LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 89
“Why do you guys watch my broadcast?”
When I turn on the broadcast, I sometimes have these thoughts.
At first, it was just to make a bit on potion costs, feeling like wasting time was a shame.
But looking back, I couldn’t shake the feeling that my broadcasts have been excessively self-centered.
At some point, I got into the habit of turning off the chat window and blocking all communication.
It wasn’t just like that in Wagal. It had been so for a long time…
In a small 3-pyeong room in Virtual Reality. Back in the day, it was just a bed, a table, and a chair.
Now structurally, it hasn’t changed much.
However, since I often needed to write equations while broadcasting alone, I purchased some whiteboard-like items from a paid store.
Between my toes, the fluffy animal fur on the carpet was visible.
It was the same product as the carpet Seol-ah sold, purchased for 100 times the market value under the guise of server recovery costs.
The molecular structure would probably be identical to that of other carpets with the same product name.
I know it has no meaning… but sometimes, my rationality would surrender.
All this time, I just doodled and mumbled various magic studies I knew during the broadcast.
The knowledge from my past life is not complete.
Like when I wake up from a long dream, if I don’t desperately think back on it, I forget it, and I was piecing together the puzzle of my past life little by little.
When I awakened the magical knowledge sleeping in my unconscious, all that remained was always regret.
Ah… If only I had used such magic at that time.
If only I had known a way to conserve mana back then.
To soothe the regretful spirit of my past life, I researched and preached.
But who exactly am I directing the outburst from my vocal cords towards?
Maybe that’s why I turn off all the chat windows when I speak monologues disguised as lectures.
Because I don’t want to be criticized. I feel like I wouldn’t be able to cope if someone else said my choices were wrong.
I don’t want to think at all. Especially on days like today.
[運命のいたずらとも~ (Even if it’s the trick of fate)]
Moreover, today a somewhat mentally disturbing song was playing instead of the usual classical piano or violin pieces.
[私たちが出会ったことが~ (The fact that we met)]
In the pitch-black darkness, the sweet voice of a Honey Badger girl passionately singing foreign songs echoed like a thud.
[幸せなの~ (It’s happiness)]
“…”
The intention was to filter out the viewers, but the problem was that I had to listen to this song too.
At first, I thought it would be fitting since it sounded similar to my voice, but it was more uncomfortable to listen to than I imagined.
Is singing by a Virtual YouTuber the trend nowadays?
[恋愛サーキュレーション (Cover – Kariri)]
[2:41/4:15]
As capsule technology supporting virtual reality became widespread, the boundary between Virtual YouTubers and non-Virtual YouTubers was becoming increasingly blurred.
There were still heated debates on how to define a Virtual YouTuber, but a few clear propositions existed.
First and foremost, a Virtual YouTuber must not reveal the ‘person inside’ themselves, and even if revealed, it must not be in an official manner. Of course, the reverse does not hold.
Moreover, the mere act of hiding the ‘person inside’ does not mean that they are all Virtual YouTubers either.
Within this ambiguous definition, ‘Virtual YouTubers’ certainly existed and formed a giant ecosystem.
In that sense, the 900,000-subscriber Virtual YouTuber ‘Kariri’ was influential enough to show up as a recommendation on my unrelated V-tube channel.
Though I was an outsider to this culture, thanks to this child in a Honey Badger costume, the broadcast viewers had started to mellow out.
[ふわふわる~♡ ふわふわり~♡ (Fuwafuwar~♡ Fuwafuwari~♡)]
– “Please stop!!!!!!!!! We’re all gonna die!!!!!!!!”
– “Today’s strictness is on pointㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
– “Are you still not leaving? Are you still not leaving? Are you still not leaving? Are you still not leaving? Are you still not leaving? Are you still not leaving?”
– “Hold on with negativity! You’re the streamer you chose!”
– “ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
– “Karining~ Come on Badger~ Karining~ Come on Badger~ Karining~ Come on Badger~ Karining~ Come on Badger~ Karining~ Come on Badger~ Karining~ Come on Badger~”
– “It’s already a Honey Bee territoryㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
– “Why is the fan name Honey Bee when the concept is Honey Badger?”
– “Because it’s HONEY Badger in English.”
– “I think I’ll go out for lunch now!!!!”
– “Is it real that you’ve already killed 1000???ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
– “It’s a Great Depression, Dome Hwangcha~~~”
“I’ll conclude up to here.”
I totally turned off the V-tube window and turned the camera back on.
Let’s start again in the original calm atmosphere.
Under the softly dim lighting, I settled into a comfortable chair.
The heat of the chat window remained the same, but since the direction of the flames turned, I felt a bit proud.
I glanced at the number of viewers.
[Number of Viewers – 1480]
Compared to before, the viewers had halved, but the inner intimacy between me and them had deepened.
One mudfish spoils the whole water, and one rotten apple spoils the barrel.
Though the room had not been perfected by excluding the disruptive and hostile viewers, I liked it better this way.
[‘대유쾌마운틴’님이 1,000원 후원!]
– “NoName, you really are likeable. I like Kariri too!”
With the clink of coins rolling on the floor as a cheerful donation sound, the same voice as the girl who just sang flowed out as a donation message.
Did that person Kariri leave even her voice to capitalism?
“Thank you.”
Loyal viewers now demanded answers from me with one voice.
It was obvious that if I just ended the broadcast now, the atmosphere would turn hostile, so I rocked my chair back and forth, adding more worry to my worry.
It was too short a time to give my usual lecture on magic knowledge.
Since I hadn’t interacted with the viewers outside of donation messages at all, this situation was very awkward.
It was like the class time was over, but everyone was sitting in their seats, all awaiting the professor.
Still, I thought I should at least give a sweet marshmallow to the kids who waited patiently.
“I’ll end the broadcast in 1 hour. During that time, if you have any content you want, I’ll consider it.”
– “What is this nonsense?”
– “The show hasn’t even properly started, but you declare the end? That’s hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
– “Isn’t having no title just meaning there’s no content!”
– “While the iron is hot, the first thing to do is ant dustingㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
“Seems like you’re not really into it. Well then, the broadcast ends here…”
– “How about a Q&A, Room Leader?”
– “What about reading Tree Wiki?”
– “Shall we watch the V-tube?”
– “You should be grateful that the Room Leader is even looking at the chat… Ah, geez… tsk tsk…”
– “Let’s do an MBTI test ㄱㄱ”
– “How about an ideal type World Cup, NoName-nim!”
“Ideal Type World Cup?”
[‘jdfshsdfjdfs’님이 5,000원 후원!]
– “How about an Ideal Type World Cup with female streamers from Twish?”
Could ideal type and World Cup coexist as words?
An ideal type, by its very definition, should be the most perfect type an individual can abstract, so comparing it with others was contradictory from the start.
– “But the room leader is a woman, so why female streamers?ㅋㅋㅋ”
– “So are we being told to watch male streamers for an hour?”
– “I’d rather just listen to Kariri’s song for an hour.”
– “So trueㅋㅋ”
With a half curiosity and half distrust, I went into the link that had various categories of World Cups prepared.
‘Ah, it’s a World Cup for finding an ideal type.’
It was a concept where you don’t set an ideal type from the beginning, but choose from various examples and ultimately select one.
In fact, it was almost unnecessary to include the term ideal type, as the popularity rankings had various World Cups for people, food, and even life movies.
It wasn’t all that different from simple VS games. Probably because of the tournament format, it was named World Cup.
Since the viewers varied in their desired categories, the formerly quiet chat window began to lively.
I scrolled through a variety of World Cups arranged in order of popularity.
I don’t like judging others by appearances. I rather abhor it.
[Pretty Girl Idol World Cup]
[Anime Female Character World Cup]
[AV Actress World Cup]
[포x몬 Anthropomorphism World Cup]
As I felt it was pointless to scroll further, a single word slipped into my eyes as if enchanted.
[Combat Magic World Cup]
[If you could use only one magic during combat? / Including 128 combat magics most frequently used in the world presented by World Magic Culture Forum / Excluding 6th Circle and above]
[Choose the total rounds: Round of 32]
[32 random candidates out of a total of 128 will fight.]
An unpopular category that nobody would seem to want.
Suddenly, a good idea came to me.
“This content will be a viewer participation event. The three of you who make the same choices as me and survive until the end will receive manager privileges in my room.”