Chapter 26: Unnie, What Is This ‘Toy’?

According to the original plan, we should have parted ways after dinner.

However, the time we finished looking around Comiket was a little too early for dinner.

And also, Garam-unni kept tempting me by saying she would make me dinner, so I followed her.

Actually, I was half-forced to follow her because I was being considerate of her feelings…

Anyway, for that reason, I am now at Garam-unni’s house.

“Alright, come on in.”

Garam-unni’s house was a two-room apartment with a modern interior, just as I had expected.

But strangely, it was a two-room apartment with the bed in the living room.

Isn’t the bed usually in the room?

“Ah, the room is used for broadcasting. It’s not big enough for a bed to fit.”

Hmm, if that’s the reason, I can understand.

It’s not for any special reason, just a structural issue, it seems.

“That being said… what kind of dish should I make for you? Korean? Or Japanese or Western?”

“You must be good at cooking.”

“I once dreamed of being a chef.”

“Oh, then I’ll have the chef’s special, please.”

“Hehe, look forward to it. Oh right, wait anywhere you like until the food is ready.”

I left the menu choice to Garam-unni and moved to the living room.

I can see a bed, a TV, and a table.

Just by looking, it was a composition where the standard was to lean against the bed from below and watch TV.

Then I should sit on the floor below the bed.

I carefully lower my body and sit on the floor with my back to the bed.

Thud

But at that moment, I felt something hard behind my back.

What is this…

At the foreign object I felt behind my back, I reached out my arm and grabbed something behind me.

The identity of the object behind my back was… uh, huh?

Long, with the end carved into a round shape.

Click

Also, something with two buttons.

Vrrrrrrrrrr-

No matter how I look at it… it’s that, that thing!

You know… the magic tool that lets you enjoy happy time.

Vrrrrrrrrrr-!

As if to show off its power, the magic tool vibrated my right arm strongly.

“Huh? Yua, what’s that sound…”

Perhaps because of the sudden sound, Garam-unni stops trimming the ingredients and looks this way.

“Uh… uh…?!”

As soon as she saw the magic tool in my hand, Garam-unni dropped the ingredients.

“W-wait…”

Wow, it’s the first time I’ve seen that unni like this.

Garam-unni, blushing as if she were a beet herself, ran towards me.

Thwack

Then she snatched the magic tool that was in my hand and hid it behind her back.

“Hk-kyaaat…!”

From her, I could no longer find the cool appearance I usually saw.

What’s more, it didn’t just end with her cool appearance disappearing.

She even showed a side of her I had never seen before.

It meant she tried to handle the situation with a face that is vulgarly called an ‘amateur’s expression’.
(TL Note: The raw text uses a slang term that roughly translates to a submissive or “feminine” expression, often used in a lewd context. “Amateur’s expression” captures the flustered, non-professional look without being overly explicit.)

“Wh-where did you…?”

“Um… on the bed…”

“Ah…”

An atmosphere of having realized something.

I think she might have realized that she had used(?) it before and hadn’t put it away.

“C-can you pretend you didn’t see it…?”

“Huh? See what? This toy, by any chance…”

“Uwaaaa! Y-you, are you really going to do this?”

Eheheh… Garam-unni is a woman after all.

How nice it would be if she showed this side of her sometimes.

I gave a wicked smile and looked at Garam-unni intently.

“I-I’ll grant you a wish later too, so can you keep it a secret…?”

Oh-ho, she’s throwing a pretty strong card.

Honestly, if I were to tell this story on stream… it seems like a dopamine party would break out.

“Ugh…”

Still, I shouldn’t go that far.

No matter how much that unni goes around doing this and that on her usual broadcasts.

She’s being excessively embarrassed right now.

It seems like this material will become a one-sided mental-breaking show, not a teasing back-and-forth.

“Hmm… alright. I draw the line too, you know.”

“Re…ally…?”

How embarrassed must she have been…?

At the edge of her eyes, as she repeatedly checked the sincerity of my words, tears were welling up, visible only if you looked very closely.

“Yes, I promise.”

“I-I’ll trust our Yua?”

…I should have just pretended I didn’t know from the beginning.

Anyway, after making a deal of sorts, we returned to our respective places.

It means I went to the floor below the bed, and Garam-unni went to the kitchen.

Sizzle sizzle

Perhaps because of the incident earlier… she was silent.

But in inverse proportion to her words, there was a delicious smell.

I wonder what kind of food it will be.

I licked my lips and looked towards the kitchen.

Seeing the chef turning off the heat and putting the food on a plate, it seemed to be almost done.

“Alright… and, done.”

Seeing her like this even after a few minutes had passed since the incident.

The shock from earlier must have been quite big.

“Just act as you usually do, I really won’t tell.”

“Okay… then shall we eat first?”

She still seems awkward, but I guess I have to compromise at this point.

Because I would have been the same.

As Garam-unni said, I should eat first.

I’m starting to get curious about what she made.

“This is LA galbi… and this is crab fried rice.”

Hehe, from the smell to the visuals, it’s all at a passing level, isn’t it?

At this rate, I could even call her a chef.

“I’ll eat well.”

I placed a piece of galbi on top of the fluffy fried rice and naturally put it in my mouth.

“Chew chew…”

No, this taste?

(Delicious)!

In my 22 years of life, this is the first time I’ve eaten such a delicious dish…!

The sweet and oily LA galbi, seasoned so superbly.

In addition, the fried rice, which was impressive with its intense smoky flavor.

Really, it was a taste that could have been sold for tens of thousands of won at some high-class restaurant.

“Unhihi…”

“How does it taste?”

“I-I think I could eat ten bowls…!”

Wow, look at my tongue going wild.

How delicious must it have been for the pronunciation filter to break this much?

I’ve broken the pronunciation filter while eating numerous foods until now.

But this is the first time it has been so completely broken.

“Is… it that delicious?”

Oh no, does she still not know the potential of the food she made?

I picked up another spoon that was on one side of the table.

And using that spoon, I put the fried rice into Garam-unni’s mouth.

“Huh? Why is this so delicious?”

Looking at her reaction, she also seemed to not understand.

…Could it be that she made the food more delicious because of her embarrassment?

Eh, still, that’s a bit of an exaggeration.

Perhaps because I ate a dish that was out of the ordinary, all sorts of strange thoughts are coming to mind.

Seeing that unni is also puzzled, maybe it’s not just a strange thought?

Well, anyway, we finished our dinner satisfactorily.

Perhaps because something went into our stomachs, the atmosphere is less awkward than before.

“Unni, but don’t you have a broadcast today?”

“Ah, I forgot.”

What, she even forgot her broadcast schedule now?

At this point, I think I’ll have to write a ‘non-disclosure agreement’ or something.

I thought, ‘once you get on her bad side, it lasts for a long time’.

“…Since it has come to this, do you want to broadcast together?”

What is this all about now?

Is she suggesting we do a real-life joint broadcast?

“You can just have your voice come out.”

Hmm, so that’s what she meant.

I knew I would do it someday, but I didn’t know it would be now.

“But is it okay to just do that? Don’t we have to get permission from the CEO?”

“She probably said it’s fine between members, right? She only asked us to tell her when we’re doing a joint broadcast with someone else.”

If it’s okay to do it, then a real-life joint broadcast… wouldn’t be bad.

Because it seems like it can somewhat resolve this awkward atmosphere.

If we part like this, it will be awkward when we meet on stream later.

But I didn’t ask what the content of today’s broadcast is.

For the record, if it’s something like a horror game, I plan to run away without looking back.

“What’s the content of today’s broadcast?”

“Uh… I think it was ASMR.”

Completely unexpected content popped out.

I thought it would be a game or a chat at most.

“If you’re burdened, you can just watch.”

That should be fine.

It’s a chance to see Garam-unni do ASMR in person, right?

Yes, yes, I can’t miss an opportunity like this.

I sat down on the chair in front of the table where the computer was, in the broadcast room.

For some reason, there were two chairs.

“Ah, I have to set up the broadcast, so could you sit on the outside?”

Ahem… I guess I was too eager.

It seemed my anticipation was not just excessive, but overflowing.

“Then I’ll start the broadcast?”

In the silence, the start of the broadcast is declared along with the sound of a mouse.

[Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes!!!!!!!!!!!]
[Ugh… my dream has finally come true…]
[Heu-eung, nunna…]

Ugh, the viewers here are no pushovers either.

Perhaps because the content was announced in advance, the viewers are pouring in.

Garam-unni + ASMR…

Even I had to admit it was content I couldn’t resist.

Thinking about it again, I’m starting to understand the viewers.

Hmm… in the old days, I might have been over there doing the same thing.

“Everyone, hi hi, I’m back!”

[Our Orc Brigade welcomes the Chieftain-nim ㅠㅠ]
[The stopped time has begun to flow again…!]
[Are you here? Are you here? Are you here? Are you here? Are you here?]

The Orcs (Asea’s fan name) are starting to get fired up.

I don’t know if this is burning positively or negatively.

But whatever it was, it was certain that she was hitting a record number of viewers.

“As I announced today, we’re doing ASMR, right? But that… I’ll do it in 30 minutes.”

[Na]
[Rak]
[Boo~ No conscience~]
[Do it,,, right,,, now~~~]

“Instead! I’ve brought a guest!”

Garam-unni smiled and looked at me.

Just by looking, it was a gaze that was telling me to speak.

“Yes, it’s guest Naru~”

[?]
[S-surprise.N-naru]
[That’s so random lol]

Yes, I think it’s random too.

Actually, I just came here to watch Garam-unni’s broadcast.

“Anyway, our Naru-chan is sitting next to me right now… well, should I tell you the story of what happened today?”

[Oh]
[Go go]
[Did you two really go on a date? lol]

Uh… wait, shouldn’t you not talk about that?

No matter how much we minimized our voices.

If you talk about what we did, the time Bill Gates might find us…?

At that moment, as if she knew what I was worried about.

Garam-unni whispered in my left ear.

“It’s okay… I plan to talk about it vaguely enough that we can’t be identified.”

Aha, then it should be fine.

Garam-unni smiled and proceeded with the broadcast.