Chapter 6
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 6
Chapter Title: The World's Number One Video
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Lee Minjun moved the skeleton doll he was holding. Seojun held a small dog doll.
According to Kim Heesang, it was the wolf version of a werewolf doll that transformed into a human when it saw the full moon.
Seo Eunhye and Lee Minjun sighed at the sight of its sharp eyes, which seemed to hold a murderous glint, and the gleaming teeth inside its viciously open snout, but Seojun was delighted by Kim Heesang's explanation. He had promised to gift the human version next time.
He was a truly wonderful uncle.
"Uwaaah."
"Oops. Alright. I am the king of skeletons. The Lich King, Edmund!"
At Seojun's whining, Lee Minjun awkwardly looked at a piece of paper, recited his line, and moved the skeleton doll.
Seojun wasn't usually like this, but he'd get sullen whenever they played with the monster dolls. This script was from Kim Heesang, Seojun's best playmate, who had noticed this.
-Seojun likes it when it’s realistic, you know?
-This... is realistic?
-Watch! Seojun!
-Ung?
-I am the cursed dragon, the Black Dragon! I will destroy the world! Raaawr!
-Kyaaaaak!
Lee Minjun thought he had never seen Seojun so excited before, and looked back at the paper.
The paper was filled with lines that were incredibly difficult for him to say. Just as Minjun tried to subtly put the paper down, Seojun suddenly grabbed his father's hand.
*Father.*
Seeing the sparkling glint in his son's eyes, Lee Minjun sighed and unfolded the paper again.
"My serv... servants. Obey my com... mand."
"Uuuuh, uuuuh!"
"Oh my, Seojun's father. Our son says you need to put more emotion into it."
Seo Eunhye, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, said with a giggle. Lee Minjun wiped his face with one hand.
"Seojun's mother. Your son. He really likes this, doesn't he."
"He loves it when he plays with Heesang, too."
"Uooh, uooh!"
"Alright, alright. You want me to play with you instead of talking to Mom?"
How did she know her son's heart so well? Seojun grinned and picked up the werewolf-wolf version doll. Its blue fur shimmered, as if it had been specially treated.
A Lich King and a werewolf!
It was obvious the Lich King would win, but a baby's game was different. After awkwardly reciting a few more lines and clashing the skeleton doll with Seojun's wolf doll, his father...
"Aargh! I lost!"
...he said. Seojun's werewolf had won.
The baby loved this game where he always won. Seo Eunhye picked up the excited Seojun. She patted the baby's stomach to calm him down.
"Hee-heung, hee-heung."
"Oh my. Seojun won!"
"Seojun's amazing!"
Was it calming him down or hyping him up? At the couple's words, Seojun's arms and legs flailed in the air.
Hearing his mom and dad's praise made his body jiggle and his heart beat fast. Seojun couldn't speak, but he shouted inwardly.
"Abubububub!"
*I'm cool! I'm amazing!*
The baby's instincts overcame Seojun's reason. After playing with her son for a while longer, Seo Eunhye spoke. It was about the N-tube idea that Mina's mom had suggested.
"So, I was thinking, what if we upload the video to N-tube..."
"Hmm."
"But what if Seojun grows up and asks why we uploaded something like that...? What do we do?"
Lee Minjun laughed at the words of the ever-worrying mother, Seo Eunhye.
"It's just a video from when he was a baby. And by the time Seojun is old enough to say that, it'll probably be long forgotten."
"That's true, but..."
"This is just my thought, but..."
Lee Minjun recalled his conversation with Kim Heesang.
The image of Kim Heesang seeing Seojun waving his arms and saying he might like the camera, that he was born to be an actor, flashed through his mind.
Minjun was also starting to lean toward that idea.
"Maybe Seojun likes being filmed?"
"Seojun does?"
"Look. He usually eats quietly. But when we were filming him that time, he seemed to love it so much he was even waving his arms."
*I have to wave my arms to use [Fairy's Sparkle], Father.*
Seojun thought as he listened to Lee Minjun. But it wasn't a bad approach. Right now, Seojun was in a baby's body, capable of only very limited speech and expression.
*If I'm going to be a superstar, it's best to get famous from a young age!*
It would be great if his parents thought he liked the camera and guided him in that direction. Seojun chuckled, "Hee hee heung."
Patting the suddenly laughing Seojun, Seo Eunhye also recalled what had happened two weeks ago. She remembered Seojun excitedly eating while waving both his arms.
Come to think of it, that was right. It was the first time there had been a camera in front of Seojun while he ate.
"But could he have known it was a camera and liked it?"
The baby, who was munching on his small, roundly clenched fist, looked at Seo Eunhye and smiled brightly.
Lee Minjun shrugged his shoulders and said.
"This is the kid who just whined that my acting wasn't up to par."
"Ah."
"Ah."
At Seo Eunhye's exclamation, Lee Minjun also made a face as if he'd just realized what he'd said. Seo Eunhye looked at his face with an expression of disbelief.
"Why are you the one who's surprised by what you just said?"
"No, I just said it without thinking... but our son seems really amazing."
Lee Minjun said in a voice full of admiration.
"How did he know my acting was awkward?"
"Because your voice wasn't natural and kept breaking?"
"Right, it's not like he can understand words."
Lee Minjun nodded. Seo Eunhye lifted Seojun up to meet his eyes. Seojun thought, *I understand everything,* and smiled gently.
"Our son. Isn't he a total genius?! I think he's a real genius."
"Seven months, no, he's eight months now! What are other eight-month-old babies like?"
"Well."
To Lee Minjun's question, Seo Eunhye replied while gently rocking the beaming Seojun in the air.
"Our Seojun is growing up exceptionally fast. The hospital said he's in the top few percent. There are hardly any peers to compare him to."
"Ooh! Seojun's so cool!"
The couple's gazes turned to their son. Pretending to know nothing, Seojun nibbled on his fist.
"Then should we really... get him into acting?"
"Acting..."
Images of baby roles and child actors from dramas and movies flashed through Seo Eunhye's and Lee Minjun's minds. They thought of actors who successfully transitioned from child roles to adult ones.
But then, the faces of actors who couldn't shed their child actor image and eventually quit acting also came to mind.
Mom and Dad's worries deepened. Seojun, nestled in Seo Eunhye's arms, made "abububu" sounds and waved his arms.
*Mom, Dad, I don't think that's what's important right now!*
"Oh, right, that's not the issue."
Seo Eunhye said, finally coming to her senses. It was too soon to be thinking about him being an actor. At the very least, their child had to grow up enough to express his own intentions. Lee Minjun, sensing Seo Eunhye's thoughts, also thought, *oops*.
"So, you're okay with uploading it to N-tube?"
"Yeah. I'm for it. You said Jiyun's mother had a hard time because Jiyun wouldn't eat. I don't know much about it, but if it helps other people, it's a good thing."
"Okay. I get it. I'll upload it to N-tube then!"
Handing Seojun over to his father, Seo Eunhye picked up her smartphone. It was to contact Mina's mom.
>Really?
>Then make an account in your name and upload it!
>Eunhye, you don't know this, but me and the other girls watch the video several times a day!
>If you count all those as views, it'll be a lot!
>Other moms will definitely watch it a ton too, so later you can apply for monetization, get ads, and make money!
>Buy Seojun something yummy!
"That's what she said."
Lee Minjun, who was looking at the BananaTalk screen with her, nodded.
The baby had played to his heart's content and was getting sleepy. His eyes closed on their own. Noticing this, the couple lowered their voices.
"I hadn't thought about ads. That seems like a good idea. We could use it for Seojun's education fund later. I want to let him do everything he wants to do."
At Lee Minjun's words, Seo Eunhye thought for a moment before speaking. She, too, wanted to let Seojun do everything he wanted, just as Minjun said.
But it was just a video of a baby eating. With a video like this.
"Will it really get that many views?"
she wondered.
"If not, well, it can be Seojun's allowance?"
Seo Eunhye laughed at Lee Minjun's lighthearted joke.
"Right. It's not like we're trying to make a fortune."
Seo Eunhye brought her laptop from the room and came out to the living room. Placing the laptop on the table, she logged into N-tube.
N-tube made it easy to upload videos, so Seo Eunhye quickly created a channel.
"What should the channel name be?"
*B-tok! B-tok!*
Just then, a BananaTalk message arrived. It was from the N-tube veteran, Mina's mom.
>I forgot to mention, make the title and channel name in both English and Korean!
>There are English-speaking moms on my channel too!
>It's not just Korean babies who don't eat, you know? Foreign kids don't eat either.
>If the title is only in Korean, they won't be able to find it!
"English..."
The couple fell into deep thought at Mina's mom's message. Patting the sleeping Seojun's back, Lee Minjun said.
"Our son really doesn't fuss and sleeps so well."
It was a random comment, but the doting couple didn't find it strange at all. Mom and Dad rejoiced in even their baby's smallest virtues.
"He's such a good son."
"I know. Our son is the best!"
"No, wait. We're supposed to be thinking of a channel name, Seojun's father!"
Lee Minjun laughed "Ahahaha" at Seo Eunhye's nagging.
"Let's keep it simple. We're only uploading two videos anyway."
"That's true. Then Seojun? Seo? Jun?"
"Seo is a bit weird, so how about Jun?"
And so, the channel name was decided.
[JUN]
"Is it too... simple?"
Seo Eunhye tilted her head, then with a "Whatever!" she uploaded the videos. She didn't think she could come up with a better name even if she thought about it more.
"What about the video titles?"
"Just write 'Baby Food Version' and 'Formula Version.' Mina's mother will probably explain it."
Mina's mom would be the first to introduce Seojun's video.
"Should I?"
Persuaded by Lee Minjun's words, Seo Eunhye uploaded the videos.
[Baby Food Version baby food. ver]
[Formula Version baby formula. ver]
Seo Eunhye sent a BananaTalk message to Mina's mom.
Lee Minjun headed to the bedroom, holding and gently rocking Seojun. Soft words flowed from his lips like a lullaby.
"Our Seojun is going to be super famous now! Then he'll buy Dad a car~ and Mom a car~ and a house~"
"Pfft!"
Hearing Minjun's words, Eunhye, who was sending a message, burst out laughing. He heard her laughter and chuckled softly too. Eunhye chimed in, matching Minjun's tune.
"That's right. Our Seojun will buy a car~ and toys~"
"And go on trips~"
>Thank you so much! I'll be sure to promote it for you!
On a chilly autumn night.
From a small apartment in Korea, a video was uploaded that would one day be chosen by parents all over the world as the eternal number one on the list of Top 10 Must-Watch Videos When Raising a Baby.
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