"Hmm?" Mai Sakurajima's words seemed to surprise Honoka Kosaka and the others. Kotori Minami, who had grown accustomed to cleaning up after the leader's messes, hurriedly said, "Um, Mai-senpai, Honoka is used to being careless with her words. Please don't hold what she said against her. She absolutely didn't mean to..."
"What?" Looking at the baffled Honoka Kosaka and Nana, who was anxiously trying to explain, Mai Sakurajima smiled again. "This maid girl doesn't think I was angry just now, does she?"
"Huh?" Kotori Minami froze. After all, what Honoka had said could be called arrogant—or it could be taken as looking down on the other party...
"Honestly..." Mai Sakurajima shook her head. "Miss Maid, don't underestimate the professional standards of entertainers. If we got angry over something like that, then what would we do when facing fans' unreasonable demands and the like...?"
"Fans' unreasonable demands!?" The leader and the others, who did not yet have a single fan, were genuinely envious. After all, no matter how unreasonable the request was, they were still real fans. Unlike them...
"What kind of looks are those?" Seeing the dreamy light in the eyes of these girls, who had clearly missed the point, Mai Sakurajima's eye twitched. "Don't assume all fans are friendly. Some fans can be downright frightening—even dangerous..."
"D-Dangerous?" Before she could finish, Honoka Kosaka began to feel uneasy. Becoming a school idol had been a spur-of-the-moment idea of hers, and she had dragged Kotori and Umi into Muse as well. If anything happened to those two, she would never be able to forgive herself...
"How should I put this? Most dangers can be stopped by security or managers..." Mai Sakurajima did not try to hide it.
"Alright, alright..." Kotaro Katsura took the opportunity to speak up. "You don't need to