I Want to Be a VTuber

"It's okay."

Staring at her reflection on the screen, Lee Jiyeon tried to steady her trembling hands.

She had a feeling that sharp-eyed girl would notice, especially at times like this.

The 'Yeon Seonye' reflected on the screen looked like her, yet was someone entirely different.
And yet, that face was one Jiyeon was intimately familiar with.

"You don’t have to act like it's something new."

That was what Seoyeon had said when asked about Yeon Seonye’s emotional depth.

"It’s just a variation of what you’ve already done. I learned it from a theater actor once."

Deceiving the audience.
Using similar emotional beats to make them recall the idea of an emotion.

Yeon Seonye was a tough, yet kind girl.

A kind Lee Jiyeon.

To be honest, she wasn’t confident she could pull that off.

"If I were to borrow it—"

The image of a kind girl that came to mind was, ironically, a character from an internet broadcast she had started with Seoyeon.

Lamiel.

Seoyeon must have been thinking about that when she spoke.

"How ridiculous."

The audience probably wouldn’t notice.
That Yeon Seonye's tone of acting was nearly identical to that of a certain VTuber.

Especially when she listened to Michiko’s troubles—Yeon Seonye was just like Lamiel.

"But."

That alone wouldn’t be enough.
She kept deliberating, and that uncertainty bled into the reflection of Yeon Seonye on the screen.

Yeon Seonye had a task.

Steal the necklace.
Kill Michiko.

Even though she had to do it to save her younger sibling, Yeon Seonye hesitated.
She knew where the necklace was. She just needed to do it.

Yet, her face on screen was caught in the turmoil of indecision.
It overlapped with the emotions Jiyeon felt at that moment, a feeling so raw it seemed to seep beyond the screen itself.@@novelbin@@

"Do not entertain foolish thoughts."

Isamu’s low voice filled the theater.

A heavy score.
And a voice that carried weight equal to the gravity of that music.

His eyes gleamed ominously in the candlelight as he stared down at Yeon Seonye.

"You need only do your job."

From his perspective, Yeon Seonye was about to ruin everything.
They were almost there.

"If you don’t want your hesitation to be discovered... then, yes, it would be best if you were the one to kill Yuina first."

A life spent solely for revenge against the Amamabi family, who had abandoned her.

A miserable existence that had led her to throw herself at the enemy—the Kasugayama family—just to survive.

"Yuina has already begun to suspect your betrayal. So, if you don’t want to die, it would be wise for you to draw your blade first."