Chapter 82
Chapter 82
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 82
Chapter Title: Jump Rope Homework and VR Debut
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After the first lesson.
I was given one piece of homework.
"A jump rope?"
"Yeah... we have them."
It was the heavy task of doing jump rope at home every day.
With three months still left, if I kept at it steadily, I'd see some results, the instructor explained, earnestly begging me to stick with it.
She added that I'd look really cool dancing.
Yeah, if Kim Suhyun here could dance well on top of her looks, wouldn't that be totally unfair?
Even just the guitar and singing were unbalanced enough, and now with stamina and dance skills added... It was already scary. Wouldn't this wreck the ecosystem?
But to get there... I'd need to build up my stamina.
So, the next day after the lesson, in the early afternoon, I grabbed the jump rope and headed to the yard to give it a try.
Man, the weather was really cool—thank goodness it was fall. If it'd been summer, I wouldn't have even considered jump roping.
"Woof!"
Boksil, who'd been sulking after I ignored her yesterday and went out, was suddenly all over me like nothing happened.
Come on over. I'm not going out today, so I can give you some attention.
"Whoa there."
I scooped up Boksil, who'd come charging at full speed, and held her in my arms.
Come to think of it, she was surprisingly heavy.
I carried her inside the house just like that.
...?
Boksil stared at me with eyes that said, "What are you doing? Play with me!" But I ignored her as best I could.
I wanted to play, but didn't I have to do jump rope?
With Boksil in the yard, she might get hit and hurt by the rope, so I had to exile her indoors.
After wiping her paws clean and setting her on the living room sofa, I dashed back out to the yard.
"Woof! Woof!"
A heartbroken whine followed me from behind... but whatever. I had to jump rope.
If she was mad, she could go complain somewhere.
Not that anyone would understand her.
I stepped back out into the yard, where the cool breeze was blowing.
I played a song from my phone playlist and started jumping rope.
What, you just have to get over the rope, right? Easy.
Naturally, it went smoothly at first...
But when I hit 50 jumps, then 100...
My breath started getting heavy, and sweat began to bead up.
On top of that, jumping rope made the muscle soreness from yesterday's lesson throb even more.
What a sight this was.
But forget the pain—this was seriously boring.
Staring at the same scenery while jumping nonstop—the exhaustion was real, but time crawled by so slowly.
How long had I been at it? I already wanted to quit.
How many minutes had passed?
I gritted my teeth, jumped a bit more, then wiped the streaming sweat and checked the time on my phone, which I'd set down neatly in the corner of the yard.
"What the...?"
...Only 6 minutes?
It felt like at least 15...
I tossed the jump rope to the ground.
It was bearable in the lesson room, but doing it alone? No way.
Sigh, but I had to.
I plopped down on the yard for a quick break first.
My stamina was seriously an issue... Back when I was a guy, I'd never felt like it was lacking.
I gazed blankly at the sky—clear blue with fluffy clouds drifting lazily.
If I hadn't become a woman, what would I be doing right now?
What else? On leave from school, rolling around in military training grounds.
Thinking about that gave me a burst of energy.
Yeah, this was better than the army, right?
Jump rope? Piece of cake.
I sprang up, grabbed the rope.
Alright, 30 minutes straight, then shower and crash.
I was about to start jumping again when...
Ding-dong.
The doorbell rang from the front gate.
—Delivery!
Delivery?
I headed straight to the gate at the voice from the other side.
Oh yeah, yesterday on the way home after dance lessons, Anna recommended something, and I ordered it—had it arrived already?
I approached the gate and opened it. The delivery guy was just setting the package down.
"Oh, you're here."
He flinched when he saw me but quickly composed himself and handed it over.
"Thanks."
I took the package, went through the yard, and back inside.
The shipping label confirmed it—yep, the one from yesterday.
Deliveries are insanely fast these days.
Tech progress is terrifying.
I ditched the jump rope and tore open the package.
Out came a sleek, pristine white latest-model VR headset.
I had an old one, but it was outdated and barely worked. The members, especially Anna, had pushed hard yesterday, so I caved and bought it.
With the VR headset here, I snapped a pic and bragged in the group chat.
(Me): (photo) Got this cheap— is it any good? lol..
After sending the brag pic, I stashed the VR in my room, showered, and changed.
If anyone asked why I stopped jump roping... the delivery broke my flow, duh?
This was just a test run today—tomorrow I'd do it properly.
All clean, I followed the online guide to hook up the VR to my computer properly.
Once connected, I gave it a test run...
"Whoa..."
This was seriously realistic.
Must be the latest model.
It felt so vivid, like things were right in front of me—totally worth the price.
I couldn't hold back from streaming this.
Gotta show off to the viewers.
A bit early, but I fired up the broadcast anyway.
I didn't have a fixed schedule, after all.
[Got New Gear (Crayon Shin-chan voice)]
The stream thumbnail was the VR pic I'd just taken.
-??
-VR headset?
-Shin-chan? Ancient cartoon much?
-Early stream nice..
"Hey everyone, I bought a VR headset."
-Looks like it
-Buying that now?
-Aren't you a VR-based character?
"Nah, I had an old one, but yesterday Anna unnie basically forced me to get this."
-For real??
-Anna forcing? More like you'd force her lol
-Liar, pick a better lie
...No one believes me? Well, it was a lie.
"Anyway, wanna try a VR game?"
-Nice lololol
-Finally gaming..
-Long road
-LOL no
"Alright, recommend some games in the cafe."
-??
-You didn't prep any?
"It just got delivered. When was I supposed to plan?"
-Oh right
-Sigh gotta spoonfeed again
-This is the last time fr...
I knew zilch about VR games.
Better to pick from viewer recs—they knew this stuff.
I hopped into the Fan Cafe and skimmed popular posts while waiting for game recs.
But...
[Yesterday's One-Day Miro Tale.]
A super clickbait title was topping the popular posts.
Yesterday was dance lesson day—did she stream right after getting home?
I'd taken the day off... impressive stamina.
I clicked the video in the post—Haru's stream screen popped up.
Looked like she was spilling dance lesson tea...
The manager had okayed mentioning dance practice on stream.
With weekly 5-hour sessions, hiding it would build resentment, so better to announce and build hype.
Anyway, Haru's story was wild.
Miro's always holed up on her PC, so no stamina—couldn't keep up with dance, just did jump rope in the corner, went home totally wiped, couldn't even walk straight...
Hmm...
Haru, daring to slander (not) me?
"This is all lies. Seriously, even from a member, spreading rumors like this..."
[Artisan Miro-nim, 10,000 won donation—thank you!]
Fact) Maho and Mile said the same
-Rumors? Lol
-Fr stamina must suck
-Saw it coming from 2hr streams
...Other members too?
This was a group assault.
Too many witnesses—I couldn't deny it.
"Hmm, game recs up yet? Let's check."
-Miro special: deflect and change topic
-Patterns emerging
-Yeah yeah~ go see the recs lol
...Now even my ultimate move, topic change, was getting called out.
How do other streamers last years? Once they figure out your tricks, how do you keep going...?
"Wow, tons of rec posts.
Anyway, ignoring that, I clicked through the game recs filling the page.
But...
"Ugh, no horror games."
Every single one horror... VR horror? Trying to kill me?
-Wtf then when??
-You promised LoL
-Never gonna do it?
Horror a must-do?
Always rushing me...
"No plans for it, so no horror recs."
I shut that down, then scanned more.
Any decent games?
Fun ones that kill time.
Refreshing nonstop, one post caught my eye.
[Custom Game for Stamina-Less Miro]
Perfect match for my interests.
Clicked in.
The recommended game was a famous VR one I knew.
Rhythm game—blocks fly at you to the music, slice 'em in order with swords in both hands.
I'd seen it before, wanted to try, then forgot—now recommended.
Swinging swords to music... looked fun. Plus, streamable, rhythmic, and stamina training all in one...
And sword-swinging? Pure romance. That hooked me hard.
"This one's perfect."
-Lmaoooo
-Gogoogogo
-Good
-Everyone shh
-Let's go
-Kya lol
Reactions solid. Some suspicious chats, but... how hard could it be?
"Alright, Beat Saber it is."
Looked like a god game.
And so, the first test game for my shiny new VR was set.