Chapter 170

Kyu Mi-ho and Reubangyi.

These two became new members of the household, and time flew by quickly. Before we knew it, it was already mid-December.

‘Christmas is coming soon.’

Early morning.

I woke up and approached the window to let in some fresh air, pulling back the curtains.

Then, after sitting at my desk,

I took out a notepad from the drawer and skimmed through the Viewer List.

After that, I spent some time thinking about future plans and, out of habit, gently touched the flower planted in the pot.

By the way, this flower was a gift from Reubangyi.

‘…It seems like it’s about time to keep that promise.’

The promise with the viewers.

It feels like it’s time to fulfill it now.

‘First, I should turn on the broadcast and chat with the viewers a bit. I need to coordinate the timing.’

After finishing my thoughts, I gathered and put on the broadcasting equipment.

And soon after, I started the broadcast.

『The broadcast has begun.』

『‘Drifting AI’ has entered.』

『‘Meng Yao’ has entered.』

『‘Yoho’ has entered.』

『‘Min Ji’ has entered.』

『‘Reverse Rape Mania’ has entered.』

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『‘Handsome Licker’ has entered.』

Viewers started entering the broadcast one by one.

As usual, the speed was fast today too.

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. Greetings.

【Meng Yao】─Hi hi

【Yoho】─Hello.

【Min Ji】─Good morning!

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Lol, 5th!

【Handsome Licker】─Lick.

“Welcome.”

【Handsome Licker】─Guburi’s late today. Lick.

“Guburi’s probably preparing breakfast right now?”

I answered like that and checked the Viewer List.

There were still a few viewers who hadn’t joined yet.

I decided to talk about the promise once all the fixed viewers had gathered.

It’s annoying to repeat myself.

‘First, I should go downstairs and eat something.’

As I opened the room door and stepped into the hallway.

*Crash!*

A noisy sound came from downstairs.

The source of the noise was the yokai in our house.

“Kyuu! Give me back my tail!!!”

［Room Master! Don’t steal others’ things! Give it back!］

［Wakya! No! This is my tail now!］

Kyu Mi-ho and Min Neong were chasing the Maid.

They were quite lively this morning.

【Handsome Licker】─The Maid’s being crazy again today. Lick.

【Maehwa Tree】─She needs a beating.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─What? Maehwa, when did you get here? Hi hi!

Out of the four yokai,

the only one behaving quietly was Reubangyi.

［Good morning, Reubang.］

By the room door.

Reubangyi, who had been standing still, raised her right arm to greet me.

It seemed like Reubangyi had been waiting here for me to come out.

“Yeah, good morning.”

［I waited to go eat together, Reubang.］

【Handsome Licker】─Reubangyi seems a bit different. Lick.

【Meng Yao】─Her hair looks a bit messy.

【Min Ji】─Her hair’s made of stone, how can it grow?

【Big Girl】─She’s a yokai.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Big Girl, hi!

After checking the viewers’ chats,

I took a closer look at Reubangyi’s hair.

“…It does look a bit messy.”

［Reubang?］

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Yeah, it’s messy. My mom said she wants to trim Reubangyi’s hair.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─By the way, my mom’s good at sculpting! She even made a statue of Se-hoon!

【Min Ji】─Stop repeating the same story, idiot. Do you think we have goldfish memories like you? If it were Guburi, he’d probably say something like this.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Guburi, you bastard. ㅡㅡ

【Yoho】─?? You’re insulting Gyeongsaeng-nim…

【Qkrnfl892】─Min Ji, stop using Guburi as a shield. Lol.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Lol, isn’t he just saying what he wants to say?

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Hi to Bbaguri and the Defense Team!

At first, it didn’t bother me much.

But once I noticed how messy it looked, I couldn’t stop staring at Reubangyi’s hair.

“Hmm… Should I take her to a salon soon?”

【Handsome Licker】─How are you gonna take a yokai to a salon? Damn it! Lick.

【Big Girl】─There might be salons specialized for yokai.

【Meng Yao】─Lol, just tell Reubangyi to cut it herself.

“Can you cut your own hair?”

When I asked Reubangyi, she said she had already tried to tidy it up.

She said she looked in the mirror and worked hard on it.

【Min Ji】─Hmm. That’s what you call working hard? Do yokai have different aesthetic senses than humans?

【Maehwa Tree】─It’s the same as ours.

【Min Ji】─Maehwa-nim, you’re not human. What do you know?

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Maehwa isn’t human, though.

【Maehwa Tree】─I’ll kill you.

【Jujijoa】─Their aesthetic sense is probably the same as ours. They made Se-hoon’s statue beautifully.

【Meng Yao】─That’s probably because they had a reference.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Jajijonnabureo hi!

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Looks like Reubangyi can’t sculpt her own body well.

【Handsome Licker】─Why? She carves other stones well. Lick.

【Qkrnfl892】─I totally get it. Even skilled hairstylists often can’t cut their own hair well.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Se-hoon! Let’s leave Reubangyi’s hair to my mom!

【Min Ji】─Why the sudden dialect?

“…Come to think of it, Mania, you said your mom is good at sculpting, right? I’ll have to ask her for help later.”

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Okay, okay! The fee is 5,000 won!

【Qkrnfl892】─You’re charging for that? Lol.

【Min Ji】─You’ve become money-hungry. ㅡㅡ

While I was chatting with the viewers, Reubangyi, who was next to me, tilted her head and asked.

［Sculpting? Mania? Are you talking about the leader and vice-leader of Se-hoon’s cult, Reubang?］

“Ah. I just checked the chat, and Mania’s mom said she’ll trim your hair later.”

［Great, Reubang! It was hard to do it alone. Tell her thanks, Reubang!］

Reubangyi answered happily.

It seemed quite troublesome and difficult to trim her own hair.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Lol, *cough*!

【Big Girl】─What’s *cough*?

【Drifting AI】─I’ll explain. It refers to the act of rubbing under your nose with your finger while feeling awkward.

【Min Ji】─What a stupid word.

【Qkrnfl892】─This time, you didn’t say Guburi would’ve said that.

【Min Ji】─Ah, right! If it were Guburi-nim, he’d probably say something like this.

【Jujijoa】─Idiot.

【Handsome Licker】─Min Ji’s been getting more aggressive lately. Lick.

【Maehwa Tree】─It’s because Se-hoon won’t meet her. Super Dark Min Ji mode.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Nah, it’s Gyeongsaeng Min Guri mode.

【Yoho】─Room Master, you didn’t meet me either.

I didn’t need to make a separate appointment with Mania.

If nothing unexpected happens, we’ll meet soon anyway.

After that,

I took Reubangyi downstairs.

“Kyuuuu! Give me back my tail!! That’s the tail where I keep Se-hoon-nim’s hair!!!”

［Wangkya! Give it back!］

［No! Wakya!］

After giving those three idiots a knuckle sandwich each…

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【Reverse Rape Mania】─Se-hoon, when are we playing the VR game? Hasn’t it been released yet?

“The VR game? It got postponed to next year.”

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Ah, I see.

【Handsome Licker】─Watch the news. Lick.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─I don’t even have time to watch adult videos, where would I find time to watch the news? ㅡㅡ

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wakya! Mania finally said something right.

【Handsome Licker】─Getting roasted. Lick.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Hi, Balloon Gum!

I came downstairs while chatting with the viewers.

And went straight into the kitchen.

“Good morning…!”

After finishing cooking,

Guburi, who was stacking food on the table, waved at me and greeted me.

“Yeah. Good morning.”

“Breakfast is ready, so eat…”

Today, thankfully, Guburi didn’t stutter.

Though his voice was still shaky, the fact that he stuttered less was a huge improvement.

It must be thanks to the special training I prepared after much thought.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Hi, pathetic Guburi!

【Jujijoa】─He’s not stuttering today.

【Maehwa Tree】─Lately, he doesn’t stutter sometimes.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wakya! It’s thanks to Se-hoon’s special training!

【Min Ji】─Special training? What kind of training?

【Balloon Gum Collector】─We flicked his forehead every time he stuttered!

【Handsome Licker】─Spartan training. Lick.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─There’s an old saying that Guburi responds well to discipline.

【Handsome Licker】─Guburi appears in proverbs. Lick.

【Yoho】─It’s amazing your head didn’t explode after getting hit by Room Master.

【Big Girl】─He probably hit you gently.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wakya! Se-hoon didn’t hit much. Me and the Maid hit a lot!

As usual today,

Guburi, me, and the four yokai sat around the table and started eating.

“Kyuu, kyuuu~ I’m a carnivorous fox~ Today, I’ll eat delicious kyubururu rice~”

［Wakya! Be quiet while eating!］

［It sounds nice, why stop it?］

［Right. It sounds nice, Reubang.］

While eating, I checked the Viewer List again.

Drifting AI.

Meng Yao.

Yoho.

Min Ji.

Reverse Rape Mania.

Handsome Licker.

Maehwa Tree.

Big Girl.

Se-hoon Defense Team.

Qkrnfl892.

Jujijoa.

Balloon Gum Collector.

There were 12 viewers in total.

The only fixed viewers not on the list were Gyeongsaeng Guburi and the Maid.

‘…It seems like all the fixed viewers are here now. Guburi and the Maid are with me right now.’

By the way, Meng Yao is also treated as a fixed viewer these days. Even without a code, she always enters the broadcast in the top ranks, and she’s also Balloon Gum and Jujijoa’s roommate.

Anyway,

since everyone’s here now, I decided to bring up the promise.

“Guys.”

“Huh…?”

Guburi answered, startled.

【Handsome Licker】─Lick?

【Min Ji】─Yes?

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Yeah, what’s up?

I glanced at Guburi once,

then looked at the augmented reality chat window floating in the air and continued.

“Do you remember the promise we made last time?”

“Ah… You’re not calling me, are you…?”

【Handsome Licker】─Lol, embarrassed Guburi. Lick.

【Jujijoa】─What promise?

【Maehwa Tree】─If you just say “the promise from last time,” how are we supposed to remember? ㅡㅡ

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Is it that thing?

【Min Ji】─Did you remember?

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Ah. I just remembered, but when I tried to type, I forgot again.

【Min Ji】─Go die.

【Big Girl】─What was the promise…?

【Yoho】─Hmm. Did Room Master ever make a promise with us?

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wakya. I don’t remember.

【Meng Yao】─Was it a promise made when I wasn’t watching the broadcast?

The promise with the viewers.

It was about a ‘fan meeting.’

I clearly remember promising to invite other viewers to our house before.

Of course, I don’t remember the exact circumstances.

I don’t even know why I made that promise.

But one thing I remember clearly is that I promised to invite all the viewers.

“Seems like no one remembers? Then I guess I don’t have to keep the promise.”

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─No, what’s the promise, you psycho?

【Qkrnfl892】─You’re not gonna keep it just because we don’t remember? Damn it.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─I vaguely remember something…

【Min Ji】─Give us a hint!!!

【Yoho】─Yeah, give us a hint.

【Maehwa Tree】─This is ridiculous. You should at least tell us what the promise was about so we can remember…

【Qkrnfl892】─Seriously, is this guy a psycho?

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. I’ll play the past broadcast.

『The recording is being played.』

As Drifting’s chat appeared,

a square window popped up next to the augmented reality chat window.

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<Yoho>─You promised to have a fan meeting with me first, but I’m really mad.

[Stop whining. I’ll invite you guys later too.]

<Yoho>─When? ㅡㅡ

<Min Ji>─Set a date! ㅡㅡ!

[I’ll set the date later. But I won’t invite those who type annoying chats, so keep that in mind.]

＊

Drifting showed a recording of my broadcast.

And that screen seemed to be visible to both me and the viewers.

『The recording has ended.』

【Drifting AI】─I think that’s the promise.

【Meng Yao】─Wow, you even have recordings?

【Maehwa Tree】─?? Se-hoon, is that right?

【Yoho】─Huh?

【Min Ji】─Fan meeting? Fan meeting? Fan meeting?????

『‘Gyeongsaeng Guburi’ has entered.』

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Don’t do it, damn it!!!!!

“What, Drifting remembered. Then I guess I have to keep the promise… Anyway, is everyone free on Christmas Eve?”

The moment I said that,

the chat window lit up like crazy after a long time.