Hunter, Thank You For Your Blood - Vol. 1 Chapter 0 - Prologue

Someone said this. “If you want to hide a tree, hide it in the forest.”

If so, where is the most appropriate place for a modern-day vampire, who cannot function under the sunlight and needs to periodically drink fresh human blood, to hide?

Even worse, what would be the most ideal way for a measly half-blood vampire with significantly low ability to survive?

The half-blood vampire, who had agonized over it repeatedly, chose to blend in among humans. As a ‘real’ vampire broadcasting with a vampire concept.

Little did he know that this choice would lead him to fall in love with his natural enemy.

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[Thank you for the 30,000 won donation, ‘NyomNyomGood’!

Vampi-nim~ I have a question~! If you’re a vampire, why did you become a streamer?]

NyomNyomGood, thank you for the 30,000 won─. However, you’ve asked a question, huh? I was just about to play a game, but I can’t pass up another 30,000 won donation. I have no choice. I’ll just take this question.

Yes─, I changed the title.

Today was supposed to be a gaming broadcast, but I switched to a talk show briefly because of the question. Originally, I was planning to do something else….. but it’s a 30,000 won question. Ah, what a tricky situation─. You might be wondering about my streamer debut story.

Yes, yes. Since I haven’t started yet, feel free to come and take a seat. I’m going to tell you now.

Why did I become a streamer? Ah, where do I even begin? If I were to tell you all the stories of my centuries-long vampire life, you wouldn’t get any sleep tonight.

≫ Vampire life ROFL XDXDXDXD

≫ Streamer with a thorough concept LOL

≫ Just explain according to 5W1H [1] .

≫ Look at him rambling on because he’s too lazy to come up with a story.

≫ Shut up

Ah, I see. Then let me summarize as much as possible. Okay? 5W1H? Sure. I’ll explain using 5W1H. Then I’ll tell you the story of how I, a vampire, became a streamer!

“Who?”

Me, a vampire.

“When?”

Exactly three years ago!

“Where?”

At the home of the only other vampire I know!

Are we friends? No, not really. Let’s just say….., we have a business relationship. There’s no such thing as friends in the vampire world.

≫ ?

≫ Boing [2] LOL what the heck is this?

≫ Business ~ish… Pretending that I was rejected by others…☆

≫ Don’t feed me. I’m sensitive because I’ve been bullied by the vampire society.

≫ One lonely vampire LOL

Oh, really? Huh? But… now that I think about it, I’m a half-vampire, right? Oh….. Maybe that’s why they don’t want to be friends with me?

≫ LOL I want to eat with a friend XDXDXDXD

≫ Vampi: Will you… be my friend?

≫ He finally realized it LOL

≫ LMAO

Wow….., I’m really shocked….. Anyway, I’ll call that jerk ‘Mr. Ryu.’ ‘Where?’ At Mr. Ryu’s house!

≫ that person → that jerk

≫ What a quick change of attitude [3] lololol

“What?”

I happened to watch a stream that Mr. Ryu was watching.

“How?”

That was when I saw a game stream, you know? I’ve always enjoyed games, and while watching people taking on missions and receiving sponsorships, an unexpected idea came to me. You all know I’m good at scheming, right?

>> ???

>> ??????

>> Highest level aggro.

>> Blargh.

>> ?

>> ??????????

>> Hook collector [4] LOLOL

>> You’re crossing the line.

>> Good job on your mind victory [5] .

You all really need to realize that it’s harder for me to get slandered by you guys than it is for me to try and stay alive for hundreds of years.

I have only one last question left, and then I’m gonna go straight to gaming. Ah─ I’m not taking any more questions. Once I take one, it never ends. No, honestly, you’re not even that curious, you’re just bored. You think I don’t know?

“Why?”

Is it not common knowledge that vampires starve to death if they can’t drink blood?

It’s a terrible world out there, isn’t it? The vampire world is just as strict as the human world. If humans commit a crime, the police catch them, right? Then, who catches the vampires when they steal human blood?

Yes, that’s right. Vampire hunters. Ugh….. they’re really scary guys. From what I’ve heard, if you make eye contact with them, they don’t even bother to listen, they just shoot their ‘silver’ bullet like bang bang bang bang.

[Thank you for the 1,000 won donation, ‘ Moraebanji Ppangyappangya [6] ‘!

Vampi-nim’s specialty = Constantly making jokes and landing critical hits.]

Moraebanji……, nim. Thank you for the 1,000 won─.

Anyway, that got me thinking. What are some safe ways to obtain human blood?

Ah! Instead of stealing, I could receive donations! I could become a streamer and ask you guys to donate blood!

“… And that’s how I debuted as a vampire streamer named ‘Vampi’.”

1. The six basic principles in writing a news article, which are ‘who, when, where, what, how, why’.
2. Basically means the atmosphere/mood is (suddenly) ruined.
3. The original is ‘우디르급 태세전환’ which is an internet slang. It is when a person changes of heart/changes attitude very fast and dramatically. 우디르 ☞ Udyr (a character in the game League of Legends. He has various form could shift very fast(phoenix, tiger, tortoise..)); ~급 ☞ level of; 태세 전환 ☞ changing form
4. According to my research, it’s when a player makes a mistake, a rush of question marks fills the chat window. Not sure what to call that, so I just translated it literally. Haha… Here’s the original: 갈고리 수집가
5. The word “정신승리” literally means “mind (정신) victory (승리).” Because in his own world (inside his mind, or 정신), he/she is truly invincible and thus will be the victor every time (승리). It’s an extreme form of rationalization.
6. I don’t know what to translate that as, so I opted for the romanization. You can know more here: link