"Maru? I heard Kuromu collapsed?"
"Yes, as you can see."
"How is the situation? Will it affect the concert?"
"Impossible. She can't perform in this state."
"How could this be… This is the Makuhari Messe Dome… The audience is already queuing outside, and many sponsors have come. This is a great opportunity…"
"Even if you say that…"
"Where's the doctor? Call a doctor quickly."
"It's no use!" Maru knew very well that this was the Makuhari Messe Dome, the largest concert venue in the Demon World, and she knew that so many sponsors had come. However, Kuromu's body would not allow her to perform on stage. As Kuromu's manager, she would never let her artist force herself to perform in this condition.
Maru realized she was being unfair to others and began to explain.
"She has a special constitution and needs a specific method to cool down. Only a highly skilled doctor or family member can do it. But if we call her family now, they won't make it in time for the concert, as they live very far away."
"Huh? Her family isn't coming to see her?" Iruma asked.
"Well… that's how her family is. So this concert will be canceled…"
"No!" This time, Shesi interrupted. Kerori's consciousness was still relatively clear; she hadn't fainted and then woken up as in the original story. Hearing her manager wanted to cancel, she immediately refused.
"But… Kuromu!"
"I'm going to stand at the top of the Idol world. I can't fall here…"
"Why are you working so hard…?" Iruma couldn't help but ask, recalling what Kerori had just said.
"To make my family look at me differently… It's fine… My family ability is [Ice Surface], known for regulating water temperature, especially cooling. But this doesn't just refer to the ability; our ice-like expressions also make us a famous cold-faced family. When I was little, I never smiled, but one day, my grandma secretly took me to see entertainment in the Demon World—Idol… That day, I smiled. So demons could make such expressions, so that was smiling! That would definitely make my family look at me differently. Standing at the top of the Idol world is my destiny, after all, I'm super cute!" Kerori forced a smile and even tried to stand up to perform.
Shesi, who was drinking tea nearby, finally couldn't listen anymore.
"Hey, why don't you make her lie down on the sofa over there first? Can't she rest for a bit?"
Maru heard what Shesi said and reacted, quickly helping Kerori lie down on the nearby sofa.
At this moment, Shesi also walked over.
"Tsk… Don't be like this… You're making me feel so guilty I could slap myself twice." Shesi placed his hand on Kerori's head and began chanting a spell.
"What is this?" Maru watched Shesi, who seemed to be casting something. Just as she was about to ask, she heard Shesi say,
"This is a recovery spell. Although yours is a side effect of your family ability, it should still have some effect. You rest for a bit and wait for your family. And! When you wake up, rush to the stage immediately! Immediately!" After Shesi finished speaking to the somewhat dazed Kerori, he looked at Iruma, calling Clara and Asmodeus over. "We're going to… warm up." When he mentioned warming up, Shesi started gritting his teeth.
The staff nearby and Maru seemed to be intimidated by Shesi's aura, as none of them questioned him.
"Huh? Oh, oh." Iruma belatedly took out his phone and called Clara and Asmodeus over.
In the hallway,
"So, we're going to warm up. Iruma, you're the biggest problem, so you'll stand at the very front and perform," Shesi looked at Iruma.
"Ah? Oh, um? Ah!? Me?" As soon as Iruma asked, he saw Shesi's angry expression and could only nod.
"The four of us need individual names or nicknames."
"Alright! I've already got one: Forest Fairy, Claralin!"
Shesi and Iruma looked at Asmodeus.
"Ah? Mine… mine?"
"Alice."
"It's the same pronunciation."
"Indeed."
It was Iruma's turn.
"Irumi… I guess." Clara clipped a bat hair clip onto Iruma's head.
"So cute~"
"Me… It seems everyone has their own role. Then I'll be the cool, aloof sister. I'll stand at the back, and my persona will be the cold, beautiful woman who doesn't talk much. It's decided."
…A startled Kerori looked at the clock beside her.
"Has it already passed 6:06:06? I missed it… So many audience members came, and I couldn't bring smiles to their faces… I don't deserve to be an Idol…" Tears flowed from the corners of her eyes as she spoke, when suddenly, cheers interrupted her.
"What? What happened?" Kerori stood up and realized she seemed to be completely fine? A doctor? No… Was it her family? Did they come? But? Before Kerori could think too much, she heard the cheers growing louder. Kerori walked towards the backstage.
As soon as she arrived, she could hear from the audience below:
"I like that cold beauty; she's so cool!"
"I like the one in front; she feels so cute!"
"The Idol playing with fire isn't bad either; she's very pretty and a little shy, truly irresistible!"
(It's worth noting that among the many cheers, Clara's support didn't seem to be heard.)
"Huh?" Kerori walked to Maru's side and looked at the stage, seeing the four of them, Shesi, performing. The audience below seemed to quite enjoy it.
In contrast, Shesi's face on stage was as black as the bottom of a pot… If you ask why, it's because Shesi saw an acquaintance, Student Council President Ameri.
Shesi glanced and immediately turned his face away to avoid being seen by Ameri. Of course, this "tsundere" action only made the other audience members even more excited.
"What's going on! Ameri isn't the type of person to come to a place like this? Why is she here! I can't let her recognize me!"
And the reason why Ameri appeared here… was because Ameri's father was hired to be in charge of security here. After all, it was the Makuhari Messe Dome, so it was normal to take it seriously. So Ameri also received a ticket from her father.
PS Skit: After Clara distributed the clothes to the three, while Shesi and Iruma were still figuring out how to wear girls' clothes, Asmodeus had already put his on.
Iruma and Shesi looked at Asmodeus in unison.
"No! It's just because I helped my mother change clothes that I knew how to mess up; it's definitely not because I've worn them before, Iruma? Lord Shesi! You have to believe me, right?"
Shesi: …He just confessed without being asked, didn't he?
Iruma: Indeed.
Clara: What? Asmodeus is already broken?
Iruma: Asmodeus really is used to wearing these clothes, isn't he?
Asmodeus: No! I can't stay in the Demon World. Oh, Demon God, please let me live again in that illusory Human World!
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