Chapter 50: What, Manager? First-generation senior Akari is here? …W-Who is this person?!?!

After the EDen stream ended, I immediately returned home.

If it were up to me, I would have wanted to sleep with Rin, but after her vehement refusal, I had no choice but to come back home.

“You’re going to assault me! Like in an eromanga!”

“No, that’s…”

“Like in an eromanga!!!”

‘…Am I caught?’

No, I only thought about sneakily groping her while sleeping.

Even though we’d confirmed the unspoken code between fellow yuri enthusiasts, I had no intention of suddenly using Rin as a bottom.

(TL: “Yuri enthusiasts” refers to fans of girl’s love. “Unspoken code” is a loose translation of a martial arts world metaphor for etiquette. “Bottom” refers to the submissive role.)

In the first place, I’m weaker, so if anyone was going to be the bottom, it would be me…

“…Sigh.”

More importantly, I need to get to the company quickly now.

Today is the day I have vocal lessons, which are twice a week.

It seems they want me to develop my singing skills enough to do cover songs immediately, as it will still be a while before my 3D model is ready.

Well, it’s not like my skills were improving at an exponential rate.

To begin with, I don’t think the vocal trainer’s style suits me well.

“Subglottal pressure and expiratory flow mean what?”

“Uh… um… that, that’s…”

“Pitch! The highness or lowness of a note is determined by your breath!!”

The vocal trainer teacher is more passionate than that Kin-something teacher from 3rd year Class B.

At first, I thought she was a man because of her permed hair, but I heard she’s a woman.

…Honestly, looking at her behavior, she’s not much different from a man.

Since I used to be a man, what I’m saying is probably accurate.

Besides, her voice, as if she’d swallowed a train’s steam whistle, could put most opera singers to shame.

No, did she say she did opera before?

Anyway.

“Ahhh~”

“More! Push out more breath!!”

“Ahhhhhhh~~”

“More! Much more! Like you’re moaning!”

“Hyaaang~♡”

“……”

Even after that, I had several more lessons, but there wasn’t any noticeable improvement.

My vocal range increased by about a half step, and my voice, which used to tremble like a goat on high notes, became stable?

No, is this even considered significant progress?

I haven’t done music, so I wouldn’t know.

Well, it’s not like there were no major achievements at all.

“Teacher! I realized something amazing!”

“…What is it.”

“If I make a moaning sound, I can produce a falsetto?”

“……”

“Want me to show you? Heut, Hiiyaang~♡”

“No, no, no, stop! Because of you, people at the company are looking at me strangely!”

Well, there was a bit of a commotion, but I successfully learned falsetto.

Although the trainer’s image at the company was ruined, my singing skills improved thanks to it, so isn’t that okay?

It’s equivalent exchange, alchemist.

(TL note: This is a reference to the law of equivalent exchange from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist.)

About 10 minutes passed while I walked, lost in such thoughts.

Before I knew it, a familiar-looking building came into view.

“…Huh? Wasn’t it only on the 4th floor last time?”

As I got on the elevator, I saw the floor directory.

The words ‘Luna:verse Production’, which used to be displayed only on the 4th floor, now occupied about half of the 3rd floor.

It feels like a game of territory grabbing.

As the level increases, so does the capital power, growing by devouring the smaller tribes next to it…

With this much growth power, it seemed fitting to give it the title of “Storm Zerg.”

“Manager!! I’m here!!”

As I entered the 4th floor, a large lobby came into view.

In that lobby, designed for employees to rest, was the familiar manager with her sharp bob cut, and a woman with pink hair.

“Ah, you’re here. Just in time, Akari, our first-generation talent, was also here.”

“Hi! You’re that rumored second-generation…”

Our eyes meet.

What I see is a familiar face.

The day after I got drunk and moaned a lot, it was the woman from next door whom I met in front of my door.

“……”

I maintained the smiling face I had when I entered.

Not only that, I also maintained the posture I had when I entered.

And in that same posture, I walked backward, closed the door, and headed straight for the elevator.

No, I tried to head there.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

“Gek.”

Caught by the hood of my outerwear by the manager, I ultimately couldn’t escape and was dragged into the company.

No, why is she so fast?

Did she learn Shunpo?

(TL: Shunpo, or Flash Step, is a high-speed movement technique in the manga/anime Bleach.)

If there were two of her, they’d probably use Shunpo to chase each other’s backs all the way to a desert.

“She’s your senior, you can’t just run away like that. Besides, there’s a joint broadcast tonight, so you need to greet each other and get acquainted…”

“Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!”

“…Yuki?”

I refuse.

Absolutely refuse.

I can’t do a broadcast with someone who heard my lewd noises, can I?

She’ll definitely think I’m a weirdo.

It’s a relief if I don’t get reported for public indecency.

“Uh, um… Yuki-chan? Was it?”

“Kwaaaaaaaack!!!!!”

“…Could you please not avoid me like that? We’re going to broadcast together, so at least a greeting…”

“Kiyooooooot!!!!”

Now, letting out screams close to monstrous shrieks, I bang my head against the glass door.

I kept banging my head, hoping the glass would break, but thankfully it wasn’t some cheap import; what was breaking was my head.

After about 10 minutes of headbanging, I collapsed from exhaustion and was finally able to talk to my senior normally?

“…I’m sorry about what happened back then. I was drunk that day and…”

“Ah, no… I think it’s perfectly understandable… Yes, because you’re human. Of course, you’d have desires.”

“Desires? What are you talking about?”

“Ma-manager, you don’t need to know! No, rather, just pretend you don’t know! Yuki-chan’s life points are already at zero, you know?”

Akari said, trying to save me.

“…I don’t quite understand, but I’ll acknowledge it for now,” the manager replied.

‘Stop it…’

‘If she speaks so kindly, it only makes me more miserable…’

‘I’ll become the crazy b*ch who moans loudly knowing full well the walls aren’t soundproof…’

“What should we call each other? Sunbae? Or Unnie?” Akari asked.

(TL: Sunbae is a Korean honorific for a senior. Unnie is what a female calls an older female friend/sister.)

“I’ll go with Sunbae.”

“Ah, I see.”

“……”

“……”

After talking for a short while, the conversation topic had already run out.

In the atmosphere that had instantly turned ice-cold, neither I nor she could bring ourselves to speak first.

And the one who broke the silence was the manager.

“I have some work to do, so I’ll be going now.”

“Ah, Manager, are you leaving?” Akari asked.

“Don’t go… Don’t leave me alone with Sunbae…” I pleaded.

“…Yuki. Let go of this before I step on you.”

I immediately grabbed the manager’s trouser leg, but all I got back was a cold threat from her.

After she left, only Akari-sunbae and I remained in the lobby.

“Um… I look forward to working with you, Yuki-chan.”

“…Just Yuki is fine.”

“Mhm, it’s okay. Yuki-chan sounds much cuter.”

‘Yuki-chan does have a cuter ring to it.’

‘Still, to treat someone I’m seeing for the first time… well, not the first time, but someone I feel awkward with, so familiarly.’

‘As expected, I felt that popular people are different in some way.’ 

“I look forward to working with you too, Akari-sunbae.”

“Yes, I look forward to it.”

Afterwards, the awkward encounter continued for a little longer.

Thanks to that, I got closer to Akari-sunbae, and the embarrassment from the previous incident lessened a bit… yeah right, it was just as d*mn embarrassing. 

At least, it was a blessing that she didn’t mention it much.

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[☆Made a Rin-sama MAD Movie]
https://www.newtube.com/watch?v=DY-4jK5Nxo0
Her movements are seriously insane;;
Personally, dodging the mechanical arm was the most awesome part.
[Upvotes 26] [Downvotes 0]
ㄴWow…

ㄴYou have to be that good to be a Vtuber.

ㄴYuki’s just hiding behind and shooting.

ㄴDon’t run away! Fight back!

ㄴOur Demon Slayer Corps fights disadvantageously at night… Ah, this isn’t it?

ㄴRin-sama Maji Tenshi (TL: Rin-sama is truly an angel)

[☆RMT]
R Rin-sama

M Maji (Truly)

T Tenshi (Angel)

Upvote if you agree.

But she’s part of a demonic cult, is it right to call her an angel?

[Upvotes 15] [Downvotes 1]
ㄴUpvoted

ㄴThis deserves an upvote

ㄴ(It’s true-eo con) (TL: “con” refers to an emoticon/image macro.)

ㄴLet’s compromise and make it RMD (Rin-sama Maji Devil/Demon)

ㄴRMD? Gaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ㄴWhy’s that guy like that?

ㄴLeave him. He’s a computer science major.

ㄴ(RMT con)

ㄴThere’ll be many guys oshi-henning to Rin kekekeke (TL: Oshi-hen means changing one’s favorite idol/Vtuber.)

[(Info/Schedule) ☆Akari’s f*cking comeback after 6 months!!!!]
(Broadcast schedule screenshot.png)

Lunaverse KR group collab on Yuki’s channel.

Akari scheduled to return here after 6 months.

The Gallery Queen is finally coming!!! (TL: Gallery Queen/Gaeju is the most popular person on a forum.)

[Upvotes 26] [Downvotes 7]
ㄴGallery Queen my ss

ㄴThere was a Gallery Queen change, Yuki is the Gallery Queen now.

ㄴGallery Queen change, sht kekekeke

ㄴYuki is worthy of being Gallery Queen.

ㄴThis is really happening;;

ㄴSeriously, she’s coming back alive from this?

ㄴThings you shouldn’t do at a funeral: Resurrecting.

ㄴSeriously kekekekeke

ㄴSht kekekeke

ㄴBut no way! F*cking resurrected!

ㄴShe’s actually doing it;;;

ㄴShe really followed the 6-month rule.

ㄴSeriously keke

ㄴAh keke Still gotta suck the marrow from the “broth” fans’ backs kekekeke (TL: “Broth fans”/Yuksu is a derogatory term for obsessive fans.)

ㄴWhat are you saying;; Akari rested because she was sick…

ㄴYou believe that? kekekeke

ㄴOh, there was a guy who believed this.

[This broadcast is gonna be a total mess]

I can already picture them grabbing each other’s hair and fighting kekeke

It’d be fun if Akari tries to stomp on Yuki-chan begging for her life, and they both fall.

[Upvotes 2] [Downvotes 1]
ㄴ(No-reply prevention committee con)

ㄴWhy does your speech style sound so much like a Geuncheop? (TL: Geuncheop is a derogatory term for users of Ruliweb, often implying someone is out of touch or cringe.)

ㄴI’m not a Geuncheop!!

ㄴYes, you are a Geuncheop.

ㄴSelf-upvote villain, noted… 

ㄴIt’s not a self-upvote…

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[Is it Sakura?] (TL: A reference to a famous line “사쿠라네?” from the Korean movie Tazza, meaning “Is she a plant/shill?”)
[ThickChewyNoodles ㆍ 35K views ㆍ 5 hours ago]

After finishing my vocal lesson and returning home, I immediately turned on Newtube.

The news of the first-generation member’s return must have spread to the fans, as videos were already pouring in.

A scene from a Go-Stop (Korean card game) movie with Akari-sunbae’s head photoshopped onto it; it was crudely made, yet I felt an unidentifiable madness from it.

“Ah, come to think of it, today was the Lunaverse KR full group collab…”

If the manager hadn’t told me during the day, I would have forgotten again.

Maybe meeting my senior at the company beforehand was a stroke of luck.

If that incident from back then gets mentioned on stream under the guise of telling a story…

I wouldn’t be able to leave my house ever again from that day on.

“What game was I supposed to download~ Ah, found it.”

[Gang Beasts]

Gang Beasts.

It’s a 4-player game where people of four different colors fight.

You score points by ranking in each round, and the one with the highest score at the end wins.

This game, much like Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, has f*cking terrible controls.

Thanks to that, the screams of those who get unfairly screwed over while playing are endless, and when you accidentally succeed in killing an opponent, the pleasure is doubled. 

“Anyway, I should start preparing.”

Since there are many people, I have to prepare in advance.

Besides, the channel broadcasting is mine.

Therefore, I had the most things to set up.

Because I have to load three avatars. 

‘Can’t I just flexibly replace them with illustrations?’ 

Well, it’s my senior’s comeback, and it’s rare for all the KR members to gather like this.

Besides, the sight of multiple avatars moving together would probably be quite a spectacle.

Click, clack…

I immediately started tinkering with the streaming program and began the rough setup.

And the work continued until 10 minutes before the broadcast started.