Volume 6 - CH 34

The Fake Idol, Ruined

I am still underage.

I was in trouble because I can’t rent a place or work without my parent’s consent.

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People were eyeing me badly when I showed my identification as [Hosokawa Seiko] but since my face is completely different now, they just thought that I just happen to share the same name as StarChild.

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I saw her at * station.

She fled abroad.

She killed herself already.

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Fake rumors began to circulate on social media.

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I’m practically living at a net cafe and a public bath right now.

It’s only a matter of time before my 50,000 yen runs out.

Even if I look for a part-time job, there won’t be a place that would accept me without permission from my mom.

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I can’t even deliver newspapers.

The fear that I will soon run out of money is unbearable.

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“………”

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Tatsuyuki-san, this life is already too much for me. I just want to die.

But, you told me that I can’t.

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At least I think I should honor your words.

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I really can’t live on without relying on him so I contacted Tatsuyuki-san once.

[[I don’t have any money, please introduce me to a place I can work]]. That’s what I told him.

Since I couldn’t get my parent’s permission, it was a god sent to have Tatsuyuki-san’s help.

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[[I can give just give you some you know?]] He offered but I just can’t bear to trouble him any more than this.

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In the end, he set me up as an employee for a maid cafe run by one of Miko-san’s acquaintances.

I get to stay alive relying on the kindness of others.

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Now I’m flattering men for a living.

While I was working, the matter about StarChild was absent from my mind.

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But in my private time, the anxiety was simply unbearable.

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The topic of StarChild is still viral on the news and the internet.

I can’t help but feel down whenever I see them.

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This might be karma for using my Gift to deceive the world as a fake idol.

The position StarChild once held is now taken over by a strange 5-girl group even though their singing and dancing were amateurish at best.

LeafChild was also dancing with these new 5 girls.

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When I tried searching for StarChild on a video site, I found that the official channel was already deleted.

It’s like my agency is trying to hide a stain called StarChild from the world.

The same treatment my murderer father received.

This world truly is filled with secrets.

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Instead, the search results were filled with strange videos titled [I want to save StarChild] or expose videos like [the Secret of StarChild’s family], and clickbait titles like [I smashed a million yen worth of StarChild’s merchs]. The internet is full of such extreme and unpleasant things.

I was crying in frustration while drinking my coffee.

All I could do was watch StarChild fade away like steam from a cup of coffee.

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But such a life did not last long.

When I turned 21, the maid cafe went bankrupt due to financial difficulties and I lost my place to live.

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I immediately rented an apartment with the money I saved.

This time I looked for a job with a good hourly wage without relying on Tatsuyuki-san and landed one at a cabaret club.

With that as my new workplace, I changed my face to better suit men’s liking and flirted with them.

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I’ve already mastered the technique to appeal to men through my work as StarChild and at the maid cafe.

What kind of gesture would catch a man’s gaze, how to read a man’s reaction, those things came to me as easy as breathing.

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It’s the best job for me.

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I’ve already given up thinking about getting married.

My past also played a part in that decision.

There’s no need to continue the Akechi bloodline.

I will end it all with me.

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At the end of the day, I’ve become a vulgar woman who earnestly works to wring out more money from men.

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One day, on a whim, I tried wishing to return to my original face. However, I can no longer recall what Hosokawa Seiko looked like and I couldn’t do it.

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Before I knew it, I’d already forgotten my own face.

TLN: Short one before we finish this…….in 15 hrs………