I Want to Be a VTuber

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It has been confirmed that Lee Sang-soo will appear in [Gyeongseong Young Lady], and the filming that had been paused is now picking up pace. The gaps left by actors who had exited, including the previous actor for the role of ‘Koto Isamu’, are being filled as Jo Seo-hee runs around tirelessly gathering actors.

Seo-yeon found it quite fascinating.

Actors, who even Baek Min or the investors struggled to secure, seemed to gather quietly when Jo Seo-hee made a move.

On her way to school, she mentioned it to Ji-yeon.

“Well, word has spread about her.”

It was known that Jo Seo-hee was the young lady of the Newlike Group, which ranks third in the business world.

Of course, she had never confirmed it herself.

“Actually, you’re the only one who mentioned it.”

During the previous Harara performance, Jo Seo-hee had dropped such hints to Seo-yeon.

She had mentioned that it was a theme park operated by her family.

“Well, apart from that, Jo Seo-hee is pretty well-liked by senior actors in various ways.”

At Ji-yeon’s comment, Seo-yeon felt genuinely intrigued.

She was indeed beautiful.

Beautiful but… once you see her holding a fan, she’s a villainous young lady, and if you bump into her at night, it’s as if you’re face-to-face with Tomie.

It was a strangely frightening impression.

Yet, an actress who received affection to such an extent that it felt suspicious.

“Right now, the Newlike Group, being her household, is way bigger than the investors involved with [Gyeongseong Young Lady].”

To be honest, the investor connected to [Gyeongseong Young Lady] wasn’t that formidable at all.

Recently, they seemed to have invested through ‘Best One’, a platform diving into the cultural industry with various music, film, and animation operations.

“But why didn’t the Newlike Group invest since their daughter is participating?”

“Jo Seo-hee probably told them not to. She doesn’t seem the type who likes asking her family for help.”

“Is that so?”

“Seo-yeon, if you were in a similar position, you wouldn’t have either.”

No, I probably would have.

Seo-yeon was about to respond but nodded coolly.

She didn’t want to come off as jealous.

‘But, they’ve become quite close.’

Seo-yeon squinted at Ji-yeon.

Recently, it didn’t seem like Jo Seo-hee was receiving acting lessons separately.

It seemed she had been busy learning, and it might have felt too burdensome to keep borrowing time.

However, it was common knowledge they met one or two times a week.

They were said to go shopping together or buy clothes.

Perhaps because they both had a similar impression, their fashion tastes also aligned.

When they were together, it seems they didn’t attract annoying guys either.

‘But she won’t go shopping with me.’

Seo-yeon felt unreasonably sulky.

“…But, I guess they’ve been shopping together a lot these days.”

So she asked casually.

Lately, Seo-yeon’s only friends had been online.

At least, it was nice that the classmates had begun to talk to her more.

Though she wondered if this was appropriate as the year was nearly over.

“Huh? Seo-yeon, do you want to go too?”

“If I’m going, I’m going.”

“You don’t actually like shopping that much in the first place. You just pick clothes randomly.”

Seo-yeon had no words to counter Ji-yeon’s statement.

True, she didn’t buy clothes very often herself.

It wasn’t that she had a distaste for wearing women’s clothes because of her past life; it wasn’t like that at all.

She liked wearing pretty or cute clothes that suited her appearance.

Surprisingly, skirts were quite practical.

She wouldn’t have to worry about them tearing while kicking.

Anyway, none of this was particularly important.

Surely, Seo-yeon wasn’t a shopping enthusiast.

She would just pick out a couple of outfits and think, “Hmm, this is nice.”

Feeling satisfied that she looked pretty.

But Ji-yeon would take hours whenever she went shopping.

Not just clothes, but she also browsed cosmetics and all sorts of odd things.

So there was just too much to look at.

Was it just how girls were?

‘But usually in such cases, don’t people pull each other along to buy clothes without being able to rest?’

Seo-yeon seriously thought about it.

At least in the novels or comics she had read, if someone was as indifferent to shopping as herself, surrounding friends would often drag her along saying, “You can’t waste such looks!” and ignore any protests to buy for her.

Even so, when she casually mentioned shopping recently, her mother replied.

“You can’t drag your daughter who dislikes it.”

Suah answered logically.

“Don’t you view clothes just as a simple outer layer?”

Young-bin, who seemed lost in thought for a while, responded cheerfully.

He had probably resolved some company matters.

Anyway, his response felt like he had never considered the concept of clothes at all, which made Seo-yeon seize Young-bin’s computer again.

‘Has he suddenly developed an interest in shopping?’

Ji-yeon wasn’t the type to take someone who clearly didn’t want to go either.

But since Seo-yeon said it, there was no particular reason for her to immediately refuse.

What’s more, Ji-yeon had received a request from Jo Seo-hee in the meantime.

This had happened about a week ago.

While Seo-yeon was preparing for Lee Sang-soo’s audition.

“She seems to be treating Alice and me separately.”

During their last shopping trip, Jo Seo-hee had said this with a serious expression.

“Seo-yeon pays a lot of attention to such things.”

“Is that usual?”

“I heard that it is usually.”

Red pill or blue pill?

Although Ji-yeon was a virtual YouTuber, she didn’t know these terms well.

She just knew them because they naturally came up in chats.

“She kept insisting on me to open that Super Chat thing. I wonder why she wants to spend money on such places?”

“…You’ll make her angry if you say that in front of Seo-yeon.”

“Is that so?”

Why would she get angry for worrying about spending money?

Jo Seo-hee couldn’t understand it at all.

If she had something to say, couldn’t she just call Jo directly?

Honestly, she wanted to talk about what happened with Alice to Seo-yeon.

Well, during Alice’s broadcasts, Seo-yeon hadn’t been that close anyway.

She wanted to feel that warmth even in reality!!

– Alice is so cute.

– Her laughter is so nice ㅠㅠㅠㅠ so cute ㅠㅠㅠ

– Wait, is this your first time playing this game???? No… that doesn’t make sense…

The last chat had a strange vibe, but mostly, Seo-yeon had experienced those feelings.

At first, she doubted if it was really Seo-yeon but Ji-yeon insisted it was true.

“All her IDs and passwords are the same.”

“…Isn’t that dangerous then?”

“So troublesome.”

It was a strangely boyish way of thinking.

Anyway, since Ji-yeon had absolutely told Jo Seo-hee not to reveal that she was Alice, Jo Seo-hee was silently suffering.

How would the one who knew the king’s ears were donkey ears have felt?

Burying her face in her pillow before bed, she wanted to shout that she was Alice.

Of course, if she did that, her family would probably drag her to the hospital immediately.

Interestingly, her father noticed her broadcasting by coincidence.

“By the way, it seems that the GH Group has recently shown interest in that.”

“The GH Group?”

“It seems one of their executives has a keen interest in such things.”

Indeed, Jo Seo-hee thought of broadcasting as a hobby and didn’t see it as bad.

But when asked if this was a proper investment project, the answer was just uncertain.

It contained potential but felt somewhat on the shady side?

It wasn’t something particularly strange though.

“Anyway, Seo-yeon only speaks formally to me.”

“That much is true. It’s just more comfortable for her to be polite with you, right?”

“I don’t like that!”

Jo Seo-hee shook her head vigorously.

At her actions, Ji-yeon opened her eyes slightly.

Sometimes she thought about it, but Jo Seo-hee had a face that would commonly appear as a ghost in a horror film, yet had a strangely small animal-like demeanor.

Well, it seemed like that was how she acted mainly around close friends.

She could somewhat understand why senior actors liked Jo Seo-hee.

“But I think Seo-yeon considers you a friend, in her own way.”

“…Really?”

“Saying it formally likely comes from the past.”

“…”

That Seo-yeon, dragging something from ten years ago, seemed truly petty.

‘Well, honestly, I don’t have any particular thought, she probably feels more comfortable being formal with Jo Seo-hee.’

Neither Ji-yeon nor Seo-yeon knew what the criteria were.

It wasn’t like she distinctly laid out set standards; mostly, she acted according to her feelings.

“Well, next time I’ll casually bring it up.”

Anyway, Ji-yeon gained a lot from Jo Seo-hee.

It wasn’t just that she had received help with acting.

Jo Seo-hee was a rich girl in any case.

She earned money as an actress, but money wasn’t particularly significant to her.

Thus, when she saw something interesting, she would buy it, and often give away things she had bought but no longer used to Ji-yeon.

Since she wouldn’t use them anyway, if someone else could make use of them, she would give them away.

But these were mostly quite expensive items…

“Seo-yeon.”

Anyway, as Ji-yeon reminisced about that time, she decided to make a bit of an effort.

It was clear that Seo-yeon had some interest in Jo Seo-hee.

What’s more, they had to shoot [Gyeongseong Young Lady] together in the future.

So it wouldn’t hurt to get a bit closer.

After all, she presumed they would know each other for a long time to come.

Perhaps for life.

“Would you like to join me when I go shopping with Jo Seo-hee this time?”

“…Ah, sure.”

At Ji-yeon’s words, Seo-yeon nodded slightly.

She felt like a child throwing a fit to go.

*

Anyway, they made plans to go shopping, but aside from that, Seo-yeon couldn’t help but ponder if it was really okay.

The reason being.

“Y-you are Seo-yeon, right? I’m watching [Sky Garden]!”

“Um, that’s Jo Seo-yeon.”

“Really? Wow, your face is tiny!”

If she continued to not hide her face, people would immediately crowd around her.

It was quite understandable.

[Sky Garden, its ratings truly reached the sky! Episode 18 ratings 30 percent!!]

[The winner of the family feud is [Sky Garden]. [Grand Game] episode 18 ratings 11 percent.]

Just looking at the internet articles filled with such news was overwhelming.

Currently, the ongoing episode of [Sky Garden] was episode 18.

There were only two episodes left until the conclusion.

“Lee Yoo-joo’s acting is so good.”

“I cried after watching episode 18.”

Sometimes while walking, someone would just grab her arm unexpectedly.

That’s when Seo-yeon thought, ‘This is why celebrities hire bodyguards.’

Of course, Seo-yeon herself was strong enough not to need one.

She knew they were coming, but she just didn’t expect them to pull her.

Currently, [Sky Garden] had centered its focus on Lee Yoo-joo’s growth since after episode 14.

Though many ridiculed it as a melodramatic drama filled with excessive developments.

Having survived a fall from a cliff, Lee Min-seo ends up attempting suicide.

However, Lee Yoo-joo manages to prevent it beforehand.

Lee Yoo-joo also cancels her earlier promise to assist Lee Min-hyeok.

Reflecting on her original intention.

She began to recall how she wanted to step over them to rise above.

In truth, her surroundings wouldn’t allow Lee Yoo-joo to be untroubled.

Thus unfolded, episode by episode.

With the narrative crashing like a wave, the ratings shot up rapidly.

Achieving an extraordinary score exceeding 30 percent.

A staggering 8 percent higher than in her past life’s [Sky Garden].

Honestly, Seo-yeon couldn’t wrap her head around it.

In the past, she had been a child actor, and she hadn’t grasped what it meant to star in a high-rated drama.

But currently, she couldn’t deny it.

No matter where she went, people flocked to her enthusiastically.

‘I really need to hone my disguise skills more.’

Suddenly, Seo-yeon understood why Park Jung-woo nagged her so much.

With this kind of attention, it felt like it would be tough to meet for a while.

Still, she was relieved they had met in advance.

He had given her a solid yes to join [Seoul Escape].

‘If Jung-woo is there, most problems would just resolve themselves.’

Though it was essential to compete and win against the actress in the audition for it.

How ridiculous would it be if she recommended him, yet couldn’t appear herself?

Still, Seo-yeon was confident it would be fine.

After all, she knew the actress who starred in [Seoul Escape] was essentially pushed out to join.

“Seo-yeon, I’m enjoying the drama.”

“What brings you to KMB today?”

When she arrived at KMB Broadcasting Company for a task, everyone started talking to her.

The reason Seo-yeon came to the broadcasting company was related to [Sky Garden].

It seemed a Japanese broadcasting company had taken an interest in Seo-yeon after watching [Sky Garden].

She was merely curious whether it was about the drama or just Seo-yeon the actress.

If she had a chance to visit Japan, she was looking forward to it.

‘Gotta pick up some goods while I’m there.’

In her past life, she never had the chance to go abroad.

Her family never allowed her to go overseas.

So, she figured if there was an opportunity this time, she had to seize it.

While having that thought, she was walking through the broadcasting company while nodding her head in greetings.

“…Huh?”

She locked eyes with a rather tall woman.

A very familiar face.

As soon as she saw Seo-yeon, her eyes sharpened.

That was when she realized who it was.

Ko Mi-eun, the female lead of [Grand Game].

To put it simply, she was the one who had been utterly destroyed by Seo-yeon this time.