Chapter 60
Chapter 60
Translator: Penny
Chapter 60
A sight you couldn't buy with money.
That was a one-line summary of what people who already knew VTuber Dia's identity felt while watching her debut broadcast.
"Oh, come on, I said guess my favorite 'food'? Why does Hawaiian pizza keep coming up?"
Huh?
Dia, Dia, are you saying Hawaiian pizza isn't even food?
Isn't Hawaiian pizza not food, though?
Dia, are you secretly from Italy?
Even a one-year-old spirit would pass on Hawaiian pizza, lol.
Smooth broadcast management.
Tension that never dropped for a moment.
Decisively, that bright voice that properly showed what vivacity was.
"...Is this really someone who's broadcasting for the first time today?"
"She's an actress. She might have written a script or something in advance."
It made the Fantasy Home staff feel like they'd been hit in the back of the head.
Even knowing that 'new VTuber Dia' and 'actress Lee Ha-eun' were the same person, it didn't feel like they were the same person at all.
Strictly speaking, the sight of a well-known actress like Ha-eun doing a VTuber broadcast was rare in itself.
However, conducting a broadcast that perfectly fit the three letters 'VTuber' was a completely different story.
Even when she had an interview for Fantasy Home a long time ago.
No, even when she signed a contract with the MCN as 'Dia' after being accepted as a Fantasy Home member, she only showed her unique, serious atmosphere.
They hadn't even noticed a hint that she had such a cheerful side hidden inside.
Frankly speaking, it wouldn't be strange if she had a double personality.
Even so, they couldn't say anything because.
"Am I good at League of Legends? Are you talking about roll cake?"
League of Legends old men, these crazy bastards
Who's teaching our Dia bad things?
Protect Dia, absolutely protect her
That's a support, a support
Roll cake is delicious, yeah
From the start, it wasn't a sight they could criticize.
Natural communication with viewers.
A friendly tone without any sense of distance.
There was nothing to point out.
They just hoped the other two members who would debut on Wednesday would do just as well.
However, unlike the Fantasy Home staff, who mainly evaluated Dia's broadcast from a business perspective.
In the case of the Fantasy Home members, who were other people who knew Dia's identity.
[Park Mi-so (Mile)] - That's Ha-eun, right?
[Lee Ye-na (Yuna)] - If she hates Hawaiian pizza, it must be Ha-eun, right?
[Park Mi-so (Mile)] - Is that the same kid who would stammer whenever I asked her something?
[Jung Maria (Cream)] - Not really stammering. She was just shy.
[Kim Eun-hye (Lia)] - How am I supposed to broadcast tomorrow?
[Lee Ye-na (Yuna)] - Oh, that's right. How are we supposed to broadcast tomorrow...?
It was just pure admiration.
Subtly, they even got a slight chill.
One way or another, until Dia's debut broadcast started, Ha-eun was, for the Fantasy Home members, a 'young' actress who surprisingly had a taste for subculture.
They had known about actress Lee Ha-eun's fame for a long time.
However, after meeting Ha-eun in person, they just thought of her as a younger sister who was fun to tease.
However, now that she was unexpectedly recording a figure of 6,000 viewers.
They had no choice but to worry about what to do with this greedy person who even managed to show her talent in VTuber broadcasting.
[Park Mi-so (Mile)] - I'm going to call her on Discord as soon as the broadcast ends
[Lee Ye-na (Yuna)] - 2222
[Kim Eun-hye (Lia)] - 33333 Let's make her pay the price for deceiving us, unnies
[Jung Maria (Cream)] - I'll bet she won't answer
[Park Mi-so (Mile)] - How dare the youngest try to ignore her oldest unnie's call!
[Jung Maria (Cream)] - In terms of viewership, Ha-eun is the oldest unnie~
[Park Mi-so (Mile)] - (Lion emoji in despair)
[Lee Ye-na (Yuna)] - (Duck emoji shivering)
Thus, the members, who were half betrayed by Ha-eun and half thinking of teasing her, waited for Dia's broadcast to end.
[Park Mi-so (Mile)] - ? Why is she offline?
As a result, none of the members were able to talk to Ha-eun.
This was because Ha-eun, who had finished the broadcast with the PV of the members scheduled to debut on Wednesday, had turned off the computer power as it was.
"...Haa."
A sigh she barely managed to let out.
Her heart was still pounding.
The price for burning everything, including Ha-eun's reason, was not light.
Even after time passed, the lingering feeling didn't go away, and it wasn't easy to even get up from the broadcasting chair.
Only after 20 minutes had passed, she trudged.
She barely walked out of the pure white soundproof booth and collapsed onto the bed directly opposite.
She was extremely tired.
To the point where she didn't even notice Ji Hye-min's phone call that had been coming in for several minutes.
However, because she was extremely happy.
She closed her eyes with a clearer smile than ever before.
The communities that had gradually become noisy since the start of Ha-eun's broadcast were all the same to her.
She had done her best as she always had, and there was not even a grain of sand's worth of regret or lingering feelings.
She didn't think anything.
She didn't have to think anything.
She was loved as 'Dia'.
No other reason was needed to enter dreamland without any miscellaneous thoughts.
\*
After Dia's successful debut broadcast.
Ha-eun's already tight schedule became even tighter.
Early in the morning, she went to school, then to the filming set of Moonlight Pierced by Clouds or Kim Gyu-tae's action school.
She also often visited Deobeulli's studio and didn't miss practicing to sing with the voice of 'Dia' instead of 'Pinokio (Pinocchio)'.
After this seamless schedule, she would broadcast for a short two or three hours.
She wanted to broadcast all night if she could, but she couldn't increase the broadcast time any further because it would clearly harm Ha-eun's health.
No matter how much she liked broadcasting, she shouldn't ruin her lifestyle.
If her regular lifestyle was ruined, it would eventually affect the broadcast.
Academics.
Actress.
Virtual Youtuber.
In order to catch these three rabbits, it was most important to maintain Ha-eun's health.
So, today, too, she started the day healthily with the same early morning meal as usual.
"Our daughter, are you dating?"
"Cough!"
A question she had never heard at any time caused Ha-eun to choke.
After calming her surprised heart with lukewarm barley tea.
"I, I don't do things like that..."
She only answered the truth, without a single lie mixed in.
Even so, Seong-yoon's gaze, which continued to watch Ha-eun.
"Hmm, lately, when I look at our daughter, I feel like she's become a lot softer."
"...Where?"
"From head to toe. It's like you've fallen head over heels for someone incredibly handsome."
"???"
After that, a playful voice that persistently asked about Ha-eun's changed appearance.
Fortunately, Na-yeon was busy filming a drama these days, so she defended Ha-eun instead.
However, for some reason, Na-yeon's defense made it seem like Ha-eun was really hiding a boyfriend, creating a strange sight.
Even though what Ha-eun was hiding was another side of herself, she felt burdened to look at Seong-yoon's eyes for no reason.
In the end, she couldn't stand it and made a hasty retreat.
"...I'm off to school."
"If you come home holding a man's hand tonight, I won't let you off~."
She pretended not to hear the voice, which was half a joke and half serious, that followed Ha-eun's footsteps.
However, unfortunately for Ha-eun, who was trying to maintain a poker face.
"Ha-eun, do you have a boyfriend?"
A classmate's question, which she heard as soon as the morning assembly ended, completely shattered Ha-eun's composure.
Of course, she firmly denied this question as well, without leaving any room for doubt.
'…Where exactly has she changed?'
As soon as the first period break started, she headed to the bathroom and washed her face roughly, unlike usual.
She stared at Ha-eun's reflection in the mirror for quite a while, trying to find the changes in her own way.
Even so, the only conclusion she could reach was 'I have no idea'.
Strictly speaking, there was only one person among Ha-eun's acquaintances who could clearly resolve this kind of question.
"Excuse me, do you know where Da-yeon is?"
"Hmm... Sorry, I don't really know."
Even when Ha-eun went directly to Da-yeon's class, she couldn't meet her.
This was because, for some reason, no one knew Da-yeon's whereabouts.
It wasn't that she had forgotten Da-yeon's request to pretend not to know her for a while.
But no matter how much she thought about it, there was no one other than Da-yeon who could solve Ha-eun's questions, so she continued to look for Da-yeon.
The place where she could actually find Da-yeon was not at school, but at the filming set of Moonlight Pierced by Clouds.
More precisely, at the end of the hallway in the waiting room.
Still, she had managed to find Da-yeon one way or another.
She wanted to talk to her for just a moment and figure out what had changed about Ha-eun.
"Thank you for the 5,000 won gift─☆ I'm going to buy cotton candy for a snack tonight!"
The protagonist of the video that Da-yeon was staring at for some reason.
To make matters worse, the voice that was leaking from the white wired earphones plugged into Da-yeon's ears.
'Huh?'
Were so familiar to Ha-eun.
"...What?"
"Ah, no. That's..."
Da-yeon, who belatedly noticed Ha-eun's presence, couldn't say anything when she opened her mouth with a sharp voice.
The fact that the expression Ha-eun was currently facing was not Da-yeon's prim expression, but the weighty expression of Queen Yoon was also partly to blame.
Da-yeon's cell phone, which was displaying a temporarily paused Dia's broadcast clip filling the screen.
Da-yeon, who was still staring at Ha-eun with sharp eyes.
She was confused.
She couldn't even guess what was going on.
📝 Translator’s Note:
You may notice that certain lines or phrases in this novel appear both in their original Korean (or Hanja) form and in English translation.
This is intentional — these phrases are classical idioms, divine titles, or poetic expressions that carry layered meanings.
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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