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Man inhaled and glanced at a woman rocking on a chair.
“I always knew streamers’ chairs are the most comfortable.” She said smiling. Man swallowed the saliva and clapped hands.
“We are starting.”
“Yeah! I’ll slide in the corner~”
“Hiiiii. How is the sound? As always, lemme make it lower. Oooh, donation already? Thank you, thank you. But today I’ll turn off donations. Some of you guessed it but for others, this is going to be a big surprise! To tell the truth it’s me who is the most surprised. Am I blessed?”
“Blessed by good followers who sent me your streams!”
“Haha, you are right. Wait not you AjheKKK3. The woman's voice isn’t my secret lover. Our guest today is Yoo Ryeo Han, goddess of glory for any talented but not-known person and author of the famous movie trilogy “Birth of the Hero'' which broke hearts of many.”
“Ta-Daa! Hiii! Nice to meet you, friends! Thank you for having me here today.”
“Thank you for visiting me. She really crossed two countries to be with us today. Please, chat, stay calm. My hands are shaking too but please, I need your support!”
“Hahaha, I’m not eating people on Sundays.”
“Huh, okay, let’s play the video game first. You can choose the character.”
“I want to be Mr.Ron!”
“Why him?”
“What do you mean why? We are so alike! I also hunt down foxes in order to make a good movie.”
“Do you sneak into other basements to steal their dark secrets?”
“It’s what they teach you on Film Production.”
“Ohoho, scary. Then, I’ll be Choi Han. I love his skills.”
Chat never was as active as that day. Young man wanted to cry from happiness.
“Yoo Ryeo Han-ssi, can you defeat the boss on fourth level?”
“No. My speed is too low.”
“Then I’m less ashamed for not being able to defeat him either.”
Though his Sunday streams were meant for playing, he was well aware of what people wanted.
“Yoo Ryeo Han-ssi, not so long ago you announced a series with the name “Trash of the Count’s Family” and gave a hint that it’s going to be connected with “Birth of the Hero”. When I was at the premier of the last movie, I swear, I saw only two or three people who weren't crying and I proudly say I wasn’t one of those heartless tough guys! But if those were tears of sadness, recently you announced a series from the same universe that made people cry from happiness, though some were worried that the franchise might die like this. Sorry if I spoil something but many of the beloved characters died in the last movie. There is a rumor that few of the dead characters would come back. So, what is the series going to be about?”
“First of all, I’m thankful for fans worrying about the story. It shows how much they love the lore and characters. Though, this new series is such a big experiment that I can’t help but be nervous myself. My Twitter was attacked the same second I announced the series. And I’ll confirm that there is a casting for…” She smirked and lengthened the pause. “Dead characters~”
“Oooh just look at the chat. My stream is going crazy! Slow down guys! Ryeo Han-ssi, can we get one example?”
“No, I’m sorry but no-no.” She said showing X with her fingers. Then she changed her expression and stared at the screen. “Actually I can. Do you remember the dragon from the first movie?”
“The black terrifying dragon we are killing right now?”
“Yes, that adorable creature.” She said attacking that same creature. “He'll come back.” She giggled.
“B-but how? Didn’t Choi Han kill him?”
“He did.”
“That’s- I,m- Okay I got why you shared this information. Now I’m even more confused. Is it a prequel?”
“Mmm, no.”
“Then, I’ll read the theories from my followers. What do you think?”
“I’m fine with this.”
“Great. So user Choisalin writes:It’s so amazing! The series is going to be more than 12 episodes and will come every two week! Can you imagine?! Last movie had an open ending, but I don’t think the series will continue from where we stopped. What if we witness the future of the destroyed world? The Sneaky Prince gave Choi Han count title at the end of the first movie. And we aren’t sure what happened with Rosalyn’s child. Yoo Ryeo Han, if you are looking for an actress to play Choisalyn’s descendant look at my profile picture!”
“What a nice face! Girl, you are beautiful!”
“What about the theory?”
“Good thing someone remembers Choi Han’s title when even he doesn’t.”
“ Hmm, okay. My lovely donator, WS’sHouseWife writes : Who is the trash? Obviously, WS. Is he a count? Who knows! But he is a rich bastard. If this isn’t going to be his backstory, I don’t know what it is!”
“Fellow WS fan, I like your taste.”
“Seriously?”
“To write a good villain you should love him. Well, at least like.”
“Insides from our goddess! Is this all?”
“Yep.”
“Then the last one. MARRYMECHOIHANPLS_123 wrote the following: Judging from the information we have, everyone thinks that we are going to see a prequel of the story from the WSs pov. but you forgot to mention one thing. The title. First movie was “Birth of the Hero”, second “Birth of the Hero:The Sword on Bones.” and the last one “Birth of the Hero:The Last Sin.” But the series isn’t “Birth of the Hero, Raising of the Star” or something like this. It’s called “Trash of the Count's family” as if it’s something completely different. And more than this, we have a character that ISN’T dead who fits perfectly into the description of the title. Trash, we all hated half of the first movie. Trash who is a son of the Henituse count. If you think about it, everything started with Hanituse. First disappointment of the new world Choi Han felt was due to young Henituse. The twenty years long war started with Clopeh attacking Henituse. And before the last battle, when Choi Han is at his lowest after Rosalyn’s death, we meet a red-haired soldier. When everyone else is afraid to take a step near Choi Han in despair, this soldier tooks the alcohol bottle from his hand and drinks it himself. When Choi Han irritatly tried to take another, that soldier started a fire in alcohol storage. Then Choi Han threatened to beat him up when the soldier laughed saying that if the hero was going to selfishly cry over his dead girlfriend's body for eternity, forgetting everyone else, then this hero wasn’t so different from the rats he considered worthy of being beaten up in the dirty bars. Who could this soldier be? Right! Only Henituse remained! I think there was a lot going on behind the scenes for him.”
“Hmmm.”
“Hm?”
“Yeees. Interesting. I didn’t think anyone would care for that trashy boy.”
“If you say so then the theory can’t be true. Though it sounded like that soldier in the last movie really was that count’s son.”
Dziiiin-
“Oh I forgot to turn off the phone. Sorry.” She said looking at the massage she got.
“Guys, it’s inappropriate.”
“What is rude?”
“They want to know who is messaging you.”
Woman’s eyes sparkled.
“Let’s call him!”
“Is it okay?”
Call was going for quite a long time.
Yoo Ryeo Han read comments like “who dares to make her wait!” while she knew it was lucky if he’d answer for the first try.
And he did!
“Hiiiiiiiiii!”
-Hi,-answered emotionless voice.
“What are you doing?”
-Talking with you.
“Did you watch the stream with me?”
-No.
“What a lier~”
-Haah, what do you need?
“Say hi to people~ Oh look, they say you have a sexy voice.”
Silence.
“Guys, he is ready to do anything for money so if you donate-”
Bip, bip, biiiip-
“Aaaand he hung up.”
Woman laughed.
Later that evening a young man was scrolling through the chat of that streamer.
/Do you think that guy she called was her secret son?/
/From the way he was talking to her I hope he wasn’t. He is so rude./
/Maybe he will be in the movie./
/I already hate him./
He received a massage from that woman too.
/Are you angry?/
/I’m sorry./
/Really./
He frowned and recorded voicemail.
“Tell this to your producer who died from a heart attack when he realized that you weren’t on the popular tv show but on the average streamers channel.”
/About tv shows. I'm five minutes away from you. Come down, I’ll pick you up./
Young man put phone near his lips and whispered with the coldest voice possible.
“I refuse”