Chapter 15
Chapter 15
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 15
Chapter Title: The Gallery Lord's Coronation
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While Miro was pumping her fist in exhilaration.
The community automatically heated up in response.
[Holy shit Miro passed lmao]
(Miro's default avatar image)
What?? Miro didn't pass??
Don't bullshit me lol
From today, this gallery is under Miro's rule
-This actually happened
ㄴ She was already top-tier in viewers from the start, so failing would've been weirder ㅇㅇ
-Fucking hell, skipping Habin for Miro? Makes sense?
ㄴ Who's Habin? lmao
ㄴ There's this rapper chick
[From today, she's the Gallery Lord]
(Miro's GIF cheering after passing the audition)
Pretty face,
Great voice,
Sings well,
Just... Audition G.O.A.T.
-Don't bullshit
-Setting up a screen and streaming, how the fuck do you know her face is pretty? You got x-ray vision or some shit?
ㄴ Fucking hell, with that voice, she can't be ugly right?
ㄴ (That's your truth, congrats)
[Miro cursing thinking she failed]
(Clip of Miro muttering softly when the 5th passer was announced)
-Fuck, they picked this one..
-This bitch was obviously bot-farming assuming she'd pass, then got desperate when it looked like she wouldn't, so hot lol
ㄴ Bot-farming what?
ㄴ She was running bot matches in LoL right up until participant announcements
[Hey kids, we've had this toy long enough right?]
(Miro's default avatar image)
Time to find a new toy?
Kids?
-Gallery Lord calling us toys? Ha... I'm sold
-This guy's lost it huh?
[Fucking hell Miro passing pisses me off...]
All the others are scrambling to keep viewers—bringing new games, new content, singing nonstop, doing every damn thing,
What has this bitch Miro even done?
She just turns on stream whenever she feels like it, chats a bit, and boom—viewers flock and she passes the audition..
Fucking unfair.. If I was a girl with a good voice, I wouldn't have to go to my shitty day job tomorrow either?
-This dude's for real
-Jealous? Get reborn as a girl then lol
ㄴ Even as a girl you'd need a voice like Miro's lol
-Just accept it you retard lol, what can you even do
ㄴ Harsh much?
ㄴ What about it, Miro's an audition passer and you're a wage-slave loser lol
-Deep stuff..
Even after the passer announcements ended, the community kept burning with the fodder.
Meanwhile, after the stream ended, Miro got invited to a Discord channel.
***
After all the passer announcements finished and everyone ended their streams, late at night, the company arranged a spot for the passers to chat.
At the same time, they created a Discord channel they'd probably use ongoing.
[Heavenly Realm Project 1st Generation]
Calling it 1st Gen implies 2nd or 3rd Gens will come too?
Or maybe just for flair.
"Ah, uh, hello?"
Since everyone else was already in the voice chat, slipping in a bit late felt awkward, but the other passers greeted warmly.
"Miro-sang's here."
"Yeah! Come on in!"
"Nice to meet you!"
"Hello!"
"Come on in."
The first greetings hit with mixed feelings.
Have I been too influenced by being woman Kim Suhyun?
Frankly, the bubbly vibe was a tad overwhelming.
"Ahaha.. Nice to meet you all."
My dazed reply made the women on the other end burst into giggles.
"What? This is your vibe? Hahaha!"
A bold, hearty woman's voice.
That must be Mile?
I knew she'd streamed somewhat before.
She boldly made a new Twitch account with a fresh avatar to apply and passed.
"You're so shy?!"
High-pitched tone... Maho.
She'd been uploading J-pop covers on YouTube for a while, with that anime-like speech pattern. I thought it was just for streams, but she's doing it in real life too? Probably sees this call as work extension.
Pro in every way.
"Miro-sang, you're really 21?"
This voice... Haru?
Kinda young-sounding, appeals to a certain demographic.
"Yeah, that's right."
"Wow... Can you call me unnie just once??"
Unnie..?
Not even male Kim Suhyun or female Kim Suhyun got called that much..
But yeah, we're a group now—gotta do it.
"Haru-unnie?"
"Wow.. Wow.. Feels weird."
"How so?"
"I'm an only child, so not used to being called unnie."
"Ah.. Same here, except for cousins—feels awkward."
Not just the title, the whole situation's awkward.
Can't they chat without me?
"Huh? Then call me unnie too!"
"Me too, let me hear unnie from Miro-sang."
"Me too."
In order: Maho, Mile, Roa.
Wait, am I the maknae?
Well... at 21, I'm usually the youngest anywhere in society..
"Okay, okay, let's make a group chat first?"
Saving me from the pickle was presumed eldest Anna.
Her soft, chuckling voice shifted the topic.
"Group chat? Sure!"
"Everyone give your numbers then?"
But group chat?
I recalled my profile pic.
Me at a convenience store bench, beer in hand.
Love it personally, but time to change.
'Cause... if they see it now, later in person: "Eh? Miro-sang's this hot?"—can't miss that reaction.
Pondered a pic, then grabbed a trendy anime girl character—upper body shot—as profile.
Too otaku?
Pfft.. A beauty like me with anime pfp? Reverse appeal.
High school classmates or dropout uni mates who barely know my face might hit me up?
"Suhyun, you see that? I watched too, was fun—" like that.
Delusional axe-bottle patient thoughts, but with my unread message graveyard, it'll slide.
Quickly swapped profile, dropped my number in Discord—Anna saved all and made the group.
[Annarin invited Kim Suhyun, Kim Arin, Mahohyun, Lee Yuri, Han Nari.]
All real names...
Annarin's Anna, Mahohyun's Maho? Rest a bit fuzzy.
"Okay, everyone in? Drop your nicknames in chat? I'm Anna, as you see."
(Lee Yuri): Mile here~
(Han Nari): I'm Haru.
(Kim Arin): Roa here.
(Me): Miro
(Mahohyun): Maho here. Anna-unnie took from real name too?
I double-checked nicknames and names, memorized carefully. Except Mile, most real names echo nicknames—easy.
"Can't we just voice it?"
"But typing in group chat leaves a convo history feel, right?
"Makes sense.."
Listening to other members through headset, checked profiles one by one.
Anna's got a huge white cat face—must own one.
Mile's... photo booth pic with a friend..
Haru's straight-up group trip pic with friends.
Roa likes cooking?—homemade dish pic.
What, why's everyone so normal?
Even J-pop covering, anime-speech Maho does civilian cosplay? Pfp's just a puppy.
Only I have an anime girl torso pfp.
"Huh? Miro-sang saw Oshi no Ko?!"
Then Maho, spotting my pfp, chimed in her signature high energy.
"Ah, yeah.. Fun so put it up."
"Huh? I know it too. Viewers mentioned—how is it?"
Answering Maho, now Mile jumped in.
"Eh.. Best of the new ones imo?"
"O.. Miro-sang's picky about manga/anime huh?"
How'd she know? Watched my stream?
"Saw my stream?"
"Of course! Everyone did, right?"
Mile's words caught me off-guard. I topped viewers but didn't stream long—hard to catch overlaps with long-streamers.
"Huh? Why?"
"'Cause... you're always popping up in egosurfing the community."
"Ah.."
Anna answered my curiosity.
Even Anna searches her name.
"I checked community too. Gallery Lord? Or something."
"What's Gallery Lord?"
"Oh, think it's the community user's top fave."
In order: Haru, Roa, Mile.
They all saw me in community and tuned into stream.
Tch.. Kinda embarrassing.
Well, I egosurf too—who doesn't? Especially audition mates, gotta check reactions.
"Right right!"
While I inwardly cringed, Maho exclaimed like she remembered something, clapping.
"Miro-sang, that song you uploaded. So good! Heard tons of other covers, but yours was best?"
"Yeah right. That song made me see you again."
Maho then Anna.
Praise from J-utaite cover YouTuber and ex-musical actress...
Enough to puff my shoulders—rare song praise.
"Ahaha.. You all sing great too. I just drilled that one song."
"Definitely, you get songs—like really understand."
Song understanding? Vocal teacher stressed it, Anna too.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Song picks—any criteria?"
"Uh.. One I like? Liked."
"No wonder.. Felt the love."
Ex-musical actress Anna's expert praise kept coming.
She dug my song deep... Gotta show 'em now?
"Aah.. That good? Wanna sing it here?"
Natural flow for me to offer.
Learned it—flaunt it? More practice for streams later, but one song drilled weeks? Fine for soon-coworkers.
"Huh? For real?"
"Would love that!"
Grinning others—I cleared throat.
Yeah, they sing okay, but I grab mood from jump.
Confident on this one.
Tweaked mic for echo, fired up MR downloaded for vocal lessons, recalled theories.
Even shoved chair back, stood.
Song uses whole body resonance—from toes to scalp.
Straighten back, brace core.
Inhale half-breath slow, time it.
Sung this near triple digits already.
Timing perfect.
Intro ends—I belt confidently.
Efforts didn't betray.
"Wooow!!"
"Insane!"
"What? Live's even better?"
First time hearing genuine cheers not from vocal teacher—I nailed the song.
"Ah, can't just listen—Mahoski's up."
"Then I'll go next!"
My first meet with audition passers—better than feared—rolled warm into late night before disbanding.