Chapter 13: Interrogation

Since individual editors for the 3rd generation hadn’t been hired yet, only the full videos were uploaded to the VOD channel.

I reviewed my recent broadcasts, looking for areas for improvement and good points.

Since a week had passed since my debut, quite a lot had accumulated.

***

It’s a bit bland. Should I decide on thank-you messages for donations or reactions?

“Hmm… What should I do?”

Filling my stomach with a simple salad, I browsed YouTube.

A reaction that would highlight my characteristics well…

A highlight from the anime ‘Mushoku Tensei’ coincidentally appeared in my algorithm.

It’s an anime from a few years ago, but it did become a meme.

[“P-Please teach Eris magic, nyan!”]

A scene where she makes pigtails and uses a meowing tone.

Eris… Eri. The names are incredibly similar…

Wouldn’t it be doable if I changed ‘magic’ to something else?

I stood in front of the full-length mirror and practiced the pose.

“P-Please teach Eri love, nyan!”

Hmm… Is it a bit much?

No, surprisingly, it might be okay.

The viewer bases for the 3rd generation members had become quite distinct.

Yujin’s broadcasts attracted those who liked R-rated content, and Suhyeon’s broadcasts attracted those who liked idols.

Sejeong unni’s broadcast became one that various science students listened to while studying.

My broadcast attracted many people who liked anime and subculture.

Since I also like subculture, it couldn’t be a better combination.

Although Yujin’s broadcast and mine share a considerable viewer base, a reaction like this might not be bad.

Of course, half of them are viewers who only want LoL, but…

Anyway, among the four, I have the most viewers.

Buzz-

[Voice Actor Seong Sihyeon]

An unexpected call came, and I answered, startled.

“Hello, teacher!”

“Oh, Eunseo. By any chance, are you going to apply for classes? I called because today is the course registration period.”

I had completely forgotten because I was busy with broadcasting.

Unlike other academies, our academy requires you to apply during the course registration period to take classes for that term.

Of course, if there’s an empty spot, mid-term participation is possible, but popular classes not only have no empty spots but even take reservations.

Voice Actor Seong Sihyeon’s class is the most popular among the advanced classes…

“Think about it and contact me by evening? I’ll keep a spot open for you.”

“Ah, yes, yes! Thank you, teacher!”

Thanks to the teacher’s consideration, I got a 6-hour grace period.

Hmm… What should I do? I’m incredibly conflicted.

I have the money to pay for the academy right now, but broadcasting is also so much fun…

Now, more than just for earning money, I wanted to delve deeper into the work of broadcasting.

“Ugh… Ah! In times like this, to Rea…”

Her words, telling me to contact her whenever I had concerns, came to mind.

Buzz-

“Hello? Eunseo? What’s wrong?”

“Ah, Rea… It’s nothing, but…”

After listening to my story, Rea thought for a moment and then spoke cautiously.

“Eunseo’s skills are sufficient, so how about just doing recording work occasionally like before and focusing on broadcasting?”

Her opinion was valid.

Voice acting skills don’t regress in an instant, and I’ve already learned a lot over the past 11 years.

Should I focus on broadcasting until the next public recruitment…

“Thank you, Rea. I’ll try to focus on broadcasting.”

“Okay~ If you have any concerns like this, feel free to contact me anytime~”

Her kind voice put my mind at ease.

Yes, focusing on what’s enjoyable right now is the top priority.

Still, I should think about it a little more…

***

Time flew, and it was already evening.

I steeled my resolve and called my teacher.

“Oh, Eunseo. Have you decided?”

“Ah, yes, yes, teacher. I think I’ll need to rest for a few months…”

“Oh, okay. I understand. That’s too bad. Eunseo was the best.”

“I’m sorry, teacher… I have a lot of things I need to do right now…”

“Okay, okay, contact me anytime if you want to participate in class.”

The teacher spoke in a disappointed tone.

However, it seems difficult to focus on broadcasting while attending the academy right now.

Ka-talk!

(Jeong Suhyeon) : Unni! You can join the Discord room!

(Me) : Oh, oh, I’ll be right there.

30 minutes before the broadcast started.

To set up in advance, I entered the voice chat room where Suhyeon was.

Since my character needs to appear on Suhyeon’s screen, I finished various settings…

Come to think of it, what questions did she prepare?

“Unni, is it okay to speak informally on stream?”

“Oh, oh, it doesn’t matter.”

With two characters appearing on the broadcast simultaneously, the screen looks surprisingly full.

As soon as it turned 7 o’clock, Suhyeon started the broadcast.

“Hi Kana~”

“H-Hello?”

–Hi Kana~

–Oh, what’s this joint broadcast?

–Eri noona, please play LoL.

Suhyeon proceeded with the broadcast naturally.

Her broadcasting tension was much higher than usual, and I felt like it would be difficult for me to handle.

“Alright! Today, I’ve brought Lumi Live’s demon! Eri!”

–The Great Eri.

–Please absolve me, Demon-nim.

–So what are we doing today?

Suhyeon suddenly pulled out a mace and said.

“We will conduct an interrogation. I will interrogate this heretic demon.”

–???

–Eri is flustered.

–Are they singing together?

I hadn’t heard anything about the broadcast plan, so I was incredibly flustered.

But, I have to play along, right?

“Uuh… I’ve been captured…”

“I’ve already received the questions for the interrogation from you all. So let’s proceed quickly~”

[Anonymous supporter donated 10,000 won!]

Wow, the nun’s demon hunt is insane.

“Thank you for the 10,000 won~ Fufufu… Shall we start with the first question?”

Through various questions she had received from the viewers, Suhyeon managed to fluster me even more.

“Is Eri a succubus?”

“Eh… I think I can leave that to your imagination.”

“Oho… She says she might be a succubus?”

–Wow, succubus handles.

–Kya KKKKKK

Through one question, she showed various back-and-forths and elicited reactions from the viewers.

“How did you reach LoL Challenger?”

“Hmm… I just kept playing, and somehow…?”

–Talent, damn.

–What is this?

–ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ (Sound effect for shock/awe)

Suhyeon didn’t know LoL well, so she reacted as if the viewers’ responses were strange.

Doing a talk show like this isn’t bad.

Through various personal questions, having time to introduce myself to the viewers is quite nice.

I could clearly understand what points the viewers were curious about.

My personal preferences, and other TMIs.

Things that are too TMI to reveal on a personal broadcast are fine to talk about through questions.

“From now on, these are common questions! Is there anything you want to do with our 3rd generation Paradox members?”

“Hmm… Let me see…”

I haven’t thought about it yet.

There could be various contents, or we could try something offline.

I haven’t had any private conversations with Yujin at all, so maybe this is it.

“Getting to know each other…?”

“Eum~! Then maybe a trip… or a group joint broadcast…”

“Something like that would be great!”

“Alright, I understand~?”

With Suhyeon’s meaningful tone, we moved on to the next question.

The broadcast had already passed the 1-hour mark and was gradually nearing its end.

“This is the last question! Did you have fun today?”

“It was fun~ Thank you for preparing so many questions~”

–It’s already over ㅠㅠ

–Noona, play LoL.

–Are there any upcoming joint broadcasts scheduled?

“This interrogation today will be held again in exactly 100 days! It’s my grand plan for a before-and-after comparison!”

[Anonymous supporter donated 1,000 won!]

Is it okay to say that in front of Eri? KKKKKKK

“Ah.”

Suhyeon, as if broken, let out a low sigh in a momentarily dazed state.

–KKKKKKKKKKK

–KKKKKK

–Sister…

“Well, well, it doesn’t matter if you know! I’ll be doing it with other members next time, so please look forward to it!”

So I was the first one.

Why did she choose me as the first? I should ask her later.

“Kana’s interrogation broadcast ends here!”

“It was fun everyone~”

–Kya, Eri noona, you were the best today.

–Are you doing a personal broadcast?

–Is Kana doing more chatting today?

“I’m done here! Is Eri going to do one?”

“Uh, I was thinking of doing a game broadcast.”

–Kya KKK I’m going right away.

–Let’s go~~

“Bye Kana~”

“Have a good evening~”

After sending off the final greetings of the joint broadcast, I took a short break and had a brief conversation with Suhyeon.

“Unni, want to meet up sometime later?”

“Huh? Uh… Should we?”

“Let’s have some fun… and share some stories on stream!”

“Alright! You worked hard today~ I’ll go start my broadcast too.”

Suhyeon’s meaningful tone continued, so I hurriedly left the voice chat room and started my broadcast.

What on earth is her objective…

It’s truly perplexing because I can’t read Suhyeon’s thoughts.

It feels like looking at a madman with clear eyes. Her tone is slightly chilling…

“Hello~ Eri is here~”

–Came after watching Kana’s broadcast, noona.

–Wow, her voice is still insane.

–What game are you playing?

I could definitely feel that viewers from Suhyeon’s broadcast had come over.

There were an incredible number of nicknames I hadn’t seen yesterday.

[Anonymous supporter donated 10,000 won!]

LoL LoL LoL please LoL LoL

“Thank you for the 10,000 won~ Today, I’ll just aim for Master.”

Sharing with people what happened today, I was queuing up.

“I had salad today. I haven’t eaten dinner yet.”

–Can salad fill you up? Damn.

–Recommend chicken for dinner.

“Ah… Ch-Chicken is a bit… I suffered from severe indigestion after eating chicken a long time ago…”

Even while playing LoL, communication didn’t stop.

Honestly, compared to the past, the game level has dropped a lot, so it was somewhat winnable even while communicating.

[Anonymous Supporter Mission!]

50,000 won for a successful triple kill.

–Oh, first mission.

–Isn’t that easy for noona?

–Wow, is noona going hard?

A hefty sum of 50,000 won.

Until now, I had been playing casually while communicating with viewers.

My eyes lit up, and I successfully completed the mission in less than 5 minutes.

“Thank you for the 50,000 won~ Ah, I have a reaction prepared, should I try it?”

–Oh, what is it, what is it?

–Are you doing a dub?

“P-Please teach Eri love, nyan! Thank you, nyan!”

The chat window froze in an instant.

Was this too much after all?

–Kya KKKKKK

–Hehehehehehe

–This is it.

–Insane, insane.

I thought it had frozen, but the chat was scrolling up so fast that it buffered for a moment.

I thought the reaction would be cold because there were many people from Suhyeon’s room, but did they get assimilated into the atmosphere?

“Ahaha… I’ll focus on the game~”

Doing a reaction in front of so many people, the embarrassment was greater than I thought.

Well, even when I did it alone earlier, my face turned red, and I almost died…

[Anonymous supporter donated 50,000 won!]

Just one more time, just one more time.

“P-Please teach Eri love, nyan! Thank you, nyan!”

Leaving the blazing chat window behind, I silently proceeded with LoL.

–Wow, this is practically a mad movie.

–Kya KKKKK

–Noona, do you also accept LoL Daeho (LoL King Tiger – a challenge)?

“Ah… That might be a bit difficult.”

Daeho, a culture in LoL where you find famous broadcasters with a certain point of contention, bet money, and make a wager.

It’s honey content that lacks nothing, from fees to content, but…

I don’t want to judge anyone’s wager where money is involved.

It also feels like it would be difficult to bear that weight.

With the Master emblem sparkling as the final image, I exchanged farewells with the viewers.

“I’ll come in the evening tomorrow! I’ll make an announcement in advance~”

–I’ll miss you, noona.

Lying on the bed, I checked Yujin’s broadcast again on my phone.

When my broadcast ended, she would usually start hers soon after.

[“This f*ck, I said I don’t like furries!!!”]

Yujin, drawing pictures based on viewers’ requests.

The viewers were teasing her, having a back-and-forth with each other.

“Indeed, this is Yuha. It’s really fun…”

Will I ever be able to do such a fun and humorous broadcast?

I want to learn some of her broadcasting sense.

***

For the time being, I should play games other than LoL.

If this continues, I feel like I’m going to become a LoL streamer…

Thinking about the content for tomorrow’s broadcast, I went to bed.

***

After showering and eating the salad I had bought in advance, I was watching Sejeong unni’s broadcast.

Her broadcast, which has now completely become a study-focused broadcast.

Still, its calmness has its own unique fun point.

Ding dong-

…Who is it? Did I order something?

When I opened the door, a pretty girl was standing there.

“Unni? Unni, your figure is truly insane…”

Unmistakably Suhyeon’s voice.

“…Suhyeon? How did you get here…?”

How on earth did she find out the address?

Brown dyed hair, even a ponytail.

Average height, but she seemed slightly shorter than me.

“I asked Rea unni and found out! Can I come in?”

“Huh? Uh… Come in…”

Perhaps, I should have understood her meaningful tone.