NOVPUBHa-eun had been broadcasting as Diah for just over a year and five months.
It wasn’t an extremely long time, but it certainly wasn’t short either.
The time was more than enough for Ha-eun, who had been just a regular viewer before her debut, to hone her "broadcasting sense."
She had already instinctively learned how to guide a broadcast from early on.
Ultimately, since this wasn’t the first time an unintended incident had occurred, Ha-eun was already prepared for the situation.
Click, click.
Diah’s Noeul and Hida’s Hansel.
And so, the first step to divert the attention of the viewers began.
It was called, Avatar Mischief.
She switched to a slightly cuter version of her avatar—an SD avatar—and added playful special effects on top.
“Wahh~!”
Flash!
“My body’s weird~!!”
However, there were still messages in the chat requesting Diah’s locked voice.
Click, click.
For step two, Ha-eun activated the autotune to make Diah’s voice even more playful, trying to force the chat’s attention away from her locked voice.
“Alright, we’re going to play Battle Island now~! If you keep talking about Noona, I’ll get mad!”
By the time the Battle Island lobby appeared on the screen, almost all the viewers were knocked out.
“Hmm, should I go 4-player or solo?”
[ ㅇㅇ donated 1,000 won! ]
: Diah... I can’t hear from one ear...
“Ahaha, okay, okay. I’ll stop.”
After the first match in Battle Island was set, the requests for Diah’s locked voice in the chat started to disappear.
Any remaining messages were deleted by the broadcast manager.
Next, for step three, Ha-eun broadcasted Battle Island for about 2 hours to further shift the viewers’ attention.
As they watched Diah’s impressive shooting skills, the focus on her locked voice would definitely fade.
After the broadcast ended, there would undoubtedly be more comments about Diah’s voice popping up all over the community.
But right now, she thought, focusing on the broadcast was the priority.
It was a bit surprising that there were people targeting Diah as early as 6 a.m., though.
Thud, thud, thud—!
[ <LUX>Diah>>>☠Hand over the money ]
“Got the turner out! Now, are there three of us left?”
To make a long story short, the players targeting Diah were overwhelmingly shot down.
At the start of the game, Hida had struggled with adjusting to the size of the mouse and monitor.
However, in the end, Diah’s exceptional FPS skills shone through, even during Hida’s 24-hour broadcast.
Spending time in Battle Island, Ha-eun lost track of time and realized it was nearly breakfast time.
“I’m going to have toast for breakfast, just a second~?”
Back when Ha-eun had prepared for the 24-hour broadcast with Da-yeon, the meal times had been the most difficult part.
Technically, Ha-eun had already done cooking broadcasts before.
But there was no soundproof booth in Da-yeon’s room, so if she turned the camera on, Da-yeon’s room would be exposed.
So, the breakfast cooking broadcast was dismissed.
But not eating wasn’t an option, so Ha-eun asked the 10,000 viewers to wait for a moment.
She switched the broadcast mic to Bluetooth right after.
Then, wearing a pin mic connected to Hida’s 24-hour broadcast, Ha-eun headed to the kitchen.
She connected her phone to Hida’s broadcast and started broadcasting the sounds of cooking toast.
But, she and Da-yeon decided to at least broadcast the sounds of cooking.
So, Ha-eun broadcasted the sounds of cutting the edges off the bread, spreading butter and egg wash on the soft bread, toasting the bread, and frying bacon for the toast.
Finally, after finishing the delicious-looking toast, Ha-eun returned to Da-yeon’s room.
She switched from cooking ASMR to toast-eating ASMR.
Crunch, crunch.
Crunch, crunch.
“Mmm♪ The toast is perfectly even~. Diah chef is alive and well~.”
after finishing all the toast, she started a "Yeongdo broadcast" to digest.
“Hida’s black history, welcome! Get it before the witch wakes up! This is your only chance─!”
As requested by Diah earlier, short clips from Hida’s broadcast started being sent as video donations.
Ding.
[ ㅇㅇ donated 5,000 won! - Video Donation - Hida with a Short Tongue.ZIP ]
“I burned my tongue on coffee... What? The witch isn’t missing anything... I’m leaving!!”
“Ahaha, what’s with the sudden outburst~.”
It was funny in many ways, but also interesting.
Seeing Da-yeon interact with viewers as a VTuber instead of an actress was somehow a new experience.
Ha-eun, who knew Da-yeon well, could easily pick up on what Hida was feeling from the video donation and what emotions were at play.
It was quite surprising that someone like Da-yeon, who didn’t know the faces or names of most viewers, wasn’t shy at all.
However, as Ha-eun continued to watch the video donations from about 12,000 viewers,
she started seeing clips from broadcasts that she wasn’t familiar with.
“...I heard you're marrying Cream. I haven’t met them in person yet, but I feel like we’ll be going around department stores every time we date—”
“Wait, when did they do a wedding IF broadcast again?”
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Ha-eun's interest was piqued by the imagined wedding broadcast that Hida had mentioned.
It wasn’t long before she accessed the replay channel to check it out.
Soon, the replay video filled the screen.
But for some reason, this 4-hour video stood out right from the start—especially the chat.
As Ha-eun saw the flood of chats and Hida’s flustered voice, she finally remembered the first episode of Start Again.
She realized that the replay she was watching was from the broadcast where Diah had been banned.
She quickly hit the skip button to find the moment when Diah was banned.
Ding.
[ Diah donated 200,000 won! ]
: Hida, now on public broadcasting, amazing!
“Uh, hmm... I might’ve missed the timing a bit...?”
Diah’s virtual avatar was sweating nervously, her embarrassed voice clear.
As the viewers recalled the chaotic moments from that broadcast, Hida’s imaginary wedding content, which they had watched earlier, was discussed.
It wasn’t until 10 minutes later that Ha-eun fully caught up with everything.
“I heard you’re asking Diah how she would feel if you called her ‘honey’?”
“Oh, don’t misunderstand everyone. I’ve imagined a few things alone since I’m from Noeul, you know? Just joking around.”
“Imagining?”
“Wearing couple outfits and having wine in somewhere like the Maldives... I can’t think of anything better than that. I want to see Diah tipsy, smiling bashfully.”
“Why are you being so specific? Everyone says Diah is beautiful in real life. You know, when pretty people drink, they become even more beautiful.”
“Hey, are you trying to get a 1-year-old drunk? This is a big deal...”
Ha-eun’s face had a slight hint of embarrassment by this point.
Still, her curiosity about what Hida had said earlier was stronger, so she kept watching the replays of Hida’s imaginary wedding content.
But, she didn’t realize that Da-yeon, who had woken up, was eavesdropping outside the room.
It wasn’t until one viewer suggested starting Diah’s imaginary wedding content that Da-yeon’s ear pressed against the door, unbeknownst to Ha-eun.
“Well, if I’m marrying Hida...? Huh? How would I propose? I’d hide a diamond ring inside a commemorative cake. Romantic, right?”
“If you bite the ring, Hida’s dentures will fall out? Wow, you really... ahhh...”
“...Getting excited, huh?”
