The Girl Who Skips Class

"Emilia did very well wearing those elf ears."

"She might become an excellent singer if she's trained."

"If Mai were a singer, she might actually be able to catch up to her."

Those words had all been said by Mai Sakurajima's mother, Ms. Sakurajima.

??

Oreki looked over.

Because—

Did he know this mother of Mai-senpai?

Ms. Sakurajima was already there at the venue, standing backstage as well.

But her words carried a hint of complaint.

At the same time, they were very realistic. And that was probably the world of adults.

Oreki didn't respond to her, but he knew Ms. Sakurajima was complaining that he had given Emilia an opportunity.

It sounded a little cruel, but people in the industry... basically... didn't help each other.

"Speaking of which."

Oreki looked at the reward for the Side Quest he had just completed.

[Task Supplement Card: Can provide some hints for difficult-to-handle tasks.]

And among the Main Quest he had received, three blank spaces had appeared.

In other words, he had to write down the names of three newly integrated worlds.

But right now, the only one he could confirm was Re:Zero.

Then he felt that the name Sakura Troupe sounded like something he had heard somewhere before.

But he couldn't think of it for the moment.

So perhaps he could get some information from Ms. Sakurajima.

"Do you know anything about Sakura Troupe?" Oreki said.

"Sakura Troupe?" Ms. Sakurajima looked over. "A group packaged by some second-rate company. They're not even as good as Sweet Bullet."

Sweet Bullet was the idol group that Mai's half-sister was in.

They were only at the underground-idol level, and compared with Mai, they were no match at all.

But this Ms. Sakurajima still—

Clearly, the reason Mai-senpai had become an idol when she was