I Became a 6★ Gacha Character

Watching others suffer from a safe distance was surprisingly entertaining.

Han Se-ah desperately wanted to end the stream, fearing her relationship with me would be exposed - specifically that news of her having a thing for an NPC would spread worldwide.

But she'd impulsively opened donations for the penalty roulette and got trapped by some chairman's hefty 2 million won attack. She couldn't just turn off the stream after 3.3 million won gathered in 5 minutes just to mess with her.

In reality she faced the penalty roulette with 3.3 million won at stake, while in-game four beauties minus Roland gathered for a girls' meeting. No one would risk the backlash of ending a stream right when four pretty women were about to drink together.

"So about the roulette- no, can we just link arms as girls- I'm really fine. Um, not that I don't want to drink together. Just don't worry too much."

Even broadcasting genius Han Se-ah seemed to struggle maintaining the stream in this complex situation, her words getting tangled. At least viewers like me were enjoying her predicament.

She'd just recently used "if you're salty, try it yourself" to disperse viewer attacks. With that karma piled up, she needed to work through it - or rather, had no choice but to.

Confused by viewers' rapid-fire questions and the Grace & Katie combo closing in from both sides, Han Se-ah was led to a cozy bar. The interior was decorated with cute ornaments, suggesting it catered to female adventurers.

In this medieval fantasy world, "normal bar = place for drinking, puking and brawling," so fragile flowerpots and easily stained pictures meant it targeted women or nobles.

"For drinks, um, since we'll probably talk a lot, let's get something light."

"The Alraune's Tears we had last time was sweet and nice."

"Then I'll have Snow Field's Flame."

"Isn't that too strong?"

The group chatted while naturally ordering drinks from the server. They made quite a picture sitting at an elegant table with tablecloth rather than rough wooden tables, heads tilting one by one toward Han Se-ah.

Grace's playful gray eyes full of teasing intent, Irene's kind golden eyes ready for heart-to-heart talk, and Katie's confused blue eyes not quite grasping the situation all focused in one direction.

When Han Se-ah captured all three faces through her camera, even viewers who'd been discussing the roulette to tease her fell silent, entranced by the scene like a wine-themed photo shoot.

"Well then. Shall we start talking before the drinks arrive?"

"But talk about what?"

Though viewers went quiet, our party members were clearly ready to corner Han Se-ah. Well, one would corner her, one would console her, and the last seemed to have come just because drinking was mentioned without understanding the situation.

Grace naturally led the conversation. Even broadcasting genius and born entertainer Han Se-ah seemed overwhelmed given the circumstances.

"What we're talking about is, of course, our Hanna."

"Hm?"

Grace spoke indirectly in front of the clueless Katie, clearly planning mischief. Han Se-ah's face filled with anxiety.

Though unclear how Grace usually spoke at girls' gatherings, given her direct and playful personality, bomb statements like "Hanna, did you sleep with Roland?" could drop anytime.

...The fact she still wouldn't end the stream despite this showed either madness or courage.

"So anyway, our Hanna-"

As Grace opened her mouth with a sly smile while accepting the waitress's tray, the stream suddenly ended.

...Whether she'd maintained the stream for this moment or turned it off in panic, one thing was certain.

Today, the forum and fan cafe would explode.

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Originally Han Se-ah rarely showed private moments on stream. More precisely, she tended to skip anything unrelated to game progression.

She cut everything except occasional Magic Tower geezer debates shown to discipline viewers.

Long journeys leaving cities by carriage, waiting for me in the Empire while just revealing map areas, exploring cities and building relationships with NPC companions until they became close enough to drop formalities - all cut.

Even I who watched every stream didn't know how our party members became close enough to drop formalities, so she must have cut most casual content.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Now now, careless bad language will get you scolded by Teacher AI."

-Fuck your AI I've got clone jutsu and VPNs wanna taste my dick you mongrel

-But what did they talk about at the bar yesterday

-Please tell me there's recorded footage I'll seriously pay for it as premium video just please show me that footage

-Fuck chat's so thirsty today

-Your fan's video, where can I buy? I am willing at least 100 dollars

Viewers desperately wanted to see the girls' meeting that vanished into darkness - or rather remained only in the four women's memories. But if Han Se-ah had wavered at viewer tantrums and demands, her stream wouldn't have made it this far.

"Well then, today we're going to floor 60 and not coming down until we find the boss. Since we already have 10 ogres gathered, let's move quickly. Charlotte said she'd handle management fees so additional costs aren't a concern, and seems like lots of old geezers got excited about test subjects with 10 ogres gathered at once."

She ignored the convulsing viewers and said her piece. As if she'd become a different person from yesterday, she led the party out of the Adventurers' Guild speaking only what she wanted, seemingly forgetting the meaning of interaction while chat exploded.

Regardless, the group followed as Han Se-ah headed toward the tower. Whatever was said at the drinking session must have resolved well, as Grace and Irene moved without comment.

"Welcome!"

"Ah, hero. Heading back to floor 60 now?"

The Ice Cross Knights greeted us at the gate. With rumors spread even among city citizens that floor 60's boss monster would take army form, they seemed mentally prepared.

Rather than hiring a few mercenaries for the hero party, we'd contracted with 21 knights. This was because floor 60's boss monster would take army form and appear with a mid-boss-

With such rumors spread through the city, the resting and reorganizing Ice Cross Knights' shoulders were tense with determination. Though I'd chosen them not for their potential or skill but because our airhead Goddess told me to take them, they didn't know that.

"That's right. You might have heard while resting, but we're already prepared to face the boss monster. Unless they have an abnormal number of troops or avoid direct combat to use weird dark magic, I plan to subjugate them immediately."

"For the subjugation, you'll use those ogres?"

"Right. Once we locate them, I'll contact the Magic Tower to release the ogres. Even if they've prepared traps with dark magic, ten ogres should reveal most of their hidden cards."

Everyone nodded as she explained her plan to use ogre bodies rather than ourselves to discover the dark mage mid-boss's sinister traps.

Even though the Ice Cross Knights had built combat experience against monster waves, they probably didn't want to physically experience a demon lord army's attacks and dark mage schemes inside the tower without the Goddess's blessing.

"Hero Hanna's party and the Empire's Northern Cross Knights, confirmed. Ah, this is the signal device Charlotte asked me to deliver."

"Oh? I just use it normally?"

"Yes. When you discover the boss monster's army, using it will identify the coordinates and send ogres with support forces."

The gate mage who recognized us handed over a crystal ball with a servile smile and bow when we approached the tower gate together.

Hmm... Charlotte's competence seemed far beyond her 2★ rating.