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This is part 2.
I first started writing this series to pay respect to those who have uploaded their stories, but since a lot of people have read this, I thought, ‘should I write more little by little?’. So, I have written this.

Gorgeous outfit, lavish stage, and the best staffs. And lastly, a crowd of fans. Even if one of them were to be absent, this existence such as I couldn’t exist.

“Kaguya-san, entering the stage!”

“Yes.”

A staff called for me, and I get up.

I was nervous before entering the stage, but that nervousness pale in comparison to my excitement. Blood is rushing through my body and I can feel that it’s boiling.

The fans are cheering from the wings of the stage. You can hear the commotion and tumult.

Yes, my fans today are in their tiptop shape too! Thank you, thank you very much!

I’m very grateful that I can achieve full house. I get to see a great number of my fans today. That thought alone elated my mood even higher.

When the atmosphere rose even higher, the lights over the seats dimmed. When the lights darken, the fans quiet down. Not before long, it’s completely silence.

“Well then, Kaguya, see you later.”

“Likewise!”

I skipped to the stage with the encouragement of my manager.

“Everyone~! Thank you for coming again today~!”

I greeted the fans at the same time as I skipped to the stage! The fans cheered back at me.

“Then without delay! The first song coming up~! “The Maiden in Love is a Magical Girl”!”

The prelude of the song, “The Maiden in Love is a Magical Girl” that started playing right on my first step into the stage has ended after the greetings.

So, after the prelude is over, I started singing.

As you could have guessed, I’m a singer, or better known as an idol. I sing, dance, and also act on TV drama. I have also published photo book. I may be tooting my own horn, but I’m a very established idol.

—However, I’m not just any idol.

The end of the song is approaching. I will show the other side of me at this moment.

“Magical Moon, Shining Light!”

The moment I said the magic word, my body is warped with a gentle light that is a reminiscent of the moonlight. The light immediately vanished, and in its place, there was me, wearing a cute and frilly outfit dominated by soft yellow, like the moon.

“Magical Girl, Magical Star, Moon Shining!¹”

Yes, I currently have a role as a high school girl, an idol, and a magical girl.

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The live show ended in a high note, and I was changing in the dressing room.

“Haa~! That was fun~~~~”

“Thank you for your work, Kaguya.”

I exhaled long and jumped on the sofa to sit.

I accepted a drink from my manager, Utsuki-san and drank it.

I was very nervous since you can’t redo a live show like you can with drama or variety show recordings, but I forgot about it in the spur of the moment when I saw the zeal of my fans. Yes, when I think that all of those people love me, I feel happy from the bottom of my heart. That’s why I love live show very much.

“Utsuki-san, was I sparkling today?”

“Yes, you did it perfectly.”

“Ehehe~I did it~”

Utsuki-san told me that with a weak smile, even though she² always wear this cold expression. That Utsuki-san who would either praise me or point out my mistakes frankly has told me that I did well. If that’s the case, then I have aced today’s live. I think it’s inevitable that I would be smiling.

“Then, go take a shower to clean your sweat. Tomorrow’s your day off, so go home and get some good rest.”

“Yes~!”

I stood up as I replied. I headed towards the shower room that is installed inside the room.

I hung my outfit on a hanger, which I then placed in the hanger rack. I then cast off my underwear and entered the shower room!

“～～♪”

I still feel the high from the live that I hummed to myself. I was that satisfied about the show.

I want to do more live that are as successful as today’s. I would eventually get tired of normal live, so maybe I should also broadcast it on the radio. Ah, maybe I can do an event where everyone can participate! A handshake event… there are many freaky incidents lately, but I want to try to touch my fans. The fans won’t be segregated like with an idol group, so since the burden on me would be enormous, they won’t let me, but I want to try that.

And it happened when I was fantasizing about too far ahead of a future.

“That can’t be!?”

I heard Utsuki-san’s bewildered voice from inside the shower room.

“Eh, what is it!?”

This was the first time I had heard a shocked voice from the usually cool Utsuki-san, so I inadvertently raised my voice as well.

I stopped showering, wrapped myself in a towel, and left the shower room.

“Utsuki-san, what happened!?”

“Ka, kaguya! Look, look at at this!!”

She showed me her smartphone screen.

“Eh, what is…”

“Just look at this!”

“U, un.”

I looked at where she pointed and—wh!?

“W, what is this——-!!”

I inadvertently screamed louder.

“How can this be!? What is the meaning of this!?” (Utsuki-san³)

“I don’t know! Aah, whatever! I have wanted to do it myself!” (Hoshizora-san)

“She has turned down my offer so many times, so why!? Why!?”

We both raised our voices in a manner that can neither be described as complaint nor astonishment.

Utsuki-san was reading a news article. Written on the title, it said, “The proudly independent magical girl Black Rose is finally forming a team!?”

Utsuki-san and I was bewildered by this headline.

“I have invited Black Rose to form a group unit, right? She declined immediately!”

“Yes, I have offered her countless times. She always replied ‘that’s impossible for me’ and refused!”

“”So why!?”” we raised our voice in unison.

I mean, she said this when she rejected, you know?

“I can’t do this. I can’t be an idol, nor can I team up with anyone. I will have to turn you down. Such is my reason.”

So had she turned me down countless time, you know!? So what’s this? Forming a team!?

“Don’t, mess, with, me——-!! I invited her first!? Yet, why can’t Black Rose refuse this complete nobody!?”

That embodiment of sweet and proud independence, that cool and tantalizing beauty, that neat and clean girl; Black Rose. Only I, the one that shines like the moon, can team up with such an embodiment!

“Utsuki-san! You must absolutely find out who this partner of hers is!”

And after that, I will definitely dissolve this team! Just wait, you mysterious thieving cat!!

“Black Rose’s partner should be me!”

○○　○

A month has quickly passed since the battle with Ziege. The frequency of Phantom’s assault has reduced, so I didn’t need to fight at all, and I enjoy my peaceful days.

Karen and Sakura-chan had familiarized themselves with the school, and I sometimes saw them chatting happily with their classmates. A few boys were looking at her with unseemly face because of her charm though. As her brother, I was worried that she would get involved with some suspicious boy.

In any case, I have gotten used to my new class too… I mean, I haven’t.

Shin and I are in the same class. However, even though both the boys and the girls would approach Shin, who are popular with either cohorts, not even one had approached me. When I walked over to talk to them, they would look around restlessly and acted suspiciously, so I couldn’t talk to them properly.

Shin is a popular guy, so he is always surrounded by someone. That made it difficult to talk to him.

That’s how I had spent my recess after recess alone.

I’m all alone. I also don’t have anything to do. I only look out at the monotone view outside the window.

“Haa…” I sighed.

Uuu… I shouldn’t be worrying about Karen right now.

“What’s wrong, you sound to be troubled.”

Shin came over after finish socializing with everyone.

“No, I just thought that I’m bad at socializing with anyone.”

“Really? You’re talking normally with Sakura-chan though?”

“I can speak with others. However, I don’t have any friends.”

I can talk. However, I never play or talk with anyone on daily basis. That’s why I have few friends.

“Can you name a friend other than me?” Shin asked me worriedly. So I answered, “Midori.”

“Then?”

“Sakura-chan?”

“After that?”

“…”

“No way, was that everyone?”

“No, wait. Let me dig through my memory, there should be more.”

“If you have to dig through your memory to remember a friend, then that person isn’t your friend…” Shin said, shocked.

Ukh… I, I know that too.

“Nevertheless, you have too few of a friend. You should make more.”

“I know that without you telling me…”

“Stop sulking. Well, you should be able to make some if you talk with them.”

“You think so? Everyone who I talked to have kept a distance from me though?”

“Aah… you have a good point. Oh, it might be because of that…” Shin nodded at himself as if he agreed with himself.

“Eh, what is it? Do you know something?”

“I know for a matter of fact… oi, you’re too close. Take a step back.”

“Eh, aah, sorry.”

I accidentally stood up and close in after hearing that Shin might know the reason. Before I know it, I’m right at Shin’s face.

This can’t do. If I pressure him, he will definitely not like me.

I hurriedly sit back and behave.

“Geez, you don’t have a sense of keeping a distance. You get it now?”

“I said I’m sorry. I got too close to you just a little. Personal space is important.”

“I can’t tell whether you get it nor not…” Shin said with a subtle expression.

Eh, I mean, they don’t like me because I got into their personal space, right?

“Listen, I mean, your face is cute, so if you get close to them, they will be flustered.”

“It is not cute though?”

“It is cute. You are cute. My sister said so too.”

“Wasn’t she like, just praising me like a family would?”

Shin’s sister would call me cute as if I’m her little brother. And so, she would be biased about me.

“That’s not the case… whatever. Either way. You should pay more attention to yourself before anything else. Firstly, you need to correct your evaluation of yourself.”

“I feel like it is already correct…”

“It is incorrect.”

He immediately deny my opinion.

Muh, was that wrong even a little?

When I was thinking about the correctness of my evaluation, the chime for the next class rang.

“We will continue this during lunch.”

“Is it incorrect?”

“You’re still hung up on that?” Shin said as he return to his desk.

Have I been seeing myself wrong?

I gave the question my all during the whole morning lessons and exhausted myself, and then discussed it with Shin over lunch, but I still couldn’t agree with him, and it is after school before I notice.

School was over, but when I was about to go home, I notice that the classroom had become noisy.

I took a look, and I saw everyone was looking out of the window.

Was there something outside the window?

When I look out the window while thinking that, there was some kind of crowd at the school gate.

What happened?

I was suspicious, but I wasn’t particularly interested in it. I put on my backpack and was about to go home, but I couldn’t.

“Hoi, please wait, young lady.”

“Who are you calling young lady?”

Shin caught my arm and stop me.

“I know you’re not interested in that kind of thing, but in times like this, it’s best to go with the flow.”

“Who are you calling young lady?”

“That’s the kind of thing that usually gets people’s attention. You go over there and try to act like the rest of us, and maybe you’ll have a better chance of making friends.”

“Who are you calling young lady?”

“So let’s go there, Maybe a celebrity came around the block? My contact said that there’s no plan for a photo shoot around here though.”

“Who are you calling young lady?”

“Don’t mind that. Just go there, and you will understand.”

“Who are you calling young lady?”

“Then let’s go.”

“You aren’t listening to me, you’re annoying!!”

He won’t answer me even after asking time and time again! At least reply to it⁴!

“I’m sorry, please don’t cry.”

“I’m not!

“I know, I know, you aren’t crying, you aren’t crying.”

“Can you stop talking as if you are superior over me!?⁵ Hey, wait! Wait, Shin! Listen to me—!”

Shin hurriedly walked away without listening to me, so I quickly chased after him.

1. I was tempted to translate this as ‘Moon Shine’ instead, but got to follow the original. They wrote it in Engrish after all. Wait, was I about to name our magical girl after an alcoholic drink?
2. I don’t know whether Utsuki-san is a boy or a girl btw. It might be a she though, from her speech habit. Man, this was just like with Shin, when I thought that Shin is read Miku, yes, they have the same kanji, and I had to go over through 2 chapters replacing she with he. Now I have to read through 3+ chapters hunting down those ‘he’.
3. I decided to add this this one time because Hoshizora-san’s speech infliction hasn’t be translated in, making it impossible to properly distinguish between the two. Let me know if you have a better suggestion. I just felt like adding -san.
4. Shin the NPC.
5. I know right, he is being condescending, but hey, I think this is how one handle a type of girlfriend..? Idk

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