Chapter 57
Chapter 57
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 57
Chapter Title: Hello, I'm Legend. Ah, My Name. (5)
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Tension drums against my skull.
It's spinning so wildly that I can barely even breathe properly.
I don't want to worry Yeona unnie or Myth, so I'm holding it back as much as I can, but maybe that's why the tension crashes over me even harder.
"Ah, hello. Unnie. Eyy~ Hello, everyone. Good evening."
"Today's QWER's first stream, so just in case, I called Yeona unnie to help out as side staff."
The words keep cutting out—I can't make them out properly.
My head throbs a little. Am I seriously getting a headache from nerves?
Pathetic human I've become, Legend.
Where did that miraculous body go—the one that stood right back up on both legs after a car crash, coma, and cardiac arrest?
I try talking nonsense to myself inside my head to calm down, but my heart refuses to settle.
'No escaping now.'
The stream's already live. People are waiting for me.
Man, when I got known as QWER through Myth's avatar, all the attention felt great. Now it's terrifying.
"Hey, unnie, what's wrong."
Do Myth and Yeona unnie overcome this feeling every single stream?
...Probably not.
Yeona unnie beckons me over.
My heartbeat's pounding so loud I can't hear voices properly, but that gesture? Crystal clear.
Whew.
My exhale comes out laced with nerves.
"Sh-should I really step into frame?"
Heart pounding drowns it out, but yeah—come on in.
Least I can read the intent from her gestures.
I step up to the tape marking the camera's range.
Yeona unnie had marked out the "camera zone."
Whew.
Steady myself.
Of course, my heart has zero plans to calm down.
Glance.
At one of the monitors—the big screen scrolling chat.
Tons of messages waiting for me.
Including yours.
I muster courage and step into the camera zone.
One single step, and it feels like the world's flipped.
The camera glaring down from the monitor suddenly feels hateful.
"Looking tense."
Myth's voice greets me first.
Weird.
Come to think of it, no matter how nervous I got, your voice always rang crystal clear.
Was that my imagination?
Yeona unnie pats my shoulder.
Self-intro?
Oh right.
That's why I'm standing here—to introduce myself to these people.
Dizzy head, pounding heart, everyone's attention.
Judgment clouds, the world starts shaking on its own.
"Hello."
I bow my head, and blood rushes straight to it.
Who am I again?
Legend.
Yeah, that's right.
A bit unique name, but that's me—Legend.
"I'm Legend."
"Huh."
Myth and Yeona unnie's confused voices overlap.
What? Did I screw up?
I hurry to check chat.
'Oh crap.'
I can see the misunderstanding spreading in real time.
It's not me bragging—Legend's just my actual name.
Clear it up before the confusion piles on.
I hurry to add:
"Ah, my name."
Yeah, that should fix it nicely.
I check chat again.
Luckily, chat's reacting great.
"Legend" might be awkward in daily life, but online? Unique's a weapon.
The name alone wins people over.
Nailed it, right? I turn to Yeona unnie, smug—
"...Um, Legend bro."
"Yes?"
"We never agreed to doxx real names, did we?"
"Ah."
Yeona unnie's words hit like a truck.
Wait, did I just drop my real name on stream?
Shock's so huge my heart actually stops for a sec—calms me down—then my brain goes blank white.
What now?
I rack my brain for a way out. Nothing.
No way I can go—
'Ta-da~ Just kidding! Hahahahahaha!!!'
Right? ...No?
Might actually land somehow.
As my thoughts go off the rails, a voice from the monitor.
"Pfft, Seol-ah."
Reason snaps back. Reality hits.
On screen, you—in the 'Myth' avatar—our eyes seem to meet.
I turn away, embarrassed for no reason.
"...What."
"Seol-ah."
"Why."
"Seol-ah."
Myth keeps calling my name.
I'm already a mess—why's she doing this?
Not annoyed, just purely curious about her intent.
As if I'd ever get mad at Myth calling my name.
"Hey, teasing me?"
"Mmm-mn."
Myth shakes her head with a nasal hum.
Her grin—practically to her ears—says it all.
"Didn't expect to call your name on stream this soon."
So happy about it.
Kept calling.
"Thought it'd take longer, but this is even better. Right, Seol-ah?"
Myth whispers.
The 'Myth' avatar—identical to her—beams at me.
Uh, this is dangerous.
My heart starts pounding for a whole different reason.
"Whoa, your face is red."
"Hey...! Don't say stuff like that...!"
"What's wrong, Seol-ah."
"Hey!"
'Hah, this crazy girl.'
Ugh.
Yeona rubs her arms furiously to chase off the chills.
Camera's still on her, so she hams it up, scrubbing hard.
Doxxing a name? No big deal.
Streamers drop real names all the time.
Myth's got hers blasted worldwide after that quiz show last time anyway.
'The real issue was Legend bro's mentality—and she crushed it in one shot.'
Legend bro was destined to go public eventually.
From what Myth told me.
His family's stacked with talent—unnaturally so.
Dad's the president of that game company behind Korea's top MMORPG.
Mom's a designer—not huge, but known in circles.
And his sister's that legendary pro gamer.
But first stream? Mess up your opening line, and it could shatter your spirit.
He's shaking like a leaf already—if this went south, he might never stream again.
'Intentional or just pure heart spilling out?'
Either way, Myth turns the slip into gold—smooth as silk.
Seol-ah, Seol-ah, Seol-ah.
Three name calls and some absurdly sweet lines bury the mistake, snap him out of it.
And chat? Fully captured.
Chat's melting down.
Can't even think straight from this sweetness between Myth and Legend.
Can you blame 'em?
Where else in streaming do you get romance this sugary?
VTubers straight-up dating publicly—on stream, no less? Regular VTubers or camgirls wouldn't dream of it.
Only possible 'cause their miracle story backs it up.
The raw weight of real love you won't find in fake "We Got Married" fluff.
'No acting beats genuine heart.'
And when that heart pours from Myth—with her killer avatar and expressions? Effect's off the charts.
The VTuber-camgirl power couple content everyone's buying into.
Probably only this duo could pull it off.
The birth of content unique to the world.