Hm?
Dr. Kōzuki suddenly started making a subtle, strange movement that Asseylum could not quite understand. She repeated it again and again.
Gradually, judging from Dr. Kōzuki's expression and the drastic changes on the faces of the other girls beside her, Asseylum became even more confused.
Dr. Kōzuki Yuuko, what is she doing with those strange movements? Why did everyone inside suddenly look so shocked?
Because it was anonymous, IDs were not displayed, so Asseylum asked out of curiosity.
After she sent that message, the livestream image suddenly displayed her words flying across the screen. The same message also appeared in the livestream chat.
This seemed to be a newly added text-display feature, meant to make it easier for viewers to immediately know who was saying what while watching the livestream.
But it also blocked the screen a little, which could be inconvenient at times.
Mm. Oh, there was also a setting for that. The floating text that passed directly over the livestream image could be turned off.
*: If you adjusted the camera after entering the stream, first return it to the initial position. Then move the camera closer until it is fifty centimeters from her back, tilt the angle backward to forty-five degrees, and you'll understand.
Someone told her that.
It was equivalent to holding a camera while filming someone being interviewed, then moving it to a position fifty centimeters in front of them while still filming them straight on.
If the camera was then tilted backward to forty-five degrees, the lens would angle upward and also lower.
Once it reached a certain low position, if the person being filmed was a woman, and especially if she was wearing a skirt, it would be extremely rude. It would capture something that should not be captured.
So—
*: Wh-who taught her that method? Shameless.
*: Heh. You did it, didn't you? You saw it, right?
*: I-I did not. Everyone, don't operate the camera like that. You'll regret it!
Just as Asseylum was about to try it, those comments appeared in the chat, so she stopped.
*: Um, what happens? What would you see?
*: Who's asking that kind of question? Just think about it yourself and you'll know, right? Are you doing this on purpose? Are you deliberately tricking people into looking? And that guy still isn't resisting.
*: Resist what? If it were me, I'd be begging for that kind of reward.
Then what sort of reward had he been given?
Asseylum grew even more curious and ultimately could not hold herself back from operating the camera that way.
For a moment, the image twisted and shook, because it was like moving the camera into the water.
However, the shaking soon stabilized, and Asseylum saw something.
Hm?
What was this?
Her pupils widened. Asseylum was startled.
The scene was far more intimate than she had expected, so shocking that for a moment she thought Dr. Kōzuki Yuuko herself might be in danger.
Wait, no. Dr. Kōzuki Yuuko's reaction was not one of pain.
After looking more carefully, Asseylum finally realized what kind of "reward" Dr. Kōzuki was giving him.
At that moment, even Asseylum, a princess who had grown up on Mars, innocent as she was, understood enough to know that what she was seeing was not something she should keep watching.
For an instant, her mind nearly stopped working.
Wah—
"Wah!"
Eddelrittuo, the princess's maid, was startled by the sudden red-faced cry from her princess.
"What's wrong, Princess? Did you have another nightmare?"
"Huh? N-no. I didn't."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Mm. Could it be that you're sick? Why is your face so red?"
As she said that, Eddelrittuo grew a little flustered and reached out with her small hand to touch her princess's forehead.
"You seem a little hot, Princess. I'll call a doctor right away."
"No, I'm not sick, Eddelrittuo!"
Asseylum immediately grabbed the child's hand.
"I was practicing holding my breath just now."
"Holding your breath?"
"Yes."
The young maid still looked at her suspiciously.
"Oh, right. I'm a little hungry. Please prepare some snacks for me."
"Understood. I'll prepare them right away."
After Eddelrittuo was sent away, Asseylum, guilty as she was, finally let out a breath of relief.
Should she enter the livestream room again?
Perhaps not. Peeking at that sort of thing was very rude.
But the other side had allowed it, had they not?
No, that was not right either, because Mr. Kain had been kept in the dark.
Besides, watching that kind of thing was… well, that.
Yes. She should leave.
When she closed her eyes again, what appeared before her was still the livestream room. Fortunately, she had not exited. Otherwise, she would not have been invited again.
No, why was she glad she had not left?
Then she should exit.
Her gaze could not help focusing again, and her heartbeat instantly sped up. She also looked toward the chat channel, where the messages were still anonymous.
Then a thought suddenly surfaced in her mind. Since it was anonymous, that meant the others did not actually know she was in the livestream room too, right?
In the blink of an eye, Asseylum lost track of how much time had passed.
All she knew was that, starting today, she was a bad child. Starting today, she had learned some rather unbelievable secrets.
And at present, it was not only Dr. Kōzuki Yuuko giving a reward. The woman named Jinguji Marimo had also been pulled in, seemingly dragged into it by Kōzuki Yuuko.
"Princess Asseylum? Princess?"
"Huh? What is it, Eddelrittuo?"
Before her, Eddelrittuo was staring straight at her, making Asseylum feel guilty.
"Were you practicing holding your breath again?"
"Mm."
"Princess, do you know how obvious your expression is right now? You're lying."
"Uu…"
"Still, as long as your body is all right, that's enough. What would you like for dinner?"
"Dinner? Huh? Is it already almost night?"
Only then did Asseylum notice that it was already nearly evening.
"Yes."
"The same as last night will be fine."
"Understood."
After Eddelrittuo left, the guilty bad child Asseylum let out another sigh of relief.
Then she looked down at herself and, for one brief shameful moment, compared herself to Dr. Kōzuki Yuuko.
No, wait. What was she thinking?
Even her thoughts were starting to drift in an abnormal direction.
She should leave. She should stop watching.
She closed her eyes, but when the option to exit appeared, she found it almost impossible to confirm.
Hm?
What was this?
Was Dr. Kōzuki Yuuko about to cross yet another line?
No. There was no way she did not know what she was doing. She had chosen it deliberately.
For a moment, the previously quiet chat channel began filling with messages again.
*: Th-this works too?
*: There's still a child named Inia in the room. What is this woman's brain filled with? She's going to show that child something terrifying. Speaking of which, big sister over there, your hand slipped. Hurry up and cover your little sister's eyes properly.
*: By the way, who are you? You've been complaining this whole time, acting like you don't want to watch, so why are you still in the livestream room?
*: What are you talking about? You've mistaken me for someone else.
*: Stop pretending. It's you. You haven't left the livestream room since the beginning.
Amid the uproar, Asseylum saw the stream shift into something far too private to watch directly.
The result, apparently, was that Dr. Kōzuki's outrageous method could also be used that way.
Asseylum was left completely disoriented.
*: Miss Kōzuki Yuuko, does that method work?
Someone actually asked her directly. It did not seem like pure curiosity either; there was a hint that the person wanted to try it.
Dr. Kōzuki: It's…
And Yuuko herself actually appeared in the chat and began explaining with a perfectly serious attitude.
To summarize, the result seemed to be rather effective.
Thus, Asseylum gained yet another piece of "strange" new knowledge.
(End of Chapter)
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