Chapter 20
Chapter 20
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 20
Chapter Title: My Everything
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“Who's this? Our cute little brother?”
“Uh, uhhh… Well…”
Myth rolled her eyes this way and that.
It was obvious she had something she wanted to say, but it was too soon to say it, and she couldn't quite find the right words.
I wanted to step in and explain for her, but since Yeona had singled her out specifically, it felt awkward for me to butt in.
Myth hemmed and hawed, picking her words, until finally she seemed to make up her mind and opened her mouth.
“He's the one who made my avatar.”
“Huh? Your avatar maker…”
Yeona seemed to think for a moment.
And then, a short while later.
With a crack, Yeona froze solid.
Wow, people can really make a cracking sound when they freeze up like that.
As I marveled at it, Yeona pointed a finger straight at me.
“QW-”
“Sis, sis! We're outside, outside!”
Myth blocked Yeona's mouth with incredible reflexes.
She'd blocked it, but the loud outburst had drawn the eyes of the quiet fourth floor straight to us in an instant.
I hurriedly stepped forward to block as many gazes as possible and whispered from behind.
“Let's head down first, quick.”
“Y-yeah! Sis, I booked us a nice restaurant. Let's go down!”
We hurriedly dragged the still-dazed Yeona down the escalator.
The basement level one of the department store, in the private room of the restaurant Myth had reserved.
Luckily, the room had plenty of chairs, and with the restaurant's understanding, we paid an extra fee and managed to bring Yeona in too.
I sat side by side with Myth at the large table, while Yeona sat across from us, still clutching her head like she couldn't process the situation.
To sort things out, Myth—the only link between me and Yeona—finally spoke up.
“Sis, this is my old fr… iend? QWER, the one who made my avatar. His real name is Legend.”
“Hello. I'm… Legend.”
Sorry, Dad.
I know you put a lot of thought into naming me, but it's still kinda embarrassing to say it to a stranger.
I sneaked a glance to see her reaction, and surprisingly, Yeona burst out laughing right away.
“Pfft haha! That's a shockingly impactful name, right up there with when I first met Myth. Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to make fun of the name.”
“No… I get it. I'm actually grateful you reacted like that.”
Yeah, honestly, her straightforward reaction was way more comfortable for me.
Way better than someone smirking with just the corner of their mouth and going, Oh, really~? Legend, huh~? This was a hundred, no, a thousand times better.
Is this the conversational skill of a million-sub YouTuber?
If it was intentional, it was impressive. If it was just her nature, even more so.
Making someone feel at ease after just a few exchanges is no easy feat. She must be a natural entertainer.
“And Legend, this is Yeona sis, who helped me out a ton in the early days of my streams.”
“She basically raised Myth like her own little sister. Nice to meet you—call me Yeona. Or Yeona sis if you wanna be casual. If you're Myth's boyfriend, you're my little brother too.”
In fact, over the past seven years, Myth had mentioned Yeona plenty in the messages she sent me.
Like how she'd helped her out a lot in her first year of streaming,
or how she'd smoothed over a dispute with her agency around year four.
She was truly a benefactor who'd helped Myth get this far.
Even though Yeona played it off casually, to Myth, she was like a real big sister.
Personally, I'd been checking out Yeona's Nutuber streams on and off for three years—no, ten years for me, anyway.
So I already felt some familiarity with her.
I really wanted to get close to her.
“Alright, then Yeona sis it is. Feel free to call me whatever.”
“Okay, I like the straightforward vibe. Then I'll call you Leg—”
Flinch.
Yeona sis startled mid-sentence, like something had spooked her.
I followed her gaze, and naturally, my head turned to meet Myth's eyes.
“Huh? Something wrong?”
“Nah, just…”
Myth was gazing at me with her usual bright smile.
What was it? A bug crawling behind her or something?
“Sigh… All that raising her like my own daughter was for nothing.”
“Pardon? What'd you say, Yeona sis?”
“Nothing, nothing~. Just mumbling to myself.”
Yeona sis seemed to sort something out in her head before looking back at me.
“Alright, then Legend it is. That okay?”
“Yeah, that's fine by me.”
Even after my answer, Yeona sis didn't respond directly.
For a split second, it felt like she was asking someone else, not me.
Hallucination?
“Good, then Myth—straight to the point.”
Gulp. I swallowed hard.
I instinctively knew what question was coming.
“What's the deal between you two?”
Called it.
The trickiest question to answer.
Our relationship right now was so hard to pin down.
To explain it, I'd have to start from the very beginning.
““You okay?””
Our voices overlapped.
We looked at each other.
I didn't mind spilling it all, but for Myth, explaining meant dredging up that horrific experience.
She must have been worried about that part, asking me first.
“Whoa, hey, if it's some heavy stuff, you don't have to say. I was just curious 'cause it seems fun. Not trying to pry into your private lives or anything.”
Sensing our mood, Yeona sis waved it off quickly.
Her insight was as sharp as you'd expect from a million-sub creator.
I shut my mouth.
At least here and now, there was nothing I could do.
Whether to speak or stay silent, it was all up to Myth.
Myth closed her eyes for a moment.
Fidget, fidget.
Under the table, out of Yeona sis's sight, Myth's hand brushed against mine.
- Knock knock.
Someone knocked on the room door.
The server wheeled in a cart and began serving the dishes one by one.
Perfectly grilled steaks with their garnishes.
My eyes widened at the parade of mouthwatering food.
“Enjoy your meal.”
Once the server left, Myth opened her eyes.
“It's fine if it's you, sis. Plus, there's a lot I wanna ask your advice on personally.”
“Haha, I don't listen to boring stories without compensation. This okay?”
Yeona sis grinned confidently.
Her entertainer nature shining through, she naturally took the reins of the mood.
Myth smiled back with equal confidence.
“Don't worry. Not sure if it'll be fun, but it's definitely not something you'd hate.”
“Eh, stories about kids your age and their romances are always fun. Come on, spill it.”
Haha.
I laughed awkwardly.
Our story… wasn't exactly the fun kind, or at least I wasn't sure.
“Alright, so this story goes back ten years…”
“Hm? Ten years?! That's ancient. You've only been streaming for seven.”
“Precisely seven years as a Nutuber. So, what happened was…”
In the restaurant room, Myth quietly began her tale.
This was where her strengths shone.
The skills of someone who stood before tens of thousands of viewers every stream and uploaded videos to Nutube watched by hundreds of thousands.
A persuasive, captivating way of speaking that made the same words hit harder.
“We first got to know each other back in high school.”
When she talked about our high school days—chatting through streams despite going to the same school—even I got lost in it, her face full of youthful nostalgia.
“So that's when Legend gave me the avatar as a gift—”
Myth beamed with genuine joy as she said it.
I could picture her making that exact face when I handed it over. Her bright, radiant smile made my cheeks heat up without thinking.
“But on Christmas Eve seven years ago, when that incident happened… it was truly, truly painful.”
“…I see. Ah, so that's why you go dark every Christmas Eve—”
Nod. Myth nodded, a single tear rolling down.
Her face as she recounted it was utterly heartbreaking.
I found myself gently wiping the tear from her eye.
“So when he came to meet me at the airport—”
“Hold up, he rushed to the airport just one day after it happened? No contact at all?”
“Yeah, he said he waited from dawn till night.”
“Whoa… this little bro's a total romantic.”
When she described me rushing to the airport, it was with such fluttering excitement that my own heart started pounding just listening.
Hearing my story from her perspective for the first time.
The room felt filled with pink air.
Emotions slamming straight into my brain.
A hand reached under the table, intertwining with mine.
“Hey.”
I glanced at Myth in surprise, but she just smiled faintly at Yeona sis.
Yeona sis wore a sly grin.
Ah, this… might be getting a bit dangerous.
Before my instincts could warn me further, Yeona sis repeated her earlier question.
“Hmmm~. So, what is Legend to you?”
“Everything.”
Myth smiled shyly and squeezed my hand tighter.
Instant answer.
No hesitation at all.
Like she was making up for that brief pause back on the department store's fourth floor.
“My… everything.”
Thump. Thump.
Our clasped hands transmitted the pounding of her heartbeat.