Chapter 73: Comforting someone once and everything being resolved smoothly is something that only happens in novels (1)

“…Finally, it’s over.”

As the horror game ended, I leaned back in my chair, succumbing to the exhaustion washing over me.

I hadn’t turned off the stream yet, but I figured this much was okay.

[Good work]

[Good job, Boss]

[Ah lolololol That was so much fun today]

[I got so many clips today frfrfr]

[Streaming world’s biggest scaredy-cat Hiro lololol]

[So what are you doing now?]

Unlike before and during the horror game, the viewers’ reactions were quite mild.

Was it because they had filled their quota of stimulation for the day?

Of course, I also felt pretty refreshed, perhaps because I had finished carrying out the punishment.

[HiroThighsSquishy has sponsored ₩10,000!]

Because I was leaning back, I couldn’t see the content of the sponsorship, but I could tell that someone had sponsored thanks to the unique sound of a high-value sponsorship.

If it was a small sponsorship, I would have responded while lying down, but it wouldn’t be polite to react to an amount over ₩10,000 while lying down, so I straightened up.

“Thank you for the ₩10,000 sponsorship~ Squishy-ni”

[Boss, can you lower the camera a little from that position?]

“You crazy bi*ch!!!”

Seeing the content of the sponsorship, I reflexively covered my lower body with both hands and cursed.

Due to the angle of the camera, there was no risk of my lower body being visible even if I leaned back… but even so, it wasn’t that I didn’t feel any shame, so it was an unconscious action, but

[lololololololololololololololol]

[Lollolololol Look at the Boss being embarrassed lololololololol]

[Koitsuwwwwwww Very cutewwwwwwwwwwww]

[Come to think of it, you weren’t wearing panties, right? Lololololololololol]

[So you got ₩10,000, why aren’t you lowering the camera??]

[Hiro’sFootWiper has sponsored ₩1,000!]

[Hiro, they say the more rice ripens, the lower it bows its head, shouldn’t the camera do the same?]

[That’s right, why is the camera so presumptuous in front of Hiro?]

[frfrfr Let’s fix its manners quickly]

[You little… failure!!]

“Ah, I thought I could rest a little after the horror game, but you guys are being annoying again…”

It seemed that there was no end to human satisfaction.

It’s like they enjoyed it enough, but as soon as they see a new stimulus, they all rush over and bite at it.

“Alrightㅡ Anyway, that’s it for today’s stream! Thank you for watching today, everyone.”

[? Already leaving?]

[No, don’t go]

[Go in~~]

[Good work]

[No, stream more before you leave!!]

[Can’t you communicate a little more before you go?]

[ByeHiro ByeHiro]

“What do you mean stream more!! It’s already 11 o’clock 11 o’clock!!! Let’s turn it off and sleep! It’s a weekday, don’t you guys have to go to work tomorrow!”

[Sis… I’m unemployed…]

[Yeah~ I can just sleep at school~]

[You won’t die from staying up one night lol]

[I’ll be guarding the house like a dog tomorrow anyway, it’s okay]

“Get some sleep, sleep! Sleep. The hosting is… I’ll send you here. Don’t cause trouble, and be quiet and read the room, okay?”

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[Trust us~]

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[^^7]

[Let’s gooooooooooooo]

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[Sis, you trust us, right?]

“Ah, should I just not send you?”

[Ah, why!!]

[What, send us]

[Can a streamer not trust viewers?]

[What, you don’t trust us?]

[Do]

[It]

[Do]

[Do]

[Do]

[It]

The chat room started to become a mess again.

I don’t think they really want an explanation, but if I don’t say anything here and move on, it’ll really become a mess….

It’s a really troublesome situation.

But

“Alright everyone, let me ask you one thing.”

It’s not like I’ve only experienced this situation once or twice, and I’ve found my own way to deal with it.

“Excluding yourselves, would you trust the people chatting next to you right now if you were you?”

[Uh…]

[Ah, that’s a bit]

[People? There’s no one next to me?]

[Ah lololol Who’s a person here lololol]

[I can’t trust them~]

[That’s too much]

[lololololol You have to trust people you can trust lololol]

“Right? You admit that I can’t trust you then?”

[I agree~~]

[Ah, I can’t help it lololol]

[I’ll be aware and handle things well~]

[So where are we going?]

[Captain, where are you sending us?]

“I’m sending you to… who’s doing a horror game right now. Alright, see you again tomorrow at 7, everyone~ ByeHiro~!”

[ByeHiro~]

[See you tomorrow~]

[ByeHiro~]

[Sis, see you tomorrow, ByeHiro~]

[ByeHiro~]

I gave my closing remarks and lowered the screen.

[Hey… This won’t get me caught, right…? Just a moment, just a mome]

[Hiro has hosted 471 viewers]

[Aaaaaahueack!!!!]

I smiled inwardly as I watched my fellow streamer, startled by the hosting I sent, scream.

Originally, streamers are also the most malicious viewers at the same time. I was no exception.

[Ah… Heueong… Thank you for the hosting, Hiro… Welcome everyone, mingha mingha…]

[Nanha Nanha]

[Nananananananana]

[lololololololololololololololol]

[Lollololololol]

[Nanananananananana]

Maybe I looked like that a little while ago.

Thinking that, I cleaned up after the stream.

The screams I heard in between gradually washed away the stress that had built up today.

“Well… I managed to get through it somehow.”

I was worried that the fact that I suddenly took a break yesterday, on the weekend, would spread strangely, so I took the initiative today.

The situation didn’t go as well as I thought, but I still managed to finish it somehow, so I shouldn’t have any major problems.

Even if the story comes up later, it’ll be brushed off as “Who’s the crazy person who streams without panties to go on a date?”

Or, they’ll say “Streaming without panties is acceptable~” and the opinions will be divided, so at least the public opinion won’t be one-sided.

There were various noises and crises in the process….

But it ended without any major problems, so it’s good that it ended well.

[Gil!! Gil where are you Gil!! He’s chasing meeeeaaaaaak!!!!!!]

Watching my colleague, who was still suffering while playing the horror game, I left the soundproof booth.

Outside the soundproof booth was the dining table and traces of meals on it.

I cleaned up the food I had eaten before the stream and took it to the sink.

If the dishes start to pile up, there’s no end to it, so it’s best to clean them up quickly.

Recalling the disaster that happened when I put it off because I was too lazy in the past, I picked up my phone, intending to play a video to listen to while doing the dishes.

“…Huh? What is it.”

But there were several missed calls on my phone.

Yeon Yeon Yeon, and Yeon.

She knows that I turn off my phone when I’m streaming, right?

Did something really urgent happen?

Recalling that Yeon’s condition hasn’t been good lately, I worryingly brought my phone to my ear.

As expected of Yeon, I hear the default ringtone.

[~♪♬]

[~♪♬]

[~♪♬]

The ringtone’s repeat sign gets longer.

Yeon, who always has her phone with her, rarely doesn’t answer the phone for this long.

Normally, I would have thought that she went to the bathroom, but in this situation where she left several missed calls, wouldn’t she usually be waiting for a call?

I thought something was wrong, but there was nothing I could do right now, so I just waited for the phone to connect.

“Give me the phone, I said?”

“…No.”

Yeon’s house, filled with memories of her grandfather.

Yeon was confronting someone there.

“Is it that person?”

“…Why do you want to know?”

“It’s that person, isn’t it. Give me the phone, let me talk to them.”

[~♪♬]

[~♪♬]

[~♪♬]

A woman pressuring her to give her the phone, and Yeon trying not to hand over the phone at all costs.

The dry ringtone that resonates at regular intervals like the hands of a clock.

But the difference of opinion between the two remained in place without progress.

[~♪….]

Soon, the clock hand sound stopped.

“…Haa.”

The woman standing in front of Yeon sighed and put her hand on her hip, then crossed her arms.

“Yeon.”

“Why.”

“I’m worried about you. I’m worried that you might have been tricked by a strange person.”

The woman, who called herself Yeon’s sister, sent Yeon a displeased look and continued.

“You haven’t experienced social life, and you’re still very young, right? So I want to help you, but are you so unhappy about that?”

“I’ll take care of it myself.”

“…I really don’t understand why you’re being so stubborn.”

Yeon, who continues to issue an eviction order as if she has nothing to say, and Yeon’s sister, who doesn’t back down at all.

This atmosphere, which seemed like it would continue endlessly

[~♩♩♩♩]

The house phone, which was placed on the antique wooden drawer that her grandfather left behind, rang and broke the tension.

Unfortunately

“…Leave it!! I’ll answ-“

“Hello?”

Yeon’s sister was standing next to the dresser.

[Hello? Is this Yeon’s house?]

Hiro’s voice was coming from the receiver.