Ch.13 I Regret Leaving Everything Up to Them

"Now, about the future."

"Right"

At first glance, Hentai-san aka Emi-san appears to be a very ordinary, serious older sister, until she opened her mouth.

She seemed to be in work mode and spoke politely right now.

I wonder which one is the real Mikazuki Emi.

"First of all... please create a social media account for Haru-chan."

"Eh, no. It's such a pain."

"Nono, it's common to make them nowadays."

"That kind of thing was bothersome, that's why I hid myself."

"Haru-chan is a weird person. It's one thing when you're a boy, but when you become such a cute girl, don't you want to be fawned over and told you're cute and adorable?"

"Well, I was a guy. I don't really like being fawned over by other guys..."

"Ah, I see. Most female viewers go to the ones with the cool guys... But if it's small and cute like Haru-chan, girls will probably watch too."

"The people who'd go out of their way to watch on stream would be people of the opposite sex, unless they were acquaintances... and even if they were women, they would probably be some sort of perverts."

"Guh."

"Ah, sorry. I'm not talking about you, Emi-san."

It seems that Hentai-san, that is Emi-san, was hit by a stray bullet.

But she seems happy so I guess it's okay.

"...Ahem. If that's the case, please let us know and our office will take care of it."

"Please, it's such a pain."

Originally, I was hiding because I didn't want to bother explaining things.

There's no need to hide anymore, and I kind of did them a favour, so I might as well just leave it all to them.

It's a pain, and if I have time to do that I'd rather read a book.

"I'd also like to know about the streaming settings. I haven't really touched anything since my first stream about three or four years ago."

"... Certainly, not only the icon, but also the description and tags..."

"Because it was too much hassle."

"Haru-chan... Maybe try a bit harder...?"

"...Even though I don't stream, I can do at least that much..."

The medical staff... Kujima-san was looking at me with surprised eyes, while Mikazuki-san... Emi-san was looking at me with troubled expressions.

Well, it can't be helped, my streaming was really just a hobby.

"But I understand how you feel, Haru-chan...!"

"You understand, Ruru-san?"

"Yeah...! It's really troublesome to have to think about it every time! Also it's 'Ruru-chan', right?"

On the other hand, Fukaya-san... Ruru-san was holding my hand tightly and said she understood my feelings.

My liking for this kid is skyrocketing.

"...Besides, it was Ruru's fault that Haru-san was brought out into the open. We will do anything we can to help."

"I'll send you the password and everything later, so please make it look nice."

I'm sure it will be fine if you get some professionals to make it "look good".

It seems like most of the increased number of subscribers are there for Ruru-san, so I'm sure it will decrease and go back to normal soon.

Oh no, but as long as the suspicion of a young girl remains, will there be any other perverts coming besides this one here?

"I don't know much about it, but... doesn't that mean I'm basically affiliating myself with your agency...?"

“Well, it’s not wrong, since we’re pretending that you joined so that we can block solicitations to you, even if only temporarily. After the commotion has died down, it’s up to you, Haru-san…”

Kujima-san seems like an outsider, but even she seems to know more about this industry than I do.

"Leave it to me! I'll be producing Haru-chan's stream!"

"Eh? Ah, yes, please, Ruru-san."

"Trust me! Also it's 'Ruru-chan'!"

Ruru's face is close so I quickly move my eyes somewhere else.

"Oh, you're embarrassed! How cute~♥"

No.

I've just never been good at getting close to people.

...Come to think of it, our distance have been completely broken down without me noticing... I don't really mind though...

"Next, Haru-san's house... that apartment."

"Please fix the door. It's expensive."

"Oh, yes, of course."

Said the musclehead Hentai-san who apparently managed to strip it off using only the strength of her arms.

Macho Hentai-san is dangerous.

"... More than that, we would like you to move into a room prepared by the agency for the time being. It has been decided that it would be safest to move away from the town where the dungeon is located for a few months."

"Even if you say you're high-level, Haru-san has the body of a 6-year-old... a woman can never be too cautious."

"Is that so, Kujima-san?"

"Yes. A large percentage of the reports to the dungeon guards are from men interfering with women."

Ah, I guess being a girl is just troublesome.

I really want to go back to being a man soon.

"Oh, about that, I'm fine with moving if you'd help me out with that"

"Of course."

"Then please."

I didn't particularly like the apartment.

It's just that it's cheap and spacious because it's in the countryside, that's all.

When I was a man, I could get by with a short bike ride, and even though I now have this body and I'm sneaking around, I'm not that slow when it comes to moving around on foot.

After all, the level of training you need to achieve in the dungeon is important.

Otherwise I'd just be a little girl and it would take me an hour to get to the station.

"Yeah... there were a lot of people wandering around who wanted to know Haru-chan's true identity. We snuck in so they wouldn't find us."

"Oh, right. my hair and stuff got exposed during the stream."

"By the way... The situation is like this."

"let's see"

Kujima-san, who had been fiddling with her smartphone for a while now, shows me the screen.

There was a character with long blonde hair wearing a robe.

"?"

"That's Haru-san."

"Huh?"

Apparently, various people are drawing me, as if I'm a character from some kind of social game.

And it's trending really hard.

Eh?

Is this, me?

It's surprisingly very similar... eh, scary.

"It's become a trend and everyone seems to be having fun with it!"

"Hee... They just assume from the human form as they like...?"

"If you don't like it, you can request deletion when you create Haru's account."

"Oh no, it's not that bad. Besides, I'll be turning back into a man later anyway."

"...It seems like there are a lot of women who stream these kinds of things..."

"I think it's the price of fame. The more famous you are, the more you'll be drawn and the more opportunities you'll have to be recognized..."

"Emi-chan, you have big breasts so you get a lot of them! They're all lewd!"

"Ruru is also... No, I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologizing!?"

"Because your fan art is mostly just the same old unfortunate scenes..."

I see.

Just being a girl can make you popular, but on the other hand, things like this happen a lot too.

It's true that Emi-san is big and Ruru-san is small, or rather she's flat...yeah, so unfortunate...

Well, I'm a guy so it doesn't matter to me.

"Haru-chan hasn't even shown her face or had a character portrait, so everyone is having fun fantasizing about her!"

"It's what they call fan art. They're all so cute."

Kujima-san scrolls through the pages happily.

Even though Kujima-san is the most sensible person among this group, she seems to accept being drawn as completely normal.

...Maybe I should use the internet a bit more...I didn't know about these kinds of things.

"...Um. Am I being a bit sensitive?"

"We-Well, that's how we women are portrayed on the internet..."

"I'm a guy."

"I'm sorry... I said you were a princess on the stream..."

If you look closely, you'll see that in all of the illustrations I'm wearing something that looks like a crown.

There are countless illustrations that include words like "Kneel!", "Servant", and whips.

"By crown... do you mean the camera on top of my helmet?"

"That was handmade by Haru-chan! The one that was in that room!"

I've worked hard so I'm at a pretty high level, and I generally don't get injured in dungeons.

So I just have a hat on my head that's designed to keep me warm, and I have a camera attached to it.

"Ruru said that on her stream."

"Ruru-san?"

"Sorry"

"I don't really care, but... idols have it tough too. Being portrayed like this all the time."

I looked at the illustration that came along, in which Ruru-san being drawn in an exaggerated manner.

"It's really embarrassing so I try not to look at arts of me... but I want to use pretty or cute ones as thumbnails..."

"It's the price of popularity. As long as it's not too much, I don't mind. I'd be angry if it's just edited picture of the livestream"

Being a girl is tough..... Being forced to wear light clothing and are made to do all sorts of things.

"...Haru-san, are you okay?"

"What is it, Kujima-san?"

“What do you mean… Haru-san, you’re originally a boy, right…? So, as a girl, arts like that is…”

"…… Ah"

I see.

Since Kujima-san is a member of the medical team, she seems to be a very sensible person.

If I'm in trouble, let's rely on this person.

Ruru-san can't be relied on, and Emi-san is a pervert.

"It's okay. I was a man too, so I understand how men feel."

"So if you were watching us when you were a boy, Haru-chan, would you have seen things like that too?"

"How did you come to that conclusion, Ruru-san?"

" It's 'Ruru-chan'! Just answer me!"

Ruru-san looks bright red for some reason...I don't really understand, but something must have hit her hard in the heart at that age.

When I look, Emi-san is also a little red.

"...I'm also curioー"

"Even though you're a pervert?"

"Afun!"

"Mikazuki-san, if you don't fix that, you'll definitely make an error on stream someday..."

Perhaps because they are still in the hospital, Hentai-san is remaining reserved, while Kujima-san is holding something thread-like tightly in both hands.

...Let's just pretend I didn't see it.

"So, Haru-chan, would you?"

"Would I... not really?"

"Do I have zero attractiveness as a girl?!"

"Eh, no, that's not it."

"So you're going to see it after all?"

"Why is that the case... I won't see it..."

"Because I'm not attractive? Because I don't have boobs?"

"No, I don't really care that much..."

After that, Ruru just keep being annoying without even looking at the food until the payment was paid and the waiter coming to pick it up.

Girls are such a pain.

Oh, by the way, apparently the agency pays for everything.

Well, it can't be helped, I'll just have to think of the girls' annoyances as part of the cost.

I'm a girl now though.

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