After Accidentally Helping a Famous Streamer Who Forgot to Turn Off Her Dungeon Stream, I Began to Go Viral as a Legendary Explorer ～ The Introverted Me Accidentally Dominating with My Mysterious Skill 'Ignore Rules' - Chapter 27: For Some Reason, I'm Being Treated Like a Saint, But I Don't Know Why

Chapter 27: For Some Reason, I’m Being Treated Like a Saint, But I Don’t Know Why

“What…is this!?”

The next morning.

Before starting to get ready, I was idly scrolling through my smartphone and stumbled upon some unbelievable articles on the internet.

—Legendary Explorer Appears: His Name is Tsukushi Kirishima

—Who’s the Real God of Destruction!? Mysterious Boy Effortlessly Keeps Casting High-Level Magic

—High School Student Who Saved Miru Ayatsuki, Casually KO’s the Famous Kento Goyama

—Kento Goyama, Who Had Collaborated with Puprock, Exposed for Terrible Bullying in School. School Now Flooded with Inquiries

There were a staggering number of articles discussing the duel from yesterday.

As if Miyu being a famous streamer wasn’t enough, even the influencer Sorakin had gotten involved. The situation had spiraled out of control.

I was too afraid to read the comments section much, but for some reason, there were many voices treating me like a saint.

― Kirishima-kun is a saint for enduring all this in silence until now

—A god who, despite his own troubles, risked himself to save Miru-chan

And so, I found myself being praised in an incomprehensible manner.

Frightened by this, I eventually closed the comments section. Regardless, it was clear that the situation had significantly escalated since yesterday’s stream.

“Damn…I can’t believe she forgot to end the stream back then…”

Yes.

After Goyama had scampered away with his tail between his legs, we were all quite tired and decided to head back to our respective homes.

And while we were packing up, Miyu suddenly let out an incredibly loud shout.

“Aaaaaah! Oh no! I forgot to end the stream!”

In short, the duel with Goyama had been broadcast to viewers all across the country yesterday.

I thought that showing something like a personal quarrel wouldn’t be interesting to viewers, but it seemed to have unexpectedly caused quite a stir.

Really, you never know what will go viral these days.

A scene of just me casting Fireball is being highlighted, but watching such a basic spell is hardly interesting.

…In any case, I have school today.

Though part of me wants to lay low, I must muster the courage to go.

With that resolution, I began preparing to go to school.

★

A few minutes after leaving the house.

“Ah, Kirishima-kun. Long time no see.”

Suddenly addressed from behind, I instinctively tensed up.

“Erm… Shiozaki-san?”

“Oh, you remembered me. I’m glad…”

—Shion Shiozaki.

If I recall, she was a female student in the same class as me last year. In a word, she was an unattainable beauty.

With long, black hair that reached her waist, a face that looked demure yet adorable, and a chest size that inadvertently drew one’s gaze, she seemed to be the embodiment of every guy’s dream.

Of course, that meant a lot of male students probably wanted to get close to her, but—.

On the flip side, she was also known for her extremely cold demeanor.

No matter what you said to her, she’d brush you off with responses like, “So?”, “And?”, “What’s the point?”, making her quite the celebrity within the school for that reason alone.

Considering she was speaking to me now, I thought something significant must have happened, but—.

“You see, I happened to spot you from behind. We were in the same class before and we didn’t really get to talk much in the first year, but I’ve actually been interested in you. Since we hardly get the chance to speak, I thought I’d take this opportunity. Would you like to go out with me?”

“…Huh?”

She spoke so quickly that I almost couldn’t keep up, but it seemed like she dropped quite the bombshell at the end.

“F-for starters, don’t you think saying we should date is… a bit too soon? I’m not that great of a guy or anything…”

“Muu. You’re not making a move easily. Different from the guys before. As I thought, Tsukushi-kun is a saint.”

“…”

This is bad.

Just like in those online articles, I’m somehow being treated as a saint, but I honestly don’t understand why.

“Then, can we at least go to school together?… Is that too much to ask?”

“!”

Her upward gaze felt like a foul play.

“W-well, if that’s the case… Let’s go together then.”