Chapter 164: More than that

Лилит Ленивая

After searching somehow, I found a Russian Vtuber. Judging by her gothic look, red eyes, and protruding fangs, she must be a vampire RP?

“Children of the night. Hello. Everyone’s still alive. That’s enough.”

Her voice was languid but had an appealing resonance. It felt like a voice suited for ASMR.

“Today? Nothing happened. I woke up but was too lazy to eat breakfast… so I went back to sleep. That’s all. Ah, I’m thirsty.”

Soon, the sound of her drinking something was heard.

“Blood…? This isn’t blood. Blood is expensive.”

There was a click, and the Vtuber displayed a photo she had just taken on the screen. It was vodka.

• Someone like Lilith is contributing to spreading wrong memes about foreigners.

• Without snacks? Respect.

• Aren’t you drinking too often these days? I’m starting to worry a little.

Looking at the viewers’ reactions, I could tell that even in Russia, drinking vodka on an empty stomach wasn’t considered normal.

I briefly looked away from the screen and opened a memo pad.

◎ Russian language ability check

● Real-time listening comprehension possible

• Can interpret everyday expressions.

• Real-time discrimination of emotional nuances in tone and intonation.

• Can interpret abbreviations, slang, and cultural humor codes while listening.

● Real-time reading comprehension possible

• Complete reading comprehension of Cyrillic script.

• No delay in interpreting sentence structure and word meaning.

• Can understand real-time text, including idioms, jargon, and colloquialisms.

● Overall

• No effort is required for interpretation.

• The meaning is grasped instantly upon hearing or seeing it.

• Intuitive understanding level like a native language. Difficult to consider as a result of normal foreign language learning.

“Thank you for the donation. I’ll add it to my blood money…”

I was startled back to reality by the Russian reaching my ears. I hadn’t turned off the stream and was writing.

When I closed the window, the room immediately became quiet. I slowly reviewed the contents of the memo.

I had brushed off the English situation, but what was happening now wasn’t so trivial.

Strange, inexplicable… something utterly absurd.

‘If something absurd has happened, I have no choice but to make equally unrealistic hypotheses.’

Magic or a curse came to mind first.

Effects that make you understand words or text, whether they were demon curses or side effects of high-level magic, were not uncommon.

However, most were just an amplification of the sense or interpretation of individual words, not a complete form like having an entire language installed in your head as it seemed now.

Still, assuming it was magic or a curse, who cast it on me? I hadn’t found anyone else from the other world yet?

Did that person retain their magical abilities? I couldn’t manifest spirit skills. So why would they cast this magic on me?

My thoughts, which had been chasing each other, stopped abruptly at the emergence of one entity.

‘…The Goddess.’

If there was anyone who could take such a supernatural measure against me now, she was the most likely candidate. She had contact with me, and she had the ability.

If so, what was her intention? Will there be a huge influx of Russian Pias later?

‘…That can’t be it.’

Seeing such forced conclusions come to mind, I wondered if I was overthinking it.

For now, the situation was reasonably clarified.

I understood what had happened. But I couldn’t think of any way to proceed.

Should I just wait for another dream about the Goddess? Or perhaps, the clue might connect in a different way.

For now, later. I’ll have to make a move if a plausible method comes to mind.

It was almost time to start streaming anyway.

After greeting the Pias, the topic of yesterday’s advertisement came up during the conversation.

• Saw the Z post? LM’s official account tagged Leah lol

• The live song upload was faster on their MuseTube too… Make the editors work!

• Leah, I got Spirit Union, can I be an elf now? lol

“Ah, that won’t be uploaded to my channel. They’re in charge of the theme song promotion too. And… congratulations to those who got Spirit Union. But don’t be an elf, be a spirit.”

• Can’t stand to see elves go to others…

• Why are you so greedy about that too lol

• Today too, Leah’s presence is unrealistic…

• Suddenly???

• Right… I want to check if she’s human…

• Huh?

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[Where did you say Leah unni is from?]

I assumed it was just a typical RP-related question that comes up during Just Chatting time. Usually, I had to set the mood, but the fact that someone took the initiative like this today was very welcome.

“I’m from the Forest of Irsena. It’s not the first or second time this has come up, have you just started watching my stream recently?”

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[I want to hear about your real origin, not that.]

“Alright. You’re a new Pia, but that’s a sharp question. Your eagerness to learn is also excellent. Perhaps the Pias who haven’t asked such questions until now should reflect a little…?”

• ???

• Does she even understand the donation correctly?

“The Forest of Irsena is where the World Tree is, and it’s also where the Queen who uses the name Erebondel and her bloodline reside. It’s the central hub where most elves live, but that’s not all there is to it. There are also elves living in other forests, and all of them, including those, are part of ‘Silenar.’”

• So that’s the name of the elf country.

“No. Silenar is less a name for a country and more… a name that connects the race, culture, and traditions. Elves don’t divide power based on territory or borders like humans do.”

• Then what about the Queen?

“She is a leader, but… the feeling is still different from what humans think of as a king.”

What was this? Was she spurred on by being compared to a new Pia? Today, the Pias weren’t just sighing but actively continuing to ask questions. The response was also good.

“The reason I didn’t explicitly say ‘Silenar origin’ until now wasn’t to hide or omit anything. Saying ‘Forest of Irsena origin’ is a bit more intuitive, and I did it out of habit. It’s also a natural culture for elves to state the forest they grew up in as their place of origin. Has your curiosity been satisfied now?”

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[No… Haa…]

Why the sigh? I couldn’t have explained it any better.

• This idiot… did he think RP monster Leah was easy?

• Getting a sudden lore lecture makes you dizzy, huh?

• lol Leah is immune to those kinds of questions.

• Trying to dig up Blue Pill information with flimsy 1,000 won punches is irritating…

• Got 3,000 won, can we ban him now?

• I thought the chat was weird, looks like a bunch of them gathered again.

• [Manager]: From now on, any mention of Leah님’s unrealistic appearance and questions about her origin will be banned.

• Yes yes yes

• Chat normalization is in the manager’s hands.

At first, seeing the manager’s intervention, I wanted to ask why.

But I swallowed the words that were about to come out and quickly scanned the chat reactions again… and I vaguely understood the situation.

I didn’t know the exact source or content, but there was some story circulating in the community, and attempts were being made to bring it into the live stream.

The reason the Pias were so unusually enthusiastic about the RP talk today wasn’t just out of simple interest. It seemed like a form of defense mechanism to push back the strange atmosphere coming from outside.

It was commendable… but it would have been much more commendable if they were genuinely interested.

No, wait. Until I asked the Pias directly and got a definitive answer, I wouldn’t know if their enthusiasm had truly increased, would I?

I decided not to stir up trouble by actually asking and just naturally transition to the game.

“Come to think of it, there haven’t been any questions about today’s stream title. I tried to give it some meaning.”

• As always, it’s otaku-ish.

• Hey, you should say it’s poetic.

• It’s not just one or two times, asking what the title means every time is a bit…

• Seriously, I just let it slide now lol

• But Leah asked us to ask her lol

• What does the stream title mean?

Today’s stream title was 《 The Arrow Goes Until It Exhausts Itself 》.

“Since you asked, if I were to answer, it’s a different way of saying, ‘A fired arrow only stops when it reaches its end,’ right? So naturally, it’s a clear-until-complete stream.”

• Sigh…

• Why, now that I hear it, it sounds quite plausible lol

• Wow! Today is a day to stay with Leah for a long time!!

• Well…

• It’s hard to imagine Leah struggling even if she does a clear-until-complete stream.

• She might even speedrun and end the stream sooner.

• Her physical abilities are on another levelㅜㅜ

• If it’s a clear-until-complete stream, it’s a story game with an ending.

• Roguelike?

• Pot game?

“No. It’s Ori. I didn’t write ‘Arrow’ in the title for nothing.”

• Ori clear-until-complete???

• What clear-until-complete in Ori lol

• Don’t tell me…?

“When you say Ori clear-until-complete, it’s already decided, isn’t it? Challenger. I’ll stream until I get there.”

The tier requested as a condition for tournament participation. Achieving that was the goal.

The reason I chose to take on the burden myself instead of spreading it out over several days was…

Because it probably wouldn’t take that long.