Chapter 121

The broadcast screen was filled with the music video of [Old Staccato], which played until the last scene.

In the top right corner, the chat window was still scrolling up at a rapid pace.

And then, in the bottom right, which had been empty for a moment.

– Swoosh.

“…Thank you. For saying I sang well.”

Di-ah’s avatar, adorned with a youthful smile like any other day, revealed itself again with a slightly calmer voice.

Maybe that’s why.

– Mom, I want to be Di-ah when I grow up! Mom, I want to be Di-ah when I grow up! Mom, I want to be Di-ah when I grow up! Mom, I want to be Di-ah when I grow up!

– Di-ah, are you a trainee by any chance?

– Di-ah is famously a hidden gem;;

– Why were you biting down on donations during the singing broadcast when you sing so well?

– We are living in the age of Di-ah. We are living in the age of Di-ah. We are living in the age of Di-ah.

– The music video and song were amazing for real.

The speed of the chat window, already fast, began to accelerate even more.

Most of the comments were admiration for Di-ah’s first cover song and questions about her stable singing abilities.

However, even now, not a single person who had caught on to the secret of the recently concluded cover song broadcast had appeared.

“Hmm, wait a moment~. I have something fun to tell you~.”

– Click.

– Swoosh.

She decided to reveal a hint that would allow them to realize the true identity of the song they had just listened to.

The mouse cursor slowly began to descend toward the video playback bar.

– ??

– Did you hide an Easter egg in the music video?

– Ugh, I can’t resist Easter eggs like this.

– Wow, amazing.

– I believe you, Di-ah, you’re serious about your cover song.

– But where would the Easter egg be hidden?

Thus, while the no-euls were leaning toward the idea that there was an Easter egg hidden in the music video and speculating about various possibilities, the mouse cursor, which had been circling around the playback bar for a moment, finally fixed itself to the bar.

And at that moment, on the broadcast screen.

|◀II▶|🔇●───

The essence of the surprise for the no-euls who joined at this moment.

– ?? Why is it muted?

– ???

– It sounded fine before.

– What’s going on?

– ?

– What on earth is happening??

– Oh my gosh, I think I know!

The broadcast chat filled with confusion at the sudden appearance of the mute sign.

A few seconds later, the mouse cursor restored the music video’s volume to its original level.

The opening part of [Old Staccato] began to play again right after.

That was when the no-euls noticed that something was different.

“♪──♪♪───♪♪─♬♪”

Then, thud.

The ‘original’ audio of the music video for [Old Staccato] played for about ten seconds before abruptly cutting off.

Filling the void left by the suddenly cut audio was Di-ah’s youthful voice, which carried a hint of playful mischief.

“What the no-euls heard earlier was not a recording, but a live performance~. You all got tricked~.”

– What?

– O???

– Wait, I don’t understand.

– It wasn’t a cover song broadcast but a concert instead.

– No way, lol.

– What the heck is going on?????

The surprise that no one saw coming caused the chat in the top right corner of the broadcast screen to start lagging more and more.

The chat window eventually began to cut out every two seconds due to the overflow of comments.

The donation window was already flooded, as many were pouring out their impressions related to Di-ah’s cover song.

Thus began a bizarre scene.

– Ding.

[ Jjurin has donated 10,000 won! ]

: Di-ah is the first to not mess up the high notes in [Old Staccato].

[ TINFH has donated 10,000 won! ]

: Our Di-ah, do everything you want (for real).

When the song contained in Di-ah’s broadcast audio was thought to be from the music video, the donation messages transformed into impressions of Di-ah’s live performance.

The no-euls’ true reactions upon realizing that Di-ah had sung live only appeared about ten minutes later.

[ RubikCube has donated 50,000 won! ]

: A Virtual YouTuber revealing a cover song live for the first time;;

[ eternalyg has donated 50,000 won! ]

: If it’s not too much trouble, could we have an encore just once!!

Strictly speaking, the public reveal of Di-ah’s first cover song, [Old Staccato], had already concluded.

However, due to the unexpectedly excellent singing skills and the unforeseen situation of replacing the audio of the music video with a live performance.

“Hmm, I can’t do an encore right now. If I don’t do the homework the boss gave me, I’ll get in trouble…!”

– Da Ramji << so impressive!

- Da Ramji is next to me, threatening me with a knife to promote the goods (a bit of exaggeration).

- Even a year-old baby is busy making money, why am I not...

- An evil owner forcing a one-year-old to sell goods (30s).

- This is going to stir up some controversy.

Thus, until Di-ah directly mentioned the existence of part two of the broadcast, the talk about the aftermath of the cover song continued for quite a while.

There were also incidental mentions of various episodes between Yuna and Di-ah regarding Yuna’s cover song, albeit vaguely.

Of course, Ha Eun was also aware that the interest of the no-euls in Di-ah's singing broadcast had rapidly increased.

“So later when I practice, if you have any songs you want to hear, write them in the fan cafe~.”

She hinted that singing broadcasts would be added to Di-ah's content.

Though she had planned to perform them in Di-ah's voice rather than Pinocchio's.

Anyway, the successful completion of today’s part one, the broadcast revealing Di-ah's cover song, was now done.

Now it was time to conduct part two of today's broadcast, the goods introduction broadcast.

With that, swish.

“How is it~? Can you see it well?”

The broadcast screen, which had been filled with the music video of [Old Staccato], gradually transitioned to the camera screen.

Eventually, on the wide camera screen appeared two hands in white cooking gloves holding a neatly packaged box of goods.

“Hm, they’re all pretty. What should I show first?”

As the youthful voice pondered which goods to introduce first, she finally asked about the no-euls' preferences.

After a brief but vigorous debate among the no-euls, it was decided that Di-ah's acrylic stand would be the first good to introduce.

“The front side is my usual self. And on the back, ta-da.”

- Oh my gosh.

- Wait, suddenly the expression turned mischievous, lol.

- Now Di-ah is even tea-bagging on an acrylic stand.

- What a twist.

- Suddenly changing to a decorated face, lol.

The acrylic stand, which captured both a cute and innocent vibe, filled the camera screen.

However, the slightly strange angle of innocence was not excluded from the introduction.

Nevertheless, due to a question from one no-eul regarding the size of the acrylic stand.

- Swoosh.

A hand reached toward the acrylic stand to explain its size in a more relatable way.

Finally, what filled the camera screen was a hand giving a thumbs up, perfectly matching the height of the acrylic stand.

“Oh, it’s about the size of my fist, right?”

- Thumbs up, so cute, lol.

- Even with a fist, it’s small, lol.

- Are you not selling Di-ah's fist separately? (really asking out of curiosity).

- Even wearing gloves, it looks like a cotton fist.

I felt like I had explained the acrylic stand enough at that point.

Thus, just as she was about to introduce another product, the character file.

- Ding.

[ ekdus7 has donated 100,000 won! ]
: I’m not sure what the voice pack in the goods list is, could you do a sample version?

The sudden arrival of a large donation requested the introduction of the voice pack, not the character file.

The no-euls, who were on board with that generous donation, didn't hold back.

- Insane level of amazing.

- You're burning ten thousand won worth of goods inquiries?

- Not that it would be inappropriate, but just for a chicken.

- Chairman, whoa.

- When was that person released?

- The voice pack costs ten thousand won, but a hundred thousand won donation for a sample? lol.

- Let’s hear the sampleeeeeee!!!

- This is a must, lol, ten times the donation is incredible.

To put it in perspective, the voice pack is indeed a genuine good of Di-ah and ought to be included in the goods introduction broadcast.

Unlike tangible goods that can be seen, there certainly were no-euls who didn’t quite understand what an intangible good like a voice pack was.

Adding to the chaos, the sentiment in the chat window was also strongly leaning toward wanting to hear a sample of the voice pack.

Even those no-euls who already knew exactly what a voice pack was were feigning ignorance to demand the reveal of a sample version.

The biggest problem was that there wasn’t really a valid reason to refuse.

Asking them to just buy the voice pack to find out would come off poorly due to the ten thousand won donation being ten times the price of the voice pack.

Ignoring a donation of that magnitude would surely lead to a drastic decline in the no-euls' morale.

‘…This is insane, really….’

And so, in the end.

Suppressing the rush of embarrassment and dizziness that surged from deep inside her heart.

As a proper Virtual YouTuber.

Now, with the mindset of a professional rather than an amateur.

“...Yum~! The cotton candy that Noh-uls gave me, it’s so tasty~!”

She poured her lively and cute voice into the broadcast microphone.

The small line that finally came out led, as expected, to the chat speeding up rapidly.

However, unable to endure any longer, she ultimately turned off the power of the broadcast microphone for a moment.

- Click.

“Ugh, ugh…!”

Is this what it feels like to die of embarrassment?

She cursed over and over again the days when Ha Eun hadn’t stopped Da Yeon from watching Di-ah's broadcast while washing her face.