Chapter 30 : The Vow of Singleness

“Is your sister really going to let a strange man into a house where only two women live?”

“No, of course not. I was just telling you that such an offer came in.”

“I thought you were thinking that it’s okay as long as you can get money as usual.”

So-eun’s eyes are sharp as she glares at me while pretending to smile.

Have you been thinking of me like that?

“I think your sister needs to know how much she drives men crazy.”

This line seems like it would come out of some strange romance fantasy novel.

A novel with an obsessive male lead.

It wouldn’t be strange if So-eun, an illustrator who has a broad understanding of otaku culture, said that.

I’ve lived as a man my whole life, so I know men’s hearts much better.

Why am I getting a lecture on the male heart from a 7-year-old girl who seems to have learned about the male heart from romance fantasy novels?

I thought so, but I couldn’t say anything back to my landlord.

I felt like I would get scolded even more if I tried to.

“What if he suddenly attacks you? You are so weak.”

As if the lecture wasn’t over yet, So-eun grabbed my wrists one by one with both hands and pretended to pounce on me.
Certainly, even a moderately strong man, let alone a monster like Health Boy, could easily overpower me.

Maybe even a moderately strong woman.

“Okay, I understand, so can you let go now?”

The look on So-eun’s face as she stares at me is a bit scary.

I want to stop being scolded.

“You understand, right?”

“Yes. Yes. Of course.”

When I desperately nodded my head up and down, So-eun finally let go of my wrists and stepped back.

‘If inviting is not okay, then visiting is also not okay.’

I’m not an idiot, if you teach me one thing, I should know at least one more.

If it’s not okay to invite a strange man into this house, then of course it’s not okay for me to go to a strange man’s house.

If I said I was going to Health Boy’s house to do a joint broadcast, So-eun would definitely say that I didn’t understand at all and would nag me for another few dozen minutes.

“I’ll do the joint broadcast online.”

“Of course you should.”

I sent a text message to Health Boy to inform him that a real-life joint broadcast was impossible.

[I’m sorry, my landlord said it’s too much to let a man into a house where only two women live. It’s not that I doubt Health Boy, but in this day and age, it’s better not to do anything that could cause problems for each other, right? So let’s do the joint broadcast online.]

[I understand. I was being short-sighted. I’m sorry.]

Was he looking at his phone?

Health Boy’s reply came in less than 10 seconds, without any exaggeration.

Two days later, the day of the joint broadcast.

Yesterday, I took a break from streaming because I was undergoing tests at the hospital all day.

A little before 4 PM, I was looking at the joint broadcast announcement I had posted on the forum yesterday before turning on the broadcast, and I felt a little anxious.

[Author: Ruffian]

[Title: I’m taking a break today because I’m going to the hospital ᅲ Tomorrow there will be a joint broadcast]

[Content: I’m taking a break today because I’m going to get a digestive absorption disorder test and a general health checkup. Don’t wait. That’s how it is. Tomorrow, I’ll be doing a joint broadcast with Health Boy. The content will be a teacher-student format where I play solo queue and Health Boy will give me instructions. The broadcast will be from 4 PM to 10 PM. See you tomorrow~]

ᅳcan stand for

─tnt0431: A one-on-one joint broadcast with a man? Are you crazy? Do you want to go to hell?

Over-Immersion Control Squad: Don’t go dark, my friend, don’t you know the rules of streaming?

ᄂJungleIsHell: So the rumor that there’s a fan who sees Ruffian with romantic feelings is true? ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

downrock33 I feel like a dark shadow is growing in my heart…..

-Economics101: How did you get to know Hellbo? Is it ‘that incident’?

What incident, you otaku

ᄂnadang: Why, that incident actually exists ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ Isn’t it the rule that that incident doesn’t exist ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

ᄂLastLightOfNationRuffian : Newbies who don’t know about that incident are banned. All newbies, please leave.

Morning new rice : The incident where Ruffian swore at Hellbo and trolled him during a broadcast until he surrendered ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ He was a small streamer until then, but after that incident
he got a lot of new viewers from Hellbo’s stream and his broadcast grew a lot ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

hippopo : Swearing at a big streamer? That’s pretty crazy, right? But it’s so like the streamer ᄅᄋ; She has a consistent charm

RuffianPatrol: Hellbo isn’t a big streamer; He’s more like a medium-sized streamer

luse431: Look at them getting all worked up over dividing big and medium-sized streamers that no one cares about  Just 

RunawayRuffianFromNursingHomeVolunteering : Why with a man? I thought you were different from other women, why? Why Hellbo? I’m better at LoL,
why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

ConstructionSiteHelmetThiefRuffian : This guy is really bad ᄏᄏᄏ

‘Those guys who say they’re going dark, it’s all a concept and a joke, right?’

These days, there are some guys who watch my stream and act like fans, at first I thought it was just a bad concept, but as I watched them, it seemed like there was some sincerity mixed in, you know?

A broadcast should be seen as a human being from another dimension that you will never reach in your life, a tropical fish in a fish tank.

There’s even a saying that you should watch a broadcast as a broadcast.

Anyway, the time for the joint broadcast was almost approaching, so I entered the voice chat of the Syscode channel that I had set up in advance.

“Hello, Hellbo?”

<Ah, welcome. Jina.>

Why are you calling me by my name, it’s awkward.

The broadcast hasn’t started yet, so it doesn’t matter.

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to call that person by their name.

Eugene Woo is my original name.

If I call myself that, I might die of awkwardness.

“You know you can’t call me by my name on the broadcast, right?”

Just the day before yesterday, So-eun’s name was revealed in a broadcast accident.

I deleted the VOD, and So-eun said it’s no big deal if her name is revealed, but I still think it’s better to hide personal information as much as possible.

<Do you think I would do that? I’ve been broadcasting for 3 years.>

“People can make mistakes. I’m just saying to be careful. Then shall we start the broadcast?”

[Ruffian is now live!]

[Broadcast Title: Teacher and Student Joint Broadcast LOL / Grandmaster teaching Diamond / Guest: Health Boy]

Because I had announced the start time in advance, there were already many viewers waiting in the chat room.

tntn0431: Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away! Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away! Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away!
Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away! Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away!

Morning freshly harvested rice : Ruffian

-JungleIsHell: Joint broadcast between the victim and perpetrator of swearing and trolling ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

hippopo : If I were Hellbo, I would have punched her ᄅᄋᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

“Please refrain from spamming. Don’t mention that incident. I have resolved it through a conversation with the person involved.”

[GyeonggiGwangmyeongParkHeeCheol donated a whopping 5000 won!]

-A joint broadcast with another man? You, streamer Ruffian, are no longer suitable for me, Park Hee-cheol of Gyeonggi-do, Gwangmyeong. I revoke your ‘girlfriend candidate’ status.

“Yes, please revoke it. Thank you. Thank you.”

It hasn’t even been 3 minutes since the joint broadcast started, and I already feel like I’m going crazy.

<Let’s proceed quickly. It will calm down a bit when the game starts.>

-YangUiYeon11 : Why is there another man’s voice in your sister’s broadcast? Why is there another man’s voice in your sister’s broadcast? Why is there another man’s voice in your sister’s broadcast? Why is there another man’s voice in your sister’s broadcast?

-nadang: Because it’s a joint broadcast, you idiot ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

tntn0431: Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away! Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away! Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away! Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away! Hellbo! Don’t take my girl away!

—p16f4d31 Ruffian is no longer a baby…. She’s an adult now…. She’s no longer pure……

-ConstructionSiteHelmetThiefRuffian : Are you going to break your vow of celibacy? Sister? Are you going to break your vow of celibacy? Sister? Are you going to break your vow of celibacy?
Sister? Are you going to break your vow of celibacy? Sister? Are you going to break your vow of celibacy? Sister?

“What the fck is a vow of celibacy, you crazy bstard.”

I can roughly guess what it means from the sound of it, but why are you looking for it in my room?
Are these guys really crazy?

[Jerobi donated a whopping 100,000 won!]

-You idiots, she said to watch the broadcast as a broadcast. What’s wrong with a joint broadcast with Syscode? She will not date anyone. She has such a bad personality ᄏᄏ