The broadcast was growing smoothly.
It wasn’t quite at the level of a big corporation in terms of viewership, but the incoming donations were gradually increasing.
I was starting to think about uploading recorded videos to other streaming sites, but I decided to hold off for now.
I didn’t know how to edit. Alice and Claire were just learning the basics of the language. Of course, their learning speed was abnormally fast, but they weren’t quite at the level where they could use professional video software.
I’ve never considered bringing in someone else.
Who knows how long we could really work with someone new? We were people with a place to return to, but someone who would edit and run the channel for us would need to live here, wouldn’t they?
If they left without even giving us our final paycheck, our images would seriously plummet.
I didn’t want to be remembered that way in my hometown.
[Looks like you guys came to a conclusion.]
And just as I thought that, the three of us hit a wall.
“…Is that so?”
If it were just chat, I would have ignored it, but since it was a donation, I couldn’t help but respond.
“If that’s the case, please keep what you saw a secret. We’re human too, and we need to rest when we’re not streaming.”
The person who donated simply replied “yes.” This time it was a chat message, not a donation.
[But I’d really like to see you in person.]
[Without the lighting, you’d probably look pretty too.]
That’s true. We looked just like the game’s heroines.
…What would happen if we really met?
We lived in Seoul. If you include the metropolitan area with Gyeonggi and Incheon, it’s about half of the country’s populations. People living far away from Seoul in Gyeonggi might not exactly consider it their “lifestyle area,” but for those living in Seoul or nearby satellite cities, it’s a different story.
People living in Seoul would obviously run into each other while going out.
Even though we didn’t rest on weekends, people from Gyeonggi could be working in Seoul and might see us having fun on a Monday or Tuesday.
…I had heard a few stories about female streamers being harassed by stalkers.
With all three of us together, we’d be a lot safer than someone who was alone.
“Just to be sure, please don’t come looking for us. If you cross the line, we won’t hesitate to take action.”
[Oh my god.]
[Eh.]
[Seriously.]
[It should be handled legally.]
At least among these comments, there were none showing signs of being a criminal, so that was a relief.
To go against the goddess’s suspicions and ultimately get us back to our original world, we needed a certain level of recognition, but I didn’t want that recognition to come from “collabing with a big streamer.”
I was sure it would bring unnecessary troubles.
Looking at Claire and Alice, it seemed the two of them were wearing serious expressions as well.
It’s good that they could make quick judgments.
At least now I could relax a bit.
*
It wasn’t that the game was particularly spectacular, which was better than I expected.
Typically, streamers would have a brief communication time before the game stream to warm up, but we didn’t feel the need to do so.
I wasn’t great at conversation, and I felt a bit uneasy leaving the talking to Alice and Claire, even though they were adapting quickly since they were from a different world.
However, the game itself had a rather slow tempo, so I didn’t need to concentrate too hard while playing. At least it wasn’t an action game where I had to move my hands without a moment to talk.
[But you already know the map?]
“I played the previous installment. The map seems to be almost recycled.”
No conscience, huh?
Oh, it’s not completely recycled, and the map has been expanded a bit. Even so, it felt like they just added a few unimplemented areas to the original, making it hard to shake off the feeling of being an expansion pack.
But then again, this series has always been like that with its sequels.
Usually, they’d introduce “completely new areas,” but this time, due to the reason of time travel, the sense of recycling was particularly strong.
“But honestly, it feels kind of familiar.”
“Because you’ve been there before.”
Claire and Alice were chatting behind me as we wandered through the underground of Lutetia.
[??]
[Lol, since you played the previous one, of course you’d have been there.]
[Seriously, they’re the heroines. How can you not know?]
[Where’s Leo?]
“Leo is still in our world.”
Claire, who was reading the chat, replied.
[Lol.]
[Lol.]
[This is a bit cringe.]
I didn’t ban the person who said it was cringe.
To be honest, from the perspective of someone who didn’t know the background, it might look like we got too absorbed in our concept.
Even if our story makes its way onto the internet, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
“Oh, this is…”
Alice muttered as she watched the game next to me.
Where I had entered controlling Leo was the sewers of the Imperial Capital.
The sewers I had entered with Alice and Charlotte.
Ideally, we should have come here a bit later, but—
[Sylvia came down here, huh?]
[Yeah, I’m sure of it.]
Right now there was a slightly different reason.
As I moved around controlling Leo, I saw Sylvia come down here and Leo came to check it out.
If there really was a reason for being in the sewers, we wouldn’t have burst through the lock to get in.
While Leo pondered whether to follow Sylvia or not, he decided to call someone else to come along.
…Honestly, if I think about it too long, it might seem too chill, thinking Sylvia might come back, but it is typical in JRPGs to summon companions instantly.
If such a thing happened in reality, how would it have gone?
Like Leo and Claire heading out at dawn to handle all the requests, would there have been fellow companions casually passing by?
Well, the events unfolding inside the game were playing out differently than what I experienced, so imagining it didn’t hold much meaning.
“…….”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Alice stared at me, and I asked.
“Did you also dive into the sewer like this first? Is that why you knew the way?”
“No, I knew it because I played the game.”
“……The path is that complicated?”
Pointing to our party which consisted of Leo, Alice, Charlotte, and Claire navigating through the sewers, Alice said.
“It was in the previous game too.”
“It was complicated in the previous game too?”
“I studied hard enough to memorize all of it.”
“Memorized the game?”
“…….”
What.
Why.
Didn’t you read the textbook multiple times saying you’d memorize everything during your studies?
I know games and studying are different, but still.
“Sis, did you adventure somewhere like that with Alice?”
“……”
I couldn’t bring myself to answer Claire and finally said,
“At that time, you were completing requests with Leo.”
That was my answer.
But Claire still pouted as if she didn’t accept it.
[Are you guys talking about the game right now?]
[You guys are seriously addicted to games.]
[Why does it sound so real? Lol.]
[The concept is solid.]
It’s not a concept.
But of course, I had no intention of correcting it.
The fact that we were talking without any filtering during our broadcast was ultimately to make those people believe it.
I didn’t care how many people, as long as it broke the order.
To be honest, I didn’t even know if this was the right approach, but for now, I was going to try.
There were various monsters in the sewers. Animals that looked like bats or large rats… it’s called a “dungeon,” but looking again, they didn’t seem like beasts that would exist beneath the Imperial Capital.
Moreover, the difficulty was tougher than expected.
“…There really are monsters.”
As I defeated each monster one by one and obtained a blue Marmaros in one chamber, Alice muttered as if feeling a bit hollow.
“Somehow, I feel like I understood the trick of magic, but it’s really nothing special.”
…Man, I feel sorry about that.
“Hey, didn’t you get this from Mia?”
“That’s right. This is the Marmaros we found along with Alice and Charlotte.”
“……Uuu, seems I was the only one who didn’t know.”
[What?]
[So cute.]
[700700]
Did people start to accept the concept? The chat seemed to be filled with fewer rejecting comments compared to earlier when we were conversing.
And I agreed with the chat.
Yeah, it really is cute.
Honestly, it felt so absurd that I questioned whether I was even an adult on my ID.
Of course, I didn’t say that out loud.
Holding my expression steady, I focused hard on controlling Leo.
And—
[……Sylvia, what are you doing here?]
—I found Sylvia installing a bunch of bombs on the ceiling of the sewer.
……
……What? Bombs?
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