Chapter 102: V-Youtuber’s V-Log (Full Body Revealed)

It started on the plane.

Hyo-in sat next to Ye-rin, letting out a low sigh.

She had a vague premonition from the moment she first checked the tickets.

But actually sitting in a seat separated from Jina, she couldn’t help but feel a bitter taste.

‘If I knew this would happen, I would have booked Jina unnie’s ticket along with mine…’

It couldn’t be helped.

Hyo-in and Ye-rin were attending the conference with government project funds, while Jina, she heard, received travel expense support from the chairman of some company.

Booking together unnecessarily would complicate things later.

So they had to book separately, and unfortunately, since it was peak season, it was inevitable that their seats would be separated, or so she thought.

‘Of all people, next to Jina unnie… Seo-ah…!’

Honestly, she didn’t know.

That there would be one more person in their party.

That this person would snatch the seat next to Jina.

And that this person would openly show interest in Jina.

Hyo-in forced herself to manage her expression and subtly glanced across the aisle.

Seo-ah’s brightly smiling face next to Jina caught her eye.

Even if she didn’t want to see, she couldn’t help her gaze repeatedly drifting there.

She couldn’t hear what they were saying clearly, but it wasn’t hard to tell the atmosphere was good.

Seo-ah soon took out her smartphone.

And then.

“Jina, look at the camera~”

She extended her arm long, capturing both Jina and herself in the screen at the same time.

“Um… what are you doing right now?”

At Seo-ah’s bright and cheerful voice, Jina looked at her with a reluctant expression.

“Filming a vlog. Sacho (President) told me to shoot a lot of content while I’m on this overseas business trip.”

Seo-ah smiled, expertly handling the camera.

“Can’t we just do a vlog instead of a collab for this trip? Of course, if Jina is uncomfortable, I’ll lower the camera.”

“It’s not uncomfortable. Filming a vlog is fine too.”

“Really? That’s a relief… Thank you, Jina!”

“…But we’re going for work, not a trip, you know that, right?”

“Ah, right. It wasn’t a trip, it was a business trip. Not just any business trip, but a business trip with Jina-nim.”

Seo-ah raised the corners of her lips slightly and spoke slyly.

Jina let out a laugh mixed with a sigh and asked in a playful voice.

“But is it okay for a VTuber to film a vlog with their face fully exposed like this?”

“Jina will replace it all with an avatar later anyway, right?”

“Well… of course, I’ll do that.”

Jina nodded slightly and continued with a smile.

“Oh, are you going to do a live broadcast there too?”

“Live stream… I want to if possible, but…”

Seo-ah mulled over Jina’s words, then suddenly asked back with a surprised expression.

“Wait, Jina-nim. By any chance, the technology to convert a person into an avatar in real-time live… is it already complete?”

“Of course. Since we’re going overseas anyway, shouldn’t we show off to the Songis (fans) once?”

“Wow…! As expected, there’s no one like Jina-nim!”

Seo-ah smiled and naturally leaned against Jina’s arm.

Even that scene was clearly etched in Hyo-in’s eyes.

‘…Is she really just a manager?!’

Seo-ah’s natural intimacy was extremely bothersome to Hyo-in.

Especially the fact that Jina didn’t particularly push her away bothered her even more.

“Unnie, are you okay? You don’t look well.”

“No. Just a bit… nervous, that’s all.”

At Ye-rin’s worried words, Hyo-in slightly shook her head and took out her tablet.

She planned to review the presentation materials once more on the way.

‘Still, once we arrive, once we get off the plane.’

Hyo-in comforted herself like that, but.

For some reason, this flight of over ten hours felt exceptionally long and tedious.

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After a long flight, they arrived at Vancouver International Airport.

After retrieving their luggage, they left the airport and headed straight for the city’s Skytrain.

“Kkeueueu…!!”

Every time she moved her body a little, the muscles that had been cramped in a narrow seat for a long time grumbled.

An eleven-hour flight is no ordinary ordeal.

But here, there was one person who showed no signs of fatigue at all.

“We just got off at Waterfront Station. The hotel isn’t too far from here. The ocean view from the hotel, don’t you think it’ll be really pretty?”

Seo-ah was smiling brightly, holding a suitcase in one hand and a selfie stick with a smartphone attached in the other.

She must be tired… but her expression wasn’t dead at all; rather, it was bright and full of life.

Hyo-in unknowingly marveled and shook her head.

“Ye-rin, I guess people who broadcast really have different stamina…”

“I know, right, unnie… I’m so tired I can barely speak, but that person is really amazing.”

She had long since noticed that Seo-ah wasn’t just an ordinary content planner or manager.

That kind of energy couldn’t come from anyone but a broadcaster.

“But Seo-ah-ssi is amazing too… I find Jina unnie even more surprising. Keeping up with that tension must be incredibly tiring…”

‘Seo-ah is a broadcaster, so it’s understandable.’

But she couldn’t understand why Jina showed no signs of fatigue and was perfectly fine.

By the time they arrived at the hotel, dragging their tired bodies, the day was ending.

The hotel, which was full of praise in the reviews, looked even more splendid in person.

The conference venue was within a stone’s throw.

A wide, open view of the ocean from the window.

Even a clean and stylish exterior.

‘Still, her work ethic is really solid.’

Hyo-in couldn’t help but acknowledge Seo-ah’s meticulous preparation inwardly.

“Shall we check in right away?”

Hyo-in and Ye-rin headed to the front desk first.

“Uh, umm… Hello?”

Although she had prepared by taking phone English classes for the paper presentation, her mouth went dry trying to speak English in front of a native speaker.

Still, after a few stumbles, she managed to confirm the reservation without issue and receive the room key.

‘At this rate, I should be able to handle questions at the presentation without problems,’ Hyo-in thought, straightening her shoulders.

Indeed, Koreans are a nation of crammers.

Following them, Seo-ah headed to the front desk.

A relaxed smile played on Seo-ah’s lips as she passed by Hyo-in.

The thought that she seemed to be teasing her… must be an illusion, right?

“Hello, I’d like to confirm my reservation, please.”

At her fluent English pronunciation, Hyo-in’s head turned hwik without her realizing it.

Compared to her crammed conversation skills, she felt unnecessarily intimidated by the ‘real skill’ that had a different class.

But watching them converse quietly, something about the situation seemed unusual.

Seo-ah’s expression, while talking to the staff, gradually began to harden.

“Is there some problem…?”

Wondering what was wrong, Jina, standing beside Seo-ah, also had her expression tinged with bewilderment.

“The room… is only booked for one?”

They should have booked two rooms.

But ‘for some reason’, only one was booked.

She asked if there were any vacant rooms, but the reply was that there were no rooms left due to the conference period.

“I’m, I’m really sorry, Jina-nim… I definitely thought I booked two rooms…”

Seo-ah bowed her head to Jina with a flustered face.

“I’ll look for another hotel nearby. I’ll contact you again after I find a room.”

“Other hotels will likely have a similar situation.”

“I’ll have to try looking. It’s my mistake.”

Jina looked at Seo-ah’s gloomy expression blankly, then spoke in a calm voice.

“Well, is there really a need for that? The room is spacious, we can just share.”

“Even so, you’ll be uncomfortable… You have to prepare for your presentation too.”

“I don’t really mind. It’s also a bit much to move around inconveniently for something like that.”

Seo-ah hesitated, then bowed her head again as if reluctantly.

“…Thank you so much, Jina-nim.”

Hyo-in suddenly.

Felt that the angle of Seo-ah’s lips as she bowed her head was bent at a very familiar angle.

‘…This too must be an illusion,’ she thought.

Hyo-in, leaving the uneasy feeling behind, headed towards the elevator with the other three.

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As soon as they unpacked in the hotel room.

Jina lightly stretched and immediately turned on her laptop.

Connecting the webcam and various ‘broadcasting equipment’, Jina looked at the screen and spoke.

“Seo-ah-nim, the time is a bit awkward right now, but would you like to do a test broadcast once?”

Seo-ah lightly tidied her hair and sat in front of the laptop.

As Jina adjusted the webcam angle and ran a few programs.

Seo-ah’s image on the screen immediately changed to the pre-set avatar, ‘Winter’.

“N-no way…”

When Seo-ah blinked, Winter blinked.

When Seo-ah smiled and waved her arm, Winter also smiled back and waved her arm.

In another reality reflected by the camera lens.

Winter was alive and moving.

“I even bothered to bring tracking equipment… This makes it unnecessary.”

“It’s still not perfect. It’s an algorithm based on video processing, so to secure a certain level of fps, I had to somewhat blur the image quality.”

“Since it’s ‘overseas’, isn’t that unavoidable?”

Saying so, Seo-ah took the webcam attached to the computer in her hand and stood up from her seat.

“Jina, could I ask you to be my broadcast manager?”

Normally, she would have to sit in front of the laptop, check how she appears on screen, and also monitor the chat reactions.

But Jina is in this room.

Because there’s someone she can trust more than anyone.

Seo-ah, no, Winter.

Entrusted her broadcast entirely to Jina.

“This is fun. Seo-ah is my manager, and I’m Winter-nim’s manager.”

As Winter signaled she was ready.

Jina immediately started the broadcast.