Miss Witch, even if we're poor, we can't sell ourselves!

Before midnight, Fran angrily quit the game, then took off her device and slammed it hard onto her pillow, bouncing it twice before stopping.

She was wearing a loose nightgown with a bat pattern, and her bare feet kicked the sheets several times, turning a blanket into a ball.

"Why?! Waaaaaah—!"

"Why? Why? Why?!"

Fran rolled over, burying her face in the pillow, her legs still pounding the mattress at the foot of the bed, making a dull thud.

She pulled her face out of the pillow, rolled over, stared at the ceiling, clenched her fists, and punched the mattress twice with force beside her.

Several glow-in-the-dark star stickers were pasted on the ceiling, which Izayoi had helped her put up when she first moved into the dormitory. At this moment, they were emitting a gentle pale blue glow, which formed an extremely tragic contrast with her current mood.

"I played so hard for so long! All my points are gone!!"

Remi and Izayoi were on the right and front sides of her bed, respectively. Both of them had already removed their devices and were watching her fuss in their own different positions.

Remy leaned against the headboard of her bed. Her short white hair was still a bit messy from removing the equipment, with a few stray strands sticking up by her ears, but she couldn't be bothered to fix it.

She had been laughing for quite a while, ever since Fran teleported to the lakeside stage and appeared before her and Izayoi with her face covered in blood and mud.

Fran's expression at that moment was a mix of confusion, grievance, and anger, with blood still sticking to the corners of her mouth, like a little bat that had just crawled out of a chimney. Remy felt she could talk about this for the rest of her life.

So that's what I'm saying.

Remi spoke lazily, her voice brimming with a smile she couldn't even bother to hide.

"Losing rock-paper-scissors and having to fight monsters is one thing, but even an NPC can be killed by you? Ugh, if I had known it would be this messy, I would have gone myself!"

"Shut up!"

Fran grabbed a cushion from the headboard and threw it at Remy.

Remi didn't even change her posture, she just tilted her head slightly, the pillow brushed past her ear, hit the wall and bounced back softly to roll to her side.

"Okay, okay."

Izayoi, who was standing nearby, also got off her bed.

She walked barefoot on the cool floor of the dormitory, the ends of her long white hair swaying gently behind her waist, the hem of her nightgown brushing against her ankles.

Climbing onto Fran's bed, he unfurled the quilt, which had been twisted into a pretzel, layer by layer, and then straightened the pillow that had fallen to one side.

After doing all this, Izayoi sighed softly, knelt down next to the sullen Flandre, put his arm around her shoulder, and pulled the still angry little one into his arms.

When Fran's face was pressed against Izayoi's chest, her nose bumped into something soft.

She was still struggling, mumbling something like "Next time I see her, I'll beat her to death," but her voice was already clearly trembling with tears.

"Alright, alright."

Izayoi's voice came down from above her head, as gentle as a mother's.

"You've worked hard, fighting so many monsters all by yourself and carrying people up the mountain for so long. You're really amazing."

Fran stopped struggling instantly.

She clutched the front of Izayoi's nightgown, her shoulders trembled very slightly, and then, as if she had finally found an outlet to release all her grievances, she burst into tears.

"I carried her for a very, very long time; she was so heavy! My arms were aching, and then she laughed at me in front of so many people!"

Remi sat on the opposite bed, quietly smiling as she watched for a while. Then she jumped off the bed and walked to Fran's bedside. She noticed that Fran's little wings, which had been drooping limply, slowly curled up into two little balls. She looked really aggrieved.

"Alright, stop crying. We'll figure out how to get the points tomorrow."

After offering words of comfort, she turned and headed towards the restroom.

Remy took off her clothes and threw them into the laundry basket, tested the water temperature, and then stepped into the bathtub and slowly sank in.

Hot water washed over my shoulders and collarbone, swirling gently around my neck, and the steam blurred the bathroom mirror.

She rested the back of her head on the edge of the bathtub, her mouth submerged below the water's surface, exhaling a string of bubbles that gurgled in the quiet bathroom for quite a while.

The three of them are the eternally scarlet young moon.

The group's name was suggested by Izayoi. At the time, they were rehearsing in the music room of Star Orbit Academy. Izayoi was flipping through an old book of poems when she suddenly recited this word, saying that the new moon is also the waning moon, the beginning and the end, which is very suitable for our theme.

Fran immediately raised both hands in agreement, and although Remi said it was too childish, she still voted in favor.

Since then, the three of them have written songs together, choreographed dances together, practiced in front of the mirror in the practice room until dawn, and gradually built up a fan base on MikuFans from being unknown to being able to hold offline performances.

For a newcomer group like them, getting the qualification for the first test of the Thousand Star Adventure was indeed very lucky.

There are countless idol groups in Bellavita. Within Star Orbit Academy alone, there are dozens of established groups vying for resources. The fact that the school can allocate three spots to Youyue means they all know how much expectation is behind those spots.

But precisely because of this, they stumbled badly on the first day of the first test, so how could she, as the team leader, not feel anxious at all?

Remy submerged half her face below the surface and continued blowing bubbles.

She looked at her blurry face in the mirror on the opposite wall. Her short white hair was wet and stuck to the sides of her face. Her eyes were a light red. Unlike Fran's sweet and cute appearance, her face was more heroic.

Izayoi always says that when she has a blank expression, she looks angry, but actually, she is thinking about something every time.

That silly girl Fran was recognized as soon as she entered the game.

The sickle and small wings make it unique in the entire Bellavita; wearing a mask is completely useless.

Since we can't hide it, we might as well not hide it at all. Anyway, the rule of wearing masks is just a gimmick.

Looking at tonight's events from a different perspective, they might not be a bad thing.

Fran is the first person to trigger the hidden boss, and this achievement alone is enough to keep her trending on MikuFans for several days. Coupled with tonight's recorded clip, the popularity will definitely be high.

So the answer is to be completely transparent and not try to hide anything anymore.

Tomorrow, we'll officially announce their participation in the Thousand Star Adventure using the official account of 【Eternal Crimson Moon】, admitting that Fran is the unlucky one whose Boss was stolen, and turning tonight's mishap into an opportunity to gain more fans.

While other idol groups were still coyly hiding their identities, they jumped out and confirmed their identities first.

Although this might attract attention from other teams, it's also a way to generate buzz.

Even though the rules of the Thousand Stars Adventure event have been designed to weaken the influence of the existing fan base, Youyue and her friends don't necessarily need the popularity in the game.

Because they are not big enough, it's too much of a stretch for them to compete for the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle).

However, we can take a different approach and generate buzz outside of the game itself.

In other words, they directly linked tonight's focus, the fox-faced girl, with their Youyue.

So much so that whenever people mention that girl, they immediately think of Fran's miserable state tonight, which can be used as an opportunity to attract more viewers to Youyue.

Once they have popularity, they have traffic; once they have traffic, they can monetize it into fans, which in turn can generate even more popularity.

Remi sat up in the water with a splash, water spraying everywhere.

"I've got an idea!"

She called out towards the door, and her voice carried through the bathroom door. From outside, she could vaguely hear Fran sniffling and asking, "What's the solution?" and Izayoi whispering, "Wipe your tears first."

Remy pulled a towel over her shoulders, dried her hair with a towel, and gave herself a confident smile in the mirror.