Maid, Maid.

And so, Karona finally got around to actually making the maid.

Incorporating her Karonite viewers' suggestions, she set the parameters one by one. She had the vague feeling there were more adjustable parameters here than there had been for the butler, which was probably just the developers' personal taste showing.

"As for neko-mimi, rather than making them literal, how about going with a hairstyle that looks like cat ears?"

"That's called an 'intake' hairstyle, Ojou-sama. Here is a reference image."

"Ah, yes, yes, that's the one. So that's what it's called. I'm learning so much from you～. Thank you, Sebas."

"the butler's already doing support work! sasu-seba"

"sasu-seba. reference images make it really easy to follow"

"… Hmm, this kind of clashes with the maid headband, doesn't it?"

"Would actual neko-mimi suit her better, then?"

"A neko-mimi maid sounds good to me～."

"yesss! neko-mimi adopted!"

"Now, for the age: big-sister-ish, but chibi-sized. Hmm, she'll have trouble brewing tea at this size. Yes, that settles it, tea-brewing stays Sebas's job! Understood?"

"Leave it to me. I shall brew whenever you wish."

"… Ngh, ngh! Y-yes, I'll be counting on you～!"

"ojou can't hide that fist pump lol"

"ojou, is this just an excuse to have sebas brew you tea?"

"what about a slender cool bishoujo?"

"If it's a cool bishoujo you want, you already have me. She'd clash with my character, so that's rejected～."

"hm?"

"eh?"

"huh?"

"Wha!? I'm a cool-type bishoujo Ojou-sama, am I not!?"

The chat filled with question marks. But given that she'd gone full berserk on Mikado-jou's stream and blundered through a thousand other things besides, there was really no way you could call her anything close to "cool," so the viewers were unquestionably in the right.

Karona tried to turn up the pressure, but her manner only drifted further and further from anything cool.

"… In any case! I'm going with the combo of Sebas for that crisp sharpness and her for warm, fluffy healing! A maid with the embracing kindness to pamper me and pat me on the head with little 'there, there's～!"

"Embracing kindness… Hmm."

"Don't worry, Sebas. I'll make sure to set her bust to the 'impressive once the clothes come off' variety."

"… Transistor-glamour, then. Well, I have no particular objections to raise."

Karona caught the faint hint that Sebas was a little bit pleased, and grinned at him.

"By the way, what's 'transistor-glamour' supposed to mean?"

"Oh, just an old man's slang."

And so she went on tweaking parameters. She deliberately left the hair color unset, deciding to let the AI generate it based on the other settings.

"The 'has a slight hidden side' setting is adopted too! A woman is more charming when she has her secrets, you know… But she absolutely can't dislike me! She has to love me! I'm Karona Ryutanji, a woman starved for love～!!"

"Poor Ojou-sama… Would you like a refill of tea?"

"I would… Haaah, that's calming…"

Karona took a sip of Sebas's freshly brewed tea and let out a breath.

"I'll decide on her name after I see how she looks. That part comes afterwards."

"Then please press the decide button to generate her, Ojou-sama."

"Very well."

When she pressed the decide button, the "Generating…" window appeared, and after a while, polygons clattered together to form a door, just as they had for Sebas.

From it emerged a petite but distinctly feminine neko-mimi maid. Black hair fell softly to her shoulders. There were freckles for the "modest" touch, though they came across as charming instead. Round black eyes peered up at Karona from behind black-framed glasses, and a thick cat tail swayed behind her.

"… There's no mistaking it, this is the kind of bishoujo who'd transform with makeup…!"

"Aaah, I've been waiting, and waiting, and waaaaiting for the day I'd get to serve you, Ojou-sama! Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama!"

Face glowing with barely-contained adoration, the maid's eyes crinkled happily as she threw her arms around Karona. Since Karona was seated in a chair, the maid's face landed right at chest level.

"Oh, o-oh! Y-you're very enthusiastic, aren't you! And this softness… th-this is a fine thing indeed～!"

"Isn't it."

"Why are you the one looking smug, Sebas-sama? Ah, Ojou-sama. Please, give me a name. Any name is fine! As long as it comes from you, Ojou-sama, any name is the best possible name!"

"Ngh! W-well then, let me see… from those black eyes of yours… obsidian… the black gemstone. Yes, how about 'Kokuyou'?"

"Haaah, thank you for such a wonderful name. From this day forward, I shall go by Kokuyou, Ojou-sama!"

Kokuyou squeezed Karona in a tight hug.

This isn't going to get me BANned for an R rating, is it? Karona thought, wrapped up in all that softness.