Chapter 47: Is your passport still valid?

“Huh? Did you hear anything about Summer and Winter unnie filming an underwear commercial?”

VR fitness 5 hours in.

As the exercise shown on the screen changed to yoga-based stretching movements, Fall, who had a chance to catch her breath, began to communicate with viewers.

Originally, this is the section where I have to forcibly spread my legs, which don’t tear easily, and scream, “Ggueueoalgeol-!”

But Fall had exceptional flexibility and balance.

For such Fall, it was just a resting time to catch her breath.

“No… I also heard it for the first time when Summer leaked it during the New Year’s collab. When I heard about it later, the company specifically picked those two people.”

[Anonymous donor donated ₩1,000]

[???: Mama, why didn’t you make my chest bigger?!]

-Eokkkkk

-Filial daughter (fire attribute)

-Still, Fall has some potential, Spring is…

Fall, who was making a sour face at the chat that subtly scratched her, stretched her legs out and made a grumbling sound.

“Just wait! I’m going to work hard at exercising and win an underwear commercial or whatever!”

At that time, a familiar nickname appeared in the donation window.

[Astra_Cherry donated ₩10,000]

[Junior… give up… The chest doesn’t get bigger even if you exercise…]

[Seasons_Summer donated ₩10,000]

[Yeah~ But the chest doesn’t get bigger even if you’re a VTuber, good luck~ kkk]

The chat window flared up once again at the donation that the two named users(?) shot in succession.

-??? Is that real Cherry and real Summer?

-It’s real because I see the authentication mark??

-Kya~ Now you’ve even come to scratch your juniors kkk

-???: Chest? Inherent difference

Fall was also startled and screamed.

“Euwaak!! Cherry senior? Summer? Why, why are you here?!”

-I came to monitor whether Fall junior is doing well~~

-Why else would I come other than to scratch you eokkkkk

There isn’t a single warm word saying that they came to cheer her on.

Cosmo Live, a very close-knit family-like company.

After alternating between basic strength training and aerobic exercise for more than 7 hours.

Fall’s breathing became rougher.

“Heok… Heuek… How much is left… What? There’s still more than 2 hours left… uh?!”

Despair swirled in her cloudy eyes.

Nevertheless, she doesn’t stop moving. Her stamina is all gone, and only mental strength and grit remain.

The Fall’s avatar, which had been moving so intensely, suddenly stopped as if it had been cut off.

Did she collapse? Exhaustion? Broadcasting accident?!

In a chat full of worry, Fall spat out her voice with rough breaths.

“Heua~ Just, just a little rest… I’m going to use all of my small and precious 3 minutes that I’ve been saving until now…”

All the forced running until now was all for this moment.

-How many minutes is it? 9 minutes?

-It’ll be legendary if you come back after more than 9 minutes and blow up 7 hours kkk

Fall put the avatar in ‘standby’ mode for a while. It’s a break time, so the number of viewers might decrease a lot, but the number of people isn’t decreasing, but rather increasing little by little.

-No, is that really an avatar kkkk

-The technology is crazy, really…

All I’m doing is repeating the act of taking a deep breath and exhaling, but people are still enthusiastic.

-Fall nuna… my peepee is weird…

-I wouldn’t even know it’s a VTuber if I saw it from afar LOL

[Kimgaleulpaenkeulleopmalddan donated ₩50,000]

[Rather, Fall’s style is the style of the first love and girlfriend]

I felt familiarity and excitement for the healthy avatar, and I was deeply immersed.

“Hu! I feel like I’m going to live if I rest a bit~”

When there was a narrow amount of rest time left, Fall, who had returned, put the tracking equipment on her body.

-Ggais…

-Ahkkkk If you were a little later, 7 hours would have been resetkkkk

-Give me back Fall who’s catching her breath…

Fall made a crying noise at the viewers’ mischievous chats and then activated the timer again.

When I filled the set 10 hours like that.

The viewers who had gathered the most ever congratulated Fall on completing the race together.

…Of course, there are still 5 hours left.

Let’s rewind the time to last year for a while, to a certain day in December when Jina and Hyoin drank together.

I hit soju with sundae soup for the first round, and then moved to have fried chicken skin with beer for the second round.

While clinking 500cc beer glasses, Hyoin suddenly asked Jina.

“Jina unnie, do you have any time left on your passport?”

At the sudden question, Jina paused the hand holding the cup for a moment.

The beer that I was about to wet my throat with splashed along the wall of the glass.

“Why suddenly that?”

“The Siggraph conference next year will be held in Canada. Let’s go together.”

Hyoin’s voice was full of excitement.

“What, did your paper get accepted?”

“Not yet, but the experimental results came out well and I got permission from the professor to submit a paper on this topic. Writing it is easy.”

At those words, Jina laughed.

“Talk about it after it’s accepted. Don’t drink the soup before the kimchi is made.”

“Huh? Really? If it gets accepted, are you going with me?!”

Hyoin put the glass down on the table and looked at Jina with sparkling eyes.

Jina shook her head as if it were funny.

“Why would I go to your paper presentation? More than that, I’ve already left the lab.”

“But this… is no different from Jina unnie’s paper.”

It was a research topic that was about to head to the trash can and be deleted as it was.

That was finally about to bear fruit thanks to Hyoin’s efforts and Jina’s advice.

“…Are you really going to put my name on it? I didn’t do anything.”

“What do you mean you didn’t do anything? Jina unnie caught all the core hypotheses and formulas. Even the basic experimental settings were all made by unnie!”

Hyoin raised her voice, saying that she just inherited and used it as it was.

“Hey. Okay, okay. Anyway, I left the lab…”

“What’s wrong? The professor also wants to put his mentor’s granddaughter’s name on my paper. I can put unnie’s name on my paper too, right?”

“Haha… The professor is still the same.”

Jina’s mouth became dry for no reason, so she took the glass and took a big sip.

Even now, almost a semester after leaving the lab, I still feel unpleasant when I think of the professor.

I’m like this too.

How about Hyoin, who is still trapped in the lab?

Cheerful music was flowing inside the pub, but there was a quiet silence between the two.

There are clearly things they want to say to each other.

They were hesitating because they didn’t know how to express it.

After hesitating, Jina sighed deeply and changed the subject.

“Anyway, have a good trip if it happens. Anyway, my body is like this, so I can’t go anywhere.”

Jina poked her chest and said.

Hyoin stared at Jina for a moment, then suddenly tilted her head.

“Looking at it, Jina unnie, you’re still legally a man, right?”

“What… that’s right.”

“Was there no problem? Your ID card, or something like that. I mean, in your daily life.”

The voice was a little loose from the alcohol, but there was a strange seriousness in it.

Jina drank a little of the remaining beer and then put the cup down.

Suddenly, I realized that I had never seriously thought about this.

Even though it’s a very important issue.

Looking back, there hasn’t been any problem so far, as strangely as it may be, since I became a woman.

I don’t know if I should call this good luck. Or should I say that the non-face-to-face infrastructure is well-established.

First of all, there was no need to take out my ID card.

The first digit is already 3. The junior drinking with me is also in her late 20s. I don’t even remember when I last received an ID check.

The military issue wasn’t urgent either. First of all, I finished all the reserve forces before becoming a woman.

Come to think of it, the civil defense next year is a problem, but I thought this would somehow work out.

More than that, there was no reason to go outside in the first place. After all, the house is safe.

“More than that, how have you been doing your work so far? Were there any problems in contracts or anything like that?”

“Well… I’ve only worked through freelancer sites. There’s no need to meet in person, and the payment comes in online.”

Of course, there were cases where I had to submit my name and resident registration number, but I used the information from when I was a man then.

There was nothing to be concerned about. In the first place, there was no reason to see each other’s faces, and if there was no problem in the transaction process or results, there was no reason to carefully check the other party’s identity. It was generally glossed over.

“Cosmo Live also… When I first created the fan page, I roughly wrote a simple contract through a freelancer site.”

After that, there were many cases where things proceeded urgently, and after trading a few times, trust was built, so recently I often glossed over it verbally.

Hyoin blinked as if she was dumbfounded after saying this far.

“Wow, so they still don’t know that unnie’s resident registration number starts with 1 there?”

“If they had checked properly, they might have noticed that something was wrong, but if they don’t say anything, well…”

“They have to bow to unnie there. What if you had a bad mind… Of course, I would have known that unnie wasn’t that kind of person, but…”

Jina laughed without realizing it.

If I think about it, everyone lives their lives loosely.

Even in the lab, the professor always entrusted the student with the management of the seal because it was annoying.

Cosmo Live was supposed to be doing the work by Daon, the president, in principle, but the manager, Youngjun, was signing important contracts.

“I don’t know if it’s because everyone is busy or if they trust people well… Anyway, it’s a bit 허술하다.”

Hyoin laughed out loud, then asked as if something had come to mind.

“Come to think of it, you said you went to a company meeting today wearing my suit. Was there any problem there?”

“…Not really?”

Come to think of it, I shouldn’t say anything to Daon.

Jina also subtly entrusted Youngjun with an important contract.

…That’s why. Daon often shouts ‘Jjuuuuun!!’.

Yeah, your contract bot is pretty good.

“That… Aren’t you uncomfortable, unnie? You’ve gotten through it well so far, but there’s no guarantee that you’ll get through it well like this in the future.”

Hyoin sighed and then looked at Jina with a slightly flushed face.

“Go to an internist or gynecologist, or anywhere, and get a diagnosis or doctor’s note. Wouldn’t it be better to take that to court and formally apply for gender correction?”

“The problem is what to explain to the hospital. ‘I woke up and became a woman’? Who would believe that?”

“Honestly, I wouldn’t believe it either.”

Hyoin quietly lifted her glass and drank beer, saying that she would have told her to go to a psychiatrist if it wasn’t Jina.

“Then… What if you pretend that you went abroad and had s*x reassignment surgery?”

“It’s easier said than done. There are no medical records or departure records.”

Jina sighed slightly and drank alcohol.

“Come to think of it, I’ve been curious all along, why did you suddenly become a woman? You don’t know the reason at all, do you?”

At Hyoin’s question, Jina quietly tapped the table instead of answering.

‘That’s what I’m saying…’

In fact, I didn’t have any thoughts until now.

When I first became a woman, the immediate problem was making a living.

Recently, working itself is so enjoyable.

I didn’t have time to seriously retrace the fact that I was a woman.

But now that I’m facing the problem properly.

“…I’m definitely curious too.”

How did it end up like this?

Jina put the glass down and lightly turned her stiff head.

I strongly felt that I had to go to the hospital once, whatever it was.

It’s right that it’s a problem not knowing what happened to my body, whatever the cause.

“If it’s difficult to go back to being a man, do the administrative processing this time. That way, it’ll be easier to work in the future.”

In addition, Jina burst out laughing at Hyoin’s honest expression of desire to go on a trip abroad, no, a conference with her.