[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want-":3,"chapter-my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-3":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Streaming Life With SSS-Rank Girls With Want My Kids",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1457623,1905,"Chapter 3: The Rankless Man Arrives in the City","my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-3",3,"\u003Cp>The dirt road ended at a gray stone gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten-meter walls. Two guards at the entrance. A mid-sized city with the name VALDRIS carved into the main arch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai looked at it for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This the place you mentioned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m surprised you can just walk in like nothing.\" He paused. \"And even more surprised that they’re so afraid of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah processed the question as if it were the first time anyone had phrased it that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Afraid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. Afraid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah.\" Another silence. \"So that’s what it was.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never really thought about it.\" Serah observed the walls with a neutral expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whenever I got hungry, I’d come near this town. And out of nowhere, they’d start bringing me food. So I just started taking human form so I could go into places they call restaurants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai processed that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And how much do they charge you? You must eat a lot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Charge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai looked back at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see,\" said Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: SERAH DOESN’T KNOW WHAT ’CHARGE’ MEANS]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_Night99: she’s been eating for free for centuries through pure passive fear LMAO]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: 2,300 years and never paid a bill. Respect.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current viewers: 71,204]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards at the north gate saw them arrive at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first saw Kai — young human, hands in his pockets, relaxed stride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second saw Serah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a collective second of processing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the first reached for the alarm bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t say anything. She didn’t do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just looked toward the walls with the most neutral, unconcerned expression possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard’s hand stopped two centimeters from the bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gates stayed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai walked through without breaking stride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people on Valdris’s main street had the kind of reaction that develops in frontier towns — quick, calibrated, no unnecessary drama. They saw Serah and calculated the distance to the nearest wall in under two seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly they weren’t just looking at Serah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d look at her for a second, register that she wasn’t attacking, and then their eyes would go back to Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A human. No armor. No sword. No visible guild insignia. Walking ahead of an SSS-rank with his hands in his pockets like he was looking for a pharmacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question was visible on every face they passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_Night99: BRO THE WHOLE TOWN IS STARING AT HIM]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: the SSS-rank walks by and everyone thinks ’normal’ but the unranked guy has them confused]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: the face of the lady at the vegetable stall when Kai says ’good afternoon’ and keeps walking. Art.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New viewers: +4,200]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The restaurant was called The Valdris Pot and could seat about thirty people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Serah pushed the door open, there were twenty-two customers inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Kai walked in behind her, there were zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the owner remained — a stocky man in his fifties, wearing a work apron, with an expression caught somewhere between tired and scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Food was on the back table before Serah even finished sitting down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bread. Roasted meat. Three kinds of sides. A pitcher of something that smelled good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner placed everything while staring at the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not at Serah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not at Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome,\" he said, in the tone of someone reciting an emergency protocol. \"The usual, Lady Serah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good,\" said Serah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai sat across from her and looked at the food. Then he looked at the owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Same for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner looked at him for the first time. He evaluated: human, no visible rank, sitting across from the SSS-rank with no signs of detectable physiological stress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course,\" he said, and disappeared toward the kitchen at professional speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: THEY CLEARED THE RESTAURANT IN 4 SECONDS]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Etenal_Night99: the owner served the food while staring at THE WALL. This is his life now.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: Kai asked for ’the same’ like he’s a regular customer. This man has nerves of steel or no nerves at all.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System — Notification]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gift received: Interdimensional Gold Coin x50 — User: NocheEterna99]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Interdimensional Gold Coins can be exchanged as local currency in any city of Aethon.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current exchange rate: 1 Coin = 3 Aethon silver coins]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current balance: 50 Interdimensional Gold Coins]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai read the notification while waiting for the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey,\" he said to the system quietly. \"Can I use these to pay here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Affirmative. Interdimensional Gold Coins are valid currency in Aethon establishments.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: Most establishments in Valdris are not yet familiar with the currency. Showing the physical coin resolves any doubts.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Additional note: The current establishment will likely not charge the SSS entity.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But you are not the SSS entity.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know,\" said Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_Night99: YOU’RE WELCOME KAI. USE THE COINS WELL.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: the system made sure to clarify that HE will be charged. Honest.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: I just found out gifts turn into real money over there. Sending coins now.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gift received: Interdimensional Gold Coin x20 — StreamerHunter]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gift received: Interdimensional Gold Coin x10 — GarcíaFTW]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gift received: Interdimensional Gold Coin x200 — User: unknown]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Balance updated: 280 Interdimensional Gold Coins]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: The 200-coin gift has no traceable origin.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai looked at that last notification a second longer than the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the food arrived, and he stopped looking at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah did so with the efficiency of someone for whom eating is a function, not an experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai did so with the focus of someone who hasn’t eaten in over a day and has the humility to admit it internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway through the meal, Kai took out an Interdimensional Gold Coin and placed it on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah looked at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s that for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To pay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The owner won’t charge you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He won’t charge you. But he’ll charge me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah processed the distinction. Then she looked at the coin with something that, in someone with fewer centuries behind them, might have been called curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did it come from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My viewers. The ones watching me from the other side of the portal. They send gifts, and the system converts them into usable money here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They feed you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Basically.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah looked toward the corner where the chat comments floated invisibly — she couldn’t see them, but she’d spent enough time in this world to sense that she was being watched from there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many are there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seventy-one thousand right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah returned to her food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting,\" she said, in a tone that made it unexpected for someone 2,300 years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they finished, the owner reappeared. He collected the plates while staring at the wall. When it was Kai’s turn, Kai placed the coin in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner looked at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interdimensional currency,\" said Kai. \"Worth three local silver coins. If it doesn’t work for you, I can get change.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner examined it. Bit it lightly. Nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It works,\" he said. \"I owe you change.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep the rest as a tip.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner paused. Then, for the first time since they’d entered, he lifted his gaze from wall-level and looked directly at Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you new to Valdris?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrived today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you be staying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner nodded slowly, with the expression of someone recalibrating important information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome,\" he said. And this time it didn’t sound like an emergency protocol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: KAI LEFT A TIP. THE OWNER LOOKED HIM IN THE EYE FOR THE FIRST TIME.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[NocheEterna99: that owner just decided Kai is a normal person and he knows nothing]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: ’welcome’ with the face of ’this human is the weirdest one who’s ever walked in here and that includes the SSS-rank’]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hunters Guild of Valdris was two streets from the restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai walked there using the mental map he’d built while entering the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People on the street were still staring at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were still staring more at Kai than at Serah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guildmaster was a man in his fifties with the kind of posture developed by people who have seen too much to be surprised but not enough to be completely at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched Kai walk in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Serah stop at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a second to calibrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"New hunter registration,\" said Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" The guildmaster set down the papers he was reviewing but kept his head turned away from Kai toward the doorway, watching Serah from the corner of his eye. \"Name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kai Reno.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Home world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Earth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noted. Skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Martial arts. No magic. No elemental affinity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guildmaster wrote. Stopped. Reread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just martial arts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The system couldn’t classify the rank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go to evaluation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tester was a blue crystal the size of a melon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai placed his hand on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ERROR.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They swapped the crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ERROR.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They brought out the emergency backup, the one from the locked display case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ERROR.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guildmaster took off his glasses and cleaned them with a cloth he pulled from his pocket, using the movements of someone who does that when they need a second to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rank F,\" he said. \"It’s the minimum assignable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\" Kai signed where indicated. \"Can I see the board?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The board had papers organized by color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue for F and E. Green for D and C. Yellow for B. Orange for A. Red for S and above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was exactly one red paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai took it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That one’s been up for three weeks,\" said the guildmaster. \"No S-rank team has accepted it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unstable zone. Unconfirmed threat. Three reconnaissance teams went in. They came back without usable information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They came back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Just without usable information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai read the paper. Triple pay. Northeast zone. Threat category: open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Minimum rank?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recommended: S. Officially required: none.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai folded the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I leave tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guildmaster looked toward the door where Serah was still leaning against the frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going alone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai followed his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah was watching him with her usual neutral expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More or less,\" said Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_night99: HE TOOK THE ONLY RED QUEST]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: rank F. S-rank quest. with an SSS companion who technically isn’t a companion]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: tomorrow is going to be the best stream of my life. I know it. I can feel it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System — Notification]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Quest accepted: Unstable Zone — Sector 7]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[User rank: F]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Minimum recommended rank: S]\u003C\u002Fp>",1738,"2026-06-06T02:17:06.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","3a2c449aa16a4250fe613e20ab19634ab14cbb7186806536d636b6004cd33380","my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-4","my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-2",110,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--cover.jpg"]