Chapter 129: If it’s a broadcast by beautiful sisters, you can’t help but look forward to it, right?

“Ah, unni. You’re here…?”

“Yeah. Min-a, here’s a handkerchief.”

After finishing my stream and coming out, my sister smiled and handed me a handkerchief.

“W-Were you watching my stream…?”

“Yeah. It seemed like you were really moved.”

“I didn’t cry, though….”

Even as I said that, I took the handkerchief from her and lightly dabbed at my eyes.

“Then let’s eat dinner. I prepared it in advance.”

“Oh, okay….”

Dinner was sushi that my sister had bought, and among the various types, the best one was definitely the tuna.
Sushi is always best with tuna.

“Did you… finish all your work before coming here?”

“Yeah… I got everything done before coming.”

My sister, a reader model for a famous magazine, was always busy, but this year had been particularly hectic.
She even mentioned that because she took a break for my birthday, her workload had piled up, and if things went badly, we might not be able to see each other during summer break.
Fortunately, she seemed to have managed to work it out.

“But I have to go back the day after tomorrow….”

She let out a sigh as she spoke.

Normally, when my sister took a break, it lasted about five days, but this time, it was only three.
No wonder she sighed.

“Still, Mom said she’d be back tomorrow… so at least we’ll be able to spend some time together.”

“Yeah, that’s a relief.”

From there, our conversation naturally shifted to my stream.

“You’re going to stream again later, right?”

“Oh, yeah. I-I think I need to see at least one more ending of the visual novel I’m playing….”

Honestly, just looking at the playtime, I’d already streamed plenty for today.
But ending on just a dead ending felt a bit frustrating.
I had to at least see one of the normal, good, or true endings before finishing today.

“Are you really… leaving now?”

“…Don’t worry. No matter what happens, I will return. That’s a promise. Hiroto, I don’t want a world without you either. So don’t cry.”

As she spoke, wiping away my tears, Hestia-sama was crying just as much as I was.

I didn’t want to part ways, so why did we have to?
What did the rules of the world matter?
Even if she was a god and I was just a human, we had been happy together.

I felt resentment bubbling up, ready to spill from my lips.

But that wasn’t what I should do.
That wasn’t my role right now.

I had to let her go with a smile.
That way, one day, she could return with a smile too.

“…Have a safe journey, my goddess.”

“Yeah. I’ll be back. No matter what, I’ll return to see you again.”

Time moved forward.

I left my old job and joined a new company.
One day, a female colleague confessed her feelings to me.
I shook my head and turned her down.

After all, in my heart, there was already someone—no, a goddess—who had taken up residence.

That goddess was far more jealous than one might expect.
If she found out I had dated someone while she was gone, she would definitely be furious when she returned.

One day, I ended up drinking with my manager.
As we drank, he asked me a question.

“Fuyune, do you have no plans to get married? You’re in your thirties now, you know?”

“Hmm….”

I’d never seriously thought about marriage.
Everyone around me was a good person, and I had never really felt lonely just staying at home.

“If you’re open to the idea, why don’t you meet my daughter? She seems to have taken a liking to you.”

His daughter?

I had seen her a few times when she came to drop off the lunch my manager had forgotten at home.
She was definitely beautiful, and her personality seemed kind as well.

But….

“That’s fine. I’m sorry for refusing.”

I shook my head and declined the manager’s offer.

“Well, that’s alright. You must have your reasons. But may I ask why?”

“…I already have someone I like. Meeting someone else in this situation feels disrespectful.”

“…I see.”

Time passed again, and before I knew it, I was approaching my forties.

“…You’re late. It’s already been twenty years, my goddess.”

The flame that once seemed like it would never go out was slowly beginning to fade.

A fear crept in—the fear that this feeling would become nothing more than a memory.

A terror surfaced—the thought that she might have already forgotten me.

To forget these emotions, I started drinking.

For the first time in a long while, I made curry at home.

Following the same recipe we had once used together, recreating that moment exactly as it had been.

But the taste of the curry was unbearably awful.

“I’m lonely. I miss you, my goddess….”

Tears fell from my eyes.

“I missed you too, Hiroto.”

“…Huh?”

And then, a miracle happened.

I sprang up and turned around—there she was, standing right there.

With the same appearance as before, she looked up at me with a gentle smile.

“You’ve aged quite a bit, Hiroto.”

“…You took too long, my goddess. It’s been thirty years.”

“I’m sorry. Things got more complicated than I expected.”

It’s alright.

Now that I can see you again, that alone is enough.

“I’m back, Hiroto.”

“Welcome home, my goddess.”

[【The Day a God Fell】I Will Never Abandon You! #StarsFlow2ndGen#KaiNoIzumi]

[And so, our story continues once more.]

[Normal End: A Day We Reconnect Once Again]

“Haa… I-it’s finally over….”

After a grueling two-hour journey, I had finally reached the Normal Ending.

• That was really moving.

“It really was….”

The story was undeniably touching.

It was a predictable ending, but sometimes, even predictable stories have the power to move people.

“…But, that means Hiroto is now over fifty, right? I can’t help but feel like, well, wasn’t this way too late, Hestia…?”

• Stop ruining an emotional ending.

“I-I wasn’t trying to ruin it….”

I was just stating the truth.

Maybe thirty years isn’t much for an immortal goddess, but for a human, it’s an incredibly long time!

Even Hiroto himself said that she was too late!

“No matter how I look at it, I feel like Hiroto is going to be mad about this later….”

• Who was it that recommended this game to Mei-chan?

This is unfair.

All I did was point out the facts, so why am I being treated like this?

It’s not like I said it was boring….

“…A-anyway, this is the Normal Ending, right? I’m looking forward to the Good Ending and T-True Ending too.”

• There are still plenty of Dead Endings left.

“I-I don’t want to know that?!”

If I have to see an ending, I want to see only the good ones.

There’s no need to watch sad conclusions, right?
Reality is already full of enough sorrow, so why do games and novels have to include that too?

I just don’t get it….

“But in this game, w-why does every Bad Ending result in the protagonist d-dying?”

According to the Izutomo, every Bad Ending in this game inevitably leads to Hiroto’s death.
In fact, out of the five Bad Endings I’ve seen so far, every single one ended with Hiroto dying, and the screen always displayed “Dead End.”

• If a human wants to continue their bond with a god, they have to be prepared for that level of commitment.

“…Are you serious?”

That was a piece of information I really didn’t want to know.

…Just how many more times do I have to watch Hiroto die before I can reach the Good Ending and True Ending?
At this rate, I might lose my motivation….

“Well then, h-how about we just chat for a bit before wrapping up?”

• Your sister, Anezumi, was supposed to be back today, right?

“Ah, y-yeah. She already came back earlier during the stream.”

• What about dinner?

“Uh, we ate together. My s-sister brought sushi.”

As we continued chatting, a message popped up in the Hyper Chat.

= FuryMax JP¥ 10,000: Can you do a collab with Anezumi?

“…Huh?”

What did I just read?

“U-uh, my sister isn’t a VTuber, though…?”

• Mei-chan, you’re always bragging about how pretty your sister is.

• Introduce her to us too!

That single Hyper Chat message seemed to set off a chain reaction, and suddenly, the chat was flooded with demands for a stream with my sister.

“Ah, w-wait, um….”

It’s true that I sometimes answered questions about my family, mentioning that both my mom and sister are beautiful.
And when viewers asked me to draw my sister during an art stream, I did.

But come on, I couldn’t badmouth her even if I wanted to—she really is gorgeous.

Still, just because I talked about her a few times, how does that turn into a demand for a collab stream?
This makes no sense at all!

“W-wait a second? Everyone, c-calm down, calm down….”

I desperately tried to settle things down.

= Blank JP¥ 50,000: I want to see Mei-chan and Anezumi being all sweet together on stream.

• I want to see Anezumi.

• A stream with two beautiful sisters? No way I’m missing that.

• Hurry up and bring Anezumi on!

The chat was already consumed by madness, and my words didn’t reach them at all.
Even the usually rare English and Korean comments were all demanding my sister’s appearance.

“…G-goodbye, everyone! S-see you next time!”

• Ah, she ran away.

• Byezumi!

Faced with this level of chaos, I had no choice but to flee.

[ Kaino Izumi: Everyone wants me to stream with my sister… What should I do? ]
[ Kaino Izumi: Is there some rule against it…? ]
[ Manager: It’s a bit sudden, but if your sister is okay with it, there’s no issue. ]
[ Kaino Izumi: Eh? ]

[ Kaino Izumi☆Star’s Flow @KainoIzumi · 3 min ]
Today at 5 PM, I’ll be reading My Caron with my sister!
Please look forward to it!
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#StarsFlow2ndGen #KainoIzumi

[【Chat】Reading My Caron with My Sister! #StarsFlow2ndGen #KainoIzumi ]