Chapter 67: The Growing Weight Class

It seemed that while she had mentioned she was streaming, she hadn’t revealed her streamer name.

Otherwise, there would have been no reason for her to be asked like that.

When Seo Yunha naturally asked,

“Oh… I’ll tell you later, senior. I’m still too embarrassed right now.”

Ryu Arim refused with an awkward expression.

It was understandable.

No matter how confident she was in her streams, it was still natural to feel shy about revealing it.

‘Even for me, it’s kind of embarrassing.’

It wasn’t like the stream was inappropriate—it was a completely normal broadcast.

But that didn’t mean it was easy to confidently share with others.

There was just something about acquaintances watching your stream that felt embarrassing.

I figured most people would feel the same way.

With that thought, I spoke up.

“Well, putting that aside, shouldn’t we start working? I don’t think any of us have that much time to spare.”

“Ah, right. I brought up something unnecessarily sensitive. My bad.”

“Oh, no, it’s okay.”

With that, we quickly wrapped up the conversation and got down to business.

“So, the character overall looks great, but I feel like they lack charm in this area. I think adding more muscle definition here would make it better.”

“Oh… that sounds like a good idea.”

Seo Yunha and Ryu Arim were discussing the illustration, but I had no intention of joining in.

The reason was simple.

The illustration they were working on had a bit of exposure.

That was something women understood much better.

There was no need for a guy like me to step in and give my opinion.

With that in mind, I focused on my own work.

‘I need to raise the quality as much as possible.’

I had already laid down the key features of the character, so all that was left was refining the details and improving the quality.

Adding more detailed shading or perhaps incorporating a background.

Swish, swish.

I kept drawing for who knows how long when.

“Ugh… Should we eat while we work? I’m getting hungry.”

“Oh, should we?”

“Yeah, I’m starving.”

A short break was approaching.

The timing was perfect.

My wrist was starting to ache from drawing nonstop, so I was relieved.

Taking a moment, I turned off my tablet and opened the fan café to post a notice.

[Title: Today’s Announcement!]

[Content: I’ll try to finish my main work as fast as possible and head over! My heart is already racing toward the Middle Ages, but I’ve been swamped with work lately, haha. I’ll be streaming later than usual, so don’t wait up!]

If I didn’t post a notice, some viewers might wait around for nothing.

With that thought, I leaned back and took a short break.

Clack, clack, clack.

While Jaehun was busy working on his illustration…

“Hmm… I think this looks good enough.”

Somewhere else, a woman was diligently editing Lee Jaehun’s video—or rather, Yott’s video.

Click, click.

“Maybe I should add a few more key edits here.”

After making a few final touches, she finished editing and uploaded it to YouTube.

There was no revenue coming in.

She had never applied for monetization in the first place.

If it were her own content, that would be different, but just adding seasoning to an already well-prepared dish wasn’t something she planned to profit from.

Besides, the moment she applied for monetization, she wouldn’t be able to roam freely in Yott’s stream anymore.

[Views: 132,391]

Still, the video was performing incredibly well.

She hadn’t expected it to blow up like this.

It was clear that using shorts, the latest trend, to make bite-sized content had dramatically increased engagement.

“…And the subscriber count is steadily growing too.”

Gaining more subscribers felt good, but at the same time, it was a bit strange.

After all, an increase in subscribers meant that more people were becoming aware of Tteu.

Well, at this point, the stream’s growth had already hit its stride, but there was still a bittersweet feeling I couldn’t shake.

‘I should focus on editing.’

If I was going to do it, I might as well do it properly.

With that thought, I opened the community forum.

[Streamer Gallery]

It was a place I frequently visited.

You could say it had the most discussions about Twis streamers.

Of course, since it was an anonymous space, things could get a little intense.

But at least people tended to maintain a certain level of restraint.

No matter how anonymous it was, lawsuits weren’t something they could completely avoid.

Though, depending on how you go about it, you could make sure you never get sued.

If people just stuck to reasonable boundaries, it would be a great place.

With that thought, I started writing a post.

[Author: Pepe]

[Title: I’m uploading a new video—check it out]

[Content: (Video) I put this together—does it look good? This time, the Kingdom Come segment was so long that editing took forever.]

Compressing a 10-hour stream into a 2-hour video was tough.

Maybe because it was my first time editing, it was physically exhausting, too.

‘Well, once I actually started, it wasn’t as hard as I thought.’

Thinking that, I checked the comments.

L: Wow, the editing quality is insane.

L: What the heck lol, and you’re not even monetizing this?

N: You should really monetize this.

N: You’re doing this for free? Just take the money.

NPepe: N N Nah, I’m not doing this for money.

NPepe: I’m just doing it out of pure fandom.

If I were editing videos just to make money, I wouldn’t be working on Yott’s stream.

I would’ve left long ago to edit for some other streamer instead.

I was only editing Yott’s videos out of pure fandom.

The reason I liked Yott was simple.

His streams were incredibly relaxing.

They were just easy to watch.

Of course, things got a bit intense when he played medieval games or Reore, but still.

Thinking that, I continued reading the comments.

L: This looks ready to upload as is.

N: Yeah, this seems perfect.

N: Just upload it right away.

L: Just curious—have you ever contacted Yott directly? Feels like he’d reach out if he knew someone was putting this much effort into editing his videos.

NPepe: As if, lol.

NPepe: Yott doesn’t even know I’m going all out with these edits.

It was just a plain fact.

I had only asked for permission to upload the videos—I had never reported back on how things were progressing.

Besides, it would feel a bit like bragging.

Anyway.

“…When’s he gonna start?”

I was done with editing.

Now, all that was left was for Yott to start his stream.

Feeling a bit bored, I grabbed some snacks and started munching.

‘That took longer than I expected.’

Since it was just some minor adjustments, I thought it wouldn’t take much time.

I didn’t realize it would drag on like this.

My wrist was aching by the time I finally got home, but I immediately started my stream.

[The stream has started!]

Even though I started as soon as I got back, it was already really late.

I had posted an announcement beforehand, but even I hadn’t expected to be this late.

Feeling a bit guilty, I decided to apologize first.

“Sorry for being late.”

[+HurryAndLeave: Ah.]

[+HurryAndLeave: I was getting ready to roast you, lol.]

[LMAO]

[If you apologize first, what are we supposed to do…]

[You’re making us look like jerks, lol.]

[Unbelievable.]

[Pepe: If you’re sorry for being late, that just means you need to stream longer, right?]

[Really]

Maybe it was because I apologized first, but the viewers didn’t seem all that upset.

Sure, I was late, but it wasn’t like I had missed an entire day.

I had other work to take care of, after all.

“Before we jump straight into the medieval world, I’m going to check the café for a bit. My wrist hurts, so I’ll take a short break first.”

Honestly, I wanted to jump into the game right away.

But my wrist wasn’t cooperating.

I needed to take a short rest.

[+HurryAndLeave: Damn, nice.]

[Haven’t seen the café in a while, lol.]

[You haven’t checked it at all since you started playing Kingdom Come.]

[Pepe: Let’s go check the café.]

[Café chats are always the best content.]

[Has the café gained more members recently? Or is it about the same?]

[Pepe: It’s grown a bit, lol.]

[Pepe: Around 40 more people joined.]

[Ohh.]

So the café had gained about 40 new members.

I didn’t know that.

I guess while I was fully immersed in gaming, someone had been handling the membership requests properly.

‘They’re doing a good job.’

That was exactly why I had assigned a manager.

Feeling satisfied, I casually browsed through the café.

And then.

[Am I the only one who’s getting tired of Yott these days…?]

A post title that immediately rubbed me the wrong way caught my eye.

Someone was getting tired of me?

Sure, I was late today, but I hadn’t done anything bad enough to warrant a post like this.

Finding it strange, I clicked to check the contents.

“…Ah.”

Now I understood why the manager hadn’t deleted it.