Chapter 22 – Episode (4)
“Huh?”
My affinity with Yeonbun had exceeded 30. Just in case, I touched the affinity meter, and the affinity coin support, which had been temporarily blocked, was now available again.
Nice.
[Would you like to support the heroine, ‘Kang Su-jeong,’ with coins to increase her current ‘Affinity’ level?]
[Affinity stat change: 53 -〉 54]
[Coin change: 7635 -〉 7525]
[(Yes / No)]
‘110 per affinity point, huh.’
It was a lot, but I had plenty of coins anyway. I could save them if I wanted to, but I wanted to capture her as quickly as possible, so I decided to raise her affinity with coins.
I raised her affinity to 60.
[Congratulations! The heroine, ‘Kang Su-jeong’s’ affinity has increased to ‘60’.]
[Your current Yeonbun is low. You need to increase your Yeonbun further to support affinity with coins.]
I wanted to raise it more if I could, but once it hit 60, it was blocked again, saying my Yeonbun was insufficient.
‘I still have a lot of coins left….’
I was saving coins in case my own stats came out later, but I figured I could use up to 5,000 or so.
‘Ah, that’s right!’
As I was wondering if there were any other stats I could raise, my eyes suddenly fell on her appearance and physique stats.
I opened her basic physical stats.
[Basic Physical Ability Evaluation: 33.125] [-]
(Height: 162.7cm / Weight: 53.4kg)
(Body: B89-W59-H93)
Strength: 23 / Stamina: 27
Durability: 22 / Agility: 25
Senses: 27 / Reaction: 25
Appearance: 55 / Physique: 61
The stats hadn’t changed much compared to when I last saw them.
‘Hmm. Her stamina increased by 1, though.’
Could it be that it went up because I was pounding her like crazy?
If so, that’s kind of impressive?
I nodded as I looked at the stats.
‘For now, let’s just focus on appearance and physique. Let’s not raise the other stats.’
Later, when I had more coins to spare and she was completely mine, I planned to increase all her other stats. But for now, I decided to focus on increasing her appearance and physique stats.
‘I might get into trouble if I raise her strength too much….’
Just as I was about to raise her stats, something came to mind.
“Ah. Come to think of it, is she streaming right now?”
I looked at the clock, and it was 8:30 PM. When I checked before, I was sure she streamed every day starting at 8 PM…
“She is.”
I launched the streaming app and searched for her. I nodded when I saw the red “Live” text next to her nickname, ‘Strong Crystal,’ along with the number 700.
‘700 viewers, huh. That doesn’t seem like a small number.’
It was a lot if you were basing it on streams with a few dozen viewers, but it was small compared to streams with thousands of viewers.
When I watched her stream a few months ago, it seemed to be about the same, so it seemed her viewership hadn’t increased since then.
‘Isn’t it actually because of her nickname?’
Strong Crystal.
Wasn’t that just Kang Su-jeong directly translated into English? I still couldn’t understand how she came up with such a legendary nickname.
‘Let’s go in.’
I entered her stream.
“No! He’s living in the enemy jungle top~~!! Ugh… seriously!”
As soon as I entered, I saw a gray screen. Just from her voice, I could tell she was angry.
[Samdosuguntongjorim: lol she’s so bad lololol]
[bsh0621: Ah.. that was a kill, she should have taken it]
[QBES: If it was me, I would have taken one kill, damn]
[Baprisutal: Baprisutal! Baprisutal! Baprisutal! Baprisutal! Baprisutal!]
Some mocking comments appeared in the chat. As I watched her stream more, she was ganked by the jungler again and got another gray screen.
[KomyonuiKalnal: lol wow she just died on purpose, daebak]
[Baprisutal: You idiots, just type lololol!!]
[Ggyuggyubbyong: lololol]
[Besco: lololol]
[Jinjjaweandwae: lololol but why isn’t the streamer raging these days?]
[QBES: She’s become docile these days lol]
[Pureunhaneulinsaeng: Look at the words above the picture]
[Baprisutal: Didn’t you know? These days, the streamer doesn’t do cam and doesn’t shout. I think her temper is still the same lol]
There was no picture of her face on the screen, but instead, there was a picture of a puppy.
Above the puppy picture, it said, ‘No swearing X, Calm stream O.’ I couldn’t help but laugh, thinking it was because her affinity for me had increased.
‘Anyway, it seems she’s not using her cam.’
That was a relief. Then I could raise her stats right now.
If she had her cam on, it would have been like streaming her appearance changing in real-time. If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been able to raise them right away. I touched her appearance stat.
[Would you like to support the heroine, ‘Kang Su-jeong,’ with coins to increase her basic physical ability, ‘Appearance’ stat?]
[Appearance stat change: 55 -〉 56]
[Coin change: 6865 -〉 6755]
[(Yes / No)]
‘Appearance, hmm. Should I raise it to about 62?’
I increased her appearance stat by 7.
[Congratulations! The heroine, ‘Kang Su-jeong’s’ basic physical ability, Appearance, has increased to ‘62’.]
Next was her physique.
[Would you like to support the heroine, ‘Kang Su-jeong,’ with coins to increase her basic physical ability, ‘Physique’ stat?]
[Physique stat change: 61 -〉 62]
[Coin change: 5995 -〉 5835]
[(Yes / No)]
‘It costs 160 per stat point in the 60s.’
If I used coins until I had 5,000 left, I could increase her physique by 6. I raised her physique to 67, leaving me with 5035 coins.
[Congratulations! The heroine, ‘Kang Su-jeong’s’ basic physical ability, Physique, has increased to ‘67’.]
‘I wonder how she’s going to change….’
I was kind of looking forward to it.
I happily turned off the stream and started preparing to complete the other daily quests.
******
“Ah… that was tiring.”
Kang Su-jeong, having finished her stream, leaned back in her chair and stared at the ceiling.
Streaming from 8 PM to 2 AM. Even though she was just playing games while streaming, doing it five days a week was a bit tiring.
Of course, it wasn’t that she didn’t want to stream. From the start, she thought there was no job more suitable for her.
‘I would never be able to adapt to a company….’
She wasn’t very sociable, and there was no guarantee she would even get hired. Clearly, personal broadcasting was her calling.
But that didn’t mean streaming was a stable job, so she lived with a slight sense of unease every day.
Her YouTube videos were also just full recordings of her daily streams, without any editing, so the views weren’t great, and her earnings were a bit low.
“I’m just glad the donations are good.”
Live streams accounted for a large portion of her income. From kill missions to other things, donations came in well. She made anywhere from 50,000 won to over 300,000 won every day.
She was saving money while spending as little as possible.
Her first goal was to set up a soundproof streaming room and find a house with a decent environment.
“Okay. Let’s do our best. Fighting!”
She cheered herself on, turned off her computer, and went to her room. A smile was on her face.
These days, she felt a little less anxious.
It was like she had time to find peace of mind.
‘What should I wear tomorrow?’
The grocery shopping time that came every day at 11:30 AM was her healing time.
Originally, she only went to the grocery store about twice a week, but after she started grocery shopping with Jin-hyun from the floor below, she started going to the grocery store with him every day.
After their first chance encounter, they parted without making any specific plans.
But just in case, when she went out at the same time the next day, she saw Jin-hyun and wondered if it was fate.
After that, they went to the grocery store together every day, and those short times were very enjoyable. It felt like they were on a date.
Just a few weeks ago, he was someone she disliked, but these days, she loved being with him. It was a feeling she had never experienced before. At first, she thought it might be a misunderstanding, but the feeling grew stronger with each passing day.
Kang Su-jeong hummed a tune as she picked out clothes. She couldn’t just wear anything in front of him.
‘I should dress even prettier tomorrow.’
She picked out an outfit and held it up in front of the mirror.
“Huh…?”
She widened her eyes as she looked at her face.
******
The next day, 11:36 AM.
‘Four more minutes.’
I was waiting at the bottom of the stairs of the villa.
Since the first event, we had been leaving our homes at 11:30 AM every day and meeting as if by chance to go grocery shopping together, but today was a little different.
I deliberately left my house before 11:30 AM and waited downstairs on purpose.
The reason was simple.
The keyword for the event had changed slightly.
◆ Event
[Target: Kang Su-jeong]
[Time and Place: Today 11:40 AM, in front of Yellow Villa Room 401]
[Keywords: Grocery shopping, V-Mart, Missed connection, Progress, Contact information]
The keywords had increased a bit.
Was it because her affinity had reached 60? Or was it because I had increased her stats? It seemed like the time had come to approach her more actively.
“……”
So, I was waiting at the bottom of the stairs, observing her. If the keyword had been tardiness, I would have waited inside and come out at 40 minutes, but since it was a missed connection, I was waiting outside.
She was hesitating in front of my house.
At first, she was just waiting quietly, but from three minutes before, she was raising and lowering her finger, debating whether or not to ring the bell. It looked quite cute.
‘By the way, how many stats did I raise… she’s really gotten prettier?’
She was already quite beautiful, but now, her beauty was in full bloom.
Her facial features had become more defined. Her eyes were sharper, and her skin looked better. Her physique had also improved, with her lines becoming more defined. It had all developed very naturally, so it didn’t feel unnatural at all.
‘To think I could naturally increase her appearance and physique like this with coins.’
Maybe even the ugliest person in the world could be made into the most beautiful person in the world.
I had an average face, but if I raised my appearance stats later, could I become a handsome guy?
As I observed her body to my heart’s content for the remaining four minutes, she let out a sigh.
“Huuu. Is he… not coming out today?”
“……”
“I even dressed up…”
She muttered with a dejected expression, then slowly started to climb the stairs. I checked the time, and it was 40 minutes.
‘40 minutes. It’s now.’
Having confirmed her appearance, I also slowly climbed the stairs.
