Volume 1 Chapter 3: Big Brother~
Mm…
Lin Lin opened the web version, went to a site she was familiar with, entered her room number, and entered her own live stream.
She looked at the screen, where the avatar was shaking its head, and mouse-click sounds could be heard from time to time.
Lin Lin felt a strange feeling she couldn’t quite explain…
How should she put it… this is…
Me watching myself?
She looked up and checked her live stream screen, confirming that everything was working fine and the video wasn’t lagging.
Feeling much more relieved, the girl began further adjustments.
Alright, first things first, let’s change the stream title.
She opened the streaming software and edited the default title, [Ari-chan’s Stream].
What should she change it to?
Hmm…
Many ideas quickly popped into her head.
For example—
【Cute Little Vampire’s Late-Night Sleep Talk~】
【Internet Little Angel Checking In~】
Or maybe…
【I’m a Shut-In, I’m Not Being a Man Anymore!】
All kinds of strange titles like that.
Ahem…
So.
Which one should I choose?! Which one?! Which one?! Which one?!
Confirmed!
Madness, despair, darkness!
Virtual streamer Ari-chan!
Cough, cough…
Ah—no, no, no.
The girl quickly shook her head. What’s going on? It felt like she was being possessed.
Voices were popping up in her head without her noticing.
Mm…
After thinking for a while, she chose the safest option and changed the stream title to—
【New VTuber Test Stream, Ari-chan Has Arrived!】
This felt like the most reasonable choice.
She refreshed the page, saw that the title had changed, and felt at ease as she moved on to the next step.
Since she was streaming, she definitely needed to test the microphone.
Ahem… though she wasn’t sure how good the mic on her old laptop was. After all, it was so old that even games sometimes lagged.
The girl cleared her throat seriously.
Ah… how should she say this…
Even with zero viewers, and no one else in the room, suddenly talking to a screen like this still felt… pretty embarrassing.
Lin Lin hesitated for a long time, but in the end, she forced herself to speak.
“H-hello… hello?”
She first tried using her normal voice, but seeing the white-haired vampire girl open her mouth on screen made it feel really awkward.
Normally, virtual streamers use their natural voice. After all, they stream every day, wouldn’t it be tiring to fake a voice all the time?
But…
For Lin Lin, the system’s gifted voice styles could all be used perfectly. Switching between them caused no discomfort at all.
Besides, she had just transformed, and her voice had only just changed.
To her, these six voices didn’t feel that different at all.
So the girl began testing each voice one by one with the little vampire avatar.
Loli voice: “Big brother~”
That was… dangerously effective.
Ahem…
The girl quickly shook her head. That was too embarrassing. She really couldn’t get used to such a young, childish loli voice.
She used to be a tough guy, after all!
Let’s change it.
She tried a normal girl’s voice instead. “Big brother!”
This one was close to her natural voice, or you could say the two were very similar. Youthful, with a hint of innocence.
But somehow…
It didn’t really match the slightly naughty little vampire girl in front of her.
She kept trying. Using a mature woman’s voice and a soft mature voice, she called out:
“Little brother~”
Hmm. The first sounded charming, the second had a bit of a tsundere feel.
But…
Still not sexy enough!
Ahem…
Lin Lin didn’t really know why she cared so much about voice expression. But when she used the pure-but-tempting style and softly said into the microphone—
“Big brother~”
She froze.
Without realizing it, she slipped into the role of a devoted viewer watching the streamer on screen, and a strong feeling of satisfaction rose up.
On the screen, the little vampire girl’s face turned red along with her owner’s feelings. She tilted her head back slightly and let out a long breath.
“Ah~”
It felt like her life had reached a higher level.
The girl suddenly snapped back to her senses and, as if possessed, kept calling at the camera.
“Big brother~ Big brother~”
At that moment—
【User: “Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog” has entered the stream.】
“Big Br—… huh?!”
The girl’s sharp eyes caught the message, and she suddenly noticed the system notice floating across the chat.
A VIP level 6 user had entered the stream.
She immediately shut her mouth and stared at the chat area in panic, not moving her eyes at all.
But inside her head, everything was chaos.
W-w-w…
What’s going on?!
Why did a viewer suddenly come in?!
I—I was just testing my voice…
Ugh…
Just thinking about that unfinished and slightly silly “Big Brother~” made her face burn red.
The heat rushed to her head so badly that she felt like a steam-powered girl, almost imagining steam coming out of her head.
Help… help me…
This is too embarrassing.
And most importantly—
She had no idea when this person came in.
There was no time shown in the system message. When exactly did they enter?
Was it from the moment she started testing her voice… or did they just come in now?
Did they hear it or not? If they heard everything from the start, th-th-that would be way too embarrassing!
Ugh…
The girl stared hard at the viewer count. There were only two people in the room, herself and this new viewer, so it was easy to tell.
Is this person a bot?
Or just a random night owl clicking around?
Ah…
Anyway, if I don’t say anything, they’ll probably leave soon, right?
Yeah…
She started holding her breath.
Please leave. Please leave.
…………………………
Late at night, a boy named Gao Liang lay on his bed, looking at his phone with an awkward smile.
He casually clicked into a stream that had just gone live.
The title saying “New VTuber Test Stream, Ari-chan Has Arrived!” caught his attention.
But the moment he entered the stream—
A soft, sweet voice came through his high-quality earphones, making his ears tingle.
“Big Brother~”
Instant critical hit.
A clean hit. A full hit. A hit so strong that Gao Liang felt like his ears had been struck by lightning, and then, somehow, he felt like he was pregnant.
How should he put it…
The voice was sweet and sticky, with a strange charm that pulled at his heart. Without realizing it, his mind started to drift, as if the voice had some kind of charm spell on it.
The only problem was… the word itself sounded a bit silly.
The boy froze and stayed in the stream for a long time without reacting.
When he finally came back to his senses, he took a deep breath and then—
Saw the little vampire girl on screen staring seriously at the camera, her face slightly red.
But she wasn’t saying anything…
Huh?
Why is it quiet now?
Does the streamer not have a mic?
Then how did that “Big Brother~” happen just now?
The boy frowned slightly and continued to stare at the stream.
The two of them, separated by the internet, silently stared at each other…
Or maybe…
It was more like a silent standoff.