I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work-Chapter 65

“...If you don’t want it, just give it back.”

For a moment, the members exchanged glances, then immediately waved their hands and shouted.

“No! No way!”

“Seriously, thanks, Gia!”

“Magia, you are the GOAT. The GOAT of GOATs.”

“Hehe, I’ll make good use of it, Gia-nim~.”

Then, I turned to look at Team Leader Kang and Momo.

Team Leader Kang spoke first.

“I’ll save it for later. Thanks.”

Momo, on the other hand, suddenly reached out and snatched my phone.

Without hesitation, she tore off the bottom part of the Cheon Do-hee Unlimited Use Coupon where the expiration date was written.

“...If your coupon is unlimited, then mine can’t have an expiration date just because it was a birthday gift.”

***

One Week Later

A week had passed since that chaotic trip.

Magia’s new monthly review content, officially titled Fantasia, was in the works.

The teaser for the travel vlog had also been uploaded to the official Nutube channel.

[🥔Nutube]

(TEASER) 1st Anniversary Travel Vlog | Parallel Another

Parallel Official | 142K subscribers

110K views | Posted 3 days ago | #Parallel #Another #1stAnniversary #Vlog

Even though it was just a teaser, expectations had skyrocketed. The view count was climbing at an alarming rate.

All because of a single, less-than-10-second clip.

... ─ — Magia Mini Gallery ─ — ...

[LMAOOOO]

Debut confirmed. LOL.

You wanna know why?

(Five-Pointed Star Made With Feet.clip)

Because Magia is there, that’s why. LOL.

Maru, Dora, Komari, Rain, Magia—LET’S GO. LOL.

What else could this mean? LOL.

It’s obviously a debut. LOL.

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W E L C O M E

P A R A L L E L, 1 s t, A N O T H E R

The Fifth Member

M A G I A D E R I

[Comments]

— Magia858: Are you out of your mind? LOL. Why are there so many LOLs? LOL. But seriously, I can’t stop laughing either. LOL.

ㄴ Magia040 (OP): LOLLLLLLLLL

— Magia232: I spent a good minute trying to figure out what the hell that English behind Magia was. LOL.

ㄴ Magia383: Deri LOL.

— Magia945: Hmm. I see it differently.

ㄴ Magia040 (OP): What’s there to see differently?

ㄴ Magia040 (OP): Isn’t this just pure facts?

ㄴ Magia945: I think she’s a 1.5th gen member.

ㄴ Magia883: 1/10.

ㄴ Magia373: Not funny.

Despite all the speculation, Magia had never once mentioned debuting. She just kept doing her own thing.

So the fans figured this was just another passing joke, like always. The hype would die down soon enough... or so they thought.

But the next day, Parallel’s official channel dropped an announcement that threw gasoline on the fire.

—————————————————

Parallel Official - Today

Dear Wol-Dungies,

On Saturday, December 2nd, at 4 PM, we will be unveiling a brand-new regular content series on the Parallel official channel!

(Silhouette.jpg)

Hint: “Deri”

Someone familiar to you all will be hosting this content!

Drum roll, please~ Who could it be?!

Among those who guess correctly, we will randomly select winners to receive first-gen Parallel merchandise!

[Comments]

@worldooong: What.

@jiamajitensi: Is it... Gia?

... ─ — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery ─ — ...

[Neutering Thread—Is This Real?!]

☆★ [If Magia debuts, I’ll get neutered.]

[Is Magia actually debuting?!]

[Can we PLEASE stop feeding the rumors?!]

★ [Magia Majitenshi]

[She’s finally realized where she belongs.]

★ [??? : We have no plans to debut Magia.]

[Momo, you liar. You literally say the opposite of what you mean every time.]

[Season 8947598271 of the “Magia Debut Rumors” drama.]

[Call-out: There’s one specific anti that keeps talking nonsense.]

December 2nd, 4 PM

The anticipation resulted in an overwhelming influx of viewers for Magia’s stream—right from the start.

[(🔴Live) Fantasia (October ‘24)] 👪 8,796 viewers

#Review #Parallel #Another #Fantasia

And that was just the waiting screen.

Considering it was the middle of the afternoon, before any of the other members had started streaming, that was a huge number of VTuber viewers tuning in.

Normally, when someone debuts, there’s a period where people check them out, see if they like them, and then decide if they’ll stay.

But Magia?

She hadn’t even said she was debuting.

And yet, thousands had already shown up, ready to watch.

Of course, those same people could leave just as quickly. But for a streamer and their company, high concurrent viewers were always a good thing.

However, the numbers only kept climbing.

By the time the screen switched over and Magia greeted the audience...

“Hello, Wol-Dungies. This is Magia Deli, here on behalf of Parallel.”

— Maha.

— Maha!

— Mahamaha.

— Sitting down at the speed of Maha.

— Magia-ha~.

[(🔴Live) Fantasia (October ‘24)] 👪 15,001 viewers

Fifteen thousand.

Magia was now completely responsible for holding the attention of an audience that size—alone.

From the sidelines, Cheon Do-hee couldn’t help but worry.

This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.

Would Magia have trouble getting her first words out?

Even for her, handling this alone would be tough...

As those concerns crossed her mind—

Magia waited patiently for the flood of chat messages to settle,

then, in a completely unbothered voice, she spoke.

“I hope everyone’s been doing well.”

— Did you have fun on the trip?

— The Parallel fandom is crying because we couldn’t go...

— Are you becoming a first-gen member?

From that point on, the flow of the stream was too smooth.

[The trip went smoothly, and everyone had fun. As you saw in the teaser, we’ll be making short animations to share more travel stories, so it’ll take some time. The full video will be released in about a week, so I hope you all look forward to it.]

— Nooo!

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— A week is too long!

— When is the debut stream?!

— Please release it faster!

— Maybe if we whip the video team, they’ll work faster?

— So is this an actual debut? Or did it already happen?

[Anyway, that’s it for the short introduction. Let’s jump straight into today’s main content. Since this is a one-hour broadcast, we can’t drag things out too much.]

— ?

— Oh, come on. LOL.

— ??

— When’s the actual debut? Attempt #5.

— Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

— 24-hour stream when?

— I don’t believe you. LOL. Nope. Not buying it. LOL.

— Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies.

— One hour? The audacity. One hour? The audacity. One hour? The audacity.

— The Parallel fandom is dying.

— How does a human stream for only an hour? Are you even human?!

[I recently signed an addendum contract, and it limits my streams to a maximum of two hours.]

— ?

— Then why only one hour?

— ???

[I get paid by the hour, so if I stream for the full two hours, that means I’m taking money from Momo. To ease her financial burden, I’ll stick to one hour.]

— Ugh. LOL.

— NOOOO.

— That’s so cheap.

— Just do the full two hours! ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

— Wahhh, if you don’t do two hours, I’m gonna poop my diaper.

— This is actual robbery.

[Oh? So you guys don’t want to watch? Should I just end the stream here?]

— NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

— NONONONONO.

— DON’T.

— Who said that?!

— GET THEM OUT!!!!

— You’re not part of the Parallel fandom anymore. You’re a clown now.

— WHO SAID THAT?!

Rather than being overwhelmed by 15,000 viewers, Magia was training them instead.

Maybe it was a natural talent.

Or maybe it was just because she was a viewer at heart, thinking, Don’t waste my time—go watch an actual VTuber.

Either way, even as chat flooded nonstop, she never hesitated.

She filtered out all the “debut” talk as if she had some kind of built-in mental ad blocker.

“...She’s good.”

Talent as an artist was a whole other discussion,

but as for broadcasting talent, Cheon Do-hee had to admit—Magia was the real deal.

She barely spoke in daily life, yet on stream, she was witty, relaxed, and confident.

Her only self-professed weakness was the potential misinterpretation of her official statements.

But even after reviewing past cases, Do-hee couldn’t find a single instance where Magia had said anything that actually harmed the company.

In fact, she had only helped by responding quickly to rumors and managing the brand’s image.

Take her “black company” joke during the pre-anniversary event—

It had stirred up discussions, but it hadn’t actually hurt Parallel’s reputation.

If anything, it had built trust.

There was clear proof of that—

The number of applications for second-gen members had long surpassed last year’s 800.

Magia was an asset to Parallel.

Parallel had only gained from her presence, never lost.

But she was the only one who didn’t realize that.

She had no clue how much value she preserved and created just by existing.

Even when Momo spelled it out for her during the trip, calling her something like an oshi, it hadn’t sunk in.

The very next day, she went and handed out unlimited-use coupons to everyone.

“...If you don’t want it, just give it back.”

That’s why they had all just stared at her, dumbfounded.

She was the kind of person who would work herself to the bone, down to the last shred, before she even considered stopping.

50 Minutes Later

The first episode of Fantasia wrapped up perfectly.

Do-hee only had to step in to guide the flow a few times—just minor corrections.

If she had to summarize Magia’s meta, it was this:

“Turn what chat says into the main topic.”

And it worked.

Magia’s ability to watch streams while streaming herself was her greatest strength.

It was the perfect fusion of passion and profession—

A streamer doing exactly what she loved.

There was no way it wouldn’t go well.

And how successful was it?

The state of chat right before she ended the stream said it all:

— ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

— Noooo, don’t leave, I don’t want you to goooooo!

— Donghaemul and Baekdusan will dry up before I let Magia go~~

— I REFUSE to let Magia go~~ I REFUSE to let Magia go~~

— Oh? The stream just started, right? This is gonna be fun!

— If you want to leave, you’ll have to kill me first. Hahaha. If you want to leave, you’ll have to kill me first. Hahaha.

— Ah, so now the stream is actually starting? Got it. LOL.

— If you think Magia shouldn’t end the stream, like this comment. LOL.

— Waaahhh, baby Parallel fandom is gonna cry if Magia leaves like this waaahhh~~.

— Santa, please, let Magia stream for one more hour. I promise I’ll be a good kid. ㅠㅠ

— SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

— I grabbed Magia by the hair and slammed her face into the desk. “Stream.” Magia looked at me, confused. “Huh?” I scowled. “I said, STREAM. Unless you want to get hit.” Magia trembled. “O-okay...” That day, I became a hero.

— Magia, Magia Akuma... Magia, Magia Akuma...

— Demon lady! Demon lady! Demon lady!

— BEGONE, SATANIC STREAM ENDING! BEGONE! BEGONE!

But Magia was already done with work.

The other members had already gone live, ready to catch the audience spillover,

so there was no reason for her to keep going.

[It looks like the first-gen members are live now, so you can go enjoy their streams. Have a great weekend, everyone. I’ll be signing off now.]

And just like that, she ended the stream.

With zero hesitation.

— Wait, did she actually leave?

— ?

— Oh, come on. LOL.

— LOL.

— Is she gone?

— She really has no mercy.

— I’m so impressed...

People were left in shock, with nowhere to vent their frustration.

If the angry newcomers flooded other members' streams with spam or chaos, they'd just get banned.

Longtime fans were just baffled but had no choice but to move on and watch their oshi’s stream.

No matter how perfectly rigged her model was,

no matter how much she sounded like a VTuber,

Magia had never debuted.

She was just a staff member at Parallel.

And going after a regular employee was a bad look,

so once the stream ended, people had no choice but to keep their outrage in check.

The most intense reactions ended up in Magia Mini Gallery,

but that place was already sitting comfortably in the palm of Magia’s hand...

***

A Few Days Later

"Hello?"

A few days passed.

Nezumi Maru ☑ @Nezumi_Maru - 15 minutes ago

💎⛏️ Gonna mine some diamonds and gift them to Gia~

Finally, the long-awaited 64Cubix collab between Magia and Maru was happening.

Just as they were about to start, Cheon Do-hee received a message.

[Hello, Momo. Have you been well?]

The sender?

A legend in the 64Cubix community.

The leader of Wicker Crew, who was once the dominant YouTuber before Taniping took over.

Now, they managed one of the largest 64Cubix multiplayer servers, where hundreds of streamers gathered to network and collaborate.

"Oh! Wicker! Long time no see. What’s up?"

[Well, our server is opening soon.]

"Yeah, yeah, Maru and I are in the starting lineup."

[So... this might be an odd question, but I wanted to ask out of curiosity.]

There were around 20,000 live streamers on Bajijik.

Even if hundreds were accepted into the server, only a limited few truly got to participate.

In a way, it was a stage reserved for the elite.

From an organizer’s perspective, they only wanted vetted, reliable participants.

That’s why the invitation system was centered around major streamers with over 10,000 followers,

like Momo, as a way to ensure a solid starting group.

Even the referral invitations had a 2,000-follower minimum requirement—meaning not just anyone could join.

Of course, the organizers sometimes sent personal invitations to boost publicity,

but those were usually reserved for celebrities, pro gamers, or high-profile figures with irregular streaming schedules.

Which is why Wicker’s next question completely caught Do-hee off guard.

[Do you think there’s a chance... that Magia might join this season’s server?]