Just Being Alive Is Amazing: Starting Life Over in a Chastity-Reversed World

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Chapter 147: First Livestream

“I’m getting nervous…”

“Takuya-kun, d-do your best!”

Today’s my trial livestream day. If it goes well, I’ll keep going; if it’s tough or boring, I’ll stop.

But it won’t mean much if no one shows up, so Marin-san made a promo video for me.

The video’s just me saying something like, “I’m streaming, so please come watch.”

I was worried if that’d be enough, but Marin-san said it’s plenty.

My fiancées spread the video on SNS, so today’s stream will mostly have their friends watching, with a game focus.

If each fiancée brings five viewers, that’s about 100 people.

A hundred… That’s like half my grade… Wow, that’s a lot…

But now that I think about it, I’ve gotten awards in front of the whole school before… Okay, I feel a bit better.

“Okay, I’m starting the stream…”

“Yeah, don’t forget the announcement…”

“Got it.”

I start the stream, post the link on SNS, and announce it’s begun.

I barely used my SNS before, but thanks to the promo video, my followers have skyrocketed.

I only had my fiancées as followers before, but now I’ve got over 3,000.

< Want to hear your voice

“Uh, h-hello. Thanks for coming.”

Comments come in right away, and I reply with a greeting. Probably one of my fiancées, though.

< It’s a guy’s voice!

“Yup, I’m a guy.”

I talked with Reina-san and Mom, and we decided I won’t hide that I’m male for the stream.

< Pretending to be a guy gets you in big trouble! I’m warning you, take it back!

“It’s fine. I’m really a guy…”

< A guy streaming is wild?!

< If you’re legit, you’re a god!

< I wanna hear more of your voice!

“Uh… Sorry… I’m not really used to talking…”

< Don’t push yourself!

< Sorry! That was too much too soon!

The comments are all so warm, and I feel at ease continuing the stream.

< What should we call you?

“N-Name… Oh no, I didn’t decide on one…”

< How about Nanashi-kun for now?

“Uh, for now… Nanashi-kun, please.”

I wrap up the chat with comments and start the game.

Today’s game is a survival one in a world made of blocks.

< Go for it~♡

“I’ll try…”

I’ve played this with Marin-san a few times, so I know the basics.

< Looking forward to your building skills

“Building’s not really… I mostly stick to caves…”

Both Marin-san and I prefer underground stuff…

I play while responding to comments, but suddenly they get hard to read.

< Concurrent viewers over 30,000~

“What?! 30,000?! …W-What do I do…”

Thirty thousand? That’s like the crowd at an artist’s concert, like Seira-chan’s live show I mentioned.

< You’re fine! You got this!

< Don’t stop yet!

< Let us hear more of your voice!

True, it’s just getting started, so maybe I’ll keep going a bit…

As I continue streaming, the comments speed up so much I can’t read them anymore.

“W-What do I do… The comments are too fast to see…”

As I panic, Reina-san sneaks into the room and tweaks the settings to make the comments easier to read.

“Oh, I can read them now…”

< Nice!

< No idea who did that, but great job!

< Living with a guy?!

< Secretary or manager?

Concurrent viewers are now over 2 million, and my sense of scale is going numb.

This is like a whole city watching, isn’t it?

“Oh, a rare item!”

< Nice~!

< Congrats!

< No idea what that is, but nice~!

I’m getting used to it and starting to react a bit while streaming.

“Wah! An enemy!”

< Go for it~♡

< Don’t lose~!

< Who’s the jerk attacking Nanashi-kun~!

I fend off the enemy at my base, keeping the peace.

< Congrats~!

< You won~!

“Phew… Uh, it’s about time to end the stream…”

< Aww!

< Please, just a bit more!

< Will there be an archive?

“Uh, the archive… We’ll edit out any weird parts and then upload it.”

< Awesome!!

< What about clips?

“Clips… Sorry, I didn’t expect this… For now, no clips, please…”

< Okay~

< Fair enough, fair enough

< It’s all good~

Everyone’s so kind and seems to respect what I say.

< When’s the next stream?

“Next time’s TBD… But it was fun, so I want to do it again soon…”

< Can’t wait!

< We’re waiting!

< Gonna loop the archive!

< Glad Nanashi-kun had fun too!

“Probably, but I’m going V-tuber, so it’ll take some time…”

< For real?!

< It’s happening!!

< First-ever male V-tuber, streamer?!

“First-ever… I don’t know about that, but… Please look forward to the next one…”

< Of course!

< Too excited!

< If you’re making a model now… how long’s that take?

“If I stream again, I’ll announce it beforehand, so please subscribe to the channel and follow my SNS… What?! 2 million?!”

Almost everyone watching must’ve subscribed and followed, because my SNS jumped to 2 million followers.

< That’s insane lol

< Too awesome

< You made history

“Ahem! …Please subscribe to the channel and follow my SNS… if you want…”

< Already did~♡

< Obviously!

< Glued to your SNS

“Okay, uh… Thank you…”

< Good job~

< Rest up~

< Waiting for the next one~

I hit the stream button to end it. After confirming it’s off, I head back to the living room.

“Takuya-kun! That was amazing♡.”

“Thanks, Marin-san… So…”

“Yup♡, The V-tuber model, right… It’s actually already made♡.”

“R-Really?!”

“Ehehe♡, I figured you’d go for it, so I made it ahead of time♡.”

“T-Thanks…”

“So now we just need to figure out the details♡, Like your name, clips, and… a signature maybe!♡.”

“Yeah… A signature too?”

Marin-san, Reina-san, and I have a meeting about the stream, reflecting on today.

“First, how about adding more monitors for reading comments?”

“Yeah… I might need another one…”

“I’ll look into streaming equipment too♡.”

“Thanks, Marin-san.”

We decide to go all out and get serious streaming gear with money to spare.

Gotta spend it like this, right? Saving’s fine, but it’ll keep piling up.

Marin-san, Reina-san, and I check out the EC site.

“A monitor that can go vertical would be better for reading comments.”

“Good point… Let’s go with this one…”

“Takuya-sama, how about turning an empty room into a soundproof streaming studio?”

“Good idea… I don’t want to bother everyone.”

“I’ll arrange it.”

“Thank you, Reina-san.”

“N-No…♡.”

Reina-san adjusts her glasses, blushing, as I thank her.

“For the name… Since my drawing’s a killer whale boy… How about ‘Kamui’-kun…?”

“That’s cool…”

“It’s nice. I believe killer whales are called ‘~Kamui’ in a certain region.”

I love killer whales so much that even Reina-san seems to know a lot about them now.

“Okay, so we’ll go with that name… What about clips…?”

Viewers can’t watch the whole stream archive, after all.

“Let’s make guidelines and leave it to volunteers.”

“Yeah, if Takuya-kun feels up to it, we could pick official clippers later.”

“Got it.”

“Oh! We need to get a smartphone too♡.”

“I’ve got one, though? The latest model.”

I pull out the cutting-edge smartphone the Men’s Ministry gave me as a gift.

“Not like that. For V-tubing, you use a smartphone app. A dedicated one would probably be easier.”

“I see… Guess we need to buy a smartphone too…”

Marin-san’s teaching me so much, she’s like a manager.

“By the way, won’t people figure out who I am from my voice…?”

“Indeed, it’s likely only a matter of time.”

Since I showed my face and voice on Seira-chan’s show, they’ll probably figure it out.

“Does it even make sense to be a V-tuber then…?”

“It does!♡ Some people stream as V-tubers even if their face is out there!♡.”

“Oh… Then it’s fine, I guess.”

“Yup!♡.”

Marin-san, Reina-san, and I plan a ton, and my life as a streamer starts today.

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Lately, with magazines, modeling, streaming… and soon TV, my life’s changing fast.

Of course, my normal life’s still the main thing, so modeling and streaming will just be occasional, within reason.

But I wonder what school’ll be like after summer break. People will probably stare even more, and it might be conceited, but I think I’ll get even more marriage proposals.

So I’ve decided to be stricter about women. I’ll look for people who see me, not my status or money.

In that sense, it’s good I already met the minimum number of fiancées.

Of course, all my current fiancées are wonderful people who truly see me, not just picked to meet a quota.

“Takuya♡.”

“What, Kaede?”

I was lost in thought on the bed and didn’t notice Kaede come in.

“Nfufu♡, I thought I’d help you relax♡.”

Kaede flips me onto my stomach on the bed and starts massaging me.

“Takuya’s been working so hard lately♡, With modeling, magazines, streaming♡, So I figured you’re tired♡.”

“Honestly, I’m a bit wiped out.”

“Right?♡ Your big sister sees right through you♡.”

“Thanks as always…”