The Streamer King in the Making

I stepped into Elodie's studio to comfort her after her long, hard work. "Elodie, you worked so hard. Want to take a photo?"

"A photo...?"

Persuading her naturally was the key. "You know Insta, right? I was thinking of making one for you to help with promotion. Yejin is doing it, too."

"Oh! I know Insta! Hehe. That sounds fun."

At that, Seoyeon, who had followed me into the studio, glared at me. "Hey. Why didn't you ask me to do it?"

"You wouldn't do it even if I asked. Do you want to?"

"Ugh... sounds like a hassle."

"See? I'm going to take a photo of Elodie now."

"Okay!"

Elodie smiled brightly, making a V-sign with one hand and bringing it to her eye. I couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt. But as always, I couldn't resist the Affection Grinding.

Click!

I immediately created the Insta handle @Elordi20 and uploaded the first photo. "Should I add... hashtags?"

While I hesitated, never having used Insta before, Yejin and the CEO walked in. They encouraged Elodie, telling her she did a great job.

"Thank you! The tomato juice Yejin unnie gave me was so delicious."

"Tell me if you want more later."

Since Yejin was already using Insta, I figured I should ask her. "Insta? Pfft. Seojun, are you interested in that stuff?"

"It's for her! We decided to make her an account for promotional purposes."

"Ah~ for Elodie."

Yejin pressed up close to my side to teach me about Insta. She explained that using popular hashtags helps more people see the posts. "What should we write for Elodie's Insta caption?"

"Hmm... how about this!"

And just like that, the first photo went up on Elodie's Insta. "So, Elodie. How does it feel to have done your first broadcast on your own?"

"Hmm... I was surprised because so many people came in. And I liked it because everyone seemed to like me."

Her motivation was burning bright. "I have to prepare something amazing for the next content, too!"

While everyone was talking about Elodie's first broadcast, I stepped back a few paces to check her Affection Stack.

As expected, a simple Insta photo doesn't build it up that much. 'They said the racier the photo, the more it goes up, right?'

This round of affection grinding accumulates stacks through the act of shooting itself. In other words, it seems fine to ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠take photos of Elodie just for me, not for Insta. The photo of Elodie smiling brightly in my phone's gallery... I hadn't been interested in photography before, but I think I'm starting to be.

A few days later, after using Insta as an excuse to take photos of Elodie and building up about 2 points of Affection Stack.

Elodie's NewTube channel was a massive hit, reaching 50,000 subscribers ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠on its second day. It was probably thanks to this video that she gained popularity.

[Silver-haired Elodie! I'll try the Fire Chicken Challenge!] Views: approx. 200,000. Likes: 892. Dislikes: 74.

'Foreigners doing the Fire Chicken combo is a real cheat code...'

To strike while the iron is hot, it was time to use the [Guaranteed Advertisement Ticket] I received as a reward last time. Thinking it over, it's better to seduce a streamer after they've become famous rather than when they're a nobody, so I decided to grow her weight as a streamer first.

The next morning, inside Singgeul Bunggeul Internet Broadcasting Management. The CEO and Elodie were sitting at a table talking.

"Manager oppa! Welcome."

"Ah. Our manager is here?"

The CEO let out an exclamation while looking at Elodie's rapidly growing channel. "Did you see this? Our Elodie's NewTube channel already has 50,000 subscribers!"

"Ahaha. Yes. I saw it."

"Should I try doing a foreigner cosplay, too?"

"...?"

When I stared at her without a word, she started speaking in strange English. "I'm Ha-eun~ I will eat fire chicken~! How was that?"

"You looked like a fool!"

"Our Elodie is so mean..."

Seoyeon and Yejin hadn't arrived yet. The CEO said she had something to show us and called us into the studio.

"Manager oppa, let's go." As I grabbed the hand she offered, she tightly linked her arm with mine. "You know there's a chicken ad broadcast today, right?"

"Of course. I've prepared it perfectly, so don't worry."

Her increased skinship and aegyo were quite something. When we entered the CEO's studio, what she showed us were the Silver and Gold buttons.

"Wow...!"

"How is it? These are my Silver and Gold buttons. You can get them if your subscriber count grows more."

Elodie approached as if interested. It seemed the CEO wanted to give Elodie some motivation.

"Can I touch them for a second?"

"Sure."

"Wow... they're so smooth! And look, and look...!" She read the channel name engraved ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠on the Silver button: Ha-eun♥. "Even the channel name is engraved... Do you think my Elodie channel can pass 100,000 and 1 million subscribers, too?"

"Definitely. Our Elodie has a natural talent for broadcasting."

She looked at me with sparkling eyes, as if she wanted to hear my answer, too. "Seoyeon and Yejin are also NewTubers with over 100,000 subscribers, and they're aiming to be the Streamer of the Year with over 1 million. Elodie, there's no reason you can't do it."

"Manager oppa~!"

She suddenly hugged me tightly, which was embarrassing. Fortunately, it seemed she liked the answer.

"You, you almost fell over."

"I've decided! I will become the 'Streamer King'!"

Elodie followed a famous line from a cartoon. It's Streamer of the Year, not Streamer King, but ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠I guess as long as the meaning is similar, it's fine.

"Then I'll do my best for today's broadcast, too."

"You said today is an ad broadcast, right?"

"Yes. CEO! Today, I'll be doing a chicken mukbang. It's all thanks to Manager oppa." She linked her arm tightly with mine again.

While everyone else gets nervous during their first ad, Elodie looked more confident than usual.

"Aren't you nervous?"

"Of course not. I'm a person with a big 'rice bucket' (stomach), so I don't get nervous over things like this."

"Rice bucket...?"

My gaze involuntarily drifted toward her chest. She was definitely a Westerner with a big 'baby rice bucket' alright. Then, the CEO chuckled and corrected the word.

"Haha. Isn't it 'bowl', not 'rice bucket'?"

"R-right, bowl. Big bowl Elodie's first ad! Everyone, please look forward to it."

She seemed embarrassed by her slip of the tongue and ran off to her studio.

"Anyway, she seems so pure."

"That she does."

"This is another BB Chicken ad, right? You got it so well. Getting ads from a major corporation multiple times..." The CEO looked at me with suspicious eyes. "Our manager, by any chance?! Are you the hidden child of a major corporation?"

"Haha..."

I wondered what she was talking about. I really wish that were true. "How could that be? I was just lucky."

"Ahaha. Even if you aren't the child of a major corporation, you have everything anyway. Because the company CEO is me, the human vitamin Choi Ha-eun~!"

"..."

The atmosphere turned cold. Seoyeon and Yejin arrived at the perfect timing. It seemed they heard that line just now.

"Wow. Is this workplace harassment? Auntie, I'm disappointed."

"I am not!"

At that moment, Elodie started the broadcast.

"Hehehe. I wrote it myself! I'm studying hard on what's popular in Korea. BXS is great! O-Game was so fun."

"But among them, the best is BB Chicken." She introduced the chicken as smoothly as if she had written a script. I think I understand a little bit about the saying that you can't hide natural talent.

"The chicken I'll be eating today is BB Chicken's 'Oh So Spicy' half-seasoned and half-fried."

"For me, Elodie, there is no such thing as impossible. Please watch."

I had already received permission from the advertiser that she didn't have to force herself to eat it if it was too spicy, and since it wasn't spicier than the Fire Chicken cup noodles she had eaten last time, there was nothing to worry about. Just then, the chicken arrived, so I knocked on the door of Elodie's studio.

"Kya~ I think it's already here." She ran to me as if skipping and received the chicken. Since her affection stack had increased, her aegyo had grown significantly, and she even winked at me.

"The smell of the chicken is no joke already."

As soon as she took a bite of the 'Oh So Spicy' chicken, she suddenly started sobbing. Oh no. Is it that spicy...

"No. *Sob*... I'm not crying because it's spicy, I'm crying because it's delicious."

She wiped her tears with a tissue. "The whole world cried! A foreigner moved by K-BB Chicken...!"

"Kya-haha. That's fun. I'll use that for the NewTube title."

After finishing the BB Chicken ad, I went to find Elodie, who had ended the broadcast.

"Manager oppa~ Thanks to you, I ate the chicken deliciously. There's a little left, do you want some?"

"It's okay."

"Then I'll eat it."

Elodie really loves to eat. It was time for the usual affection grinding. The moment I lifted my phone to take a picture of her eating, she spilled the sauce all over her cleavage.

"Kyaaak. I got sauce on me."

"Haha... I can't upload this photo to Insta."

A photo creating a strange atmosphere. Still, thanks to that, my affection stack increased by 0.5 at once.

"...Gulp." After checking my surroundings, I looked at Elodie.

"Elodie... shall I wipe it off for you? Both your hands are covered in sauce, so it's hard to wipe."

"That's true... then please do."

I held a thin tissue in my hand and wiped her cleavage. Every time I touched her, her soft skin met my hand.

"H-hut... H-hu, Manager oppa, wait a second. It feels tingly..."

"Hold on for a second. I'm done wiping."

I had already wiped the sauce off a while ago, and I stared intently at her cleavage, which had turned red from my natural touching.

"Can I take a picture of this, too? I'm not going to upload it to Insta, I just want to keep it personally. It was just so pretty."

"It's pretty? Hehe... if Manager oppa says so..."

She pushed her chest out, making the valley even more exposed, so I took the photo without hesitation.

"About your chest. What size is that, anyway?"

"Hmm. I wear a 65E in Korean bras, so it wasn't uncomfortable. It's just inconvenient to find bras."

"I see. You've had a hard time."

Now it was time to talk about the ad. With this ad, both her subscribers and viewer count would increase significantly.

"Was it edible? The 'Oh So Spicy' chicken."

She clicked her tongue. "You have to call it 'Oh So Spicy' chicken."

"Right. Oh So Spicy chicken. Wasn't it spicy?"

"It was spicy, but at the same time, it was pleasant... I don't know how to describe it."

She stopped eating and showed me her bright red face, hesitating. "I think I might be a bit of a masochist."

"A-a masochist...?"