For several days, the Ant Tickling continued.
On the first day, when people flocked in, I intentionally tickled ants, but after that, I didn’t really try to lower the viewer count.
I simply didn’t turn on the cam and didn’t create content that would attract viewers.
It felt nice to have a relaxed broadcast for a change. I didn’t have to turn on the cam under the guise of “Ant Tickling.”
[No cam again…?]
[Turn on the cam, turn on the cam, turn on the cam, turn on the cam, turn on the cam!]
[I haven’t seen the host’s beautiful face for a week… I’m going to suffer from infatuation.]
[Kayak… I… want to embrace you@@]
[By now, wouldn’t all the new viewers have left?]
[Not a chance, ‘Ant Tickling 200 times’]
[No cam for a weeb storytelling game is not allowed…!]
[Cr/ies]
[Well~ I’m listening on the radio while working, so it doesn’t really matter if the cam is off~]
However, it seemed like a rather painful time for the viewers. Just as I turned on the broadcast today, I heard all these complaints.
What’s up with the cam that everyone’s acting like this? It’s only been about half a year since I started broadcasting with the cam on.
My broadcasts used to be no cam, no mic, and then no cam again.
Now we’ve evolved to where both the cam and mic are on.
I wanted to ask the viewers who keep shouting about returning to the basics and origins: Isn’t how things are now truly reclaiming the essence?
Given the current situation, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to confiscate the cam for about a month and take a trip down memory lane back to the early days. Especially to discipline the viewers who’ve stopped listening to me lately.
[Alros donated 1000 won!]
– A burglar broke into my house and is holding a knife to my throat, but they said they’ll spare me if Kayak turns on the cam.
[If the cam doesn’t turn on, I’m making a big decision ㅇㅇ for real.]
[I’ll hold my breath until the cam is on, huff!]
[There’s a bomb collar around my neck, and if the host doesn’t turn on the cam, it’ll explode or something…]
But, I suppose I have to turn on the cam, right?
It seemed like the mood would get people captured if I didn’t.
I moved the mouse and brought the cam up in one corner of the screen.
“Ta-da.”
[Wow!]
[This is amazing~~~]
[My father is blind, but he opened his eyes watching this broadcast.]
[I thought it wouldn’t matter if the cam was off, but my mind has changed.]
[Wow wow wow wow wow!]
[It feels even better seeing you again after a long time.]
Actually, I originally planned to turn on the cam today. So I woke up early on purpose, washed up, and even tidied my hair a bit.
You see, Camilla has long hair, so washing it is no ordinary task. It’s quite a hassle, I must say.
I was just trying to convey that I put in that much effort to turn on the cam, but the viewers’ reactions were completely different from what I expected.
[So are you saying you don’t wash when you’re not broadcasting?]
[Oh man, Kayak-shi! Hahaha!]
[I really didn’t want to know that…]
[The big Kayak that even makes all the soup fans Ant Tickled! LOL!]
[If she’s a real Kayak, she should know how to love even this side!]
[This is a bit;;]
[Not washing? All the better!]
[Concentrated scent of Kayak, whoa!]
[Anyone with older sisters or female friends knows: girls are usually grosser, right?]
“Whoa, that’s not it… why focus on that?”
One little mistake and suddenly I transformed into a dirty human who doesn’t wash often.
To be honest, Camilla’s body feels like it hardly accumulates waste at all.
Even if I don’t wash for a few days, my hair doesn’t get greasy, my face doesn’t turn oily, and there’s no itching or smell.
I’d need to get a proper examination to know for sure, but I believe this is also a side effect that came with Camilla’s emergence.
Just like the rapid increase in motor nerves, her body has likely changed in line with the demi-god setting.
However, the problem was that I couldn’t mention this fact.
The secret that I’ve turned into Camilla is a secret of secrets that I can’t tell anyone; even if I gathered the courage to speak up, no one would believe me anyway.
Saying Camilla is perfect without washing? It was something I hoped would only get me a laugh, if anything.
So, left speechless, I just kept mumbling and eventually let out a big sigh.
“Think what you want…”
They say a crisis is an opportunity, and I was secretly hoping this would help lessen the density of the soup fans that had increased so suddenly.
[Oh my!]
[Wait, is it real?]
[Based on the reactions, it’s not a joke, is it?]
[Even with a broadcast host like this, I love it….]
[‘Pass’]
[Kayak even appeals to the odd sexual deviants;;]
That seemed a bit hard, though.
[So, what are we doing today?]
[It’s just fun to ramble on since the cam is on, right?]
[So, the conclusion is that the broadcast host just sits around in their room, not even washing up, playing games and browsing galleries?]
[The only difference is gender and appearance; this is totally….]
[Just like game addicted viewers, huh?]
[I feel a sense of kinship.]
[But gender and appearance are the most important things, so what kinship are you talking about?]
“I do wash up well! And what I was going to say today… I had something planned, but you guys started talking about not washing and I totally forgot. What was I going to do again?”
As I twirled my mouse wheel, racking my brain, I checked Yusia’s message on my phone and recalled the memory I had forgotten.
“Oh, right! Recently I’ve been up to some ant tickling, and now there are only my true fans left, right? So, they say new viewers are coming in just because I turned the cam on again? Hmm, let’s just listen together. It doesn’t seem like it’ll make a difference.”
[What is it? What is it?]
[Is something big coming?]
[What’s that typing sound?]
[If you suddenly turn off the cam or end the stream like this, I’ll cry.]
[KaYak’s surprise event, whoooa!]
[I still remember Christmas… the day when tens of thousands of viewers poured in….]
[The broadcast host is definitely good with fan service.]
I moved the text I was writing down so the viewers wouldn’t see and lifted it back up.
“For the fans, KaYak has prepared some fan goods!”
They’d been nagging for merchandise for a while, so I had secretly organized this project while paying attention to what everyone was saying.
The reaction was as hot as the song about fan goods they’d been singing.
[Wowwwww!]
[Did the goods drop?]
[Give me the mouse pad, give me the cushion!]
[Wow, what the heck, collaborating with Elon now?]
[World-class KaYak!]
[Stand straight, KaYak! Why isn’t the mouse pad in the shape of breasts?]
[Then it would be adult-rated!]
[Uh, f*ing Tra-Pyeong;;]
[Is there a T-shirt too?]
[For the thick ones, it should go up to 3XL, right?]
[They have from 3XS to 3XL, talk about preparation!]
[From anchovies to turtle breasts, the great KaYak embraces everything!]
“The products include T-shirts, large mouse pads, mouse pads, tumblers, and so on. They will be released offline first, and then online gradually. For those living in rural areas or who don’t want to go buy it in person, they’ll also be available online in a month. So you can just buy it then.”
T-shirts with my face on them, tumblers with my initials, and more.
I could check out the designs of the products on the site where the goods would be sold and the post I’d made in the café.
I could check ahead of time.
[Cafe exploded;;]
[Come on, I haven’t seen it yet!]
[Just go to the Elon site and check it out.]
[Did Elon explode too?]
[Kawak’s pulling off the site crashes ㄷㄷㄷㄷ]
[Look at the firepower of the kayaker fans ㅋㅋㅋ]
[Her Highness Camilla has sponsored 10,000 won!]
– But this feels almost like Camilla merchandise, is that okay?
“Yeah, I asked over at Eonix too. Well… just because they say I resemble Camilla doesn’t mean I’m the real deal. They said there’s no problem with it.”
This was a question I anticipated, so I recited the prepared answer.
[If you love Camilla, you must have both Camilla and Kayak merchandise.]
[How do you wait a month for this?]
[Even a monk couldn’t resist this ㅇㅇㅇㅇ]
[I live in Jeju, so I have to go to Seoul to buy this.]
[Looks like the loser kayakers are meeting up ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[Is it finally time to show ‘courage’?]
[But isn’t the offline meeting restricted to certain people?]
“Huh? Why can’t anyone go? Just go take a look and buy the goods.”
[Only the cool kids can go~]
[Don’t you usually reserve tickets in advance for these things?]
[Heard they’re ticketing like crazy]
I was genuinely puzzled until I realized what people were talking about and burst into laughter.
“Come on, that kinda thing is reserved for idol merchandise or super famous people. Like, international superstars. Why would anyone need to ticket for my goods? What a hassle.”
[;; Feels like there’s gonna be a problem]
[Isn’t there gonna be a crowd?]
[That’s an overreaction ㄴ]
[Ticketing will slow down the computer, better than this]
[Wasn’t the host an international superstar?]
I noticed again, these folks really overhype things. Seriously, we’re just talking about a streamer selling merchandise and we’re discussing the need for ticketing.
The merchandise itself was made, but I had worried so much about whether we would run into stock issues. Still, since the viewers had been asking for it for a while, I ended up making it.
“Anyway, I’ve made the goods. They’ll go on sale at the Elon Mall starting next week, so if you want to buy, go for it.”
I wrapped up the broadcast, thinking, “How could anything go wrong?”
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