Chapter 2253: Miyama Kaito's Birthday Celebration Party Continues

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When I received the birthday present from Anima, it just so happened that the second act of the hidden talent show was about to begin. As I turned my gaze toward the stage There stood Kaori-san and Akane-san.

That was certainly an unexpected pair of participants. From the looks of it, Kaori-san was completely flustered, while Akane-san seemed rather relaxed. I guess Akane-san mustve dragged her into this.

Because I was seated fairly close to the stage, and the area happened to be relatively quiet at the time, I could hear the voices of the two on stage.

[A- Akane-san, I really am incredibly nervous. I mean, were right after that amazing sculpture act]

[Dont worry about it. Embarrassment in a setting like this is the kind you just throw away and forget. Even if you mess up, people will forget, and if they dont, well, itll make for a funny story later. On top of that, its a chance to get noticed by the bigwigs for free, and theres even a shot at prize money. Its totally worth giving it a go.]

As expected, it looked like Akane-san was the one who brought Kaori-san along. Akane-san was pretty shrewd well, she was the head of a merchant guild. She likely figured that getting noticed by the kind of people who gather at these parties would eventually turn into a business opportunity.

Kaori-san, on the other hand, definitely didnt seem like the type whod want to put herself out there like that, so it had to be Akane-san leading the charge. Still, rather than entering solo, she chose to perform with Kaori-san, which meant whatever act they were going to perform must require Kaori-sans abilities.

Now then, the next entry is a duo of Hero Actors, Kaori-san and Akane-san!

Ah~~ yeah, I think Ive seen them before. Wasnt Kaorin the Hero Actor for that time before the last? Akanen was from even earlier, right? But Im pretty sure they were both summoned as Hero Actors the years Archlesia Empire was in charge.

Oh? Its rare for you to remember the Hero Actors, Fate-san.

Hey, Ive got a good memory! Once I see a face, I dont forget it. I just dont recall them unless Im interested but lately, Ive been trying to pay more attention to the people around Kai-chan, so its getting better~~

Fate-sans growth was really something. Ever since what happened with Mom and Dad, she seemed to have naturally started taking an interest in the people connected to me, without having to force it.

Knowing what she struggled with back then, it made me quietly happy to see how far shed come.

As I was thinking that, Akane-san stepped up to the Loudspeaker Magic Tool on the stage and began to speak.

Thank you for the kind introduction. Were the duo of Akane and Kaori, here to show off a little hidden talent. Honestly, after that incredible performance by Founder-sama earlier, were feeling super intimidated, but wed be grateful if you could just watch with the kind of indulgence youd show a childs school play. That said, Im mostly just here to help, Kaoris doing the real work.

P- Pleased to meet you.

I really wish shed calm down a bit more, but oh well Right, this here is Kaori. She might look like an adorable little puppy at first glance, but shes actually an amazing Water Magic user. And today, wed like to give you a glimpse of that.

Kaori-san looked visibly tense, while Akane-san remained composed and explained things in a relaxed tone. After that, she put on a headband, with what looked like an apple no, a ripple fruit fixed to it, then stepped away from Kaori-san.

Wait, is this that thing? Are they going to do one of those shoot the apple off the head tricks with magic?

Akane-san, why do you even have a headband like that? I mean, a headband that can fix a ripple to your head?

Ah, this? I got it at Hydra Kingdoms Founding Festival. Believe it or not, its actually a magic tool. Just placing a ripple on it keeps it from falling off, pretty neat, right?

Thats way too niche

Ah, right, that was one of Alices gag inventions. If you wore that headband, anything placed on top of your head wouldnt fall off. It seemed like it might have some use, so no real application came to mind but Akane-san actually bought one of those, huh

Well, as you can probably imagine, Kaoris going to use Water Magic to shoot the ripple off my head from a distance Shes super nervous but youll be fine, right, Kaori?

Akane-san, just to be safe, shouldnt you be wearing full-body armor?

Can you not say stuff that makes me more nervous!? Even if you miss, just dont hit me, okay!?

I couldnt help but chuckle at their comedy-like exchange. Of course, I was sure they had some safety measures in place. Besides, Kaori-san didnt sound like she was actually panicking, so this was probably a rehearsed part of their act.

After their back-and-forth, Kaori-san overlapped her index fingers and thumbs to form a square, aiming it at Akane-san. Then, a blue, laser-like stream of water shot from Kaori-sans hands and cleanly pierced through the center of the ripple.

But that wasnt all. She released her finger formation and then extended both hands toward Akane-san, firing much thinner water lasers from all ten fingers, and began to manipulate them delicately.

Ten streams of water moved in intricate patterns, a visually striking display and when it ended, what remained on Akane-sans head was a ripple carved into the shape of a somewhat cutesy rabbit. Applause echoed through the venue.

T- Thank goodness it worked out

Yeah, well, I didnt take it splashing all over my head into consideration My hairs totally soaked

Serious-senpai: [Come to think of it, when she hit her nose before, she attached just a small water orb to the tip of it and kept it there while casually talking with Kaito, so she must really be good at precise magic control]

? ? ? : [Well, compressing water and firing it like a water cutter already requires a pretty high level of mana control to begin with.]