The overall concept for Illusionary Realm’s first generation was ‘travel’.
The story revolves around people who lived in different dinsions and t a wizard nad Daramji, who invited them to Earth for a journey.
The 1st-anniversary live performance, Illusion, was also based on this background story.
The intro video for the stage began with images of each mber’s original world.
"──♪───♪"
The sky island surrounded by clouds, the green swamps, the towering demon king’s castle, and the quaint library.
Finally, the spirit forest full of subtle fireflies.
The 2D background illustrations created for the live broadcast passed by from a first-person perspective.
As the journey from various worlds reached the blue planet Earth, the mont arrived.
Sarruk.
"Walked and walked following the morning star─♪"
With the effect of white griffon feathers, Mile appeared.
After a few more steps.
Kyaa kyaa kyaa
Da Mile
Wow
The stage quality is insane hahahaha
This is it, Mile.
The audience was greatly surprised by the excellent quality of the 3D avatar and Mile's pleasant high notes, and the chat speed rapidly increased.
The viewer count was nearing 50,000.
After Mile’s sweet solo part ended,
effect of blue water droplets splashing appeared, and Cream appeared from the opposite side of Mile.
Then began the soft and soothing voice singing.
Her unstrained, comfortable voice filled the live broadcast’s audio.
Illusionary Realm! Illusionary Realm! Illusionary Realm! Illusionary Realm!
(Dancing dinosaur emoji) X9
Our Cream has changed!!!!!
Is this really the sa Cream who used to beat the audience with a tal spoon..?
The mbers' appearance, much different from usual, surprised the audience.
The scenes were worthy of being called a performance, and the number of viewers continued to rise.
Then, with the red lightning effect, Yuna appeared.
With the sparkling magic circle effect, Ria appeared, and the chat was buzzing.
The group song is so good.
The Demon King is totally owning the stage.
Looking at how Diah is last, I guess it’s by age?
Big one? Big one? Big one? Big one? Big one? Big one?
As Ria’s part successfully ended without any major mistakes, and the four mbers who had appeared so far began walking to the left,
"Like a star, Like a wind, Like a cloud, Like a flower♪"
With the subtle firefly particles, the last mber, Diah, appeared on the right side of the stage.
Almost simultaneously, the drum and bass sounds began to pick up speed.
"Giving you a dream-like mont, a mory like an illusion♪ Like an illusion─♪"
(Hotdog giving a thumbs up emoji) X11
Ungaey Kittaaaaaaaaaaa
(Rainbow-colored glowing emoji) X5
Look at that group dance ㄷㄷ
Diah’s squirming is so cute for real;;
As the chorus began, all the mbers' voices harmonized beautifully.
The viewer count passed 60,000.
Soon, the five mbers gathered in the center of the massive concert stage, performing the sa choreography for the cara.
Their harmony was still intact.
However, when the second verse started, specifically when the song followed a slightly different order from the first verse,
"Follow the shining star♪ Break out of the darkness♪"
La, La, La─♬.
Diah's solo harmony began to back up the other mbers' solo parts.
The youthful voice never faltered until the end of the performance.
"Promise with your pinky finger♪"
Cause you saw us, found us─♪
Is this really live?
Wow hahahaha
They sing so well, for real
Is this what they were like?
Viewers surpassed 70,000 ㄷㄷㄷ
Daramji’s said to have emptied his savings account again hahahaha
Thus, the second chorus hit its peak, with Mile's high notes starting the second verse chorus.
The other mbers took turns singing their parts, and the highlight of the live performance was completed.
Within seconds, small sparks like tiny fireworks surrounded the concert hall, shooting up into the sky.
Boom!
Simultaneously, the final pose was taken.
The fireworks, lighting up the dark night sky, brightly illuminated the mbers of Illusionary Realm.
Kyaa kyaa kyaa
Encore, encore, encore, encore, encore, encore
What’s with the stage production? It’s insane
Mom, I want to beco Illusionary Realm! Mom, I want to beco Illusionary Realm! Mom, I want to beco Illusionary Realm! Mom, I want to beco Illusionary Realm! Mom, I want to beco Illusionary Realm
If there are 7 billion Diah fans in the world, I’m one of them (...)
The chat moved at lightning speed.
When Mile, the oldest mber of Illusionary Realm, said "Hello─!", the greetings from the mbers began, and fan nas flooded the chat.
However, due to the nature of the performance studio, it was impossible to read and communicate with the live chat in real-ti.
For this 1st-anniversary broadcast, they had prepared a script beforehand.
It was then that Illusionary Realm's general manager, So-ri, appeared in the middle of the broadcast screen on the left.
After the Illusion live performance, the broadcast was planned to continue with interviews with the Illusionary Realm mbers.
"Now, our mbers. You’ve successfully finished the performance you’ve worked hard to prepare, please share your thoughts~!"
The thoughts about the 1st-anniversary of Illusionary Realm began with Mile, followed by Yuna, Cream, and Ria in order of age.
The youngest mber, Diah, who was both the youngest in actual age and RP (1st generation), would share her thoughts last.
"Uhm, because of my greed, I troubled the unnie's a little, but thankfully─"
However, when she began speaking about the Illusion performance, her voice beca a bit more subdued.
"It wasn’t just a little trouble─!"
"Rebellion. No, it was like a revolution the way you rolled us like a boulder─!!"
Yuna and Ria, who had suffered from Diah during the performance preparation, threw teasing words at her.
In truth, these comnts weren't part of the script.
But since they knew what had happened to Ha-eun during the 3D avatar testing process,
"Uh, um... I’m sorry, unnie's!"
"If you’re just apologizing, why do we even have police─!"
"Words are nothing, actions, maknae─!!"
They continued to mock Diah’s awkward apology and demanded that she bow deeply.
Diah, flustered, raised her voice in confusion.
However...
[ You can bow as long as it’s not unreasonable ]
With the OK sign from Ji Hye-min on the monitor at the edge of the studio,
Diah finally had to flip her body 180 degrees for the fun of the broadcast.
Swish.
Whoosh!
Clap.
"U...Unnie’s, I’m sorry for troubling you…!"
"Wow!"
"Is that sothing a person can do?"
"Yeah, if you’re going to apologize, that’s the least you can do!"
Of course, Diah's 3D avatar was also flipped 180 degrees.
Because of that, the viewers could clearly see what state Diah was in.
Hahahahaha
No way, she actually did it hahahaha
Diah's core muscles are insane;)
The bow wasn’t a lie?
Her reactions are so entertaining for real
As expected, the broadcast chat was once again filled with excitent.
Even after Diah returned to her original position, the chat continued to express amazent at her bow.
The next segnt after the 1st-anniversary comnts was the Illusionary Realm Q&A.
The first question from So-ri was about the first impressions of each mber.
However, given the nature of the question,
"Of course, the youngest was the most shocking."
"The maknae's aura was so intense that I don’t even rember the first impressions of the others!"
All mbers, excluding Diah, spoke about their first impressions of Diah.
The problem was that the next question was pretty much the sa as the first one.
"Who do you think has the biggest difference between their first impression and current impression? Point them out with your fingers on 3~!"
Swish.
Whoosh!
Churrk!
‘…I feel like an imposter.’
Once again, Diah received all the votes.
To be precise, the fingers pointed at her had a slightly different aning compared to the first question.
"She was cute only on the first day."
"From the first collab, she started changing…."
"Now she’s just a little devil, a little devil!"
"You’re too much..."
As a result, the comnts were again all teasing Diah.
However, Diah was the only one feeling wronged.
Hahaha
Not a little devil, just pure evil
She only gets cute when playing public gas hahahaha
I’m sure Diah will bla Noeulis for this
Isn’t Diah the one who kept hitting Noeulis every chance she got?
The viewers in the chat all agreed.
There was not a single kind-hearted Noeulis defending Diah.
Thus, Diah was made the punching bag for the mbers and viewers alike, beaten with words and mories.
"Well, that’s all for Illusionary Realm! Thank you─!"
Finally, once all the segnts had ended, they could finally be free.
After waving their hands to the cara like the other mbers, Diah imdiately collapsed from exhaustion.
"...Huff..."
Physically, she wasn’t having any problems,
but ntally, she had long hit her limit.
After all, it was her 1st anniversary as a mber of Illusionary Realm,
and having perford alongside the people she admired in the sa place, with the sa song, it really wore her out ntally.
Of course, it was a good kind of exhaustion, so she wasn’t in a bad mood.
The sense of accomplishnt from completing the 1st anniversary that they had worked so hard for was also a great feeling.
However, in that mont where she collapsed on the studio floor,
Swish.
Step.
Step.
"...? Yena unnie? Why—"
"This is revenge!!"
Splat!
Yena approached Ha-eun and slapped her on the butt with a serious hand.
Ha-eun hurriedly covered her bottom and looked at Yena with a mix of surprise and pain, only to et a cheeky tongue-out face.
Imdiately after, Yena rushed off to the changing room, leaving Ha-eun speechless.
It wasn’t a child’s play, so why was Yena doing this?
"Honestly, Ha-eun, your butt really did look like it deserved a slap."
"That’s one thing, but if you lie down like that in front of the unnie's, aren’t you asking for it?"
"...What do you an…"
The other mbers, excluding Yena, also teased Ha-eun, blaming her for the whole situation.
The remark about her outfit being tight also earned a comnt about how well it fit her.
"...Well then, should I try slapping you too?"
"If you slap, it’ll bleed."
"Call 119."
"You’ll die from excessive bleeding. Or get a fracture."
"You’re too much…"
"The worst part is the abs that are showing through that tight outfit."
The mbers’ gazes naturally moved to Ha-eun’s body—especially the muscle parts.
Ha-eun, with her ears slightly red, headed to the changing room to take off the tight outfit.
Of course, she couldn’t really throw it away, since the motion capture equipnt was expensive and difficult to replace.
‘They did say it was hard to get overseas.’
At least, the clothes weren’t the problem.
If there was anything wrong, it was with the person wearing them.
‘...I wonder if I can lose this muscle.’
As Ha-eun glanced at her reflection in the changing room mirror,
within a few seconds, the other mbers’ playful voices entered the room, and she hastily put her clothes back on.
"Diah’s mid was amazing~."
"Of course, a celebrity. Even when she’s undressed, she has charisma."
"...! ...!!"
***
A few days after the successful conclusion of Illusionary Realm's 1st-anniversary live performance,
Nael and the rest of Illusionary Realm's 2nd generation mbers finally made their debut in the world of internet broadcasting.
"Hello~!"
Wow
Your hair is so soft
The modeling is amazing o o
Of course, just like the 1st generation, the 2nd generation of Illusionary Realm debuted on different days.
Debuting all of the 2nd generation mbers in one day would have been impossible.
However, the debut broadcast that Diah would watch—aning Ha-eun's broadcast—was already decided.
'...Hida’s is at 6 PM on Tuesday. And Nael’s is at 7 PM on Thursday….'
The reason Ha-eun kept her phone in the van with Ju Jung-yoon was because of this.
She couldn’t watch it all due to her filming schedule for Veterans, but she still had to watch at least so part of it.
Especially for Hida.
Unknowingly, Ha-eun started worrying about whether Hida would do well on the debut broadcast.
After all, it was Da-yeon’s first ti doing internet broadcasting.
Although she had prepared, there was no way Ha-eun could completely dismiss her worries.
‘She doesn't even appear on variety shows.’
In situations like drama or movies, where there is a script to follow, it's one thing,
but doing sothing without a script, sothing that anyone could ss up—could Da-yeon really handle it well?
That was just yesterday.
"Ah, do you like sothing? Hmm… I wonder if I can even say this~."
Aww
Aka
Got it, got it, I just need to send the paynt
What’s this Witch’s taste? ㄷㄷ
Why was she so proficient at this?
She didn’t even stutter once. It seed like she wasn’t nervous at all.
‘…Should I like this or not…’
Honestly, Ha-eun felt a bit disillusioned.
It was a relief that Hida's debut broadcast went off without any significant problems, but…
It felt like she had been slightly betrayed.
‘I’m hiding things too, though.’
Seeing an old friend in such an unfamiliar way gave Ha-eun a mixed feeling.
It wasn’t that she was jumping for joy, nor was she furrowing her brows in disappointnt—it was that strange, ambiguous feeling.
But at so point, that proficient voice would have her doing whatever was asked of her.
Because of that, Ha-eun couldn’t enjoy Hida’s broadcast fully.
Hida-mode Da-yeon was a little intimidating.
The problem was, Ha-eun had more to worry about than just Hida.
[Just to be safe, let’s et at the cafe first, then head to your house.]
The other person who held Diah’s free pass.
And the bold junior who called Diah for a cooking broadcast barely two weeks after her debut.
Because of Nael’s request for a cooking broadcast with Diah, Ji Hye-min had to set aside so ti to observe the eting between Ha-eun and Nael.
She needed to make sure Nael didn’t slip up and reveal anything about Diah’s true identity.
And so, on the day of the broadcast with Diah and Nael,
"I’m here."
"Ah, Ha-eun. Sit down first. Nael is on her way here."
Ji Hye-min and Ha-eun gathered at a cafe near Nael's house.
The conversation began with a discussion about Nael’s reaction to Diah’s red pill.
"Even Dong-jin told her, but she didn’t believe it."
"...Honestly, it would be strange to believe it right away."
"That’s true."
Nael hadn’t believed that Diah was the famous actress Ha-eun.
So, Ji Hye-min suggested it would be better to calmly explain and convince Nael about Ha-eun’s identity first.
"Nael lives with her parents, so I need to tell her mother separately."
"Mm…."
Honestly, Ha-eun was nervous.
Just like Nael had seen Diah’s red pill for the first ti, Ha-eun was seeing Nael’s red pill for the first ti today.
What if Nael looked really intimidating?
Or maybe she was very sharp-tongued?
‘Her voice was the sa as I rembered, though.’
Ha-eun was caught up in all kinds of fantasies about Nael’s red pill.
However, about ten minutes later, the person she encountered was—
"Uh… Representative Ji?"
"Ah, Ji Hye-min. I’ve been waiting for you."
Nael didn’t look intimidating at all. In fact, she had a harmless impression.
She was even a little shorter than Ha-eun.
‘…She’s really cute.’
Thanks to that, Ha-eun could completely discard all her preconceived notions about Nael.
Right after, Ha-eun took off her baseball cap, sunglasses, and mask to greet her.
"Hello."
"Ah, this is Diah sunbaenim! Hello… eh?"
But just as she was greeting, Nael’s face flickered.
Then, again, flickered.
"Eh, u, ugh?"
"Uh… are you okay—"
"Hi, hiiiiik!!!"
Nael, who seed as if she had seen a ghost, quickly hid behind Ji Hye-min.
With her trembling fingers, Nael pointed toward Ha-eun.
"Kim Jeong-hyun. No, this… this is Ha-eun? Really?!"
"...Didn’t Kang Jeong ntion it beforehand?"
"No, that… I thought it was a joke… Aaahhh…"
In a way, Nael was so overjoyed that she didn’t know what to do,
while on the other hand, she was making quite a commotion.
And so, eventually...
"...I was looking forward to the pancakes Nael is going to make."
Ha-eun had to bring Nael’s ntal state back to normal with a comnt about the day’s broadcast.
It was a little cheesy, but there wasn’t really any other way.
"Cotton candy… I want to eat so."
"Ah, yes, yes!! I’ll… I’ll make it for you!!"
"Ji Hye-min, please calm down a little~."
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