Episode 85: Iris's Video
After confirming that the broadcast had ended, Salion immediately decided to learn Hangul.
There was still some time left until lunch, so he figured he could manage it in that window.
Salion immediately asked Silvia for help, since she had already mastered it.
“Silvia, can you teach me Hangul?”
“Sure.”
Following Salion’s request, Silvia taught him Hangul, and Na Sujeong began the editing process now that the broadcast was over.
Liria grew curious about Na Sujeong’s YouTube editing.
Na Sujeong smiled as Liria approached to watch.
“Are you curious about the editing?”
Liria nodded silently.
Na Sujeong was editing footage shot at the restaurant and had already uploaded two videos at once.
One was a short clip of Silvia wielding a knife, and the other was a mukbang video featuring Liria.
Na Sujeong wondered how viewers would react to the Silvia clip.
Showing magic directly in the live stream might lead to accusations of editing, and it would lack appeal.
But if presented indirectly, expert editors would spot the traces.
Many specialists would challenge themselves to find editing marks in videos that appeared seamless.
“Should I film a video of Iris too?”
“Understood.”
Liria wanted to let the viewers know how incredibly smart Iris was.
“Iris, come here.”
Before Liria’s words had even finished, Iris dashed over and rubbed her head against Liria’s body.
Liria gently lifted Iris onto the table, and Iris gazed up at her with sparkling eyes.
Liria used mana to give Iris a command.
“Iris, hand.”
“Kang.”
Before Liria’s words ended, Iris immediately placed her front paw on Liria’s hand.
Liria stroked Iris with satisfaction.
Since mana allowed for clear communication, any command was possible within Iris’s abilities.
Eventually Iris would understand speech on her own, but until then they would communicate through mana.
Iris was overjoyed that Liria had given her commands.
By simply performing the commands and receiving strokes, she vowed to obey even better.
Liria decided on a slightly more difficult command this time.
“Iris, spin around.”
Iris tilted her head with question marks floating above her, completely confused.
She began to cry, tears welling up because she couldn’t perform the command.
“Kwaaang.”
“Iris?”
“Kaang.”
Liria stared at the sobbing Iris, unable to understand.
“Why are you doing this, Iris?”
“Kang.”
“You don’t know how to spin?”
“Kang.”
Only then did Liria realize Iris didn’t understand the spinning motion.
Liria felt sorry for giving Iris an impossible command.
“Unnie is sorry, Iris.”
“Kang.”
Iris immediately ran to Liria and hugged her tightly, and Liria embraced her in return.
Watching the scene, Na Sujeong forgot she was filming because Liria and Iris were far too adorable.
“Ah, so cute. Ah.”
Only then did Na Sujeong realize her mistake and decide she would have to erase her own voice during editing.
Liria taught Iris how to spin.
“When you spin, you turn in place this way.”
“Kang.”
“Iris, spin.”
As commanded, Iris laughed brightly and spun in place.
Liria found the sight of Iris spinning happily in place incredibly cute.
Guests watching from afar, seeing Liria command Iris, couldn’t help but smile at the cuteness.
Just sitting quietly was adorable, but Liria playing with Iris while smiling was far too, too cute.
“Ah, this video will be uploaded to YouTube too, right?”
“I’m filming the video right now.”
“It would be wonderful to watch it when I’m in trouble.”
The guests desperately hoped the video being filmed would reach YouTube soon.
Liria continued stroking Iris with a bright smile, pondering her next command.
“Iris, this time jumping up and down.”
“Kang.”
Before Liria’s words ended, Iris jumped energetically on the table, and Liria smiled with satisfaction.
Liria was still wondering what command to give next.
After long deliberation, Liria decided to let Iris demonstrate what she wanted to show.
“This time, Iris will show what she wants to demonstrate.”
“Kang.”
Iris showed walking on two legs, and then demonstrated walking on hands in a handstand.
Liria realized Iris had a lot of talent.
Guests watching from afar were stunned by Iris’s skills.
A small creature that looked young and delicate, yet understood speech so well and possessed such talents.
“Iris is really incredibly smart.”
“Iris is incredibly smart.”
“Kang. Kang.”
Liria said with a proud expression.
Iris barked as if it were obvious, and Liria hugged her tightly.
With mana communication now possible, any command seemed within reach for Iris.
“Iris, greet politely.”
“Kang.”
Upon hearing the command, Iris stood on two legs and bowed her head in greeting.
Na Sujeong was captivated by how well Iris understood and her intelligent demeanor.
“It’s really too cute, Iris.”
“Iris is Liria’s precious family.”
“Kang.”
Iris’s eyes filled with tears at the word family, and she ran to Liria.
She had lost her mother and was supposed to die to an ogre, but meeting Liria had made her incredibly happy.
Being fed delicious food, hugged, stroked, played with, and seeing Liria smile at her was wonderful.
“How incredibly cute our Iris is.”
“Kang.”
“Liria is also incredibly cute.”
Na Sujeong thought to herself.
Seeing Liria happy made her happy too.
She realized that feeling happiness just by watching was wonderful.
The YouTube subscribers would surely feel healed after watching the current video.
After morning business ended, Liria carried Iris upstairs, where lunch prepared by Choi Rina and Jung Miso was waiting.
Choi Rina, who spotted Iris nestled in Liria’s arms from afar, suddenly realized she hadn’t fed her.
But she didn’t know what the fox-like animal liked, and couldn’t prepare food prematurely.
“Sorry. I couldn’t feed the white animal.”
“Iris eats everything well.”
“Her name is Iris? It suits her perfectly.”
“Eats everything?”
“Yes. She drinks coffee well too.”
Choi Rina and Jung Miso were stunned by the fact that Iris drank coffee.
They had never seen a beast drink coffee in their lives.
“Kaang.”
“Cluck, so cute. Iris makes my heart skip a beat.”
“So cute. Can I hug her?”
Liria asked Iris in response to Jung Miso’s question.
“She wants to hug. Is it okay, Iris?”
“Kang.”
“She’s still a young child. Hug carefully.”
“Thank you.”
The entire group, including Jung Miso, gently stroked Iris, and Iris didn’t seem to mind the touch.
Still, thinking of when Liria had stroked her, it wasn’t as satisfying.
“Yawning is also too cute.”
“Indeed, really too cute.”
“Are there such animals in Selenia?”
“Are there many animals like Iris in Selenia?”
Iris would be called a monster in Selenia, but her appearance was cuter than any Earth animal.
If kept as a pet, she would likely be more popular than any companion animal in the world.
“Originally, Iris is a rare species of horn fox, a very rare monster.”
“Iris is rare. Without horns.”
“Is that so? So Liria brought the orphaned Iris.”
“Iris has no horns, small body, lost parents, and can’t survive alone in the wild. That’s why she was brought.”
“Kang.”
Iris rubbed her head against Silvia.
Silvia found it endearing that Iris had overcome her fear of her and was acting spoiled.
She gently stroked Iris’s head, and Iris relaxed.
“I’ve never seen such an animal in my life.”
“A very cute appearance like a mix of desert fox and cat.”
Choi Rina liked cute animals but had never seen one as incredibly cute as Iris.
It was a mix of the best traits of desert fox and cat.
“If it’s a cute animal, I wouldn’t have missed it.”
“Because senior loves cute things so much.”
“You two don’t know that Liria and Silvia are Earthlings, right?”
“Eh?”
“Eh?”
They were confused by Park Dahye’s question.
If they didn’t believe the setting, Liria would be greatly disappointed.
They didn’t know how long they would be cooking here, but Liria’s identity would be revealed soon.
Since they would be working together anyway, it was better to reveal the truth immediately.
“Yes. You two are Liria’s employees for a while.”
“Yes.”
“Then revealing the identity would be better.”