Hobbyist VTuber

After Ha-eun and the other members finished exchanging their birthday gifts, Jung Maria’s party began to wind down.

As they enjoyed the rest of the food, casual conversations started bouncing around the room.

Unsurprisingly, the topic that took up most of the discussion was Veterans.

All of them had seen the movie, and since Ha-eun had played one of the leads, there was no shortage of things to talk about.

“Ha-eun, the way you cursed sounded so natural.”

“I know, right? The moment I heard you say fuck, I was shocked. You never curse, so it was terrifying.”

“T-that was just… in the script….”

Even the members were surprised by how drastically different this side of Ha-eun was from the person they knew.

Just a few months ago, she had left them all emotionally wrecked with her delicate, heart-wrenching performance in The Sunshine.

The contrast was jarring.

The conversation about Veterans continued for quite a while.

They talked about how they were caught off guard by the first on-screen murder happening within five minutes of the film starting.

How unsettling yet intense it was to watch Ha-eun fight the detectives while laughing.

“To be honest, I thought Ha-eun playing a murderer would be kinda cute? But nope. Not at all.”

“That scene where you smashed your old classmate’s face? The guy sitting next to me at the theater got so startled he spilled his popcorn.”

“That’s technically Ha-eun’s fault, then. Shouldn’t she compensate him for the lost popcorn?”

“Ahaha… I’ll think about it.”

And just when the conversation was starting to wind down—

“Oh, right. One of the second-gen members is a huge Ha-eun fan.”

“You mean the one who collabed with her?”

“Yeah. Apparently, they did a review of Veterans too.”

With Park Miso bringing up Nael, the topic naturally shifted toward the second-generation members of Illusionary Realm.

A few moments later, they had Nael’s Veterans review playing on the living room TV.

“As you all know, Lee Ha-eun is such a sweetheart, right? I mean, even her charity work at the coal briquette service made the news. So I totally thought she wouldn’t be able to curse properly, but—my god. The way she unbuttoned her blouse and cursed? I almost lost my mind.”

“Oh wow, Nael really likes Ha-eun.”

“She even came to that fan meeting! I was so surprised when I saw her in person.”