Chapter 64
Chapter 64
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 64
Chapter Title: Opening the Gambling Parlor
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I called my proxy to take my sister home and returned to my place.
Before heading into my room, I reached into my pocket for a cigarette and felt a warm, soft sensation.
"What the...?"
I thought maybe I'd left a hot pack in there, so I pulled it out—and there was Baekseol, sleeping in my pocket.
"No wonder it was so quiet."
Having come out of the warm pocket into the chilly air, Baekseol quickly opened her eyes.
"Master."
"Morning, sleepyhead. We're home, so go back inside and sleep more."
"Okay."
As she replied and settled on top of my head, my crown felt nice and toasty.
─Tss, tss.
"Hoo—."
I exhaled smoke and stared blankly at the sky, thinking how I'd been living way too frantically lately.
"Don't you think I'm spending my days way too hectically?"
Tap tap.
"Nah?"
"You gotta get stronger."
I wondered what she'd say when she tapped my head, but her response was some cryptic nonsense.
"You're already beyond average, aren't you?"
"Not enough."
"...Yeah?"
Baekseol always just says whatever she wants. When I pressed her on something hard to understand like this, there was no follow-up.
Lost in thought, I noticed the heat from my cigarette and quickly stubbed it out.
"Baekseol, I'm gonna stream for a bit, so go sleep on the bed first."
"Okay."
Unlike her words, she showed no sign of coming down from my head.
"Sleep comfy on the bed."
"Okay."
"You reply just fine."
Maybe because I'd had some booze—which I hadn't touched lately—sleepiness hit hard, but I figured I should at least say hi to viewers before crashing, so I sat at my PC desk.
⚙ STREAM STARTED ⚙ Han Ga-eul has started broadcasting 💬 Chat — Eulha [Eulha] — Viewer [Baekseol hi] — Viewer [Hi hi] — Viewer [Kya, turned on after drinking. This is the streamer life] Thanks to Baekseol, the stuffy silence in the room had mostly lifted, but as viewers flooded in, the vibe flipped 180 degrees.
"Oh hey, you're here. Post on your local boards so the ones who couldn't make it can hurry over."
— Viewer [Ok lol] — Viewer [Ah lmao just trust us] — Viewer [Dead lmao scraping everyone] No sooner had I spoken than the viewer count skyrocketed.
They'd probably been hyping up that the boss had gone live before I even said anything.
"Come on, my babies."
— Viewer [Han boss welcome] — Viewer [Boss did a shot and started streaming? Why so diligent] "I've always been diligent."
— Viewer [Huh?] — Viewer [Lmao x8] — Viewer [Now that I think about it, yeah? Boss is no ordinary crazy bitch, had preconceptions] "Cut the nonsense. You saw me, so I'm off to bed. Bai bai."
— Viewer [?????? Crazy bitch confirmed] — Viewer [Fuck Han boss wanna die?] — Viewer [No you told us to gather!!!!] I dropped my usual sign-off, and the chat exploded like mad.
"You brats. When I say come, you come—no questions. Wanna die?"
— Viewer [Kya didn't expect that lol x4] — Viewer [Ah ordered chicken after an hour stream!!] — Viewer [Shipreyna don't go I miss watching] No sign of the viewers calming down, so after some thought, I pulled out my last resort.
"My babies. Keep whining and I'll toss the merch or whatever."
— Viewer [Teacher sleep well^^] — Viewer [Boss why still up go sleep quick] — Viewer [Mom don't throw my toy] — Viewer [Lmao x4 watch her tame them] — Viewer [Jingling!] ⭐ Sponsor — Wasabi Bean Powder Wasabi Bean Powder sponsored 10,000 won Apply for partner before you go, already met requirements long ago "Partner?"
From what I'd heard, partner streamers basically signed a deal with TripleNet for multi-streaming, preventing platform hopping, and in return got various perks.
"Already? What do you get out of it?"
— Viewer [Obviously Toto] — Viewer [Lmao x4 Toto] — Viewer [Toto go] "The perk is opening a casino? This is... partner streamer?"
The Toto they mentioned was the virtual currency given for attendance—zero cash value.
Basically play money just for me and my viewers, but the problem was viewers were addicted to Triple Toto gambling like junkies.
— Viewer [Han boss!!!!! Hurry open the casino!!!] — Viewer [Heard this place has great vibes] "Ah, you crazy bastards. Haven't even applied yet."
— Viewer [Ah already fun lmao x3 hurry apply] — Viewer [Hurry boss I'm in a rush] "Jeez. What are you punks gonna be when you grow up."
— Viewer [Jingling!] ⭐ Sponsor — Red Parade Red Parade sponsored 1,000,000 won — Viewer [Ah lmao x4 we'll be Han Ga-eul viewers when grown too] — Viewer [Fr lmao] — Viewer [Chairman said something right for once] "Fuck, stop with the agreeable bullshit. Where do I do this? Gimme the link."
I had no clue how to apply for partnership, so viewers brought links.
"This it? How long does it take?"
— Viewer [Average week, up to 10 days] "Got it. I'm off to bed now. Short stream cuz I missed you before sleep. See my babies tomorrow morning. Bai bai."
— Viewer [Bai bai] — Viewer [Bb bb] — Viewer [Teasing bitch always cursing but why heart flutter when sweet lmao x3] — Viewer [Lmao x4 boss goodnight] "Yeah, sweet dreams you too."
⚙ STREAM ENDED ⚙ Han Ga-eul has ended the broadcast — Viewer [Jingling!] ⭐ Sponsor — Red Parade Red Parade sponsored 1,000 won [Note!] — Viewer [Fuck now chairman tripping] — Viewer [That guy's note lmao wanna die?] — Viewer [Chairman bastard why so lonely when Ga-eul leaves lmao x3] — Viewer [Jingling!] ⭐ Sponsor — Red Parade Red Parade sponsored 1,000 won [Toto super hyped can't wait week need firepower] — Viewer [Agreed] — Viewer [Writing inquiry now lmao x3] — Viewer [Triple Korea all dead lmao] — Viewer [Ready to bitch hard ^^7] [If they don't listen use this I made it opencloud/1498131] ◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Ah, what the hell is this."
"Senior, the viewer board is getting spammed right now."
"Weekend on-call and phones keep ringing. Who's Han Ga-eul."
"Customer service is closed so they're using emergency line nonstop?"
"You think I don't know that? I'm asking you to find out. Did they get hit by missiles or what? Why emergency line."
"Streamers Han Ga-eul viewers. Finish partner review and sign by tomorrow."
"Ah, crazy fuckers?"
"Senior, server attack incoming."
"What? DDoS?"
"Not virus on our servers, individual server attacks. Looks like overload programs, more and traffic bursts."
"Ha...."
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Eup?"
Couldn't breathe, shoved away whatever covered my face—cool air finally filled my lungs.
And the familiar squishy feel in my hand.
"Heuk... haa... tch. Hey Baekseol."
"Mas... ter, hungry..."
"..."
Speechless. Wake up properly first. Saying hungry half-asleep.
"Yeah... food. But why sleep on my face."
"Dunno."
No idea why the one who'd slept fine in my palm was now on my face.
"Status Window."
⚔ STATUS ⚔ Handed Baekseol the Golden Bellflower and went through my morning routine.
─Tss.
"Hoo—. Best regards?"
Smoking and checking piled-up messages, spotted one from TripleNet.
"What, didn't they say a week?"
Message said partnership approved, ended with "Best regards."
And on a weekend, this fast?
No point overthinking. Stubbed cigarette, went to room, plopped in PC chair.
⚙ STREAM STARTED ⚙ Han Ga-eul has started broadcasting 💬 Chat — Viewer [Kya diligently early not fitting lmao x3] — Viewer [Han boss too welcome] — Viewer [Eulha eulha] "Yeah, come on in."
— Viewer [Locati wtf lmao x5] — Viewer [Just woke up?] From chat, realized I still had pajamas on.
"Ah, forgot to change. Just woke up, turned on right after opening eyes. Good job me?"
— Viewer [Kya boss beauty doesn't care about dying lmao x3] — Viewer [Did amazing] "T-shirt from Salmusa kids. Baggy so using as PJs."
— Viewer [Look at that pale shoulder so pretty] Chat went wild—from slipped shoulder due to oversized tee to morning ramble chaos.
⭐ First Sub — Red Parade Jingling! Red Parade first sub — Viewer [Oh what already done lmao x3] "What, subs cuz partner."
— Viewer [Fuck first sub stolen gotta recharge quick] — Viewer [Chairman fast af lmao] ⭐ First Sub — Non-Participating Mayo Rice Jingling! Non-Participating Mayo Rice first sub ⭐ First Sub — Ariel Land Jingling! Ariel Land first sub ⭐ First Sub — Big Heart Ga-eul Jingling! Big Heart Ga-eul first sub ..
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⭐ First Sub — Breast Ga-eul Jingling! Breast Ga-eul first sub "Breast Ga-eul who. Fuck real breast. No that's not it, kids wait."
⭐ First Sub — LuiLui Jingling! LuiLui first sub ..
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No intention of letting me eat.
"Kids."
— Viewer Jingling! Jingling! Jingling! Jingling!······ "So let me talk····."
— Viewer Jingling! Jingling!····· "Said let me speak you chewing bastards."
— Viewer Jingling! Jingling!····· "Goddamn jingling."
— Viewer [Lmao x5 hilarious but can't miss founding merit sub] — Viewer [Ah lmao x3 never miss] Sank into chair, stared blankly at screen. Checked queued sub messages—mountain piling up.
Queue 227
Queue 514
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Queue 1273
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"How many secs per message?"
— Viewer Jingling! Jingling! — Viewer [Normal dones vary by length but this ~5 secs?] "Hitting 1500 soon. Days just watching this?"
— Viewer Jingling! — Viewer [Lmao x6 hilarious] — Viewer [Demon Realm loyalty insane ㄷㄷ] — Viewer [Even 5sec avg over 5 days? Screwed] — Viewer [No extend cuz many grab nation founding subs, boss should've applied sooner] Can't ditch subs from fans. Queue growing meanwhile.
"Kids about 8 days? But still growing."
— Viewer [Just turn off do Toto msgs annoying af] — Viewer [Fr lmao getting noise phobia] — Viewer [First sub no msg anyway just kill all] — Viewer [Fuck turn off spin Toto Han boss!] With permission, turned off sub messages in options.
"Quiet now. You got points?"
— Viewer [Got couldn't use cuz no partner piled up lol] — Viewer [Tons go] "Then start safe... Ladder climb?"
— Viewer [Crazy? lmao x4] — Viewer [Boss really opening gambling den] "Points buy prizes like sub vouchers. Our room prize is wish voucher. But only one."
— Viewer [Go!!] "To first to collect prize points."
— Viewer [Fuck go!!!!!!!] "One boring, second prize signboard? You wanted."
— Viewer [Pls hurry go!!] — Viewer [Pls hurry pls pls] Viewers going nuts, quick-searched ladder game and opened.
"Just one round. Next different game."
— Viewer [Ok ready] — Viewer [Ah lmao x3 showing beast heart] Filled ladder with wins/blanks quick, set channel point game.
"Alright, go!"
— Viewer [Go!!!! Trust Han boss!] "Ah right. Wait."
— Viewer [Ah fuck lmao x8] — Viewer [All-in heart pounding lmao x4] About to start, sudden idea to viewers.
"Third prize my signed keychain or photo one? Too much?"
— Viewer [Love it!] — Viewer [Prizes insane lmao x3 life on line all-in] "Too over my station? Embarrassed saying it."
— Viewer [No no no love it!] — Viewer [Great do now] — Viewer [Fuck Han boss start now!]