Chapter 58: Settling In: Work, Play, and Unspoken Feelings.

The tragedy of staying up all night with my eyes open, anticipating the exciting day, did not happen.

I woke up in a good mood to the alarm set a little earlier than usual, finished my preparations, and went out the door with the box I had packed yesterday.

Taking a taxi was unavoidable, as I was carrying quite a heavy load.

If I tried hard, I could somehow get to Yu Sieun’s house by public transportation, but it would be a nuisance to others.

It took about an hour to arrive. Compared to yesterday’s public transportation route, it was a huge time saver. But the transportation costs increased several times as much.

I thought it was extravagant to spend this much money just to move, but I didn’t hold on to it for long.

If it’s about 90,000 won, it would be a very cheap price to pay for a few days of staying with Yu Sieun. Yu Sieun said yesterday that she would pay for the taxi, but I didn’t intend to say anything.

I picked up the box again and got out of the car.

It was the place I came to yesterday as well.

The main gate of the apartment complex where Yu Sieun lives.

But already one difference from before had arisen.

Yesterday, Yu Sieun came down after receiving my call, but today Yu Sieun was walking from about there. I thought she was probably waiting until she could see me.

“Eunsol-ah!”

Yu Sieun, who called my name and came to me with a quick step, reached out as if to help me carry the box I was holding. She had a full eye smile.

The first thing Yu Sieun and I did after taking the elevator up was to unpack my luggage in what Yu Sieun called the ‘warehouse room’.

There was nothing particularly special in the luggage I brought.

This time, I came to live for a short period of time, and I packed my luggage with the thought that I would procure the necessities on site.

It wasn’t like I was on a camping trip, and it was a home where people lived, so there was no need to bring things for living.

The list of items in my box was as follows.

Several toiletries.

Several sets of indoor clothes and underwear.

Clothes to wear when going back home.

One emergency outfit.

Keyboard.

Mouse.

As revealed in the luggage I packed, I had no intention of leaving this house until Yu Sieun achieved Grandmaster or the supplies ran out, whichever came first.

“…Eunsol-ah, aren’t you going to go outside?”

Yu Sieun, who had been standing next to me while I was unpacking, taking advantage of the fact that we were the same gender, seemed to have realized my thoughts after seeing the composition of my luggage.

“There’s no reason to go out.”

“You can go out with me. Go for a walk somewhere. Go to a restaurant.”

“I brought an emergency set for that. But shouldn’t you not go outside until you reach Grandmaster?”

“…Okay.”

“Were you planning to go out?”

“No. It’s not that… I just asked. Ahem.”

I left the quiet Yu Sieun again and concentrated on unpacking.

To say I concentrated, it was just connecting the keyboard and mouse, which were the last things left in the box, to the computer in the room.

I lowered my body further with the intention of connecting the computer cables as well, since I was already lowering my head. Since it was a computer that had been stored, I thought the cables might not be connected.

“Ugh, Eunsol-ah. I connected all the cables yesterday..!”

It was when I was just lying down and going under the desk attached to the wall that I heard Yu Sieun’s voice, who seemed quite startled.

Since she had connected them in advance, there was no need to check them.

I moved my body in the lying position and came out from under the desk, then stood up.

It was a habit that had developed since I was young, when I miscalculated the distance and played a loud sound with my head when I stood up under the desk.

“Ah. You connected them in advance… Unnie, what’s wrong?”

But Yu Sieun was turning her head away from me again, like yesterday.

Yesterday, I thought she was probably doing that because she was embarrassed about the surprise plan, but what is the reason now?

“No. I feel like I’m going to cough. Ahem.”

I thought I probably made some dust while moving.

When I saw it, Yu Sieun seemed to want to stick with me.

It wasn’t because my perception was developed that I realized it, it was just visible.

But I had to refuse such a silent request from Yu Sieun.

It was a choice I didn’t want to make either, but there was a reason why I had to refuse it with tears in my eyes.

I was a worker, not a jobless person.

It wasn’t like I was a freelancer, since I was almost in a collaborative relationship with Yu Sieun, but a telecommuter working from home.

Even if there was something like the current situation where the boss was coaxing me to play with her, I had to do the work that was given to me.

I was going to edit yesterday’s broadcast.

Because it was a winning streak, the game content and fun were good, so it was enough to make a video as it was.

Ordinary Legacy of Legacy videos don’t need many miscellaneous elements.

But in yesterday’s broadcast, my voice came out quite a bit along with Yu Sieun. So the work would be a little more cumbersome.

I was in a situation where I had to start by configuring the work environment on the new computer now. There was also the time I used to come to Yu Sieun’s house after waking up in the morning.

If I prepared quickly and started, I could proceed with the work according to my usual work routine.

That was the reason why I gently led Yu Sieun, who was the homeowner, out of the door a few minutes later, even though she was a guest.

I slowly closed the door and parted my lips.

“Then, unnie, I’ll come out after finishing the video that will be uploaded today. It might take a little long, but I’ll be done by the afternoon.”

Yu Sieun showed a gloomy look that things were not going as she wanted, but she didn’t spit out work abuse like “Don’t work!” to me, who was going to work.

After sending Yu Sieun away like that, I started configuring the work environment on the computer that was turned on.

While picturing in my head how to make the video.

Yu Sieun’s second broadcast after I went back, which Yu Sieun had foretold yesterday, was not conducted because of the cleaning of the room I was in now.

It was enough to use my memory of being with Yu Sieun when she was broadcasting yesterday to draw a rough picture of the video.

Originally, I would roughly receive guidelines from Yu Sieun, and based on that, I would make a first draft, and then go through Yu Sieun’s review and feedback. Until the final version came out.

But this video production method that Yu Sieun and I had used for a long time had changed in a different way in recent weeks.

I currently had full authority over the videos uploaded to the YouTube channel.

I insisted that Yu Sieun do this.

Yu Sieun was putting all her efforts into the progress of the so-called ‘EunSiyu Goes to Grandmaster’ project.

Now that Yu Sieun has entered a state of awakening as a Legacy of Legend broadcaster, increasing her broadcasting time drastically and eliminating rest days, it was difficult for Yu Sieun to pay attention to YouTube as well.

‘Huu….’

The modification process after the feedback was something I had strongly talked about when I first met Yu Sieun and negotiated the conditions a long time ago.

Thinking about that point, I look like a politician who is repealing his own policy, but there were several reasons why I and Yu Sieun made this decision.

The purpose of my proposing the feedback process was largely to prepare for when Yu Sieun would work with other video editors besides me in the future.

The number of broadcasters who entrust video production to editor personnel is low, but it is not non-existent. Thinking back to that time a long time ago, that direction was convenient for me as well.

But at that time, I thought that if I did that, Yu Sieun would not be able to show proficiency in video production later when she had another editor instead of me.

The reason why I increased the proportion of Yu Sieun’s hand in decision-making, even if it was uncomfortable.

But now it didn’t matter.

Yu Sieun had already become knowledgeable in producing YouTube videos for a long time, and above all, Yu Sieun and I would be together for life.

Even if Yu Sieun has multiple editors later, I will be in the position of the most senior.

Like that now.

I extracted the video after completing the self-feedback and review.

‘…It’s 5 o’clock.’

Even though I concentrated, I had far exceeded 3 o’clock, which is Yu Sieun’s recent broadcast start time.

It was because it wasn’t a pure game video, but a source with talk with an editor occasionally interspersed. The fact that the environment wasn’t perfectly set up was also a big factor.

I should say that it’s fortunate that the computer is good.

It seems to be Yu Sieun’s old broadcasting computer, but the specs were a little better than the one in my house.

Since the broadcast notification rang on my phone around 3 o’clock as usual, Yu Sieun would have already been broadcasting for about 2 hours without me.

I will have to watch that later, but I felt quite sorry.

I set the scheduled upload of the video and picked up my cell phone.

‘Hmm….’

The concentration I had been pouring into the work was completely released.

The curiosity I had been holding back was rising.

What kind of result did Yu Sieun receive?

I felt like I was going to check a game account that had automatic hunting turned on.

Would these thoughts be rude to Yu Sieun?