I Was the Supporter of a Popular Dungeon Streamer, but the Power Harassment Was Too Much, so I Quit. I’m Useless Anyway, so It Shouldn’t Be a Problem, Right? Huh? The Views Are Dropping Like Crazy? - 4

Chapter 4: Far from Ideal

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“I’m home…”

At the far end of the second floor of a rundown apartment, that was where I lived. Since I was technically the partner of an A-rank Seeker, I had enough money to live on my own. That said, considering Mia lived in the penthouse of a luxury high-rise, there was a huge gap between Seekers and Supporters pay.

The labyrinth exploration had ended at 6 PM, but by the time I finished reporting the quest completion, converting and storing the loot, restocking consumable items, and sharing the information we had gathered, it was already 10 PM. And I still had a long night ahead of me. Alone in my tatami-floored room, I sat at the low table, spread out a convenience store bento, and ate only to fill my empty stomach.

After that, I pulled out my PC and started editing videos. Since our labyrinth explorations were always live-streamed, this was essentially archive management. I edited out parts where Mia looked bad, adjusted for better visuals, cut out disorienting or hard-to-watch segments, and made the footage more viewer-friendly.

Then came the comment moderation. This was the most important part.

《Don’t you think Mia is slowing down? Maybe she got fat?》

《She relies too much on her OOPArt’s abilities. She should learn actual swordsmanship or magic.》

《Is she really A-rank?》

I deleted those kinds of hate comments. Mia always checked the videos the next day, so I had to make sure the final cut would make her feel good. If she got in a bad mood, it would come back to bite me. Still, the number of haters had exploded ever since she reached A-rank. Block, block…

“Again?”

《S-Support is here! ^^》

《S-Supporter, I’m a fan of you! Please marry me!》

《I just want to hear your voice once!》

《Please do a lecture. I’d pay 50,000 yen a month.》

《The legendary Supporter.》

《Flawless as always. He does everything a Seeker could ever want.》

Lately, these kinds of comments had been popping up a lot. It was probably haters trying to bring Mia down by hyping me up. They wanted to push the idea that she only made it to A-rank because of me. As if a one-armed guy with no formal Supporter training could ever be a legendary Supporter.

Delete, delete…

That said, the view count on the videos had skyrocketed. Just last month, the average was around 100,000 to 200,000 views but now it was consistently hitting 700,000 views with some even breaking a million. Even among top-tier A-rank Seekers, numbers like that were rare.

“Haaah… Finally done!”

At 3 AM, I finished all my work at last. Editing was tough with just one arm.

“Tomorrow’s a rare day off… I can finally sleep in.”

Mia had a gravure photoshoot scheduled for tomorrow. She had a separate manager for her modeling gigs, so I didn’t need to go. (Apparently, she was already on her fifth manager.)

“Haah…”

What the hell am I doing?

Sucking up to some classmate I didn’t even like, stuck with nothing but menial chores despite finally making it to the Labyrinth City. The dreams and hopes I once had when I first arrived here—there wasn’t a shred of them left. I wanted to become an S-rank Seeker, travel the world, and help people struggling against labyrinths and monsters… I wanted to be a hero. Now, I was nothing more than an errand boy.

Everything ended that day… The day I first set foot in this city.

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