What a Coincidence...
I stared at the chat in disbelief. How is this even possible…?
[Lene] [Long Time No See] [Talk | 423 viewers | 00:02:23]
“I’ve been really busy with something lately… um. So I had no choice but to take a break, you know?”
“Thankfully, I wrapped things up yesterday, so I was able to end my break earlier than expected and come back…”
“V-V-VTuber? I have n-no idea what you’re talking about… I r-really don’t…”
“Ah. You mean that Lene person? Actually, I watched her stream before I came on… I was so surprised because we have the exact same name, you know? What a coincidence…”
“She prepared really hard for it. From what I saw, she seems like someone who totally deserves to succeed. She doesn’t seem like a heretic either…”
The Lene fans keep trying to provoke me no matter what, but their level of taunting doesn’t work on me. I’ve already decided to treat Inquisitor Lene and VTuber Lene as completely separate people.
“Ah… that’s right. While I was on break because of unavoidable circumstances, a bunch of weird people kept showing up in New Dimension…”
“Hmph. Those people aren’t real Lene fans…”
“Hold on. …There wasn’t any chat saying ‘fucking female you bitch’ just now, was there?”
This is strange. I’m the one who just got sexually harassed, so why does the mood make it seem like I did something wrong? No matter how much they think I’m a guy… No, even if I really were a guy, isn’t this going too far? I’m not exactly upset, but it’s ridiculous…
“Anyway, after coming back, I thought long and hard about what I should do. How about we take a look at the Lene Gallery together…?”
Why do people always twist things like this? I genuinely just thought it would be fun to read them together.
“Anyway, let’s start with the top concept posts in the Lene Gallery, everyone…”
I said that and pulled up the Lene Gallery concept post page on the stream screen.
【Title: Sorry to the Gallers but I’m Just Gonna Post One Thing】
“Pfft…”
The moment I saw the title of the very first concept post, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“H-hehe… What an i-idiot, right? You ‘write’ a post, you don’t ‘wrrite’ it… Heehee…”
The chat window was suddenly very noisy. Was there some weird comment? …Well, it doesn’t look like there’s any actual problem, so I guess it’s fine.
“I don’t really understand what you’re saying, but hehe. Let’s take a look at this one first…”
I clicked on the concept post, and what greeted me was a long wall of text with absolutely no spacing.
【Title: Sorry to the Gallers but I’m Just Gonna Post One Thing】
【Author: ㅇㅇ】
HelloLeneI’ve liked you ever since I saw your first streamI wanted to confess before your break but like an idiot I didn’t have the courage back thenNow I want to say in front of all these people that I only love you so I gathered all my courageEvery single day when I watched your streams my heart would raceIn New Dimension and in the gallery I could only see youI’ve been like this since last NovemberThe pain I feel just from you taking a break is so badI struggled with how to express my heart and then I decided to be the bravest I’ve ever been in my lifeI wanted to confess to you in the coolest way possible in front of the whole worldLene that I loveWill you become my woman?No will you become my one and only sun?I’ll become your moonI’ll be waiting for you in the gallery after the streamYour Lene fan who loves you
ㅇㅇ🔹: So who’s gonna stream now
Parutabi: Is this a template?
└Araktta: (Pamphlet you idiot lol)
└Parutabi: (Template you idiot lol)
ㅇㅇ: No way what the hell is this ancient template meme
└LeneGaller: The fact that you know it…
NoVirginsHere: So everyone reacting to this up there is a boomer?
…It hurts my eyes because there’s literally no spacing. It’s hard to read. But it’s not completely unreadable…
“Hmm… First of all, there’s a little lie here. No one actually watched my first stream…”
“If there’s any possibility, it would be Rainel-nim and Moriarty-nim who watched my second stream… It’s not either of you two, right?”
“Anyway, thank you for liking me. I’ll keep working hard.”
Most of the chat was asking why I was even responding to something like that, but in the end, they’re only writing it because they like me, right? At least that’s what I think. It can’t be easy to invest your time in someone you’ve never even seen the face of.
“Then let’s move on to the next concept post.”
【Title: Honestly if the Gallery Owner Streams It’s an Auto Upvote lololol】 (12)
【Title: Let’s Analyze the Gallery Owner’s Movements.jpg】 (11)
【Title: I Drew Gallery Owner Avatar Fanart】 (22)
【Title: Watch the Gallery Owner’s Female Moves】 (16)
【Title: I Want to Receive the Gallery Owner’s Superior Seed…】 (13)
【Title: The World’s Greatest Streamer.jpg】 (8)
【Title: The World’s Worst Streamer.jpg】 (19)
【Title: How the Hell Is This a Guy You Fucking Idiots】 (18)
【Title: I’m Not Gay But the Gallery Owner Turns Me On】 (9)
What do I do? There are way too many concept posts with titles I really don’t want to click.
“I’m not… going to sue you. By the way, do you guys write stuff like this in other streamers’ fan cafes too…?”
“That’s a relief then. Just in case, let me say this — you shouldn’t do that anywhere else. Got it?”
[Lene] [Long Time No See] [Talk | 592 viewers | 00:46:23]
“No, you guys were clearly enjoying it, so why…”
Anyway, after skimming through all the latest concept posts, I spent some time having casual conversation with the Lene fans. Watching the chat fly by this fast was strangely fascinating. Was my stream really valuable enough for 592 people to watch? I was grateful, but also curious.
“Then… today…”
“Hmm…”
When they say it like that, is it normal to want to actually end the stream here? Or am I the bad one? But I wasn’t even planning to say that in the first place — aren’t they the ones provoking me? If we’re using difficult words, couldn’t this be considered self-defense?
“No, everyone…. I wasn’t even thinking of leaving, so when you say that it makes me flustered…”
It hurts my heart to see them trying so hard to insult me no matter what. I told them in the gallery that I was fine with any side of the Lene fans, but is this really okay? Shouldn’t a proper streamer accept their fans no matter what side they show?
“Anyway… I was thinking of playing New Dimension now…”
“…”
The moment those words appeared, the chat exploded instantly. I had no idea New Dimension was this popular. Also, it seemed like every Lene fan wanted something different. To be precise, they were split between PVP and the Albion raid. I had originally planned to do ranked PVP today to reach S-grade, but since it was recently released content, a lot of fans wanted to see the Albion raid again. That made sense. After all, our party was still the only one that had cleared it.
“Hmm…”
All sorts of thoughts raced through my head. Should I just do what I originally planned? But ignoring what the fans want feels wrong… PVP is what they want too. Above all, the real beginning of my stream was PVP. While I was stuck in that dilemma, unable to say anything—
Cha Ga-eun has donated 500,000 won.
Hello, Lene-nim. This is streamer Cha Ga-eun. Could I have a moment to talk with you?
A donation of an absolutely enormous amount had just come in.