---

**Celestial Realm Project**

This group, affectionately referred to as the Celestial Realm by those watching Dwitch and the streamers broadcasting on it, had firmly established itself as a massive pillar of the platform, appearing like a comet.

Even with such prominence, operating solely within its own confines, it became a combination of admiration and mystery.

But one day, the agency behind the Celestial Realm, known as The Six, which also housed other streamers and YouTubers, made an announcement.

[Streamer Mark Server Announcement]

News broke that a large-scale, streamer-exclusive Mark server was launching.

With this, the first round of invitations flew out to streamers.

The invited streamers, with excitement, joined the Mark server, but they also harbored a sense of caution.

After all, some well-known members of the Celestial Realm were participating.

Given that The Six invited them to the server, it was clear they were seasoned veterans with a solid following.

To them, the Celestial Realm felt like a poisoned flower.

It was undoubtedly popular, but starting with the fandom, it was such a closed-off place that they didn’t know how to interact.

Moreover, that infamous Miro was part of it.

Of course, there was plenty of chatter about whether Miro, known for her lack of interaction with other streamers, would join the Celestial Realm, but…

[(Miro) has joined the server.]

Just then, an alarm went off, signaling that the star of the rumors had directly entered the server.

“Wow, what’s this?”

“Miro is here?”

“Whoa.”

The streamers gathered for a chat immediately turned their attention toward her.

They had already spent a few days on the server, getting acquainted and chatting with other Celestial Realm members.

They found her surprisingly pleasant and accommodating, raising their overall impression of the Celestial Realm, but…

“Um… should we talk to her? That feels a bit….”

“Let her enjoy herself alone for now…”

Miro, however, felt impossibly difficult.

Miro was famous on Dwitch.

That meant her fandom and quirks were already well-known in this small streamer community.

‘…Messing with her might be a disaster.’

‘I really need to tread carefully.’

The fandom assembled here could easily be banished if they crossed the line, and controlling Miro was hardly predictable.

Plus, considering her stature, approaching her before fully understanding who she was felt intimidating.

And that thought was shared by a female streamer as well.

“What round are you on?”

“Um… I’m on the first round.”

“Oh, we’re the same.”

The average viewer count was about a thousand.

Despite being a veteran streamer not commonly recognized, she couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed.

-Wow

-Is that the person I think it is?

-Her voice is really nice.

Standing before her was a person who naturally induced nervousness.

VTuber Miro was incredible.

She ranked as the number one VTuber in the country, wielding overwhelming popularity beyond comparisons.

But the actor behind her, Kim Soo-hyun, was an even more remarkable celebrity.

Familiar to her, a shut-in who goes crazy for dramas and movies.

He’d appear if she turned the TV on, and he’d show up in YouTube videos.

Indeed, even on streams, she often saw him.

“How much do you earn in an hour? Isn’t it just little fish you’re catching?”

“Oh, yes… They say you need to collect money to upgrade your rank to catch bigger fish.”

“Should I get a part-time job then?”

It felt surreal that she was conversing with someone like him.

In the eyes of a viewer, he was an idol, yet standing before her, he was on a completely different level.

“Is there a fishing guild around here?”

“A fishing guild?”

“Or perhaps a Fish Human Rights Association? Is there anything like ‘The Fishnists’?”

-???

-LOL

-What is that person saying? Haha.

“Uh, The Fishnists?”

But then…

“Hey, everyone, can’t we claim fish human rights? Huh? How long have I been here? Well, sincerity isn’t measured by time!”

Hearing what was said right in front of her, instead of the beautiful and young celebrity Kim Soo-hyun known to be romantically linked with the infamous Moon Chang-sik, it felt more like…

“Oh, was I interrupting your conversation? I’m sorry. The viewers are just going wild.”

The veteran streamer maintaining her position as the top VTuber for three years showcased a more apparent side.

**

“I’ll be going now.”

“Okay, yep….”

Her conversation with another streamer ended quickly.

Having grasped the situation, she intended to sell off her piled-up fish.

-Miro, please…

-Don’t make a scene.

-No, I’m the one who feels embarrassed! LOL.

“What do you mean by make a scene? I can’t even talk at this point.”

Though she had shared a few words in excitement, she wondered if that was acceptable.

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

Fishnists nonsense.

-For real…

-I felt so embarrassed…

“Why? It’s so hard to make money that I’m contemplating starting a fish human rights movement.”

-Dude, you’ve only been here for 5 hours.

-You usually make money after playing for dozens of hours.

-Staying up all night, and you’ll get it all back.

“…It’s already dawn?”

She had started during sunset, and now it was already dawn.

…Good thing her schedule was in the afternoon.

“Well, I’ll head to the store and sell my fish first.”

Conversing with the female streamer earlier allowed her to understand that it wasn’t so much that they were avoiding her, but rather… it felt like they were struggling.

Well, as someone invited to The Six server, she figured they would be cautious around the Celestial Realm.

Among them, given her fame as the “red pill,” they were likely more careful.

This part would probably resolve itself with time.

Assuming she would stick around the server.

“Is this the fish shop?”

-Yep.

-Let’s sell everything.

-At least we’ll break even.

“I’m not sure.”

After a long three-hour fishing session, she had accumulated a decent amount of fish.

Most were tiny little minnows, but she had gathered quite a bit.

Thinking back, she realized she’d been fishing the entire time.

Couldn’t she at least cover most of the debt she owed Anna?

With expectations high, she sold every single fish she had decided to part with.

[13,241]

…The income was less than expected, leaving her feeling a bit let down.

-Oh.

-LOL.

-Did you really catch only little fish?

-If only she sold gems or rare fish, she might have earned an extra 5,000 won.

“I-I’ll just put this in Anna’s box….”

Of course, she hadn’t sold everything she caught in those three hours.

She’d also caught some rare items, which she planned to keep at Anna’s House.

…If she couldn’t pay in money, she had to repay with goods.

The value of the materials themselves would likely be greater than selling them.

With a tinge of disappointment, she returned home.

Thud.

Upon returning, she immediately placed the rare materials in Anna’s box.

“…Should I put in the fishing rod too?”

-LOL.

-Can’t believe I didn’t even break even…

-I suddenly feel impressed by Anna.

“Right?”

Having earned money firsthand made her realize how immense Anna’s wealth truly was.

How hard did Anna work? The thought of having invited others feels daunting.

“First things first, I need to find a part-time job. Where is Gan’s farm?”

Since it was money borrowed from Anna, she needed to repay it quickly.

-Just head left out the door.

-It’s around here.

Hearing that Gan was a big-time farmer, she considered working there to earn some cash.

Stepping out, she walked the path based on the viewers’ instructions.

“Oh….”

Ahead, she saw a tall and massive farm.

“Is this Gan’s farm? It’s really impressive.”

-Yes, yes.

-It belongs to the Big Farmer.

-But is Gan here right now?

-This tier is totally different.

“I think I saw him online not too long ago.”

She approached the farm.

Peeking through the glass wall, she saw vegetables just beginning to grow.

-Gan isn’t here right now?

-I think he just stepped out.

-I saw him taking a break during the stream.

“Oh, so he’s not here?”

Given the time, it seemed he had probably gone for a quick rest.

Disappointed but without any lingering attachment, she turned to leave.

“Still, it’s really impressive, considering the server hasn’t been open long.”

-For real.

-When did he manage to grow all this?

While walking, she pondered about Gan’s farmland.

The server was still in its early stages, wasn’t it?

When had he expanded this farm to such an extent?

“Where is Anna’s farm?”

-It’s near Anna’s House.

-You probably saw it while passing the corridor earlier.

Having seen Gan’s farm, she became curious about Anna’s relatively well-off farm.

Since it was nearby, she headed in that direction.

“Oh….”

-This place looks good too.

-You need at least this level to be a Big Farmer.

-Not a scratch.

Compared to Gan’s farm, Anna’s farm appeared significantly larger than the surrounding buildings.

Surrounded by glass, it had a steel door at the center.

“I wonder if the password is the same?”

Thinking the same password as Anna’s House, she tried entering it….

Creak.

The door opened.

-Oh.

-You can’t go in here, LOL.

-AAAHH, a thief!

“Thief? I’m just here to look around.”

Seeing Gan’s and Anna’s farms piqued her interest in farming a bit.

Should she perhaps try her hand at farming as well after just fishing?

“What kind of plant is this?”

-It’s rice.

-This is exclusive to the server.

“Oh, rice.”

It looked like wheat, but it turned out to be rice.

Moreover, from the appearance, it seemed all the crops had grown fully.

“Aren’t you going to harvest this?”

-They say Anna will come in shortly.

-Looks like she’s leaving it for now.

-Is it the frost?

-Wow, how much will this yield once harvested?

“Frost? What’s that?”

With that statement, she touched the fully grown rice, and just like that, it fell off.

-LOL.

-She went for it right away.

“Hmm… Should I just do one layer?”

Noticing the layers, she pondered.

Should she just do one layer for now?

-Okay, haha.

-Just one layer should be fine.

“Right? I’ll do it as a favor and have a light experience myself.”

Thinking Anna would feel wasteful for leaving perfectly good crops unharvested, she started harvesting all the rice on the first floor.

“Phew….”

Having cleared one layer, she had quite the haul.

Setting up a box to hold the contents she usually carried around, she began filling it.

“How much will all this sell for?”

Even if the time spent was short, considering the initial capital and waiting time, would it fetch around 2,000 won?

Nah, that can’t be right. There’s no way it pays more than what I earned from mining for an hour; otherwise, the world is unfair…

-Really, for rice these days, it should be around 5,000 won.

-5,000? I think it’ll be about 6,000.

“What…? 6,000 won?”

…Are you telling me what I just harvested is worth about 6,000 won?

So, the yield from this brief harvest was already more profitable than an hour of fishing.

Hearing the price, she felt a different weight in her box compared to when she had it filled with fish.

“…Should I harvest one more layer?”

She climbed the stairs up.

Before her was a beautifully ripened rice field.

Time to immerse herself in the golden wave surrounding her.

-Pababababam!

-Oh no,

-If she does that, LOL.

“Whoops, whoops, my hands won’t stop!”

Why was this happening?

She thought an hour here was barely ten minutes, and she couldn’t stop herself.

She harvested all the crops on the second floor and climbed to the third.

This time, there were different crops than rice.

-Dude, that’s expensive!

-This chick is for real, LOL.

-There’s no end to this calamity, haha.

“Whoa.”

Pababababak!

With each touch from her hands, the crops kept rolling out.

“Bring me more…! No, bring it all…!”

This was terrifyingly lucrative.

The modest Miro, who was catching minnows and selling them for a few cents, faced an overwhelming income.

-Dude, someone stop her, LOL.

-This girl is wild!

-Thief, for real!

As she continued, consumed in her uncaring frenzy of harvesting, a high-pitched scream echoed from below.

-Oh.

-This is bad, she’ll show up!

-Guys, we’ve got an emergency!

[Thief!]

The sounds drew closer.

Pababababak!

In response, the speed of her harvesting increased.

-Dude, stop it already!

-Now we really have to get out of here, LOL.

-Do I just hit the floor instead?

Eventually…

[M-Miro!]

A voice that had been calling from below now echoed right behind her.

Swish.

[You…!]

As she turned around, Anna was standing frozen in shock, her Mark avatar reflecting her disbelief.

[W-What have you learned so fast about burglary after just entering!?]

“The world has made me this way.”

Dirty capitalism.

In a world where lacking money makes it hard to fulfill one’s dreams.

Pababababak.

In front of Anna, she harvested every high-growing crop around her.

Now, her box was overflowing with items, and they were spilling out everywhere.

[Miro, you…!]

“I’ll definitely pay back the warehouse debt!”

[W-Warehouse debt? W-What are you talking about?]

Pak!

As the return scroll activated, she opened her eyes in the Town Center.

“…I’m a sinner.”

-Crazy beaut, LOL.

-Anna, what’s going on? LOL, she looks genuinely shocked.

-This guy is pure madness.

-Miraculous disaster.

“…I’ll make sure to repay this debt, please let her know.”

That day, she transformed from a mere fisherman to a seasoned pro, hitting the third tier.

The birth of the worst fisherman in The Six’s Mark server.

 

---