I Became a 6★ Gacha Character

Han Se-ah easily subdued the chat's demands for the busty receptionist by showing them noblewomen at an Imperial capital café instead.

After placing the request at the Mercenary's Guild, she secured a month-long contract at an inn catering to wealthy merchants. They could have stayed somewhere fancier that served nobles, but that might lead to troublesome noble encounters.

There was a contradiction in avoiding nobles while claiming to help with Han Se-ah's side quest collection, but it couldn't be helped. The Kingdom's social circles were already annoying enough - imagine the headache of adding the hero to the Empire's massive political dynamics.

She wanted to enjoy the convenient fantasy life allowed to gamers, not get dragged into high-level political battles. Better to aim for quests involving merchant groups heading to the provinces.

"Nice facilities. What are we doing while waiting for information?"

"We should listen to rumors going around the archipelago. Places where people gather attract all kinds of gossip. Though we'll need to filter it like what we heard at the guild."

That's why we settled at an inn five minutes from the Mercenary's Guild. The beautiful innkeeper who reminded Han Se-ah of Dongtan New City and her daughter who was among the most beautiful servers in the province might have caught her attention.

Anyway, with long-term lodging secured near the Mercenary's Guild and requests sent to the Empire's Magic Tower and temple through the guild, all that remained was waiting. And as both player and streamer, Han Se-ah had a duty to turn that "waiting" into entertaining content.

Though they'd just unpacked and sat at a table on the inn's first floor, viewers were already spamming chat with "so what now" and "why aren't you doing anything." They'd enjoyed the busty receptionist, noble ladies in dresses, and Dongtan innkeeper in sequence, but seemed to suffer from collective amnesia the moment cleavage disappeared from camera view.

"Hmm... we should probably check out the Adventurer's Guild just in case. Even if it's small, they might have information."

After glancing at the viewers' chaos, I looked at Han Se-ah who'd claimed the seat beside me. Her profile was resolute, as if willing to pacify chat with cleavage but not endless pandering to their demands.

Her camera drifted toward elderly folks in alleyways, as if making a silent threat. Was she implying they should stay quiet unless they wanted to watch old people instead of young women? Come to think of it, these viewers were traumatized from watching endless old man stories while sharing a carriage with elderly Magic Tower mages.

Having easily subdued the angry masses through camera drone control, Han Se-ah grabbed my arm to suggest we look around outside.

"The Adventurer's Guild? I heard about it from the innkeeper."

"Where is it?"

"She said to take a circuit carriage since it's far? Over an hour's walk apparently. Though that's by normal housewife walking speed."

Grace gave an odd smile seeing Han Se-ah naturally take my side, then guided us to the circuit carriage stop.

Though this was her first time in the Empire, she'd somehow gathered information chatting with the innkeeper in that short time. She naturally led us to the stop, then boarded an approaching carriage, paid the fare, and gestured for us to follow.

The slow, large carriage stretched longer than normal ones, like some village bus. As I looked around the interior like a country bumpkin while sitting down, the bumpy impact immediately struck my bottom.

...Maybe I'd gotten too used to luxury magical carriages.

"Ugh, mmh..."

"Ahaha, careful there, Roland?"

Seeing me get my rear soundly thumped after plopping down thoughtlessly, the others carefully sat using either the carriage's handholds or my forearm for support.

The driver glanced back, perhaps noting our party's unusual looks even for a coachman who circles the city all day. As he gripped the reins, the bumpy carriage moved swiftly forward.

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While the Empire's capital Mercenary's Guild had a sign showing a dagger piercing a coin purse and contract, the Adventurer's Guild's sign was much simpler. Grace pointed toward a two-story building displaying a sword, shield, and mana stone.

The wooden two-story building was clearly smaller than the Mercenary's Guild. Unlike the Mercenary Guild's modern-looking gray exterior, the exposed wooden walls made it resemble an old log cabin.

After seeing the guild's sign and getting off the briefly stopped carriage, the street's emptiness was immediately apparent. Unlike the Mercenary's Guild with its busy flow of people and workers, there was hardly anyone passing the Adventurer's Guild.

"Wow, it really is quiet. Is everyone with business going to the Mercenary's Guild instead?"

"Not many monsters appearing in the Imperial capital after all."

"W-welcome!"

A voice greeted us at the Adventurer's Guild.

More precisely, we only heard a voice.

Confused, I looked around before glancing down to find a tiny child about 120cm tall holding a tray. With clean blue hair and chubby cheeks, she looked like a noble girl doing some commoner roleplay.

A blue-haired child contrasting with the redheaded busty maiden? The appearance of this tiny receptionist, barely 10 years old with baby fat still intact, melted not just viewers' hearts but our whole party's expressions.

Irene, the orphanage big sister, naturally loved children, while Grace and Katie also seemed fond of little ones, their expressions softening as they crouched down to chat at eye level with the kid.

"...You know you'll literally die if you make inappropriate jokes about a kid and ruin the mood, right? Some of you in chat better be careful. You might not just die on my stream but get socially destroyed for targeting a small child."

And Han Se-ah started her own kind of eye-level conversation with viewers.

"Hello? We came to make a request."

"Ah, yes! This way! Follow me!"

She spoke clearly, wasn't intimidated by my size, and handled guidance and work without mistakes - seemed more experienced at guild work than expected.

But the party, already wearing motherly smiles while watching the tiny receptionist, clustered together to follow her waddling figure like parents supporting a kindergartener's first errand.

Walking just a few steps to the counter revealed a mass of blue hair. Unlike the little receptionist's glossy blue, this was wild and unkempt like an animal's fur, filling the space behind the counter.

"Daddy! Daddyyy!"

"Huh, ack?! What, what what?"

Seeing their matching hair colors suggesting a family relationship, we stood silently at the counter as the little one scurried around inside, frantically ruffling the fur mass. Her legs were so short that circling one desk took some time, making everyone watch with warm expressions like enjoying a comedy skit.

As her tiny fist - perfectly described by the phrase "baby hands" - patted repeatedly, a blue head suddenly shot up.

What had seemed like messy hair filling the counter space revealed a man taller than me as he jerked awake, probably around 2m tall. His huge frame, wild blue hair reaching his shoulder blades, and scarred muscular body visible through his hair made quite a sight.

"Oh, this guy's also a 5★ character. 5★ 'Blue Beast of the Archipelago' Jacob...? That 'Blue Beast' phrase feels really familiar, right?"

-LOL sounds like someone who'd try super hard at everything

-Can you check if he's got bandages on his hands? LOL

-Must be a fighter who can't use mana seeing those muscles

-More importantly, being 5★ means he's not just a regular receptionist but guild master level right? 5★s are only common on Han Se-ah's stream

-Yeah most countryside knights are 3-4★, five stars means knight commander or higher

Ah, so Han Se-ah's world also had that ninja manga that was actually all about eye battles. Since I only saw her stream due to the algorithm, I hadn't seen any animation content on the internet the Goddess gave me.

While having that random thought, the blue beast-man who'd scooped up his daughter one-handed and tucked her against his side thrust his head toward me.

"Oh, ohh? Dat Roland hum[1]?"

"...What?"

I'm not Manaashi, why the fuck are you calling me "hum"[2]?

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[1. raei: this guy has an accent. uhm couldn't really think of a specific accent so I made it 'dat' since that seems to be how they spell the speech patterns of characters with thick accents in other novels. You'll see this a lot in the next chap.]

[2. hum: hyung but uh with the accent. I try to remove these korean formality terms and stuff but when they're explicitly pointed out like this, I keep them in.]

Enjoy the chappy!