I, Who Was Reincarnated as an Evil Character With Cheat-Level Stats in an Eroge, Will Live Freely in This Life
“Well, thank you everyone for today! Bye-bye!”
One night, I was bored, so I watched a certain song stream.
Sakihime Ruruka. The real identity of the streamer with that name is Hiiragi Saki.
Her father worked in the music industry, so she loved singing from a young age. Although she was shy, she enjoyed having people listen to her sing.
In fact, Kana, Miku, her parents, and Nanashima often listened to her sing.
Saki vaguely wanted to work in the music industry in the future, but she only told her parents, Kana, and Miku about her dream.
She seemed too embarrassed to tell Nanashima, and I don’t think he knew about it unless he played the game and progressed to Saki’s route.
Well, anyway, it was Kana’s comment that led to the birth of Sakihime Ruruka.
It all started one day when Kana suddenly said, “If you post a singing video on a streaming site, it’ll definitely become popular!!!”
At first, Saki wasn’t that enthusiastic, but with Kana and Mikku’s help, she posted the video, and it quickly became a sensation.
The video is still available, but the song was just sung to the music without any mixing or editing, and her singing is really good and her voice is beautiful.
It’s no wonder she became popular.
Her channel, supervised by her father, started when she was in the second year of junior high school, and now, a year and a half later, she has 750,000 subscribers.
She doesn’t do any other content besides singing videos and live streams, so the fact that she’s reached this level with just singing alone proves her talent is genuine.
She only does live streams about 2-3 times a month.
By the way, she doesn’t take any outside work, and she’s never met anyone other than her family, Kana, and Miku as Sakihime Ruruka. Kana is the one who named her Sakihime Ruruka.
“Still, she’s really amazing…”
I’m not bad at singing either, but I’m just average, so I really think she’s incredible.
At school, Hiiragi Saki is quiet and reserved, but in her live streams, she exudes confidence and charisma while singing, making her both cool and cute.
In fact, I’m just a regular fan, but after reincarnating into this world, I subscribed to her channel and her live streams the very next day.
As for Super Chats, it seems her settings don’t allow them. Well, even if they did, I’m not sure I’d do it… because I know her as a classmate, and it feels a bit awkward.
“Well, whatever. I’ll just go to sleep for now.”
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――The next day at lunch break.
I was eating lunch in the backyard like yesterday, and Kana was there again today.
“You came again?” I asked, and she replied, “I plan to come for five minutes every day.”
Kana was humming a certain song.
“That song is good. Do you like it too, Kana?”
“Yes! Wait, do you know it too, Hoshito-senpai!?”
It’s no wonder Kana was surprised.
After all, that song is the only original song released by Sakihime Ruruka.
Sakihime’s father wrote the lyrics and composed the music, and Sakihime sings it. That’s how it was created.
I think it was made to express gratitude to the viewers in conjunction with the 500,000th subscriber milestone. That’s how I remember it.
“Well, I’m not that good at singing, but I really like listening to songs. I happened to find someone singing it recently, and I thought it was a good song, so it stuck with me.”
“Yes! It’s such a good song!!! I love it so much!!! I listen to it every day!!”
When I praised the song, Kana said that with a really happy expression.
“It’s a good song. Plus, the singer is really talented.”
“That’s right! Sak… Sakihime Ruruka-chan has such a beautiful voice!!! I’m a huge fan too!!”
Even though I brought up the topic, she’s getting so excited that she might start crying… Plus, she just tried to say “Saki-senpai” but corrected herself.
“Is that so? I recently became a fan too, so we’re in the same boat.”
“Really?! Senpai, you’re a fan of Sakihime Ruruka too?!”
“Yeah, I’m subscribed to her channel and I’m a member too. Here.”
I showed her on my smartphone.
“Really!! Thank you… I mean, we’re in the same boat!! I’m so happy!!”
Thank you… Kana said that hurriedly.
From Kana’s perspective, who had been supporting her from the beginning, she must be truly happy as if it were her own achievement. I think she said “thank you” because of that feeling.
…Actually, I’m about to reveal something even more embarrassing.
“Yeah. Anyway, let’s get back to class. Lunch break is almost over.”
“Yeah, you’re right!”
Since I didn’t press the issue, Kana replied with a relieved expression.
From the way she acted, she probably realized she had said something she shouldn’t have…
I thought it might be better not to mention Sakihime Ruruka in front of Kana more than necessary from now on…
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●Nanashima Kana (side)
“Phew… That was close…”
I muttered that after saying goodbye to Seito-senpai.
The matter of Sakihime Ruruka, or Saki-nee, must be kept secret from everyone.
Saki-nee just wants people to listen to her songs; she doesn’t want to become famous herself. Of course, she would be happy if more people listened to her songs if she became famous, but…
Even my older brother doesn’t know about this… According to Saaki-nee, she doesn’t want to hide it, but her embarrassment outweighs that feeling.
She said she’ll talk about it once she gains more confidence, but from my perspective, she’s already amazing, so I think she should be confident now… Well, I’m fine just being by her side and supporting her, and I plan to wait patiently for her confidence to grow.
“Still, I wonder why…”
I never let her guard down in front of my brother-in-law, but in front of Seito-senpai, I almost blurted it out.
Even among my classmates, there were people who knew about Sakihime Ruruka, but even then, I never let anything slip…
Maybe I was happy because Seito-senpai praised Saki-nee? Plus, when I’m around Seito-senpai, I tend to let my true feelings slip, or rather, I end up saying whatever comes to mind.
(Snap!)
I gently slapped my cheeks with both hands.
Even though I trust Senpai, revealing someone else’s secret is out of the question.
From now on, even if I talk to Senpai as a fan, I absolutely must not let anything slip!
…But I still feel happy when Saki-nee is praised.
I returned to the classroom feeling great.
Maiban