I'm Watching My Oshi's Stream~!!

Karona had fully intended to end her own stream so she could watch her oshi's.

Normally she shut things down by hitting "Close" on her streaming tool window, but today, she'd been just the tiniest bit off.

As a result, she'd only "Minimized" the streaming tool, and her stream was still going.

"ojou, behiiind you, behind you"

"karona-jou's kinda airheaded (like, spacey), so i figured this'd happen one of these days"

The situation wasn't all that different from during a dungeon stream. But in her home, her coordinates were locked to the desk, so all those helpful warning comments sat completely outside the field of view of the now backwards-facing Karona.

"is this the mikado-sama simulcast venue?"

"well, mikado-jou hasn't banned mirror streams, so technically by the rules it's fine. Yoshi!"

"ojou watching her oshi ojou-sama… kinda worried something dangerous is gonna come out of her mouth"

And so, Karona's stream was now broadcasting the Mikado channel's stream, plus the back of Karona's head.

Over on Mikado's stream, the OP had just ended and the lady herself was smiling and greeting her viewers.

"Good day, everyone. Welcome to my tea party once again, I am Amenato Mikado."

"Fwaah! Radiant as ever today! Those whitefish-slender fingertips, that velvet hair! Her dignified attire, her voice, her face, all so lovely～!! I love her～!!"

"and immediately ojou is broken"

"well this level is pretty standard for her?"

"but this is our ojou. interpretation confirmed."

Karona was letting out weird noises, but her viewers were surprisingly composed. As fellow Karonites, this much was well within expectations.

Because it's Karona. Not yet time to panic.

"can someone tell a friend of hers through SNS or something and get them to call in?"

"fri… end…? ojou… has friends?"

"[sad news] ojou is a loner [friends list: 0]"

"oh… sorry about that (T_T) sob"

Blissfully unaware of that sad announcement, Karona was glued to the stream.

On screen, Mikado was selecting a dungeon. The destination was a solo dungeon, and a high-difficulty, high-rate one at that. If Karona went in, a one-shot instakill was practically guaranteed.

"Today I plan on gathering items to put up for the upcoming charity auction."

Mikado said this with a soft, gentle smile. She strolled down the stone-paved path of a dungeon modeled after a ruined old castle as elegantly as if walking through a sun-dappled park.

"Haaah, she's a whole painting. The absolute best… this is what an ojou-sama is～!"

"can't argue with that. so this is what a real ojou-sama looks like."

"an elegance karona-jou couldn't even begin to imitate"

"… hm? the one in the foreground of this stream, isn't that our commoner-sama?"

Then a monster leapt out from the side of the path. A lizard made of dark shadow: Shadow Lizard. It could melt into shadow to nullify physical attacks, an extremely annoying monster.

But Mikado didn't panic, catching it with her parasol—

"—Skill activate. Jewel Seal."

The next instant, the Shadow Lizard was trapped inside a transparent hexagonal jewel, which clinked onto the stone pavement. Coin-sized. Mikado flicked it up with her parasol and let it drop neatly into her palm.

"It appeaaared～! Mikado-onee-sama's Jewel Seal! Divine! Seal me up tooo～!!"

"Ah, for any first-time viewers, allow me to explain. This is my Unique Skill, Jewel Seal."

Unique Skills.

Avatars built with Debris technology accumulated experience data as they cleared dungeons, growing stronger in a manner similar to RPG level-ups. Occasionally, through this process, an avatar would learn a Unique Skill of its own.

These were typically more powerful than general skills, and could only be obtained after many stages of growth, so possessing a Unique Skill was considered proof of being a top-tier dungeon clearer.

"Jewel Seal is a skill that imprisons its target inside a jewel. Against opponents at this level, I can seal them without even needing to weaken them first. —And this jewel can be handled as material equivalent to one whole monster of the sealed variety."

"a whole monster from a high-difficulty dungeon as material… how much is that worth?"

"quick math, one of those is worth hundreds of thousands. and it has guaranteed rare parts. there's actually a theory that the top-tier crowd's gear is being propped up by mikado-jou."

"and she's putting that up for a charity auction!? mikado-sama is insane. so this is what a real ojou-sama is."

"ojou-sama power karona-jou couldn't match even if she stood on her head…!!"

The Karonites were awestruck. Meanwhile, Karona's reaction was—

"Turning monsters into jewels, what a graceful and beautiful Unique Skill! Ahh, I want a monster-infused jewel, but they're absurdly expensive and way out of reach～…! Should I throw my Secretary AI money at one instead…? No, but as an ojou-sama I do want a butler and a maid… no no, but but, these jewels are once-in-a-lifetime, if I miss this chance…!"

"ojou has straight up become a mika-raid lmao"

"that's mikado-jou's fan name, right? > mika-raid"

"yeah. mikado + raid (as in crowd). also, once your M-attribute gets strong enough, you become a mikado-M instead."

"lolololol"

She was genuinely wrestling with whether to blow her Secretary AI savings on a bid at the charity auction. Although, honestly, 100,000 yen was on the sketchy side of whether she could even win a bid in the first place.

"These stones will be auctioned off at a charity auction in a later stream. However, please do not bid beyond your means, all right? As you can see, I can obtain as many of these stones as I like, after all."

"Yeees～! I'll pass this time, I'm sorry onee-sama! But your consideration even for a poor Mika-Raid! Divine! Take me～!"

"don't say 'take me' on stream, ojou."

"can she please notice already…?"

"obediently following instructions lol, mikado-M suspicions confirmed."

Just a touch borderline, but still safe. For now.