Chapter 7: You are going here..

“Ugh. I guess it’ll be too hard to reach Diamond today, right?”

-LLLLLL

– It’ll be a disaster if you can’t wake up tomorrow

-You’ve been streaming for 30 hours now… please rest ᅮ

“Yeah. If I say I can’t reach Diamond because of my condition, people will tell me not to make excuses. No, of course, that will never happen! I’ll definitely go up!”

『Anonymous sponsored 100,000 jellies!』

『You worked hard to get to the promotion match~ Sleep well!』

“Wow~ An anonymous Miyabi donated 100,000 jellies~! Thank you, Miya~! Thank you so much!”

Hmm, I also sent a donation. Did she miss it?

『Curious Elf sponsored 1,000 jellies!』

『Are you really a demon?』

“Pfft, why are you asking that twice? Of course, Miya is a demon?”

If she knew it was the second time, it would have been nice if she had answered from the beginning.

『Curious Elf sponsored 1,000 jellies!』

『Then what is the name of the demon world?』

“Huh? The demon world is the demon world. Should it be called something else?”

– Ah….

-She’s really a true streamer

– Even if I try to pretend I didn’t see it, she always does this

In the place I was from, the name ‘Demon World’ was created to distinguish it from the Middle World. The demons, who had high pride in their race, refused to follow the perspective of the Middle World. So the name they called themselves was ‘Mordus.’

So for now, she’s not the demon I was dealing with.

『Curious Elf sponsored 1,000 jellies!』

『Are there any criteria for dividing areas within the demon world? What was the area you lived in called?』

“Hmm… you’re a really curious elf!”

-Suddenly a roleplaying fanatic appeared

-You should have asked that during her debut stream ᄏᄏᄏ

– A loser ruining the stream on Christmas Eve! Amazing!

– Just ban him, just ban him, just ban him

『Curious Elf sponsored 1,000 jellies!』

『Please don’t avoid the question. Have you lived so long that even your memories of the place you stayed in have become blurry?』

“Alright, alright. Guys, don’t be mad!”

Was this the skill of a streamer? Avoiding direct answers while inducing continuous donations. It was an obvious and cheeky tactic, but if it was to get a proper answer, I could pretend not to notice.

『Curious Elf sponsored 1,000 jellies!』

『If it’s difficult to answer, I’ll ask another question. Can you use magic here? Or is the connection with the demon world completely severed?』

“Okay, it’s almost been 31 hours. Miya should go to sleep soon.”

I definitely sent a donation, but my message didn’t appear on the screen. Instead, another message filled the screen.

[Your activity has been restricted by the streamer and moderators. You cannot participate in activities such as following, chatting, donating, and subscribing.]

Why? I didn’t write anything bad.

***

‘Touring VTuber streams’ was added to my daily routine.

I felt it while donating many times, but 1,000 won was often ignored without even getting a reply. So I raised the

amount little by little. 5,000 won, 10,000 won, sometimes even 100,000 won. Certainly, no one didn’t answer at

100,000 won.

I don’t know how many VTubers I’ve asked. I just found out that there were so many VTubers in Korea.

After my bank account balance had significantly decreased, I realized something.

There was a fundamental limitation to the method of asking questions through donations.

First of all, the viewers didn’t like it when I pried into their RP. I didn’t pay much attention to the chat window during the first donation, but after getting banned a few more times on other streams, I realized it clearly.

Maybe that was why. Most of them just gave a simple response to the question.

Sometimes, even if they gave a relatively sincere answer, it was a problem. Whether they had set up and memorized the RP well, or whether they were really the person as described in the RP, additional verification was needed.

To do that, we needed to have a much more in-depth conversation, but it was rare to have the opportunity to have such a rich conversation alone.

And in the first place, the stream itself was a public environment that anyone could see. It would be difficult to reveal intimate details in such a place.

In the end, it had to be someone who could continue to communicate constantly, and also an environment where

there was less pressure to reveal personal stories. The condition that fit this was a so-called ‘small-time streamer’

with few viewers.

Ironically, most of the small-time streamers who had such perfect conditions couldn’t answer fluently about their RP.

Eventually, it had to change to just watching the stream instead of asking questions through donations, and judging for myself whether this VTuber gave off the nuance that they really came from another dimension.

Of course, I didn’t give up trying to find a ‘small-time streamer with fluent RP’ who could continue to talk with me.

But at this point, it seemed like hope had almost disappeared. I started with a ‘just in case’ feeling, but now only a very faint ember of expectation remained.

***

The new year passed, and the national holiday of Lunar New Year was approaching.

As I had decided, I had established a decent lifestyle pattern during that time.

I woke up early in the morning before the darkness had completely lifted and headed straight to the mountain behind the apartment complex.

It was a small mountain with an altitude of less than 200m, but I felt refreshed when I saw the surrounding trees and stepped on the dirt road.

If you passed the observatory at the top and went down a little, there were quite a few exercise equipment. Along with the equipment, I also trained to jump from the top of a tree to the next tree.

On weekend mornings, I often encountered residents who were hiking. They shouted so desperately when they saw me that I almost lost my footing a few times. I clearly remembered what they said.

‘Miss! What are you doing dangerously up there! Come down quickly!’ or something like that.

If I were to give up training because I was afraid of people’s gazes and reactions, how could I change and adapt? With

that thought, I devoted myself to training as if to show them. These days, it seemed that the early morning hikers had

adapted to my ways.

I often received applause from the spectators when I succeeded in rotating my body 360 degrees 50 times in a row

while hanging on a fairly high iron bar. The ajusshis and ajummas would take out chocolate bars or drinks from their

bags and give them to me. I could feel their pure admiration and goodwill, so it didn’t feel bad.

When I got home, I took a shower and logged into Ori. Now that I was exercising every day without fail, I couldn’t be

considered a game addict. Except for the time to prepare and eat lunch, it was usually about 11 hours? You might be

mistaken that it’s a lot in terms of absolute time, but I always quit when it was time to eat dinner. Yeah, I definitely

developed self-control.

That was also the time when many VTubers started their streams. Sometimes I sat upright in a chair and watched,

and sometimes I rolled around in bed and watched. Recently, I started to expand my area to Japanese VTuber

streams, which were called ‘mainland.’ The real-time translation function wasn’t perfect, but it was enough to

understand the context.

I also watched replays of VTubers that I missed because they streamed in the morning, and watched ‘kirinuki,’ which

were short edited scenes uploaded on MyuTube. Like that, I killed time and went to bed after midnight. I had little

sleep, so I could wake up without difficulty the next morning.

Today, I was watching and communicating with ‘Sarubi,’ who had an RP of being an elf magician. She was the only ‘small-time streamer with fluent RP’ I found after exploring numerous deep seas.

The elf forest she lived in was different from mine, so she wasn’t a friend from the same place. And it wasn’t yet clear whether she was really an elf as described in her RP, or if she was acting.

Apart from that, I felt comfortable when I talked to Sarubi. I also felt that we had become quite close.

Even now, there were only two viewers. One of them didn’t even chat. So I was using the chat window freely, feeling like I was having a conversation through a messenger.

Perhaps it was because we had built up a friendship. Rather, there were many times when I brought up intimate stories.

– I actually didn’t like magicians. Still, I don’t have very good feelings about them.

“Ah… I see. Why?”

– I used to think it was because most of the demons could use magic, so it was a feeling of hatred towards the enemy. But looking back, I feel like I hated magicians long before that. Yes, should I say it’s envy?

“Envy?”

– Yes. I’m a half-elf, so I didn’t have any talent for magic. I found and learned another talent called spirit art, but before that, I was often teased by other elves.

“Yes, then I’m lucky… because I’m an elf who can use magic?”

– But I think Sarubi must have had a similar experience to me. Having such large breasts… It’s not common among elves to have such breasts.

“Um… Curious Elf.”

-Yes?

“Actually, I was going to tell you earlier…”

-Yes. Please tell me.

“Today is my last stream. I think I have to quit streaming now.”

My fingers, which were heading towards the keyboard, hesitated, losing their way.

Why? Isn’t it too sudden?

Did I offend her by mentioning her breasts so directly? But among close friends, this level of…

In an instant, I realized that I was so immersed in communication that I was looking for the cause of her quitting the stream in our current conversation.

Maybe it had nothing to do with me, and she had to quit due to personal reasons.

『Curious Elf sponsored 50,000 jellies!』

『Do you really have to quit?』

It wasn’t the first time I had donated. I had already donated quite a bit to Sarubi.

“Ah, thank you so much for the 50,000 won. Thank you for watching my stream and donating for the past few weeks. But I have something I need to prepare for…”

Unless you donate enough to cover her living expenses, you can’t hold her back with money. Especially if she had to prepare for something else.

– I’m sad. I thought we had a sincere friendship. It’s an unexpected farewell. A VTuber like you was truly special.

“Thank you for thinking of me like that. I’m sad too, but still…”

The next words didn’t come out through her voice. Sarubi sent me a whisper chat.

(I’ll do my best so we can meet again in a different form!)

As I watched the stream end, I mulled over the meaning of the whisper.

I considered myself almost an expert when it came to VTubers. The answer came easily.

In a different form = changing avatars and RP, reincarnation.

I’ll do my best = it’s not confirmed yet.

There were two types of VTuber reincarnation. A VTuber with a large following leaving a company to become an independent VTuber.

Conversely, a small-time VTuber quitting their stream to join a company.

Sarubi was clearly the latter. If so, wouldn’t I be able to narrow down the candidates if I looked for VTuber recruitment notices?

It didn’t take long to find one. There was a notice that the recruitment period started from tomorrow.

BloomingCore

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Blooming Core 3rd Generation, 3rd Additional Recruitment Notice