Chapter 30
Chapter 30
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 30
Chapter Title: If Your Tail Is Too Long, It Gets Stepped On
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After the collab stream with the members ended.
I was separately called into the President's Discord room.
The members' voices expressing their condolences still lingered in my ears.
"P-President... I'm here..."
- Yeah, I watched the stream. But before that, there's something I want to talk about. You know what it is, right?
"Y-Yes..."
When I answered in a voice that barely made it out, a small laugh came through my earphones.
- I'm not trying to scold you, so don't worry. I just called you to chat since it came up.
"R-Really? You're not mad at me...?"
I'd been bracing for a stern lecture any second.
But her unexpectedly gentle tone made me react like a kid summoned by their mom.
Was she really not angry?
- There's nothing worth scolding you over. It was my fault for not asking you specifically in the first place.
"Asking about what?"
- Actually, I asked the other girls if they had any foreign languages they were good at. But with you, I jumped to conclusions and didn't bother asking. Sorry about that.
"Ah..."
Well, from the President's perspective, that made sense.
She knew a bit about my family situation, after all.
It'd be hard to imagine a girl like me having the luxury to learn a foreign language.
She's apologizing because she feels bad for assuming my abilities based on my circumstances.
Thinking about it that way made me feel sorry instead.
Truth be told, my language skills were basically a cheat code anyway.
"N-No, it's fine. I should have told you first..."
- It's okay. Better late than never. Actually, the slight delay adds a nice twist of surprise, which I like.
"A twist of surprise?"
- Yeah. You're so cute and lovable, and fluent in foreign languages too? That gap moe is perfect.
I had a rough idea of what she meant by charm points.
But cute and lovable? I still couldn't get used to compliments like that.
At this rate, I was starting to wonder if the members and the President were gaslighting me.
- Oh, speaking of which. How did you end up learning those languages?
"I-I like Virtual YouTubers a lot, so I watched a ton of overseas ones. And somehow..."
I couldn't exactly say, "I learned them to run a Blue LUV clip channel."
So I fudged it with an awkward laugh.
Luckily, I'd once mentioned to the President that I watched a lot of foreign Vtubers, so there was some plausible basis.
- Nice. So how fluent are you? Just basic greetings?
"Um... I think conversations would be fine. But since I never use them in daily life, I'm not totally sure."
Translating languages into subtitles is a bit different from speaking them.
I'd never had occasion to use foreign languages in real life, so it was hard to say for sure.
Still, basic conversation shouldn't be a problem, I cautiously figured.
- All three languages fluently?
"Y-Yeah..."
- Whoa, that's seriously impressive. Later, when we add subtitles to Blue LUV's official videos, I can have you do it.
Gasp.
My heart nearly stopped at the President's casual joke.
Especially since I'd been diligently subtitling clips for the channel up until yesterday.
She couldn't possibly know about that, right?
Guess the saying "the thief gets nervous at their own shadow" holds true.
- Anyway, got it. Anything else you want to tell me? Like, "I'm good at this" or "I can do that"?
"Uh, no."
I wanted to mention video editing...
But that didn't quite fit under "Vtubing skills" she was after.
Plus, it pricked at my conscience to bring it up.
Yeah, better to keep it hidden for now.
- Alright, noted. But if we find out you're hiding something from the President again next time... you know what'll happen, right?
"Eek...!"
My resolve nearly wavered, but I held firm with superhuman patience.
Yeah, there's no way I'd ever get caught running the clip channel.
I just need to watch my mouth.
Don't get scared, Jeong Da-jeong!
Ding-
The President left the Discord room.
Calming my still-racing heart, I carefully moved my mouse and opened the editing program.
Hehe, today's collab had tons of clip-worthy moments.
Got to get started ASAP.
Ellin's English parts were so cool, Yukiko's aegyo was adorable, Lilith's rap was awesome, and Lucrezia's husky voice was mesmerizing.
Yep, thinking about it, not a single scene worth missing.
Can't wait.
Everyone will love today's video too, right?
2:30 AM.
Despite the late hour, one spot buzzing at #4 on Silbook Gal was the Domestic Virtual YouTuber Gallery, aka VerGal.
The Domestic Vtubing scene wasn't very active yet.
So topics invading the gallery were always about Blue LUV lately.
And especially at this hour, one topic dominated.
Blue LUV's clip channel "BlueOshi."
The official-quality videos uploaded around this time every day.
For fans of Blue LUV, where Mityube wasn't big yet, it was like rain in a drought.
Especially for those who couldn't watch lives.
But lately, controversies were piling up, polarizing opinions.
Namely, the growing spotlight on malicious discrimination against one member, "Lulu."
And today's upload was enough to turn suspicions into certainties.
As posts about blatant bias hit the recommendations and became concept posts, the board erupted in flames.
Around now, people were saying they should demand an explanation at least.
Then, another post appeared—not just quelling the drama, but flipping it entirely...
Once this post hit recommendations and became a concept post.
Defenses and criticisms of the BlueOshi owner vanished.
Only debates on whether the clipper was really Lulu remained.
"Snooore..."
Meanwhile, the culprit behind it all slept peacefully, scratching her belly.
Blissfully unaware of the chaos in that shadowy underside world.