Chapter 593 - Please Go Easy on Me

Despite the strange turn of events, the match was not called off, and I began to sing, microphone in hand.

A Small Story I didnt know that it was Kuros song, but I had heard Illness-san sing this.

Thanks to the impressive lyrics and Illness-sans great singing, I didnt get the lyrics wrong and was able to sing it reasonably well I think.

I wonder how I did? The voice that I hear and the voice that others hear are two different things, but at least, I think I got the pitch right.

I personally think I sang it pretty well b- but I wonder what everyone thinks?

Heeehhh~~ Kai-chan is a pretty good singer huh. He also looked kind of cool while singi wait, Shall-tan? What are you doing there? Why are you raising the red flag? Shall-tan, youre not part of the judges, okay?

Y- Yes, its just that Katio-san seems to have a good hearing, so he was able to match the pitch well. His voice was a little lacking in volume, but for an amateur, he did pretty well.

U- Unnn So, you wont put down that flag?

Fate-san sounds like shes perplexed. I guess that reaction was natural. As soon as I finished singing, Alice, who should have been my opponent, raised the red flag. What the heck is she doing?

W- Well, overall, his singing was a little better than average. However, ummm I guess you could say that I got the weakness from falling in love? His performance was filtered and

Unnn? In the end, what are you trying to say?

He looked so freaking cool earlier, you know!? It honestly made my heart skip a beat! This is impossible! Alice-chans maiden heart has already accepted defeat!

I- Is that so.

Her face blus.h.i.+ng red, Alice screams in desperation. W- What is this No, for me, I dont feel bad when I am being told that Im cool but this is strangely making me feel embarra.s.sed.

Fate-san, cant we just declare our defeat here?

Unnn. I mean, I had always been telling you that its fine for us to abstain from the first round but Shall-tan convinced me to sing seriously for the three rounds, and I won against Shallow Vernal-sama on the fourth round, so I couldnt cut corners to any other opponents. I was the one who wanted to abstain from the beginning.

I see Well then, the winner is! Kaito-san!!!

Yaaayyy~~ Kai-chaaaaaan! Its me! Support me!

They unexpectedly abstained!? Alice, who hadnt given up even though they had been defeated before the start of the match, unexpectedly gave up. No, I mean Think about the judges! Especially those who didnt raise their flags earlier! Didnt we just end up completely wasting their time!?

I- It would be great if they didnt get mad

Now then, as per usual, lets ask the judges what they thought of the Special Match!

What the heck is that idiot doing? Why the heck are you asking for their opinions when you messed up the match?

Well then, lets start from Symphonias King, Ryze-san! What are your thoughts!?

N- No, asking me for my thoughts That match just now is

Im going to tell the whole world that Symphonias king is a big pervert with a weird fetish, you know?

I think it was a battle worthy of being called a Special Match. Especially Miyama-kuns song, he was still rough around the edges, but I felt it s.h.i.+ne like the brightest of diamonds.

Yes, thank you very much!

She just nonchalantly threatened him!? Ryze-sans response too is extremely decent that it didnt sound like he was just threatened!?

And now, next is Archlesias Emperor, Chris-san!

It was a great battle between the two teams. With a one point difference against each other, my hands couldnt help but sweat, thinking who will win.

I see, thank you very much!

Chris-san, as calculating as usual, nonchalantly answered as if the match really occurred What the heck is this farce?

Alice then went on to ask each of their thoughts in turn, and when she had finished asking everyone, she returned to the stage.

Well then, as the Over-all Champion, Kaito-san, will now receive.. this trophy! We present this Gigantic Orichalcon Microphone!

Theres no point in making it from Orichalcon, right!? Also, this is so freaking huge! Moreover, its heavy!

As the trophy for winning, Alice handed me an Orichalcon Microphone thats about a meter tall.

I mean, this could totally be used as a mace now The Legendary Mace.

Now then, Id like to turn over the microphone back to Kuro-san.

Kaito-kun was pretty cool, wasnt he Now then, everyone! Now that weve got things heated up, I think its time to start the main event of the day!

The main event? What is it? The Karaoke Battle earlier was already an outrageous even due to its overwhelming number of partic.i.p.ants but Theres something prepared other than that?

Lets give Kaito-kun his birthday presents!!!

Arehh? This is strange? Birthday presents.. Hearing it should have made me excited, but what is this inexplicable anxiety Im feeling?

I kind of had this terrifying vision where a huge pile of stuff is being piled up in front of me

Dear Mom, Dad- N- No, no, everyone should only have one day to prepare, s- so they cant possibly prepare something too intricate, right? P- Perhaps, theyre just message cards or something like that? I would be extremely happy to receive one of those message cards, you know? Thats why, ummm- Please go easy on me.

~~ Extra: Alice and Fates exchange ~~

Alice : [Listen here, Fate-san. With Chronois-san and Life-san disgracing themselves like that, the rest of the G.o.ds wont do. If Fate-san were to abstain here, the reputation of the G.o.d Realm would be ruined and Shallow Vernal-samas reputation would be tarnished.]

Fate : [Eh? Seriously? Thats going to happen?]

Alice : [Yes. Definitely.]

Fate : [H- Hmmm Well then, how about (I seriously sing once?)]

Alice : [(That wont do. Please sing at least five songs.)]

Fate : [(Uweeehhh, thats troublesooooome Two songs.)]

Alice : [(Ill compromise here, four songs.)]

Under King : [is what happened back then. Well, Chronois-chan and Life-chan certainly did disgrace themselves a bit there but s.h.i.+ros singing was overwhelming, so I dont think they would hurt s.h.i.+ros reputation. I guess Shalltear just planned this out?]

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