Chapter 177: The Ice Snow Princess Couldn't Possibly Be an Idol, Right |
When the white-haired girl's silver eyes in the picture looked at the camera.
Her dazed eyes had just the right amount of shyness, making her look pitiably lovely.
Upon meeting her gaze, one would discover a trace of determination hidden deep within her eyes.
It made many in the audience's hearts pound.
“Oh! She's looking at me, she's singing while looking at me!”
“How can there be such a beautiful girl!”
“Well done, Boss Dekan!”
Clearly, this girl's performance was a great success.
Her beautiful posture, like that of an ice and snow elf, drew cheers from many in the audience.
“Wait, wait!”
The more they looked, the more they felt something was a little off about this girl!
“Why does she look so familiar?”
“You think so too? Right?!!”
“Could my memory be wrong? Or do they just look very similar?”
As they whispered among themselves and found that others around them had also realized the seriousness of the problem, waves of discussion gradually erupted among the audience.
“What's going on? Is she very famous?”
“It's not a question of fame. She, she looks a lot like the 8th-rank Special-Grade Card Maker from our country, the Ice Snow Princess!”
“How is that possible? They just look alike, right?”
“No, it's not just alike, she really looks exactly like the Ice Snow Princess! I've seen the Ice Snow Princess before!”
“You must be misremembering. Even taking a step back, even if the Ice Snow Princess could sing, could she sing with such shyness and timidity that makes one's heart throb for her?”
“Impossible! Is Dekan crazy enough to make an 8th-rank Special-Grade Card Maker sing and dance for him?!”
For a moment, the discussions in front of the screen drowned out the original music.
The audience was now divided into two factions.
One faction believed that the girl singing was the Ice Snow Princess.
The other faction wouldn't believe it even if they died.
「This is a game that gets sadder the more you pray ♫」
In the picture, the white-haired girl held her hands to her chest, as if praying to a goddess.
Then she took a light step back.
It seemed her solo performance part was temporarily over.
The camera gradually focused on the other side, and the figure of the second girl was about to appear.
Unfortunately, most of the attention was no longer on the performance itself.
They just wanted to figure out if Dekan had done something outrageous—making the Ice Snow Princess perform!
However.
Just as the light curtain shone on the girl on the far right.
「Your slow heart, let me be the one to awaken it ♫」
Along with a completely different vocal tone, a high-pitched and powerful older-sister voice struck everyone's hearts, forcibly seizing their attention!
The calm atmosphere that the Ice Snow Princess had built up seemed to be detonated in an instant by Judith.
For a moment, the audience, who had been excitedly discussing, quickly quieted down.
Their gazes were drawn to the newly appeared girl on the screen and her singing voice.
The newly appeared blonde girl could be said to be the complete opposite in style to the previous white-haired girl.
If the previous one was more timid, this one was exceptionally strong and confident.
And she was tall and slender, possessing a kind of allure that made it hard to look away.
But soon, the audience started to argue wildly!
Because they had discovered a new problem.
A more serious problem!!
“She, she, she couldn't be the Holy Knight Commander of the Sun God Cult, Lady Judith, could she?!”
“No, impossible!”
“It's actually possible! Lady Judith just announced a while ago that she would be retiring for a period of time due to injuries sustained in the battle with Ivans!”
“Come to think of it! Dekan, the Ice Snow Princess, Judith, the intersection of these three was the battle where they defeated Ivans...”
“Could it be, this really is Judith, and the one before, was really the Ice Snow Princess?!!!”
“This is crazy! Did Dekan get some dirt on these two?!”
Now, no one cared about the dance music itself anymore.
They couldn't understand what was wrong with the Norton Kingdom.
Anyway, they were pretty sure that after today, the king would also be so shocked that he would jump up!
For the audience.
The shock from Dekan's operations throughout the entire Shadow World was not as strong as this short one-minute scene.
And many people were also starting to get curious about the third girl who had yet to appear.
They were already getting excited.
The world wasn't going to end!
Let the music play and the dancing continue!
Just what kind of person could have the first two legendary girls warm up for her, making her the true finale.
They were filled with anticipation!
「I must act now, no one can stop me ♫」
Soon, as Judith finished singing her last line.
The direction of the light indicated that the third girl was finally about to make her entrance.
「Brace yourself~ It's all your fault! ♫」
At this moment, finally, in the center position, the girl who had not yet been revealed was finally illuminated by the light.
She had pearwood-colored smooth long hair and vibrant red lips.
However, at this moment, the audience's focus was not on Flora's appearance, which was no less beautiful than the previous two.
They had been instantly shot down by the third girl's singing voice.
“Oh my god, I'm in love...”
“Which 8th-rank is she?”
“Although I haven't heard of her, she must also be a legendary girl! But none of that matters, she sings so beautifully! It's simply heavenly!”
Even the girls couldn't help but exclaim in amazement at Flora's performance.
...
In the Heavenlit Academy Broadcast Hall.
Cloix's head was slightly lowered, his arms crossed and eyes closed.
He looked as if he was concentrating on appreciating the music.
Just now, when he was looking at Judith, he had once again felt the death glare from his childhood friend Claire beside him.
So, to save his own life, he deliberately averted his gaze from the screen.
“Has your marketing plan succeeded?”
Claire's tone was still a bit cold as she asked.
Cloix opened one eye in surprise and glanced at Claire.
He thought Claire wouldn't talk to him for a while, but he didn't expect her to initiate a conversation.
“I'm not sure if it's a success or a failure, but I know they are definitely a hit today...”
Without a doubt, tomorrow's headlines in any province or city-state would be about them.
...
The southern border of the Holy Kingdom Shadow World.
At dusk, the streets of the city-state looked particularly bustling, with an endless stream of pedestrians on the road, chatting in groups of three or five.
Then, music seemed to sound from the city-state's public announcement facility.
Without a doubt, it was Dekan who had previously asked the Lord to use the equipment in the Lord's mansion to play the debut song of the idol group under the Happy Group.
Since the magic technology of the Holy Kingdom was far inferior to that of the present world, it was impossible to project images. Being able to broadcast over a wide area with magic equipment was already the limit.
The unique singing voice echoed through the main street, making people unconsciously stop and listen.
Although they didn't know why the Lord was playing music, they didn't dislike the song.
However.
A young man walking on the street chuckled twice.
“Dekan, you really have a knack for making money, using a Shadow World live broadcast to promote the artists under the Happy Group.”
Morion, disguised as an ordinary citizen, knew after listening for two sentences that this was music played by the Lord at Dekan's request.
He also quickly understood Dekan's money-making idea.
“Heh, I can imagine how frustrated you must be when you can't catch me. You're even playing a song for me to listen to, how amusing.”