I Wonder About Live Streaming...!

"Sebas! Sebas!"

"Yes, what might it be, Ojou-sama?"

That day, Karona had decided to consult Sebas about things she wanted to try going forward.

"Sebas. I did a singing stream the other day, did I not?"

"Indeed, so you did. It was quite an enjoyable affair."

"I want to try doing a live stream～! I heard that if you have a Secretary AI, you can essentially do one for free～!"

That's right. A live stream.

Within BCD, putting on a live stream wasn't particularly difficult. First, for the live stage itself, all one had to do was modify their home. Furthermore, when it came to inviting an audience, a "Multi Dungeon: Live Stage" was even available for public use.

Of course, smashing the Dungeon Core in such a dungeon wouldn't net any rewards, but by setting the entrance condition to "Possession of a Specific Item (Live Participation Ticket)," one could restrict entry and host a live stream that way.

Naturally, if the tickets were made paid, it became a paid live stream. Corporate-slot B-Casters apparently used this method frequently to hold their live streams.

"There are streamers who leave the camera controls to their Secretary AI for their lives, and there are people who sing while their Secretary AI plays instruments at home, you see. The song licensing is fine under the same comprehensive agreement as singing streams, right? Although apparently the restrictions are different for corporate-slot B-Casters. If I just want to do a stream, solo mode should work just fine～!"

Karona looked up at Sebas with starry eyes.

"… With all due respect, Ojou-sama. A live stream places a rather considerable burden on the performer. Not in a financial sense, but in terms of stamina and mental fortitude."

"Hm, what do you mean by that, exactly?"

"Well… there are a number of things, but first, let me see. For instance, please take a look at this B-Caster doing a live stream."

Sebas flicked open a browser with practiced ease.

On the screen, a B-Caster had gathered an audience at a live venue within a Multi Dungeon and was performing live alongside band members.

"… What a wonderful live stream～! I'd like to do one like this too～"

"This individual is a solo streamer, yet has 165,000 subscribers. In the real world, they're a popular voice actor who performs on BCD with their own actual voice."

"…1-165,000!? Solo, with 165,000 subs… and on top of that, a popular voice actor!?"

Ah, it's true, I have heard this voice before～! Karona could recall a few characters with this very voice.

"And this stream has a concurrent viewer count of 650, with about 50 people inside the venue."

"Eh!? Even a popular voice actor with 165,000 subs only gets about that for a live!?"

"About that. For a small-fry B-Caster like Ojou-sama, you wouldn't fill even a tenth of that."

"Ugugh!! Reality hurts so much～!?"

"For starters, you couldn't even gather the band members to perform."

Sebas was piling on the merciless realities.

"You ought to meekly content yourself with 'Try Singing' streams."

"… I-Isn't there some way to make it work?"

Karona clung to Sebas with pleading eyes. Sebas thrust more reality at her.

"To begin with, 'live' means practicing and practicing and building up enough vocal skill and performance ability to hold up to a live. A 'Try Singing' stream is fine with just karaoke audio, but for a live, you need to purchase live-specific audio sources."

"… I-Is that so? Can't you perform the music, Sebas?"

"I'm not a performance-specialized AI by trade. I'm better at playing a tune with gunfire… Well, with some practice, perhaps I could reach a 'not unlistenable' level?"

It wasn't that he couldn't do it. Someone like Kokuyou would no doubt practice and polish it up to a high standard.

"Besides, if you're going to say 'let the AI handle the performance,' well, an AI idol would sing better songs than you, Ojou-sama. Are you familiar with the Denshi no Utahime?"

"Ugugh!! With Yowane-no-kata, just maybe～!"

"That one is known for work besides singing, isn't she. Well, that might work. However… Ojou-sama. Can you properly memorize parts beyond the chorus? And with choreography on top of that?"

"…!!"

Even during her singing stream the other day, it had been such a baby-level performance with Kokuyou filling in the parts she couldn't sing that it was practically a nursing-care stream. With choreography tacked on… Karona's spirit shattered.

"Mmmh, indeed, rather than practicing songs, it would be better to dive into dungeons and earn some money, wouldn't it…"

"Well, in the range of 'a slightly fancier singing stream with a live background,' it might be doable, I'd say."

"That's it～!"

And so she was going to do another singing stream.

However, since the home's live environment ran anywhere from 5,000 to 30,000 yen, it ended up being an ordinary karaoke singing stream after all, with Sebas shaking maracas.