What Kind of Content Would Be Good?

The next morning, inside the Singgeul Bunggeul Internet Broadcasting Management office.

I sat at the table, staring blankly at my phone.

The new mission that popped up yesterday. Surpass 1,000 viewers.

But why viewers, of all things? Because I'm a streaming manager? Because Seoyeon is a streamer? Either way, it doesn't seem like an impossible mission. Seoyeon's current regular viewership hovers around 800. Sometimes she hits 900, but when she plays games casually, it drops to 700.

"Hmm..."

It'd be nice to try something other than the usual gaming content. That's when the recommended content I saw in the info window came to mind.

Who knows, a ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠mission to hit even higher viewer counts might appear someday. I'll save the cosplay broadcast for that day and try a cooking show first.

Current time: 8:30 AM.

Clomp, clomp, clomp, clomp.

Familiar footsteps. Seoyeon appeared, carrying a black plastic bag with something inside.

"H-hey. Morning."

"Yeah. Morning."

If anyone saw her, they'd think she was the female lead in a romance comic, blushing like ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠that. The Affection MAX status is no joke.

"Did you eat breakfast?"

"Just some cereal."

"Don't do that. I bought triangle kimbap. Have one."

"Ah... okay..."

"Thanks for yesterday."

Thankfully, she must have passed out drunk and doesn't remember what happened last night.

"Want something to drink too? I bought X's Eye."

"I'll just have water."

"Whyyy~ It's delicious."

While eating the triangle kimbap, I decided to get to the point. With her affection at MAX, she'd probably agree to most requests.

"Want to try some content other than gaming?"

"Huh...? All of a sudden?"

I need to persuade her carefully while she's puzzled. Can't just blurt out "let's get the sex free pass, no brakes."

"I've been watching the past few days, and the vibe is that people are saying gaming content isn't great."

"Umm... I felt that way too. I should quit when it gets boring, but my stubbornness kicks in and I keep going. But what other content should we do?"

"Let's try a cooking show."

"C-cooking?!"

Seoyeon was so shocked she nearly spat out her kimbap.

"Is it that surprising?"

"Well, I... my sister always cooks for me, so I don't know how to cook."

"Ah..."

The unexpected answer made me zone out for a second.

"What? It's possible to not know how to cook, you know..."

"Then let's try a rolled omelet. Even beginners can make it easily."

She muttered "rolled omelet" to herself, then glanced at me once.

"Can you help me a little?"

"Yeah. I will. I've lived alone for a long time, so I'm actually pretty good at cooking."

We headed to the company's cooking studio. Since the CEO's main content is cooking, they had most ingredients stocked. Inside, we ran into the CEO.

"You two~ What brings you here?"

A gentle voice, long brown hair reaching down to her waist. An eye-smile reminiscent of a closed-eye anime girl. And a figure with what was clearly the largest chest in our company.

"Ma'am, are you broadcasting here?"

"No~ I won't be right now. Don't tell me you're going to cook, Seoyeon?!"

"Why are you so surprised!"

While the two of them talked, I opened the Affection Grinding App.

Aside from info you could easily find online, everything else was filled with that infuriating "dunno lol" word. Is ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the app's intention to tell me to focus on Seoyeon for now?

"New content is a good direction. Our Singgeul Bunggeul management needs to start expanding soon anyway."

"You, me, Yejin... and the manager, so four total. It's basically a club level."

I appreciate that she counted me in the headcount.

"If only a cute streamer would just plop down from somewhere. So we could recruit her to our company."

"You have me right here."

"...If only one would just plop down from somewhere~"

The CEO pretended not to see and left the cooking studio.

"That woman, seriously..."

"Haha. Let's start cooking now. Here's an apron."

"..."

Seoyeon turned her back to me. Looks like she's having trouble tying the apron strings.

"Can you help me a little?"

"Yeah."

"Thanks."

Tying an apron on her in the kitchen... it feels oddly like newlyweds.

"Hoo... I'm nervous trying something new."

"Just do it like you always do. If anything goes wrong, I'll help like earlier, so don't worry."

"Okay!"

"I can't just play games forever and rake in zero donations, you know."

"Shut up. Anyway, I'll be doing a cooking broadcast. I've never cooked before since my sister always did it, but..."

"A totally happy life! She has me as her little sister."

"Type nicely in chat. Before I start, let me introduce my guest first. This is our manager."

"I'm Manager Kwon Seojun."

"Chat's been spamming 'sounds awful' since earlier. For your information, he even bought me a meal once!"

"Ahem!" Realizing her slip of the tongue, she cleared her throat to move past it.

"The dish I'll be attempting today is rolled omelet. I'm trying it because they say even beginners can make it easily."

While Seoyeon put on her broadcast voice, I sat in front of the table and checked the viewer count. Around 600 to 700 people. It's climbing steadily.

"But how do you make rolled omelet?"

"Here."

I handed Seoyeon the omelet batter I had prepared in advance.

"You pour this into the frying pan, and when it's cooked, you slowly roll it up. You can do that much, right?"

"Of course!"

Seoyeon boldly poured the egg batter into the frying pan. Rolling an omelet is harder than it looks. So there'll probably be plenty of entertaining moments.

"It's hot, so be careful. Here's the spatula."

"Hoo... hoo... I'm so nervous."

She started poking at the egg with the spatula, trying to roll it. I don't think I've ever seen Seoyeon this focused, not even when gaming.

"Eek! The oil splattered."

"You okay? Want me to do it?"

"No. It's actually fun once I get into it..."

And so, Seoyeon's first-ever rolled omelet, Season 1, was complete. Rather than round and neat, it was more... lumpy and bumpy.

"Wow... cooking is fun. Wait, I'll make more!"

While Seoyeon excitedly cooked more omelets, I checked the viewer count. It had finally surpassed 1,000.

"What?! Really? A thousand people are watching my stream?"

"Hey~ Don't lie."

I showed her the viewer count on my phone.

"Waaah! Is this real?! I'm a 1k streamer now too. Kyaa! Hehehe."

In the warm, cheerful atmosphere, I sat down and we started a mukbang of the rolled omelet.

"This is the first time I've ever eaten something I cooked. I'm nervous."

"It's pretty edible?"

"Really?"

The moment she heard me, she popped the omelet into her mouth and chewed softly.

"It really is... delicious. Our viewers, say ahh~ too."

Meanwhile, I pulled out my phone and checked the Affection Grinding App.

Is it really that casual...? Then even during a broadcast...? No, wait. Even if so, let's turn off the stream first.

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"Thanks to you, Manager, I hit 1,000 viewers. Thank you."

"Nah. You hit it because you're good at broadcasting."

"Ah. Right. Stay right there. My sister always made this apple juice. I'll make it for you! We happen to have apples too."

Seoyeon, her excitement level soaring, pulled out a blender and showed it to the broadcast.

Whirrrr...

Something feels ominous.

"Aaaack! The apple's splattering everywhere."

"..."

In the end, I helped her make the apple juice.

"Ahh~ Delicious. How is it? The apple juice I made."

"Haha. It's good. I'll ask you to make it again sometime."

"Okay. I'll end today's broadcast here. Today was the hardest broadcast of my life, but also the most fun. I should do stuff like this more often."

After the broadcast ended. I spotted Seoyeon with apple splattered all over her.

"Hold on. Let me wipe some of that off."

"Ah... okay."

Touching Seoyeon's skin, flushed hot from cooking, I swallowed the saliva mixed with apple juice.

"Hoo..."

"What's wrong?"

Now it's really time for sex. Time to use the Sex Free Pass.

"There's something I want to ask..."

"What is it? Tell me comfortably. If it's a request I can grant, I will."

"Let's have sex."

Seoyeon was silent for a long moment. Did I fail?

"...That's such a virgin forever-alone request. How are we supposed to do it here? For now, I'll... I'll use my hands or mouth."

"Huh?"

So it wasn't like hypnosis where you snap into sex instantly?

"Why are you spacing out like that! Are you chickening out because you're a virgin forever-aloner?"

"Y-you're a virgin forever-aloner too."

Seoyeon's face turned red. Just as the Affection Grinding App had indicated, she really was a virgin.

"...I-I don't know! Just hurry up and take it out."