episode_0012

I swallowed my saliva.

Although I suggested that I do voice acting in a playful way.

When I thought about how I was going to talk to a woman on the phone from now on, my heart started pounding.

‘I’m nervous…’

After taking a deep breath.

With trembling hands, I moved the mouse and clicked the link.

First, I completed entering the voice channel.

🔊ㅣVoice Channel

●Shuboma

Shuboma is already in place.

Now all you have to do is click on that voice channel and you’re done.

‘···Let’s not be scared. ‘I don’t even know his face.’

After putting on the headset.

I closed my eyes tightly and mustered up the courage to click.

Tiring-!

🔊ㅣVoice Channel

●Shuboma

●Jinta Angel

came in

A heart that beats like crazy.

I waited in silence until I heard Shuboma’s voice.

“······.”

10 seconds passed.

“······.”

30 seconds passed.

Still, Shuboma didn’t say anything.

what?

Is the microphone broken?

It was a time when I had doubts.

［···Why, why aren’t you saying anything? hey?]

Finally, Shuboma’s voice was heard.

First of all, the woman is right.

The voice sounded quite young.

It didn’t go well with the rough chatting I usually do, but I didn’t feel anything out of the ordinary.

Including the previous world.

Because there are many women in the world who have difficult conversations.

If you have that type of personality, it will be even worse when chatting.

No matter how stupid I may be.

A woman must always have a friendly chat.

That chat looks like a girl.

That chat looks like a man.

They don’t say the same nonsense.

because.

It was impossible to guess the gender just by chatting.

Because you can’t tell gender based on voice or writing style.

[hey···?]

Shuboma called me again.

I quickly cleared my throat and answered.

“Ah, yes.”

［Well, what is it? Is he really a man?]

“That’s right.”

Contrary to concerns.

I was able to speak quite normally.

Although she is definitely a pretty girl.

I think this is the world I originally lived in.

It seems that forcing myself to imagine an appearance that was below average helped.

Could it be said to be a kind of self-suggestion?

This was possible because I didn’t know Shuboma’s face at all.

of course.

Although he speaks somewhat normally,

［But why is your voice so quiet?］

I couldn’t help the voice that was shrinking and crawling away.

［Say it louder. It could just be that the woman lowered her voice tone, so make sure to check.]

“Aaaah.”

I strengthened my neck and vocalized loudly.

[You are a real man. You didn’t use a voice modulation program, right?]

“Why do I even do such things?”

[That’s right, I’m trying to become friends with the guy somehow… No, if that were the case, he would have found out I was a woman and left the room right away. Then, maybe you just changed your voice to make fun of me…]

“I’m not that free.”

There were a lot of doubts.

With a personality like that, how could you lend money to a complete stranger?

［It’s not a lie, right? Are you saying he’s a real man?]

“Yes.”

[all right. Now that I’ve confirmed it, I’ll just leave. effort.]

“Wait a minute.”

I quickly caught up with Shuboma who was trying to leave the voice channel.

Where are you going to run away?

I haven’t even gotten to the main point yet.

[···why?]

“I have a favor to ask you…”

After I caught Shuboma.

I slowly explained my current situation.

***

Why did you ask her gender?

A favor I would like to ask her.

Even the fact that I have a hard time with women.

After talking honestly about everything.

asked for help

Please be my conversation practice partner.

［So, you’re having trouble conversing with women, so you want to ask me to practice conversation with you?］

“Yes.”

［Umm…］

“If you feel uncomfortable, you can refuse.”

[no. It’s not an inconvenience, but actually, I’m not good at talking to men…]

“You seem to be doing a good job.”

［Of course, that’s because we’re not seeing each other face to face right now. In real life, you can’t even make eye contact.]

You were the same type as me.

For some reason, I felt a sense of kinship.

“Then, Shuboma, why don’t you practice talking to men now? By helping me.”

[yes? What did you just say? The voice was so low I couldn’t hear it. I can’t hear you even though I turned the voice up to maximum.]

after. I finally mustered up the courage to speak at length…

I took a slow, even breath.

He raised his voice and spoke again clearly.

Only then did my voice reach Shuboma.

［Practice? Since I will never actually have a conversation with a man in my life anyway, there is no need to practice.]

“You never know.”

［Umm…］

Shuboma is drooling again.

Am I lost in worry?

Her voice was not heard for a while.

There was such an awkward silence.

About a minute had passed.

[great. It’s not that difficult to ask to have a conversation. I don’t know if I can help you, but I will help you for now.]

Shuboma decided to do me a favor.

“Thank you.”

［Instead, from now on, my alt-character will be allowed to ride the bus for free without any hassle. Don’t be condescending.]

“When did I show off…”

［I paid it every day. Rather, what topic can we talk about?]

“I didn’t think about the topic separately.”

［What did you do without even thinking about that?］

That’s right.

I also thought there was really no solution.

“···First, shall we start by talking to each other?”

［Why do you stop talking?］

“I used to mix informal and polite language in games anyway, and I thought the conversation would flow more naturally if I let go.”

[hmm. It’s not wrong. Then just let it go.]

Even the words were put down.

Now we feel like friends.

All I had to do was continue the conversation naturally.

［But can’t you keep your voice louder? It keeps getting smaller.]

“I’m so nervous that I can’t help it.”

［I can’t even see your face, so why am I nervous?］

“You get nervous even when ordering delivery over the phone. It feels the same as that.”

[ah. Since you compare it like that, I understand what it feels like.]

it was good.

The flow of conversation is natural.

Let’s continue this atmosphere.

［But can I ask you one thing?］

“What is it?”

[You are ugly.]

“Suddenly…?”

[No, looks are quite important to men. The more handsome you are, the more you are treated. If you were good-looking, people around you would always support you, and then you wouldn’t have a hard time with women.]

“······.”

[Are you surprised when you got caught? don’t worry. Because I don’t care about a man’s appearance at all. Even if you’re ugly, I don’t have any prejudice.]

It’s not because of looks.

That’s because there are circumstances.

I was thinking about saying that, but decided against it.

‘If you say it’s because something bad happened to a woman… ‘Let’s not say it because it might make the atmosphere awkward.’

I need to tell them to think about their appearance on their own.

We wouldn’t ever see each other face to face anyway.

[Have confidence. A man is not just about his looks.]

“Okay, thank you…”

［For your information, I am different from the clueless bitches you have seen so far. I hate bitches who only like men by looking at their faces, or bitches who discriminate against men because they are ugly. What does that look like?]

Shuboma didn’t seem to notice the man’s appearance at all.

Well, I guess there are women like that.

after.

The two of us started talking more and more and continued to have several conversations.

I also asked what Shuboma’s nickname means.

［Don’t try to find out what my nickname means. If you find out, you will be seriously hurt.]

When I first started playing the game.

I also asked what they believed in lending the money.

［Oh, that? There is a way to get it all back anyway. Would I really have lent money without any insurance to someone I had never met?

“That’s true unless you’re a hukou. What is the way to get it back?”

[My specialty is curse magic, and I can put a curse on someone who borrows something from me if they don’t repay it within a certain period of time. When a curse is activated, the opponent feels extreme pain. Oh, of course, killing him is impossible.]

“Wait a minute. Then, if I didn’t pay the money back…”

［After revealing the curse to you, I would have continued to activate the curse until you repaid it.］

I was glad I didn’t eat it and eat it.

Although I didn’t intend to do that in the first place.

***

A time past midnight.

A woman who was using a computer in a small studio put down her headset.

“After. We talked for a long time.”

Game nickname, Shuboma.

This was the woman who had a two-hour voice chat with Kang Ha-hwi.

She turned off the computer.

I grabbed my wallet that was lying on the floor and went out of the house.

And when I came down to the first floor.

“Hanabi.”

The housekeeper, who was drinking at the table, called her name.

“Where are you going this night?”

“I’m going to buy some alcohol from the convenience store.”

“Really? While we’re on our way, let’s do a favor for me too.”

“Do you want to drink more? Haven’t you been drinking since lunch?”

“How do you know I’ve been drinking since lunch? When the sun rises, I don’t even come out of the house.”

“I saw it through the window.”

“The shady bitch spied on me.”

“Spying is what kind of spying… Anyway, have a drink. Then I die young.”

“My body is strong, so don’t worry.”

“It is difficult for someone who retired due to poor health to be strong…”

Hanabi sighed.

Then he turned his back and walked away.

“Oh, that’s right.”

Hanabi paused and glanced at the landlord.

“Seolyu unni. I can buy you alcohol like I did the first time, right?”

“No. New.”

“New? Oh, the one in that white bottle? Okay.”

After checking, Hanabi started walking again.

So, I was heading to the convenience store.

She looked up at the night sky and remembered the voice chat she had had with a man just moments ago.

‘I thought it would be burdensome at first, but as we talked, it was actually quite enjoyable…’

The corners of Hanabi’s mouth rose slightly.

‘Are you going to ask me to do voiceover tomorrow as well?’

I hope so.

Hanabi was thinking like this in her mind, looking forward to tomorrow.