(17) Gaining popularity

At once, a short video of a mysterious man playing the piano became viral. It rose in views like it had taken a slight rocket, appearing on the front page multiple times. 

Many could understand the level of this play was beyond extraordinary. Following Lucas's warning, everyone censored his face before uploading. So his face was still unknown to many. 

Only a few knew about his face, and it spread slowly as only some leaked out his face. 

Returning to his house, Lucas let Syuzia lay on the bed with the new mobile he bought for her and opened the computer. 

On the way, Lucas patiently explained almost all the features of the phone. He was a little tired mentally after that. 

They had eaten some subway food from the mall, making both of their stomachs full. 

Lucas props himself on the comfy chair and began creating accounts on all famous platforms while transferring the video to the computer. 

'I need to backup these videos later, it will become easier to maneuver then.' Lucas thought while creating a front page. 

He had experience in making it as he was a streamer in his past life, and the front page played quite a role in attracting others. So he had researched a lot on this subject. 

The channel's name was crowned player, similar to his name in his last life — Crown Gamer. 

'And...Done. Sigh....' Lucas began uploading the video while breathing out loudly. 

Without noticing almost an hour passed by as he edited the video and began uploading it. 

'Now that I think about it, Villain system. Will the name be visible with the female leads who have their relationship deepened with me?' 

[Ding! If the host has not come in contact with the said female lead, then the answer is no.]

'That's a massive letdown, I thought I could fish up many female leads using this method...' Lucas wallowed in annoyance and disappointment. Pulling himself together, he moved on in a few seconds. 

"It can't be helped, I suppose." 

Lucas opened a website named Wibers and looked at the short with his censored face. 

'...Freaking one million views?! It hasn't even been two hours since the short was made, unbelievable.' 

There were almost 300,000 likes too. The comment section was very active too.

"Truly, genius lives amongst the people!" 

"He appears to be very young too. If he were to try playing in the national piano competition, no one would be his match." 

"No no, there might be an even more talented pianist than this young man. The competition's results are always unpredictable." 

"kyaa! I want to marry him! Please show us his real face, sis cat!" A fan even said this to the channel owner. 

"Yes, Please show us!"

"Show us!" 

"Show us!"

....The comment section was on fire.

Checking around the platform, Lucas didn't see anyone plagiarizing the video, fortunately. He didn't have to go through the bother of calling his father again. 

In a few seconds, a notification of his video successfully being uploaded floated upon the screen. 

Lucas excitedly smiled, he didn't have such expectations, even while he uploaded the gaming videos in his past life. He wouldn't be much surprised if he received a contract offer within a day. 

Lucas played his video and looked at it. He had not censored his face, he wanted more people to look at it after all. 

And his expectations were not betrayed.

The views increased by four thousand in two minutes. People were madly looking for him, finding this channel, they would surely forward to many with no hesitation. 

The front page had many of the photos he had just taken on the balcony and garden. 

The description was simple too, saying that he was a piano lover and giving some self-introduction. 

The video gained popularity, almost it had literally caught fire. The comment section began getting blasted with messages too.

"Please marry me, I won't mind any requests as long as I can hear you playing piano!"

"Please date me, Oppa!"

"Senpai, please give me your contact number, I will keep it a secret from others, I promise!" 

Lucas smiled in pleasure at once.

Who didn't like the feeling of being pursued? That too with many girls?

In a good mood, Lucas replied to the comments that didn't mention anything personal. As for the others, he resolutely ignored them. Sharing personal information online was no different than suicide. 

It turned into an evening soon, and Lucas couldn't help but think that it was a long day. 

'Conquering a female lead one day...I might just have broken the record if this were recorded in the harem master game.' Lucas smiled wryly and turned back to the computer. 

It has been almost two hours since he uploaded the video and the views hit 2.5 million. The number of subscriptions was almost half a million too. His video had already become famous throughout the world, anyone loving piano would be attracted to it. 

And...

[Relationship deepened by 4 points]

[Relationship deepened by 4 points]

[Relationship deepened by 5 points]

[Relationship deepened by 2 points]

 ...

'....how am I supposed to know if it's for the same female lead or not like this?' Lucas lamented. 

[The host has changed the flow of the main plot drastically. Protagonist aura -1000, female lead aura -1000, supportive aura 800, villain aura +2400. Obtained 12,000 villain points.]

[A villain such as you, who is not supposed to take the limelight has caught more attention than many protagonists. Obtained 8000 villain points.]

'Well, I guess I can let it go.' Lucas didn't complain and accepted the villain points gracefully.

'From the look of things, there are protagonists in the song industry too. I might come across one soon, I am the villain, so it should happen naturally at one point in time.'

Having gained plenty of villain points, Lucas decided to exchange them for something.

[Attainment boosts sword and mana (D) X2: 6,000 villain points]

Suddenly entering a mood of enlightenment, Lucas digested all the information in his head. The mana which was out of his control, became obedient to him like a pet dog.

'Should I try learning spells too? Hmm, it's probably a waste of villain points, I should concentrate on a single aspect for now. Next, I will exchange for a special ability, after I gather a few more villain points.'

Beep! Beep!

Lucas looked at his phone, his face portrayed a strange look, before breaking into a smile.

"Hmph! You learned to call after all this time." Lucas snorted and made fun of Syuzia, who looked at him while covering her face in the phone with a smile revealed on her face.