Chapter 49: Unintended Fame and Unwelcome Surprises

After my broadcast started gaining scale, I had been thinking about finding an editor for a while.

I didn’t just want to broadcast aimlessly.

So, I searched for ways to grow my broadcast, and it turns out that Bells YouTube(youtube) is more important than live streaming.

At first, I was told I needed to focus on attracting viewers.

My average viewership is about 1,100 people. A few days ago, it was 800, so it’s steadily growing.

At this point, the potential seems quite high. It’d be even better if more viewers started tuning in.

While thinking this, I suddenly noticed the total earnings displayed beneath the statistics.

[2,000,000 KRW]

What’s this?

Someone like me, a desk job-less person, made this much?

Even after looking at it again, I still couldn’t believe it.

Did I really earn this money?

Since I introduced the subscription system, my income has increased by several hundred thousand won. Now, my monthly income has reached 2 million won.

Everyone talks about 2 million won like it’s no big deal, but I think it’s actually a lot.

When you consider it as a single person’s living expenses, leisure activities, and even savings, it’s a decent amount… probably.

Maybe I’m not as bad as I thought.

Suddenly, my narcissism kicked in.

I’m pretty, I make as much money as a regular office worker, I’m young, and while not everyone, there are people who love me.

…

I think I’m doing pretty well.

I briefly admired myself in the mirror, turning my face from side to side and up and down, then snapped back to reality and returned to my previous thoughts.

Even though 2 million won is a lot of money, it’s not quite enough to hire someone regularly.

An editor is a skilled job, so it costs quite a bit.

No matter what, even if it’s a small amount, they say it’s about 10,000 won per minute of editing.

Still, even if I only post one video a week or one every four days, I thought it would be worth it to hire an editor.

I don’t have to post a video every day.

While I was thinking this, the comments from my viewers came to mind. They said there are already people editing my videos and posting them.

That made me curious, so I went onto YouTube.

I was curious about how popular I was, and if there was an editor I liked, it would be good to remember their nickname or email.

I had also asked people to list their editing experience or channels they manage, and to include their Bell nickname as well.

…

If a malicious person who constantly harasses with sexual comments becomes my editor, that might be a problem.

…

But what should I search for to find them?

Virgin girl, beautiful girl?

Beautiful girl?

Moami?

Confession Moami?

I searched all of them.

…

There were more results than I expected.

[Virgin girl, beautiful girl archive]
[Moami archive]
[High school dropout, unemployed, virgin girl, beautiful girl hot clips]

“Oh…That’s interesting.”

It seems that even on YouTube, a relatively wholesome place, there’s demand for someone like me.

There were channels with subscribers ranging from 1,000 to 4,000, many more than I expected.

I should remember all these nicknames.

But, could this even exist?

I typed away on the keyboard.

Non-virgin beautiful girl

And hit Enter.

[Non-virgin beautiful girl fan]

…

This person…

What’s frustrating is, they have more subscribers than I thought. About 3,500.

Anyway, I saw earlier that there was a video with a huge spike in views. Was it 16,000?

I thought, and then I scrolled back.

Immediately, that video showed up.

“Caught watching por*n beautiful girl [Legend]”

The thumbnail was split in two, with two mosaicked files and a huge close-up of my shocked face next to them.

I really couldn’t take this. It’s the kind of thing people would want to watch.

But.

Looking again, it wasn’t 16,000 views.

There was an extra zero.

160,000.

What?”

Even when I rubbed my eyes and zoomed in, it was the same.

“What’s this…”

I stared at the unrealistic view count for a moment.

…

But somehow, it felt somewhat understandable.

What guy wouldn’t want to watch a beautiful girl get caught watching por*n? Once the algorithm picks up on it, it keeps showing the content.

I didn’t want my face to get hot again, so I quickly paused the video, which was playing at the speed of light, and scrolled down to check the comments.

…

Could it be that this comment section is full of sexu*al harassment like DC?

With a little fear, I started reading the comments.

I was drawn in just by the title.

• Is this the real deal?
• ᄏᄏᄏ So cute.
• Wow, even someone like her watches por*n?
• Is she really a virgin?
• So cute and pretty… She looks like she’s mixed.
• No way, she’s so pretty. How have I not known about her until now?
• ᄂ I’ve been broadcasting for almost a month now.
• Why is she so clean?

The further I scrolled, the more I saw comments expressing that I was malicious, that you shouldn’t be fooled by my looks, but overall, the responses were mostly positive.

Beyond this video, as I found more of my clips and watched them, I realized something.

I was more famous than I thought.

Not only popular on DC, but I also had considerable views on YouTube.

“Let’s beat the malicious users!”
“Let’s get to know high school dropout, unemployed, virgin girl, beautiful girl.”

Something like that.

I really didn’t know. I hadn’t been watching Bell’s YouTube much lately.

But now that I think about it, it makes sense.

The higher the tier, the fewer the women, and since I’m in the top tier, it’s no surprise.

Of course, there are videos targeting me with malicious content, but I just ignore those.

A few days later, the deadline I had set for myself approached.

More applications came in than I expected. About 50.

It’ll probably take a few hours to go through them all.

I didn’t think it was too bothersome.

Of course, part of it was because I wanted to find a quality editor… but also because there’s something special about the effort people put in.

If it was made for me, I’d be happy with anything.

…

I thought about it, and with a pleasant feeling, I started opening them one by one.

I quickly contacted them in the group chat.

“Uh, unni…”

• Yes, what’s going on? Is something wrong?

Song Chae-yeon didn’t respond. Yu Ji-eun spoke in a voice mixed with confusion.

I spoke with a trembling voice from the shock.

“Ca, can we watch together? No, don’t watch it, just stay by my side…”

• …What’s going on?

“Ahh!”

• I-hyun!
• I don’t want to…!
• It’s disgusting! Why are you sending me this?

I hadn’t realized it when I had it, but now that it was gone, it really looked like a monstrosity. My body itched, and for some reason, I felt embarrassed.

I hadn’t done anything, but still.

I spoke in a choking voice.

“Another guy… he, he sent his picture…”

• … What did you say?

I heard Yu Ji-eun’s cold voice.

I hurriedly explained, afraid she might misunderstand.

As I mentioned before, I had been recruiting an editor, and surprisingly, many people had applied. But I never knew there were so many perverts in this world.

After hearing that, Yu Ji-eun sighed and said,

• Don’t accept jpg files. Only video files like avi, mp4, or webm. You can’t block all the perverts, but…

“Ah…”

“Oh, so that’s how it is.”

I felt so foolish for having been looking at all the files.

“Ugh…!”

• Did you get caught again?

“Y-yeah… sob… it was a video… I don’t want to see it anymore, unni…”

I felt like I was about to cry.

At first, I was so shocked that no tears came out, but the more I looked at it, the more tears filled my eyes.

• Call out your ID and password. I’ll take a look for you.

“Wh, what?”

“Yes!?”

Since it was a new email, there was nothing to hide, but…

“Then you’d be watching it for me, right?”

• Yes.

“Don’t you… feel uncomfortable?”

• No.

“How…?”

• Hmm… I’ve never had any strange thoughts since I was little.

“Huh?”
“You’ve… seen them before, haven’t you?”

• … Is that sexu*al harassment?

“Y-yes!? No!?”

• Hehe, I’m joking. I’ve never seen one in person. You wouldn’t like it either, would you? I’m pretty much the opposite of that.

“Ah, ah… uh… yes.”

I had seen one… but…When I was a man.

There was a brief silence.

• … Have you actually seen one?

A very cold voice came through.

“Ahh…”

At those words, my body froze for a moment, and I couldn’t answer.

• I-hyun?

Again, this time, the voice was colder than before.
“Y-yes?”

• I asked if you’ve actually seen one.

“Wh-why… why are you asking?”

• Answer the question.

Yu Ji-eun seemed to be fixated on this one topic.

Why is she suddenly acting like this?

Does she suspect I was once a man?

No, that’s not possible logically.

I didn’t know what to think.

As I kept thinking this, I could feel the atmosphere growing more and more intense.

I hurriedly spoke.

“Ah, no. I’ve never seen anyone else’s…”

I wasn’t lying.

If I hadn’t said this and just said “I’ve never seen” she would’ve seen right through my lie.

• Hmm…

She hummed, sounding like she was probing for more.

• I don’t think you’re lying. I’ll trust you.

“Th-this… why…?”

• No, just give it to me quickly your id

“Th-thank you.”

With a slightly apologetic feeling, I sent my ID and password to Yu Ji-eun.

She didn’t hang up the call and silently picked out a video.

• I’ve checked. Among the unread emails, I’ve picked out about three good videos. I hope this helps.

“Th-thank you… But, unni, are you okay?”

You must have seen a lot of disturbing photos or videos.

• Huh? Yes. There were no such videos at all.

“Really!?”

• Hehe, I guess I was just lucky.

“Th-that’s…”

I felt a bit unfair, even though I shouldn’t.

• Anyway, besides the videos I picked, check out the other ones too. Just consider my opinion as just that.

“Y-yes, yes… thank you.”

And so, I watched the videos one by one, with a sense of unfairness I couldn’t explain.

The last one I picked was from a single email.

I didn’t know much about the person’s experience, but there were many impressive things, and the video editing was exactly to my taste.

They also left their phone number, so I could contact them right away.

The person who answered my call was a man.