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“Umm, is the Magius Orb fully set up? I see, I guess it’s alright then… Mhm, I got this. I have to act full of confidence, and not hesitate no matter how crazy it gets, I can do it.”

Crim had been nervously readjusting the Magius Orb on the table many times already, but she still did not seem satisfied, and looked at it with worry. Once she could no longer justify that, she sat down fidgeting wildly, constantly playing with the braid going behind her ears, which had been fixed by Freya.

“Urgh…I’m so nervous. Oh right, what was that greeting I was supposed to use? Uhh, right, Adyyja, right? And that came from…some old game. Hmm…the broadcast…wait, we’re going live in twenty seconds? Isn’t that too soon?!”

Crim stood up and moved in front of the camera, doing one last check of her clothes.

“Ahh… Ahem… three, two, one…”

Checking the remaining time, Crim turned around so mainly her cloak was visible in the frame and stood ready, then…

“…Adyyja! I see thou’st wizened up and came to see me, humans. My name is Crim Lua Cheia! Master of the dignified Lua Cheia guild!”

Turning around and letting her coat flutter in the air, Crim placed her hand on her puffed up chest and exclaimed with a confident voice, making sure to follow all the pointers Ryunosuke had given her. At the same time, a daring grin took over her lips.

She glanced at the viewer count and saw there was a bigger audience than she had expected, and it kept growing. Seeing that, she felt like she had to give them a proper show, and not use her inexperience as an excuse to waste their time.

This was Crim’s first time ever conducting a live stream, and it was happening from within a game. But now there was no walking back, she had to properly see it through.

“…It pleaseth me to see such a merry crowd gathering here, the guild Lua Cheia appreciates all support. My heartfelt gratitude goes to all of you!”

After she said her opening lines, she carefully glanced at the comments flooding in the chat.

“C-cute..?!”

There was already a long list of chat messages there, and the unexpected amount of compliments made her freeze in shock for a moment.

All the chat messages calling her cute caught her off-guard, making her mind blank out and forget everything they had planned for the stream. Through the confusion, she spotted something she could not ignore though, and which gave her the perfect excuse to buy time and collect her thoughts.

“Who art thou calling potato-chan?! I was merely subject to wicked circumstances! Why the insistence to call me potato girl or potato-chan?!”

More chat messages came flooding in, which made Crim gnaw her teeth. But at least that gave Ryunosuke enough time to prepare cue cards and come to her rescue. After glancing at them, Crim faced the camera again.

“Ah! A-ahem, the main reason behind this stream was to introduce our guild, Lua Cheia. Now, I shall provide answers to any of thy inquiries, or requests… And that’s about it.”

At least she was glad to know most comments were positive, so she was able to collect herself and continue with the stream.

“Moving on, three requests will be corresponded to. As an introduction stream, it shan’t be too long, and any further inquiries will be answered through mail… What, already?”

Before she could finish the explanation, there was the chime of a message arriving. Slightly shocked, she opened it and…

“…eugh…”

She completely fell out of character for a second.

“Uhmmm…very well, shall I read it aloud first? Good… ‘Please call me a pig. If possible three times, very slowly, and whispering into the mic’… Human…this makes me question thine sanity, I must admit.”

“Are humans truly entertained by such an act? Hearing a young lady of my age speak such vitriol? I see…I should’ve surmised as much, lowly humans…”

There was a flood of elated comments in the chat, so Crim decided it was best not to think too hard about that. In a way she almost felt bad for the people who felt that way.

But Crim had said she would do it, so as long as it was nothing extreme, she would do her best to fulfill the requests.

Steeling her resolve with a firm nod, she walked closer to the table and picked up the Magius Orb, which served as both camera and microphone, and brought it closer to her.

“Well…let’s do this, shall we?”

Saying that, she took a few deep breaths, then carried the Magius Orb even closer to her lips before whispering.

“…Pig, pig, pii~g?”

And then, the chat froze and there were no more messages. After a bit, Crim began to fear it had not worked out, filling her with distress.

“So, did that satisfy thine desires? I must admit that was one of the most embarrassing episodes of my life, so was it to thine liking at least..?”

After a few seconds of silence, a torrent of chat messages filled the chat in an instance, as if they had never gone away. At least Crim felt relieved seeing that most seemed positive, so she had done a good job.

“Alright, next one…”

Crim checked the next request. As her eyes scrolled along the text, her face grew increasingly redder.

“Th-There’s no way I’m doing that!! Hast thou gone insane?! Thou must be a fool!!”

Her face flushed red, Crim held a hand over her meager chest, while the other pulled her skirt down to cover more of her thighs, which were the only part of her body with skin exposed.

That was enough for the viewers to guess what had been written in the message.

Somehow the chat messages seemed intent in fueling the fires that had already made Crim get so red in the face. Unable to stand it anymore, she glared at the camera, directly into the viewers’ eyes, but that was only met with more “cute!” spam in the chat.

Crim was trying her best to get them to shut up, but it only kept backfiring.

Wait, is it me or are there way more viewers already?

The number of viewers was five times more what it was in the beginning, which made Crim get nervous again,

“M-m-moving on! And there won’t be any more after it, understood!!”

She did her best to mask the trembling in her voice as she opened the third message.

“Umm… ‘How old are you?’… Oh good, finally a normal one. I’m 14…wait no, now it should be 15…huh?”

Crim was glad to finally receive a normal question, and happily began to reply when she realized Ryunosuke was desperately trying to get her attention off-camera. Once she was looking at him, clearly confused, he raised another cue card for Crim to see.

“…ah?! Damn…ah, forget that! Thou hearest nothing!! I’m a fully grown vampire at 150 years old, understand?!”

The chat messages ramped up again while Crim covered her face in disappointment. She had accidentally revealed her true age, a harrowing fact, but at this point the damage was already done.

There was a possibility she would encounter a larger number of trolls and creeps now, but she contented herself by reasoning that there was nothing tying Crim in the game to Kou in the real world.

“Listen up! I’m a 150 year old, adult vampire. Never dare forget that fact!!”

None of the chat messages seemed to take her seriously, but it was something.

“Ideally I would’ve introduced the remainder of the guild, but keeping such matters secret is more important at this time. Fear not though, my dear viewers, we shall meet again, after the Guild vs Guild Battle Royale has concluded!!”

Crim raised the tone of her voice as she said that, then ended with a twirl that covered the Magius Orb with her cloak, which was the signal for Ryunosuke to end the broadcast.

“Phewwww…I…I’m beat…”

Released from that, Crim threw herself at the couch in a corner of the room, taking deep breaths of relief now that it was all over and she could finally relax. Though a part of her mind could not deny that acting in front of a camera and watching the reaction of viewers had also been fun…