Steam curled from the surface of the bath, muted by the heavy silence that followed the stream’s abrupt end.
Bastet lay curled against Kaiden’s chest, her ears flattened, tail limp, golden eyes glassy with lingering pain.
Luna broke the silence first.
"...What just happened?"
Nyx’s eyes narrowed as she scanned Bastet’s trembling body. "I can’t help but say that it looks like she’s forbidden from remembering. Something embedded deep in her very being, something... I don’t know, magical, is actively punishing her for trying to recall her time as a dungeon boss."
Hearing those grim words from her friends, Aria winced, moving closer.
"That’s cruel..." She reached out, gently placing a hand on Bastet’s shoulder. "Hey... I know you’re all about Kai, but if you ever need anything... I’m here, okay?"
Bastet’s ears twitched. She didn’t raise her head but let out a soft, fragile whimper entirely uncharacteristic of the carefree, nonchalant felinid.
"Thank you..."
Kaiden stroked her hair in long, slow motions, his other hand curled protectively around her waist.
"We’ll look into this at a later date."
The Valkyries all nodded.
But Kaiden’s mind was already moving elsewhere.
With a subtle shift of focus, he pulled up his system window, the private overlay only visible to him.
A smooth, blue interface greeted him, displaying his current stats and stream progress.
[System Rank-Up Requirements – Tier 2 ➢ Tier 3]
[Views: 100 million]
[Fangirls: 5,000]
[Income: 10,000]
Current Stats:
[Views: 343.8 million ➢ 350 million]
[Income: 4,541 ➢ 31,619]
[Fangirls: 458 ➢ 511]
Kaiden exhaled quietly.
’Views? Crushed it. Income? Way more than enough.’
But his eyes narrowed at the third stat.
’Fangirls... still only a tenth of the way there.’
That number was crawling upward at a glacial pace.
A serious bottleneck.
From what he could tell, the System didn’t reward casual followers or shallow fame. It demanded full-on obsession. He needed 5,000 true fans, women who were not just viewers liking his content but diehard ones.
[New System Quest: Fangirl Bottleneck]
[Assessment]: Successor’s strategies for exponential growth in income and overall viewership have been exceptionally efficient. However, the progression of his fangirl metric remains disproportionately slow.
[Guidance]: To fully embody and potentially exceed the legacy of the Heavenly Demon, the Successor must cultivate a following whose devotion stems from genuine connection and profound inspiration. Superficial engagement, while boosting views and income, does not translate into the deep admiration required for this metric.
[Quest Objective]: Demonstrate the ability to cultivate deep, lasting admiration from those who are merely intrigued. The Successor must display proficiency in converting fleeting interest into genuine, unwavering devotion.
To complete this objective, the Successor must raise the Fangirl metric from 511 to 5,000 within 3 days.
Success will signify the Successor’s worthiness to receive further backing from his benefactor, affirming their potential to walk the dangerous path they’d chosen for themselves.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABEL
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Demonic Pornstar System