xhale, “Whew.”.

The slapstick of the new semester is over, and life is finally settling down.

“…… Well.”

There is one thing I need to face soon.

I picked up my smartphone and dialed a certain someone.

“Hello, Ah-nee? Do you have time tomorrow?”

I called Ah-nee and asked her if she had time tomorrow.

“Sorry to bother you.”

I stepped into Ah-nee’s room with familiar steps.

She welcomed me with her usual high-spiritedness.

“Oh my, what’s wrong? I thought something was wrong.
It’s so unusual to get a phone call from Iroha-chan!”

If you ask me.
There it is.

Or rather, it’s the first time since I became Iroha.

My sister was always on the side of pulling, and I was on the side of being pulled.

But I couldn’t go on like this forever.

“Ah, I want Ah-nee to receive this.”

“Umm, why a passbook?”

The bankbook had my earnings as a VTuber written in it.


I had one thing I had decided to do with my earnings that I hadn’t even told my channel’s viewers about.

That is to pay back the debt.

Ah-nee financed my debut as a VTuber.

She told me I didn’t need to worry about the money because it was coming from the earnings I earned from her streaming.

However…

“I found that out when I received my earnings for the first time as a VTuber.”

It’s true at the time, I was the catalyst for the buzz.

However, no matter how I calculate it, the earnings I received from those activities did not reach the amount of money that Ah-nee had invested in me.

Or, to begin with.

“You said it was for tax purposes, but that’s a lie, right?”

“Oh, so you found out.”

Ah-nee stuck out her tongue as if she had given up.

I knew it.

“Oh, but it wasn’t an outright lie! I was exaggerating a little.
I still don’t think I can accept it.
That is money that Iroha-chan earned.”

I don’t know why my mother, Ah-nee, and the people around me are like this.

Why do the people around me not want to accept money like this?

“……Why?”

“What is that a question about?”

“Why did you fund me? Why did you decide to debut me as a VTuber?”

It’s that simple! Because I thought it would be fun! I thought I’d like to do more videos with you!”


It was a very typical sisterly reason.

She is always faithful to her desires.

“One more thing.
Because I was worried about you.”

“Worried?”

So the last reason was unexpected.

I was happy enough to be able to watch a VTuber’s stream.

“Because, Iroha-chan, you said you weren’t interested in reality.
You were like, “I don’t care about my life either.
It’s as if it’s someone else’s business.”.”

“……!”

“You didn’t want to get involved with anyone unless they were willing to get involved with you like Mai, right? I guess it’s more like you don’t feel the need to be involved.
You looked at me like I was a stranger.
No, no, you looked at me like I was a tool.”

“Well, that’s…”

I was indeed trying to take advantage of her.

I was trying to earn money for premiums.

And I wasn’t interested in reality.

Because this is my life.

“I haven’t seen my friend in a while, and she looks at me like I’m a ‘different person’? How could I not be worried? I was also genuinely frustrated.”

“Frustrated?”

“Yes!”

Ah-nee smiled confidently.

She pierced me with a straight gaze, saying, “That’s why I decided.”

“I’ll tell you – [Life is so interesting!].”

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