Chapter 30
He had earned quite a lot of money working part-time at the gym, and the CEO of Chei May, a massive entertainment company, kept reaching out to Geum Taeyang with offers.
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But even so, Geum Taeyang did not give up streaming.
'There wasn't much else to do…'
The ostensible reason was that he had nothing in particular to do at home whenever he did not go to his part-time job at the gym.
But… there was another real reason.
"Lord Taeyang. Today's stream was wonderful too."
"That's right. It was so good!"
"Just listening to your voice kept making me smile."
It was because of the enforcers cheering him on like that from right behind him.
-Taeyang. Today's stream was really good too!
A text message arrived from Park Hana as well.
'Fuck…'
A curse slipped out.
He had wanted to show off a cool side of himself as Geum Taeyang… but it was a stream watched by only about ten people at most, and only six if the enforcers and Park Hana were excluded.
It was embarrassing.
It was a viewer count unbefitting the name Geum Taeyang. No matter how poor his equipment was, he could not use that as an excuse.
To think this was the viewership of a man who had boldly started streaming despite Park Hana and the enforcers opposing it…
He could not help but feel ashamed.
Geum Taeyang wiped a hand over his face.
If all the people watching had been complete strangers, he would have quit streaming easily.
But people who already knew Geum Taeyang were watching his stream.
Geum Taeyang could not bring himself to quit so easily.
He had to prove it. He had to show that he was running a stream worthy of the name Geum Taeyang…!!
After all, hadn't he even named the stream Taeyang TV, after himself?
Though he still had no identification card and was borrowing Park Hana's account… it was actually better that way.
Because he could show himself fairly and squarely beating other female streamers without relying on the privilege of being a man…!!
'Still, I should replace the computer and microphone.'
Before that, he needed to celebrate Park Hana's birthday….
*
"The stream ended…"
Ayaka muttered regretfully as she watched the stream that had just ended.
Ayaka was a fairly frequent viewer of livestreams.
The stream she had been watching often lately was a faceless Dullahan-style stream called Taeyang TV.
Whether he even intended to stream seriously was questionable; the computer was so old and underpowered that it seemed fit only for office work, let alone streaming and gaming at the same time,
and the microphone sounded like garbage, as though he had bought some cheap five-thousand-won one from somewhere.
On top of that, a stream without a webcam or even an avatar (VTuber model) was not exactly a good stream, no matter how kindly one put it.
"Why is that voice so nice…?"
But the indescribable voice coming through that terrible audio quality… was making Ayaka's lower abdomen burn hot.
Now that she had graduated from elementary, middle, and high school and was attending university while preparing to become an ideal wife, she could not believe she was this attracted to a woman's voice.
To become an ideal wife, one had to be able to distinguish the countless 'corset-free women' who imitated men's voices through magic, surgery, or special methods.
But the voice coming through that awful audio quality sounded exactly like a man's… so Ayaka could not help but listen to the stream absently.
"Phew... I'm getting turned on. I'll get one off to some sibling porn today…"
"Sis. You have to go to the gym."
"Mm! I-I'll go!!"
Without realizing that the stream she had been watching featured Geum Mari's voice, Ayaka hurriedly pulled her skirt back up and went to her younger brother.
*
Thanks to Takuya's long-overdue visit, Geum Taeyang was enjoying a leisurely break.
Unless one was a lesbian, it was only natural to look toward a real man, Takuya, rather than Geum Mari, who was known as a 'corset-free woman.'
"Hwaaaagh—!!! I succeeded at lifting one ton…"
The women were even using mana to flaunt their strength.
As though they were proving to a male that they were strong females.
The sight was so funny to Geum Taeyang that a laugh escaped him before he knew it.
"Mari. What's so funny?"
"Boss, you're here?"
"Yeah. But what's so funny?"
Gym owner Darae, who had just finished cleaning, happened to ask him about it.
"It's just… It's nice seeing everyone working so hard just to win over one man."
"…"
'Aren't you just laughing at them?'
Darae was slightly annoyed by Mari's words. She seemed to be looking down on the women trying to appeal to men as though their efforts were funny.
Even if Geum Mari did look more like a man than a woman and was a crazy, psycho-lesbian bitch who had her way with three beauties.
That attitude was not acceptable.
Aside from Darae's own irritation, it would clearly cause trouble if the members found out.
A lesbian who did not like men was mocking ordinary women?
The current-affairs program airing right now might even report on her gym.
"Mari. Shall we have a team dinner after work today?"
"Today?"
"Yeah. No, I mean… we have a new hire, but I don't think we've held a welcoming party yet… I'm so scatterbrained."
But she felt there was no way she could speak to Geum Taeyang while sober.
Darae ultimately decided to rely on alcohol.
"If it's a welcoming party, are the other part-timers coming too?"
"Huh? Uh… Ah, no…! They all said they had things to do today, so it'll just be the two of us. Ahaha… Would that be okay…?"
A welcoming party for just the two of them…
The lie was blatantly obvious, but Geum Taeyang decided to play along.
"Yes, Boss."
"Th-then come with me after we finish later."
Darae stammered, then quickly slipped away.
If she stayed any longer, those scenes would keep coming to mind and drive her crazy.
"Ugh… What expensive perfume must she be wearing to smell like that…? She doesn't look like she comes from a rich family…"
Darae decided to use this opportunity to give her a proper scolding and ask what perfume she used.
The scent was so strong, yet not unpleasant—instead, it made her feel pleasantly dazed….
After gym owner Darae left.
Geum Taeyang's shadow began to ripple.
-A man drinking one-on-one with a woman?!
-That woman… She's definitely going to lose control and pounce on Lord Taeyang!
-No matter how much Lord Taeyang pretends to be a 'corset-free woman,' there's no hiding his charm!
-I told you, she's trying to seduce Lord Taeyang with such a cheap move!
The enforcers went wild over gym owner Darae's behavior, but Geum Taeyang silenced them with a single remark.
'Stop it, pussies.'
-Nghhh!!
Unlike other men, Geum Taeyang's words carried weight.
Especially to the pussies he'd already fucked.
Once Geum Taeyang realized this, whenever the enforcers began chattering, he responded with a single forceful remark instead of trying to persuade them.
Leaving the enforcers, who had fallen silent in an instant, behind, Geum Taeyang focused on what he had to do.
Though thanks to Takuya, there was nothing for him to do.
Time passed, and at last it was nearly time to leave work.
"Hello, Unni Mari."
"Hello."
He exchanged greetings with the night-shift part-timer and completed a quick handover.
Geum Taeyang prepared to leave work. He wasn't really done for the day, though, since they had decided to have a team dinner.
Right then, Takuya and Ayaka also seemed to have finished exercising and were leaving with a large number of bodyguards.
"Hyung. Are you getting off work?"
"Takuya! You can't keep talking to women like that...! Even if she's a 'cross-dressed woman,' not every woman is a lesbian...! How many bitches enter the entertainment industry for money!"
"Ah… please. Sis. I told you Mari-hyung isn't like that. There's something different about the way she looks at me compared to other women… I feel comfortable around her."
The women of this world did not hide eyes so full of desire that one could say they were crazy to devour men.
That was why Geum Mari was a woman Takuya could feel at ease around.
Her eyes held no feelings for him whatsoever.
"C-comfortable…? With a strange man… th-that… Ah…"
At her younger brother's words, Ayaka clutched her forehead and fell straight backward.
Takuya wore an exasperated expression and bowed his head slightly to Geum Taeyang.
"I'm sorry, hyung. My sister is a bit… obsessive."
"I'm fine."
"I'm glad. But hyung, are you really a woman?"
"Yes."
Geum Taeyang was actually a man, but he was pretending to be a woman at the moment, so he simply nodded.
"You really must be a genuine lesbian. Usually, even lesbians' eyes change strangely when they look at me… But yours don't at all."
"Well… I guess not?"
There was no way a man could be a lesbian. Geum Taeyang was not even gay. He did not like femboys either!!
That was why his feelings toward Takuya amounted to nothing more than a honey pot that let him coast through his part-time job.
"Mari, let's go. Huh? Lord Takuya…!! Y-you're talking to a man so casually. What are you doing?!"
While Geum Taeyang was talking with Takuya by the entrance, Darae rushed over in shock.
"It's fine, Boss. It's just that… Mari-hyung seems different from other women."
"Different from other women…."
Darae turned Takuya's words over in her mind, as though they had given her a clue.
"Then I'll get going. See you next time, hyung."
"Sure."
After Takuya, whose brief appearance had made her heart lurch, left, Darae gauged the reaction of Geum Mari standing beside her.
Even Darae herself did not know why she was checking Mari's reaction.
"Then shall we go, Boss?"
"Uh… yeah! Th-then let's go."
Anyway, after confidently taking Geum Mari out of the gym, Darae felt a little embarrassed.
She was the owner of a gym, but the car she drove was a compact.
She had bought it secondhand for eight million won.
She regretted thinking she could replace it gradually when she went on blind dates with men.
She wondered whether Geum Mari might be disappointed.
'Why am I thinking this…'
Darae soon shook her head. Why was she trying to impress another woman?!
What did it matter if she looked a little shabby?
They were both women.
'Because we're both women…'
Thinking that, Darae drove toward the restaurant district.
"I'm sorry. We've had many customers today, so there's no room."
-Closed today for construction-
But as though fate were playing a joke on her, every restaurant Darae frequented was either closed for the day or packed with customers.
"Ahaha. I guess I should've made a reservation…"
The food was good, but these places had never been this popular before. Why on earth was there nowhere to eat today…!!
"It's fine. It's nice to walk around outside too."
"R-really? I-I guess so. Hahahaha…"
Darae pondered what to do, then ended up saying something crazy.
"If you don't mind, would you like to have a drink at my place?"