Chapter 111
Chapter 111
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 111
Chapter Title: Chapter 111
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 111
Chapter Title: Lulu-chan is not a Daily Santa, but a Secret Santa!
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Today was finally the Christmas we'd all been waiting for!
Yesterday, on Christmas Eve, I'd spent the time doing a casual collab stream with the members.
Today, determined to make some memories with the Cherries, I fired up the broadcast.
"Cherries, hi-ru! Merry Christmas, everyone!"
- Hi-ru
- Lu ha ru ha
- Merry Christmas to Lulu-chan too!
- ? Where's Lulu-chan? Just hearing her voice?
- Lulu-chan, we're cold...
- New background, looks pretty
- Room feels zoomed in somehow
With no avatar on screen.
Just the Christmas tree and decorations filling the background for the occasion.
The Cherries' voices desperately searching for me kept pouring in.
Ugh, come on.
Can't you all be a little more patient?
This is all for the surprise, surprise!
"Today, I've got a special gift prepared just for the Cherries! You probably already have an idea what it is... but I wanted to surprise you, so I hid!"
- Oh
- God outfit incoming?
- Big one coming?
- Kyaaaaaaa
- As expected, teasing us to death is peak Lulu Emperor lol
- Indeed Lu God
That damn "Indeed Lu God" is getting thrown around at every opportunity now!
I'm used to it by now, so it doesn't even faze me anymore!
"I'll reveal it once the late Cherries join! In the meantime, since it's Christmas, let's chat and have some fun while we wait!"
- OK OK
- Isn't it the late ones' fault...? Nah, can't say that
- Latecomers, what are you doing?! Hurry up!!!!!
- Some Cherries dipped fr
No, people can be a little late sometimes.
Be friendly with your fellow Cherries.
You all knew I wasn't revealing right away anyway.
"It's Christmas—what did you Cherries do today? Hanging out with lovers or family and just got here?"
- ?
- Family maybe, but lover...?
- Lulu-chan knows and is just asking?
- Suddenly wanna yeet myself...
- My gf's right here, wtf lol
Yeah, I figured you'd react like that.
Bad question.
Sorry everyone, I won't ask stuff like that again.
[‘DingDingDing’ tossed 9,000 won snack money!]
- What did Lulu-chan do today?
"Oh, me? I had a quick errand to run this morning, so I just got back."
- Gasp
- No way...
- Lulu-chan ditched us for a bf?
- Didn't think Lulu-chan was like that...
"No, what are you talking about?! It's not like that!"
As if a former guy like me would ever have a boyfriend!
Physiologically impossible!
Don't you dare say that creepy crap again!
[‘Yehi’ tossed 5,000 won snack money!]
- So where'd you go? If nothing shady, you can tell us, right?
"Th-that... I can't say."
I raised my voice, then faltered at the incoming donos, ducking my head.
And rightly so—it wasn't a place I could just talk about.
Well, technically I could, but it was something I really didn't want to reveal if possible.
- What
- Lulu-chan...
- We were just having fun... I see...
- Didn't peg Lulu-chan as a femme fatale...
"It's not like that...! Th-there are witnesses!"
The moment they latched onto that, trying to paint me as some VTuber secretly dating behind the Cherries' backs.
Even without my avatar visible, I shook my head furiously in denial.
[‘Mai-ban-nyang’ tossed 1,000 won snack money!]
- So who's the witness?
"Witnesses? The President and Manager!"
- Gasp
- Gasp
- Didn't know and we...
- Your Honor, I said nothing
I knew it!
The second I drop the President's name, they'll tuck tail and run!
Such evil Cherries!
"I'm noting down everyone who slandered me today, and I'll tell the President later! 'These people said I cheated on you!' I'll tattle on all of you!"
- No please anything but that...
- Cherry sorry...
- Knife fight incoming~
- Time for the purge lololol
- Finally gonna taste President Kang's wrath
What exactly is the President in the Cherries' heads?
Like some top-of-the-world powerhouse from a manga?
It's always amusing how they tremble and submit the moment her name comes up.
To me, she's just a kind, cool big sis type.
W-well, she can be pretty scary when scolding the members...
But not to the point of fearing her this much, right?
"Ahem! Behave from now on, got it? Since it's Christmas, I'll let it slide just this once!"
- Oh
- Indeed Lu God
- As expected, generosity is peak Lulu Emperor lol
- Fell for the Cherry purge show, come back
- Thankyouthankyouthankyou...
I'd love to tattle right now.
But since it's the one Christmas a year.
I'll graciously overlook this slander.
Plus, enough viewers have joined now.
Time for me to make my entrance.
Can't chat forever with the avatar hidden.
"Alright, time's about right, so here I go! On three, everyone shout 'Santa incoming!' okay?! One, two, three...!"
- Santa incoming!
- Santa appareeeently!
- Come out Santaaaaaaa
Bathed in the Cherries' fervent cheers.
I finally brought out the avatar with a flourish.
"Ta-da! Your one-day Santa Claus has arrived!"
- Waaaaaaah
- Hairstyle too cute lololol
- What ribbon ponytail lol
- Not Santa, more like a tree? lol
- Outfit's baggy like she stole real Santa's clothes lol
Gasp, they noticed.
The creator who made the avatar said the concept was 'begging a visiting home Santa to let her wear his clothes just once, then stealing them.'
You can tell the sleeves are a bit loose.
Waist's baggy too.
But President said 'this is cuter,' so I came like this.
The members lost their minds when they first saw this avatar.
"Hehe, whaddya think? Tried a special hairstyle today too! Used a tree ornament as a ribbon."
- Good
- Too cute
- Incarnation of loveliness
- One Lulu-chan per household needed asap...
Hmph, normally I wouldn't allow 'cute,' but today it's special permission!
The creator and members were all 'so cute!' nonstop.
Expected this reaction.
"For Christmas, I became your one-day Santa! Cherries, any gifts you want?!"
- Lulu-chan!
- Santa
- Let me pinch Santa's cheeks once!
- Let me pat Santa once
No, why are all your wishes like that!
There are so many other things!
Like game consoles, computers, or even girlfriends!
You really don't want anything else?!
Why does it always narrow down to me!
"I'm not a gift, I'm Santa Claus! If I give myself away, who delivers to the world's kids?!"
- I'll deliver
- 5-year pro daughter delivery, leave it to me
- I'll be the reindeer
I tried a lame excuse to fight back.
But couldn't shake off the viewers completely.
How serious are they anyway.
"A-anyway, no! No take-backs!"
- ;;;;;;;;
- Santa won't give gifts...
- Neglecting main job
- Waaah baby Cherry wants gift
Yeah, absolutely not.
Even a one-day rental would cause chaos.
Just two days ago at the hotel, the members treated me like a toy.
Cherries would be worse, not better.
Thankfully, they seemed to be joking.
The whining died down quick.
Though it felt pretty sincere... must be my imagination.
Yeah, totally.
[‘Lulu-ball-suck-inhaler’ tossed 5,000 won snack money!]
- Wanna squish squish Santa Lulu-chan's cheeks
"Nyaaak!"
- Lololololololol
- Shivering so funny lol
- Not knead knead but squish squish fml lol
In the midst of it, the usual villainous dono appeared right on cue.
I instinctively let out a cat-like hiss and went on high alert.
Don't go squish squishing someone else's cheeks!
Only members and President have ever kneaded my cheeks!
No way I'd allow squish squish!
[‘Wang-meu-ra-oji-ojj’ tossed 1,000 won snack money!]
- Lulu-chan, why's A-chan turning red?
The pointless donos kept coming for a while.
Then one Cherry asked about A-chan—the Uparupa plush on my head—why it was pink.
This plush didn't have a special name.
But since Uparupa's real name is axolotl.
The Cherries started calling it A-chan at some point.
I think it's cute, so I use it now too.
"A-chan? It's winter, so she turned red. She'll go back to blue when it warms up!"
- Wasn't A-chan a doll?
- A-chan's alive...?
- Chills...
I was pretty satisfied with my lore-based answer.
But the viewers' unexpected response left me buffering for a sec.
Uh, huh...?
Wait, yeah...?
A-chan's a doll—how does she turn red from cold?
"A-anyway, that's how it is! Figure it out yourselves!"
- OK OK
- That's the concept huh
- ~Got it (didn't)
- Just classic Lulu'd it
Couldn't think of an answer after racking my brain.
Forced it through bullheadedly, and luckily they let it slide.
I'm scatterbrained sometimes.
Forget stuff or gloss over things occasionally.
After a few times, viewers just go 'classic Lulu' and move on.
Though 'classic Lulu' feels kinda iffy...
Like treating me like an idiot.
W-well, maybe a little, but.
I'm not an idiot.
Uu...
A bit deflated.
But stream must go on.
I was rallying for a strong restart when—
Ding-
"Ah, hold on, Cherries. Got a Discord message from the President..."
Sudden message from President.
Quickly excused myself to the Cherries and opened Discord.
Her messaging during stream means it's urgent.
[President] Lulu-ya
[President] Did you see the community?
[Me] Huh?
[Me] What community?
Sudden community mention from President had me tilting my head.
Something happen on the forums?
[President] Hm...
[President] Looks like the director at the orphanage you donated to
[President] Just posted on SNS about your regular donations
[President] It's spreading all over the communities
[Me] What??????????
Hold up, orphanage director?
The orphanage—the one I went to with President and So-eun unnie today?
I specifically asked to keep it secret...!
This bolt from the blue hit right as I was resuming stream.
Headache incoming.
[President] (link)
[President] Better see it yourself
[President] No point hiding now, might as well share on stream
[President] Good deed, no need to be shy—watch with the Cherries
[Me] How am I supposed to watch that together...!
Not like it's embarrassing or anything.
How do I share the orphanage director's post about my secret donations with the Cherries!
They'll be baffled...
[‘Cloud-lover’ tossed 3,000 won snack money!]
- ? Lulu-chan, did you donate?
...Yeah, nope.
Cherries already saw it.
No escaping now.
Sniff.
Why am I always like this.
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