Honestly, at first, I couldn’t quite place the na.
The na “Jeong Ye-wool” sounded likable, but it was hard to imdiately associate it with Omniscient Cthulhu.
So I casually responded.
[: Who is this?]
"Who is it?"
I had never seen this na before.
How did they get my contact info and reach out to ?
Should I block them?—I was thinking this when I got another ssage.
[Jeong Ye-wool: ??]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Isn’t this Dama?]
[Jeong Ye-wool: If not, I’m sorry]
“Oh.”
Only then did I connect the na to the person.
[: Ah, sorry]
[: I got confused because your na and image didn’t match, haha]
By the way, the na was really pretty.
I had never heard of anyone nad "Winter" before.
It was definitely a rare na, and I thought about it as I stared at my phone.
[Jeong Ye-wool: Haha, I was freaked out]
[Jeong Ye-wool: I thought it wasn’t your contact info]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Why are you pretending you don’t know after giving it to , lol]
[: Sorry, sorry]
[: Is that you in the profile pic?]
The profile picture showed a woman with long black hair, looking gentle, like a golden retriever.
She had the kind of face that would make soone hesitate to look away if they saw her walking down the street.
[Jeong Ye-wool: Yep]
[Jeong Ye-wool: But why don’t you have a picture?]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Why am I the only one showing my face?]
Then, out of nowhere, ca a direct question.
But I responded smoothly.
[: (picture)]
[: Here]
I randomly sent one of the pictures from my gallery.
And then-
[Jeong Ye-wool: What the hell]
[Jeong Ye-wool: I asked for your face]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Why did you send a frog face?]
It seed that the random picture I sent was of a frog.
[: Just imagine it as my face]
[: Haha]
I didn’t really plan on showing my face.
Besides, I never asked Jeong Ye-wool to show theirs.
If they wanted to, they should’ve removed it from their profile.
I thought this as I continued the conversation.
[Jeong Ye-wool: What the hell, a frog?]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Let know later, then]
[: Okay]
It wasn’t really an official promise, but I could tell Jeong Ye-wool hadn’t had much social experience.
I felt a bit sorry for them, but I replied anyway.
[: I’ll send you a ssage before I go live tomorrow]
[: If you have ti, co join]
[: If not, just have soone else take over]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Okay]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Bye]
With that, I finished talking to Jeong Ye-wool—Omniscient Cthulhu—and closed my phone.
Then, a sudden thought hit .
‘Everyone acts like such a wild animal on the internet.’
When you see soone’s face, they’re usually a lot more normal than you expect.
I couldn’t understand why soone would act like that online with such a face.
I thought about it as I lay in bed.
“Phew.”
I’d talked to n many tis before, but I’d never been this nervous.
I wasn’t soone who had never had conversations with people, and we had talked a lot, but still, this was the first ti I felt so tense.
I was just relieved that I hadn’t made any mistakes and checked the na again.
[Lee Jihoo]
"That’s a nice na."
Lee Jihoo.
I had thought she was a woman working in the public sector, but now I realized most of what she had told was a lie.
I figured it was easier to operate under the guise of being a woman if she was active on the Ifrit Gallery.
“Lee Jihoo.”
The na felt strangely familiar.
I thought about it for a while.
I had definitely heard that na before.
But after thinking about it several tis, I couldn’t rember where from.
“Ugh…”
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t recall, so I sighed and logged into the Ifrit Gallery.
I wrote a post.
[Author: Omniscient Cthulhu]
[Title: Yeah, yeah, the owner of ‘Dama’s Number’ is here.]
[Content: Be jealous, everyone.]
The truth was, I hadn’t gotten her contact info.
We could only contact each other through text.
‘If I really wanted, I could get her phone number…’
But that would be an invasion of privacy.
She hadn’t even given her number, so getting it would lead to trouble.
I continued browsing the gallery, mulling over that thought.
The next day.
As usual, I ca back ho, ready to start streaming.
“Oh, right.”
Now, before starting the stream, I had to contact Jeong Ye-wool first.
If the scale of my streams was still small like before, I wouldn’t have had to.
But now, the scale had grown quite a bit.
Of course, it wasn’t as big as other strears, but—
‘For , this is huge growth.’
It was a huge growth for .
My viewership had increased tenfold, from twenty to two hundred.
It may sound easy, but many strears stay stuck with just twenty viewers their whole life, so it wasn’t a number to laugh at.
Thinking about that, I sent a ssage.
[: Hey hey]
[: I’m about to start the stream]
[: Co on in]
[: It’s urgent]
If she couldn’t make it, I could just give the manager role to soone else on the spot.
With that thought, I imdiately started the stream.
[The stream has started!]
As the notification for the stream went out, viewers began to enter.
Along with that, my phone vibrated.
[Jeong Ye-wool: Wait a sec]
[Jeong Ye-wool: I’m outside]
[Jeong Ye-wool: I’ll co in quickly]
[Jeong Ye-wool: Going going going]
Hmm, this was a little awkward.
I didn’t an for her to rush ho just to be a manager, I had ant for her to co when she had ti.
So I quickly texted her back.
[: You don’t have to rush in]
[: I just ant to co when you have ti]
[: I didn’t an for you to co ho and be a manager, lol]
After sending that, I started the stream.
“Alright, hey everyone.”
[Viewer count: 34]
In no ti, I broke my previous record for peak viewers when I first started.
I thought it was a little strange, so I checked the chat.
[Kang Hoo-min: Give your contact, give your contact, give your contact, give your contact, give your contact, give your contact, give your contact]
[Ao, damn, Hoo-min, you want to die?]
[First thing you do is ask for a number, lol]
[Seriously, South Arican? lol]
[Soone ban this guy]
[Why is there no manager today?]
[Hwanhee: Manager ㅇㄷ?]
[Yeah, yeah, looks like Hoo-min is still acting up today]
It wasn’t unusual for Kang Hoo-min to flood the chat.
He was always doing things like that.
I was used to it.
“Alright, Hoo-min. Enough of the nonsense.”
[Kang Hoo-min: Nah, I don’t want to, lol]
Temporary ban applied!
[Haha]
[This is it, lol]
[Kang Hoo-min instantly banned]
[Hoo-min, take a break~ Hoo-min, take a break~ Hoo-min, take a break~ Hoo-min, take a break~ Hoo-min, take a break~]
[It’s impressive to be banned right as the stream starts]
It wasn’t the first ti Hoo-min caused a stir.
Now, I just let it go.
I didn’t see him as a bad person, so I handled it with a temporary ban.
‘If he were really a troublemaker, I would have just banned him outright.’
I didn’t feel like he was causing real trouble, so I handled it this way.
It was kind of like WWE.
When Hoo-min made trouble, I responded with a temporary ban.
If he crossed the line, then it’d be UFC.
With that in mind, I heard a ssage co in.
[🗡️Omniscient Cthulhu: Hi hi]
[🗡️Omniscient Cthulhu: What’s this, you’re here already?]
[🗡️Omniscient Cthulhu: Why is that person on the temporary ban list?]
[The manager is surprised by Hoo-min’s troublemaking, lol]
[The troublemaking power is really high, haha]
[But it’s kind of annoying how he does it so subtly to avoid being banned…]
The manager returned.
Well, to be precise, it was Jeong Ye-wool.
Now that I knew what she looked like, it felt weird seeing her chat ssages.
‘She looks like one of those pretty teachers at school.’
I thought about how it didn’t match, and then spoke up.
“Alright, let’s not ntion the person who was temporarily banned and just focus on the ga. I’m going for Diamond today.”
Today, I had to reach Diamond.
No one was forcing , but I decided that for myself.
[🗡️Omniscient Cthulhu: Diamond sounds good]
[Let’s go for Diamond]
[Hwanhee: We lost a streak last ti lol]
[If we didn’t have that losing streak, we’d have been Diamond by now]
[The matchmaking system is rigged, though]
[What’s rigged matchmaking?]
[Shit]
[If only these short-term guys would stay in their own area…]
With that resolution, I was about to start the ga when-
Ding-
“Oh, wait a second, I’ll be there soon~”
Yeram ca in with a friend.
Oh, right.
She had said she was bringing a friend.
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