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I was shocked when I heard that. Since the fat guy knew Cyra's name, we must be in the right place. But where was she? And who was this fat guy? How did they know each other?
I had many questions, but no answers yet. The fat guy warmly invited me and Adrian inside. We were surprised to see the place looked quite nice.
Unlike the usual shared rooms in this area, this guy seemed to have the whole flat to himself. It had a proper layout - dining area and kitchen near the entrance, then a big living room. Adrian looked around and asked straight away:
"Where's Cyra?"
"Oh, she's in the bedroom. She should be livestreaming now." He led us to a bedroom and pointed at the closed door.
I noticed he kept looking at me. Just as I was wondering about it, he gathered his courage and asked:
"Um, from what Cyra said about you guys... if I'm not wrong, you must be... you know?"
"What do you mean?" I asked, confused. I was about to open the door when he said that.
The door wasn't fully closed. I pushed it open slowly and saw inside.
The bedroom was even fancier than outside, clearly set up for a girl. There were cute dolls everywhere.
Just like the guy said, Cyra was sitting at the computer, wearing headphones with cat ears. She didn't notice us come in at all.
"...I really want to go on a date with you!" she read from the screen. She must have seen a comment like that. She smacked the table and scolded in a sneering voice:
"Oi, don't be so gross! Wake up, this is just an online stream and I'm just a small-time streamer. Are you imagining some love story with me 'cos you can't get any in real life? What can I say? Haha, go away!"
"What?" she continued, leaning closer to the screen in disbelief.
"You want me to pull my collar down more? Look, look! This top doesn't even have a collar... Pull it down more? If I do that, it won't be appropriate for you to see! That kind of stuff is only on paid sites. My stream might get banned! Are you a troll sent by some other streamer?"
Then she looked really disappointed and kept scolding:
"Why are you lot always up to no good? Am I the type to do risque streams? My channel is about showing superpowers! You never ask proper questions about that, always thinking dirty! Sigh, I scold these useless trolls but they never go away. Hopeless!"
She was so into her stream, she still hadn't noticed us behind her. I had no choice but to walk around the camera and pull off her headphones.
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"What the... it's you?" Cyra jumped up in surprise when she saw me. "Why are you coming so late?"
"Duh, you gave us this address to come to! Tenda Flats is so hard to find, we took ages to get here..." I replied annoyed. But then I saw what she was wearing and stopped mid-sentence. "Aren't you cold?"
Seriously, her outfit was way too revealing. No wonder those viewers kept asking dodgy questions.
"Never mind that! I'm still streaming. We'll talk properly after I finish, okay?" Cyra looked at the computer, then at me and the others still at the door. She seemed unsure, but chose the stream. She pushed me towards the door and sat back down.
"Sorry everyone, that was just my silly sister causing trouble. Now let's get to the costume change you've all been waiting for!"
Did she call us all the way here just to watch her stream? I was so mad I could barely speak. Seeing she had no time for us, I closed the bedroom door and went back out with Adrian and the others.
"Ah, she's always like this when streaming. Why don't you wait outside?" the fat guy said. He warmly led us to sit in the living room and got some sodas from the fridge.
"Want a drink? Oh, there's a TV too..." He fumbled with the remote but couldn't find any channels. "Sorry, we don't usually watch TV so we didn't get cable..."
"It's fine, don't worry about it," I said. But he didn't leave, just sat awkwardly on the sofa with us.
"Why don't you take a look, this should be Cyra's stream," Adrian said. He was prepared and opened the "Supergirl" livestream page on his phone to show me.
Cyra had changed into the uniform dress from when we were in Edenmere! She even had the wings out, glowing slightly. It was quite eye-catching.
"Alright fans, this angel costume with six wings was voted most popular cosplay this month! If you like it, take screenshots now, smash that like button, and donate if you can. If this gets you interested in the True Church, even better!"
Of course the comments thought it was all special effects. But seeing this ridiculous scene, I wanted to go strangle her!
Didn't she call herself a superpower streamer? Why is she always doing this revealing stuff to get views!
I'm so careful about showing my wings to save energy. But here she is wasting precious light element on streaming! Even if it's not too much overall, every bit counts. I'm surprised monsters haven't found her yet.
"She's going to get herself in trouble one day," I thought.
It wasn't my stream so I couldn't do anything. But I noticed something interesting - the fat guy was also watching Cyra's stream on his phone. Cyra herself was in the next room, but he didn't look surprised at all, like he was used to this.
"What's your name? How do you know Cyra?" I finally asked him. Maybe he knew something about Cyra's true identity?
"Oh... me? I'm Raydwin," he replied. He didn't seem to mind and told us how he met Cyra, right in this building!
"My parents died in an accident and left me this flat. A month ago, I was about to sleep after gaming when I heard a huge crash on the roof. It sounded like something massive fell, so I ran out to check..."
Raydwin was actually a student at the nearby Tech University. His flat was on the top floor of the building. So if something happened above, it must have been on the roof.
When Raydwin got to the roof, he saw a girl lying there. The impact had even cracked the concrete! But she wasn't dead. When he checked closely, she was just unconscious. The craziest thing was she had three pairs of glowing white wings on her back!
Even someone slow would realize this girl wasn't human. Raydwin didn't rush her to the hospital, but took her back to his flat first.
He was used to seeing angels in movies and anime, so as a nerd he started treating Cyra like a goddess.
"When Cyra woke up, she told me she was fighting a demon lord's general and got ambushed. That's why she fell onto my roof! The dark forces are running wild now. The demon king woke up and wants to take the beautiful angels from the heavens, and take over Earth too! The world is in trouble again, so she needs to hide and recover for a while. This place became her temporary base."
The story he told next was super over-the-top. Since Cyra mentioned allies from heaven would come find her today, Raydwin naturally guessed my identity too. He didn't try to hide anything as he spoke.