Chapter 140: Firwood Concert.
Enjoy the moment...breath in the air...listen to all the voices. They are waiting for you!
The sky was orange, slowly turning black. A crowd of people was gathered in the plaza where numerous food stalls were selling food to the festive residents of Firwoods commoner district. I wasnt among them. I was currently standing behind a huge construct my concert stage.
It was the very same I used at my first concert, the one I held in Carine Village. You know, the one made with earth magic. Sure, we had the money to order some proper wooden pillars and maybe a metal truss and roof, but we didnt have the time. This was kinda a concert scheduled out of nowhere, after all.
I wasnt thinking much about another concert until now, since we had a money problem at first and then these problems with Kiiro and the alchemist guild. Practicing and keeping in shape was normal, but I never prepared extensively to perform this concert. I didn't focus on a song list nor how I should present myself during the dances. Time was an issue, so the earth stage had to come back.
The clean up for today will be so much of a hassle. Mana draining and the trash removal.
Four days of promotions. It took our party four days to promote this concert in addition to the help the High Bishop gave us by hiring criers to promote the newly planned festival. He didnt even need a good reason to persuade the residents. It seemed like any reason to celebrate and drink until dawn was enough for people to accept it and join in.
The few people who knew about our restaurant and my singing wondered why we were doing it, but they were still excited about it nonetheless. As the roads to Firwood were free of snow now, traveling merchants, traders, and adventurers have been pouring into town. Merchants and traders especially were happy as festivals were effectively money bags ready to be earned.
Using the same idea during my first concert, we lured in people through food, booze, and fun. Concert tickets werent sold, as it just doesn't make sense to do it since normal workers, who would otherwise comprise the majority of my audience, simply cannot afford it. Our restaurant noticed the drop in customers belonging to this category even as more merchants and adventurers began visiting us.
This event was pure entertainment it wasnt necessary for survival. If we scare everybody away at the beginning, then we cant make money. Saori thought of something to help us earn back the money we needed to prepare for todays event, and it was pretty good.
Also, this was my chance to finally get some fucking followers for my [The Light] title. Like, after Rashan Village and the priestess duties Ive been performing, I thought I would be able to get some people to increase my counter, but nobody has joined. None at all.
While I could understand Rashan Village, as they were in mourning, I thought the people I helped in town would be more likely. I guess they probably thought my duties were more dedicated to Aurena, so their faith in her was reinforced, not to me. Kinda awkward, right? She wants me to gather people for my title, but I cant earn any since shes in the way.
So, Im gonna have to rely on the one thing that helped me earn a huge amount of followers in a single night. I will dazzle, I will impress, and then I will make all of them my fans. Cause you know what? I want that dark weakness nullification that was my reward for my next milestone.
Hestia, we will be going now, Saori said to me as I was pumping myself up. Mhmm, you look so cute in that outfit. So colorful and so many frills, hie hie.
Oh, I know...since you were the one who made them. Praising your own work, I see? Ha ha, I remarked, finding it funny she would say that, but I guess it was part of Saori. She has always commented how good I looked in the clothes she made specifically for me.
The outfit for my first song was cutesy and colorful, filled with frills and string to make me look like a doll. It wasnt my style, admittedly, but it fit the first song so perfectly that I couldnt say no. An outfit is as important to the show as the special effects and sound quality. Everything an idol brings to the stage was important to give the audience a good experience.
As Saori and I were laughing, Tasianna peeked at the number of people gathered before the stage, commenting, There are more than in Carine Village.
Of course. Comparing the population of a single village to a large town like Firwood would be foolish, neither Saori nor I said that, but Manuela did. Lady Hestia, Barathan, and I have given our instructions to the servants. They should be ready.
While the stage was the old one, the crew and equipment werent. We werent a skeleton crew anymore, where I had to control most of the mana intensive jobs - I now had Ellaines support and that of her staff members.
Aside from the temperature regulator that we used last time, they also brought light and sound amplifying manatech. I mean, I could still use [Aerokinesis] to increase the volume of my voice, but it was surprising for me to see Peolynca already had something similar to a microphone.
The microphone was a long staff with an orb catalyst at its tip. Using wind magic and the mana battery inside the staff, my voice can be transmitted far-and-wide. However, since [Aerokinesis] was still more powerful than the manatech, instead I decided to use them like loudspeakers. Four were placed on the stage, and they would increase the volume at a lesser mana cost for me.
For the lighting, they were similar to the manatech Ellaine had in her mansion, but they couldnt be used as spotlights, so we added them onto the sides of the stage for illumination. The colored and white spotlights were still controlled by my parallel minds, but I prefered it this way as I had full control of what I want.
So, what did Ellaines servants and attendants do? Well, there were a ton of wires to manage and infuse mana into for the lighting and loudspeakers to continue working, I also needed somebody to help me change out of my outfits and into new ones, there was also a need for special effects using magic, and also a very special task. The one Saori planned. We also needed guards to keep everybody safe, in the case of ruffians, but we used Theodores authority to borrow soldiers for my audience and knights for the staff members.
I rejected Ellaines proposal to be guarded by knights, but at the end of the day, I still had to use them. Come to think about it, I havent had a lot of interactions with the Knights Order, huh?
Thank you, Manuela, I thanked her for helping me out this past week. The stage was well decorated with Saoris and Manuelas help, making it look too good considering its base appearance. It made me giddy like a little girl whenever I looked at it.
It is no problem, Lady Hestia. As Lady Ellaines benefactor, I cannot allow anything but the highest quality. Miss Saori, Miss Tasianna. Svena, the other maids, and I are ready and have prepared the dresses for Lady Hestia, Manuela informed the two. We wish you luck. May the Goddess be with you as you bring justice to that abominable fiend.
We will, you can rely on us, Miss Manuela. Growls could be heard from Saoris shadow, as it contorted a bit in agitation.
He will die. Tasiannas eyes flared up as a cold mist began to surround her clenched fist. The orb rotating around her was trembling in anger, ready to direct its powers at its mortal enemy.
We managed to bribe everybody living close to the alchemy guild to come to my concert, so you should be fine to go wild, I told them. However, be careful. You wont get a lot of reinforcements.
The concert was a great excuse, as it didnt create any suspicion. It was a noble girl who was willing to pay people to come to her concert to have them listen, giving them a good reason to not go to sleep to prepare for tomorrows work. As this festival was announced throughout the town, even the workshop owners and merchant bosses couldnt chide their employees too much for enjoying themselves. Theodore might call it a waste of money since we werent selling tickets, but it solved the problem he wanted to avoid leaks.
This was a sensitive topic, so we didnt want people to know about it. Outside of specific people, nobody was allowed to join the raid to capture or kill Davison. Theodore should have secured House Chezaics mansion by now to confiscate more evidence, including Lord and Lady Chezaic at their fief. I also heard Duke Greenveil and the royal family were arresting Baron Teullon, the lord of Rashan Village, for questioning, as well as a few other nobles associated with Lord Chezaic.
But the political stuff wasnt our concern. Party Aurora had our jobs to do and bring this shit to an end.
I gave Saori and Tasianna all my available buffs while they equipped themselves with potions, dragorades, and bombs. Once that was done, we wished each other luck and they departed. After I took in a deep breath, I slowly walked onto the stage.
How funny that my friends will be fighting for their lives while I am having fun here...However, aside from my flames, isnt my music also a part of my repertoire? Time to make some fans and level [Idol] up!
It was dark on the concert stage. The curtains were down and no the lights werent on. I psyched my parallel minds up and calmed myself down. Barathan, who was looking at me from the stage, saw my thumbs up and began unrolling the curtains. As a sliver of light shined into my eyes, I activated [Aerokinesis], took in a deep breath, and sang.
.
Se no
Demo sonnan ja dame
Mou sonnan ja hora
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Motto motto
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As I could feel my mana draining from using my remote spotlights, created using [Delayed Cast], [Continous Cast], and [Trap Creation] on [Shine] spells, the stage was brightened with dazzling lights of various colors. The more colorful it was, the more it attracted the attention of the festival attendees.
As the instrumental part of the song began, I used this time to introduce myself, Mina-san, konnichi wa! Atsuko Hestia-desu! First my Japanese greeting, cause I wanted to, and then came my Peolyncian greeting. Good evening, everybody! My name is Hestia Atsuko, an aspiring Idol. You would also know me as the party leader of D-rank adventurer party Aurora and co-owner of Restaurant Aurora! Thank you very much for coming to celebrate todays LightDay with me! Lets all have FUN!
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Kotoba ni sureba kiechau kankei nara
Kotoba wo keseba ii ya tte
Omotteta? Osoreteta?
Dakedo are? Nanka chigau kamo
Senri no michi mo ippo kara!
Ishi no you ni katai sonna ishi de
Chiri mo tsumoreba Yamato Nadeshiko?
"Shi" nuki de iya shinu ki de!
Fuwa fuwari fuwa fuwaru
Anata ga namae wo yobu
Sore dake de chuu e ukabu
Fuwa fuwaru fuwa fuwari
Anata ga waratte iru
Sore dake de egao ni naru
Kami-sama, arigatou
Unmei no itazura demo The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñòv€l-B1n.
Meguriaeta koto ga
Shiawase na no
Demo sonnan ja dame
Mou sonnan ja hora
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Motto motto
Sou sonnan ja ya da
Nee sonnan ja mada
Watashi no koto mitete ne
Zutto zutto
.
Blegh, this song is sooo fast I hate rapping.
For the introduction of the concert, I wanted to use a song I knew from Earth. It was peppy and cheery and was in my opinion good as a show opening as it conveyed the energy the show was supposed to give people.
Another follower in the bag. There was still a lot of people in the crowd to impress, so I couldnt stop now. I had planned on singing more songs this time simply cause I didnt need to spend all my mana to manage everything myself. From my song list, I sang Promise, Till Morning Arrives, Fireheart, and The Will to Fight and Survive.
Each song was used to cater to a specific target group so I can fully pull everybody into my performance. Some disliked cutesy songs while others loved high-tempo ones. Everybody was different and, thankfully, I had some good songs to appease these people. And my efforts were rewarded.
9 humans have become your followers
Total follower count updated. Total follower of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:144
26 humans and beastmen have become your followers
Total follower count updated. Total follower of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:170
48 humans and beastmen have become your followers
Total follower count updated. Total follower of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:218
81 humans and beastmen have become your followers
Total follower count updated. Total follower of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:299
98 humans and beastmen have become your followers
Total follower count updated. Total follower of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:397
After each song, the number of fans I had increased. I needed 2500 followers to reach the next milestone, so we werent anywhere close yet, but I was hopeful with the progress I was making. Slow and steady, right? Not everybody will like my songs, so it was a given that I would just reach the next milestone just like so without a real hurdle. I needed to work harder and give more concerts.
As I was taking a break after finishing the last song, I couldnt help but notice some smoke in the sky coming from the direction of the alchemy guild. I knew I should trust in them, but I couldnt help but feel nervous.
Unable to hold in my curiosity, I looked at the party screen of my party bracelet. I then checked on the raiding party.
A note from AbyssRaven
Songs for today were Renai Circulation from the anime Bakemonogatari, and Charles from the singer Balloon
The reason for the first song was because I wanted Hestia to sing a cutsey Japanese song and I thought it would fit her personality since she wants to spread idol culture. Instead of making up new lyrics, using the Japanese lyrics would hit better as it gives Peolynca a taste of Japan, and, since nobody can understand it, Hestia can jsut say it comes from her home country or something.
Charles was a more serious song which had an addictive tone as a vocaloid song. Vocaloid songs are part of Japanese idol culture, which makes the song even more fitting for the lyrics I used in Hestia's version of the song. It was meant to be directed at Ellaine, so I needed the serious tone for the message while an addictive chorus to be popular for the crowd.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed Hestia's second concert. She didn't cry this time, yay! Progress~!
Best of all, the concert acts like an arc ender, right? Well, please enjoy the remaining chapters for this arc, everyone. Hopefully it will be fun for everybody!
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Monday, March 15, 2021 5:32:33 AM Germany [Member of Zard Skwad]
Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.
I eventually found out that I've been spending a bit too much time with building, planning, and researching for the story, that I've decided to just share it with others.
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