#25 - Pathetic Slave Witch Aris: The Disaster She Summoned Crushes Her Own Head
The next stream was originally supposed to be individual broadcasts for each of them. But suddenly, with an announcement of "Emergency Scheduling!" a collab between the three was prepared.
And in that collab, Aris was...
...wearing a placard around her neck that read that.
"Haaaah..."
"Aris, say hi!"
"Y-Yes... Hello... I am the pathetic slave witch serving Mistress May and Mistress Lulu..."
"Yeah yeah! She's gotta do at least this much!"
Seeing Lulu beaming with pride and Aris grinding her teeth in frustration, I could tell right from the start that this stream was going to be anything but ordinary.
"Hey, Lulu~ Don't tease her too much~ Our slave looks sad."
"Oh no, really!?"
Meanwhile, May casually dropping "our slave"—she was the ultimate troll.
She always seemed to play the gentle mediator, speaking softly... but when she decided to strike, she hit without mercy.
That might just be May's hidden charm, the gap moe.
"Even you, unnie..."
"Oh? Slave. What was that? Unnie?"
"Mistress..."
"Good girl."
...May might actually be scarier than she lets on.
Lulu, who had been teasing Aris alongside May, turned to her.
"So~ Our little slave~ What kinda day is today~?"
"...Today is the day I have to serve you two and carry the team."
"That's right~! The game we're playing today is~! The new Dragon Hunter! Dragon Hunter Canyon!"
With Lulu's bubbly voice introducing it, the game turned out to be a new entry in the Dragon Hunter series we'd seen before.
I could already picture it: Aris suffering under Lulu's natural-born trolling and May's subtle, intentional sabotage, unable to utter a single complaint.
I was dying to know who planned this content. But one thing was clear—the mastermind behind it was a genius.
In this popcorn-munching setup, I diligently noted down the timestamps for today's daughter clips.
Even the pre-game chit-chat was churning out legendary clips left and right. From an editor's perspective, these three were absolute darlings.
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While I was marveling at it all, they switched the stream to the game screen.
And the roles were crystal clear.
Lulu, who still sucked at the game, stuck to tank as always, pulling off her signature "just don't die." Aris, true to form, went full DPS, ready to carry solo.
But then came the unexpected twist.
"I don't wanna die, so I'm going all-in on defense!"
"...Unnie? Aren't you supposed to support me...?"
"Unnie?"
"...Mistress."
"But~ Our slave's gonna carry us today, right? Even this mistress wants to try something besides support sometimes~?"
Maybe because I don't watch May's streams much, but hearing her talk like that for the first time... it had this insane presence.
Like when a usually sweet person goes full villain mode—terrifying.
Aris had definitely poked the wrong bear.
"If today's stream ends safely~ Aris gets freed from slavery~"
"And if you fail to carry us! Aris stays a slave for the next collab too!"
"I'LL CARRY YOUUUU!!"
Was that resolve from wanting to genuinely carry them, or desperate flailing to escape slavery?
Either way, it was hilarious...
Today's true villain was May, no doubt. Even Lulu's natural chaos had to take a backseat to the real deal right beside her.
Hang in there, Aris. I'll shine a little more light on you today than Lulu.
Of course, I'd clip all of Lulu's cute moments separately and edit those too.
As I jotted down timestamps, they breezed through the tutorial and reached the multiplayer section.
Once together, they steadily pushed toward the target monster.
Ah, of course...
"Aaaaaah! I died agaaaain!!"
Lulu even served up precious moments dying to trash mobs along the way.
Who knew you could die to that stuff with skill? Lulu really can't play games. I was reminded all over again today.
It made me even more curious. Lulu seems super smart. And smart people usually crush games.
Sure, there are brainiacs who suck at gaming, but Lulu... she gives off "should be good at games" vibes with that brain, yet she flops.
Why is she like that? I really wanna know.
Doesn't feel like intentional sabotage. The rare glimpses of genuine rage prove it.
When she gets truly pissed, no way that's acting. If it is, Lulu, go win an acting award already.
"Lulu, dying to that again... No, Mistress Lulu. It's fine. You can die here...! Yeah...!"
"Right away! Lulu's not bad at it! It's just bad luck!"
Aris was probably covering for her while internally coughing up blood. Knowing how good Aris is made it that much clearer.
She might need blood pressure meds after today. Scenes like that were endless.
But the real kicker was yet to come.
"Aris~ Here's a present~"
"Un... No, Mistress. What is th... Y-Yes!?"
What May brought as a "gift" to the questioning Aris...
...was a horde of trash mobs.
An insane number of them.
"Unnieeee!?"
"Unnie? It's Mistress! Here's your gift!"
"How am I supposed to kill all these!?"
Aris had grabbed a ranged weapon for stable solo clears, but ranged weapons suck in early-game 1vMany.
May had nailed that weakness for peak trolling.
Amid it all, Aris tanked the aggro with her body and grudgingly wiped them out.
"Huuuuh... Got... 'em all...!"
Seeing her sigh in relief while grinding her teeth through it, I couldn't help but applaud.
Incredible combat prowess, Aris.
But we gotta face facts.
"Waaaaaah! Died again! Died again!!"
"Luluuuuu!!"
"Don't die!! You're the slave anyway!!"
Now Lulu was straight-up hammering "you're the slave."
Having to serve a sabotage queen and a natural troll maknae as your mistresses when you're the skilled middle child?
She brought this disaster on herself, but...
...this is too damn fun. Suffer more—it's thrilling, it's fresh.
If this isn't clip gold, what is?
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After that massive clip party, Aris dragged her deliberate troll and natural troll to the boss.
FYI, solo, Aris could've reached it in an hour. Their wild trolling stretched it to three.
Similar trolling reps kept clip count surprisingly low, but the pure entertainment density was off the charts. The official long-form vid would slap.
Not making one myself, though. No Lulu focus.
"Hoo... hoo... This is the last one."
"Yeah~ Such a shame."
"Shame about what!?"
"That our Aris won't be this unnie's slave anymore?"
"Uuuuuugh...!"
Lulu had started reading Aris's mood at some point, but May doubled down mercilessly.
Probably 'cause Aris gave the "go ahead" vibe, and Lulu's holding back more. She's got that consideration for others, super sweet deep down.
"Alright, last boss time...!"
"Ugh... Yeah! Let's go!"
"Go go~"
Lulu matched Aris's pumped energy as best she could, while May just seemed to be loving the chaos.
Like, "anyone win, whatever"?
They charged the final fight, and...
"Azzzaaaaaah!! CARRRRYYYY!!!"
"Kyaaaah! Got it! Got iiiit!"
"Lulu! Thank you, Luluuu!!"
In the end, a grown-up Lulu ditched natural trolling to pull her weight, securing the boss kill.
Sidenote: Fun-mode May sounded disappointed.
"Oh... It's over already...?"
"Yes, unnie! It's done! Aris isn't a slave! Aris is free!! Aris is frrrree!!"
"Right! Aris is free!"
Lulu hyped and praised Aris like crazy, confirming she'd been uncomfortable inside.
She's such a good person, Lulu.
No idea how she ended up with a mesugaki little devil concept, though.
Honestly, that gap moe might make her even cuter.