Chapter 8 - Chapter 8

By the way, that sound just now came from my thigh.

💬 Stream Chat— Viewer"Hello, Saintess Nice?"— Saintess NiceYeah, hello.— ViewerSungna appears!!— ViewerTell me how to Perfect Guard pls— ViewerHow the hell do you even cycle buffs??— ViewerIsn't building Holy Power tough with a one-handed sword?

Thanks to the follower restrictions, the broadcast chat was pretty clean.

Maybe because everyone had seen my one-handed sword Saintess in action a few days ago.

Of course, the Ias gallery was the complete opposite.

📰 Ias GalleryTitle: Wow shamelessly crawling back out lol📰 Ias GalleryTitle: Didn't you quit? Why are you back?? Actually curious📰 Ias GalleryTitle: Now Gold Farmers are crawling into streams ;; Ias is done for

Pouring out insults at the mere appearance of a Gold Farmer like me on a stream.

In the old days, words like that might have gotten to me, but now? Not even a little.

I knew full well that getting swept up in reactions like that was exactly what they wanted.

Then, suddenly, I remembered one post title I'd seen today.

📰 Ias GalleryTitle: I can already imagine that Sungna bitch's voice lol

The title mocking me, claiming they could already predict my voice.

I wondered how the poster would react upon actually hearing it.

Not just them—how would the whole Ias gallery, busy cursing me out, respond?

They'd probably be thrown into total chaos.

If someone called me a Gold Farmer, I'd deny it.

If they called me a scumbag, I'd refute that too.

But if someone labeled me a troll? That one, I couldn't argue against.

Ever since I was a kid, a neatly organized desk made me want to mess it up.

A perfectly arranged bookshelf? I'd itch to stick one book in backward.

Before a domino chain finished, I'd knock over the middle to ruin it all.

I craved turning complete things into unstable, unfinished messes.

If that's what trolling means, then yeah, I'm a textbook case—no excuses.

So, in these people's eyes, what did the user 'Saintess Nice' look like?

Even thinking positively, probably not someone likable.

Gold Farmer, troll, griefer, scumbag—she'd claimed every negative label in the community.

They might picture the absolute worst.

And honestly, my old self fit that image pretty well.

But here's the twist?

The heavens swapped my body.

From a guy loaded with unlikable traits into a beauty who'd make anyone do a double-take.

Sure, I lost my military savings and my third leg in the deal, but in a spot like this? Felt more like a win.

Maybe I should crunch the numbers again.

Turning from beast to babe alone gave me prime trolling material.

Back to the point: what would happen if these folks heard my voice?

In a hardcore boys' club community, learning the raging asshole was actually a girl? Total pandemonium.

And trolling? That's chaos incarnate.

After a brief moment of thought, I clicked the mic button in Discord to unmute.

"Hello."

— Eder"Y-Yes, Sungna... Huh? What???"

"I'm Sungna, playing a Saintess character."

It was pretty impromptu for me too, but still...

The results exceeded expectations.

— Viewer????— ViewerWhat— ViewerWhat's with the voice??— ViewerShe's a girl??

Wait, a girl?

The chat spamming hooks nonstop, parroting "girl?" like parrots.

— Eder"Wait, hold on... I mean, uh... Huh? Just a sec..."

Eder hyung, frozen like his brain had bluescreened despite his experience.

📰 Ias GalleryTitle: Breaking) Sungna is a girl??? (no way)📰 Ias GalleryTitle: Shock) Saintess Nice = girl lololololol📰 Ias GalleryTitle: The psycho spamming hate pics in the gallery is actually a girl with an amazing voice? Wtf

The Ias gallery, forgetting every insult except pad rips, zeroing in on the fact that I was a girl.

"Pfft..."

Their flustered reactions to this unexpected turn? Pure comedy gold to me.

"Khuh... Kkh..."

Ah, this is fun.

— ViewerWtf is that laugh???— ViewerEder, what's your deal with Sungna?— ViewerEye-na I'm dying eye-na I'm dying eye-na I'm dying— ViewerEder turn up the mic volume ffs

Trolling really is the best.

◇◇◇◆◇◇◇Anonymous donated 1,000 won! Eder wtf are you doing? Crank up Sungna's mic, can't hear shit ffs— ViewerAgreed— ViewerEder if you got balls turn up the volume— ViewerVoice is insanely good tho— ViewerPleeease laugh one more time noona pleeease just once more

The chat fills up in seconds, viewer count skyrocketing.

This was all what Eder had hoped for with this collab, but the man himself was still brain-dead.

"Ah, uh? I mean..."

— ViewerWhy's this guy acting up?— ViewerWhy's he stunned?— ViewerEder snap out of it and boost Sungna's mic— ViewerNo fr, Sungna's really a girl??

Collabing with Saintess Nice, the notorious toxic user across most communities.

Eder had braced for any curveball by chugging that poisoned chalice.

He was confident nothing would faze him, but now? That was pure arrogance.

'No way... she's a girl?'

Truth was, he hadn't even considered this variable.

Before the stream, to smooth things out, Eder had chatted privately with Sungna a few times.

— Eder (Pre-Stream)You said you just got discharged recently, right? What unit were you in?

One was about Sungna's military days, since she'd mentioned returning post-discharge.

Back then, assuming she was a guy, Eder had no qualms bringing it up.

Guys in groups always wanna talk army—it's biological instinct.

— Saintess Nice (Pre-Stream)Me? 6th Division.— Eder (Pre-Stream)Oh, Cheorwon? Isn't that frontline? Tough spot, congrats. I was White Skulls.— Saintess Nice (Pre-Stream)I was HQ admin clerk, not quite frontline.— Eder (Pre-Stream)Whoa, admin clerk? Total cushy gig.— Saintess Nice (Pre-Stream)Admin clerks are super cushy no lie. The real tough spots are brutal tho. I pulled tons of duty in my last days cuz no one else.— Eder (Pre-Stream)Joking, joking.

And getting prickly when your unit gets called cushy? Another guy instinct.

So Eder was dead certain Sungna was male. That conviction just got shattered.

— Saintess Nice"Eder? You okay?"

A pleasant, silky voice tickling his ear.

Judging looks by voice alone was premature, but no way the owner was ugly.

Not knowing her face only amplified the allure of that voice.

'Snap out of it, you idiot Eder...!'

Old enough to know better, yet losing it over a girl's voice?

Smack!

Slapping his thigh to regain composure.

— ViewerWhat's this dude doing? Lol— ViewerSudden thigh clapping lol— ViewerMasochist?

He drew mockery for the weird outburst, but viewer jeers didn't matter.

Eder had something crucial to confirm.

"Um, Sungna..."

— Saintess Nice"Yes."— ViewerWhoaaa— ViewerEder TURN UP THE MIC VOLUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— ViewerSuch a soft voice too good— ViewerNoona pls do ASMR once

The first thing from recovered Eder was...

"A-Are you... discharged from military?"

Pretty out-of-left-field.

◇◇◇◆◇◇◇Anonymous donated 1,000 won! Eder did you hit your head or smth?

Was the fact that I'm a girl that shocking?

Eder hyung had totally forgotten the stream, mumbling nonsense.

— Saintess Nice"Ah s-sorry. What am I doing..."

Whatever, I'd just eat some ramen till he snapped out of it.

*Slurp...*

— ViewerWhat's that noise?— ViewerSounds like eating— ViewerNoodle slurping?— ViewerNot face-slapping?

Hm. Mic picks this up too, huh. Gotta be careful.

— Eder"Um... Sungna."

"Yes?"

— Eder"I know it's a dumb question, but... are you a woman?"

Hm... am I a woman?

Glancing down, there were my prominent chest lumps.

Not too big, not too small. But no guy has those.

"Yup."

— Eder"Why...?"

"Hmm... is that like a 'why were you born a girl' diss?"

— Eder"No, not that... uh... s-sorry."— ViewerEder can't recover lololololol— ViewerEder gonna get smacked by the missus if he keeps this up— ViewerMissus here, Eder's losing it in front of a girl?

Hmm.

I wanted to preach the glory of one-handed sword Saintess ASAP.

But was this guy even planning to run the stream?

Anonymous donated 1,000 won! Everyone losing their shit over a voice is hilarious lol voice changers are crazy good these days

Right as I considered stepping in, a perfectly timed donation shifted the mood.

The doubt everyone thought but no one dared voice.

How do we know you're really a girl?

— ViewerIs it?— ViewerHuh?— ViewerFr, modulation tech is nuts now— ViewerI use it, can't tell real from fake— Viewer-No way a dude pulls that off— Viewer-Shut up netkama Gold Farmer bitch

Humans deny unbearable truths with all they've got.

It's a defense mechanism to erase the unacceptable from reality, protecting the self.

Just like these guys.

"Voice modulation? How to prove I'm a girl? ...Good question."

Of course, once truth proves out, that denial shatters.

"How can I prove I'm a girl?"

Anonymous donated 1,000 won! Clap while talking with modulator on, it glitches. Prove it go go go

Hm... talk while clapping?

"Easy."

Come to think of it, Eder hyung was thigh-clapping earlier.

...Should I try?

Smack!

"Ow—"

Smack!

"Ouch."

Hit too hard maybe.

Anyway, proof enough.

"See? No glitch."

— ViewerYeah— ViewerNo glitch at all?— ViewerAudio's meh but no breakup

Chat doubts on my gender fully dispelled.

Solved too cleanly—no trolling fodder left. Kinda disappointing.

— Eder"R-Right... Now we've confirmed you're a woman... let's start the stream..."

Eder forcing himself back on track, starting the broadcast.

"Oh right."

But first, time to reel in that earlier troll bait.

"By the way, that sound just now? From my thigh."

— Eder"...Pardon?"

Smack!

"Like this—hear it clear?"

Eder's recovering brain stunned anew.

— ViewerOHMYGOD OHMYGOD OHMYGOD— ViewerNoona's a total psycho? Lmao— ViewerWhoaaa whoaaa— ViewerI'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead— ViewerEder crank the volume pleeeease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

They're way too into it.

...One more for good measure?