I Started a VTuber Agency in Another World, and All the Dropout Saintesses Started Selling Their Services to Me!? - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Living Together with the Dropout Saint!

“Um… how was it…?”

The second the words “stream ended” popped up on the crystal, Luna turned back to me looking all nervous like the super cute version from earlier was a lie.

Her ears were bright red.

On her lap, her fingers kept twisting around each other restlessly.

“……”

Man.

How am I even supposed to answer this?

She broke the average faith power viewer count for newbies in just five minutes.

The comments were flying.

Super chat donations of magic stones wouldn’t stop.

And that last breathy sound almost overloaded the magic crystal that worked as our server.

She was a total monster.

“S-sorry…!”

Because I stayed quiet, Luna’s shoulders jumped.

“I-it was weird after all, right!? I went blank in the middle and made those, um, weird noises…!”

“No, not weird, it’s just…”

“S-sorry…!”

Luna looks down with teary eyes.

“I knew it, you must think I’m a cheap girl—”

“You have insane talent.”

“…Huh?”

Luna freezes completely.

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

“…Huh?”

Why did she ask three times?

“No, it was seriously amazing. The comments went wild and the faith power growth was crazy.”

“C-crazy…”

“I’m complimenting you.”

“Ah… uh…”

Luna blinks quickly.

Then a few seconds later.

She goes all soft and smiles like the strength left her body.

“…Th-thank goodness…”

She leans back in the chair like she’s melting.

Looks like she was tense the whole time she was streaming.

“But I was really surprised. You turned into a completely different person all of a sudden.”

“Eeh!?”

Luna’s shoulders jump again.

“D-different person… s-so it really was weird!?”

“No, that’s not it. How do I put it… the second the stream started, your talent just exploded.”

“T-talent, something like that…!”

Luna looks away shyly.

But then.

“…Still.”

She says it softly.

“When I’m being Luna… it’s not scary for some reason.”

“Not scary?”

“…Yeah.”

Luna grips the front of her clothes tight.

“When I’m just Lunaria, I’m always scared I’ll fail again…”

“……”

“But when I’m Luna… everyone says I’m cute.”

Those words.

They squeeze my chest a little.

She probably never had anyone accept the real her before.

That’s why.

She can only smile when she becomes someone else.

“…President?”

“Yes?”

Luna looks up at me with anxious eyes.

“Um… do you think… people will actually support Luna…?”

“Of course.”

I answer right away.

“This world is probably gonna get its brain melted by Luna real soon.”

“Brain melted…!?”

“Bad choice of words.”

But it was the truth.

That stream was dangerous.

It would definitely drive people crazy.

The comments were already filling up with stuff like

《Fell hard for her》

《Take responsibility》

《Stream every day》

Luna lets out a relieved breath and strokes her chest.

“Ehehe…♡”

She smiles softly.

That smile isn’t Luna the VTuber.

It’s timid, crybaby, and lacking confidence.

But.

It looks a little bit saved.

“I’ll walk you home.”

It’s getting late, so we should call it a day.

That’s what I thought when I said it.

But Luna’s shoulders twitch.

“…Ah.”

Her eyes start swimming for some reason.

She was smiling like she felt a bit safe earlier, but now she’s back to looking worried.

“…Luna?”

“Um… well…”

She fidgets and twists her fingers.

She opens her mouth like she wants to say something, closes it, then looks down again.

“Uh… so…”

“What’s wrong?”

“……”

After a long silence.

Luna grips her skirt tight and whispers in a tiny voice.

“…I don’t have a home to go back to…”

“……Huh?”

For a second I didn’t understand.

“Um… what do you mean?”

“W-well… when I left my old office, they kicked me out of the church dorm too…”

Luna keeps going in a voice that could fade away any second.

“Right now I’m… just moving from inn to inn…”

“……”

Wait.

Hold on.

This world is way harsher than I thought?

“T-today I was supposed to get paid for the stream so I was still okay, but…”

Luna looks down, all flustered.

“But I’m still a newbie… so I can only afford cheap rooms… and the areas aren’t very safe…”

After she says that.

She suddenly looks up like she realized something.

“S-sorry…! I-I’m not trying to cause trouble…!”

“No, it’s not trouble. I’m honestly worried.”

“Hyau!”

Luna’s shoulders jump.

…This girl really has zero self-worth.

She’s not used to people worrying about her.

“So, um…”

Luna continues with a shaky voice.

“If it’s not too much trouble… um…”

Her light blue eyes look up at me nervously.

“Could I… maybe stay here at the office…?”

“……”

“O-of course I won’t stay for free…!”

Luna leans forward in a panic.

“I can clean, cook, anything…! And I’ll work really hard on streams too…!”

Seeing her so desperate.

It hurts somewhere deep in my chest.

She probably lived her whole life thinking she’d get thrown away if she wasn’t useful.

That’s why.

Before asking for help, she thinks about what she can offer first.

“…Luna.”

“Y-yes!”

“There are tons of empty rooms in this office.”

“……Huh?”

“So go ahead and use one as your place to live.”

That moment.

Luna’s eyes open wide.

“I-is that really okay…?”

“It’s more of a problem to send a new VTuber back to a sketchy inn.”

“Ah…”

Luna’s lips tremble a little.

“B-but… I haven’t earned anything yet…”

“You already went over the newbie average today.”

“That’s only because of you, President…!”

“It’s your own strength.”

“……”

Luna presses a hand to her chest.

Then.

With a face that looks ready to cry, she smiles a tiny bit.

“…Ehehe.”

“?”

“It feels… like a dream.”

That smile is totally different from the one she wears as Luna on stream.

It’s weak.

Clumsy.

But.

It’s a face that’s slowly gaining a little confidence.