Volume 3 Chapter 1: The Little Vampire Girl Will Never Get Married
“Good evening. The vampire girl is here. Tonight’s stream is just a casual chat. Hmm… come to think of it, nothing big has really happened lately.”
Lin Lin rested her chin on her hand and streamed as usual. On the screen, the little vampire avatar showed a bored look. After waiting a bit, more viewers started to come in, and the live comments slowly increased.
She glanced at her follower count. Compared to before, it had grown very fast. At this rate, in a few more days, she would probably pass the five-thousand mark.
As for the reason, aside from Sister Wenmei helping promote her, Dog Bro also deserved credit.
Last time, the “streamer draws her own spicy art” thing that Dog Bro helped with unexpectedly became a small hit. Pushed by the AI algorithm, it made it into a small trending section and quickly got tens of thousands of views, bringing her many new followers.
Hmm…
Even though there was progress, still…
It was a bit too slow!
She looked at her follower count helplessly. Although she was now a little well-known in the community, at this speed, how could she ever finish the one-million-followers goal?
What should she do?
Scratching her head, she thought about talking more with Sister Wenmei about content ideas, while casually chatting with the viewers.
【Good evening, Ari-chan!】
【Ari-chan is really popular lately, I even saw you on V8.】
【That’s right, I’m here to watch the streamer draw her own comic. When does it start? If you don’t draw, I’m unfollowing.】
【By the way, Ari-chan, what’s today’s topic?】
“A topic, huh… well, how about… we draw a fortune slip and tell some fortune?”
Lin Lin really couldn’t think of anything else. An introverted kid didn’t have that rich an inner world. Casual chatting every day, where could so much material come from?
Fine, let’s just draw one and talk about whatever comes up.
She seriously opened a fortune-drawing app and did one single draw.
Talk about your love and marriage…
What the heck is this?!
【The little vampire girl must marry me!】
【LOL, who’s Sweet Pear? Don’t know them at all!】
【My Ari-chan must not suffer, she has to find a rich old man and take all his money!】
【That’s crazy, that’s worse than marrying Sweet Pear from the first comment.】
“Hey, hey, hey, what are you all saying?!”
Blushing hard, the girl lightly slapped the desk. “I-I-I… I’m not getting married!”
【Eh? Ari-chan wants to stay a pure maiden forever?】
【They say if a man is still a virgin at thirty, he becomes a great wizard. I wonder if Ari-chan would become a witch?】
【If that’s the case, our church will have to start a serious witch hunt!】
“N-No, what are you even talking about?!”
Cough, cough. Realizing her reaction was a bit too strong, Lin Lin quickly cleared her throat. Well, it couldn’t be helped, she really wasn’t ready for marriage. After all… she used to be a boy.
Deep down, she still felt uncomfortable about these things, so when she heard that word, she spoke out without thinking.
But right now, explaining it directly didn’t seem like a good idea. After thinking for a moment, she decided to stick to her little vampire character. Honestly, these otaku viewers were almost forgetting she was a vampire girl.
“Ahem. The reason I won’t get married is because I am a creature of the demon world, a vampire girl. A being who can live for thousands of years. How could I lower myself to humans, such a low-level species? Tsk tsk tsk, you little sweet pears really don’t know your place!”
After saying that, the girl pretended to look proud. She lifted her chin, crossed her arms, and struck a tsundere pose, then said,
“I-If I married one of you little sweet pears, and then you died when you were seventy or eighty, wouldn’t that be way too cruel for me? Hmph! Anyway, by then I’d definitely sneak a bite of your offerings and make you all jealous to death!”
Hmm, that explanation sounded a bit like fate and destiny, didn’t it?
【A vampire girl, huh? Then our church has even more reason to step in!】
【Support! I’m becoming a vampire hunter Van Helsing right now!】
【LOL, Van Helsing? I think it’s already hard enough for you to become Marco Polo.】
【Damn, savage!】
【Skip ahead to the little vampire girl touching a cross and being unable to move, then getting totally bullied!】
【The comment above… isn’t that Bishoujo Mangekyou game story?】
“Don’t talk about adult games so casually in my livestream!”
Lin Lin slapped the desk, speechless.
Seriously, I’m from the demon world, are you all from there too?
Hmm…
What if there really is a hidden vampire hunter in the comments?
Ahhh! I’m a fake one! Don’t kill me, don’t kill me—
Ahem. After enough joking around, the girl shook her head. She decided to draw another one. That first topic was really nonsense, marriage of all things.
Rolling her eyes, Lin Lin did another single draw.
【Do you have brothers or sisters? If yes, how is your relationship with them? If not, which kind would you want?】
“Geez—”
She spoke with some annoyance. Was this draw cursed or what? Why did it always bring up the worst topics?
That marriage question already made her think of a certain boy. Now this one made her think of someone else too.
“Brothers or sisters…” Lin Lin pinched the corner of her clothes, feeling troubled, not sure how to answer.
Just then, there was a knock on her room door. Lin Lin froze, quickly muted her microphone, turned her head, and called out, “C-come in…”
The door slowly opened. Lin Yu walked in holding a book, looking as lifeless as ever, as if Lin Lin owed him tens of thousands of yuan.
“What do you want?”
Seeing him come closer, Lin Lin quickly switched screens. Lin Yu paused, but didn’t say much. He put the book on her desk and said,
“When I was doing homework, I realized I left one of my books at school. Mom took the book from your desk for me to read, so I’m bringing it back.”
“Mm…”
Looking at the book on the desk, Lin Lin felt a bit upset, with an uncomfortable feeling she couldn’t explain.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to lend her book to her brother. She just didn’t like the feeling of her things being moved without asking.
Of course, their easygoing mom wouldn’t ask her about it either.
Puffing her cheeks, Lin Lin looked up at him as he was about to leave and said unhappily, “Not even a ‘thank you’?”
“Huh?”
Lin Yu froze and turned around. He stood there for a while, until Lin Lin muttered unhappily, “At least say thank you. That’s basic manners…”
“Mm…” After hesitating for a long time, Lin Yu finally said in a small, unwilling voice, “Thanks.”
Only then was Lin Lin barely satisfied. She nodded and let him go.
But Lin Yu stopped again. Turning back, he looked curiously at Lin Lin, who was adjusting her equipment again, and asked, “Are you… streaming again?”
“None of your business!”
“Tsk. So which one of us is rude, exactly?”