The Shocking Eunuch, Reborn as a Literary Girl

Chapter 10: Making a killing!

Since I couldn't think of the equivalent of "圈米" in Japanese for the time being, I pronounced "梅原千矢" directly in Chinese.

After saying this, she lost interest in continuing to chat with her sister to pass the time.

She's in really bad shape right now.

With little sleep and long working hours every day, her body has reached its limit.

She cherishes every bit of extra energy.

She cannot waste it, nor can she use it for meaningless things.

So he turned around and went straight into his room without looking back, closing the door tightly behind him.

Only his younger sister, who was somewhat dazed and didn't understand what was going on, was left behind.

"quan, mi? What's this? Is it Chinese?" Umehara Amane muttered the words she had just heard, her head lowered.

After a brief moment of confusion, he sighed with relief.

"Never mind. It doesn't matter what it is."

"Anyway, if it's my older sister, she can definitely do it. Because..."

Ultimately, Umehara Amane never revealed the reason why.

After a moment of silence, she hummed a little tune happily, then closed the front door and went to her room.

She is in a good mood now.

She felt...
The older sister who always gave me a sense of security, no matter what, seems to have returned.
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After returning to his room, Chiya Umehara did nothing extra.

She turned on her computer as quickly as possible, then opened OBS, ready to start streaming her writing livestream for the day.

However, before she could begin, she suddenly felt a little tired.

So, I chose to lie down on a chair in the room and rest for a while.

I closed my eyes and curled up in the chair like a hedgehog, hugging my legs with both hands.

This seemingly tense movement subtly gave her a sense of security, like retreating into a turtle shell to protect herself.
Her nearly two-year career as a virtual streamer at home had already caused a sharp decline in her physical condition compared to the past.

Under such circumstances, the sudden return from being a virtual streamer who stayed at home every day and could barely be considered pampered to a normal working life is not only a psychological adjustment, but also physically difficult to adapt to.

The extremely long working hours left Chiya Umehara, who had poor physical fitness, feeling sore and aching when she got home.

My brain is also a bit foggy, making it difficult to think about the plot of the novel.

In this situation, I still have to spend time every day live-streaming writing, and not just a little bit, but tens of thousands of words at a time.
Tired, really tired.

Although she used to write very quickly, she rarely wrote large-scale updates.

The reason is simple.

Because it is not needed.

She has neither a lack of money nor a lack of fame.

She doesn't need to rely on a huge number of updates to retain readers.

As the largest author on the Zhongdian Chinese website, she had the confidence and ability to take her time and produce high-quality work.

Even if the updates are slow, there will always be readers who follow her novels.

Although she wasn't doing her work very meticulously back then, and to a large extent she was just slacking off, she was basically just going through the motions.
At that time, she kept thinking, "Kindness, you can't go on like this. You have to pull yourself together and start writing and updating properly tomorrow."

Then the next day, he continued to idly play games.

If I could travel back in time and tell her then, "You now have to work about ten hours a day, and then come back at night to continue writing 20,000 words."

She would definitely scoff and say, "Idiot, if I worked ten hours a day, would I come back to write novels?"

But now, all of this has become a reality.

very tired
I really want to rest.

Want to give up.

However, this kind of life will never improve if one does not fight against one's own instinctive fatigue.

She had reasons to fight.

After sitting huddled in the chair for about 15 minutes, Chiya Umehara let out a deep breath.

It seemed as if he was exhaling the fatigue that had accumulated throughout the day.

It also seems like just a ritual to comfort oneself.

Then she said, "My weakness ends here."

"Next, I will reveal my full power."

"Then, I will compose a haiku here."
Waiting for Spring
Hikawa River
The sound of water."

As expected, Chiya Umehara started her live stream today.

Moreover, the number of people watching the live stream at the same time quickly reached 500.

Keep in mind that this has only been going on for a short time, and it has already surpassed the peak period of yesterday's live stream.

Judging from the results, after a day of public opinion fermentation, she does now have a higher influence than before.

Even without looking, she knew that she had probably already generated discussion in certain small circles.

People are probably saying, "Wow, this Vtuber's writing is actually quite decent."

Then, more people read his novel and watched his live stream out of curiosity.
It feels good.

But it's not enough.

There is no essential difference between 400 people and 500 people.

Even if there are a few more, like 1000 people, that's about it.

But if even one-tenth of these people are willing to pay for their novels, that would be a very good thing.

And that's exactly what she wants to do today.

However, to avoid appearing too unpleasant by immediately trying to gain followers, she didn't say anything particularly special at the beginning of the live stream.

Instead, they remained silent, just like yesterday.

I'm just quietly typing away.

The number of characters in the upper right corner is increasing rapidly.

The chat room in the live stream was much friendlier than yesterday.

"Those guys who were swearing yesterday seem to have disappeared?"

"The live stream is finally quiet."

"Those who blindly follow the trend of cyberbullying have all realized they're just like clowns www"

"But I hadn't watched her live stream for a long time. I only came back to take a look because I heard from someone else that she had started writing a novel."

"By the way, I've never seen Arisa-chan turn on her camera before. This is the first time I've seen her clapping. She's so cute! Arisa-chan must be a beautiful girl in real life, right?"

"Absolutely! Arisa-chan didn't argue even after being scolded so harshly yesterday. She must be a really cute girl."

"Arisa-chan is always cute!"

After the insults and ridicule subsided, the viewers in the live stream quickly began to notice her hand model.

Chiya Umehara herself didn't turn on this camera to show off how beautiful her hands are.

It's just to show people, "Hey, I really am writing, it's not fake." After all, the actual content being written isn't shown at all; all viewers can see is the word count in the upper right corner.

If you don't clap at this moment, it will seem completely unconvincing.

Moreover, seeing fingers frantically typing while typing on a live stream and hearing the exaggerated clattering of keyboards coming from the chat is itself a form of live stream content.

Can it be considered a special kind of ASMR?

However, she did not intentionally suggest to others that she was a beautiful girl.

But the audience will always fill in the blanks with their own imagination.

While taking a break from typing, she looked at the chat room content and couldn't help but laugh and cry.

After giving a soft hum, she interacted briefly with the viewers in the live stream: "Am I a beautiful girl?"

"It's possible, but it's also possible it isn't."

"If I were really good-looking, why would I become a Vtuber? Isn't it just because I'm not good-looking?"

"I am an ugly woman. Because I am ugly, I need to find ways to make a living that are not based on my looks."

"Everyone, please focus more on my work."

She said it like that, but because her tone was so calm and nonchalant, it gave people the impression that...
She seems to be particularly confident in her looks.

Yes, she's really confident.

Based on netizens' past experience, people who are insecure about their appearance are very likely to avoid answering this question directly and will simply play dumb.

Those virtual streamers who casually declare "I'm ugly" are usually revealed to be beautiful girls when they're finally unboxed.

Although it cannot be ruled out that some people will honestly tell the truth.

However, proportionally speaking, they are not the majority.

Therefore, everyone became even more convinced that she must be a beautiful girl.

However, since Chiya Umehara herself said, "Please focus more on my work," the viewers in the live stream were very attentive to the atmosphere.

The topic quickly veered off course.

After all, writing live is quite boring, and the number of viewers in the live stream was never particularly high.

However, a small number of people in the live stream also started discussing topics related to her novel.

Why did you suddenly decide to write a novel? Have you written one before?

"I've read the novel you posted on the 'Become a Novelist' website yesterday, and it's really good! Keep it up!"

How will the story unfold from here on out? How will the protagonist use his abilities?

Chiya Umehara did not answer any of the questions regarding spoilers.

Because her attention is currently entirely focused on the computer monitor.

After writing the beginning yesterday, her thoughts flowed more smoothly today.

My typing speed has reached its limit.

In just one and a half hours after the broadcast started, he had already written 13000 characters.

From the perspective of the live streamers and viewers, this is simply not human.

If it weren't a live stream, people might even suspect that the video in the bottom right corner is a sped-up recording.

"Really? It sounds like a joke."

"Did you really write that much? During yesterday's live stream, it seemed like you wrote over 20000 words, but only 11000 words were actually posted. Were the extra words deleted or edited?"

"I feel like he didn't actually write that much. This must just be a performance, right? How could anyone really type that fast?"

Yesterday, the 400 people in the live stream were all there to laugh at her. Nobody believed she could actually write a novel, so nobody cared about her typing speed.

Everyone just thinks that "it's just a bunch of people making random statements to pretend to be professional and deceive people; it's essentially just hype."

But today, people's opinions are different.

Because Chiya Umehara has already proven to everyone that she can actually write.

It's not amazing, but it's definitely not bad.

It could even be said that it has far surpassed a large number of new authors and is a work of professional novelist caliber.

Under this premise, Chiya Umehara's typing speed seems highly suspicious.

Was the knocking really that fast, or was it just a hoax?
If that's true, why aren't the typed words being displayed?
I posted 11000 words yesterday, so what about the remaining 9000 words?

Just when everyone was wondering about this, Umehara Chiya quickly showed them the answer with his next actions.

By 1 a.m. during the live stream, Chiya Umehara had already written 25000 words.

She took a deep breath, preparing to calibrate before releasing.

But that's it.
"I'm so glad everyone likes my novel. Starting today, I will be posting two chapters a day on the 'Become a Novelist' website."

Each chapter contains approximately 3000 words.

Upon hearing this, the chat room was immediately puzzled.

"Huh? Only 3000 words? But this is 25000 words in total?"

"Yesterday I only updated 11000 words, and today I only updated 6000 words. So what's the point of writing so many?"

"Are many of them scraps?"

Chiya Umehara quickly provided an explanation to address everyone's curiosity and doubts.

"Well... here's the thing. I really need money right now. I know it's not a good thing to do, but I need a lot of money to solve my current problems."

"If I could publish it as a paperback, I could certainly make money, but before that, I need some cash to solve my immediate problem."

The process of creating a library is too long, and it's not enough to satisfy my current difficulties.

"Therefore, for the purpose of raising funds, I intend to conduct updates in a bounty format for the next period of time."

In other words, in addition to the basic daily updates of about two chapters of 6000 words each, if you want to see more, simply donate 5000 yen to me on the 'Let's Become a Novelist' platform or through my YouTube livestream, and I will immediately update with an extra chapter.

"The drafts I've prepared these past two days are for this purpose."

"Don't think I won't be able to keep up with the supply. No matter how many words it is, I can keep up; I will do my best."

"So, I'm asking you all for help!!"

After saying that, Chiya Umehara immediately clicked the play button.

Only a bunch of viewers in the chat room were left discussing it.
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As expected, the news that Chiya Umehara claimed "I will update as long as there are donations, no matter how much" quickly spread on light novel-related forums.

This caused her reputation, which had just begun to improve, to immediately decline again.

"What is this guy? He's only just started writing web novels and he's already thinking about making money. Isn't that a bit too much?"

"Who would spend money on a novel written by a newcomer? Besides, 20,000 words written in just a few hours—the quality is simply unacceptable!"

"I was praising her yesterday, but I'm taking it back today. She's completely obsessed with money."

It's clear that on novel platforms like "Become a Novelist," which are more like beginner's villages and not particularly profit-driven, people still prefer the atmosphere of enthusiasts exchanging ideas and "setting sail on their dreams."

People don't really like this blatant money-making approach, where updates are based on how much a donation is received.

However, this dislike is merely a matter of public opinion.

Soon, Chiya Umehara's bounty order did have a real effect.

　P.S.: Daily request for votes and to keep reading!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)