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Part 4
“Thank you for waiting! Lily and Cattleya’s performance is about to begin!”
Finally, Eternal Valkyries’ performance began.
The place was packed with fans, and loud cheers could be heard.
Kaori and Miu waited behind the stage.
“I-it’s almost time… I’m so nervous…”
Miu smiled at the nervous Kaori.
“It’s okay. You look just like Lily-chan from every angle.”
“T-thank you!”
Noah and Sumimaru encouraged her as well.
“Do your best, Kaori-san!”
“There’s nothing more to teach you-maru. Stand tall and show everyone Lily-chan’s courage-maru!”
“Y-yes!”
And then the moment finally arrived.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, here comes Lily-chan and Cattleya-chan!”
“Let’s go, Kaori-san.”
“Yes!”
Called by the MC, Kaori and Miu, dressed in their character costumes, entered the stage.
──At that moment, a deafening cheer shook the room.
“Wow, that’s amazing!”
“They’re both so cute! It’s just like the original!”
Seeing the fans filling the venue, Kaori was surprised inside.
“W-what an amazing cheer… So many people are looking forward to this; I have to do my best…”
Feeling nervous, she smiled softly and said the lines she had practiced many times.
“Hello, I’m Lily. Thank you for coming today. I’m so happy to meet you!”
“I’m Cattleya. Have a great time today!”
“””Whoaaa! / Kyaaaah!”””
Hearing the excited shouts, Kaori opened her eyes wide.
“I’m so glad you’re having fun!”
“Please burn our brave figures into your memories!”
Kaori and Miu struck the famous pose from the anime’s main visual, holding hands and pressing their cheeks together.
“H-how is it?”
“Fufu, it’s a little awkward.”
The audience is filled with gasps of admiration at the accuracy and beauty of the recreation.
Each time the two struck different poses in sync with the MC’s instructions, cheers erupted, and camera shutters clicked.
The two continued to swing their swords and reenact scenes from the anime, moving smoothly through the stage performance.
Kaori was a bit stiff from nervousness, but even that added to her seriousness, which perfectly matched Lily’s personality, making her seem flawless to her devoted fans.
As expected of a popular model, Miu always had a soft smile on her face as she perfectly mimicked Cattleya’s movements. Her polished beauty gave her an aura that surpassed even the original.
“Wow! I’ve never seen such a perfect reproduction before…”
“I heard that the girl playing Lily-chan is a replacement, but is that really true? Isn’t her level too high?”
“Ah, Cattleya-sama, my goddess… You are so beautiful, almost divine…”
“Fufu, wonderful-maru. You both shine brightly-maru. I knew I made the right decision to produce this-maru. One wrong move and the diamond in the rough would have been lost-maru…”
Among the moved audience was Sumimaru, who stood with his arms crossed, looking smug for some reason.
The two were showered with thunderous applause and cheers and waved happily to the audience.
Amidst the huge success, an announcement resounded.
“Thank you very much! It’s time for the next segment! Lily and Cattleya will also appear at the end of the show, so please be prepared! Let’s give them a big round of applause!”
The stage show moved on to the next segment, and Kaori and Miu returned backstage to thunderous applause.
“Phew. I guess we made it through…?”
Noah and Sumimaru greeted Kaori as she caught her breath.
“Welcome back, Kaori-san! The cheers were amazing! Everyone was so happy!”
“Ugh, it was perfect-maru! Kaori! I never thought I’d get to see Lily-chan in 3D… I have no regrets in my life now-maru!”
“S-Sumimaru-san, please wipe your tears.”
Miu also smiled with emotion.
“That was really amazing, Kaori-san. I’m so glad that you agreed to play Lily-chan… The fans were so happy, and that made me happy, too.”
“No, it’s all thanks to you, Miu-san.”
Sumimaru takes pictures of the two of them smiling and holding hands with his “Magical Anything Camera.”
Kaori looks at her watch.
“We still have some time before the next stage.”
“Yes. Let’s rest in the green room until then. We need to save our energy for the final reveal of our signature move.”
“Y-yes!”
Kaori and the others returned to the green room to wait for their next performance.
Meanwhile, Noah and Sumimaru, who had been scouting the venue, returned with excited reports.
“The entire venue is super excited and busy! Apparently, Miu-san and Kaori-san’s stage is trending on social media!”
“The staff is overjoyed, thanks to you two!”
“Well, that’s good to hear.”
“Anyway, this event is really intense! There are lots of photo opportunities, and the giant dragon model is especially popular!”
“That’s the ‘Empire Dragon’ that appears as the mid-boss in ‘Eternal Valkyrie’-maru! Fufu, I noticed it as soon as I entered the venue-maru. I’m so impressed that it’s been recreated in a life-size maru!”
Sumimaru, who had been excited, suddenly tilted his head.
“Huh? But why are there two ‘Empire Dragon’-maru?”
“Eh? There was only one a moment ago, right?”
Kaori’s eyes widened, and Miu frowned in confusion.
“That’s strange. I’m sure they only made one model of the dragon…”
“Huh? But Noah also saw two identical dragons side by side. People were looking at them curiously and taking pictures, and a crowd had gathered around the dragons.”
As Noah said, from outside the partition, they could hear the murmuring of the people surrounding the dragon.
“Could the staff have added another one in the middle?”
“No, that can’t be…”
“The Empire Dragon is supposed to be the only one in the world, so this is strange… I have a bad feeling about this-maru…”
Kaori gasped at Sumimaru’s words.
She remembered the time when a series of unusual incidents happened at the track meet.
“C-could this be…!”
At that moment.
“W-Watch out!”
“It’s going to fall! Everybody run!”
“Kyaaaahh!?”
BANG!
“!?”
A scream rang out from the hall, followed by the sound of something huge falling.
“W-what was that…?”
The waiting room was filled with commotion.
“W-what’s going on?”
“It seems that the model dragon on display has fallen over…!”
“What!? Are there any injuries!?”
“We’re checking right now…!”
The air became tense as the staff shouted angrily.
“T-This… This must be Debipachi’s doing…!”
As Kaori widened her eyes, Sumimaru’s Empela flashed red, and a familiar alarm sounded, “Beep! Beep! Beep!”
“T-this is bad-maru! I had a bad feeling… It was definitely Debipachi-maru~~~!”
“Eeehhh!?”
“I-I knew it!”
“You were too slow to notice!”
“Don’t let my appearance fool you-maru. My sensors are quite unreliable-maru. Their sensitivity fluctuates depending on how excited I am-maru!”
“How useless you are!”
“W-we have to hurry to the scene…”
Kaori and the others panic as they try to grasp the situation, while Miu is confused.
“Um-u, what is Debipachi…?”
“Um, well…”
But before she can explain, Sumimaru shouts.
“This is bad-maru! It’s absorbing the fear of the staff and customers, and Debipachi’s presence is getting stronger-maru…”
At that moment.
“Gyagyagya──!”
Debipachi’s roar echoed throughout the venue.
Then, screams erupted from outside the partition.
“Wha…!?”
“It’s Debipachi’s voice!”
Hearing Debipachi’s voice, Kaori and the others then rushed out of the waiting room.
Suddenly, a shocking sight came to their eyes, and Miu froze.
“D-dragon…!”
One of the two Empire Dragons was lying on its side.
The people who had narrowly escaped were cowering around it in fear.
“This is… deliberately falling into the crowd to get the audience involved-maru!
In an instant, the fallen dragon model slithered and transformed into a giant octopus.
“Gyagyagya~~~!”
“A-a dragon to Debipachi-san…!”
“I-it’s huge…!”
“N-no way, it’s a model of the Empire Dragon it was disguised as…!”
“There are Debipachi-san who can also disguise themselves…!”
The people there looked up at the black octopus and were speechless.
“W-what on earth is that monster!? Is it an exhibit as well?”
“But there are no giant octopuses in anime!?”
Kaori turned to Noah.
“Noah-san, let’s transform!”
“Leave it to me!”
Noah waved her wand vigorously──
“Oh no, my hair got tangled in the wand! Kaori-san, please untangle it!”
“Oh no, don’t move!”
Meanwhile, Debipachi reached out its tentacles at one of the visitors—a girl who stood frozen.
“Gyagyagya~!”
“What!? N-noooooooo!”
“Oh no, she’s in danger! Run!”
Miu, who had been watching, rushed over.
Miu pushed the girl away and escaped─but the tentacles wrapped around Miu.
“Kyaaaah!?”
“Miu-san!”
The twisting tentacles lifted Miu high into the air.
“Gyagyagya~~~!”
“Ugh…!”
“W-what is this…!”
“Run away!”
People scream, throwing away the food they bought from the stalls and running away.
Noah finally manages to untangle the wand and raises it.
“Phew, sorry, it’s okay now. Kaori-san, transform!”
“Yes!”
“”A sparkling seven-colored world! Perfect Pure Princess, dress up!””
With a burst of seven-colored light, the two of them then transformed into Papipuri.
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Dunno why, but magical girls tropes aren’t the most original way of publishing a klutz like Kaori
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