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After the contract ended, I got invited to a group chat.

(Ahn Ji-young, the writer) – This is Kim Soo-hyun, who is taking on the role of Sera this time. Please take good care of her!

Sera.

That’s my character’s name.

Seeing a character name with such a different weight compared to before is a strange feeling.

Struggling to define this feeling, I blankly stared at the role name in the chat when Moon Chang-sik, who had stayed back to talk with the writer, came out.

“What are you looking at?”

“My character name.”

“Oh, Sera?”

Since Moon Chang-sik was at the contract signing, he was well aware of the character names.

“Why are you surprised? Isn’t this your third time?”

“This time feels particularly strange… What about you, what’s your character name?”

“Me? Moon Chang-seok.”

“…Are you recycling names?”

Moon Chang-sik, Moon Chang-won, Moon Chang-seok.

This is just confusing as heck.

“It’s the writer’s style. They always give similar names.”

Ah, come to think of it, the writer who created Moon Chang-won is the same one.

So, that makes sense.

My previous character name was Lady Soo-yeon, wasn’t it?

“Why is it Sera this time, though?”

“Your character was created before yours this time.”

“Oh, I see.”

Is it the difference between casting based on the actor and coming up with a character first?

Lady Soo-yeon was probably created after seeing me, so that might explain it.

“Anyway, we’ll be doing a drama together, so please take care of me. Thanks a lot for helping with today’s contract.”

“Yeah, but are you really not considering an agency contract? I can’t always help you.”

Moon Chang-sik asked this while we were leaving the broadcasting station together.

“An agency?”

“If you want, I can introduce you to my boss.”

Hmm… Well…

An agency.

This is probably the second time he’s suggested it after mentioning it previously.

If it were earlier, I would have flatly refused, but…

“I’ll think about it.”

For now, I postponed it.

I can think about it after this shoot is done.

“Take your time with it.”

Whether he noticed my change, or this is just how he is, Moon Chang-sik nodded without saying much.

***

After returning home.

“Hmmm…”

-???

-?

-Why then, since earlier…

I sat in front of the broadcast with my arms crossed, having turned it on for now.

Since I’ve confirmed my appearance by signing the contract, I wanted to convey something to our viewers beforehand.

This is quite a dilemma…

What should I say?

Will the broadcasting schedule be a bit shaky for a while?

Should I fulfill my quota with a night broadcast?

Or how about straightforwardly announcing a long break… that seems a bit off.

Looking at the contract, it seems like I’ll have to be on set quite often, so a long break isn’t on the table.

“Umm, that…”

-What is it??

-What’s up?? Seriously

-Just spill it out already

I shouldn’t make up some lame excuses.

Since it’s a drama filming, the truth will come out eventually, right?

But I can’t exactly tell the truth…

After pondering for a moment, a good idea popped into my head.

“How about this… do you guys want to receive bananas in the morning or in the evening?”

No matter how I think about it, public sentiment will drop no matter what I say, so how about raising it a bit beforehand?

-?? Bananas?

-But it’s evening right now?

-I don’t really know, but can’t you just give both?

“Hurry up and decide. When would be better?”

-I don’t know what it is, but just give it to me anyway ㅇㅇ

-Give it to me right now

“Oh, right now?”

Not surprising, they’re all an instant dopamine addicts, begging me for it, I opened the voting panel on the broadcast screen.

“Alright, today is Banana Day. Describe the content you want here. I’ll do whatever gets the most votes.”

-For real??

-Is this legit?

-Wait, what’s happening? Why all of a sudden?

-This seems sus…

“Hahaha… What’s so suspicious about it?”

-There must be a reason you’re suddenly doing this

-Is this person going on a break?

-Seeing the banana chat, it’s really sketchy

“No, if you don’t like it, just say so.”

-No no no no no

-Yes yes yes

-That’s good

-Please do it

-You all are wild

-You can just vote for it, right?

“Yeah, write down what you’d like in the chat for the voting panel.”

-LOL, let’s do League of Legends

-Can’t you do ASMR again?

-Let’s do a horror game, lol

Not long ago, they were saying it was suspicious, and now the chat is filling up with requests like it’s nothing.

I picked out a few things that could be done right now and filled the voting panel.

-Wow, they’re doing ASMR?

-Are they really going to do it?

-Is this for real?

“Don’t worry. Have you ever seen me not do it?”

-Okay, okay;;

-When are we doing League of Legends?

-How many abandoned contents do we have?

“Whoa.”

Look at these malicious chats.

How can they say I’ve done so much and still be like this?

Annoyed, I just removed the horror game option from the voting panel.

“Have I not kept my promises?”

-No, we are sorry

-Just please start this vote already…

-You guys should take it easy on Miro-nim

-Oh, the horror game just got removed

“Now, starting the vote.”

-Let’s go let’s go

-Looking forward to what gets picked, lol

The vote started overwhelmingly in favor of ASMR.

Did I just take out the strong candidate, the horror game? This is totally one-sided.

“Wow, League of Legends isn’t even at 10%. You guys were so loud about it.”

-LOL

-You little idiots, haha

-Seriously, how are you guys so quiet about ASMR?

Even I’m somewhat surprised it’s this popular.

Well, since ASMR isn’t that hard to do, I decided to prepare for it.

“Ah, everyone, I just bought this.”

And coincidentally, I had bought an ASMR-specific mic previously.

After happily receiving some good YouTube revenue, I impulsively got one.

-Ohㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Ahahaha

-Great, Miro

-Does this mean it’ll become a regular content now?

“No? I bought this on a whim, so probably not too often.”

-No no no, do it more often

-Now that you’ve gotten it, can’t you just do it??

-If you do ASMR right, subscribers will soar

-Why don’t you do it when you’re good at it?

“Why would I need to when I know I can still grow?”

-Sigh;;

-Yeah, that makes sense;

I dusted off the mic and connected it to the base.

Since I had set it up last time, it was easy to configure this one.

Tap. Tap.

“How’s that? Can you hear me well?”

-Dude, can you speak a bit lower?

-I can’t hear very well, you know?

“…Oh right, I’ll turn it down. Is it good now?”

-Yeah, that’s perfect

-Wow

-Your voice is actually really nice

This time, with no intention of messing around, I quietly lowered my voice.

“Hold on a moment…”

I connected the mic well, and temporarily left the soundproof booth to search for some snacks.

Fortunately, I found some snacks that Manager Kim had bought for himself to eat after work, so I gathered them all.

With a clatter,

I dumped the snacks on the desk and sat back down in my chair.

“Alright, I brought snacks, so let’s get started with this.”

-Let’s go

-How long has it been?

-Miro has finally come to her senses, geez…

Seriously, what’s so great about this?

But I’m still going to put in the effort, considering the public sentiment that might crash later.

Crumble, crumble.

I carefully opened a snack bag, purposefully making some noise.

Honestly, I had seen ASMR videos from others for reference when I bought the mic.

It was someone famous who had done it, and I noticed that the noise from the wrapping was nice.

-Wow

-Sounds good

-Do give us some commentary

The sound seems to be good enough that they enjoy it, but… the chat feels a little unpleasant.

“Ugh, isn’t this a bit creepy?”

There weren’t these kinds of comments on that idol’s streams.

-Oh, tell us more

-That whispering voice is quite effective, come on

-Whisper some more

“Wow, come on… I’m sorry.”

-LOL

-You little bastards

-Look at the wording;;

“…Are you guys excited or something?”

-Yes haha

-This is nice, haha

-If this was like this all the time, wouldn’t it be great?

Well, if they’re happy, that’s good, right?

“So that’s awesome. Hahaha.”

-So what’s going on today? Haha

-Why did it suddenly become so fulfilling?

-I’m getting sleepy

-Great Miro

“I’m really glad you all like it.”

What’s so good about this?

I’m just rustling around with the snack bag and talking, and they’re acting like giddy children—it’s a strange feeling.

Seeing the YouTube views, it’s overwhelmingly high too.

And honestly, isn’t this ASMR the final ultimate technique for VTubers?

“Alright, now I’ll dig into these goodies for real.”

-Let’s go

-Let’s go

Now that the packages are all opened, I started the main eating segment.

**

After the eating session wrapped up.

“Phew, I’m feeling quite full now.”

I declared the end of the stream while patting my slightly round belly.

Wow, these snacks really filled me up.

-I’m full too, haha

-This was really packed

-Can we go for another hour?

“I mean, we’ve done quite a bit already, right? Plus, I can’t eat any more.”

I genuinely can’t eat more since I’ve been munching animatedly while making noise… I could skip dinner at this rate.

“Let me switch mics for a second.”

-What??

-That was still good though, haha

-Now my heart is at peace

I decided to conclude the ASMR here and switch back to my regular broadcast mic.

“Uh, can you hear me well now?”

-Yes yes yes

-Perfect

-Can’t I just use the ASMR mic forever?

“That one has served its purpose now.”

I suspect it might just end up gathering dust in the storage again.

-Sigh;;

-Please do it regularly..

-This was seriously good

[Thank you for the 1,000 won donation, ㅇㅇ!]

So why the sudden banana giveaway today? Normally, you only throw scraps at us.

Returning to the usual vibe of the stream, a viewer asked about the unexpected bananas.

Hmm, is it time to say something?

Yeah, it’s better to speak when public sentiment is at its peak.

“Ah, the reason I did this today is….”

-Yeah yeah

-Why?

-Please do it again tomorrow..

-What’s it for?

-Just spill it out already

As I hesitated, I could see the viewers were curious and urging me on.

I sneakily checked the time before starting to speak.

I had filled the usual amount of time since I had done ASMR for a while.

I casually moved my mouse to prepare to escape and opened my mouth.

“Right now, it’s not the case, but soon the broadcasting schedule might become a bit unstable, so I wanted to offer my apologies in advance. I’ll provide detailed explanations later. I’m truly sorry!”

-??

-What?

-Wait, that should’ve been said first!

-Then please offer more bananas, damn it!

-What the heck, that just shocked me!

In an instant, the mood shifted to that of angry monkeys, no, viewers, and I wrapped up the stream without delay.

When the broadcast ended,

-??? Where did Miro go?

-Where did this girl run off to?

-For real, did the broadcast end??

-Don’t joke around, come back, just geez..

“Phew…”

I sighed as I watched people remaining in the chat, typing away.

I’m relieved they all understood.

 

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