[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 14

“Thanks for the 5 million won. You must be loaded, just keep throwing it around.”

Despite my words, my heart is pounding.

What am I saying, giving away millions of won?

The days of stuffing 100,000 won into my pocket after a hard day’s work and happily heading home are already fading.

I feel like I’ve really changed.

I’m cursing at someone who just gave me millions, but I can still see the chat window buzzing with laughter.

– [dhgkaak]: Moneybags lololol

– [Red Parade]: Damn, how much is that aegyo? So expensive lololol

– [bb비비탄]: LOL, the room master’s price went up so much, gotta match the rate.

A happy smile naturally forms.

“Well, well. It skyrocketed in just three days.”

– [Military Secret1q2w3e]: But the mic tore at the end, the sound got muffled T_T Let’s change the mic.

“That mic’s acting up again.”

– [발판]: Nah, it really tore.

– [고라니밥]: Seriously, it tore. Sounded like you sang well at the end, but the mic couldn’t keep up.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. My skills went haywire, and the mic tore.

“Really? It tore? That makes sense?”

[Ding!]

[Military Secret1q2w3e donated 10,000 won]

[The mic got torn apart like a typhoon passed through, let’s change it.]

The mic was so old that the sound really got torn.

“That’s a shame. You hit those high notes so well.”

– [Strictly Strict]: But getting 300 and singing for just over 10 seconds? Does that even make sense lololol

“You said I could sing anything. You guys are talking out of both sides of your mouth.”

– [Absentee Cover]: LOL, did you think there’d be a 15-second song?

– [Wasabi Soybean Powder]: The room master’s brain is rolling so well.

“It’s not a brain, it’s JQ.”

– [Hallelujah]: I’ll track the room master’s IQ and find you, you bastard.

“Yeah, come at me, kid. I’ll give you a break.”

– [발판]: Ooh, room master, tone it down a bit.

As I keep spouting nonsense, I feel like my brain is breaking.

– [Hallelujah]: Teacher, I have eyes too.

“I’m really pretty, you know.”

– [Red Parade]: Really? Pretty??

“If I go outside, I get asked for my number every 10 seconds.”

After saying that, I realize it doesn’t make sense.

– [주인님의발닦개]: Talking nonsense because you can’t see lololol

– [Absentee Cover]: It’s so dark here, I can’t see anything.

– [Hallelujah]: Then why don’t you do a cam stream?

“I don’t have money for a cam.”

– [Breeding Ground President]: ?? Room master, did you lose your conscience?

– [bb비비탄]: Didn’t the president just throw 8 million won today?

It’s a desperate situation.

There’s no place left to run.

“How much is a cam?”

[Ding!]

[Military Secret1q2w3e donated 1,000 won]

[Buy a good mic…]

“If the leak changes their nickname, I’ll let it slide.”

– [Military Secret] : No no no no no no no no.

– [Owner’s Foot Wipe] : A 4k with lots of features costs over 300,000 won, and one with just good quality is around 200,000. The best value is under 50,000 won.

It seems like the viewers who watch internet broadcasts are quite knowledgeable about cameras.

“Got it. I’ll buy a 4k one.”

– [Breeding Ground President] : What, really? Duran fans hate showing their faces.

– [Ariel Land] : Room Master, if your face is revealed, your personal life could get tough, and there could be bad situations. Think it over again and decide carefully. It’s most important to think about whether you’ll regret it or not, rather than whether it will help your life or not.

It seems like not all viewers are bad.

Here and there, you can see chats from viewers who genuinely give advice.

“But I have so many unique things hanging off me, so whether I reveal my face or not, it’s the same. My personal life is already ruined.”

– [Flabby Bottom] : I prefer ‘dangling’ over ‘hanging.’

– [Strictly Strict] : No, damn Room Master!! Kick out that sweet otaku broth!!! What the hell is Ariel Land?

– [Ariel Land] : Ariel Land is my joy and sorrow. Because I exist, Ariel Land exists, and because Ariel Land exists, I exist. Because I remember Ariel Land, Ariel Land will forever remain in my heart!!!

– [Absentee Cover] : Stop it, damn it!!

“Hey, you crazy otaku demons, stop fighting.”

If you take your eyes off them for even a second, they start grabbing each other by the collar.

I guess that’s just their nature.

“Enough, help me buy a camera. You said you wanted to see my face, right?”

– [Footrest] : Yes!! I want to see it!!!

Finally, after breaking up the viewers’ fight and entering the online market homepage, a lot of items pop up.

Click, click.

When I search for webcams, a bunch of items with various features come up.

– [Military Secret] : Just buy the third one down, the 200,000 won one.

“But this is overseas direct purchase, right? Won’t it take a long time?”

There’s a big overseas direct purchase mark that clearly looks like it’ll take a while.

– [Military Secret] : No no, items with the ‘bullet delivery’ tag are usually stocked and shipped within a day.

“Got it. I’ll buy this one.”

I click on the webcam the viewer recommended and press the purchase button, and the payment is completed instantly.

“Done, right? Now let’s play a game.”

– [Absentee Cover] : Huh, suddenly a game? I thought you were a female streamer?

“Damn it, I haven’t even revealed my face yet, what female streamer? Don’t you remember I played a game on the first day?”

– [Absentee Cover] : Ah, I thought you were preparing for a female stream since you were shopping so hard.

“Where do you live?”

[Ding!]

[Red Parade has sponsored 100,000 won]

[Let’s play Bear Game]

This time, the viewer slaps me with money as if to stop me.

The effect seems too good.

“Oh, thanks for the 100,000 won. But…”

“What kind of horror game is this?”

– [Footstool]: Oh, a bear game, nice. Let’s go, go, go!

Whether it’s watching movies or playing games, I’m an omnivore who eats first and thinks later, but the one genre I never touch is horror.

I just can’t build up any immunity to horror.

“Should we play something other than a horror game? I have one in mind.”

– [Master’s Foot Wipe]: Let’s dive into the bear game~

– [Military Secret1q2w3e]: Boss, read the room and let’s go for the bear game~

“No, you guys just want to see me get scared, don’t you?”

– [Breeding Ground President]: That’s right, lol.

– [Hallelujah]: Yup.

The viewers’ unanimous response makes me sigh involuntarily.

It’s not really a horror game.

“Guys, I don’t have a cam. Wouldn’t it be more fun if I had one?”

– [Flabby Bottom]: True, lol.

“Right? That’s what I’m saying!”

I really don’t want to play horror games, so I try to coax them gently, and it seems to be working a bit.

“Even if I turn on the cam and play a horror game, you guys would just cover the screen and only watch me, right?”

– [Wasabi Soybean Powder]: Wow, the room master knows what’s up. That’s the real fun of bear games.

– [Master’s Foot Wipe]: For real, lol.

“See? So how about we do it when I get a cam? Wouldn’t that be more fun?”

– [Absentee Cover]: Hmm, that makes sense, but why do I feel like I’m being tricked, lol.

– [Flabby Bottom]: True, what’s the fun in watching a no-cam bear game?

“Right?”

The viewers who were chanting for a horror game start to agree one by one, and their numbers dwindle.

As I watch this, trying to calm my pounding heart, something flies in.

[Ding!]

[Hallelujah has registered a 10,000 won mission.]

[Mission Registered]

[Clear a horror game once]

[Time remaining: 30 hours]

[Prize: 10,000 won]

“Wait. Flabby Bottom, you said you agreed, you crazy person!”

– [Flabby Bottom]: Yup, no escape, lol. Where you gonna run?

“Yup, I just won’t do it.”

[Ding!]

[Absentee Cover has added 10,000 won to the mission prize.]

– [Absentee Cover]: Yup, you gotta do it.

“Yup. I won’t do it for 20,000 won.”

[Ding!]

[Red Parade has added 5,000,000 won to the mission prize.]

The message that pops up in front of me makes me gasp for breath.

– [Breeding Ground President]: LOL, wow, President.

– [Footstool]: LOLOLOL.

[Clear a horror game once]

[Prize: 5,020,000 won]

– [Wasabi Soybean Powder]: Rest assured, everyone, our funds are safe.

– [Absentee Cover]: Wow, safe funds.

Now I get it.

Just as a soldier’s enemy isn’t the North Korean army but their own officers, a streamer’s enemy is also their viewers.

They never just give money for no reason.

What do they see in me that they’d just give it away?

After mingling with them for a while, I think I understand.

This is their way of showing affection.

It feels a bit twisted, but thinking that way is better for my mental health.

“It seems like it’ll be good for the river.”

“Right. You kids, walk a lot. I’ll take 10% of the mission failure fee for a mukbang. Ugh.”

– [Absentee Cover]: LOL, the room master is so annoying.

– [Strictly Strict]: Damn, the room master is annoying, but their voice is so sweet I can’t leave.

“Our little ones, you’ve fallen for noona’s charm. That’s possible. Yeah, that’s possible.”

Still, I can’t help but laugh.

If they really wanted to torment me, they wouldn’t have given me money. What kind of idiot gives money to torment someone?

Unlike streamers who have their own struggles, most viewers think internet broadcasters just sit comfortably and make money.

So, in a way, they’re giving me their own reasons to make money this way.

Because that’s visible, only a pleasant laugh naturally flows out.

“What’s so good about horror games? They just scare you.”

– [BeamPrubeam]: That’s why it’s good.

– [Red Parade]: For real, that’s why it’s good.

It’s only been three days of internet broadcasting, but these friends who react to everything I do feel so cute.

Isn’t this the charm of internet broadcasting?

Even though they’re crazy dogs from the demon world who only bite, I now know they’ll be happy if you pet them.

Even if you have to pet them intensely in a slightly unusual way.

I think the people who avoided these friends until now didn’t know this.

They’re cute friends who get happy with just a little touch.

“Really, you perverted bastards…”

– [Flabby Bottom]: Insult me more, I love it!!

– [Owner’s Foot Wipe]: I love it, give me more!

“Ugh, damn. I really can’t help but curse.”

– [Red Parade]: LOLOLOL

– [Strictly Strict]: It’s a bit gross LOL

– [Strictly Strict]: Honestly, if you can hold back from cursing while looking at these bastards, you’re a Buddha. For real.

In just a few days, my life has changed drastically from the emptiness it was before.

The over 2,000 viewers who came in out of curiosity because of Radelly have mostly left.

But there are still over a thousand amazing people watching just me.

Maybe this is what Par meant when they said to live happily.

I’m happy.