The Villainess VTuber Rips People Apart-Chapter 142: I Just Want to Play

Introduction to the Date Pre-Practice

It was questionable «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» whether a pre-practice was truly necessary, but despite her doubts, Laura had gently insisted that Anna go along with it.

The reason for this, Laura herself hadn’t given much thought to. Perhaps it was just her nature as a villainess, but she only speculated on that possibility.

A villainess is always followed by her followers. In this sense, Anna (since her return to Earth, excluding Leon, who shares blood with her) might be considered her first follower. Maybe that’s why Laura was so lenient with her.

Or maybe she was just treating her like a cat.

What difference would there really be between Anna, who couldn’t even do housework, and a domesticated cat? Laura didn’t feel confident enough to explain the difference clearly.

Anyway, the date practice went ahead for this reason, but both Anna and Laura were starting to realize something.

Aurora had no aptitude for date practices.

“You’re so arrogant. How dare you eat at the same table as me? Are you challenging my authority as the Duke’s daughter?”

“...Then, where should I eat?”

“Do you not know? Nobles eat first, and only after that, commoners are allowed to eat. Didn’t they teach you this?”

“Laura-chan... Could we change the setup? It’s not progressing.”

The roleplay of “a commoner going on a date with the Duke’s daughter” was too difficult for Anna.

So, this time, they switched to a different scenario.

“Anna, your table manners are terrible.”

“...Huh?”

“You keep placing your fork and knife incorrectly. And even when you use the knife, isn’t it basic etiquette to cut the food into a proper bite-size? Stuffing your mouth to the point of bulging your cheeks is an act that destroys your dignity as a noble. Nobles should eat slowly and elegantly, not shove food into their mouths like commoners.”

When they proceeded with the setup of nobles from the same rank, Laura kept critiquing Anna’s manners.

Of course, Anna had never been taught proper table manners, not even once. She only knew to hold the fork in her left hand and the knife in her right. She couldn’t even remember whether you should use the utensils from the inside or the outside.

“If you want to associate with my family, you must at least have some basic cultural knowledge. In this respect, Anna, you lack sensitivity. I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough dignity to be my counterpart.”

“Laura-chan, aren’t you being too strict?”

“What do you mean? Having a meeting with me, the Duke’s daughter, means your family must be on par with mine. That means you should have the dignity and refinement of a crown prince.”

“A crown prince...?”

The word sounded like something straight out of a fantasy novel, but Anna thought she understood what Laura meant. The term or vocabulary was very specific, but honestly, how many people could go on a date with Aurora in this world?

Aurora’s parents were ordinary office workers, according to Leon, but Anna still knew Aurora was different from other women. She had an air of nobility in everything she did.

The idea of Aurora dating or marrying a normal person was... hard to imagine.

“So, Laura-chan... If you were ever to go on a date, would you do it like this?”

“Foolish question. There’s no way I would ever go on a date.”

Laura answered without hesitation.

Anna didn’t really understand it, but Laura’s views on marriage were a bit unusual.

Would a Duke’s daughter ever go on a date?

For nobles, marriage was more of a means than a personal choice. It was a way to strengthen the family’s authority and influence by making the most advantageous union.

For a family like the Duke’s, marriage arrangements were already happening behind the scenes.

In extreme cases, there are even families where the bride never meets the groom before their wedding day.

‘I hated that, though.’

Sacrificing personal happiness to bring profit to the family.

Because that didn’t sit well with her, Laura had rejected all marriage proposals, and sometimes even sabotaged them.

As a result, Laura was rather repulsed by the idea of marriage talks.

She didn’t care for matchmaking or blind dates at all, and if she ever had to do one, it would have to be with someone truly extraordinary, someone who could move nations. That’s the only way it would satisfy her. Of course, refinement would be essential.

Laura had a rather passive stance when it came to love and marriage.

‘Maybe someday I’ll meet a fateful partner who’ll shake my values. Or maybe not. Honestly, I’d be fine living alone for the rest of my life.’

In other words, there was no one more unsuitable than Laura for date practice!

“Laura-chan... You’re terrible at this date practice!”

Eventually, Anna snapped.

“Who says ‘let’s go look for land after a date’?”

“But a date leads to a relationship, and a relationship leads to marriage, right? If I’m going to settle down somewhere, I need to see the future. I’m seeing if you have the ability to plan someone’s future. How wonderful is that as an after-date?”

“Who talks like that on a first date! It’s so heavy and scary...! Let’s just keep it lighthearted!”

“Lighthearted? You’re the one talking weird. How can you take something as serious as marriage lightly?”

And so it went. Laura’s noble mindset prevented them from having a typical scenario.

Sigh.

Anna let out a deep breath.

“I don’t even know how marriage came up... Laura-chan, can we change the setup? You keep assuming I’m the ‘guy I might marry in the future’ during our date, but....”

“That’s exactly what a date is.”

“That’s where it’s weird... Let’s just meet as women and have fun as ‘friends’ instead...”

Anna reconsidered her thoughts.

Come to think of it, the term “date” was what made it awkward. This punishment was just a planned live stream where she would hang out with Rui. The goal was to make Rui happy and have fun.

The real issue was how to make Rui happy. Anna wasn’t confident, which is why she wanted to practice beforehand.

Romance and marriage complicated things. At its core, this was just about becoming friends with Rui.

“Okay, let’s do that then.”

Laura nodded, and the two sat down at the table to start their conversation.

About 30 minutes later, they went for the after-date.

Laura and Anna were at the PC room.

“Hey, can you pressure the mid? I’m split pushing.”

“We already won the teamfight.”

“Nice~.”

They ate cup ramen and even got some hot bars.

“So, where should we go next for the after-date?”

“Isn’t it usually karaoke?”

“Oh, sounds good. Shall we sing?”

They went to karaoke.

“Ah, a food stall.”

“Do you like alcohol?”

“Not much. How about you, Laura-chan?”

“Only wine.”

“Wow... You really look like someone who’d go well with wine or champagne. But I’ve always been curious about food stalls.”

“Want to go try it?”

“Yeah, let’s do it!”

They went for some soju.

“What kind of date is this!”

After drinking and getting tipsy, Anna finally realized.

And realized too late, idiot...

By the way, Laura, who had physically trained herself, wasn’t drunk at all.

They took a taxi, and Laura grabbed Anna by the neck, pulling her back into the house with ease.

“You said we’d meet as friends and have fun. Didn’t you enjoy it?”

“It was fun, but...! Girls don’t hang out like this!”

“Really?”

Laura tilted her head.

The truth was, Anna had said it, but she wasn’t sure herself.

Anna, who had a long history of not having friends (she was a high school graduate), had never really experienced hanging out with girls.

Of course, Laura had no way of knowing this.

“Isn’t this the kind of thing guys usually do?”

“Maybe.”

Laura agreed. It certainly did feel like something guys would do.

It was unavoidable.

Anna and Laura knew each other so well by now.

Thinking about it, how many times had Anna come over to Laura’s house? It wasn’t a one-time thing.

In fact, hadn’t Laura stayed at Anna’s house for an entire week?

They knew each other’s likes, dislikes, and even had surprisingly similar tastes.

Anna was a total indoors person.

Instead of going to amusement parks or aquariums, she preferred to watch anime at home.

If there was anywhere Anna could enjoy going out, it would be a PC room or karaoke. She didn’t have much stamina either, so she hated wandering around outside.

Laura was similar.

If she had time to date, she’d rather play one more round of Quna.

As a result, an awkward pair who couldn’t even hang out like normal girls had been formed.

“Well, what now...?!”

A whole day passed, and nothing had changed.

The drunkenness quickly wore off.

“If I end up alone with Rui like this, I won’t be able to do anything... I’ll either rush into something or say something weird... The mood will get tense...”

“Strangely specific example.”

“I’ve experienced it before...!”

A heartbreaking comment again.

But there’s a saying, isn’t there? Life is practical. Isn’t this the kind of thing that saying applies to?

Anyway, even without practice for the punishment game, it probably wouldn’t matter, but...

“Wait. Could this be an opportunity?”

A thought crossed Laura’s mind.

“What time is it, Anna?”

“Huh? Just past 1 AM...”

“Seems like time hasn’t passed much.”

Considering how many VTubers had switched to night schedules, 1 AM was still early.

For Laura, who rarely slept more than four hours a day, it was still like evening. And for Anna, whose sense of time was completely gone, it didn’t matter much either.

Come to think of it, she hadn’t streamed today because she was hanging out with Anna.

“Let’s prepare for the stream.”

“A stream? What stream?”

“Obviously, it’s the stream for your punishment game.”

“How do we prepare for that?”

Anna couldn’t understand.

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“It’s simple. If you want to practice for your date with Rui, you just need to call someone to play the role of Rui for you.”

“At this time...? Who would that be?”

Most people would already be asleep.

Of course, people like Rui and Mero might still be awake, but the Japanese VTubers were all in their hometowns right now.

So, there should be no one else available.

“There’s one person awake.”

Laura said as she turned on her phone.

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