BXBX NOVEL Chapter 195: chapter 4, “Oni Village”!
Chapter 195: chapter 4, “Oni Village”!
<Yes, it was though.>
<It was amazing.>
<She was working very hard.>
<Replay it later from her archive.>
“I will.”
I was streaming on my phone late at night at home, asking the viewers about the finale of Nana’s fight against the Moon Wolf, which had ended about three hours before I got home.
Today I was supposed to still be away on a business trip, but due to various changes in my schedule, I came back later that day, and I found Nana asleep on the sofa. Not wanting to waste this chance, I immediately started streaming.
Nana is the most attractive girl in all of humanity, but she’s basically the cooler than cute type. She would only show her most adorable appearance is when she sleeps defenselessly in front of me.
That’s right. She is sleeping in front of me defenselessly. It is my privilege to be able to be near Nana when she is like this.
Well, the exception is when her parents were still alive, she would sometimes sleep in like this in their presence…
<What with the sudden silence?>
<You look sentimental. Lol.>
<↑Not a good place to retort lol.>
<↑That comeback is hurt.>
<Even Rinne might make a serious face once in a while.>
“Hold it. You guys make it sound like I’m never serious.”
<Mmm?>
<Eh?>
<What do you mean?>
“Wanna fight?”
<Huh?>
<I’m done, I’m done.>
<I don’t care. Show me more Nana.>
<If you look carefully like this, I can see she really does have nice faces.>
<Nana’s skin looks so shiny and glowing.>
<The high quality of the image shows how fair her skin is.>
<Is this really human skin?>
“It’s annoying if you know the fact that she didn’t do anything to make her skin like this. But yeah.”
“M-mm….”
“So squishy…”
<It looks really nice.>
<It looks like some spongy cake.>
<Ooh, it’s growing!.>
<Not happening.>
<I love how defenseless she is.>
<Yeah.>
“hya…”
As I was playing with her cheeks, Nana suddenly turned her head because she was feeling ticklish.
She can endure a lot of pain but is so weak against tickling.
“See what I mean? This cuteness is all mine.”
<Stop your smug face.>
<I’m pissed.>
<LOL>
<She really looks like a different person when she’s asleep.>
<Cute~~>
“She used to be like this all the time when she was awake, so absent-minded that she wouldn’t do anything unless I called her. If I left her alone, she wouldn’t even eat. Nana can survive without food for about a month, though.”
<You’re putting too much weight into the “without” part.>
<I can’t imagine.>
<Huh.>
<One month without what…?>
<Basic biology is running out of the window!!!>
<Nana is becoming more inhuman.>
<Every time a new setting is revealed, this woman keeps moving further away from humanity.>
“Indeed, she’s not normal. And because she was born that way, a lot of problems came up when she was a child. Despite her carefree attitude, she had a heavy past behind her.”
<I see.>
<Her parents have passed away.>
<I hate to be the one who says it, but if you see a girl with an only high-school degree nowadays, you can almost tell that there’s something wrong with her.>
<Couldn’t Rinne have helped?>
“She didn’t want my help. She said it clearly. That’s also why I just watched her for a long time.”
That was the first time Nana refused to listen to me. I still remember the shock I felt at that moment.
[“You can’t… stay with me, you can’t….”]
[“You should work in your Takajou group.”] What Nana said has also left trauma in me.
In the beginning, she wouldn’t even see me, sometimes only for a year or two or so at a time.
And before I knew it, the stress of not being able to see her has pushed me to win the world championship…
That said, the past six years have helped Nana’s mind to grow, a mind that has been in constant stagnation ever since she was a child.
I felt a bit sad when I saw how Nana, who used to be so dependent on me, could live on her own. But thanks to it, Nana’s heart has become strong enough to accept her parents’ death.
Indeed, both Nana and I had been too dependent on each other.
But I don’t think our bond is weaker than it used to be. In terms of living together, our relationship is probably much healthier now.
“……n……?”
As I was playing with Nana’s hair on my thigh while talking to a viewer, she began to move restlessly.
“Nana, are you awake?”
“…… Mmmmm……is it you Rin-chan.”
“Yup.”
“Mmm-hmm ……”
While holding back the urge to spoil the sweet, happy Nana, I combed her hair as I let her sleep. And Nana was quite happy to have her hair touched like this.
<Precious ……>
<Precious ……>
<She’s definitely not the same person.>
<precious……>
<Nana is too defenseless when it’s just the two of you.>
<Is this cute creature really a Sukuna?>
<Nana’s double personality theory.>
<I know it’s a little late, but can you stream this without her permission?>
“I didn’t get her permission before, but I’ve got it now.”
<You didn’t get it before?>
<Be prepared for anything!>
<Get ready!>
<I mean, it’s crazy that we’ve got over 220,000 people watching late-night chat.>
<This is the power of Rinne’s 10 million followers.>
<I see a lot of English-speaking people at this time of night.>
<Automatic translation is so convenient these days.>
<Rinne can speak English, though.>
<Multilingualism is also a regular thing.>
“I think 220k is still a lot number for ‘just chat’. And I’m pretty sure there are a lot of Nana followers mixed in those 200k numbers. Ah, by the way, Nana can speak English, too.”
<Lies.>
<Lies.>
<Lies.>
<How can Nana speak English?>
<LOL>
<That’s rude y’know.>
<Is Nana dumb?>
<↑She certainly have high battle IQ.>
<↑True.>
<↑Don’t think about those things too much.>
<Seriously, can she?>
“As I said before, she used to be a girl who wouldn’t do anything before I told her to, but if you see from another point of view, she will do anything if told her to. She used to go abroad with me a lot, so I trained her to do the most basic things.”
<I see.>
<A story with lot credibility.>
<She was working as a casino dealer before. You’d need to learn English to be able to do that.>
<↑Certainly.>
<She’s weirdly versatile.>
<It’s surprising how little I know about Nana.>
<Worry not! Nanapedia is always looking for the new entry.>
<And she’s not the type to talk about herself.>
<I don’t know if it’s because she’s always on WLO, but she doesn’t do a lot of chatting stream.>
<Nana’s chat stream would be in high demand.>
<She’s a streamer with a healthy lifestyle who streamed from morning and ended it when it was nighttime.>
<↑Need to sleep with Rinne at night, so she can’t help it.>
<It’s okay because you’re precious!>
<It’s not good because I can’t keep up with her schedule.>
<Nana followers are NEETS, self-employed, or students.>
<It’s not making it easy for the people who make official clips when they’re streaming 10 hours a day.>
As I leisurely watched the comment section, which was getting more and more lively without me talking anymore, Nana finally woke up from her sleep, stretched out, and then changed her position and lay to her back.
“Mmm-m…, good morning Rin-chan…….”
“Good morning, you slept well.”
“umm… thanks? Why are you here, Rin-chan? What about your business trip?”
Nana, who had been enjoying my lap pillow, finally realized something strange and questioningly looked at me.
“A lot of things suddenly came up, and I had to cancel my flight before I got on, so I came home. And you should sleep in your bed, you know?”
“If you’re not here, sofa and bed are the same.”
<Huh?>
<Rinne is her bed.>
<Heee.>
<↑She used to sleep on the wall.>
<I mean, that sofa costs eight figures, so it must be comfortable.>
<Just lean on the wall and sleep?>
<THAT SOFA IS EIGHT-FIGURE!!!???>
<It was a gift from her brother.>
Nana follows my gaze and looks at the tablet device that is currently streaming.
“Is it…. streaming right now?”
“Yes, it is.”
“You should have told me earlier.”
She sits down next to me, quickly fixing her appearance, and turns her face to the camera.
“Hi, I’m Nana.”
<Hi.>
<Hi.>
<Hi.>
<Hi.>
<Don’t suddenly become you’re like someone who’s not used streaming.>
<Good morning.>
<Good morning, boss.>
<Hey.>
<I’ve been watching that fight.>
<Glad you’re having fun.>
“It was fun fighting the boss. I was so tired I fell asleep. And thanks for watching… By the way, what we stream this time?”
<What this is again?>
<It’s sleep face streaming.>
<exposed.>
<About a girl whose sleeping face was exposed to 280,000 people.>
<↑There’s another increase in the number of viewers…>
<The woman who becomes an object of envy of most female viewers with her lustrous skin.>
< You’re out also inhuman today.>
<↑Don’t say that like it’s something nice.>
Thanks to the ten days of a continuous stream during the previous event, Nana is now a semi-regular member of my stream. And thanks to the well-known fact that she lives with me, she’s pretty popular with my viewers.
Also, Nana’s viewers are a rather friendly bunch, and I’m thankful that the comment section doesn’t get too rough even when we collab.
“Again! No, it’s okay… But how come you guys enjoy looking at my sleeping face?”
“There’s demand for it, you know.”
“eh?”
In contrast to Nana’s puzzled face, which says that this was impossible, the comments accelerated.
<I worshipped it for its preciousness.>
<No regrets.>
<Do it every day because I can’t wait.>
<RiNana is precious.>
<I feel happy when I know you have off-time.>
<So, you’re real.>
“Precious, you say… am I look like Buddha now?”
I wondered what I should say to Nana, who looked a little shocked.
It’s not that either of us is doing it on purpose, but to put it mildly, from the outside… our relationship could be called a ‘yuri’. { she realized…}
But then again, there’s a part of me that wants to leave Nana in the dark about this thing.
<LOL.>
<Deny it.>
<Your face is cute.>
<Don’t give up on the explanation.>
<Ignorance!>
<Lap pillow.>
“Then it’s not my face, is it ……?”
I was somewhat happy to see her chatting with viewers happily while saying, “Then what do you mean ……?”
And I wanted to hear again the words that I heard from Nana on the first day of her stream.
“Say, Nana.”
“Hmm?”
“I asked this a long time ago… are you having fun now?”
It was a turbulent month and a half, totally different from the daily routine she had of the past six years.
A lot of things have happened in a little time.
Maybe I don’t need to ask.
Still, I really wanted to.
Nana was a little puzzled and then let out a chuckle.
She said this with a big smile on her face, “Streaming and playing games is… a lot of fun!”
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This is the end of chapter 4, “Oni Village”!
I’ve purposely left out the post-battle aftermath!
Of course, I’ll write about it later, but I plan to look back at the beginning of chapter 5. I wanted to write RiNana. Please forgive me.
The rest of the story will be a few quiet episodes on the forums, and then I’ll move on to chapter 5, “My First Tournament”!
Stay tuned.
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Tl note:
a bit late, sorry, busy + Elden Ring comes out.
Ah btw, after I play this Elden Ring (my first soul-like game) I just friggin realized, this WLO is totally based on Soul-like game, every mechanic that exists here exists in ER. probably the author was a big fan of Miyazaki…
GEH!! Next is FORUM CHAPTER!!
Before I did this novel I loved that chapter, after I’m the one who did it, oh god, it’s a lot of pain…..