After dropping out of school, I chose to join a girls' band.

"to be frank!"

Although Lixi still couldn't grasp other aspects of Yao Lena after spending some time together, he could clearly see that the numbers she gave were definitely incorrect.

When she went over, there were already 5 empty cups on the other person's table.

"Hmm... I drank 7 cups..."

"Alright, now we've found the root of the problem..."

Li hope sighed.

"Lixi... what should we do?"

Xiao Deng looked at Le Nai, who had a pained expression, and asked Li hope.

“I remember seeing the icon for the medical clinic on the sign just now.”

Ai-yin raised her hand and said.

"Anyway, let's take the stray cat over there for a check-up first. Xiaodeng, help me hold the stray cat, and Aine, you lead the way."

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Just as Lixi was busy escorting Yao Le Nai, who had a stomachache from eating too much matcha parfait, to the infirmary.

Hinasaki sneaked backstage alone while the staff weren't looking.

While talking with Siegfried's friends, Meiku by the sea heard the door open. She turned around and saw Hinasaki.

The smile on her face, which was already full of joy because of the successful conclusion of the performance, became even more perfect. She dropped the costume she had just changed out of and ran over to hug Yue happily.

"Little Yueyue, you're here! I was so sad that I didn't see you at Shengxiang's place earlier."

"Alright, alright, why are you still the same as before?"

Meiku and Hinasaki were both members of Sweet Pleas and were the center of their respective groups, so they were quite close.

Last year, when Yue went to Siegfried to discuss the joint drama performance, she met Mingjiu once and was almost invited to stay overnight in his room.

If it weren't for Seisho's overly strict dormitory supervisor and Akiko's childhood friend, Moriyasu Kuina's charcoal-black expression, Yue would actually really like to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.

Looking at Moriyasu Kuina, who was now standing behind Mingjiu and whose expression was clearly not good, Yue broke out in a cold sweat.

"I don't think I've ever offended her... Why does Moriyasu always have this expression whenever I come here..."

It's obvious that Yue doesn't know how dangerous the "sudden arrival" attribute is for childhood friends, not to mention that Meijiu by the sea is a carefree and energetic girl.

Moriyasu Kuina had heard that Seisho's senior, Rusaki Mahiru, had missed out on Aijo Karen senior because of Kagura Hikari, her childhood friend who appeared out of nowhere.

Although Hinasaki wasn't a childhood friend who fell from the sky, she still felt it was better to be a little careful, in case that carefree Akiko by the beach got snatched away by him.

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Afterwards, when Mingjiu asked Kuina by the sea why she was so hostile towards Xiaoyueyue.

Kuina Moriyasu replied, "I'm just worried that one of the five noble monarchs we've worked so hard to assemble might get kidnapped, and we'll have to readjust all over again. Stella will also be very sad."

Without much thought, the carefree Meiji believed Kuina's words and happily hugged her, saying, "I will never leave Kuina. Didn't we promise that you would be my fan for life, and I would be Kuina-chan's idol for life?"

According to the maid who happened to be passing by, and the noble emperor, Ōga Mishiro, the entire training room was filled with a pink atmosphere at the time.

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Back to the present, on the beach, Mingjiu released her arms from Yue and asked Yue expectantly, "How was it? Mingjiu's performance just now must have been super cool!"

"Yes, Mingjiu, your performance was excellent."

Yue nodded and praised Mingjiu.

"And what about me? And what about me?"

Stella, who was standing nearby, saw Yue praising Meiku by the sea and came over to ask Yue a question.

"Stella's performance was also wonderful! As expected of the noble monarch Siegfried!"

Light was generous with her praise for Stella, stroking her pink hair as she complimented her.

"Hey!"

"Young lady, as a noble emperor, you shouldn't care too much about other people's opinions. Just do your best."

Seeing her young mistress running off to find someone from another school to praise, Oga Mishiro couldn't help but remind her.

"What's the matter? Xiaoyue is now our audience. Isn't it something a stage girl should be happy about to gain the audience's favor?"

Stella's words left Shilu speechless.

"Oh right, right, Xiaoyue isn't at Shengxiang anymore. Which school is she at? Is she still performing on stage?"

Mingjiu asked Hinasaki about her recent situation with curiosity.

"I'm currently studying at Haneoka University, and as for the stage..."

Yue paused for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "I'm not involved in stage plays for the time being, but I'm trying to appear on stage in another form."

"Another way?"

Kojirako, who had been silent until now, also came over curiously after hearing Tsuki's words and asked.

"Um... I'm currently forming a band."

"A band! Is it one of those Japanese rock bands?"

Upon hearing the word "band," Ming Jiu immediately became excited.

"Hmm... I guess I should count..."

Yue originally wanted to say that their band couldn't really be considered a rock band, but after thinking about their band members and their various complicated relationships, she realized that...

Hmm... After thinking about it for a while, she realized that their band was actually quite rock and roll.

"Can we go see Xiaoyue's band perform?"

Ming Jiu seemed quite interested in the band, and his expression was quite excited when he asked questions.

"Yes, if Mingjiu wants to come, you can. We'll be attending a joint performance hosted by the bands Popipa and Afterglow the day after tomorrow at the Ring."

"Wait, wait, Xiaoyue... what is Popipa? What is Afterglow? And where is Ring?"

Upon hearing Mingjiu's words, Yue was initially taken aback before realizing what he meant. This was probably the information cocoon that had been frequently mentioned on the internet recently.

For high school students like Yue and Lixi who play in bands, they are certainly familiar with Popipa and Afterglow, but they know nothing about the stage play.

As for the stage girls, they are usually exposed to stage play-related content. They can easily talk about scripts and acting skills. But they don't usually come into contact with these bands and don't even know where they are, so they have no way of knowing about them.

"Afterglow and Popipa are two very talented high school girl bands. As for Ring's location, I'll send you the location later."

Yue originally wanted to describe how to get to Ring, but after thinking about it for a while, she realized that she really couldn't explain it very well.

"Okay, we'll definitely go and support them."

By the sea, Mingjiu looked at the location information sent to her phone last month and said happily.

“That’s right! Shiro and I went back too.”

Stella chimed in.

Shilu pushed up his glasses helplessly, pondering how to revise the training plan for the day after tomorrow.

"Then...I want to go too!"

After seeing that everyone else had chosen to go and show their support, Kojima Ryoko decisively said that she wanted to go too.

Seeing that everyone's attention finally focused on the remaining Moriyasu Kuina, she sighed.

"Since everyone is going, I can't very well disturb everyone's happiness."

"That's great, Kuina!"

Mingjiu once again ran up and hugged Kuina without any hesitation, completely unaware that the other's face was already flushed.

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Note 1: Endroe is from the Ryuuyou Opera mobile game. She is a talking mole similar to a giraffe (this is questionable; I think she should be a mole).

Elu's full name is Nishino Elu. In the Tsubasa mobile game, she plays a role similar to a giraffe for most of the time. However, unlike the giraffe, she writes her own scripts. Incidentally, it's worth mentioning that she is only five years old in real life (laughs).

When the performance begins: Chapter 68 Nana Oba: The juniors are really interesting.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Mingjiu and the others, Yue came out from backstage and happened to see Nana Ohba and Kasumi Toyama coming out of the preparation room across the street.

"Ah, Xiaoyue! What are you doing here?"

Kasumi Toyama waved and greeted Hinasaki happily as she walked out of the other person's preparation room.

"Um... I'm here to meet a friend..."

Looking at the seniors of Group 99 behind Kasumi, Yue thought about how, as a former member of Seisho, she hadn't gone to see Seisho's classmates or the seniors, but had gone directly to Siegfried's side. Her tone involuntarily softened a bit.

Who is this?

Nana Oba clearly didn't recognize Hinasaki and asked Kasumi curiously.

"Ah, Nana, you didn't know? This is Yue, who came to us with Aine to learn playing techniques."

After Kasumi finished speaking, she seemed to realize that she had forgotten something and continued to add to it.

"And Xiaoyue was also a student of Shengxiang before."

Upon hearing Kasumi introduce herself, Hinasaki promptly introduced herself as well: "Hello, Nana-senpai, I'm Hinasaki. I had the privilege of studying at Seisho for a year before."

"Before..."

Nana Ohba looked Hinasaki up and down. She remembered that one of the reasons she had chosen to start the re-enactment was that two more classmates had dropped out of school.

Considering that the performance script presented by Momoko Kurosawa, the current lead singer of Seisho, is for the band "Reenen no Band," many thoughts flashed through Nana Ohba's mind.

However, her acting skills are now much more refined than before, so even though many thoughts flashed through her mind, she still maintained that gentle smile on her face.

"Xiaoyue, don't be so reserved. Just relax. Would you like to come and sit with us sometime?"

Nana Oba extended an invitation to Hinasaki.

Hinasaki quickly waved her hand and refused, saying, "No, no, thank you so much, Nana-senpai, but my band members are still waiting for me to go back, so I'm sorry."