Returned from Another World, Earth Turned Out to Be Quite the Fantasy Too. Also, Losing Heroines, Stop Looking This Way. - V4 Chapter 40.5

Chapter 40.5: Interlude – “Wait, He’s a Streamer?!”

In an old traditional house in Aomori, two demons—Mammon, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Samael, who once fought Satan for the Demon King’s throne—were enjoying a laid-back evening after work.

“Umm, Samatan-sama, mammon-mammon.”

“…You’ve officially stopped calling me Samael, huh? Whatever. So, what’s up? Why are you glaring at your tablet like that?”

Having just finished editing a video, Samael was relaxing with a highball and bacon-wrapped asparagus.

She had lightly seasoned the asparagus with salt, then generously sprinkled it with black pepper, giving it a spicy kick.

As for the highball, she had bought an ultra-thin glass from a small general store while picking Mammon up from the police station the other day.

Filling it to the brim with ice, she poured in a luxurious ten-year-old whiskey—which cost a whopping six thousand yen, all funded by her video earnings—and topped it off with soda.

“Gulp, gulp, gulp—haaah! Damn, that hits the spot! Spicy food and a strong drink go perfectly together!”

Having worked up a sweat all day, the salt and rich flavors soaked into her body like pure bliss.

“Whiskey prices have been skyrocketing lately, but thanks to my video earnings, I can still enjoy the good stuff.”

“…Mammon-Mammon. Samatan-sama, a Great Demon who once ruled over half of the Underworld… is calling a six-thousand-yen whiskey ‘the good stuff’…?”

Mammon sighed dramatically.

“I mean, it is good whiskey, no doubt about that… but for someone like you, one of the absolute top-ranking demons in the underworld, shouldn’t you be drinking the kind of high-end liquor that hosts serve to their VIP clients?”

“Like I have that kind of money! Even a thousand yen whiskey is already amazing! Expensive or cheap—it doesn’t matter! Every bottle has its own appeal!”

“…Ahh, Samatan-sama, truly profound words! As expected of you! So then, about the aged 18-year and 25-year bottles I was planning to bring as a gift—should I hold off on those for now?”

“Wait, hold on! A loyal subordinate’s gift should never be rejected! Bring them over! One day, I’m going to use my video earnings to build my own distillery!”

“…By the time you’re making that much, I might finally be able to return to the Underworld and mammon-mammon in peace.”

They bantered back and forth, but truth be told—

Both Samael and Mammon already had mountains of gold and treasure piled up in the Demon Realm.

“So, what is it? You’ve been glued to that tablet for a while.”

“…Mammon. Actually, I’ve been watching videos from popular streamers to study how to grow Samatan Channel‘s subscribers and views—mammon-mammon.”

“Oh?”

“The real problem is this video, mammon…”

“Huh? What’s the big dea—wait, WHAT?!”

[Myy Little Devil Leviako-chan Channel is—starting noooow!]

On the tablet screen, a masked girl—who was clearly still an absolute beauty even with her face partially covered—was cheerfully streaming.

It seemed to be a live broadcast, and the comment section was exploding with activity.

Even more shocking—her subscriber count had already passed one million.

“THAT’S LITERALLY LEVIATHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!”

“Among the Seven Deadly Sins, Leviathan is the most free-spirited of them all, but to think he’d be this popular… Truly impressive, mammon-mammon.”

“No, no, no, no, NO—HE’S A GUY!”

“A trivial matter, mammon-mammon.”

“ARE YOU SERIOUS?! So even a crossdressing sea monster can become a viral sensation?! Humans are crazy!”

“Mammon… Rather than humans in general, I believe it’s the Japanese who are particularly strange—mammon-mammon.”

Samael was still in shock, but Mammon was already thinking ahead—

He planned to get in touch with Leviathan and ask for streaming advice.

And if necessary—

He was fully prepared to crossdress.

―Yep. Aomori was as peaceful as ever.

～～Afterword～～

Turns out, Leviathan is super popular!

Later, when Mammon finally asked him for streaming tips, Leviathan casually replied—

“Eh? I’m just cute. That’s all there is to it~!”

Mammon was so moved he almost cried.

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