Chapter 12
Chapter 12
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 12
Chapter Title: Have You Never Seen a Saintess Who's Good at Magic Before?
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Can all high-rank hunters do this?
Saw it at a bar the other day ㅇㅇ
A bar? Where was it?
Like that would ever happen lol.
Isn't it obvious for high-rankers?
Bullshit, you're not even a hunter.
More or less... probably varies from hunter to hunter.
I'm D-rank and confident I could swat away an E-rank mage's spell.
D-rank my ass. Go grind more goblins.
Too full of yourself;
Just block or dodge. Why bother slapping it away with your hand?
That's the 'romance' of it. nod
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The guy who beat up that lady is a recent solo B-rank hunter.
His opponent is probably at least that level too?
She was pretty, but it was a face I'd never seen before.
Foreign hunter?
Reminds me of that post looking for a foreign hunter in the gallery recently.
How come only you guys saw it?
Show me what you showed those guys!
Searched but found no info at all lol.
《Ahhh...》
Lol, she's broken.
Lolololol.
For real lol.
Crunch crunch.
Sihyun munched on snacks, fully merged with the sofa as she watched the TV.
It was her favorite Vtuber’s live stream.
She’d already binged almost all the short edited clips available.
So in the end, she’d finally reached out to watch the full stream.
《Why did I even say I’d do this...?》
Reaping what you sowed, huh?
Nobody told you to do it lol.
Lol.
A soulless voice leaked through the speakers, and the chat exploded with teasing.
Sihyun stared blankly at the screen, then slowly moved her finger.
She felt an inexplicable urge to join in on the flow of the conversation.
You suck lol.
Right before pressing the input key on her phone screen,
her finger hesitated and stopped.
'Is it okay for me to type something like this?' she wondered, pausing.
Everyone else was teasing the streamer like that.
The streamer, already used to it, probably wouldn’t mind.
She knew that in her head.
Still, actually typing it herself felt off-putting.
After a moment of deliberation, she firmly hit delete—
And rewrote the message.
Try harder lol.
Hm, this should be fine.
It fit the chat flow, and the content wasn’t too harsh.
Sihyun nodded to herself and sent the chat.
《Got it, I'll do better this time!》
“Heh...”
Did she see my chat?
The line felt oddly like a response, making Sihyun beam.
With so many chats flying by, it might not have been directed at her specifically.
But the sense of connection felt nice anyway.
Our favorite is the best!
Her voice is so cute too!
《...First, I’m gonna hit the bathroom.》
Is she gone?
The streamer is gone?
The mic cut off, and silence fell over the stream.
The Vtuber character on the screen froze.
'Break time, huh.'
Sihyun stretched her arms high overhead as she got up from the sofa.
That’s when it happened.
The door to the next room opened, revealing a tired-looking Siyun.
Siyun’s gaze landed on Sihyun.
Involuntarily, her eyes drifted to that prominent, imposing presence her sister possessed.
She let out a deep sigh.
Sihyun, finishing her stretch, tilted her head curiously.
Siyun turned wordlessly to glance at the TV.
“...Hmph.”
She made a bizarre face, then headed straight to the bathroom.
“...?”
Clueless, Sihyun blinked after her sister's retreating back.
Work must really be exhausting her.
Sihyun turned back to the TV,
hoping her favorite would return soon.
I wanna see Momo's big-chest bikini version.
The donation message rang out in the stream.
Viewers immediately piled on in response.
Like that's ever gonna happen lol.
Our Momo apologizes...
Lol.
Her name is Momo Bin lol, it literally has 'bin' (empty) in it. No way lol.
For real lol.
Sihyun rubbed her chin, lost in thought as she eyed the chat.
Come to think of it, she’d once read online that
Vtuber characters were either total fantasy concepts or
made to resemble the streamers themselves.
Which was it for her favorite, Momo Bin?
...She was curious, but it was better not to look it up.
The 'red pill' principle, right? It was more fun not knowing the real face.
If the streamer's looks didn’t match that cute voice, it would ruin the magic.
While Sihyun pondered,
Siyun finished up in the bathroom and returned to her room.
Moments later, the stream mic came back on, and the Vtuber character resumed its movements.
Sihyun refocused on the screen.
《Thanks for the donation. And big chests are only good from afar. Actually, I don’t like them at all.》
What lol.
For real lol.
Mental recovery failed lol.
Lol.
《Ah, I misspoke. Anyway! Mine are bigger than the model's!》
Bigger than? Bigger than? Bigger than?
Dizzy lol.
Urk!
Momo declared it proudly, but it fell flat with the viewers.
She didn’t seem to care, though.
This kind of exchange was common in Momo Bin’s streams.
She smoothly shifted topics.
《That’s enough of that. Time to focus on the game.》
And so, she went back to her playthrough.
Sihyun nodded in satisfaction.
She didn’t mind the talk segments, but game playthroughs accompanied by game talk were her absolute favorite.
That was exactly her taste.
《Agh... Isn’t this way too hard?》
Momo was restarting from the beginning once again.
Sihyun joined the wave of viewers in the chat.
Hm... it's not really that hard...
She typed a phrase she’d seen somewhere online.
Some phrases just stuck in your mind effortlessly, even if you didn't know where they came from.
And for Momo,
whose mentality was already frayed by the brutal game,
it hit exactly the right nerve.
《Grrrr...!》
That night.
After ending the stream, Siyun cautiously approached Sihyun.
“Unnie, um.”
“Yeah?”
Sihyun, sprawled out on the sofa, sat up to make room for her sister.
Siyun sat beside her and spoke slowly.
“I'm just curious, but what’s your T-tube ID?”
“My ID?”
Sihyun casually handed over her phone without a second thought.
Siyun checked it and let out a small, quiet sigh.
Guess I’ll check it later.
When she got her phone back, Sihyun looked at her sister with concern.
“Has work been tough lately?”
“Kinda? It’s a job with very clear pros and cons.”
“...I see.”
Sihyun nodded lightly.
Her sister had only mentioned that it was freelance work, never giving any specifics.
Prying further would be rude.
And Siyun was clearly being considerate of her, too.
“Unnie, it seems like you have a regular stream you like to watch. Is it fun?”
“You mean Momo Bin?”
“...Yeah.”
Siyun was probing openly, embarrassed but far too curious to hold back.
What did her sister actually like about it?
Was her stream even fun to watch?
Honestly, it wasn’t a major stream.
It was just enough to get by.
Sometimes, that lack of growth shook her confidence.
“I like people who sound inherently kind, just from their voice.”
“Their voice?”
“Yeah, like... their tone shows a certain level of consideration for others?”
“And that’s Momo Bin?”
“Yep!”
Sihyun nodded her head vigorously.
It was her chance to gush about her favorite to her sister.
“Her soft speaking style is likable right off the bat, and she doesn’t get mad during streams. She has a sort of 'my-pace' vibe? But that’s charming, too. It feels like she lives energetically. I love that.”
The praise poured out of her mouth like a machine gun.
Siyun’s face flushed redder by the second.
But in her excitement, Sihyun didn’t notice.
“Her acting tone isn’t awkward, either. Oh, I wonder if there’s a real voice clip if I search? I’m curious now.”
“Prolly... not. I think.”
“Really? That's too bad.”
Sihyun twirled the ends of her hair, looking disappointed.
Siyun tensed up a bit.
There definitely wouldn’t be one. For sure.
“Her real voice must be very pretty, too.”
“Y-yeah, I hope so...”
You’re hearing it right now, unnie.
Siyun swallowed the words before they could escape.
“D-do you ever chat or donate, unnie?”
“I've never donated. I chat sometimes, though.”
“Ah.”
So she does chat, huh.
What does our seemingly sweet unnie actually type?
Siyun’s curiosity deepened.
Probably Saintess-y stuff since she was a Saintess?
Various imaginings flitted through Siyun’s mind.
That’s when it happened.
Sihyun’s phone began to ring.
She checked the number and picked up immediately.
“Hello? Yes. Oh, really? I’ll stop by tomorrow, then. Okay.”
After hanging up, Sihyun looked at Siyun with sparkling eyes.
“Good news?”
“...Yeah! I can’t wait for tomorrow.”
It was Dayoung calling—the gift for her sister was finally ready.
It wasn't some amazing, world-class item since it used D-rank materials.
But it was the best she could do in their current situation.
When she started her real activities later, she’d have something even better made.
Sihyun felt great.
She wanted to tell her sister right now that she’d prepared a gift,
but she held back, thinking the surprise would get a much better reaction.
What kind of face would Siyun make when she received it?
It was so exciting.
As if giving voice to Sihyun’s feelings, her toes wiggled and squirmed against the sofa.
Siyun stared at those soft, squishy toes.
No matter how she thought about it, it felt like she’d gained a quiet, cute little sister instead of an older one.