Hobbyist VTuber-Chapter 267

A cool dawn.

Ha-eun, slightly feeling the throbbing in her head, turned her body and slowly opened her eyes.

“...When did I fall asleep?”

She couldn’t remember much after she started drinking wine with Seong-yoon.

The only thing she was sure of was that she couldn’t handle the alcohol, and the next thing she knew, she passed out.

She must have collapsed midway and fallen asleep right after, because she woke up at least an hour earlier than usual.

Thanks to the long sleep, she didn’t feel groggy anymore.

However, something felt odd about her clothes.

She stretched her stiff arms and touched her body here and there.

“...Huh.”

She realized that she was only wearing a slightly oversized white boxy T-shirt.

She wasn’t wearing anything underneath.

Did she take a bath while drunk or something?

Still unsure about the events of last night, Ha-eun tilted her head. She pulled out some underwear from the closet and put it on, then headed toward the living room.

“Are you up?”

“Ah... you’re up early...”

“Whose fault is that?”

Did Na-yeon’s eyes narrow as she looked at Ha-eun?

It might have just been a brief illusion, but Ha-eun flinched and cautiously approached Na-yeon from behind.

Soon, she saw the dried pollack soup.

It was a dish she didn’t usually see, and Ha-eun’s eyes widened in curiosity.

But just as she was about to ask, Na-yeon’s mouth opened.

“Does your head still hurt?”

“Ah, right now... it doesn’t hurt.”

“...You’re just like your dad.”

Ha-eun couldn’t ask anything more after that.

She sat down at the table with Na-yeon, blowing on the soup and gradually feeling her head clear up.

It was at this point that she cautiously asked about what happened last night, wondering if she had made any embarrassing mistakes, just like with Da-yeon in Japan.

“I didn’t say much. The problem was what I did instead of talking.”

“Ah, that’s a relief... ...Wait, what?”

“It seems like wine doesn’t sit well with you. You threw it all up quite spectacularly.”

At least she hadn’t made any major verbal blunders.

But the unfortunate thing was that she had done something worse than a verbal slip: she had caused a scene.

“If your stomach was already upset, you shouldn’t have drunk more. Why did you drink until you threw up?”

“M-Me?”

“Lucky it wasn’t an expensive outfit.”

Na-yeon pinched Ha-eun’s nose and then told her what had happened the previous night.

After drinking continuously, Ha-eun’s stomach couldn’t handle it anymore.

In the end, Ha-eun had thrown up so much that they had to strip her down and wash her.

Even then, she had kept swaying and acting dizzy, which made things even more ridiculous.

“I take back saying you’re grown up. What kind of grown-up still needs their mom to wash them?”

“...Ahahaha...”

Ha-eun could only offer a sheepish expression as she learned the full truth of what happened last night.

Her memory of the night was slowly starting to return.

Not long after, Ha-eun rose from her seat, ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ ignoring Na-yeon’s sharp gaze, and headed towards Baek-seol.

She needed to go for a walk, at least, or she’d be scolded even more by Na-yeon if she stayed at home.

But besides the walk, Ha-eun had been thinking about going to the gym for some exercise.

‘I’ll look up a gym while I’m out for the walk.’

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She decided to take a route through the neighborhood that she didn’t usually walk, looking for a gym where she could train.

Thanks to her warm mask and winter hat, no one recognized her.

It wasn’t strange to be bundled up like this in January, after all.

As she walked with Baek-seol, taking a different route than usual, she ended up in an area that used to be Ha-eun’s old workout spot.

No, to be more specific, it used to be an open lot.

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In front of her stood a newly built building.

There were convenience stores and restaurants nearby.

But more importantly, there was the gym Ha-eun had been looking for.

“...Excuse me...”

Ha-eun, holding Baek-seol in her arms, entered the gym.

Immediately, she was greeted by a variety of exercise equipment.

It was very similar to the equipment she had seen at Gong Hye-yeon’s house before, and Ha-eun’s eyes lit up.

Maybe that was why.

“How did you find us?”

“Ah, well...”

Hearing the voice of a man who appeared to be an employee, Ha-eun removed her hat and mask.

Then, she cautiously asked if she could sign up for the gym.

‘It’s close to home, and the equipment looks good.’

In the end, Ha-eun was able to register at the newly found gym.

Though she had been asked numerous times if she was really Lee Ha-eun, she didn’t mind much.

In the end, Ha-eun was glad to be able to work out at the same place she used to when she was younger.

The very next day, she began going to the gym diligently.

However.

“...Oh...”

“Wow...”

“...Isn’t she twenty now?”

“Her abs... that’s unexpected...”

During the workout, Ha-eun overheard murmurs from around her, making her ears tingle.

It wasn’t so much the fascination with her being a celebrity, but rather the awe they seemed to have for her body.

One day, with a bit of concern, she decided to consult the gym’s manager.

“Um, manager... am I... unusual?”

“It’s because these aren’t muscles built over a day or two. These muscles are quite rare.”

She was told not to worry about it, as everyone was envious of her physique.

A bit of encouragement came along with it.

Thanks to that, Ha-eun decided to let it go.

She had always been the type to trust experts when she didn’t understand something, whether it was now or in the past.

Though the “just one more set!” that she had heard repeatedly at the gym did raise some doubts about its authenticity.

“Alright, just one more set!”

‘...I hope I don’t end up bald like that character from a famous comic.’

That was the thought that lingered on Ha-eun’s mind as she continued the grueling exercise, thinking of the poor protagonist who lost all his hair after repeated tough training.

***

Time passed, and as Ha-eun became more familiar with the gym equipment, the airing of God and the Goblin began to reach its later half.

[ Ladies and gentlemen, our flight is about to take off. Please make sure your seatbelts are fastened... ]

“...Ah, I forgot to turn on airplane mode.”

Ha-eun wasn’t at her usual gym.

Instead, she was on a plane bound for Japan.

Her schedule in Japan had gotten tighter than originally planned.

She was scheduled to be a guest on a Japanese broadcast right up until the day before her collab with Lucid, plus a fan meeting with local fans.

In other words, she needed to carve out extra time for the collab preparation and rehearsal.

Since the collab with Lucid was as important as the God and the Goblin promotion event, Ha-eun decided to leave a week early to prepare.

Thus, she arrived in Japan earlier than originally scheduled.

‘I guess I’ll be coming here once a year now.’

Maybe because it wasn’t her first time visiting Japan, Ha-eun breezed through the immigration process and checked into her hotel without any trouble.

She had used a translation app, of course, but still—this felt like quite a step forward.

Feeling a quiet sense of pride, she couldn’t help but smile inwardly.

It wasn’t long before she heard Ju Jung-yoon’s voice asking about her plans for the day.

“Are you heading straight to the studio now?”

“Ah, they said they’ll come pick me up.”

Because Diah’s appearance needed to be carefully managed, Prism Live had promised to send a car for her.

Above all, security was the most important thing.

Since Japan was larger than Korea and the VTuber scene there was massive, it was necessary to be extra cautious.

If a photo of Ha-eun entering the studio were taken, it could cause quite a stir.

So, Ha-eun decided to wait in her hotel room until she got the call from Prism Live.

—Vroom.

—Vroom.

“They’ve arrived. We can head to the lobby now.”

After receiving the message that the car had arrived, Ha-eun walked to the hotel lobby with Ju Jung-yoon.

There, they were greeted by a large SUV.

After a brief greeting with a staff member from Prism Live, Ha-eun headed straight to the studio.

About 30 minutes later, she arrived at the Prism Live studio.

“Hello. I’m Diah from Illusionary Realm...”

As always, Ha-eun greeted the staff with a slight bow, but she couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous.

However, the staff from Prism Live, on the other hand, seemed to be nervous for a completely different reason.

‘S-She’s really Baeksulhwa...’

‘Her voice tone is totally different from on the stream.’

‘I want an autograph, but I wonder if she’d do it if I ask.’

‘Why is a real actress here...’

Everyone seemed to be blinking in shock.

They knew Ha-eun was Diah, but meeting her in person was a different experience altogether.

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