Chapter 22: First Meeting

 First Meeting

Today is a day off. Seria was already walking around the room earlier than the scheduled time.

“Ah, what should I wear today? Since it’s our first meeting, won’t you be disappointed? Ugh, I don’t know what to wear.”

The reason she was like this was because Strawberry Ddaljjang was coming to the company congratulatory party today.

She had shown tremendous influence since her debut broadcast, and she had shown good results since then.

As a way to ask for continued support, Lisanne was hosting the party on YOLO Live.

Since it was not a large company yet, it was a plan that reflected Lisanne’s opinion that she wanted to get to know everyone at this time.

“Ah, do you think I’m being too showy? You seem to be acting too pretty. Haa, I’m going crazy.”

Seria was surprised to suddenly receive a call from Lisanne asking her to clear her schedule today.

This was because she usually didn’t interfere with the schedules of her affiliated YouTubers.

However, after hearing the words that followed, Seria had no choice but to nod and accept it.

“No, no!! There’s no time! It’s time to go out already! Aaaah…!”

If it had been someone else, she would have dressed up and gone out.

However…. Today’s main character is none other than Strawberry Ddaljjang. This time, it was to celebrate her debut as the fourth YouTuber through YOLO Live.

“I have to look pretty in front of you, Ddaljjang.”

Honestly, even Seria herself couldn’t understand why she was acting so excitedly.

After all, the person she thought was a man turned out to be a woman, and they were fans, YouTubers, and colleagues at the same company.

They had never actually met.

Offline, they were just red-faced strangers.

Nevertheless, Seria could feel the overwhelming desire to look prettier than anyone else in front of Ddaljjang.

‘Why am I really like this?’

However, time doesn’t stop even if you worry about it.

As time passed by without a care, she eventually thought of her daughter who liked her innocent and pitiful self, and ended up coordinating her outfit around a white one-piece dress and leaving the house.

-Again, again, again…

Seria walked to work wearing high heels that she didn’t usually wear.

“Wow, who’s that person?”

“She’s so pretty… Is she a celebrity?”

The rustling hair and the smell of shampoo left a lingering scent.

At the end of their gazes, guided by their sense of smell, a beautiful woman walked by, swinging the hem of her one-piece skirt, and their gazes were fixed on her as if they were fish caught by bait.

“Ha, it’s been years since I’ve worn high heels, but is the combination of a one-piece dress and high heels a bit too much?”

Normally, she would have chosen sneakers or sandals.

She chose this because she remembered the saying that wearing high heels makes your legs look pretty.

Of course, Seria’s basic appearance was enough to support it, so this outfit looked beautiful to others as well.

So she arrived at the company, suppressed her pounding heart, and arrived at the party venue where the new employee celebration party was to be held.

The party venue prepared in the company for such a time was more elaborate than she had expected, and many of the company employees were already there.

“Wow!! Seria-sister!! You really worked hard today?!! You’re so pretty!!”

When she opened the door and came in, Rania, who was the first to see her, smiled brightly and came over to her, wiggling.

“Oh my? Seria. You put on some nice makeup today too? What’s up?”

Of course, Kurona, the first YouTuber of YOLO Live, also greeted Seria and approached her, tapping his hooves.

“Ahaha, am I late?”

As she spoke cautiously, her eyes scanned the venue evilly.

At this moment, Rania smiled sinisterly and poked Seria’s side with her elbow and said, “Sister, your husband hasn’t come yet.”

“Wh, what are you talking about! Rania!! Why is your daughter coming out there!”

At this moment, Kurona snickered and added a word.

“Seria, Rania hasn’t said a word about your daughter yet?”

“Ah, ugh…”

“Ahahaha! Sis! Doesn’t this feel like deja vu? Hahahaha!!”

“Seriously, you two are both so mean.”

Kurona crossed her arms while looking at Seria with those sad eyes.

“Seriously, Seria likes her daughter a lot, huh?”

“No, stop it, Kurona-sister. It’s not like that.”

“What the heck! If not, would I have been the only one in that room who looked at my daughter with such sticky eyes? And, keuheu! ‘I’ve always wanted to see you.’ in a trembling voice! Gyaaaaah!!”

“Ahhhhh!! Raniaaaaat!!”

“Gyaang~ Kurona sis~ Seria sis is going to hit me.”

Seria’s face was completely red.

Of course, even thinking about it now, she doesn’t regret saying those words back then.

Because at that moment, at that very moment, she wanted to tell Strawberry sis how she truly felt.

“Now that we have an excuse to meet up, there’s no need to be so desperate.”

“Kurona sis, don’t be like this. Haa, really.”

While the three of them were chatting, the representative, Lisanne, and the staff greeted her happily.

As always, Lisanne was drinking even though the protagonist hadn’t arrived yet.

The same went for the staff members who forced themselves to hang out with her.

“Hey! You’re here! You’re here! The nun from our company is here!!”

“CEO, are you drunk already? We haven’t even started yet. Let’s drink later….”

“Hahaha! Are you my mole? I just made up an excuse to drink anyway!”

“Oh my, just don’t get too drunk and pass out later.”

“Don’t worry! Do you know how strong a Minotaur is against alcohol! Hehe…!”

Incidentally, she’s not particularly strong against alcohol.

“By the way, you’ve really prepared a lot. Didn’t you spend quite a bit of money on this?”

“Hey! Seria! Are you looking down on my financial resources as the CEO right now?! Hehe…. That’ll be difficult! My rule is to prepare for any situation! So! Don’t worry about money today! Eat whatever you want! Everything~ you want! If you run out, just tell me anytime! I’ll get you some!”

“By the way, why isn’t your daughter here yet? Isn’t it about time for her to come?”

To that question, Lisanne answered, “She overslept. She should be here by now.”

“Huh?!”

Seria’s eyes widened in surprise at the absurd reason.

It was none other than her own company party, so who would believe that she overslept on the day of it?

“Ahaha! You always come in a flash during Seria-unni’s broadcast time. Right? Unni—”

“Rania! Stop it!”

“Gyaang~ I’m getting hit by a nun.”

At that moment, the closed door opened.

Since there was only one person who would come, everyone’s eyes were focused on it.

Of course, Seria’s eyes were also focused on the open door.

“I’m sorry. I overslept, so I’m late.”

-Saaaaah…!

At that moment, the wind blew outside the open window.

The cool breeze caressed the inside of the party hall through the window, and the blonde beauty’s hair fluttered roughly as she opened the door and came in.

“Wow….”

“No way? That person?”

“An elf? Still like that, no, like that….”

Long, pointed ears sticking out from between her hair.

Beautiful blonde hair and white skin.

The perfect, sculpted beauty overwhelmed everyone in the party hall.

“Wow…! Kurona-sister! I can tell who that person is just by looking at them!”

“Right? Seriously, how is it exactly like the avatar design?”

………..

Daughter.

She was the star of this party.

As Kurona said in admiration, the elf in front of her was exactly the same as the avatar she wore when she debuted.

Of course, there were differences between 3D and real life, but because she had the unique features and body of an elf, it felt even more similar.

However, unlike the queen’s dress outfit, in reality she was wearing a free outfit of dolphin pants and a white tank top.

Although she might seem a bit masculine from the outside, no one thought that way because she was so pretty.

Just like no one would think a naked Venus is lewd.

“What are you doing, Sister?”

“Oh, uh, uh?”

Next to her, Rania poked her shoulder with a mischievous expression.

Seria was dumbfounded at the sight of her daughter-in-law for the first time.

-Thump…

As if she had made a promise, she walked straight towards Seria.

‘What, what, what, what!! Why are you coming here?! Daughter-in-law definitely doesn’t know me?!’

She thought.

But the ancient elf’s intuition was quite accurate.

“Seria-sama? Right?”

“Ahh! Ah, ahh, yes, yes!! I’m Seria!! Ba, baba, nice to meet you! Daughter-in-law!”

“Hehe, you were right, Seria-sama. I thought you looked like a nun at first glance.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you for the compliment.”

“Where does it hurt?”

As Seria hesitated, shrugging her shoulders without even making eye contact, the elf narrowed the distance with a worried expression and examined her complexion.

As their faces got closer, Seria turned her head to the side, her face flushing even more.

“I-It’s okay! I’m just, I’m nervous!”

“I see.”

Ddalsung looked at the next person so that she wouldn’t be embarrassed any longer.

It was a Lamia, waving its snake tail and looking at Ddalsung with interest.

“You’re Rania, right?”

“Huh?! That’s right! How did you know? I, I’m so different from the Avatar?”

“Your playful eyes are just like the Avatar’s. Above all, your beautiful tail is the same.”

“Ah, ahaha….! My, my tail….”

For the Lamia race, complimenting the tail is the best compliment.

However, for other races, complimenting the face is common.

To begin with, the Lamia race itself has such divisive external appearances that it’s hard to get compliments on their looks.

That’s why the compliment about the tail that the elf in front of her just casually threw out made even Rania’s heart flutter.

‘Wow! This is no joke! A pretty elf complimenting my pretty tail!! I’m a girl, and we’re both girls, so why am I getting this excited!!’

Above all.

In this day and age, a beautiful elf that can only be seen in subcultures.

It was a new feeling because I was truly welcoming the ‘legendary elf’ before my eyes without lying.

As expected, seeing an elf in real life is different.

What is literally overwhelming beauty? Is this exactly what it is?

“By the way, why are you dressed like that?”

When Kurona, who approached her with an unexpectedly relaxed appearance, spoke, Ddalsung looked down at her own clothes and answered with a smirk.

“I overslept, so I came in a hurry. I just came dressed roughly. But I didn’t really have any clothes to change into.”

“Oh, that must have been difficult.”

At that moment, a drunken Lisanne stood in front of her with her heavy body and interrupted with a loud voice.

“What about the suit you wore for the interview? It was pretty!!”

“Oh, that. I didn’t want to wear it because it was uncomfortable.”

“But even so!! Do you think it’s okay to come to a company inauguration party in such a shabby outfit!! Yes?!”

“Haha, it seems like the CEO has had a lot to drink already. He’s really high tension.”

Ddalsung didn’t really intend to threaten.

She just blurted out the thoughts that came to her mind without filtering them.

But.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I think I drank too much and talked nonsense. Hahaha!”

Lisanne thought about the amount of money she had invested and immediately changed her stance.

“Okay!! Now that the main character is here! Let’s start the party for real!!”

“Waaaaaaah!!”

And that’s how Ddalsung’s company entrance party started off grandly.