Hendra took a deep breath and walked towards his study. He had forgotten his treatment towards the friendly service guy.

Hendra made sure nothing was added or stolen from his workspace. Then like someone who defuses a bomb, He inspected his VR helmet carefully.

This was the latest and greatest version launched by the biggest VR Device Company. With this helmet, their avatars now have facial expressions that match the players' in real life.

Starting from the rise of V-Tubers in the 21st century, engineers have designed a helmet specifically made for linking facial expressions. Combining motion capture technology with VR created a new VR helmet game technology.

So even though they have not been able to capture the sense of touch, smell, or taste, they have succeeded in connecting the human senses of sight and hearing with the fantasy world in the game.

After making sure that nothing dangerous was plugged into his VR helmet, Hendra started connecting it to his computer.

Hendra started fiddling with his computer and looked for the voice changer setting to make sure that the previous settings that were set for the tone of voice remained the same and had not been changed. Hendra used several apps to make his voice sound higher and reduced the hoarseness of it. By changing the intonation of his voice, Hendra ensured that he would sound like a high school girl who was heading toward adulthood.

Hendra didn't want to sound like a child who would be underestimated by the audience but he also didn't want Leona to sound like an adult. He wanted her voice to provoke a sense of wanting to be protected by her listeners. It was quite complicated to find the right pitch, but with ten years of experience as Leona, Hendra has memorized the sound of her voice by heart.

Leona was a character that he created since he was in high school. He did it for fun and because he was bored, Hendra created a V-tuber account and tried the real-motion capture and voice changer. He racked his brains to create a character who could be the girl of his dreams. He named her Leona because Hendra really liked lions and other species of cats.

Simple wasn't it?

However, Hendra never thought that Leona would not only be a dream girl for him but also for thousands of subscribers who became her loyal fans. At first, Hendra felt very uncomfortable being watched by thousands of people but after re-watching some of the videos he posted, Hendra realized that Leona was Leona. And he was Hendra and He will not be able to become Leona.

That's why Hendra was not ashamed to be Leona, for him it was like watching Leona's life, the girl of his dreams from a first person point of view.

Gradually, Leona's fans grew and she seemed to really live in this world. No one ever thought that the figure behind Leona the goddess in cat form was an old uncle with a pig-like face, even Hendra.

Leona's character was getting more and more famous and the number of viewers reached millions. Until finally, he got a contract from one of the biggest V-tuber agencies in his country. In order to make the girl of his dreams come true and live in this world, Hendra signed a contract with the agency.