Chapter 141
Fateful Competition — Part 3
TL: Daemon
ED: PuffyPyjamas
“Wooow! It’s quite cramped in here ♡”
It was Saturday, and Hiiragi-chan and I came to a karaoke in order to put in training for the Miss Contest .
Inside the dimly lit room, the display seemed weirdly bright .
“Sensei, you haven’t done karaoke before, right?”
“Ummm… Eheheh . Wait, it’s Haruksan right now!”
I never went during my high school days . I was considered a late bloomer as the first time I did go was during college .
However, it was a good thing that I went at that time .
“Ummm, Seiji-kun… what do I do with this…?”
Hiiragi-chan, who had immediately moved in front of the terminal, looked like she had a bunch of question marks floating above her head .
“You can use that to search for songs that you want to sing by inputting in the name of the song, artist, or keywords . ”
Hiiragi-chan blinked her eyes rapidly .
“amazing…! That’s like science fiction!”
“That’s an exaggeration . ”
“I mean, don’t you look at a book and enter in the number normally?”
That’s quite old! Hiiragi-chan’s knowledge of karaoke is like from the Showa era… If I say that though, she’ll get mad, so I’ll stay quiet .
“I guess for people who have never come before, the latest equipment may as well be the future . ”
“Seiji-kun, what are you going to sing?”
No, really, I think it’s great that I experienced this during college .
After bringing my girlfriend here, I won’t say that I’m too embarrassed to sing . If I do that, I might be thought of as a pretty pitiful man .
“Maybe the song from that rock band . It’s also the main theme song for an anime—”
If it’s this song, it should be considered pretty safe . There should be many people in the same generation that recognize it .
I would only go karaoke when I’m invited, but luckily, my singing ability is neither good nor bad . It’s not really a singing voice that warrants a round of applause, but it’s also not one that is so bad that it requires special consideration . The normal .
Hiiragi-chan seemed to be sparkling as she jumped towards me .
Her eyes were telling me that she wanted to listen .
“After this, Haruksan will be singing, okay? It’s training . ”
“Okaaay . ”
She rattled the maracas after picking them up with her hand .
I searched up the song name in the console, and sent in my input . The screen transitioned and the music intro came flowing out . Hiiragi-chan stared at me with fervent expectation as I continued to hold on to the mic .
I-it’s hard to sing like this…
Once the intro ended, colored characters displayed the lyrics . I matched it and sang along . Hiiragi-chan, who was next to me, matched her hands with my singing and shook the maracas . Without taking even 5 minutes, the song ended .
“Seiji-kun, you’re really good!”
Shashashashashashan! She’s super into those maracas .
“Well, you pretty much sing like that . ”
Taking a break, I took a sip of the juice that I ordered earlier from the drink server .
“What should I sing?”
“I think you should just sing a song you like . ”
“A song I like, a song I like…?”
Hiiragi-chan kept pressing on the console . Ah, maybe what she likes isn’t on there?
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“What should I sing if I don’t want to lose to Sanchan…”
I see . Just singing isn’t good enough for her .
A popular teacher singing a popular song that everyone knows really doesn’t have much impact . This is going to be karaoke for the Miss Contest . It will be judged . That’s why a song with impact would be better .
… Depending on your ability to sing though, it might leave a bad impression .
“Then, why don’t you start by picking something random?”
When I nodded, Hiiragi-chan operated the console . What she picked was a song that was popular during my middle school days . At this point in time, it would be about 2 or 3 years before .
Hiiragi-chan stood up with the mic in hand and started to sing .
“~~♪ ——! ——♪”
Just as I was wondering how good Hiiragi-chan’s singing ability was, Hiiragi-chan sounded quite good . With my level of singing I couldn’t really judge it .
That’s good, that’s good . However, with this, at worst, things will work out as long as the right song is picked .
——Ah, that’s right .
“Fuuu . How was it, Seiji-kun?”
I responded lightly with a “Uhh, yeah, it was good,” as I was picking the next song .
“Aah, you weren’t listening, were you!?”
The mic was still on so a sharp screeching sound rang out .
“I was listening, I was listening!”
“Really?”
Hiiragi-chan sat down, and since we were nice enough to have a private room without anyone else, she clung onto my arm . She placed her head on my shoulder and whispered to me, “It’s a nice cozy room ♡”
“Haruksan, your breasts…”
“You don’t like them touching you?”
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“…If I didn’t like it, I would have shook you off with my arm . ”
“Seiji-kun, you pervert ♡”
Which one of us is!?
Hiiragi-chan rolled around asking to be spoiled . Her mouth formed a shape like this ω . During that time, I picked a song from the console .
“Haruksan, do you want to try singing something like this?”
“It’s okay, but this is…?”
It has it’s risk, but if it catches on it’ll have a huge impact . If she could sing this well, then that risk will decrease . It’s quite a good idea by me .
Hiiragi-chan was fidgeting around with her cellphone when she let out a gasp of surprise .
“What’s wrong?”
“Natsumi and them are also at karaoke . ”
I heard that Sana and Natsumi-chan were also going to karaoke today, but I never thought we would overlap . We even purposely chose one that was 5 stations away from our nearest train station .
However, the chances of her chasing after us after looking at the GPS is pretty high .
With Natsumi-chan’s teasing power, it’s very possible .
I decided to have Hiiragi-chan practice the song that was chosen with the scoring mode on .
During this, I decided to go spying . After asking Natsumi-chan for their room number, I secretly peeked inside .
“Why are we just singing anime songs!?”
“It’s because Sana wants to sing that so it’s fine!!”
Pukuku, they’re fighting, they’re fighting .
“Eeeeeh… but that anime is the one that kids watch, right?”
“The Lightning King, Breig is an anime that not just children, but adults can also enjoy . If you don’t watch it, then you have no right to insult it . ”
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What? So she’s talking about Breig .
That’s right, Natsumi-chan . If you don’t watch it, then you have no right to insult it . The opening theme is super good, and is quite the work .
“I’m not insulting it at all . Hey, are you really going to sing this for the contest?”
“Is there a problem with that?”
“That might lose to Haru-chan, you know?”
“Ugugugu… B-but Sana doesn’t know any other songs…”
“A ballad, or maybe a more heartbreaking song . ”
“Breig’s song is super heartbreaking . Sana felt like she was going to cry part way through as she was watching the video . It’s such a moving scene!”
“Of course! You would be the only moved by this! I don’t care anymore!”
“Ah, you said it! Breig is amazing! I’ll make sure to give you a serious presentation about that next time!”
“Gosh, you’re already trying too hard on things that don’t matter!”
Well, leaving Breig aside, it doesn’t seem like things are going that well . I was hoping that the two of them would take this as a chance to get closer to each other .
When I returned to our room, Hiiragi-chan was busy passionately singing .
Once the song was finished, the scoring point total was revealed with a drumroll .
Don!
[94 Points!]
“Seiji-kun, look, you see!”
T-that’s amazing!?
Hiiragi-chan jumped around in pure joy .
There was no mistake in the song I chose . I feel bad for Sana, but we win with this . Gahaha!
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