Day 2 as Cameraman – Seiren's True Charm Revealed

Day 2 since switching jobs from porter to cameraman.

I realized one major fact.

That I'd been seriously underestimating Seiren's looks.

"Whoa."

In just one day—no, with only VODs—she'd racked up nearly 300 followers. How the viewers flooded in was obvious. I checked the reactions to the recorded videos.

I was reading through the comments one by one when Seiren plopped down next to me.

"How's the reaction?"

Seiren could understand Korean but couldn't read Hangul. She'd probably come over from studying it. I grinned warmly and gave it to her straight.

"With reactions like this, we could go live."

"Hmm. Then, should we do it today?"

"Hell yeah."

We jumped right into action. Connected the camera to the laptop and fired up the live stream.

Viewers filled up fast the moment we went live.

Seiren scrolled through the chat, glanced up at me behind the camera, and I nodded.

"Hello, everyone. I'm the magical girl Seiren."

I banned the dirty comments from behind the camera, and Seiren followed the script for the live.

"I turned on the live to greet all the supporters of the magical girl."

The moment she said Feel free to ask questions, comments exploded. I pinned a decent one at the top, and Seiren answered.

"The magical girl's age is top-secret Earth Defense Force info, so I can't tell you."

"No girlcam stuff."

"Height? Just under 2m."

"Weight? How rude."

Viewers kept piling up steadily, Q&A going smoothly.

A massive mission. Face reveal for a fortune. Right on cue, as expected. We handled it per plan.

"The magical girl operates in secret. If her face gets out, the evil great demon king will put her in danger."

Seiren replied naturally. Viewers loved it. But then...

"Nooo~"

"Hmm~"

Seiren glanced at me. Donations were great, but ignoring repeated pushy requests wasn't smart. I wavered a bit at 10 mil, but immediately blocked donations and pinned a memo at the top.

The aggro was too much. How to lighten the mood? As I pondered, Seiren suddenly stood, shoved her face right up to the camera. Beyond close-up, her eye filled the frame—then it winked. Just one eye.

Where'd she learn that? Probably watched too many streams. Gotta check her watch history later. Meanwhile, Seiren sat back down and said,

"Mi-sik-ga? Can't show my face due to the great demon king's threat, but I totally get your support for the magical girl. As thanks, happy happy wink! You'll be happy all day."

Brief silence. Then comments flooded.

The vibe was super positive. Seiren's move was a shock, but... good is good.

Q&A continued. I picked decent questions to keep the flow.

"Wed, Fri. Livestreams."

"The core content is guides for clearing dungeons and defeating monsters. Magic lectures planned too."

"Magical girl has a duty to slay world-eating monsters!"

"I thought it was fine~"

"Hey!"

The hour-long stream wrapped up like that. Seiren, who'd been perfectly playing magical girl in front of the cam, looked wiped and melted into me.

I hugged her lightly, patting her back.

"Good job."

"Hehe. I made money."

"Aigoo, already earning your keep. Good girl."

"Hihi. Ham burger~"

I opened the delivery app.

"Seiren-ah?"

"Yes?"

"Bring the tablet I gave you."

"...Why?"

"Wanna check watch history."

"...Nooo!"

No my ass. I bolted for the tablet on the table.

"Aaaah! No. Freeze!"

And I was frozen solid.

After the minor commotion(?), I munched on the hamburger while checking communities.

Reactions were great.

I was giggling and dropping a comment myself when—

Beeeep——

"What the hell?"

My phone went berserk vibrating.

"Mangjin-dong?"

Right next neighborhood. Bukaksan was visible from here.

"What the fuck."

"Lee Hyun. Lee Hyun."

Then Seiren spoke up.

"I sense bad energy from that direction. Don't go there. It's dangerous."

She pointed out the window. Bukaksan. If the archmage was warning, no way in hell.

3

Seiren stared at Bukaksan beyond the window. More precisely, the geometric pattern only she could see overlaid on it.

The dimensional magic circle she'd used to come to Earth.

She hadn't dismantled it after arriving. Large-scale magic circles took as much effort to deactivate as to set up. Half out of her mind thinking she'd meet Lee Hyun, she'd just left it.

Wasn't too worried. Activating it once consumed countless high-rank mana beast lives. Startup was a hassle, connection dimension known only to her, and low-level ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠folks couldn't even parse it.

That's why she'd left the dimensional magic circle alone. Well, "alone" for three days now. Planned to dismantle at a good time.

But mana from her old world was leaking through it. Black energy, unpleasant vibe.

Not super high-level. Not one of the Four Heavenly Kings... probably a subordinate?

She glanced up at Lee Hyun. If he knew this mess was her fault, how would he react? Hate her?

...A bit scary.

So she hesitated. Stay quiet?

"Huh? What? Something to say?"

"Nope. Hehe."

If she kept mum, whatever came out would be unrelated to her. But...

"Hope no one gets hurt by monsters for nothing."

"...Lee Hyun hates when people get hurt?"

"Huh? Well, yeah? Unfair even if accident, but dying to monsters? Fuck, hate that."

"I see."

"Not like I'm some saint or anything. Just fellow humans."

Come to think, he wanted to save the world. Supported me, had me kill the demon king.

Seiren looked ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠up at him. Then resolved.

"Lee Hyun. Gonna step out for a bit?"

"Huh? Where? Don't need money?"

"Yeah. Be right back."

4

Wyverns appeared at Bukaksan.

Tricky flying types, wyverns especially—when they showed, major guilds scrambled, civilian movement controlled. Dangerous as hell.

One alone was bad; twelve nesting at Bukaksan meant martial law, top hunters deployed.

National response, but situation didn't resolve easy. Wyverns scattered different directions, even into clouds... half the melee hunters neutralized.

Archers and gunners only, but wyverns dodged through clouds. Magic Tower mages deployed to bind them, but erratic mobility and magic resistance were issues.

"When's Lee Sun arriving!?"

"Just boarded a plane."

Korea's top mage, sole archmage Lee Sun rushing from the US, but unclear if it'd help.

These Bukaksan wyverns used magic unlike any reported before.

Fireballs from mouth? Dragonkin, fine. Wind swirls as flyers? Stretch it, okay. But rock drops, water/lightning for thunderclouds?

"Aaaah! Dodge!"

"S-save me!"

Rocks raining, insane rain and lightning. Not even an hour since emergence, Korea nearly wrecked.

Almost. If not for the giant bird that appeared from somewhere hunting wyverns.

Golden flame-clad giant firebirds tore into wyverns. Like hawks on lizards.

10 minutes to wipe them. Sated firebirds vanished like they came.

"W-we lived."

"Daddy, look at that bird!"

"Pretty..."

On-site folks filmed the vanishing firebirds, uploaded, shared everywhere, heating up communities and portals.

Monster? Or summoned? Heated debates, no conclusion.

Experts knew: phoenixes weren't monsters or summons—advanced mana organisms. Mana puppets, really.

Overwhelming class piercing wyvern resistance. Tactical nuke level.

Natural question: Who owns these tactical nuke phoenixes?

Magic Tower, Association, guilds moved quietly. To recruit first.

But tracking the trace-less owner, only photos from witnesses? Elusive.

Arrogant mages sweated on-site, no clues. Association investigators, guild analysts same.

Time passed, elites striking out, government decided: Blast news on public broadcast seeking owner.

Resource-poor nation couldn't wait, fired first shot. Whole country knew it was personal creation. Then massive debates everywhere.

Well, almost everywhere. Minor communities focused on their worlds stayed quiet.

StreamGallery too. Debating whose girlcam pits prettier, has BF or not, how close to that girlcam.

Recently, StreamGallery buzzed on one: Seiren.

Busty super beauty Seiren. Early days, no solid fans, but looks cracking the reigning girlcam Three Emperors.

Daily hot topic, posts questioning if one Emperor's dethroned nonstop. Fanboys seething.

Daily sniping wars, messy fights—StreamGallery ecosystem lately.

But not today. Dawn post: