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I definitely felt a pang of disappointment when I got home.

Just moments ago, I had been in a bright place surrounded by many people, and now stepping into my dark studio apartment felt like a huge letdown.

“Maybe I should’ve just stayed out?”

Opportunities to go to karaoke with such fun people don’t come easily…

No, honestly, if I had stayed out longer, I would have just lost my energy and it would have been exhausting.

And didn’t I have a fantastic way to lift my spirits?

I hit the power button on my computer and dumped the beer and side dishes I had just bought onto my desk.

Since I decided to do a drunk broadcast, I figured I might as well have a drink while doing it.

Without even changing my clothes, I plopped into my cozy chair and set up my usual broadcast configuration like a pro, ready to start.

[Had a drink…]

-???

-Thought you weren’t coming today, lol.

-Woo, lol.

-Count Miro!

-I believed in you, Miro!

The viewers filled my chat faster than I could blink as soon as I turned the broadcast on.

“Hello, everyone!”

-Did you drink?

-What?

-Wow, your pronunciation is all over the place!

“As it says in the title, I haven’t had a drink in a while.”

-Who did you drink with?

-Did you just ramble on alone, lol?

-Drink while broadcasting!

“I had a company dinner. It’s not related to the Celestial Realm Project…”

-What?!

-Gasp!

-Did you have another job??

-Real betrayal vibes here…

“What betrayal? I turned down going out for round two and came home…”

-Were there any guys?

-What kind of company dinner?

-Do you have another gig??

“It’s not another job, I just did some part-time work and finished it, so we had a company dinner. I don’t think there will be anything else.”

[Thank you for the 10,000 won donation, Master Miro!]

What job could this money-sucking girl have?

“Thank you for the 10,000 won~ Right now it’s a lot, but back then, I was a bit strapped for cash.”

-Were there any guys?

-League of Legends, huh?

-If you drank, then it was a party, right?

Still a bit tipsy, I stared blankly at the chat, but one question kept jumping out at me.

Were there any guys? Is it that unicorn or whatever?

“Were there any guys? Of course there were!”

Well, I don’t see anything wrong with that.

If anything, shouldn’t a unicorn want to watch my broadcast even more?

-Gasp!

-What?!

-This is a disaster!

-Ugh… the horns…

-I believed… I believed… I believed…

As expected, the chat erupted in a frenzy.

They usually didn’t show it, but this time they seemed genuinely concerned about me.

Should I try to poke the bear a bit? I figured I wouldn’t get a chance like this unless I was drinking.

“But right now, I’m with all of you, right? I came straight home after round one—so isn’t that good enough??”

When it comes to teasing, a single action speaks louder than a hundred words.

I mean, I didn’t go live the day after the company dinner, did I?

-Then that’s good, right?

-;;

-Woo, lol.

-Is that really the Miro I know?

-Get out of Miro’s body, now!

-Count Miro!

-I believed in you!

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

Drinking and starting a broadcast is cool, but what now?

“What do you mean ‘what now’?”

Good question!

I wasn’t planning anything, but drinking first has me totally blanking on what to do.

“Can’t I just read the chat and wing it?”

-Drinking and going off the rails now, huh?

-True feelings on, lol!

-Did you think like this all along?

-But it could work, though…

“Haha, just kidding… let me think for a moment.”

Hmm… what should I do?

“How about taking some questions? Like, a drunken truth type of thing!”

-Really?

-Isn’t this a recipe for disaster?

-Count Miro!

“Oh, and just so you know, please don’t ask any weird questions.”

I said that and displayed a message on the broadcast.

[No weird questions, please (just enough not to get sued)]

“Watch out for your questions and please post them on the fan café!”

With that, I hopped into the fan café after a long time.

-How long has it been since I’ve been in the café? Lol.

-Are we resurrecting the neglected content?

When I entered the Miro-specific bulletin board, there were already plenty of questions posted.

“I’ll read the titles quickly and let’s jump to the next question.”

So, I flipped to the first page and read the very first post.

(What’s your League of Legends level?)

“Level? I know I’m over level 20, but I’m not sure.”

-For real, you ghosted…

-League of Legends players, get ready… lol.

-So don’t you have to fulfill a pledge now?

“A pledge? What did I promise?”

-You completely forgot, huh?

-We agreed to play a horror game!

-Let’s just label it a failure.

Ah, seeing the chat jogged my memory.

I definitely had said that back then.

“Oh, I remembered, but that didn’t have any time limit, right? Let’s move on to the next question~”

I quickly skimmed through questions and took a sip of beer, diving into the next inquiry.

(Do you have a boyfriend?)

“What kind of question is this? Nope.”

(Do you have siblings?)

“Nope, I’m an only child.”

(Do you have friends?)

“Sure!”

(Is there an event for hitting 100k subscribers?)

“Oh, did we reach 100k?”

Seeing the questions, I hopped over to YouTube to check my channel, and sure enough, we had crossed 100,000 subscribers!

“Wow, we did it?”

-Yeah, yeah, the second one after Anna.

-If you’d released a cover song, you would have been first!

-So what’s the event?

“An event? Hmm…”

I had to plan something.

Right now, live broadcasts are the trend, but growing my YouTube channel is a must for the future.

Even the company seems to be emphasizing that.

“What should I do…”

But thinking about something I usually barely consider while tipsy is probably going to be a challenge…

“Oh.”

Then, surprisingly, a brilliant idea struck me.

When you have a great idea, it’s time to spring into action.

I dove right into the broadcast setup and changed the title.

[Q&A for 100k Subscribers!]

“Okay, so this moment is the event!”

I thought it was a genius idea!

And the chat echoed my praise with high speed.

“Everyone must be amazed at my brilliant idea.”

-Seriously, what?

-Is this for real?

-Your praise is nonsense!

-Ugh, seriously?

-Who asked this?

-Just going off because you drank?

“Alright, next question.”

Sure, there was some resistance, but I smoothly diverted the topic.

(Why did you drop out of college?)

“I dropped out because my major didn’t fit.”

That’s not just my opinion, but it’s also what Kim Soo-hyun (Female) thinks.

In my eyes, she should head towards game artwork or animation.

It was a mistake to go into design, and she ended up doing 3D modeling for products and software she had no interest in… I think she would have dropped out even without me stepping in.

(Are you doing well with guitar practice?)

“I’m progressing well~”

I went back to drinking beer while reading questions and sipped more beer before reading the next one.

From utterly pointless inquiries to rather serious questions.

Absorbing the myriad of viewers’ questions while drinking, I was completely tipsy now.

However, given that I answered almost all questions truthfully?

Some sensitive questions began popping up.

But so what if they were sensitive?

I have nothing to hide!

(Is the company alright?)

“Hehe… The company? It’s great, actually! They cover everything for me.”

-I know the company is good, but why are you laughing?

-Really?

-Are they abusing you?

-You really seem to be too comfortable.

-I’ve heard they’re pretty strict elsewhere.

“Abuse? Please, it doesn’t happen here~ They even pay for vocal academy fees.”

I’m just supremely satisfied with The Six.

Where can you find an agency that takes such good care of you?

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

Does your agency take a lot of money? Any complaints?

“Complaints? Why would I complain?!”

I took a sip of beer to wet my throat before adding.

“The company isn’t a charity organization—they provide services well, right?”

-What do they provide?

-Have they done anything for you?

“Ah, you’re clueless about what goes on behind the scenes, huh? I have a manager too!”

-I’ve heard you have a manager.

-But what does the manager do?

“My manager? They must be super busy! Handling their work and meetings—getting messages to me—and even mental care. They’re a total humanities person, you know? The way they talk, oh man—I kind of just zone out, but other members actually listen and get their mental state back on track.”

-You can’t just zone out!

-Watching Miro work as a manager seems like a hardcore job, right?

-Aren’t they watching the broadcast right now?

“They said they’d watch my broadcast but… I’m not so sure?”

-Miro broadcast? Pfft, I’d grab my neck in disbelief, lol!

-If they’re fidgeting around right now as a manager, that’ll be hilarious, lol!

“I’ve seriously digressed—let’s go back to reading the questions.”

(What do you think of the other members?)

“The members?”

What do I think?

I’d like to wrap it in kind words, but the beer is messing with my thoughts right now.

“Um… they’re all nice?”

-Nah…

-You really held back.

-Just lay it out straight; go for it!

“No, no, I’m serious when I say they’re nice!”

-Yeah, I heard the same from others when I was in school.

-@@ is definitely nice~ (They’re a gullible idiot~)

-If you’re drinking, just come clean!

What’s with these people?

Why don’t they believe what I say?

“Ah, if you won’t believe, that’s fine. Q&A done!”

But what if they don’t believe me?

I simply closed the fan café window.

-Ah.

-I’m sorry, Miro! I’m sorry, Miro! I’m sorry, Miro!

-We messed up..! We messed up..! We messed up..!

-Sorry;;

-I’ll believe!

-Can we just do it again?

“Alright. The Q&A for 100k subscribers ends here.”

-Did it really happen?

-I…

-I…

-How about a tie?

-I…

“Anyways, part one ends here.”

-What do we do now?

-You still have 30 minutes left.

-Fill up those two hours before you go!

Looking at the chat and then checking the time, I realized I’d spent almost an hour just reading questions.

Time flies, huh? I think I’ll need to do this more often in the future.

“What do you mean what are we going to do now?”

Should I wrap things up now?

Hmm… But I still had an unopened beer can left…

“Just hold on. Let me think again.”

With my eyes closed, pondering what to do, my mind unexpectedly drifted back to the company dinner.

Now that I think about it, I was a bit sad about missing round two.

How fun would those lineups be, singing their hearts out at karaoke after a drink?

It would have been practically a concert…

As soon as that thought crossed my mind, my eyes popped open.

The first thing I saw was the basic screen on my monitor and, beside it, the monitor showing my broadcast status.

And of course, the chat window with the number of viewers.

If I started singing now, wouldn’t thousands watch live and chat away like it’s a concert?

Normally, I wouldn’t want to sing karaoke broadcasts because I wanted to deliver perfect tunes…

But now, having taken a sip…

The slight hesitation inside me melted away with the alcohol.

And surprisingly, I found my hand moving towards YouTube.

Then, I searched for the karaoke favorite ballad’s instrumental track.

-????

-No way, is this for real?

-Wow, what the hell!

-Patience paid off, lol!

How exactly do you set the mic echo?

I’ve done it a few times, but…

With somewhat unsteady hands, I finished the mic echo setup, then took a sip of the water I brought.

Watching the chat soar upwards at breakneck speed, I clicked on the ballad instrumental.

And I heard a familiar yet strange melody.

Could I really sing well after half a year? I doubted it, but my mouth opened quicker than my thoughts could follow the melody.

And thus, my first karaoke broadcast began.

A bit, no, a lot of alcohol included.

Though the night was deep, morning was nowhere in sight.

Fortunately, there were thousands who could accompany me through the night.

 

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