this one too. You must’ve been carrying that handbag around a lot.”

Thus, the commotion related to Dayeon finally passed.

She handed the baton to Ji Hye-min, who had been waiting for the handbag photo search time to end.

A more festive year-end broadcast began shortly after.

“Now, let’s take some time to look back on this past year~.”

“Wow─!”

“Clap clap clap clap~.”

Soon, the broadcast screen was filled with a compilation of famous clips from the VTubers of Hwasanghyang.

Highlights from the broadcasts of Hwasanghyang members since their debut started playing one by one.

The video was edited to include clips from all members evenly.

However, some famous clips exceeded the allocated time for each member.

Since the atmosphere and situation of each clip varied greatly, the reactions to the clips were also diverse.

Of course, as a hardcore fan of Hwasanghyang, Ha-eun already knew the famous clips of other members by heart.

So, when other members’ clips played, she could even guess the situation.

｢Pi, piano. The third key from the right….｣

[ Squeak! ]

[ Guwahahahaha!! ]

｢?! I haven’t pressed the key yet, I haven’t pressed it!｣

– LOLOLOLOLOL.

– Her voice sounds so wronged.

– Dia was the first to get scared like that by Shirooni.

– Shirooni was fun though.

When Dia’s famous clips played, she couldn’t even look straight at the monitor.

Perhaps because it was still hard for her to watch her own broadcasts, her face kept burning.

Of course, regardless of Ha-eun, Ji Hye-min and the other members were busy giving their comments.

The problem was that most of those comments had a teasing tone towards Ha-eun.

“She slaughtered everyone in Battle Island without batting an eye. But she can’t even move in front of Shirooni~.”

“I didn’t find Shirooni that scary. I guess it was super scary for a 1-year-old?”

“There’s a rumor that she actually fainted back then, is it true, Dia~~~.”

Literally, attacks towards Ha-eun flew from all directions.

Looking back, they were people who enjoyed teasing Ha-eun even in normal times.

But for some reason, they were digging into Ha-eun’s weaknesses more persistently than usual.

The biggest reason Ha-eun was bombarded by everyone except herself was, of course, for fun.

“Wh, what can I do if it suddenly pops out!”

“Then should Shirooni say, ‘I’m coming out now’ before appearing?”

“Ah, so that’s why you called me crying back then~.”

“?! Wh, when did I!”

With such baseless accusations, the perfect sandbag was born.

Whether the members’ words were true or not, the broadcast chat united just to tease Dia.

– As expected, a baby is a baby.

– So you cried because of Shirooni~ You even called Ria crying~.

– It’s understandable to cry at that age if someone scares you from behind.

– Dia is a famous scaredy-cat, yep.

– So when are you doing the pizza shop King’s Game?

– It’s a miracle you didn’t get taken away by 119, lol.

The members and viewers’ teasing towards Dia continued for quite a while.

By the time Dia’s debut broadcast clip was about to play.

｢Hello─!!｣

Ha-eun’s head completely dropped down.

Her hands, which had been covering her face for a long time.

｢Huh? How old are you to say we should be friends? I’m one year old─☆｣

Perhaps because only the highlights of Dia’s chaotic debut broadcast were selected.

Every time the moments when Ha-eun couldn’t control her excitement played through the speakers, her ears tingled.

And so, eventually.

｢I belong to the Noeuli. The Noeuli belong to me!｣

– Crash─!

After the most embarrassing line for current Ha-eun played, she immediately rolled off the broadcast chair.

She then crawled under the table, crouched, and let out a groan.

Her eyes, which had been red for a while, even had a few tears.

The power of Ha-eun’s embarrassing moments being exposed in front of the people she had long admired was beyond imagination.

However, since the Hwasanghyang group year-end broadcast still had a long way to go.

Technically, only the “clip compilation reaction” segment had just ended.

So, she couldn’t hide under the table forever.

Not long after, she had no choice but to crawl out awkwardly.

Almost simultaneously, the year-end party food arrived.

– Knock knock.

“I’m here~.”

The person who entered the streaming room with several packaged foods was Hwasanghyang’s general manager, Sori.

A high school classmate of Ji Hye-min, she widened her eyes at the sight of Ha-eun crawling out from under the table.

Ha-eun’s not-quite-tattling began right after.

“Manager, the boss and the unnies are really bullying me. Please scold them…!”

She clung to Sori’s leg and glared slightly at the members and Ji Hye-min in front of her.

Of course, this entire situation was being captured by the broadcast mic.

Therefore.

“Who’s bullying our youngest─!”

Sori also switched to a broadcast tone and picked up what you might call a “disciplinary stick.”

What followed were stories about the other members’ embarrassing moments.

Thus, through Sori, Ha-eun’s counterattack began and ended.

“Cream, you cried way more than Dia when we played <Resident Evil City>, didn’t you!”

“Ah, no, wait. That was…!”

“You have no idea how hard it was to stop you from running away. You said you wouldn’t remember your tadpole days!”

– Sori’s unstoppable mode, lol.

– She says what needs to be said, Soka Cola.

– Sori’s stick, it’s been a while, lol.

– Dia has awakened the demon…!

Only after the attack on Cream ended did Ha-eun’s expression return to normal.

At the same time, her thumb was slightly raised towards Sori.

“Only the manager can do this.”

Thus, Ha-eun, sitting back in her chair, picked up a slice of cake from the table and placed it on her plate.

The sound of munching was captured by the broadcast mic.

“Dia’s cake ASMR~. Looks delicious~. Want to eat it~. But you can’t~.”

– Stop eating already;;

– Me too cake me too cake me too cake me too cake me too cake me too cake.

– If you keep doing that, you’ll get in trouble!!!!!!

– Why do only you get to eat? Why do only you get to eat? Why do only you get to eat? Why do only you get to eat? Why do only you get to eat?

Finally, Dia’s not-quite-taunting began.

The broadcast chat started getting chaotic by the second.

A satisfied smile appeared on Ha-eun’s face as she saw the viewers getting heated over Dia’s annoying voice.

Even if all this came back as karma, she wanted to focus on her personal enjoyment for now.

So, perhaps.

“The recruitment period is until February next year, so please show a lot of interest~.”

As Ji Hye-min announced the recruitment for Hwasanghyang’s second generation.

Ha-eun, who had slowly approached Ji Hye-min, quietly opened her mouth.

“If anyone among the Noeuli gets accepted into Hwasanghyang’s second generation, I’ll do whatever they say for a day~.”

It was a so-called “pie in the sky” comment.

It was another taunt made possible because she knew there was no one among the Noeuli who could get accepted into Hwasanghyang’s second generation.

Thanks to her past life memories, she already knew who would be selected for Hwasanghyang’s second generation.

Since there was no VTuber named “Dia” in her past life, she hadn’t considered the possibility of a Noeuli being in Hwasanghyang’s second generation.

Ultimately, this comment was just to tease the Noeuli.

However, as it turned out, there was at least one Noeuli among the viewers of the Hwasanghyang group year-end broadcast who applied for the second generation.

“…You’ll do whatever I say, right?”

She didn’t yet know that her taunt towards the Noeuli would become the motivation for someone new to join Hwasanghyang’s second generation.

Nor did she anticipate that a few months later, she would pay dearly for blindly trusting her past life memories.

For now, Ha-eun was busy filling the broadcast audio with her annoying voice.

 

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