In the central area of Midchelda, the large arena "Pyras" in the capital city of Granagon, various preparations are in full swing here.

Because in four days, there will be a large-scale event with singers and superstars, and this event is one of the best events in the Mead music industry, and if you put it in Japan, which is outside the 97 world, it will be like the Red and White War at the end of the year.

People from all walks of life were in full swing to clean up the venue and discuss the stage arrangement, and of course, many singers went to the stage in turn to rehearse.

There are also some members of the Authority in the venue, and the Authority of this type of large-scale event is also entrusted with personnel to carry out security work.

And in the middle of this group, two of them were watching the busy staff below in a special auditorium, and the casual atmosphere that the two of them were floating away from the atmosphere of the whole venue.

These two people are Karim and Rain Nagase, who have traveled all the way from the headquarters of the Holy King's Church to the central area.

"Karim, we've been sitting for almost two hours, can you speak? ”

When Karim led Rain to the arena and sat there without saying a word, Rain thought she was waiting for someone to show up, so she kept waiting.

But in the end, the rain that still couldn't wait for it still asked her out loud.

"Hmm......"

Karim didn't know what she was thinking, she frowned and thought for a long time, before finally sighing.

"Rain, our king. I am not entrusting you as a church this time, after all, we cannot make you king. So I would like to ask you in your personal capacity if you can help be Aisha's bodyguard at this event. ”

"Protect Aisha, is something going on?"

"Recently, Lily told me that there seems to be something strange going on around Aisha. ”

"Strange phenomenon?"

Karim begins to explain to Rain about the strange events around Aisha recently, and according to Lily, there are occasional spatial distortions around Aisha.

Sometimes it is distorted when moving in a car, sometimes it is in a corner of the research room, and even in the corner of the stage during a performance.

As the number of times increased, Lily began to become more and more uneasy, and every time the impression came up, she entered a state of preparation. Of course, she had already confided in Aisha about this, but Aisha indicated that it was not a side effect of her recent experiments, which meant that some people were eyeing her.

"Nothing real happens every time, like something distorted by a phenomenon?"

"No, it's because I don't have it that I'm afraid. Lily said, "It feels like Aisha is being watched, and the person is probably waiting for an opportunity to make a move. 」”

After hearing the rain, it still felt inappropriate, and such visions appeared continuously, but the actual damage was not achieved.

"Actually, the purpose is not Aisha herself, but her research materials?"

“……”

Apparently Karim didn't think of the situation when he brought it up, and it was probably because of the confusion that Karim seemed a little sluggish in this matter related to Aisha.

"Have you made any new breakthroughs in ISA lately?"

She didn't reveal much about the research, and you also knew that the technology about the "Feather of Time" was too dangerous, and it was also highly classified in the church. ”

"I'll ask Canary to help me investigate recent research organizations within or outside the Authority about time travel, and see if I can find any clues. ”

"Okay, then you can take this piece this time. ”

"Well...... Pure bodyguards don't matter. ”

"It's not just bodyguards. ”

Karim looked at the rain with a playful look, and seeing her smiling face, the rain felt that there must be troublesome things to do in this task.

"Actually, it's like this, because Aisha's group just lacks a guitarist, and it's more fun for you to perform on stage together, ahem. is the most intimate protection, so I arranged for you to be her guitarist, and I will take you to negotiate with the staff later. ”

Karim's happy look made it difficult for Rain to refuse, he didn't feel much about being a guitarist, the question was whether it would be a problem to show his face in public.

"It shouldn't matter if you use disguise. ”

"It's okay, you can take care of this matter yourself. ”

Karim didn't forget to contact the relevant staff while talking to the rain, and it seemed that she was full of energy.

"Karim, do you want to see me perform?"

"I'd like to hear you sing if I could. ”

Karim's serious eyes when he said it, Rain was also a little confused, why the people around him were so expecting him to sing.

"Where did you hear that I could sing? ”

"Of course it's a gale, and after getting acquainted with that kid, you can get a lot of information about His Highness. ”

[Wind, you girl!]

Immediately in Rain's mind, the tanuki looked like her, or the way she smiled evilly at herself.

"Okay, then please go down and practice and run in with the people in the band. Don't worry, everyone doesn't know who you are, they just say that you are a very skilled guitarist. ”

Karim stood up and stretched out her hand to let Rain go with her, but Rain didn't take her hand and stood up on her own, motioning with her eyes for Karim to lead the way.

"It's rude, ignoring the lady's slender hand. ”

"Don't make me happy. ”

knew that Karim was deliberately teasing herself, but the rain still didn't have anything she could do.

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After that day, Rain successfully used Hikaru Nagase's pseudonym to blend into the band, and the people in the band were not too difficult to get along with, but they all loved music and wanted to show their best results on this stage, which made the rare event lively.

I don't know if I was infected by them, and the rain also paid more enthusiasm than usual, and caught up with the progress of the fall.

Why did he fall behind? Because Rain's current position was originally vacated by an injury to the original guitarist, and when he took over the work, he realized that there were more than seven tracks that he was responsible for. To play all the songs to the best of his ability, even if he has to put in a lot of time, and he has to work with the band.

So in the past three days, he basically picked up the guitar and practiced singing when he opened his eyes, and even when he arrived at school, he was always free to play, and finally practiced all the songs the day before the official start of the performance.

"Is it the dress rehearsal for the AI at the end?"

"Yes, Nagase. Your skills and enthusiasm are really good, if you have time after this event, remember to come out and communicate. ”

Riding with the rain is the drummer's Ez, a female drummer with short hair, and her moving figure when playing the drums has fascinated many girls.

"Does Iz like Nagase?"

"Crowe put away your foul mouth. ”

The male bassist, whom Edz called Crow, continued to tease her without fear of Ez's fierce face, while the female keyboarde Ryo on the side continued to check the score, a serious girl.

"If you have the chance. ”

Although Rain didn't know if he would be able to see the team again, he still made this promise, and he felt that this group of people was not bad.

At this time, Aisha slowly rose from the position of the lifting mechanism in the center of the stage in the shape of an inverted "T", and as soon as she arrived, she bowed to the rain and the members of the band.

"Hmm, the king...... Is it?"

Aisha sees Rain disguised as Hikaru Nagase, who now changes his hair color to maroon and turns his head into curly hair, with a pair of eyes that are close to dead fish eyes, making it difficult to recognize him for what he is.

But Aisha, who had been with the rain for a long time, still guessed that it was him from the temperament, face shape, body shape, etc.

Hush.

Rain quietly put her finger to her lips and asked Aisha not to reveal her identity, although she didn't know what Rain was doing, she still prioritized her work and didn't have much contact with Rain.

However, the rehearsal before the official performance began, and the heart-pounding day began again, and tomorrow was Mead's lively day.

Both the show and the military show have attracted a large number of people, and if there is another accident at this time, it will be tomorrow that the whole of Midchelda will be in full swing.