Crocodile Farm 2 – Her True Feelings
“Die. Die. Die. Die.”
With unfocused, eerie eyes, the woman muttered softly as she brought her pickaxe down again and again. Each swing echoed with a sickening sound. Thwack. Thwack. Thwack. Thwack. Beneath her lay the corpse of a man…
Twitch.
—
For a brief moment, the two of them had filmed a thriller scene together.
“……”
“……”
Kuronyang, who had acted first while blood rushed to her head, finally came back to her senses. But the damage was already done, and she had no idea how to clean it up. Just then, a DM from Rusty arrived.
Reading Rusty’s message put her at ease. Believing he would accept whatever she did, she suddenly felt inspired. If she hesitated any longer, the viewers would start questioning things, so she dove straight into action.
“Hnnng… Even after all that, you still won’t say you’re sorry~?”
She lowered her voice and added a slight nasal tone, sending the Jipsadan into a frenzy.
While the chat was rapidly descending into chaos, she forced her eyes away from the screen and continued the act.
“Even after all this… you still have no intention of reflecting, do you~?”
At that moment, Rusty suddenly stood up and planted his pickaxe into the ground.
“I’m sorry, Master!!”
The word “Master” sent a strange thrill through her.
“Hnnng~. So my slave didn’t forget who his master was after all~?”
“How could I ever dare to forget you, Master……”
“That’s funny, considering how happily you were chatting with that beautiful woman earlier~?”
“T-That was……”
Up until now it had been 100% acting. Now it was 70% genuine and 30% acting.
“Hnnng? What exactly was so enjoyable for my slave~?”
“I-I’m sorry!”
Kuronyang’s eyes flashed.
“Sorry? Sorry for what?”
Her voice turned dry and sharp as she pressed him.
Kuronyang’s questions were triggering PTSD in countless male viewers while the Jipsadan and Seonyangdan got caught in the crossfire.
“……”
“Well? What exactly did you do wrong? Answer me.”
Unlike the viewers trembling at every word, Rusty quietly stared at her before slowly rising to his feet. He walked toward her step by step. Kuronyang instinctively backed away.
“W-Why are you coming closer……”
“I’m sorry for not thinking only of you, Master.”
Poof— His sincere tone made her face flush bright red.
“Wh-Wha……”
“I’m sorry for not looking only at you, Master.”
“….Hyaaht…”
“Will you forgive me for being like this?”
“I-I don’t know!”
Unable to endure any longer, Soyu jumped up from her chair and fled the room. On screen, Kuronyang’s avatar stood frozen, head turned away.
“Oh dear… She ran away?”
Rusty grinned, and the viewers began to worship him.
After that, a new dynamic settled between Rusty and Kuronyang: the arrogant slave who constantly flirted, and the clumsy master desperately trying to maintain her dignity. Viewers cheered at the fresh entertainment.
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A woman stared at the now-ended stream. Until just moments ago, she had been laughing, chatting, and getting angry in front of countless eyes. Her name was Han Soyu. She was the person streaming as Kuronyang, and like any ordinary streamer, she struggled with the silence that followed the end of a broadcast.
It hadn’t always been this difficult. Thanks to her exceptional beauty and the body that had developed rapidly during puberty, she had always drawn attention wherever she went and received the jealousy of other women. After a certain incident at the peak of that jealousy, she had cut off all relationships except for her one childhood friend. Because of that, loneliness had never felt like a big deal to her—it was something small, familiar, and therefore easy to ignore.
“……”
Maybe that was why she had never really understood when other streamers, especially her childhood friend who had pulled her into streaming, talked about how hard the silence after a broadcast could be.
But… at some point, something had changed.
Was it after I met Rusty oppa…?
Little by little, the emptiness and loneliness after streams had grown. In the past few days, it had suddenly become much larger.
It was fine when I hadn’t seen oppa for a while…
Rusty had been the one who showed her the joy of working with someone in the same field, like during Babel Town. After the server ended and contact suddenly stopped, as if it had all been a dream, he had also made her realize the cynicism of streamer relationships—being close during content, then forgetting each other the moment it ended. He was also the first person she had ever liked. He was the first person who had ever made her feel jealous.
Because of that, even though she knew she would see him and the viewers again tomorrow, she felt so lonely that she wanted to start another stream right now just to meet him again.
“Haa……”
She pulled her legs up onto the chair and hugged them, resting her forehead on her knees. It was a posture she had been using a lot lately because it made her feel a little better.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Trill~ Click.
While she was trying to calm her heart, she heard someone entering the password and coming inside. Since there was only one person who would come, she stayed seated. The door burst open.
“Our kitty~ Are you moping again?”
“I’m not a kitty……”
A woman with a stylish short haircut walked in. Her name was Lee Arin. Nicknamed “Arin,” she was the corporate vtuber Mabel with 2,500 real-time viewers. She was the childhood friend who had dragged Kuronyang into the streaming world and supported her in every way. Arin approached the chair and gently hugged Soyu’s head.
“I told you to lean on your big sister when you’re lonely, didn’t I?”
Arin stroked Soyu’s head slowly, comforting her. Soyu repaid that kindness with a sledgehammer.
“….It’s hard. Your head is too bony.”
“This little brat!”
Arin suddenly pushed her head away. There was a limit to repaying kindness with ingratitude.
“Fine. I’m flat! You must be so happy having these dangerous things attached!!”
Arin grumbled enviously and grabbed the objects of her jealousy with both hands.
Squish. Squish.
“Rin-ah. It hurts…”
“It’s not like you’re ever going to use them anyway (???!!!) Give me some!!”
Arin continued her fierce assault, but the only one getting hurt was herself.
“Aah~! Why is a shut-in loser who stays home all day so firm and bouncy?! It feels even better than last time~!”
“That’s because you keep kneading them…”
Soyu had long since reached enlightenment. Whenever Arin came over, this was a mandatory course she had to endure. If she resisted, Arin would only get more excited, so she quietly endured.
Squish. Squish. Squish. Squish.
After thoroughly satisfying herself, Arin finally pulled away. Soyu rubbed the sore spot to soothe it. Even after all that kneading, Arin’s eyes gleamed with renewed greed as she looked at Soyu again. She quickly shook her head and came back to her senses.
“Agh… You fox of a girl. Because of you, I feel like something that hasn’t even been driven yet is standing up every day.”
“Kyaaah~! Y-You! I told you not to say things like that!”
Soyu lunged at her and started hitting her arms. Arin laughed happily at the sight. It was her own way of comforting Soyu, knowing that she had been struggling after streams lately.
Ehehehe……
Of course, she was also indulging her own selfish desires to the fullest.
After some playful bickering, the two girls calmed down and sat facing each other in the living room. Arin stared straight into Soyu’s eyes while sipping the coffee she had made, then dropped a bomb.
“When did our baby kitty grow up so much? Now she’s even dating without telling her big sister.”
Pfft— Soyu spat out her coffee and started coughing.
“Cough. Cough. What are you—cough—even talking about?”
Arin wiped the coffee Soyu had sprayed.
“Did you think I wouldn’t notice? How long have we known each other? You got jealous just because I talked to Rusty a little. How could I miss that?”
“……”
Soyu fidgeted with her fingers.
“Is that why you’ve been having a harder time lately? Because of Rusty?”
“…I don’t really know.”
Soyu thought for a moment, then shook her head. She had already concluded that she liked Rusty, but without any dating experience, it was difficult for her to be certain of her own feelings. Their connection wasn’t something realistic either—it was an bond formed between virtual characters in a virtual world, which made it even harder. If they had built a relationship face-to-face in reality, maybe it would be different. But in the current situation, acting with certainty was too difficult for her. Especially now, when the thought “What if this server ends and we drift apart again?” kept popping up in her mind.
Soyu poured out all these feelings. Since Arin was basically family, she could tell her everything without hiding anything.
“Hmm……”
Arin deeply empathized with Soyu’s story. She had experienced many similar things as a streamer herself, so she understood completely.
The living room fell into silence. While she understood, the problem was too difficult to answer easily. Moreover, Soyu was her precious friend who was practically family. If that bastard ever did anything bad to her…
Arin’s eyes suddenly sparked with fire. Just imagining it made her feel disgusted.
I can’t let this happen. I need to find out exactly what kind of person Rusty is. And if he hurts our Soyu even a little bit……
Arin made a firm resolution without her friend knowing.
…
Even if I have to cut that thing (?) off…… I have to separate them. I’ll protect our baby. Yeah.
“Grrrrr……”
“…..????”
Soyu looked at her friend, who had suddenly turned into a wild animal, with a confused expression.
Yeah. You don’t need to know. Just stay innocent, Soyu. Just stay innocent.