Chapter 10: A Unique Newbie

“Ughhh…”

My eyes opened naturally.
Of course, I hadn’t set an alarm.
My biological clock was very accurate, after all.

Seeing the sunlight streaming through the gap in the ceiling, I could tell I had woken up at a good time.

“Mmm… hmm…”

I smacked my lips and began to reconstruct my drowsy mind.
To fully awaken my body and mind—

“Haaaahm!”

I stretched my arms wide and let out a mighty stretch.

“Huh…?”

But for some reason, I felt a strange sensation.
My right arm felt unusually light compared to my left, and the area around my navel was cool.
As if someone had lifted my shirt.

“…!”

That feeling wasn’t wrong at all.

For some reason, my right arm had completely escaped my shirt.
It was a relief that at least the other side was still clothed.

In effect, I was wearing my shirt awkwardly, so my navel, my ribs, and even the bottom of my gray sports bra were exposed.

[Noona… heung… heung… heung…]
[GK underwear ㄷㄷㄷ she was so rich.]
[Ah, if only she had woken up a little later, too bad.]

“Hey, really…!”

Completely unintentional exposure.
Feeling my face heat up in real time, I quickly fixed my clothes.

The viewers, or rather, the malicious users, cried out in disappointment, but I had no intention of granting their request.

Anyway, why did such an unfortunate thing happen?

I was definitely a person with quiet sleeping habits… to say that some kind of malicious interference had occurred, there were no signs of intrusion in the tent.

Was it because of accumulated fatigue?

Because I had a hot encounter with First Heart in my dream?

Or was it because the new sleeping place was unconsciously uncomfortable?

I couldn’t know the exact reason, but one thing was certain.

“Aren’t you all being too much? You should have at least told me. If I get banned, it’s all your fault.”

It was that the fault of the viewers who didn’t inform me in advance was quite large.

[????]
[Me?]
[Your conscience has left the building, f*ck.]
[Lock]
[BS lol.]

As they say, there’s no smoke without fire, and the viewers’ reactions were extremely heated.

They probably secretly enjoyed seeing something good.
Since I was also a man until recently, I could generously empathize with that feeling.

Of course, if they begged for forgiveness, it was also possible to forgive them.

-Lenalenalena-nim has donated 100 won!-

《Check the donation history replay. What if someone tried to wake you up even once?》

But without any warning, a sharp retort came in.

“Uh… you guys, just a moment.”

The fact that the person who said it was Lena-nim made me nervous without me even realizing it.

Gulp.
After swallowing my dry saliva, I pretended to be as calm as possible and checked the donation history by replaying the recorded video.

Perhaps because the lens’s function was so great, a clean screen was being recorded even though my eyes were closed.
And every time my fair skin was revealed by my tossing and turning—

《Emeeeergencyyyy!!!》
《You’ll get banned at this rate!》
《Wakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeup》

Several donations urging me to wake up popped up.
8 100-won donations, and there was also one 1,000-won message that was even louder.

“…”

[Lock]
[Misunderstood due to controversy >> is that coming out?]
[For real, that’s the end of the temple run lol.]
[lol I have something to tell you.]
[Me.]

As my silence continued, the chat immediately changed its tone.
They gained momentum, and I had to lower my stance.

“Everyone…”

What was certain was that the sooner the apology, the more effective it would be.

Also, in the code of chivalry, repenting for one’s mistakes was by no means shameful, but rather a strongly recommended act.

“I’m sorr…!”

Without a moment’s hesitation, I bowed my head and also bent my waist in half.

A posture of apology that could almost be seen as a dogeza.

Fortunately, since the broadcast screen only showed my perspective, I was able to avoid leaving a humiliating replay.

“…y!”

I ended up biting my tongue at the end because I was nervous.

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[I’m sorryy!]

At the rather cute reaction, Sena couldn’t help but let out a smirk.

“…Huh?”

But no matter how she moved her hand, she couldn’t feel the desired texture.
Only after checking with her own two eyes did she realize that the basket was empty.

Just a few hours ago, it had been full of biscuits… but as she got immersed in the broadcast and ate them one by one, it seemed she had finished them all.

“…”

How long had it been since she had been so immersed in someone’s broadcast?

Usually, when a hobby becomes a profession, most people no longer find joy in that hobby.

Sena was no exception to that rule.
She became a streamer and could no longer enjoy watching broadcasts like she used to.

Now, unless it was for market research, she didn’t even bother looking for someone’s broadcast.

“Ughhhh…!”

Sena leaned back as far as she could in her chair and stretched.

Even as she heard her bones crack, her eyes were focused on the broadcast.

[I’ll go hard again today.]

A very charming voice came out of the speaker.
Its owner was that of a nobody streamer named ‘Rea’.

About 50 people, including Sena, were watching the broadcast, but surprisingly, it was safe to say that there were almost no dropouts.

It was certainly a broadcast befitting a nobody.

There was no set content, so the progression was messy, and there was almost no control over the chat.

Some troublemakers who would have already been banned if it were her were still running wild.

Of course, perhaps because Rea wasn’t swayed at all, the troublemakers weren’t to the point of being uncomfortable, and most importantly—

‘The broadcast is fun, for starters.’

To say that it had a raw taste simply because she was a nobody, what Rea was showing was a level higher than that.

The romance of adventure and the strange chivalry concept, and the out-of-spec physical abilities, etc…

Rea was a unique existence, rare among adventurers these days.

“…”

Sena felt it keenly.
The fact that a desire was slowly rising from the depths of her heart.

In her past, she had a time when she was a devilish viewer.

The streamers who were now mid-tier or big corporations.
It could be said that she was the one who raised them by watching their broadcasts since they were nobodies.

Now that she had reached the top, she wanted to use that know-how to cherish that unique newbie.

The few naive moments Rea showed were practically like wagging her tail.

Beyond just that, Sena’s view-count radar was also beeping! and trembling intensely.

If she joined hands with Rea, could she break her previous record?

‘A collab would be the best way to get involved.’

If she suddenly did a collab with a male nobody, it could look strange, but fortunately, Rea was a woman no matter how you looked at her.

She didn’t know her exact appearance because she was wearing a face filter… but just by her figure and voice, it was hard for her to be ugly.

And so what if she was a little ugly?
There was a filter anyway.

[There’s a river here? I was just getting hungry and bored, so this is great.]

The key was whether she would agree to a collab.

Usually, nobodies are desperate for attention.
It was common for them to cling to a lifeline thrown down by a big corporation like herself.

But Rea—

[Hey, it’s no fun if we just cross. There’s a romance that comes to mind when you face a river.]

‘She’s probably a little different.’

She was the type with a clear path of her own.
She didn’t think she would readily accept a collab.

In that case, creating an opportunity by chance could be a good method.

First, Sena left a message using her secondary account, ‘Nasenajjang’, which had been watching Rea’s broadcast all along.

To unconditionally attract attention, she even broke the highest donation record of 1,500 won.

-Nasenajjang-nim has donated 1,500 won!-

《By any chance, when are you ending the broadcast today?》

[Nasenajjang-nim! Thank you for another donation. You seem to have donated the most… I’ll specially call you Nachan as a nickname. At this rate, you might even surpass Lena-nim and become my broadcast’s top supporter.]

Although she was very grateful for the unexpected affection, she didn’t get an answer to her question.

Sena had no choice but to donate again.
Surely this wasn’t calculated, right?

-Nasenajjang-nim has donated 1,000 won!-

《ㅎㅎ So when are you ending?》

[Uh… I’ll probably be in Pangea for one more day? I might just go back today. Actually, I wanted to do more… but I don’t have a sword, so I’m not very motivated.]

‘One day…’
After hearing the answer, Sena turned her eyes to the clock.

Her regular broadcast was scheduled to start in 12 hours.
The timing was likely to be ambiguous for a fated encounter with Rea.

Rea was currently located at a river not too far from R Point.
If she started now, she could catch up without much difficulty.

She could just start the broadcast early, and the fatigue from pulling an all-nighter…

‘It’s in the realm of what can be relieved by using mana anyway.’

Having made her decision, Sena quickly began to prepare.
Although she was in a hurry, she was by no means careless.

The first impression was always the most important, after all.

Sena thus left her house.
Fortunately, Rea didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving the river until then.

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After arriving in Pangea, Sena worked her feet hard and was able to meet Rea.

“Huh? That boring person from back then…?”

“…Yes?”