An Invitation to a Planned Stream

An Invitation to a Planned Stream～☆

Now a corporate-affiliated B-Caster, Karona was in her personal room hashing out her streaming plans when a video call came in from her senpai, Akari.

"Yahhoo～☆ Karona-chan, I've come up with an idea for a planned stream today, so I'm inviting you to see if you'll join in!"

"I shall～!!"

After looking over the payout breakdown from the other day's stream, she had decided there was absolutely no way she could turn down an invitation. After all, it had been 320,000 yen. An amount equivalent to a salaryman's monthly income. Even factoring in the debut-stream bonus, there was no way Karona's eyes wouldn't go starry over that kind of money.

Enough that she'd declared her participation before even hearing what the stream was about. It helped that the timing was perfect, too, since she'd just been drafting her own upcoming stream plans.

If anything, she was the one who'd wanted to ask.

"That was quick, awfully quick, Karona-chan!"

"Hmph, I've come to a realization. The goddess of fortune only has bangs on the front of her head. If you don't grab her right away, she'll slip clean past you～!"

"That is something they say a lot, but the goddess of fortune sure does have a bizarre hairstyle, huh. Well, I've got plenty of fluff on the back of my head too, at least!"

And with that, Akari gave her hair a smooth flip. As expected of idol-type B-Caster Akari-senpai, even a simple gesture came off as cute.

"And, I've come to yet another realization～! A newcomer like me ought to be actively getting tangled up with her senpai! That way, new viewers will notice me too～!"

"True enough! The regulars matter too, but for us B-Casters, new viewers are super important!"

"Precisely so～!"

To put it bluntly, the regulars are already subscribed to the channel. It's only thanks to new viewers subscribing that the subscriber count actually grows.

Of course, one mustn't forget that it's also thanks to the regulars keeping their subscriptions that the count doesn't drop.

"Well then, it'll be more fun if I don't tell you what the plan is."

"Eh?"

"I'll be looking forward to a fresh reaction on the day～☆"

All of a sudden, she was getting anxious.

"Eh, eh. Uh, wa-wait, I'm starting to get a little worried… …!"

"It's fine, it's fine, I won't leave you in the red… … I think!!"

"Please don't say worrying things like that～!?"

"It may be a planned stream, but it's still a dungeon. If you get knocked out right off the bat, your balance really will go into the red! Make sure you come fully prepared for battle～"

"Wh-what kind of dungeon is it～!? The prep depends on that～!"

Click. The call cut off abruptly.

"… … Right. My senpai has invited me to a planned stream. Then there's nothing for it but to go～… …!"

An email with the schedule for the planned stream arrived. Fast. Way too fast on the turnaround.

… … It's a bit late to be saying so now, but I really should have at least confirmed when the planned stream would be, she thought. Though she had been intending to prioritize it above everything else anyway.

"I have to get myself properly prepared. So that I can shine no matter what sort of dungeon we end up in～!!"

With that settled, she decided to tackle a daily corporate dungeon to double as training.

… … Should I stock up on potions too? No, wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy more HP up front? No, no, but if the HP is fixed… …

"Aaaah, I really should have asked for the details of the plan after all～!!"

Head stewing, Karona thrust both fists into the air with an "Hrnnnggh～!"

"… … Well, it's probably precisely those sides of you, Ojou-sama, that got you picked for this, isn't it?"

"Which sides of me, Kokuyou～!?"

The cat-eared AI maid who had been standing by her side watching the whole time found her mistress endearing and giggled with a quiet "Fufufu."