Affiliation Confirmed!

She notified Hoshizora Production of her decision to join.

"I received offers from others as well, but please do let me belong here."

"R… really?! Thank you! Thank you so much!!"

Hoshizora Akari said it twice, as though it bore repeating.

"Yes. Do take care of me, Akari-senpai."

"S-senpai… ehehe. In that case, Karona-san, I'll send over the contract by email. Please check the contents and then sign it! Ah, and a transfer via BCG is fine for the payment, right?"

"Yes, understood. That method is fine for the transfer as well."

"Ojou-sama, just to be safe, allow me to check the contract contents for any changes on my end as well."

"Yes. Please do."

Kokuyou quietly whispered into Karona's ear, and Karona nodded. For this sort of thing, double-checking is a must.

Kokuyou began reading the contract, delivered by email as a PDF… After poring over it for all of three seconds, Kokuyou nodded.

"Ojou-sama, I've finished checking the contract. There are no differences from the terms we were told in advance."

"Thank you, Kokuyou. Then I shall sign right away～."

Truly an AI. Reading and cross-checking it in no time at all.

Karona dashed off her signature in the signature field and sent it back to Akari.

"Thank you so much! I've confirmed receipt… from this moment on, Karona-san, you are an affiliate of Hoshizora Production! Please take care of me, Karona-san!"

"Yes. Once more, do take care of me, senpai."

Karona had at last gone from solo streamer to corporate-affiliated B-Caster.

"When should we do the affiliation announcement? There's preparation involved, so I'd imagine tonight would be too soon, but…"

"It's quite all right. Isn't it, Kokuyou?"

"Yes. Ever since Ojou-sama decided to join, I've been preparing the script for the affiliation-announcement stream, so we're ready whenever."

"So there you have it. The moment Hoshizora Production gives the green light, we can announce anytime, Akari-senpai!"

"Oh, putting your Secretary AI to great use! That's so reassuring! Then let's do the affiliation-announcement stream as early as tonight!"

"… Wouldn't it be better to check the script's contents first, Akari-senpai?"

"Ah, r-right! I was so happy I got ahead of myself."

Akari certainly seemed overjoyed. Was Karona's decision to join really that big a deal for her?

"By the way, is there anyone else joining alongside me, like same-batch newcomers?"

"Um… actually, I reached out to a few people, but they turned me down. This time it'll just be you, Karona-san."

"Oh my, that's a bit of a shame."

If there had been same-batch newcomers, Karona thought, she could've gone on friendly dungeon attacks with them, or done versus and co-op on game streams.

Butting into a close-knit senior trio is a rather high bar.

"… Yes, yes. The script looks fine! Let's go with this!"

"In that case, we'll do the affiliation-announcement stream tonight～!"

"Please take care of me!"

With how briskly the conversation moved, it was decided they'd do the "Major Announcement" stream that very night.