Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

Yukina, and Clo.

At some point, the music had changed.

The originally grand orchestral music became increasingly high-pitched and mysterious, like a purple rose blooming wildly.

"We are band girls." said Shizi.

"Growing up on the stage." Yukina continued.

"Bear the audience's expectations." Shizi did not pursue, but just stood there.

“Go and interpret beauty.” Youkina retracted the thorns.

Shizi stepped forward: "Sing praises to the radiance."

"Instruments are our props." Yukina walked towards Shiko step by step, "Singing is our dance."

Clo looked at the two of them, puzzled.

"What are you talking about?" she asked. But no one paid attention to her. Cloe's face turned red, and he drew his sword and rushed towards Shizi: "Don't ignore my lines--"

"Klo, you're noisy." Shizi swung his hand, and the sword tip repelled Klo and collided with the last thorn in Youxina's hand.

The last two gowns fell to the ground.

"The notes that ignite us - the melody echoes beyond the clouds -" Shizi sang loudly.

In front of him, the floor flipped over, revealing a purple-red T-shape.

Shizi's sword pierced into it: "Position 0. We both love the stage."

She turned around and looked at the crowd that looked like sculptures: "Tuning, start."

The golden-red flames instantly enveloped the entire stage.

Soon after, the flame went out, as if it had never existed.

The light came back into everyone's eyes, and their gowns and buttons were all on their bodies.

"Eh--what happened?" Xiangzi was the first one to lose consciousness. She looked at the intact naginata in her hand, puzzled.

"...We were all defeated by Shizi." Clo said unhappily, "What a miserable defeat, défaite écrasante."

"What's going on?" Arisaki shouted. She found that her ability to control plants had disappeared without her noticing, and was replaced by a naginata in her hand that was similar to the one Kaori had.

Yukina silently looked at the rapier in her hand, which looked similar to Crone's. Her thorns were nowhere to be found.

"Everyone," Shizi's polite voice came from the side, "I'm sorry for my rude behavior."

Shizi has returned to his usual attire, but he looks like a butler from nowhere.

Kita breathed a sigh of relief, "Shiko-chan…what's going on? Our abilities."

"I'm sure you all have a general understanding of this audition," Shizi maintained his tone, "It's all one-on-one competition on the stage. If you don't have the ability to fight head-on, you can't compete."

Shizi bowed and said, "So I stepped in and borrowed the power of the giraffe to hold an exhibition match before the start to temporarily 'tune' your brilliance. Don't worry, you will recover after leaving this stage."

"That's it. Please enjoy this audition." After saying this, Shizi straightened his back and was about to leave.

"Wait," Yukina called out to her, "Aren't you going to participate in this Audition? Ohba-san isn't here either."

"The prize this time is the path to becoming a demigod, and Miss Nana and I have already won this honor. Unfortunately, we cannot participate." Shizi pointed to the stands with her palm, "The two of us and the giraffe will provide all support in the stands. Hakanai~"

she left.

"...Did she say something strange yet familiar at the end?" Arisaki's mouth twitched.

Rimi blushed: "Kaoru-san..."

Looking at her back, Junna pressed her still trembling fingers and looked at Mahiru beside her: "Sure enough, Shiko..."

"... She looks a lot like Banana," Mahiru said, holding the hammer. "The two sides of her personality are very obvious."

Junna glanced at Mahiru again and resisted the urge to complain.

Chapter 26 Last time, and this time

Over the endless forest sea.

I was sitting in the small cabin, with the seat next to me empty.

where am I?

Where to go?

It seems like he is going to find someone.

Who to look for?

An inorganic voice came from my ear: "It's coming, get ready."

Ah, I remembered it.

I want to find...

"Xiao Hua Lian... Xiao Hua Lian..." A voice that seemed very far away came to my ears.

"Hikari!" Karen sat up suddenly and almost bumped into Mahiru's arm.

She blinked her eyes and finally came to her senses.

Mahiru was startled: "Ah - are you dreaming? I just fell asleep for a short while."

Karen looked around, wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and looked over in confusion: "Mahiru-chan, what time is it?"

"It's time for lunch." Mahiru put her hands on her hips. "Hikari has already gone by herself. If you don't go now, the food will get cold."

"Okay..." Hua Lian lowered her head, got out of bed, put on her clothes, and wiped her face to wake up. During this process, she yawned several times.

Today, she was woken up early by the Revue notification. With so many things happening, she was already not getting enough sleep, and now she is even more sleep deprived. As soon as she came back from the stage, she ignored everything and lay down on the bed, starting her nap time.

Then before I knew it, it was lunch time.

I just woke up and felt that my sense of taste had not fully recovered. Hua Lian ate while listening to the conversation at the table.

"Looking back, Shizi's performance on stage was outstanding," Kro cut his steak. "After returning to reality, are you interested in transferring to Shengxiang?"

Many people turned their heads, waiting for Shizi's answer.

While chewing the meat in his mouth, Shizi stretched out his hand and refused righteously: "Thank you for the invitation, but I won't do it."

She swallowed the meat: "Besides, when I return to reality, I must drop out of school!"

"Huh?!" There were bursts of exclamations at the dining table.

"My level of knowledge in class has already regressed to the elementary school stage," Shizi admitted without shame, "I definitely won't be able to get into university even if I go to school. Since I can't get in, I always feel that there is no difference between graduating from high school and not graduating... But by that time, we already have an advantage-"

"Traffic." Liang's eyes lit up.

"That's right!" Shizi shouted, "Traffic! A beautiful girl who disappeared for a long time and suddenly appeared, and who is also good at playing musical instruments, will definitely stay on the headlines for a long time! As long as our band can reach a professional level and gain this level of exposure, debuting will be a piece of cake, and then after that..."

"The sack is full of money!" Shizi, Liang, and Yili, three people high-fived in mid-air.

"When the time comes, I'm going to buy the entire Ochanomizu..." Ryo's eyes were already filled with the shape of money.

Yili could only drool foolishly: "Hehehe...hehe...I might as well just drop out of school..."

"Although high schools in Japan are also quite relaxing, I want an eternal summer vacation without homework..." Shizi was also immersed in beautiful fantasies.

You Xina was not moved at all: "The traffic obtained by this method is not long-lasting. If there is no hard power to support it, this illusion will soon dissipate."

"That's right." Saya agreed, "The reviews Roselia received before were never based on this kind of hot topics."

"That's right..." If it weren't for their words, Lian Hongxia would almost have been immersed in fantasy.

"Huh... I've never thought about this." However, CHU? was very interested, "PAREO, you should be prepared for the publicity at that time from now on."

"Yes, PAREO!"

Yukina glanced over there.

CHU? He looked back with an unhappy expression: "I am the type who takes advantage of everything I can."

Hua Lian suddenly felt a little envious of the girls in the band.

After returning to reality, she still has to continue studying at Shengxiang... Even if she doesn't care about her friends at school, a stage girl is different from a band girl after all. If she wants to become a professional stage person, studying hard at Shengxiang is the best way.

But studying is really tiring... Will everyone be able to keep up with their studies, except Chunchun... No, I feel like Tiantang and Xiao Kuro will be able to keep up no matter what...

Ah, but...

Xiao Guang then asked: "Um, is there a Revue today?"

"No more, we'll start tomorrow." Nana said, "So eat more today. I've prepared banana bavaro for dinner."

Upon hearing this, Hua Lian immediately perked up: "I want to eat now!"

"Hanaru, did you do anything else besides eating and sleeping after you got off the stage today?" Mahiru's expression looked a little scary, "You'll get fat~"

"Eh——" Hua Lian's expression immediately turned bitter.

"Hahahaha..." laughter broke out at the dining table.

Even if something unusual happens, daily life goes on.

Hua Lian is still laughing with everyone.

Audition.

She came to her senses.

I really miss it.

The first time I heard this word and the first time I participated in this stage was for Xiaoguang, to become a star with her.

5 month 14 day.

That day, I stepped on the giraffe's head and jumped from the stands to the stage.

I still clearly remember the proud feeling I had when I saved Xiaoguang from Chunchun.

I also remember Xiaoguang’s expression when he angrily called himself “idiot love”.

I also remember that rainy day when I faced my classmate Tiantang and experienced my first failure.

The promise I made with Xiaoguang on the slide when we parted in childhood.

Relying on the agreement, I broke the re-enactment.

Together with Xiaoguang, he defeated the duo of Tendou and Xiao Kuro, and they really became stars together.

The situation suddenly changed. He watched himself being pushed off the top of the tower by Xiaoguang, who chose to imprison himself.

For 7 months, I have been looking for Xiaoguang.

And the feeling of finally bringing her back.

Remember everything firmly so that you can recall it as soon as you close your eyes.

How could I forget those shining days?

It was that audition that brought Xiaoguang back to him.

What about this time?

Last time, I didn’t become a top star.

Because two people cannot become top stars.

Now that he already knew the fact, Hua Lian didn't plan to argue this time.

If it wasn't with Xiaoguang, it would be meaningless.

Late at night, through the dim light filtering through the curtains, Hualian could see Xiaoguang's peaceful sleeping face on the bed next to her.

Xiaoguang, so beautiful.

I can't take my eyes off it at all.

You can't close your eyes either.

I’m afraid this beauty will disappear as soon as I close my eyes.

There was nothing on Xiaoguang's neck, but Hualian seemed to be able to see that thing.

Something that he put on Xiaoguang and took off with his own hands.