Chapter 68

“Yes, it’s a cooking stream.”

[What exactly happened?]

[Situation explanation, legend! LOL]

[Preceding the era of three-line summaries with a groundbreaking zero-line summary!]

[Didn’t you push it a bit too far?]

[Wow, cam stream!]

[Is a body figure like that even possible in real life?]

[Looks like they’ve escaped right out of an animation, I swear]

[Venus herself]

[Venus likes the character because it resembles her]

[Ooooooo]

[I love you, my dear]

[Woo woo wooaaaaaa]

[Yay! Mama! Mama mia!]

[Please, fall and reveal your face!] -Deleted message

I’m not that stupid; why would I fall over on a perfectly even floor?

This feels a bit strange to say…

The phone camera, set firmly to capture both the kitchen table and my upper body, is securely fixed.

I’ve tested it multiple times, moving around to ensure the filming range, carefully adjusting the angle.

Meaning the accidental face reveal you all want won’t happen.

[Ms. JellyfishCastle donated 1,000 won.]

“Isn’t your original form actually not a jellyfish? I’m so shocked, my hands and feet are trembling.”

“It is a jellyfish, this form is an android body for the purpose of cooking.”

[What’s with the concept LOL LOL LOL]

[Ah, I see now]

[Get rid of that terrible jellyfish concept already]

[Let them enjoy as they please]

[If it’s an android, just show your face] -Deleted message

Do you still not know that face reveal requests are a ban-worthy offense?

Read the chat rules.

Today’s costume is a disguise suit + turtle neck knit.

I also put on a wig to conceal my hair color.

Although I’m not capturing my face, only a very small portion of my silhouette is visible on-camera.

The more I stream this way, the less likely people will recognize me in real life.

Alright, according to plan.

On the table were cooking utensils, ingredients, and a laptop.

The laptop was there to read the chat window and monitor the stream.

I set the screen to be small and the chat box to be large.

After all, I just need to check if the broadcast is going out properly.

Let me go back to the beginning: how did I end up doing a baking stream?

It all started with a dinner with my manager.

I had a bit of a buzz on, feeling upbeat, so I made a promise with my manager to exchange chocolates.

There isn’t much time left. Valentine’s Day is coming soon.

What was I thinking making such an agreement?

Actually, I might be the type who shouldn’t drink at all, huh?

Anyway, we decided to exchange homemade chocolates, but I had a fundamental question.

What meaning is there in just melting chocolate and letting it harden again?

Yes, I’m T.

But honestly, don’t you think so too?

So, seeing it as transforming a meaningless act into a meaningful one, I chose a recipe involving chocolate: brownies.

They are slightly involved but not overly complicated, making them an easy dish for beginners to attempt.

“Alright, let’s make brownies so easy even a jellyfish can do it. We’ll do it ourselves now.”

Honestly, I can’t cook at all, but it’s fine, I’ve got Seol Yun, a skilled assistant.

When I mentioned I was going to bake, she was really excited.

Feels like someone welcoming a newbie with a sense of nostalgia.

“There’s going to be meringue preparation first. Put beaten eggs into a chilled bowl. While adding sugar and mixing with a whisk, it’ll become meringue.”

As I enthusiastically cracked the egg, Seol Yun’s comment came from beside me.

“Just the egg whites.”

“Huh? The recipe didn’t say that…”

[Failed copycat attempt LOL LOL]

[Should’ve brought a proper recipe]

[Hand size visible? Aww so cute]

[Who’s that next to you?]

[Is that the person who turned off the stream last time?]

[Is that the manager?]

[So is this an empty house then? Perfect time for a plastering spree?] -Deleted message

[Nice try, but got cut off immediately LOL]

[Ah, this is a rule-of-law nation]

“There’s a Master Chef assisting me.”

I don’t really want to talk about having a sister on the stream yet.

[Where did you even get a chef from?]

[She’s surprisingly good at random remarks]

[Are you maybe not really awkward?]

[“Clown’s talent”]

[I believed she had friends!]

[She said she didn’t have friends]

[Correction: It’s her girlfriend]

[Whaaat?!]

[Lesbians, omg…] -Deleted message

“Please pay attention to the chat rules. Especially when you’re making jokes about real people, think twice before typing them out. If you must, type it in a notepad first.”

While saying this, I attempted to separate the egg whites, but…

It’s not going well.

Why is this so hard?

I thought if I just swished it around enough, the egg white and yolk would magically separate.

“Pour it over this.”

Then Seol Yun handed me a slotted spatula.

When I poured the egg over it as instructed, the yolk was caught while the white streamed down below.

“Wow, amazing!”

[The chef is pro]

[This is some great cooking wisdom]

[This is what a cooking stream should be like LOL]

[Learned something new]

I sense that these viewers probably won’t ever cook in their lives like me, but they seem to enjoy it, so that’s good.

“Make it delicious!”

I sprinkled the dangerously addictive white powder, sugar, while chanting a spell.

[Keep talking during cooking, saliva will get mixed in though]

[Saliva? That’s even better]

[Industry award]

[Let’s buy spit-drenched meringue]

While whisking the sugar-infused egg whites with the whisk, I noticed a manager chat.

A chat visible only to those with the authority to manage the stream. Right now, only me and the manager have that authority.

[Kill me?]

The contents of the messages, upon reflection, are some kind of perverted wish to drink my saliva.

Of course, it’s annoying, but do I really have to get so serious about it? It would be unpleasant if the room became too stiff, but suddenly, I thought, my dad might be watching the stream.

“Chop. Chop.”

[Why make whipping sounds while using the whisk?]

[Whipping sound? Is that a hint of scissors?]

-Deleted message

[Get down!]

[It’s a magic spell to summon the manager]

[Wow]

[Turns out she’s a magical girl]

[A breeze blows…]

As I vigorously whipped the meringue, why isn’t it changing no matter how much I whip?

“This, this? It’s harder than I thought…”

[Frail waifuna]

[LOL]

[Seriously, this would be tough even for a guy]

[Use modern tools; are you a caveman?]

What? Like a caveman?

I’m using tools properly.

While thinking this, Seol Yun hands me a machine.

“…”

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

When I pressed the button, a machine that looked like it had ten times the power of mine started to whirl madly.

It even had two parts for whipping, meaning it was probably twenty times more powerful than me.

“If you have this, you should have given it to me right away.”

“I just found your effort to be so cute.”

“Hey!”

I’m your older sister, you brat!

[LOL]

[Seems like the chef understands streaming]

[Timed it perfectly with the relaxing segment]

[What? I’m happy just watching two watermelons?]

-Deleted message

[Long live the mighty age of machines!]

The 2 minutes of useless effort seemed silly once we started using the machine, and the meringue quickly formed.

Even with the machine, it took some time, so if I had kept doing it by hand, who knows? Probably wouldn’t have been able to finish, no matter how long.

“Aah… The helplessness of humanity, the greatness of machinery.”

I muttered this as I moved the portable burner from off-screen to the center of the screen.

It was something I prepared because it’s hard to capture an induction cooktop properly from the camera angle.

“Now, I’ll boil water in a pot and melt the chocolate and butter using a double boiler.”

[Isn’t the rule just to burn chocolate directly on fire until it burns?]

[Do you think you’re an anime character or something LOL]

[When did this kind of old-school cooking technique come back into fashion?]

[Love someone who can cook]

[Marry me, Sol]

I added water to the pot and placed a bowl with a handle inside it, melting dark chocolate and butter using a ladle while stirring for the double boiler.

As the solid, hard pieces turned into a gooey liquid, a real sense of cooking finally hit me.

“Could it be I have some talent for cooking?”

[(While performing a zero-difficulty double boiler)]

[Not burning it on a frying pan already is impressive]

[Really LOL]

[Without chef Seol Yun, you’d be whisking meringue and crying by now, no?]

[Even if you cried, it’d be sooo adorable]

[Protect our Sol pre-legend]

[You’re being adored by legends]

[Oh man, I just want to cuddle]

…Do they see me as some profoundly problematic kid or something?

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