148 – Nymphs and Hyper Evolution #1
Today was the day of the monthly thorough cleaning.
Everyone was sweeping, dusting, moving old items, or rearranging furniture, but since Squirrel Beast Ahn Ahn cleaned every day, the thorough cleaning wasn’t that difficult.
“Ahh…! This Inoi has found this mysterious coin again under the refrigerator…! This Inoi named this mysterious coin the ‘Whispering Coin’…!”
Swish-.
Inoi had somehow gathered a bunch of coins from under the refrigerator, bed, and sofa, and each time, it would hold the coins up to their short, pointed ears.
It seemed that Inoi’s short pointed Nymph ears could hear mysterious sounds from this ‘Whispering Coin.’
“What does the coin say, Inoi?”
I couldn’t hear anything, but Inoi was very happy.
“It says that someone is cheering for this Inoi…! Someone must have hidden their voice in the mysterious coin under the drawers and wardrobe for this Inoi…!”
While cleaning, Inoi found many mysterious coins.
As always, they carefully put them into a piggy bank shaped like a pig, and the coins accumulated quite heavily from the Machine Snail 3 installed in the yard.
“I think it would be great to brag about this piggy bank on Mityube…! Surely no other nymphs could gather this many ‘Whispering Coins’…!”
Inoi was a nymph who loved to show off and boast.
I wondered if other nymphs were the same, but Coris liked amusing things, and Illinois simply liked money.
In that sense, Inoi was the nymph looking forward to appearing on Mityube the most.
“Nymphs from all over the world might flock here after seeing this Inoi appear on Mityube…! I’m really excited…!”
Hodak-!
Saying this, Inoi tidied up the house again.
Indeed.
This thorough cleaning was a preliminary task for appearing on Mityube. It was essential to organize things beforehand to help with video shooting!
“The magnificent Mityuber Kira is coming to our house!”
Bar-reur-.
My body trembled uncontrollably.
How nerve-wracking!
I rarely considered myself a fan of others.
However, Kira had been on my radar since she became a 100,000-subscriber Mityuber… that is, when she was about a D rank Awakened. She had made me look forward to every week at 5 PM during challenging times.
“I’m so nervous!”
In my eyes, she was really like a celebrity.
The fact that I was about to meet someone like that made me extremely nervous, and I was slightly engulfed in a feeling of unease, wondering if I needed to prepare something.
“I just want to show my usual self in the video and do a simple interview, so there’s no need to overdo it. You’ve been on Animal Farm, haven’t you? It’s the same thing.”
Lee Jin-A said to me as I was flustered.
Seeing my furrowed brow, it seemed I looked a bit ridiculous.
I responded to Jin-A.
“How did you get to know Mityuber Kira?”
“Well, it’s not the most cheerful story. It’s more of a customer-client relationship. I guess you could say it’s someone who buys the candy I make.”
Lee Jin-A was capable of creating an item called ‘Strange Candy.’ These candies contained her magic, eliciting various emotional responses.
Eating them would make you feel better, calm, or motivated – but I found it quite remarkable that Mityuber Kira was eating such candies.
“Not to brag, but I’ve known her for quite a while. It’s been about three years.”
Three years-.
“When Kira reached A rank and hit a million subscribers, receiving the ‘Diamond Button’ on Mityube! Wow, really? You were in touch with her from that time?”
I felt dizzy in many ways.
The ‘Diamond Button’ is a gift given to Mityubers who reach one million subscribers.
It felt like just yesterday when I commented on the video of her unboxing it, but Jin-A had known Kira back then!
“Why do you know so much? You’re making me a bit uncomfortable. Are you some kind of Mityuber otaku?”
Jin-A frowned.
It seemed strange to her that I knew so much about Mityuber Kira’s background.
But it made sense.
Kira was what I discovered when I was deeply buried as a permanent D-rank Awakened.
She was also a D rank Awakened at that time, but her determination to strive for a higher place despite her various struggles resonated with me.
Her personality was polite and sincere, making her pleasant to watch!
# # #
How long did we wait?
A plain-looking sedan appeared rolling into the Primordial Village.
It was an ordinary white car, but the person getting out was anything but ordinary.
Wearing a black hoodie pulled down to her head, her almost white hair flowed generously underneath.
She was wearing regular jeans and white sneakers.
Maybe she found the rural dirt interesting, as she was rubbing it off her shoes in a rather surreal manner!
“Is this the land of Squirrel Beasts, Honey Ants, and Great Horned Owls, also known as the Primordial Village?”
Her physique was quite slender, and at first glance, she looked almost like a teenager, but the cat-ear shaped headset hanging around her neck was quite a point.
“Hello! I am Kira Stone.”
The million-subscriber Mityuber Kira came to visit the well house where nymphs, various animals, and I lived!
I was extremely nervous and didn’t know where to put my hands and feet, but Jin-A slapped me on the back.
“Hey, get a grip.”
“Oh, right! I’m Haildo. They call me the legendary legend. It’s an honor to meet you, Ms. Kira. I’ve been watching you since you had 100,000 subscribers. I even supported you…!”
“Ah, I see. It’s a great honor. Hohoho-.”
“Your Korean is excellent!”
“Various languages are the qualities of an aristocrat’s daughter.”
The British Mityuber Kira always appeared elegant and haughty in her videos. However, in person, Kira was just as dignified and proud as in her videos.
Inoi also didn’t back down and shouted loudly.
“This Inoi is called Inoi…! This Inoi is the Nymph of the ditch water, known as ‘the one who gathers coins’ and ‘the rival of the Machine Snail 3’s boss’…!”
Inoi welcomed Kira, raising her hand in cheer.
She proudly listed off her strange titles, which was typical for a nymph who loved to show off.
“I’m so glad to meet you…!”
Seeing Inoi’s cheerful welcome, I could tell that Kira was as kind-hearted as she appeared on the broadcast.
Nymphs often faced persecution like herbivores, so it seemed they instinctively distinguished between those who would harm them and kind people!
Swish-.
However, Inoi looked around as if something was bothering her.
When I asked, “What’s wrong?” Inoi replied.
“When I came here to film for Animal Farm last time, there were lots of people…! But today, there’s no one around…!”
Indeed-.
It seemed surprising that no broadcast crew had shown up.
Inoi, being a nymph, didn’t seem to fully understand the difference between public broadcasting and Mityube filming.
“Mityube is private broadcasting, so filming is a bit freer here.”
But-.
Kira was a million-subscriber Mityuber.
Wouldn’t a million-subscriber Mityuber usually come with their personal filming team and tons of staff and managers?
I found it odd that Kira had come alone without any of those people.
Kira explained that.
“This video will be conducted like a surprise party, so I intentionally prohibited external mention. Huh… All of that becomes content, you know.”
Stretching languidly while mentioning ‘content’ gave a highly professional feeling, making my heart race for various reasons.
“Alright. Now! Let’s start shooting today! Mr. Ildo, you just relax as usual! I’ll take care of everything! So, here we go─.”
# # #
“Wow, is this the K-Squirrel of Korea! The squirrel that America envies, China admires, and Japan is in awe of! It’s so cute! Gorgeous!”
━ Kkungkkung…!
Kira was delighted as she filmed the Squirrel Beast Kkungkkungi.
And she thoroughly enjoyed the Korean snacks I handed her.
“Korean snacks are so fresh thanks to the nitrogen! A taste I’ve never experienced in England! Truly the taste of a developed country of the fifth industrial era! Nitrogen taste! The consideration to make the portion smaller so people don’t waste it is exquisite! You can sense the class here!”
Kira seemed ordinary but claimed to have lived in a castle reminiscent of a Disney princess as an aristocrat.
She had also posted plenty of videos experiencing commoners’ lives and sharing her reactions.
“I’d like to film the contents of this Inoi’s piggy bank…! Surely the nymphs of the world will realize how exceptional the coins found inside this piggy bank are…!”
“My goodness! Can everyone see Inoi right now? A real nymph, like one from a fairy tale, exists! It was fascinating when I came to film the elves in Korea last time, but a nymph is even more incredible!”
“Comparing the long-eared elves to the short-styled ear nymphs is quite rude…! Our nymphs are indeed the more historic and excellent fairy race…! This is a historical fact recorded in the textbooks…!”
“Good! That’s it!”
Ding-dong-.
Kira paused filming for a moment.
Then she immediately checked the filmed video.
“I hope it turned out well! Well, since I, Countess Stone’s daughter Kira, filmed and participated directly, it couldn’t possibly be imperfect. Hohohoho.”
What should I say?
The tension of her appearance in person was so identical to the one I watched on the broadcast that it was almost startling.
Can a person have such high self-esteem?
Is that what it means to be an aristocrat in the 21st century?
Of course, Inoi didn’t seem to care and brought out a transparent glass bottle.
“Look at this storm cloud…! It’s been growing very quickly after being fed the storm flower…! If you listen closely, you can hear the crying sound of the ‘Ingiing-yaing’…!”
Inoi seemed to have many things she wanted to boast about.
However, Kira nervously bit her thumbnail while focusing intensely on the video they had just filmed.
“Indeed, it lacks stimulation! If this continues, the subscriber count might drop! My Awakened rank is stagnating at 30, but if the subscriber count decreases too, I’ll just become an ordinary aristocratic daughter!”
Bar-reur-.
Kira trembled as if having a seizure.
What is an ordinary aristocratic daughter?
Isn’t being an aristocrat in the 21st century already extraordinary?
Seeing this, Lee Jin-A, who had been watching our broadcast, sighed and whispered softly to me.
“Apparently, she became psychologically unstable since hitting one million subscribers. So she looked for various stabilizers and learned about my candies through trading with gangs. That’s how she got to know me.”
I see.
Although swans on the lake seem graceful, the idea that they are paddling furiously beneath the surface comes to mind.
There must be difficulties behind the glamorous and seemingly joyful facade of celebrities.
“Mr. Ildo! My channel, ‘Kira Land,’ has many staff, and there are so many people I am responsible for! Also, my channel officially receives support from the royal family! There can’t be any failures!”
I see.
It wasn’t just a matter of ambition or a desperate desire for views that made her anxious.
To be ‘above others’ requires the mindset that Kira possesses—one that I need to learn.
“Kira, I think it’s incredible that you balance being an Awakened and a Mityuber. The effort hasn’t changed, whether in the past or now. That’s admirable.”
Clap-.
I applauded.
Then the Squirrel Beast Kkungkkungi ran toward me.
“This is the first revelation on the Mityube channel ‘Kira Land.’ My legendary Haildo has reached A rank and has newly acquired the ability ‘Hyper Evolution’…!”
