I Started a VTuber Agency in Another World, and All the Dropout Saintesses Started Selling Their Services to Me!? - Chapter 1

Chapter 1: I Picked Up a Dropout Saint!

“Hey, wait a second!? What are you doing, Lunaria!?”

“…I’m starting to sell my services.”

“Stop that!! Why does your mind go straight there!?”

I panicked and scooted away from Lunaria, who was sitting up straight on the bed.
She was wearing thin pajamas and looking up at me while her body shook.

“B-but… you even bought me all that streaming gear, the magic crystal and everything. I still only have three hundred subscribers…”

“No, three hundred in three days is actually really good!”

“But at the other agencies, when it’s like this, they use their bodies…”

“What kind of shady company does that!?”

When I shot back at her, Lunaria’s shoulders jumped in surprise.
Then, with teary eyes, she opened her mouth carefully.

“…Did you not want that?”

“That’s not the problem!!”

“I… I failed as a saint, and I’m not talented as a streamer either…”

Lunaria gripped the sheets tight.

“So at least… I wanted to be useful to you, President…”

“……”

This is bad.

This girl’s self-worth is in the dirt.

She has probably only ever been valued for what she could produce.

If she couldn’t make a miracle, she was fake.
If she couldn’t get the numbers, she was worthless.

So in her head, it turned into “if I can’t be useful, I’ll offer my body.”

Man, this is heavy. Heavy. So heavy.
This other world has zero compliance rules.

“Listen, Lunaria.”

I knelt down in front of the bed and looked her in the eyes.

“Our agency doesn’t need that kind of thing.”

“…Really?”

“Yeah. What we need is for you to have fun while streaming.”

“Have fun…”

Those words must have sounded completely new to her.
Lunaria stared back at me with a dazed look on her face.

“Streaming is supposed to be like that, right?”

“……”

The next moment.

Plop.

A big tear rolled down from her eye.

“Eh, ehh!? Why are you crying!?”

“B-because…”

Lunaria’s voice cracked as her face scrunched up.

“No one’s ever said that to me before…”

When I saw her watery light-blue eyes, I remembered the first time I met Lunaria.
This world is pretty similar to Japan in some ways.

One big similarity is that streaming culture exists here.

They use magic tools called crystals so saints who belong to the church can read scriptures on camera, nobles can brag and spread their influence, farmers can share crop tips, and merchants can promote their goods. There are all kinds of uses.

The church got huge power by controlling and selling those crystals, growing their followers and making money. They also started sharing some of the profits based on view counts, so more people became streamers and it turned from a hobby into a real job.

Streaming agencies popped up, hiring saints from the church and turning popular ones into stars. That became normal.

But.

The ones who get popular are always the saints who can use “miracles.”

Healing.
Purification.
Blessings.
Flashy lights.

People love easy-to-understand miracles.

So saints who can’t make miracles get thrown away as worthless.

And Lunaria was the perfect example of that.

“…Next person.”

A small interview room in the church basement.

It had been three months since I came to this other world.
I started the streaming agency Luminous and came to the church’s “Saint Aptitude Test” to find my first talent.

At the back of the room, men in priest robes flipped through papers looking bored.

“Name?”

“…Lu-Lunaria Eirfia.”

“Special skills?”

“Um… praying, and…”

“Miracles?”

“……”

Lunaria looked down.

Right then, the interviewers clearly lost interest.

“Ah, no-miracle type.”

“Next.”

It was way too quick.
Faster than looking at the resume.
They treated her like a defective product, not a person.

“W-wait, please…!”

Lunaria raised her voice desperately.

“I-I’m studying streaming too… I can do readings, singing, um…!”

“Faith power?”

“…Huh?”

“Monthly faith power from your last agency.”

“……Two hundred.”

That moment.

The mood in the room changed.

Pfft.

Someone burst out laughing.

“Two hundred!?”

“That’s lower than a regular farmer’s crop stream.”

“She’s got zero talent…”

Lunaria’s shoulders shook hard.

That was when I really looked at her face for the first time.

Long silver hair.
Pale, see-through skin.
Light-blue eyes you could fall into.
And… a face that looked like she was about to cry.

…Why?

Why doesn’t anyone notice?

This girl is crazy pretty on camera.
Her voice is nice too.
She’s only speaking quietly, but it sticks in your ears.

I watched tons of YouTube in my old world, so I know.
She’s a raw gem.

Miracles don’t even matter.

I stood up from my chair and went after her.

“W-wait!”

“…!?”

Lunaria, who was walking down the church hallway, jumped and shook her shoulders.
When she turned around, she had the face of a kid who was about to get yelled at.

“I-I’m sorry…! I’ll go home now…!”

“No no no, that’s not it! I’m recruiting!”

“…Recruiting?”

Her light-blue eyes went wide in surprise.

Up close, she really was beautiful.

So why did she look so unsure of herself?

“I run a streaming agency.”

“I-I know… You’re the president of Luminous, Minato Amagi, right?”

“Huh?”

“People say there’s this weird new tiny agency that picks fights with the church…”

“Who’s spreading that bad rumor!?”

“Everyone at the church…”

Man, they’re really talking trash about me.

Well, I know I’m doing a lot of crazy stuff.
I’m ignoring the church’s rules and only trying to gather unknown saints, so it makes sense.

“…But this is perfect timing.”

“Huh?”

“I came here to scout you.”

“……Eh?”

Lunaria froze.

A few seconds later she shook her head quickly.

“I-it’s impossible…!”

“No, but—”

“My faith power is only two hundred!? I can’t use miracles, I’m bad at singing, I’m bad at talking…!”

She spoke so fast.

She must have been rejected a lot.
That’s why she was so good at explaining why she had no value.

“My last agency said my voice was too dark, I had no charm, I wouldn’t get numbers…!”

Lunaria gripped her clothes tight.

“So… you’re mistaken.”

“I’m not mistaken.”

I answered right away.

“You are definitely going to get popular.”

“……”

Lunaria stopped breathing.
Like she never imagined anyone would say that to her.

“Actually, why hasn’t anyone noticed…?”

“Eh…?”

“Your face is super cute, your voice is great, you have this fragile vibe, and it makes people want to protect you.”

“E-eh…”

“Plus—”

I said it with total confidence.

“You look amazing on camera.”

“…On ca-camera?”

“See, here’s the thing.”

I pulled together all my otaku knowledge from Japan to explain.

“In this world, everyone streams with their real face, right?”

“Y-yes…”

“But that ties you down to reality.”

Nobles have to look noble.
Saints have to look pure.
If you mess up, people attack you.
If you show weakness, they get disappointed.
So no one can show their real self.

But.

“Don’t you think people can change if they become a different character?”

Lunaria’s eyes shook a little.

“A different… character?”

“Yeah.”

I grinned.

“Want to try being a VTuber?”