Chapter 55
Chapter 55
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 55
Chapter Title: Heavenly Realm Face Reveal
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The eerie silence was broken by Maho's voice, who had seen my face beforehand.
"Ahaha, hold on a sec…."
Mimicking my voice as best she could, Maho quietly hit the mute button on her mic.
*Ding-*
The moment the mic-off sound rang out, Haru was the first to speak up.
"You!"
"Yes?"
"You, you! Why were you wearing that mask?"
Why the mask?
Well, because it was more fun that way.
Just like I'd been curious about the others' real appearances, they must have felt the same.
But then the door opens, and out comes me in an insect mask. Surprise them once.
Then take it off afterward for a double surprise.
If there's a chance to tease, you take it right away, don't you?
Of course, I hadn't planned for this exact situation.
I'd just forgotten the idea I had when I first grabbed the mask and took it off only to drink water.
"Just wanted to mess with you a bit."
"Crazy…."
"I thought you had some burn scars or something…."
Anna's words actually caught me off guard. No wonder she hadn't mentioned the mask after that first time.
Everyone must have been thinking the same thing deep down.
"I thought you had some reason, but just? Juuust like that?"
Haru stormed over, fuming.
But then—freeze.
Haru, reaching for my cheek, suddenly hesitated.
"Uh… can I touch your cheek?"
"Now you ask?"
"Feels like I shouldn't."
"It's not that bad."
"Ugh."
*Squeeze-*
Haru's slightly cool hands grabbed both my cheeks and stretched them out.
"Ah, ahaha."
"Whoa, what's your skin like?"
"It's yoooung…."
"What? Say it again."
The pressure on my cheeks eased, and I regained freedom of expression.
"I'm young."
I'm 21. Of course my skin's plump and firm.
At my smug expression, flames ignited in Haru's eyes.
"Done talking? Short last words!"
"Ah! Aaaah—"
"Uwaaa! What are you! Why'd you trick me!"
"Huaa… mooommyyy…."
"Speak properly! Last chance."
Curious about what I'd said, Haru loosened her grip on my cheeks again.
Fine, if you wanna hear it that bad.
"Because… it's fun."
*Thud.*
Haru collapsed.
***
-So we're all gathered now?
-Kya lololol
"Yeah, that's right. We're all in the room."
There was a brief commotion, but the stream went smoothly.
All six of us here were streamers in our own right, after all.
No way it'd stall just because we were together.
[AnnaLoveYou donated 10,000 won! Thank you!]
So how'd you all end up together?
"Eek— AnnaLoveYou, thanks for the 10k!"
Anna handled the reaction. Obviously an Anna fan, right? She's calling out her own fans by spotting their usernames.
As for how we ended up together….
"Us? I assembled everyone."
-Kya lololol this maknae's got it
-My fave calling everyone to attention lol
-General Miro
I was the one who called them.
It was a bit impulsive, but wouldn't it be great for the members to meet IRL?
Luckily, they all agreed, so here we are today.
[RoaSki donated 5,000 won! Thank you!]
What's everyone's first impressions?
"First impressions? Hmm…."
Looks like a Roa fan from the username.
I glanced at Roa, who was perched on the bed, petting Boksil alongside Haru for a good while.
Band girl? Hongdae chick? Tough big sis? What do you even call it?
Anything I said would shock her.
Then my gaze shifted to Mile.
Roa fan, sure, whatever.
Wasn't pointing fingers at anyone specific.
"For starters, Mile unnie's short."
"Miro?"
Sorry. But Mile's admitted on stream plenty of times that she's short, right?
Better than calling her a boyish short-cut tattoo-piercing girl. Good for all of us.
"That's how you wanna play? Miro was a bug!"
-Bug??
-Ah lolololol
-No way
"But not anymore, right?"
Bug mask's off.
Could she say the same with my bare face right in front of her?
"Urk…."
In the end, Mile shut her mouth even under my cheeky grin.
[Anonymous donated 10,000 won! Thank you!]
Height ranking among members?
Height ranking?
Easy enough just looking around.
"Maho unnie's tallest for sure, you know the rest?"
"Hah, you think you can handle that?"
"Future Miro can handle it."
The stuff I always handle is past Miro's doing, right?
This time, I'm passing the buck straight to future Miro.
"See you later."
-LOL intimidation battle
-Establishing hierarchy lol
-Come back alive...
"I thought Miro was super tall too?"
Haru chimed in then.
Boksil must be somewhere; now getting all the love from Roa and Maho.
That guy's blessed.
Neutered already, though.
"I'm like 170cm, y'know."
170's tall for a girl, so from Haru's view—where she looks a tad below average height—it might seem big.
"And your proportions are insane."
Haru eyed my body and face up and down, enviously.
If a guy did that, it'd be creepy.
"Whoa, not staring too much?"
"Can't help where my eyes go."
Fair point. I see it in the mirror daily now, so I'm numb, but I was shocked at first.
-Yeah fair lol
-It was insane lol
-Wanna see too
"Wanna see? Nope. Mine to look at only."
Haru peeked at the chat on her phone and snarkily replied, setting the chat ablaze.
-Kraaaah!! Harusali! Mahoski!
-This bitch
-Show us show us show us
-Guarantee viewers' right to know..! Guarantee viewers' right to know..! Guarantee viewers' right to know..!
"Uh…."
Haru's light tease sparked the chat into a real inferno without warning; I could see her panic.
Getting flustered over this?
Did she even stream?
If she freaks at this, the next 4 hours'll be rough.
Guess I gotta show her what real fire looks like—build some tolerance for viewer pranks.
"If you want it that bad, show the viewers too?"
"Huh?"
I said that, then ducked into the sound booth and grabbed the mouse.
Asked for it? Here ya go.
Miro's got Miro's body, after all.
"Embarrassing, but take a good look…!"
What I pulled up was Miro character's full-body illustration.
Standing at attention, like something from a character intro.
"There, good? Showed it risking my dignity. No spreading it around."
-Me
-Fuck
-Do we look like total idiots?
-Hah lol let's see how this ends
-Think you won't get hit cuz unnies are here?
-Feeling bold today huh
There we go—that's a real riot.
"Hey! Don't provoke the viewers like that!"
I smirked at Anna's stunned voice from behind.
"They're mad now, what do we do?"
"Oh man."
I burst out laughing at Anna thumping her chest like her sides hurt.
"Funny? You think it's funny right now?"
"Ahaha… tell me how to fix it, unnie."
"No clue!"
"What's going—gasp!"
Even Haru, who'd been distracted petting Boksil, finally checked the chat and gaped.
Reactions this on point?
If I were a viewer, I'd fan the flames just to see more.
And right on cue, chat speed picked up.
"W-what do we do?"
"Apologize first?"
"But what'd we do wrong?"
Once eyes gathered, the other members clustered, fidgeting.
"Miro provoked the viewers."
"What?"
"Technically Haru unnie started it."
"Then it's Haru's fault?"
"Yeah?"
"Haru should apologize then?"
"Totally??"
"Huh?"
In a flash, majority vote pinned the blame on Haru.
"Haru unnie, go make your public apology. We'll prep the next segment."
"Wait, what??"
"Fighting."
We left our designated sacrifice and went to prep the next content with the others.
"Hang on, lemme stash the stuff we bought in the fridge."
"I'll drop mine in the living room."
First, we cleared the room a bit more, finishing the half-done tidying.
Made space so six of us could sit around mics properly.
"For the disturbance…."
Everyone but cluelessly-apologizing Haru took their seats.
"Good, ready now?"
"Seems so?"
"Haru unnie, stop apologizing."
"What? Almost done."
"Not words—show it with actions."
-Not apologizing more?
-What's next?
-Some game
-Six is awkward tho
-QnA go go
"What're we doing?"
QnA in chat looks fine, but that's not it.
We're virtual idols, right? Even if it doesn't look it.
Gathered like this? Time for a concert.
*Click.*
Clicked the mouse as prepped, and the backing track flowed out.
-?? For real?
-Kya lolololololol
-This crew
-Knew it Heavenly Realm!
"Alright, first song—heavenly realm style."
What else would we do?
Sing, duh.
"I'll go first!"
And so, the chaotic, drama-filled Miro 24 Hours wrapped up with a mini-concert watched by tens of thousands of viewers.