Intrusion

The inside of the dungeon was a standard cave type, and slimes were popping up here and there as well.

"Karona-chan! Slime, it's a slime! Come on, smack it into that goblin!"

"Understood, Akari-senpai! Dossei～☆"

With her mithril parasol she whacked the slime with a pakaan, and the head of a passing goblin went flying. Headshot, one-kill.

[Oreshi0436]: "nice headshot!"

[@tam323]: "hole-in-one straight to the afterlife for that goblin's soul!"

[Joabou]: "a goblin dungeon that also has slimes, can only call this a dungeon made for Ojou"

[Karuari]: "well, slimes get used in a lot of dungeons so"

"Nice shot! As expected of Karona-chan. No wonder your parasol golf went viral. Looks great on stream too!"

"Thank you so much, Akari-senpai. But, this is a goblin cave, and yet there are slimes too?"

"Yep! Actually, I did a quick scout beforehand and picked a place where slimes showed up!"

"Akari's as thorough as ever about stuff like that."

"… So that's what you were sneakily logging in for last night."

[Akaringo 5]: "oh? hinting at cohabitation??"

[Comoon A]: "Sora-sama was streaming a game from the guild home living room last night too, and she was in the background, so that's what he meant"

[@smallwind]: "i see. so in a way, cohabiting at the guild home… i can vibe with that!"

"Hinting… so there's that kind of thing too. Very educational～"

"Hey, Akaringo and the rest of you! Don't teach my junior weird things!!"

"Karona-san, please come by the guild home to hang out anytime."

"Yes, Yuki-senpai!"

And so, watching her senpais take down goblins, laying down supporting fire whenever a slime appeared, and casually full-swinging her parasol into goblins that came up from behind, Karona made smooth progress through the dungeon.

"Whew! Smooth, smooth. This might be the first time I've had such a stable dungeon run outside of my daily missions～!"

More than anything, it was nice not having to keep worrying about her rear. So this is party play, huh, Karona thought, keenly feeling just how solo-heavy her career had been up till now.

"That's right～. Today's dungeon is an easy one since we're introducing and welcoming you, Karona-chan."

"Normally we pick places right at the edge of our ability for the sake of making the stream interesting. It's been a while for us too, being this stable."

"Yeah. Usually there are times we have to retreat depending on the situation."

Indeed, Hoshizora Production's party was normally fighting much tougher enemies.

A stream like Karona's daily, too stable and lacking variation, was no different from idle chatter. And Karona's daily wasn't even chatter; she just silently ground through the work.

In dungeon streaming, for the sake of good stream visuals, "constantly challenging yourself" is what works. Otherwise, viewers can't enjoy themselves; it just becomes a boring grind stream. (Though that too has a certain fixed demand.)

By continuously challenging yourself, your abilities naturally rise, and you become able to clear harder dungeons.

The ideal form of dungeon streaming, in service of countering Dungeon Disasters. Hoshizora Production's streaming style was exactly that.

And then another goblin showed up, so Karona knocked it down with her parasol.

"Ara? That goblin just now, its arm was already injured from the start, wasn't it?"

"You're right. Maybe another party missed killing it. Goblins have been increasing as we get deeper, too."

"This is a multi dungeon, so that kind of thing happens."

Hmm, Karona was just about to accept that explanation… when it happened.

"Huh? What are the Hoshi-Pro guys doing in a place like this?"

"Ugh, Kurokawa Othello."

A shota with short-cut black hair streaked with white popped out. Kurokawa Othello — a big-name rookie B-Caster affiliated with Niconoir Production, the agency with bad blood against Hoshizora Production.

But Kurokawa Othello was not the only one there.

"Wait a moment, Kurokawa-kun. Don't leave me behind."

A cool, dignified, and yet somehow shameless woman's voice.

"Ah, sorry. But, take a look, Karasuba-san. Hoshi-Pro's here."

"Oh my, oh my. Well, well. Kuku, the Ojou-sama who turned down our scout offer is here too, isn't that something?"

And then, a stylish female avatar wearing a black polo shirt and holding a golf club walked out from behind Kurokawa Othello.

"This person is… Karasuba Kurona…!?"

—Yes, it was the pro-golfer Ojou-sama avatar that Director Kuroi had shown Karona as her potential reincarnation vessel during the Niconoir interview.

 

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