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The other day, I just received my first review of this series!
He said that he is clumsy with words. I already got bookmarks and likes, but let me say one thing:

It is alright! I don’t mind if it is clumsily written! The author is a simple creature, a creature that would be reinvigorated to new bounds to write more just by being feed with words! Of course, we also accept in-depth reviews!

What I mean to say is, I look forward to your comments, likes, bookmarks, and others!

I would be happy to receive a review or such, so much so that I (might) write faster! Well, I am juggling several responsibilities right now, so I can’t be certain about what will happen.

Ahem. In any case, thank you very much! I look forward to your continued support!

After I transformed, I immediately headed to the center of the crowd. However, I suddenly changed my mind. After all, Black Rose was supposed to only happen to be passing by. It would be odd for her to make haste.

I felt the need to hurry up, but I didn’t know if anyone was watching, so I leisurely jump through the sky, heading there.

And so, after jumping relaxingly, I arrived at the commotion.

I approached Hoshizora Kaguya and Sakura-chan who were at the center of the attention.

“Hmm? I wonder what that noise is about? I also heard my name being mentioned.”

Muttering as if interested, I landed at their location without any sense of urgency.

“What’s with the commotion? Also, did I hear my name being called?”

I called out to them while I was descending down. When I called out, the people around us started buzzing about other things.

“Black Rose!” Sakura-chan dashed towards me as she smiled with joy――――okay, that’s fine and all, but why are you hiding behind me?

“Black Rose, tell her too! This person is persistently asking me for your contact information!” Sakura-chan vehemently complained¹.

“It would have been over if you had just given me! Isn’t it fine, it is just contact information!”

“It isn’t! I already told you, I promised Black Rose not to share this with anyone else!”

“I won’t tell anyone either!”

“It isn’t up to me whether to believe you or not! It is up to Black Rose!”

“Then, Black Rose! Let me know your contact information!”

I somehow ended up facing the brunt of the quarrel between these two. I was stumped to be put on the spot abruptly. Well, this time, I had to decline, “I’m sorry. I don’t share my contact information to just anyone.”

“Why! You gave her, didn’t you!?”

“This girl is, well, she’s someone like a little sister to me. It would be inconvenient if I can’t call her.”

As I said that, I gently caressed Sakura-chan to show our intimacy.

“Hya, ah, ah! L, little sister!?” Sakura-chan squealed, astonished. Her face turned red from the shyness.

And then the comments I heard from surroundings included: “Little sister?”, “I’m jealous…”, “I want a sister as beautiful as her too…”, “I want to be a gofer of such a beautiful big sister”, “I would rather be her chair”, “I want to be her carpet”, and so on…. hey, aren’t half of them too abnormal!? I’m getting goose bumps!?

While I battled my inner fear, I felt someone was pouting at me.

“Mmmmmm….”

I saw Karen pouted at me at the edge of my vision.

‘Sorry Karen. It isn’t like I want to be touchy-feel with a friend either, but please let this one go…’ I apologized in my heart, although I never took off my eyes from Hoshizora Kaguya the entire time.

“L, little sister-!? Y, you refused my invitation countless times, yet you got a little sister!? You, are you looking for a sister, not a partner!?”

“No, one little sister is enough, so I don’t need more. Rather than that, I would rather get a big sister or brother instead.”

I was the oldest sibling in the family. I didn’t know how it feels to have a big sister or brother, so I was curious.

“Then, in that case, there’s no competition for the partner position!” she shouted happily. And then–

“In that case, Black Rose! Let’s form a unit with me!”

–She said something unthinkable.

“Eh?” I leaked out, surprised. Although, my mouth agape voice was overlapped by many other such people; I wasn’t the only one surprised by her word.

“An idol unit! Be an idol with me!”

Idol. The moment such a simple word came out, the surrounding spun into commotion.

“Black Rose as an idol?”, “Eh, I really want to see!”, “She will definitely be a hit! “A magical girl idol unit! So cute!”, “I will buy her CD for certain!”, “Let’s see, I need to buy one copy for personal use, one copy for preservation, one copy for missionary work, one copy for lending out. Aah, no amount of money will be enough!²”

It wasn’t quite like a pandemonium, but it was certainly an uproar.

“Now, Black Rose! Everyone is waiting for you to be an idol! Be an idol with me! We will become top idol together!”

“Eh, eeeeer…”

I was surprised by the sudden invitation, but I was more surprised by her earnest effort to invite me.

Eh, have I ever met her? I didn’t, did I? Ah, did she just saw me once and decide to keep an eye on me? Eh, so, she has been eying on me?

I was a little befuddled by the sudden turn of event. Now that I think about it, she said she wants my contact information, so she doesn’t need it anymore? We haven’t finished dealing with that topic, have we? Wait, I definitely can’t be an idol. Why is everyone so interested in it? I’m so unfriendly, I would be a boring idol, you know? I am also just a so-so singer³, and I also have no confidence with my dance⁴, you know?

I explained internally to myself as such.

I glanced at Sakura-chan behind me. Oi, related party, lend me a hand.

“Black Rose, as an idol…? What is that, I will definitely support it. I will also chase her through a country-wide tour. I will also buy all the goods and merchandise. I will get all the CDs, the DVDs, and the photo books too. I will also need to reserve a seat in her every TV programme. Ah, if it’s Black Rose, she might appear on movies and dramas too. I can also make time for variety shows if they aren’t too vulgar. Yes, I can do it. Black Rose the idol, it’s coming”

The person in question has already started tripping out.

Hey, now isn’t the time for that! Why is Sakura-chan supporting them? Also, your constant murmur is scary! The light in your eyes is also gone!

Uuu… what can I do…

I put on puppy dog eyes and looked at Shin for help.

I looked at Shin with teary-eyes.

I rarely approach Shin when I am Black Rose. I am a girl right now, so if I approached the charismatic Shin, I will invite jealousy from his female fans.

Hence, I don’t approach Shin carelessly. Shin doesn’t approach Black Rose often either. Well, we often talked in private, so I don’t feel lonely. Still, it was a little troubling. I actually felt lonely.

And that’s the circumstances between us. However, there’s no way I can diffuse the situation myself this time. I mean, only someone as popular as Shin can stop the situation currently revolving around me.

“Shin, uuu…”

“I get it, I get it, so stop making that sound as if you’re about to cry…”

Shin shrugged and walked towards a spot beside me. I immediately hid behind Shin without a moment’s delay. Behind Shin was me, and behind me was Sakura-chan. It made for a silly formation, but now isn’t the time to worry about that.

“Okay okay, stop at once. Black Rose will be troubled if you all make a ruckus as you wish, won’t she? Everyone, calm down at once,” he didn’t raise his voice, but his voice was amazingly authoritative.

After hearing Shin, everyone clammed up at once.

As expected of Shin! Hey, Charisma Hero!

I didn’t say it out loud, but I praised him inside my heart.

“Anyway, Black Rose. You have to answer, right? Will you be an idol?” said Shin. I bobbed my face out from Shin’s back. Incidentally, Sakura-chan also bobbed her head out.

“Ah, I don’t think… so?”

“W, why~~!?” Kaguya shouted astonishingly.

“It is okay! Black Rose has the makings of an idol! Your character matched mine too! Me, the cheerful and bright Kaguya, and you, the proper and graceful Black Rose! You don’t even need to hide it, it will work!”

“I, I’m neither proper nor graceful, you know?”

“You don’t need to be so modest. You are proper and graceful. Everyone can verify it for you!”

When she said that, all eyes looked in agreement. Right here, right now, I only have three allies.

However, I can’t just rely on them. I can’t rely on Shin’s support too much, and I can’t let Karen nor Sakura-chan take the brunt. I have to make my stand here.

I encouraged myself.

At times like this, it’s important to destroy the opponent’s image. Alright! I will destroy their image of my propriety and grace!

“I’m not neat at all. I wear jersey at home, and then I laze around on the sofa, while eating candy…⁶”

Ah, this is bad, I ran out of ideas…

I need to keep talking like my life depend on it.

“I, I would burn the food, and I only get spoiled by my little sister… moreover! I also eat snacks before meal! See, I’m not the proper lady you are seeking out, right? I’m just a normal girl, so it’s impossible for me to be an idol.”

A magical girl can’t be a normal girl in the first place, and my real male self is irrelevant. What’s important right now is to turn everyone off.

How’s that! I will let you know that I’m completely pitiful! I burn my food, and I eat candy before dinner! In reality, I do really eat candy before dinner, so it wasn’t a complete lie!

Yet, despite my little confidence, Shin flashed me a really subtle expression.

“W, what’s that face.”

“Black Rose… that has the opposite effect, I think.”

“Eh?” immediately after my clueless voice, the crowd became even more noisy.

“Black Rose is a slacker at home, huh! What’s with that gap moe!?” “Girls that burn the food aren’t clumsy! They’re cute!” “I want to be spoilt by such Onee-chan too!” “I want to give her a lap pillow!” “I want to be cuddled by her!”

“Eh, wait, what?”

Everyone getting heated up in a direction I’m not familiar with.

Shin slapped his forehead, muttering “Achaa”, Karen was looking at me, exasperated at me, and Sakura-chan was…

“Eh, she has the clumsy girl attribute and the spoilt brat attribute on top of that? Not to mention that adding a slacker attribute on top of that is too much. I want her to ask me to pamper her, I want to spoil her, I want to give her lap pillow, I want to give her an arm pillow too. Ah, I want to get into bath together and pour water on her back too. I would also dry her wet hair for her, I also want to snuggle into a futon and sleep together. I want to sleep together with Black Rose who can’t sleep alone. Nn, let’s do it. Let’s sleep together. Now that it has been decided, Black Rose, can you come over to my house for a sleepover?⁷ I will help with everything, okay?”

After that overtly long soliloquy, she suddenly asked. Her eyes didn’t reflect any light, and I can tell her dilated pupil that she’s excited ⁸.

That expression was so scary that I unintentionally shook off her grip and hid in front of Shin, shielding myself from her.

But, it has an opposite effect.

Someone gripped me firmly on my shoulder from behind.

I jumped up from surprised and looked behind me.

Behind me was Kaguya, looking at me with sparkling eyes and rough breathing from the nose.

“I knew you are the best! I understand your attributes completely! I’m a pretty hard worker, so I can support you well! I am also supported by your slightly out of the ordinary, yet reassuring mature side! We are made for each other! Hey, please! Let’s form a unit together!?” said Kaguya as she brought her pretty face closer.

I considered shaking her off and hid behind Shin, but then I would be helpless against Sakura-chan’s lust.

There’s a tiger in the front and a wolf behind, a magical girl and an idol, and I’m the lamb in the middle, and Shin is my shield.

W, w, what should I do! How do I run!?

I didn’t care about stopping the uproar anymore, I was just thinking about running away from this place.

However, I was held firmly, so I can’t run. No, if I really try to shake her off, I can run, but that would wound the untransformed Kaguya. I want to run, but I can’t injure someone.

But even so, I can’t stand being here anymore!

Even if I asked for Shin’s help, Shin seemed to be racking his brain for solution, and Karen pretty much preoccupied with looking at me, amazed.

Please, help!

Now that there’s no breakthrough solution, it’s impossible to run from this situation anymore.

…..Uuu… it’s can’t be helped, I really don’t want to use this, but if I don’t… I really don’t want to do this!!

However, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.

Standing behind the door, people await for her to make her debut in this country!

No, I refuse!

I made up my resolve, I accumulate my magic power.

“Form change! Alice Rose!” I shouted. Everyone around was startled with eyes peeled. Good question, why did I change form here? I don’t understand the reason myself.

Yet, however, you will find out the answer immediately!

Black light wrapped around me, an instance of strong light and scattered rose petal appeared.

And what popped out of that light was— one young girl.

It was approximately 10 year old girl. A girl that looked similar to Black Rose stood there. Nevertheless, her dress was less revealing than Black Rose. On top of that, she was carrying a cute rabbit doll.

“”””””EH?””””””

Everyone was dumbfounded, faced with this situation.

Hehe, let me explain! Form Change: Alice Rose is a form change that allows Black Rose to take on a child form! In other words, only to become a little girl! That’s all!

As mentioned, that’s all it does. So—

“Strategic retreat!”

——surprised, she loosed her grip, so I gently shook her off and took off to the sky.

“Ah, get back here!”

She reached out in confusion, but too slow! This form should have less air resistance too, so I went up faster! I’m confident with my skill even without that! I won’t be caught! I can even play hide and seek in this form!

“Don’t cause a ruckus in front of the school——!”

I left my last message and began speeding up to my maximum speed.

“W, wait… you, I will remember this——!!”

I heard that reproachful remark, but I didn’t turn around and kept flying straight ahead.

Translator comment (I’m going to move this to the comment section when it is published):
Would you like the Kakuyomu append be noted like this? If you have commented on this matter back then, I actually remember. The thing is though, I still don’t know whether you would still think this to be improvement after reading it, sorry if I didn’t express this properly back then.

I’m planning to upload a chapter a day for the next 9 days, but it is kind of unfair to only open for opinions for only a day, so I will be copying this format for those chapters, and then keep reading the comment until the start of the next month. You can comment regarding that matter in whichever chapter that is convenient for you, or even this chapter, if you think you have made up your mind. I think some people would like to read more before deciding though.

1. It is actually referring to a certain type of vehement complain/anger. a picture worth more than thousand words, so here. プンスコ
2. Richie: I have complicated feelings with this strategy to be honest. Like, I know that some agency’s strategy is to get one fan to buy multiple copies of the same thing, but, for example, if this girl is buying four copies for herself, then if the album ended up being a hit, wouldn’t she hurt three other fans? Also, preservation purpose? You better practice the 3-2-1 strategy. Yes, exactly, it is as you think, you need to rip it. You then can save one copy
3. Richie: Oh, really?
4. Richie: Plz…actually, I don’t know enough not to give benefit of doubt.
5. Kakuyomu insert: “Eh, why!?” Sakura-chan also responded with astonishment. Hey, you’re my friend, aren’t you? Why did you turn around on me? Are you the kind that switch around according to your convenience?
6. Oh wow, gap moe.
7. Kakuyomu version inserted a sentence in this exact position between the sentences: “I will ask my parents to go back to their own family home and create an environment where there are only the two of us.”
   Richie: Oh my God, you are kicking out your own parents?
8. When I say “eyes didn’t reflect light” or “the lights in your eyes were gone”, it actually says “the highlight in your eyes is gone”. Should I have kept the original, or is this more understandable?”

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