Chapter 57
Chapter 57
Translator: Penny
Chapter 57
Hair that started as pure white and gradually transitioned into vibrant colors in a gradient style.
Eyes that seemed to have captured the beauty of a sunset.
A white off-shoulder dress filled with purity and innocence.
The VTuber Dia's avatar that Ha-eun finally encountered had no flaws.
Ha-eun loved every aspect of Dia.
When Ha-eun tilted her head, it tilted its head in the same way.
When she opened her mouth wide, it opened its mouth wide in the same way.
It repeated the lines of VTubers from Ha-eun's memory, mouthing them in the same way.
"...Finally."
Dia, the cute youngest member of .
Everything about her was exactly what Ha-eun had hoped for and wanted.
So, she had forgotten.
"Um, Ha-eun-ssi?"
That Ha-eun wasn't alone in her soundproof booth.
"The avatar test seems to be done, so I'll tell you about the other things."
Her gaze shifted slightly to the side.
Her lips trembled as she tried to suppress a smile.
And decisively, Dia's high-pitched voice, which was now being played from Ji Hye-min's phone due to the broadcast delay.
'...Ah.'
Made Ha-eun's ears turn red in seconds.
At the same time, it made Ha-eun belatedly realize that her reason had momentarily flown away.
When you think about it, it didn't matter if Ji Hye-min and her acquaintance found out anyway.
They were people who already knew that Ha-eun was Dia.
It was just because it was the first time that the expressions and voices she had always practiced in front of the mirror were heard by others.
"This is Ha-eun-ssi. So, this is Dia's broadcast waiting screen. And this screen is─"
-Click.
-Click click.
"The left monitor will show donations and the chat window. And the current status of the Dia avatar will be displayed─"
"I'll register the broadcast managers at this opportunity─"
For quite a while, she couldn't properly understand what Ji Hye-min and her acquaintance were saying.
She somehow understood the context.
But it was impossible to make eye contact for more than a second.
The rough guide to VTuber broadcasting ended about 20 minutes later.
The heat in her ears had subsided to some extent.
However.
"Ha-eun-ssi, it looks like Dia will have to do the debut broadcast on Tuesday alone."
"?"
The debut broadcast schedule for , which was scheduled from Monday to Wednesday.
More precisely, it was because she learned that only Ha-eun among the members would be making a solo debut.
"It seems a bit heavy to introduce two people for two consecutive days."
"But Ha-eun-ssi is the most experienced in broadcasting. Judging from the comments you made earlier, you seem to be good at hosting."
Even after receiving encouragement from Ji Hye-min and her acquaintance, her shoulders felt heavy.
After all, a solo debut on Tuesday was a debut with a lot of weight in many ways.
Ha-eun alone had to bear the expectations created by the two members who debuted on Monday.
At the same time, Ha-eun alone had to create expectations for the other two members who would be debuting on Wednesday.
Ha-eun had been preparing for a long time for the day she would debut as VTuber Dia.
But it was uncertain whether she would be able to carry out such a heavy task from her first broadcast.
"...I'll do my best."
Nevertheless, instead of honestly saying that she was burdened by the solo debut, she lied that she was looking forward to it.
After all, she still didn't want others to worry about her.
The indifferent expression she had been creating since some time ago.
A calm voice without any trembling.
The heat from earlier was already gone.
What filled the void was only Ha-eun's unique weighty atmosphere.
Ji Hye-min also felt a little relieved and said that she was counting on her.
In any case, Ha-eun had received the highest score in the internal evaluation.
Due to the schedule of the Fantasy Home project, one of the members had to debut solo.
Therefore, it was natural from the company's point of view to decide on Ha-eun, who had received the highest evaluation among the members, as the solo debut member.
There were times when they were worried about entrusting such an important task to Ha-eun, who was the youngest in terms of age.
But no matter how much they thought about it, there was no one else to entrust with such an important task other than Ha-eun.
"Dong-jin and I will be in as broadcast managers. If you need our help, send an SOS anytime."
After that, another word of encouragement and farewell was given to Ha-eun.
Only after seeing the two people leave through the front door and returning home did she.
-Thud.
"Haa..."
Belatedly feeling the pressure and burden, she braced herself for the solo debut.
It was after that that she went back into the pure white soundproof booth.
"Ah, ah. Ah ah─"
After that, she recited various lines for quite a while with Dia's avatar on the monitor.
Sometimes she tilted her head, or she smiled brightly or cried for a moment, adding gestures as well.
'I can do it...right.What Ha-eun wanted to portray as VTuber Dia was Ha-eun's ideal.
Since she was acting out the appearance that Ha-eun in her previous life had dreamed of so much, she wanted to prepare more carefully than ever before.
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"Oh? Where are you going, Ha-eun-ah?"
"Drama shooting."
"Ah, right, right. You said you passed the audition."
After that, Ha-eun lightly waved her hand in farewell to a classmate's light encouragement to do her best.
Not long after, she got into Ju Jeong-yun's black van.
However, Ju Jeong-yun thought that Ha-eun seemed to be more determined today.
"Are you nervous? Should I give you some calming medicine?"
Ju Jeong-yun tried to relieve Ha-eun's tension in her own way.
However, Ha-eun's tension was not due to the first shooting of .
[ Fantasy Home PV ]
[ 5214 people waiting ]
'...There are more than I thought.'
It was due to the Fantasy Home PV that would be released soon.
Of course, there was also some tension related to Dia's debut broadcast, which was scheduled for Tuesday.
However, even after arriving at the filming location of Moonlight Pierced by Clouds, there was still some time left until the release time of the Fantasy Home PV.
Was that why?
"Ha-eun-ssi, is there anything uncomfortable?"
Until she went to the dressing room and changed her clothes and makeup to Yeongwol's, she seriously considered whether to take out her phone and watch the Fantasy Home PV.
The problem was that Ha-eun's appearance was seen as uncomfortable by others.
"Hmm, it's not good to be too tight. Should we loosen the compression bandage a little?"
"Ah...no. It feels just right."
Thus, Yeongwol's black costume was put on Ha-eun without the pure white compression bandage wrapped around Ha-eun's upper body being loosened again.
In the end, watching the Fantasy Home PV had to be postponed until after all of today's filming was over.
However, the moment the sword for filming was in Ha-eun's hand.
"Huh...?"
Ha-eun was momentarily bewildered by the weight of the sword, which was less than half of what she remembered.
It was only natural that she asked the staff in front of her if there were any other swords.
"Umm, Ha-eun-ssi. You'll have to ask Director Jin directly about the sword."
"?"
"Actually, the director said he would manage the swords for filming himself. You'll have to check with the director directly to see if there are any other swords you can use."
The staff's appearance, who trailed off without telling her exactly what had happened.
As a result, she headed to Jin Gyu-seong to find a sword that was heavier and more fun to swing.
"Director, do you have a heavier sword?"
"That's the heaviest sword."
'That can't be.'
As a result, she couldn't find the sword that Ha-eun had used in the audition.
The relatively heavier sword that Jin Gyu-seong handed over was also not heavy enough to satisfy Ha-eun.
She couldn't ask more about the sword because Jin Gyu-seong's expression was so firm.
In addition, Yoo Sung-jae, who had completely transformed into Crown Prince Lee Hyun, approached Ha-eun.
"Everyone said that Ha-eun-ssi's makeup looks great, so I was curious to see how well it suited her... This is just Yeongwol jumping out of the book."
"Ah... Thank you. Sung-jae-ssi looks exactly like Crown Prince Lee Hyun."
She put aside her questions about the sword for a moment.
Then, they began to talk about the scene that Ha-eun and Yoo Sung-jae would be filming today.
"It's on the first page of the script, so it's hard to forget the lines. Well, there aren't many lines to begin with."
As Yoo Sung-jae said earlier, the number of the scene that was scheduled to be the first filming of Moonlight Pierced by Clouds was 1.
This was because Jin Gyu-seong was the type of director who filmed in the order of the scenario.
They would continue to film in the order of the Moonlight Pierced by Clouds scenario after today.
It was a filming plan that reflected Jin Gyu-seong's personal belief that filming in order was easier for the actors to immerse themselves in.
The scene that they would start filming soon was the scene where Crown Prince Lee Hyun, who had gone out for a stroll outside the palace, met a person named Yeongwol for the first time in a forest.
"Please don't accidentally cut me later?"
"Well... I'll try."
It was also a scene where he would realize that Yeongwol had extraordinary swordsmanship skills.
That was because the main content of the scene was that Lee Hyun, who was running away from a wild boar, was saved by Yeongwol by a hair's breadth.
It was a precarious situation where Lee Hyun could have been cut by Yeongwol's sword instead of the wild boar if he had made a mistake.
Of course, since it was only filming, Yoo Sung-jae, who had asked Ha-eun not to cut him earlier, was not actually worried about being cut.
"Okay. 3, 2, 1... Action!"
Finally, the signal to start filming rang out on the set.
More precisely, the moment Yoo Sung-jae, who was running away from the imaginary wild boar, fell right in front of the place where Ha-eun was hiding.
-Chilling.**
For some reason, Yoo Sung-jae was overcome with a chilling feeling that he would really be cut by Ha-eun's sword.
Ha-eun's expression was also a ferocious expression that looked like she would really cut Yoo Sung-jae.
📝 Translator’s Note:
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To preserve their original tone and authenticity, the raw text has been kept for reference, while the English interpretation is provided right before or after it. This helps convey both the literal and cultural nuance of the original work.
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