Better Than a Red Line Through My Name
Lene
It's Time for Confession
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Sorry, Lene. You're right lol.
“Anyway, that’s enough about me not being a natural-born woman. Shall we move on to the main topic…?”
“You all kept pushing so hard that it took longer than I expected…”
“Today I’m thinking of doing confessions… To be honest, confession isn’t easy at all, right? Admitting your shameful mistakes and repenting for them is truly difficult… But I believe that makes it all the more meaningful…”
Even Harum had admitted her mistake and apologized to me. How much courage must that have taken? Of course living cleanly is ideal, but since we’re only human, we all end up committing sins. That’s why I think—and Ia agrees—that when you do make a mistake, you should at least be able to acknowledge it. No matter what you do, the sins of the past don’t disappear, so what matters more is how you carry those sins and move forward.
“Of course it might be embarrassing… Confessing your sins in front of this many people is never easy… But… isn’t it better than having a red line drawn through your name?”
“Hmm… Since there might be Lene fans who don’t check the gallery, I’ll explain simply. After I appeared on Health Project, some people in the gallery crossed the line… So I was thinking of taking legal action. However, if those people sincerely admit their wrongs and repent, I want to give them a chance…”
I turned off the stream’s donations as I spoke. Today’s broadcast wasn’t about making money.
“If you want to understand the exact situation… I wrote instructions in the corner of the screen, so you can check those…”
Search for LeneGallery on the internet and enter > Go to the notice section > Click the post titled “Hello, There Is a Notice” and check it
“As I said in the notice, I believe everyone makes at least one mistake while living… If that single mistake becomes a stumbling block for their entire life… wouldn’t that be too sad? That’s why I want to give those people a chance to repent…”
Just like how so many heretics had repented through me.
“If your nickname appears in the material I uploaded, please send me a chat… Of course I won’t say what nickname you used on stream. And since this is a rather serious broadcast, if you send joke messages I will ban you immediately, so please keep that in mind…”
About five minutes after I said that, the chat atmosphere was slowly turning sour when a message finally arrived.
…Thank goodness. I had been wondering what to do if no one messaged me.
“Everyone, one person just sent me a message. Since this person worked up the courage to come forward, please don’t say anything bad.”
After I said that and waited, he finally joined the Miscord channel I had prepared in advance. His nickname was proteis2895. It looked familiar but also not. Well, I’d be checking soon anyway, so it didn’t matter.
And then he finally entered the voice channel I was in.
Ding!
“Ah, hello…”
“I’ll say it again, everyone please don’t say anything bad… This whole situation happened because someone didn’t consider the other person’s feelings. If you all do the same, I’ll be really sad… Um. Is it okay if I call you Teis?”
“Ah, yes…”
“Teis, how did you end up here…? What sin did you commit…?”
To be honest, if my memory is accurate, confession isn’t supposed to go like this. I’m not supposed to ask about the sin first; the other person is supposed to confess it themselves… But given the situation, it couldn’t be helped. I’ve never actually been in charge of confessions in that other world, so I’m not sure… Oh well. I just have to try.
“I, I… watched the video titled ‘I Met That Recently Trending Person…’ on the Health Project OnTube channel.”
“I see… And what did you do there that made you come find me…?”
“After seeing the streamer named Lene who appeared in it, I went to a fan community called LeneGallery and… wrote things I shouldn’t have.”
“What exactly did you write that made it something you shouldn’t have written…?”
“Do I… really have to say it…?”
“If you don’t tell me, I won’t know.”
“Th, that… Ha. I wrote a post saying, ‘Fuck, I want to give that lewd bitch a big cumshot birth control injection…’”
“…Ah.”
So it was that guy.
“J, just a moment…? I, I’ll drink some water…”
“I, I’m not embarrassed… My throat just suddenly felt tight…”
Yeah. I’m really not embarrassed. There’s no reason to be embarrassed when I’m the one who asked for it. My face just suddenly felt hot and my throat felt tight, that’s all.
“Ahem. Teis, do you usually watch Lene’s streams…?”
“No. This was my first time learning about Miss Lene after watching the Health Project video.”
“Hmm…”
To be honest, I had expected that. Since the LeneGallery had already had a lawsuit scare once before, it was a place that barely stayed within the line. For that many posts that crossed the line to suddenly appear in such a community? It was easy to predict that people from elsewhere had flowed in. The regular Lene fans in that gallery had kept posting messages telling people not to cross the line even while teasing me about this incident. The reason the trash invaders had been left alone until I spoke up was because I had said it was mostly fine. Well, thanks to that I was able to gather the material easily, so I guess it was fortunate…?
“Teis. Are you sincerely reflecting and repenting?”
“Yes. I’m truly sorry.”
“If God forgives you, can you truly promise that you will never do something like this again…?”
“Yes. I really, truly will never do it again.”
“Everyone. You seem to be looking at the world too negatively… A single small act of goodwill can save a person…”
“Th, thank you…”
“I hope you’re truly sincere. If so, God will definitely forgive you too…”
Yeah. She definitely would. If it was Ia, she would probably say, “If you’re going this far, I guess it can’t be helped.”
“Then we’ll end Teis’s confession here. Thank you for having the courage…”
As I said that and turned my gaze to the chat window, unfortunately there were no additional private messages. I thought I had shown that I would easily forgive anyone who was truly repentant…
…By the way, why isn’t this Teis guy leaving the Miscord?
“Ah, yes. It’s fine…”
“…Pardon?”
…I shouldn’t let these chats sway me. Doubting someone who is sincerely repenting is a bad thing.
“H, how many additional posts did you w, write…?”
“…Pardon?”
The total material from the unpaid slaves and what Harum sent was 101…
“Hic…”
H, he really is a pervert…