Chapter 9: Poor Miss Miku

"No problem." The boy standing before a gate with an orange halo turned back to reply to his Servant, then vanished into thin air.

Elsewhere, in a plaza somewhere in Tenku City.

The plaza was not very large, and so there were not many people within it. Only a sparse, bustling crowd passed through the square, laughing and chatting with one another, but they did not linger. They were merely passing by.

This was not only because the plaza was small. More importantly, there were no entertainment facilities or shops there. It was simply an open space with a few benches for passersby to rest on. Generally speaking, it was not the sort of place that attracted people.

Yet today, there were far more people in the plaza than usual. Large numbers of girls were heading purposefully in one direction, smiles spread across their faces as they happily chatted about something.

In their arms, they clutched unlit glow sticks and fans printed with someone's photograph as though they were priceless treasures. Even as they walked, they would occasionally glance at them, as if afraid they might suddenly disappear.

Anyone with even a little experience would recognize such a crowd as fans attending a celebrity's concert.

Yeah, and the crazed kind at that.

Miku Izayoi, an incredibly popular singer who had debuted half a year ago.

She possessed a beautiful voice known as an "auditory drug." With her overwhelmingly skilled singing, she had released several massively popular songs and had once become an internet sensation, even surpassing many veteran singers in popularity and spreading far and wide.

However, despite being so famous, this superstar singer had never appeared on television or in magazines, nor had she ever shown her true face in public. Even regarding idol activities, she only released CD