106. Help
[Wow! It’s Wolkeul Luca-chan~]
It’s been a while since I visited the Voice Code Game Talk room.
As soon as I entered, the sisters greeted me with all kinds of fuss.
[Luca. I heard things are going really well these days? The number of viewers was so great.]
[You have a really good boyfriend and a popular streamer~ Wow~ Life must be fun~ Really~]
[Ah… Really, everyone should stop~ If I keep doing this, it will be burdensome and I won’t be able to come.]
It was true that envious compliments felt good, but they were burdensome.
It seems like people I’m close to are treating me as someone who is far away, and that doesn’t seem like a good thing.
[So how are you these days? Are you really busy?]
A person who is credited with starting a relationship between me and Taemin.
Hanbit asked with a big smile.
[Yes. Don’t even talk. There’s so much work to do that you want to run away?]
[A. Instead, you earn that much. Luca land. When was I then? I thought it was Christmas, but it just exploded.]
It was certainly a big hit that day, but it was very difficult to calculate the unit price based on that.
Because there were only a handful of days that were better than that day.
[Ah~ I don’t even know that because the settlement hasn’t been made yet.]
Although the manager let me know, there was no reason for her to reveal the direct amount here.
But it was certainly true that the amount was too much for a 21-year-old college student to pay.
[How about love? Is your boyfriend treating you well?]
A love talk that continues as soon as you give a brief update on your current situation.
As expected, I ended up like a fish on a cutting board.
[Ah… Well… I’m doing well…]
The problem was that I had heard too much before I was told not to ask questions.
When my sisters talked about their boyfriends, I enjoyed listening to them, but it was also a bit weird for them to leave me out, so I tried to answer as sincerely as possible.
[What did you do for Christmas?]
A question full of insidiousness.
Still, I was able to answer this honestly.
[It was broadcast late at night so we met briefly in the early morning.]
[And that’s the end?]
[The day ended with just giving gifts. Swimming.]
[Huh? You give it to me? Didn’t you get it?]
Hanbit’s sharp criticism feels painful.
Ugh… Why are you so perceptive?
[I didn’t say anything else so I just took care of it as a surprise.]
When I answered hesitantly, no one opened their mouth.
[…Break up.]
[I agree.]
[What is it? Him.]
There were all kinds of reactions criticizing Taemin oppa.
[No! Luca land! What did you give her? You didn’t just give me something expensive again, right?]
The more I explain, the more I feel like I’m falling into a quagmire.
I felt like I wanted to disconnect right now.
[Well… Just something.]
[Just say it. What did you do.]
I was hoping you would just let it go.
In the end, the sisters who kept asking persistently ended up getting my answer.
When they even confessed to the VR headset model, the sisters’ reaction became even more intense.
[Wow… That won’t work. This.]
[You’re not just getting ripped off by a handsome guy, are you?]
[Luca… Your real face is not everything.]
[No!]
I, who could no longer listen, raised my voice for the rare occasion.
[I just did it because I wanted to! And brother, you are very kind to me… Yo…]
I couldn’t stand it anymore so I screamed.
The silence that followed made me very distressed.
Somewhere between shame and self-destruction.
[Push.]
Starting with Sunshine’s laughter, the sisters started laughing at me.
[Hey~ Luca is all grown up? When I was in high school, I couldn’t even say a word to my sister?]
[Love is a disease. Party.]
[We’re all doing this because we’re worried about you.]
Hanbit tried to fix it by giggling, but the wind was already blowing in my cheeks.
[Ah. So. Aren’t you going on a trip somewhere? Luca, it’s vacation. Now.]
[But we decided to go skiing together soon.]
[Oh, the ski resort is nice~ Huh. Then Luca that day. Kyaaa!]
A loud scream is heard through the earphones.
[What should I do? Oh my god!]
[Wow. I’m finally taking it off~ I’ve been holding on to it for a long time~]
[Take care of condoms. Seeing as you’re acting like your boyfriend, I might not bring it.]
I’m not a baby.
I’m an adult now too!
[…It’s not the first time.]
As soon as I started to get excited about the continued dismissive remarks, the atmosphere turned upside down again.
[Kyaaa!]
So I had to be held there for another hour.
“Ah… It’s hard…”
I turned off the voice code, removed the earphones, and dragged my flaccid body back onto the bed.
Blanket… I need a blanket urgently…
When I pulled out the cell phone from the charger, a missed call record appeared.
[Manager Unni]
What happened again this time?
I thought about calling, but when I decided I didn’t have the energy to talk, I opened messenger and sent a text message to my sister.
[Sorry. I have some work to do. What’s going on?]
Was he looking at his cell phone?
The reply came right away.
[Ah! Mr. Luca! Have you ever talked to that classmate?]
[Yes.]
It wasn’t about me, it was about Taemin.
[Was there anything special?]
[Uh… He said he was thinking about it, but he said he wasn’t sure.]
I just told it like it is.
Because it was true that I didn’t know.
[Is that so? Mr. Luca, could you please ask me if you could call me one last time?]
Even though the message “Already read” Appeared, I didn’t really want to reply.
The reason was that I thought the persistence was a bit excessive.
And I also wanted to stop forcing things on my brother.
As if she had read my thoughts, she sent me one more line.
[If they say they can’t do it after this one call, please let them know that they will sort it out on our side as well. Really.]
No matter what, my manager helped me a lot.
After washing my face once, I reluctantly replied that I understood.
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Instead, we decided to make the conditions clear.
After this, you will never talk about casting to me or my brother again.
I sighed and opened a chat window with my brother.
[Oppa… You know…]
I’m sure you won’t like it…
* * *
I’m angry.
If you think about it, whether it was the manager or something, to me it was no different from a car accident.
I was walking down the street normally when a car came and hit me.
I couldn’t understand why they crashed it into me with a car and treated it as a great luck.
And it was doubly annoying to even blame it on Doa and not me.
[Don’t worry. I’ll talk about it on my own.]
I didn’t say anything strongly to Doa.
Because there was something else that I had to speak strongly about.
I took out my wallet inside my coat and took out a business card.
I immediately make a call without hesitation.
[Hello?]
[Ah. My name is Han Tae-min, and I was contacted through that Doa.]
[Ah, yes, I couldn’t contact you at all.]
She welcomes me so cheerfully.
[Thank you so much for contacting me in this way!]
[Are you sure you don’t want to have a proper talk with us one last time?]
[Nothing.]
It may have seemed very cheesy, but it didn’t matter.
Because we are strangers.
[Why don’t you at least listen to the conditions and try it?]
[I think Taemin would be able to sign a contract with reasonable conditions.]
In her anger, she almost said something bad, but Doa’s face came to mind and she barely held it back.
[Thank you for the offer, but I am still a student and have no interest in entering that industry.]
Wouldn’t this be a clean retreat?
[Ah… I see…]
When no room for compromise was given, the manager seemed to have given up.
[It’s a shame. If Taemin had collaborated with us, it would have been a great help to Luca.]
The hand that was pointing towards the call end button stops moving at the name of Luca.
[…Luca?]
[If we say that we were able to bring in a rookie like Taemin through the introduction of Luca, of course the company would be happy. Luca’s image is also viewed more favorably.]
When people started saying that this was an opportunity for Doah to look good to the company, I slowly started to feel weak.
Did the manager realize at that moment that this was my weakness?
Or did you actually prepare this comment in advance?
[Wouldn’t it be really cool if we came up with an interview with a virtual idol in the future? I think it will be a good topic as well.]
[Don’t do that, we’ll go there and take a look. It’s okay if you don’t sign a contract, so just talk about it.]
After that, she couldn’t even remember what she said.
Additional explanations were given, but they didn’t seem to be very important.
[Then I’ll see you on Friday during the day! Thank you!]
Red screen indicating the end of the call.
Doah’s brightly smiling face comes into view on the desktop.
…Can a country like this be of help to you?
