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The broadcast screen was filled with the music video of <Old Staccato>, which had finished playing up to the last scene.

In the upper right corner, the chat window was still rapidly scrolling.

And, in the bottom right corner which had been empty for a moment—

-Swoosh.

“…Thank you. For saying I sung well.”

As usual, the avatar of Dia, with a youthful smile, reappeared with a slightly calmer voice.

Maybe that’s why.

– Mom, when I grow up, I want to be Dia! Mom, when I grow up, I want to be Dia! Mom, when I grow up, I want to be Dia! Mom, when I grow up, I want to be Dia!

– Dia, are you perhaps a former trainee??

– Dia is a famous powerhouse;;

– Why did you hold back on the singing broadcasts when you sing so well?

– We are currently living in the era of Dia. We are currently living in the era of Dia. We are currently living in the era of Dia.

– The music video and the song were insane, for real.

The already fast pace of the chat began to speed up even more.

The comments were mainly expressions of admiration for Dia’s first cover song and questions about her stable singing ability.

However, since no one had yet figured out the secret of the recent cover song broadcast, Noeul was the only one who had noticed.

“Hmm, just wait a moment~. I’ll tell you something fun~.”

-Snap.

-Swoosh.

I decided to reveal a hint that would let them realize the true identity of the song they had just heard.

Slowly, the mouse cursor began to move toward the playback bar of the music video.

-??

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

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

– Wow, this is exciting.

– I believe you, Dia, you’re serious about the cover song.

– But where would you hide an Easter egg?

At that moment, as the opinion shifted towards the idea that there was an Easter egg hidden in the music video, the mouse cursor that had been spinning near the playback bar finally settled firmly on it.

And, simultaneously on the broadcast screen was captured.

|◀II▶|🔇●───

The reality of a surprise for Noeul, who was with me at this moment.

-?? Why is it muted?

-???

– I heard the song just fine.

– What’s going on? A bug?

-?

– What’s happening??

– Oh my gosh, I think I know!

The sudden appearance of the mute indication filled the chat with puzzlement.

Just a few seconds later, the mouse cursor restored the volume of the music video.

The early part of <Old Staccato> began to play again right after that.

Noeul realized something was different from then on.

“♪──♪♪───♪♪─♬♪”

And then, snap.

The ‘original’ audio of <Old Staccato> played for about ten seconds before cutting off abruptly.

The silence was filled by Dia’s youthful voice laced with a hint of mischief.

“What you heard earlier was not a recording, but a live performance~. Everyone got tricked a little~.”

– What?

– Huh???

– Wait, I don’t understand!

– It wasn’t a cover song reveal broadcast, it was a concert!

– No way, lol!

– What the heck is this????

– Wowwwwwwwww!

The shock of the surprise that no one had anticipated began to confuse the chat in the upper right corner of the broadcast screen.

It was almost like the chat was lagging every two seconds.

The donation messages were already piling up, showing no signs of stopping, filled with comments on Dia’s cover song.

Thus began a bizarre scene.

-Ding.

[ JjuRin has donated 10,000 won! ]

: Dia is the first to not mess up on the high notes of Old Staccato.

[ TINFH has donated 10,000 won! ]

: Our Dia can do everything she wants (for real).

As the audience thought the broadcast audio was the music video’s, the comments shifted into reviews of Dia’s live performance.

The real reactions of Noeul realizing Dia had sung live didn’t come until about ten minutes later.

[ RubikCube has donated 50,000 won! ]

: The first-ever cover song revealed live by a VTuber;;

[ eternalyg has donated 50,000 won! ]

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

Technically, the public reveal of Dia’s first cover song, <Old Staccato>, had already ended.

However, due to the unexpectedly excellent singing skills and the surprising replacement of the music video’s audio with a live performance,

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

– Daramji <<< so dead.

- Daramji is threatening me with a knife right next to me, telling me to advertise the goods (slightly exaggerated).

- Even a one-year-old is busy making money, why am I…

- The cruel owner asking a one-year-old to sell goods (seriously).

- This might cause controversy…

Thus, until Dia directly mentioned the existence of the second broadcast, there was a long-lasting discussion about the after-episode of the cover song.

In between, various anecdotes about the connection between Yuna and Dia’s cover songs were more or less mentioned.

Of course, Ha-eun was also aware that the interest in Dia’s singing broadcasts had spiked sharply.

“So, if you have any songs you’d like me to practice later, please write them in the fan cafe~.”

Dia hinted that song broadcasts would now be added to her content.

She had thoughts of conducting it when she could sing the requested songs in her own voice rather than as Pinocchio.

Anyway, finally, today’s first broadcast, Dia’s cover song reveal, ended successfully.

Now, it was time to proceed to the second segment of today’s broadcast, Dia’s goods introduction.

And so, swoosh.

“How is it~? Can you see it well?”

The screen filled with Dia’s <Old Staccato> music video began to slowly transition into the camera view.

Eventually, showing up in the wide camera view were two gloved hands and a box filled with neatly packaged goods.

“Hmm, they’re all pretty. Which one should I show first?”

While pondering which goods to introduce, Dia ultimately asked for Noeul’s preferences.

After a brief but intense debate among the Noeul, the first good to be introduced was Dia’s acrylic stand.

“The front shows my usual self, and the back is… Ta-da.”

– Oh my gosh.

– Wait, why did your expression suddenly become mischievous, lol!

– At this point, Dia is even teabagging on an acrylic stand.

– What a twist.

– Suddenly turned into a face that looks like it’s plotting something, lol!

The acrylic stand, which charmingly depicted Dia’s unique pure appearance, filled the camera screen.

The slightly strange pure expression was also included in the introduction.

However, due to a question from one Noeul about how big the acrylic stand was,

-Swoosh.

A hand went toward the acrylic stand to demonstrate its height better.

Soon, the camera captured a thumbs-up pose that matched the height of the acrylic stand perfectly.

“Oh, it’s just the size of my fist?”

– The thumbs-up is so cute, lol!

– Even with a fist, it looks small, lol!

– Are you not selling Dia’s fist separately? (Just genuinely asking).

– Even while wearing gloves, it gives off the cute cotton fist vibe.

I thought I had explained enough about the acrylic stand when I was about to introduce another good, the character file, to the Noeul.

-Ding.

[ ekdus7 has donated 100,000 won! ]

: I don’t really know what the voice pack among the goods is, but can you do a sampler version, please?

Suddenly, a hefty donation arrived, requesting an introduction of the voice pack instead of the character file.

The Noeul were nodding in agreement with this huge donation.

– This is an insane level of excitement.

– You burned 100,000 won just for a merchandise inquiry?

– It’s not particularly rude, but just for a chicken?

– The president, wow!

– When did that person get released?

– The voice pack costs 10,000 won, yet they donated 100,000 won for a sampler, lol!

– Let’s go for the sampler!

– We have to do this, lol, that’s a tenfold raise!

When you think about it, the voice pack is also a legitimate Dia good, so it should be included in the goods introduction broadcast.

However, unlike tangible goods that have a clear form, some Noeul didn’t quite understand what the intangible voice pack was.

To make matters worse, the chat opinion was heavily leaning towards requesting the voice pack sampler.

Even the Noeul who clearly knew exactly what the voice pack was pretended not to know and demanded the preview version.

The biggest problem was that there was no substantial reason to refuse.

Asking them to buy the voice pack to find out wasn’t really an option since the donation was already ten times the voice pack price of 10,000 won.

If I ignored such a huge donation, the public sentiment of the Noeul could quickly turn sour.

‘…This is really driving me crazy….’

And so, in the end.

After desperately suppressing the growing embarrassment and awkwardness from deep within my heart,

As a proper VTuber.

With the mindset of a professional, no longer an amateur.

“…Umnyam~! The cotton candy that Noeul gave me is super duper delicious~!”

I poured my cheerful and cute voice into the broadcast microphone.

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

However, I could no longer endure, so I eventually turned off the broadcast microphone for a moment.

-Snap.

“Ugh, ugh…!”

Is this what it means to be embarrassed to death?

I cursed myself repeatedly for the days when I couldn’t hold back and started watching Dia’s broadcasts.

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