Side Story 43. [BONUS STAGE] Salo
Clack.
The stream turned on.
The cara shook slightly before it settled, revealing a woman seated in a gaming chair.
She wore a baggy hoodie and dolphin shorts, thick-rimd glasses perched on her nose. Her long pink hair and slightly tanned skin stood out.
“Saloh~”
The woman yawned lazily, scratching her stomach under the hoodie, and waved at the cara.
ssages started flooding into the chat as viewers joined after receiving the stream notification.
— Saloh~
— Hi, Salo
— She’s scratching her belly again today…
— Salo, does your bellybutton sll too?
Scratching her head over the hood, Salo responded.
“Perfect and flawless Salo doesn’t sll, even if she doesn’t shower for months~ Not from the bellybutton or anywhere else~”
— That stink must be crazy;
— I can sll it through the screen
— When did you last shower? Look at all the grease on her face
— Please, just wash your face at least ㅠㅠ I’m begging you ㅠㅠ
“Salo is a succubus, so it’s fine. Succubi are spiritual beings, so we stay clean even without washing.”
— No way, you still look dirty through the screen!!!
— This… is a succubus?
— Nooo, this isn’t the succubus I fantasized about ㅠㅠ
— Plugging my nose to watch this again today
Once enough viewers had gathered, Salo pointed a long index finger at the cara and casually recited her opening line.
“Hello~ I’m your succubus queen Salo, here to steal your vitality, malice, and donations. Any toxic behavior like cursing, trolling, or not joining mbership will get you instantly banned.”
— First ti watching this stream—Is this her usual concept?
— Concept, you say?;
— Salo is a true succubus~ She even has a lineage~
— Not the succubus thing, more like… this sloppy vibe;;
— You think this ss is a concept?
— Don’t you see the chaos in the room behind her???
— This is all natural… the filth cos from the soul…
— Ranked #1 on Forbes for Most Wasted Looks by a Strear
Salo nodded thoughtfully while reading the chat.
“Yeah, yeah. I told you, I really am a succubus. Can’t you tell from this beauty? And not just any succubus—I’m the legendary succubus empress!”
— Ah, so that’s your setting…
— But you’re the one breaking it though;
— Noted… succubi don’t wash and are filthy…
— Learned sothing new^^ Gonna help in my next life during an isekai return loop^^
— Even office workers shower before going to work ㅠㅠ At least wash before streaming
— Sorry, but there are lots of people here because she’s dirty. Don’t force hygiene
— Real talkㅋㅋ I turn off the stream when Salo’s clean
— So many lunatics here lol
— Even the chat slls…
It was the usual chaos in the chat.
Watching the madness unfold with ease, Salo picked up a drink can she’d left nearby.
Pshhh—the can opened with a crisp, refreshing sound.
Ding!
A donation ca through at the sa ti.
[‘BlackBox’ has donated 10,000 won!]
— What are you drinking? This is the third ti I’m asking
With a refreshing puhah~, Salo downed the drink and shook the can in front of the cara.
“The Eye of Booze~”
— ;;;
— That’s crossing the line…
— I can’t believe soone actually drinks that stuff
— She looks like so foreign pink sun or whatever, and yet she drinks that?
While the viewers recoiled in disgust, Salo tilted her head and gulped the rest of the can.
“This stuff is crazy good. Too many people here don’t know real flavor.”
— Real talkㅋㅋ Eye of Booze slaps
— King tier drinkㅋㅋ
— Best combo: hot soak at the bathhouse Eye of Booze broth from boiled eggs
— Uh… pardon , but what country’s rule is that?
— It exists… in 1990s South Korea…
— Salo, I get that you’re drinking but could you at least bathe before drinking!!!
Watching the chat devolve into a war between Eye of Booze lovers and haters, Salo smiled in satisfaction.
Viewers shuddered at the sight.
— This person only drinks polarizing stuff like Dejava, Morning Calm, Dr. Pepper, and mint choco;
— At this point, she’s doing it just to stir us up
— ??? Are there even people who don’t like those drinks?
— Just hearing the nas brings my appetite back
— No mistaking it’s Salo’s stream—only the sa fanatics gather here;
Ding!
Another donation ca through.
[‘SpectacleGoblinExecutioner’ has donated 10,000 won!]
— Could you maybe take off your glasses just once…?
“My glasses? Why all of a sudden?”
Salo tilted her head, but the chat had already launched into another war.
— Obviously because you look way prettier without them
— Nonsense! The glasses are god-tier items that add 2% more intelligence to Salo!
— Only 2%…?
— Anyway, you look better with them. Don’t ever take them off
— Everyone knows the universal truth: taking glasses off makes you hotter!
— Glasses freaks OUT!!!
— It’s war now, you aesthetic ignoramuses!!!
After the debates over hygiene and drink preferences, now the chat was fighting over glasses on vs. off.
Salo watched quietly, then chuckled.
“Glasses? Sure, why not.”
With a playful yap! she whipped off her thick-rimd glasses. They didn’t even have lenses to begin with—just fras.
But before the viewers could even react to her bare face, snap! she put them back on.
Salo looked at the screen and said a single word.
“‘Molecule’.”
— She’s got at least three master’s degrees!
— Salo, the intellect of the century!
— So smart, so brilliant, unbelievably sharp
— Knew it, glasses on is way better
— What are you even saying? The liquid vibe was insane—she looks way better without glasses!!
— PleaseTakeOffTheGlassesPleaseTakeOffTheGlassesPleaseTakeOffTheGlasses
Watching the viewers rip into each other, Salo grinned with satisfaction.
She was a succubus—an actual one.
Though she had ended up in a different world than where she was born, her need to feed on others’ emotions remained unchanged.
So, how could she harvest those emotions in the most efficient and effortless way?
The answer was right here: online streaming.
She could absorb a multitude of emotions just from the viewers watching her stream!
No more botherso work like entering soone’s dreams and charming them. All she had to do was turn on the stream, and viewers from all over the country would flock to her and offer up their emotions.
This was high-tech! The cutting edge of the succubus business! Peak Earth civilization!
‘Sitting still while feasting on emotions… this is the perfect job for a succubus.’
And so, Salo’s job satisfaction reached sky-high levels—but there was one small problem.
After absorbing Raven, her favorite emotion to consu had beco ‘malice.’
Of course, she could still enjoy other emotions… but they just didn’t have the sa kick. It was like eating food without enough sauce.
Just like how humans here loved fiery dishes like mala hotpot, nuclear tteokbokki, and fire chicken, Salo craved intense, vicious emotions.
So, in her quest to harvest more malice on stream…
Her content gradually evolved into an evil kind of show where she deliberately introduced controversial topics to spark argunts and watched the viewers go wild.
It happened then.
Ding!
[‘BarksAtBoringStreams’ has donated 5,000 won!]
— Woof! Woof woof! Woof woof woof!
“I’ll try to make today’s stream fun, so please translate yourself~”
Ding!
[‘BarksAtBoringStreams’ has donated 5,000 won!]
— But if I may ask, why were you late today, ma’am?
“Yaaawn, I kept trying that ga I ended yesterday all the way through this morning. Finally beat the final boss and saw the ending before I slept. So I overslept and started late today.”
The chat fell silent for a mont.
— ???
— W-what now?
— What did you say?
— You beat the final boss off-stream?
— Are you out of your mind?
— What the hell is this…?
Up until now, the chat had been divided into love-it-or-hate-it camps, but this ti they united in outrage against Salo. She had truly crossed the line.
While her streams were mostly talk shows, Salo was still officially a variety ga strear.
After chatting, she would always transition into gaplay. But to learn she beat the final boss she was struggling with—off-stream, alone, after ending the broadcast?
Faced with this absurd betrayal, viewers exploded in anger, and Salo eagerly drank in the surging emotions. Once she felt full enough, her eyes snapped open.
She ford a heart with her hands and shouted toward the cara.
“Charm~ Beam!”
Fwoooosh—!
A wave of pink magic (real magic) rippled across the screen.
And just like that, the enraged viewers instantly cald down.
— Ahh~
— Why were we even fighting?
— I don’t understand what you an, madam. We’ve never fought.
— Justice, peace, love…
— Charity, hope, Salo…
— Happy happy~py
— Who cares about preferences? Let’s all enjoy what we enjoy
— Love you, Salo noona!
— As long as we have your stream, we’re happy!
Seeing the now peaceful chat, Salo nodded with satisfaction.
She was full from harvesting negative emotions, and the viewers were happy again after shedding them—wasn’t this a win-win? (At least, according to Salo.)
With the stream now calm, she began to wrap up the chatting segnt.
Ding!
[‘LoverOfCoupleStreams’ has donated 5,000 won!]
— By the way, did you hear the news, host?
“Hm? What news? I didn’t hear anything.”
[‘LoverOfCoupleStreams’ has donated 5,000 won!]
— Apparently RetroAddict is doing an Outstream today? You seriously didn’t know?
“What?!”
Salo, who had been lounging comfortably, shot to her feet.
Outstream. The shortened form of ‘outdoor streaming.’
In other words, the popular strear next door—retro ga specialist ‘RetroAddict’—was going live offline today…!
Panicked, Salo rushed to RetroAddict’s channel and checked the community post.
Then she scread.
“Holy shit, it’s real! How could I, his official stalker, not know this?!”
— Um… I don’t think you can add the word ‘official’ to stalker, ma’am
— More importantly, if you’re his official stalker, how did you miss RetroAddict’s schedule?
— Because… she was a car…
— “She was a car.”
— Didn’t she publicly confess to RetroAddict last ti and get rejected?
— Is she sulking and avoiding updates since then?
“No, I didn’t get rejected! RetroAddict just said he was really busy and needed ti to think! He said we should stay friends for now!”
— ??? Isn’t that… literally a rejection?
— This girl lolol The denial is real lolol
— Damn, even after getting turned down multiple tis, she never gives up. Respect the persistence
— RetroAddict is amazing too. Salo’s super pretty, but he shut her down without hesitation.
— Is being pretty the issue? Look at that ss of a room behind her… could you handle that?
— Unnie, I totally could!!! Dump that retro ga nerd and co to !!! I’ll make you happy!!!
“Hold on, everyone! I’m gonna wash up real quick and get ready to head out!”
Leaving the stream running, Salo actually darted off to the bathroom at full speed.
Viewers stared at the now-hostless screen in confusion.
— Huh? Is she seriously trying to crash RetroAddict’s Outstream?
— Isn’t this kind of… invasive?
— Uh… it’s way past invasive. Haven’t you seen how she clings to RetroAddict?
— Love makes you blind, after all
— In a weird way, this is peak Salo lol
— But seriously, how many days has it been since she last washed?
Ti passed with the cara pointed at an empty room.
Normally, viewership would drop off at this point, but instead, the live viewer count kept climbing.
News had spread—Salo had declared she’d crash RetroAddict’s stream, and the infamously unwashed, unkempt Salo was actually getting cleaned up and dressed for once.
After quite a while—
“Ta-daa—!”
Salo reappeared on screen, completely transford.
The sloppy ss from earlier was gone. She was freshly showered, well-dressed, and absolutely radiant.
Her long pink hair was neatly tied into a ponytail, and instead of the worn-out hoodie and dolphin shorts, she wore a stunning tailored suit.
“Last ti I wore a skirt and did sexy makeup, and it totally overwheld him. So today, I went full formal. What do you think? Do I look okay?”
— Is this… full-makeup Salo?
— Then what the hell was that pig we’ve been watching all this ti…?
— Forbes, you weren’t wrong ㅠㅠ
— RetroAddict, thank you… thanks to you, Salo is finally living like a human being…
While the chat was awash in emotion, Salo switched the stream to her phone cara.
She flashed a mischievous smile at the screen.
“Alright, ti for our own little outdoor adventure!”
Then she pointed straight at the cara with her index finger, as if issuing a declaration of war.
“RetroAddict, you’re mine!”
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