Secretary AI! It's a Secretary AI~!!

"Kon-Karona～! Aiming for a 100-million-yen goal, the aspiring-Ojou-sama-type B-Caster, Karona Ryutanji, here～! Good day to you all～!"

"oh her stream's up. kon-karona～"

"viewer count's finally starting to level off. kon-karo～"

"The other day I did an apology stream, but… anyway! Today's the day, everyone, the release day of the Secretary AI～! Thanks to all of you, I've started earning SuperChats, which means I have enough to spare for two Secretary AIs, butler AND maid～!!"

The Secretary AI. BCD's newly rolled-out feature, an AI that assists you with all sorts of things.

Editing videos, organizing your archive, recommending dungeons, managing your schedule around your oshi's streams. Basically, anything you can do within BCD, it'll help you with.

It won't go so far as to participate in actual dungeon clears, but per the pre-release announcement, it offers support like filling you in on monster info or adjusting the position of chat comments to be more readable.

"So yes, I've already done the pre-purchase and pre-download. The moment the clock strikes, I activate and start using it～!!"

"lots of other streams are doing secretary AI today too, huh"

"pre-DL, smart move. this kind of thing gets congested as heck if you try to buy and DL on release day"

"Apparently you can give them names, which has me excited～! Oh, but for the butler, it's Sebastian, known as Sebas, no exceptions～"

"essential for an Ojou-sama lol. i don't know the reference, though"

"yeah, what's the reference for that?"

"One theory holds that it's the name of a butler who appeared in a certain anime about a girl from the Alps. Originally, it's an English or Spanish male name, derived from Saint Sebastian, or so I hear."

"huh, neat"

"wait, so what are you gonna name the maid? Rottenmeier?"

"In the 19th century, apparently, the standard was to name a maid Mary or Jane. The Japanese equivalent would be Hanako. Unusual names were seen as putting on airs and being cheeky, it seems."

"this is the first time ojou has looked smart"

"karona-jou actually has a decent grasp of Ojou-sama trivia"

That said, the butler being Sebas was non-negotiable. But since she had the chance with the maid, she wanted to go with something cute. Sebas was her lifelong aspiration, so that part wasn't up for debate.

"… All right, so what should I name the maid? Niku? Ichika?"

"how about going the opposite direction and picking a name even more Ojou-sama-ish than karona-jou, like Myodor?"

"there's also the approach of giving her a Japanese name. Kinue or something"

"maybe go with a temporary placeholder name like Karina? you can always change it later"

"isn't the bigger question what the maid is gonna look like?"

"Hmm, you all have quite the array of ideas. But it's true, the maid's appearance matters a great deal."

Karona nodded along.

The Secretary AI, in addition to switching between types, also let you configure general personality traits and customize the appearance.

"So then～! Before settling on a name, let's decide what sort of maid she's going to be! As for the butler, he's an elderly butler with a monocle～!! A former mercenary, who from my earliest childhood has been a dependable 'jiiya' (old man-servant), kind at times, stern at others! 'Oh dear me, my lady, you mustn't do such things… let's keep this a secret from Master, shall we?' That kind of hushed, childhood secret-keeping, you see!!"

"ojou, you suddenly started talking super fast"

"huh? is my playback at 2x speed?"

"i get the appeal of a jiiya"

"Ahem. Or alternatively, a cool, aloof type, dark-haired and red-eyed, a real pretty-boy. In truth, a demon who…"

"ojou, don't go any further"

"as a streamer you can't be recreating anime characters"

"and i'm pretty sure that one was also named Sebas. out!"

"… True, considering this is going to air, overlapping with an existing character isn't a good idea. Scratch the demon setup, then, and I'll just go with the elderly butler after all. Still, the monocle and using thread as a weapon, those are fine, right?"

"that's not Sebas but i have a vague memory of seeing something like that, though i guess that much is safe?"

"the 'say your prayers to god? is your corner-of-the-room trembling ready?' guy"

"it'd be nice if the AI butler could fight alongside you in dungeons, but apparently that's not a thing. he does give advice though"

"Mmh, that leaves things half-baked. Well, the butler will be an elderly gentleman. Now, the maid: competent, or incompetent… I have to admit, the klutzy-maid idea is hard to let go of～"

A real-life klutzy maid would be a nightmare, but this was VR. Getting tea spilled on you, having plates smashed when she tripped, all of it could be cleaned up in an instant.

"since ojou's got klutzy tendencies of her own, maybe a competent maid's the way to go"

"if the maid's ALSO a klutz, i feel bad for the butler"

"Now hold on just a moment? Where is this evidence that I am klutzy?"

"you got full of yourself, got wrecked, and haven't gone into a multi dungeon even once since, right?"

"didst thou forget the mirror-stream of mikado-jou's the other day?"

"the 'oopsy-Ojou-sama' who somehow hit 1000 subs has something to say, apparently"

"the 'forget the soy sauce at your apology sushi' style"

"Uguu! Th-that's… true enough…"

Her protest thoroughly demolished, Karona shrank down in defeat.

"… Oh, wait, hah!? It's time already! In that case, let's customize the maid as we build her!"

"character creation stream～!"

"making a maid from scratch, nice!"

"we're making our maid～～!!"

"She's MY maid, you know!? I'm not sharing～!?"

And with that, Karona opened up the purchased-DLC menu on BCD and launched the Secretary AI.