(Elayne’s POV)

The classes ended earlier today for my daughter, probably because it was just the first day of the second semester, so she came to the mini market before going back home. She caught us off guard, to be honest… But maybe this was the best time to tell her about this with Mark at my side, and Jenny, I guess.

“Y-You’re quitting your job to… stream BNLO?!” My daughter didn’t take it easy at all. She almost threw up the soda can she was drinking. Her face of disbelief was incredibly shocking.

“Huh? Wait, what? Auntie Elayne you’re going to play the game? Nice!” Anna said happily. “Let’s play together then!”

“T-This is amazing! We can all join together!” Elisa celebrated.

Her friends were actually happy about this, but my daughter… had mixed opinions.

“T-This is a bit weird… Ugh, but I guess… you can do whatever you want.” She sighed. “Though, are you sure about this? Maybe you won’t even make it big, I think you might be sacrificing too much… I know a lot of people is making money in this, even I am saving some but… still. Unless you’re planning for Mark to maintain us?”

“Hahaha, honestly if you asked I would gladly but, that’s not it, Elena.” Mark said with a giggle. “Your mother wouldn’t let me anyways…”

“Yeah, err… Well, how do I put it?” I wondered.

I tried to slowly muster the courage, sighing, and breathing calmly. I closed my eyes and then opened them again, looking back at her.

“I am… Well, we’ve already been friends in-game.” I sighed.

“We had?” My daughter was left speechless.

“Yeah, I am so glad we’ve meet in-game already, I was able to know a lot about your other side and learn more about how awesome you are!” I said.

“W-Wait a second…” My daughter’s face seemed to be slowly panicking.

“Don’t tell me… Is your mom?” Anna asked, dropping the bag of potato chips she had in her hands

“Ah! Now that I think about it… She does really acts a lot like someone else…” Elisa said, while drinking some cold tea.

“Yep, I am… I am Planta.” I sighed.

“EEEH?!” My daughter screamed so loud even my coworkers looked at us weirdly.

“Y-Yeah! I’ve been playing for a while now…” I sighed. “I wanted to tell you but… Only just recently you’ve opened up to me more, dear… I was a bit afraid. That you would think I am weird or cringe… It has been an almost therapeutic experience, it has helped me slowly grow as a person, and even move on…”

My daughter’s eyes opened wide open, her eyebrows rising all the way to her forehead, as she slowly heard me talking. Slowly, she calmed down, looking into the floor.

“S-So you’re Planta… You’ve been playing for almost half a year now…” She sighed. “I can’t… Wow. My mother’s a super popular player… I-I guess it is cringe, yeah… But after you said that I can’t just… You know, run away and escape like a child.”

“I-I was half-expecting that.” I giggled a bit.

“Right…?” Mark laughed.

“H-Hey! Do you think I am that immature?” My daughter crossed her arms, blushing a bit. “I… Ugh, well, erm… Sorry for talking to you weirdly then, ah… L-Let’s say DarkReaper’s personality is… my way to cope with reality sometimes. I like being that way, to be however I want and relax… It is surprisingly effective at helping me emotionally…”

“Honestly I am super alright with that! I love how you are! It is like a whole new character and all!” I said. “Ah, right, I’ve already earned around seventeen thousand dollars from my videos in the last two months, and I keep getting more and more ad revenue so, I think we’re pretty alright. I’ve got a lot of money saved too.”

“I guess there’s no going back now… Ugh, this is still a bit cringe but maybe I should also help the house now, I do have a lot of money saved and all…” Elena said.

“Ahahah, no worries dear, I’ll handle things on my own. I know it might be risky but I really just… want to do what I love.” I sighed.

“Wow, your mom’s a gamer, can’t believe how jealous I am now.” Anna sighed.

“Yeah, to be honest…” Elisa sighed.

“I-It isn’t as if I asked for this…” Elena sighed. “A-Anyways, I’ll need to process this for a while, mom, so I’ll get going. Are you not coming either? I mean you just quit your job and all…”

“Yeah, we’ll go meet a friend with Mark and Rita in half an hour from now, so feel free to go back, dear. I’ll make some delicious dinner for tonight, so if you’re feeling hungry you girls can order food.”

“Alright.” Elena nodded, as I gave her a hug and a kiss in her cheek. “D-Don’t be so clingy, we’re in front of my friends!”

“Hehehe, what’s so wrong with some love?” I giggled, giving her a head pat.

After that, my daughter and her friends went back home and with Mark, we quickly meet up with Rita and Lily, as we made our way to the café where we promised to meet up with Rose.

Once we landed there, we immediately detected her, sitting inside the café while drinking a cappuccino and happily eating a strawberry cheesecake. She also had several other cake slices at her side, croissants, and sandwiches.

Though, I don’t think it was all for us, she was eating everything greedily… I guess Dhampir do need a lot of energy through eating but wow, I am amazed she can keep her figure by eating so much!

“Oh, there you are.” Rose greeted us as we walked inside the café and found her.

“Hello Rose! Been a few days!” I said, hugging her tightly.

“Ugeh! Y-You’ve gotten stronger…” She muttered, as I ended hugging her a bit too hard.

“Hahaha, yeah, we just hunted a few hundred Hollows yesterday.” I giggled.

“Y-You what…?!” She was shocked.