199 – 191.Belated Vacation-7
After the rehearsal and before the show, Hades approached me and asked me about his impressions.
Hades’ performances were undeniably the best, but the dead who flocked after that were the problem.
I couldn’t be absorbed, so I did crazy things with enthusiasm.
It seems that Hades didn’t care because he sang passionately, but to be honest, he had a terrible experience.
I think I know why humans hate the undead.
‘I can’t go anywhere to appeal… ….’
Even if you tell Hades the truth, they have already reached Buddhahood and disappeared a long time ago.
It was impossible even for a lich, the authority of the undead, to bring a soul with no lingering attachments back to this land.
Is it possible to become a god of death?
For that reason, I decided to leave only impressions of the performance.
“Everything is good, but I think it would be better to sing alone in the live broadcast.”
“Were the auxiliary undead’s performances poor?”
“No, it’s not really like that. The appearance might make people feel rejected.”
Skeleton and Death Knight were tolerable.
Considering that the name of Hades’s fandom itself is Skejjang, Skeletons can be viewed as cute.
Death Knight is cool because it feels like a black knight surrounded by armor.
But the zombies and rag golems were ugly.
Who wouldn’t like a golem made from oozing zombie skin and human flesh?
As there are audiences with children, we need to fix the parts we need to pay attention to.
And above all, the requiem must not be complete.
People came to see Hades, not the undead.
If the requiem, completed with an ensemble, draws in the dead again, it will be a major accident.
If the rehearsal was a festival for the dead, the actual show should be a festival for the listeners.
It might be a burden to Hades, but I wanted her to sing alone.
“Above all, you can create a beautiful enough melody by yourself without an assistant, right? As much as you are the main character, I don’t think it would be bad to stand out on stage.”
“This is the lord’s advice, which is my calcium! I will do as you said!”
“And there is one more thing I wish I had fixed before the show.”
“It doesn’t matter whatsoever, feel free to tell me!”
“How about returning to your old body in the return broadcast?”
“…… Maybe your lord doesn’t like my grown body?”
“No. I think that body is also attractive and pretty. But honestly, I think you will feel disconnected from the image you built up until then.”
I tend to think that changing the image is good.
In real internet broadcasts, virtubers often change their outfits or change their hair styles.
It used to come with a variety of images and make viewers not get tired of it.
However, the problem that the change in Hades’ image had to work as a handshake was the change in body shape and timing.
First of all, I don’t think fans will be able to accept the appearance of a body that has grown rapidly from a lean body type.
There will be people who like the existing look more, and there will be people who look at Hades and point fingers at it as fake.
What if you made those who waited desperately to celebrate the return of Hades have such doubts?
It was speculated that the intense backlash would return.
“After thinking about it, it seems that the lord is right. To commemorate his comeback, he tried to heat up the stage by revealing his new body, but this will burn in a bad way.”
“Yes. That’s what I want to say.”
“Okay! Boneless advice, thank you again… !”
Ten minutes until the audience enters.
With little time left, Hades hurriedly returned to the waiting room.
The undead who were playing in the back went under the stage again.
It is up to Hades whether he can accept all the feedback I gave him in a short amount of time.
“Cheer up.”
I stood up from my seat, throwing a short word towards the place where Hades had left.
Since the actual show was going to start in a while, I was thinking of bringing the party before that.
Although there was an intrusion of the dead in the middle, Hades’ performance was art itself.
It was a performance I really wanted to show to my party.
So I left the concert hall for a while and came out.
“Um… ?”
A strange change came to the waiting line due to crowds.
I thought the line would be longer because the official entrance will start soon.
But for some reason, I felt less than before the rehearsal.
Could it be that the people who were waiting left because the dead flocked to the concert hall?
There was no fear in the faces of the people in the waiting line.
Moreover, there was no mention of the undead at all.
“This is strange…….”
“Sir! You couldn’t wait, so you personally came to meet me!”
“Sorry, it took me quite a while to buy things so that my mouth wouldn’t get bored during the performance!”
Lin and Rene were bringing food to the level of opening a restaurant.
I took food from them and helped with the luggage.
And just in time, Meryl, who was looking at the goods, was approaching.
A cute skull mask was put on her head, and a necklace with a cute skull hung around her neck.
It looked similar to a Hades fan waiting in line.
“hehehe! I thought human bones were scary, but when I looked closely, they turned out to be quite cute!”
“Is that why you bought that much?”
“I thought it was cute, so I bought a lot without thinking. I even bought other people’s, do you want to share it?”
“Later.”
I thought it was a good thing to bring them, seeing them more excited about food and goods than I was.
Anyway, now that everyone has gathered, we can go back to the concert hall.
And just as the official entrance began, a long line of people on the waiting list began to move.
On the other hand, following the guidance of the host, the venue was filled up.
My party went inside through another entrance with VIP privileges.
“Come to think of it, Teacher, by any chance, did something happen at the concert hall before we came?”
“Huh? Why, why… ?”
“While I was queuing up in front of the store with René to buy food, I witnessed a large number of people leaving the venue. So I wondered if something had happened inside.”
“Most people looked into the crystal ball and left with admiration, right?”
“You left while watching the magic crystal ball before the performance even started?”
“Yes.”
At first, I thought it was because of the real undead, but it was just my illusion.
As expected, crystal balls were not placed anywhere in the concert hall.
Because I personally checked the search magic before starting the rehearsal.
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Still, some of the waitlists left while looking at the crystal ball.
What is this phenomenon?
‘…… No way?’
Suddenly, an unlikely case popped into my head.
I don’t think that’s possible, but it wasn’t an impossible story, so I needed to check it all the more.
“I’m sorry, but can everyone go into the venue first? I had to stop by somewhere for a while”
“Yes? You mean now?”
“The performance is starting soon?”
“It’s okay, it will come and go in an instant.”
I returned the food I was holding and entered the access control area at the end of the hallway.
A bodyguard tried to stop me on the way, but Sestia in the situation room seemed to have properly controlled it, so I went back to my place.
I arrived safely at Hades’ waiting room and knocked on the door.
“Hades! Are you inside?”
“This voice… Lord?! Now, wait a minute!”
From the other side of the door, Hades’ voice mixed with perplexity was heard.
As expected, something happened.
I was told to wait, but I couldn’t wait, so I threw open the door.
At the same time, Hades, startled, dropped the crystal ball.
The crystal ball rolled in and stopped right in front of my feet.
A certain video was playing inside.
[Everyone! Hello!]
Inside the crystal ball, the image of a woman other than Hades was reflected.
Unlike Hades, a mature sorceress who is voluptuous and stimulates maternal love.
He was stimulating men’s hearts with his soft voice and deep smile.
[I am Arasia Maman from the magic world! I’m a newcomer who made a new debut this time following Hades-senpai~!]
But I know.
That the lady now illuminated by the crystal ball is just an illusion of her, and that her true identity is a filthy existence.
I’m not proud of it, but as I often read stories related to Bern, I knew a lot about certain people.
One of them was the Mage Tower Master, who was often at odds with Bern.
The Magic Tower Master often raises the corner of her right mouth while resting on her chin.
And the woman inside the crystal ball was doing exactly the same thing.
It seems to have used illusion magic to hide its true form.
“Ha… !”
“Lord, Lord! I don’t mean this… !”
“I know. The situation I feared has actually happened.”
I never thought I would do something like this on the day of the return of Hades.
It could be said that the savage and cunning Neunggureung was like an old man.
“Hades, as soon as the return broadcast was decided and I came to this village, I left your crystal ball artifact with the performance manager.”
“That, that…… !”
“I’m not trying to scold you. You can tell the truth.”
“…… As you said, everything is my fault. As for the crystal ball, I should have kept it, but it has been a long time since I did a broadcast, so I committed an act of complacency.”
“It can’t be helped. But first of all, I know the circumstances, so that’s okay.”
I briefly explained her circumstances to Sestia using communication magic.
Sestia, who was quite taken aback by the sudden appearance of Arasia, quickly recognized the situation.
Then, I led the arrest of the performance managers I was asking for.
Among them, there must be a leader of the Mage Tower.
“Whoa… !”
“My lord, what will happen to me in the future… ?”
“It’s okay. I’ll take care of the current situation, so don’t worry about it and concentrate on the comeback broadcast.”
“Return…. Will I be able to do well? I just happened to look outside through the window. I saw some of the Ske-chans who praised and followed me leaving. If I do anything wrong, my precious fans will be taken away by Arasia… !”
“Hades!”
“Oh no!”
I shouted Hades’ name loudly and tapped her on the shoulder.
It was to bring her back to her senses after she was in a panic due to her completely unexpected situation.
Now I looked into Hades’ eyes and drew her consciousness into mine. I hit her head with my forehead.
“You don’t have to worry. Because your job is also my job. No matter what happens, I will solve it, so you only think about what you have to do.”
“My lord….”
“Do you trust me?”
“…… Of course.”
“Okay, the opening is delayed, so hurry up and apologize to the fans.”
“Okay.”
Hades, who had regained his energy, hurried to the stage.
After watching her back for a while, I looked into the crystal ball.
There was Arasia, who was brazenly broadcasting.
To be precise, the master of the mage wearing the mask of Arasia…….
“He still has the same personality of willing to do anything for the cause.”
I still don’t know that I separated between the magic tower and the red dragon.
Still, the reason why the mage lord used such a dirty trick was simple.
Because a huge amount of money was needed for the war.
He must have tried to destroy Hades and take its place.
But I touched the wrong person.
Because I was behind Hades, the Mage Tower Master actually touched me.
“If it wasn’t for me, you would have put a terrible word on a woman who was loved by people.”
The corners of my mouth twitched at the bubbling joy.
Because the current situation was insanely interesting.
It was a fight I started, but I had been hitting too much.
And finally, the Mage Tower took a proper counterattack.
“Very good! This is how George tastes!”