I Returned and Started Streaming

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[???]

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[Seal?]

[Yena, why is she like that?]

[Huh?]

[Yena’s land?]

[Her clothes have changed.]

[She suddenly became weird.]

[What is it?]

“Miss Yena?”

“Yeah?”

“Do you remember me?”

“For crying out loud, what nonsense have you been blabbering since a while ago? Of course, it’s not my friend Lily, is it?”

Whoosh!

Yena gripped my shoulder with one hand and laughed loudly.

While Yena usually has high energy, she seemed even more unusual now.

Unlike the past when she felt burdened using the ‘nya’ suffix, she now spoke without hesitation, her face filled with joy and anticipation.

Even her clothes were different. Instead of the assassin gear with minimal cloth that she usually wore, she was clad in what looked like a Taoist robe.

It fluttered with a colorful flair, almost resembling a sorcerer’s attire.

It seems that, as shown in the cutscene, our clothing changed upon becoming sorcerers.

‘Though it still covers less area compared to the average sorcerer’s garb.’

I, too, was wearing the expansive robes of a sorcerer instead of the attire of a saintess.

“Same 6th-grade sorcerer! Don’t you remember taking the sorcerer’s exam with me?”

“How significant is the 6th grade rank?”

“It’s better than 7th! Much better than 8th, isn’t it? Though it’s not that high-level.”

“Do you not see any small camera… no, the blue circle over there?”

“A blue circle?”

Yena tilted her head and looked to the side.

Even though the streaming camera was filming her and the broadcast was on, Yena seemed completely unaware and continued to tilt her head in confusion.

“What do you mean?”

“…Hmm. Anyway, I understand. What exactly were we supposed to do today?”

“5th-grade spirit hunt! We got the permit to capture them, didn’t we? Surely you haven’t forgotten?”

“Oh… yes. I guess I’m suddenly feeling a little disoriented.”

“Nya… did something strange happen? Your condition doesn’t look too good.”

“I don’t know… maybe my memory will come back if we walk around a bit. Is it okay if I take the lead on guiding us?”

“Huh? I’ve been leading the way from the start. You don’t remember anything at all, nya…”

Hmph! Follow me!

Yena, slightly pouting, started leading the way with her robes flowing behind.

Though she looked upset, she seemed to be in a good mood since her tail swayed gently, and her steps were light.

Upon closer inspection, her waist was adorned with a different dagger instead of the familiar green hermit dagger she originally carried.

It was a weapon imbued with sorcery, similar to how the small hammer hanging behind my back contained spiritual power.

Our levels of spiritual energy were comparable.

“Hurry up, nya~ I’ll eat all of Lily’s share if you’re late, nya.”

“Alright.”

I followed Yena while covertly glancing at the chat window.

[????]

[What the heck is going on???]

[She’s lost her mind completely for the first time.]

[Yena, what kind of situation is this?]

[Is this the level of the penalty?]

[LOL…]

[Yena’s still completely out of it. She didn’t even read those 500 comments.]

[Damn…]

[Is this serious?]

[Even money-loving Yena ignores the money?]

[Is Lily alright?]

“I’m fine. It seems the information seal only affects Miss Yena.”

Why is it just Yena?

If the system had applied memory penalties from our training as part of the punishment, both Yena and I should have been affected.

Since both Yena and I have become exceedingly powerful, far beyond the reach of even celestial beings or demons unless we were upper-level entities, even with our power restricted, the knowledge in our minds would have stayed.

Despite our abilities being somewhat limited, our inherent power to break the game might still be present, so the system probably opted to seal our memories, which are the root of our abilities.

Still, if Yena is affected and I’m not, it could be one of two possibilities. Either the main subject of the training was Yena, which is why only she’s affected, or…

‘My memories couldn’t be sealed.’

Whatever the case, the situation has happened, and now I have to clear the dungeon with a cat beastman who mistakenly believes he’s a 6th-grade sorcerer born and raised here.

Since she can’t see the streaming camera, it’s likely that she also can’t see the ‘Logout’ button.

If we aren’t planning to let her stay in this world, I must clear it.

“Hurry~ I’ll really eat everything, nya?”

“Let’s go. Let’s go.”

[He’s surprisingly fresh, huh?]

[Looks like Yena might be stuck here forever.]

[Someone read the comments to Yena! Yena! Read the comments! Yena!]

[LOL…]

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“We’ve arrived, nya~”

“It’s eerie…”

We arrived at a village that was shrouded in a creepy, ominous atmosphere, following Yena.

It seemed like the footprints of people had long vanished. Occasionally, the only things moving around were insects and mice.

The sky was a perpetually overcast gray, and I could sense an eerie demonic energy lingering in the air.

‘Is this spiritual perception?’

It felt different from perceiving mana or holiness, a somewhat peculiar sensation.

‘It might resemble the aura of a necromancer. Though this one is less potent.’

As I stood outside the village, I noticed a conversation between another sorcerer on guard at the village’s entrance and Yena, who waved her hand to signal she was ready.

Two small prayer bead bracelets were in Yena’s hand. She put one around her wrist and handed the other one to me.

“Alright, nya. Once you wear this, we can wander the village until sunset, nya.”

“Where are we?”

“…Do you really not remember, nya?”

“Yes… I apologize.”

“It’s not that, nya. If you’ve truly lost your memory, showing you something familiar might help you regain it faster.”

Cough!

“In the olden days, a plague once spread in this village, nya. Before either me or Lily were even born. They said an evil demon caused it all, nya.”

“A ghost caused the plague?”

“Aww, yes! Sorcerers like us have the spiritual energy to resist such demonic energies, but normal people don’t. That’s why when a great demon appears, everyone falls ill, nya.”

“Hmmm…”

“It’s usually just a fever, but this ghost brought a corrosive demonic energy, nya. Later, a high-grade sorcerer came and sealed it in a jewel, but by then it was too late…”

“So that’s why the village became a ruin.”

“That’s right, nya.”

[Ohh, now I get it]

[Yena has become the explainer of the land…]

[Yena is so cute…]

[This version of Yena isn’t bad at all…]

[LOL…]

Puff!

As Yena whispered something and reached out, droplets of water appeared in the air.

She gulped them down, then wiped her mouth with a satisfied look.

“So this ghost known as the ‘Corrosive Demon’ was captured, nya. However, the humans it affected have become evil spirits, nya. Since the souls of those harmed haven’t reached enlightenment and have been buried in the ground, they keep appearing endlessly, nya.”

“Oh… so we’re dealing with these evil spirits?”

“Yes, nya. Originally, the sorcerer who sealed it planned to use sorcery and get rid of both the demonic energy and the souls with it. But they’ve been left for the training of lower-grade sorcerers like us, nya.”

“Will they not be allowed to be put to rest?”

“Well, sure, some poor souls are let go, but the growth of sorcerers is more important, so… something like that, nya.”

Crack!

Yena clapped her hands together.

It seemed she didn’t want to delve deeper into such heavy conversation.

“Alright! Let’s go already, nya!”

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Aww-oooww!!

Crunch!

I swung the hammer and smashed the demon that had lunged at me.

A demon, or rather an evil ghost, appears as a half-melted human form but isn’t completely tangible.

It’s a form of a mix between a spiritual entity without physical form and a physical body.

Unlike regular ghosts, which are entirely spiritual and invisible to normal people, this evil ghost contains some physical matter, making it visible and perceivable even to those without spiritual powers.

No wonder the sorcerer was guarding the abandoned village.

We couldn’t risk these evil spirits escaping and harming ordinary people outside the village.

“Should be here… found it.”

A small gemstone dropped from the demon we just captured.

A demon stone, a small rock formed from the concentrated demonic energies of ghosts. It’s said that when a ghost is defeated, these stones fall.

Though it might help replenish spiritual energy somewhat, since this stone contains impurities, the conversion efficiency to spiritual power isn’t very good.

The reason we collect these stones is to measure how many demons we’ve slain.

The number of demons we capture influences both rewards and our promotion to a higher-grade sorcerer.

Yena explained this in great detail before we entered the village.

‘Maybe a bit too much.’

[It’s refreshing]

[Still wielding the hammer, huh…]

[Even as a sorcerer, the hammer is still king, it seems]

[Lily, try using sorcery too]

[Head!]

[Let’s go with the sorcery!]

“I could cast some magic too… but I haven’t been taught anything.”

Normally, when given such a role, it’s usual to be provided with background knowledge or techniques, but for this dungeon, there was none.

Aside from the cutscene, I had no knowledge at all. The only information I had was what Yena had told me.

‘Maybe this too is part of the seal.’

I swung my hammer again at another rushing demon while watching Yena through the broadcast.

She had been all fired up and, after finishing off the demons, called for me to head to the town center and then dashed away quickly.

Yena remained completely unaware, but the camera was still filming her.

I thought about whether she would use the ceremonial dagger on her waist as usual, but instead, she grinned and faced the rushing demon with bare hands.

“Sorcerous formation.”

Huh?

“Mysterious Cat Preparatory Throw Strike.”

A giant paw appeared in the air and struck the demon.

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