There Are a Lot More Now

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/15/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

The day after I went to Tokyo. I started streaming before noon as usual, and immediately tilted my head.

“What is this.”

They’re greeting me, but there’s a lot of stuff that clearly isn’t Japanese. English and such. There’s a lot of other stuff too, but I don’t get it. Master only taught me Japanese.
The number of comments is huge too. It’s just, amazing. The black board is packed with letters, a little hard to read. Not so much I can’t read it, though.

‘Rita-chan, heeey’
‘This got more amazing than expected lol’
‘The viewer count’s a crazy number too lol’

Viewer count. Come to think of it I can see that, right. I never cared so I never paid attention. Um…

“What is this. Fifty thousand…? And it’s still going up…?”

People are increasing at an incredible pace. What is this, scary. Even I can tell fifty thousand is a really big number.

“Why are there so many people today? Is it a holiday or something?”

‘No’
‘Rita-chan’s stream was reasonably famous, but even then there weren’t many people who really believed in isekai or aliens’
‘A lot of people thought the magic was CG or something’
‘And yesterday’s stream overturned that’

“Yesterday? What about yesterday… ahh…”

Yeah, I got it. The rain shelter I used at the cosplay venue. It shouldn’t have been something only the people at the venue could see. It was plainly visible from outside too.

‘A lot of people witnessed it, and there are photos from all kinds of angles, so over here it’s gotten really fun’
‘Right now this stream is the center of the world’s attention’

“I… see…?”

I get what started it, but I might not quite get “the center of attention.” The scale is too big; I can’t picture it.
But if people took an interest, I’m happy… I think.

“That aside, I have to do something about the comments too. I should at least be able to read English.”

‘Eh? Rita-chan can do English?’
‘Master seemed like Japanese only. You okay?’

Don’t make fun of me. I was taught a little English too. I can at least read it.
I check the ones among the flowing letters that are in the alphabet. Um…

“What is this. It’s a mess. I can’t read this.”

‘Nn?’
‘Eh, what do you mean?’
‘I’m not an expert, but it looks like proper English…’

“No, because you just combine vowels and consonants, right?”

Wait? They’re not getting it. Comments like they don’t understand are all that’s flowing. You say you don’t understand, but I mean it exactly as I said it…
While I was wondering how to explain, that comment flowed by.

‘Wait. I might have it. Rita-chan, that’s not English, that’s reading it as romaji’

“Eh.”

‘Ahh! I get it!’
‘Of course it’d be meaningless if you try to read English as romaji’
‘Rita-chan, reading romaji and English are completely different’

They explained it roughly, and they really were completely different things. Having a lot of languages sounds like a pain. Really.

“So anything but Japanese is just in the way for me.”

‘Wait lmao’
‘Harsh lol’
‘But she’s not wrong lol’

There’s no point in letters I can’t read flowing by. Sorry to the people writing them, but I’ll exclude them.
I pull out the relevant-looking part of the magic circle, add a little, and apply it. Then only Japanese displays on the black board.

“There.”

‘For real, you could do that?’
‘No, over here that shouldn’t have been possible. Isn’t it because it’s from magic?’
‘Magic is amazing lmao’

It is the Great Spirit’s magic, but I can tinker with it a little. Only a little, though.
Anyway, that got rid of the eyesore letters I can’t understand. After this, same as always, maybe?

‘No, is that okay, Rita-chan?’
‘Important people from other countries should be trying to contact you’
‘You gonna ignore that?’

Important people from other countries. Hearing that, this is all I can say.

“I don’t know them. If they have business with me, they can use a language I understand.”

‘lol’
‘That’s fair lol’
‘That’s the bare minimum lol’

There’s no point talking to people who won’t even try to learn a language I understand. No, it’s just a pain. I studied because Master taught me, so I want them to work at it too.
I don’t want to learn any more languages.

“All right, once more. Today, I think I’ll go to a town.”

‘A town?’
‘You went to Tokyo yesterday, so Osaka or Sapporo?’
‘Kyushu’s good too!’

“No, not that way. This way. I thought I’d try going to a town in my world.”

‘Eh’
‘It’s heeeeere!’
‘An isekai town! I’m getting excited!’

Comments suddenly increased all at once. Maybe everyone was pretty curious.