A Stage for Two

Although it was her second time onstage, after several days of hard practice, there would definitely be no problem this time.

Zhou Mo clenched her fists, her eyes brimming with confidence.

Only...

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Directly ahead, the pink-haired girl held a pink microphone and raised her right hand high, stirring up the audience's emotions below. As she sang and danced, the girl's expressions, movements, and even the feelings she conveyed all seemed so perfect.

Watching the pink-haired girl move across the stage, Zhou Mo felt something stir within her for some reason.

"Sure enough, this is what an idol should look like."

Zhou Mo lowered her head and murmured softly.

"Molis."

The girl suddenly called her name.

Zhou Mo immediately looked up and met Xia Ya's gaze.

Smiling, the girl took her hand and said:

"Let's sing together."

"Ah? Okay."

Zhou Mo answered somewhat awkwardly and slowly stepped forward.

Seeing the hopeful looks the audience cast her way, Zhou Mo swallowed uneasily.

She let out a soft breath, gripped the microphone, and began to sing.

Unlike the pink-haired girl's lively voice, her melodious and ethereal singing rang across the stage, leaving the audience below stunned for a moment.

Xia Ya's singing followed close behind, and the duet between the two magical girls once again ignited the audience's excitement.

Below the stage, Ain stood behind the crowd, watching the two magical girls onstage with a touch of envy and longing in her heart.

"Mm... where is this?"

The blue-haired girl, who had been lying on the ground playing dead for quite some time, finally woke up. She looked around, spotted the scene ahead, and immediately cried out.

"Victory Stage! Ow!"

The moment she cried out, someone knocked her on the head.

Covering her head with both hands, she looked up and blinked at the black-haired girl with long straight hair before her.

"Luo Yin, why did you hit me?"

"You idiot, Lan Yue. Who told you to be so careless?"

The black-haired girl called Luo Yin snorted irritably.

Seeing that Luo Yin seemed a little angry, Lan Yue lowered her head and said timidly, "S-sorry..."

"It's good that you're okay."

At that moment, Luo Yin muttered quietly.

Lan Yue looked up at Luo Yin in confusion. "What?"

"Nothing."...

In an empty corner, Har trembled beside a wall.

That was because a white cat with crimson eyes sat crouched before it. Under the sunlight, the white cat's shadow completely enveloped it.

The white cat spoke expressionlessly:

"CP is a good thing."

"C-CP is a good thing..."

Though it had no idea why the other party had suddenly said that, Har still responded with a stammer.

It had never imagined that this great senior would appear here.

The white cat before it had already been active back when magical girls had yet to become idols, though Magical Idols themselves had existed for less than a decade.

Yet she had trained several top-tier magical girls and made outstanding contributions in the battles against the Abyss.

After becoming a fairy agent, she had even trained one of the Annual Top Ten Magical Girls. It was said that girl had been only one step away from the Hall of Fame.

However, after that magical girl failed and disappeared for unknown reasons, this senior had also vanished from public view for a time, and all the resources in her hands had been reclaimed by the company.

Still, even though Har had not been a fairy agent for long, it had long admired her reputation.

Could her appearance here mean that the silver-haired magical girl was connected to her?

Har's thoughts raced as it wondered why she had suddenly approached it.

"Let's work together."

Rabi suddenly said this to it.

"Y-yes, yes! Of course, we'll work together!"

Har agreed without a second thought, then immediately looked at Rabi in confusion.

"W-work together on what?"

"Pair Molis and Xia Ya up as a CP in front of their fans."

Rabi bluntly stated why she had come to it.

Hearing this, Har froze on the spot. Its tiny brain spun madly before it promptly nodded.

"Okay! No problem! Whatever you say, Senior!"

Wasn't this basically taking off?

Although this senior could no longer mobilize any of the company's resources, her status and experience as a gold-medal agent alone could bring enormous convenience.

If it could work with her, little Xia Ya would surely go much further.

"Boohoo, little Xia Ya, I hope you won't hate me."

Har felt a little guilty about selling Xia Ya out behind her back without getting her consent.

No, she probably would not have any objections.

Har suddenly recalled how proactive the pink-haired girl had been toward Molis recently. It seemed she had already wanted to pull Molis in.

Then it was fine.

Afterward, Har hesitantly asked:

"Um, Senior, why did you choose me and Xia Ya? For someone like you, even if you found a first-rate magical girl to make a CP with, she would agree, right?"

Rabi fell silent for a moment at the question. She turned to look at the heated scene onstage, where the pink-haired girl was leading the silver-haired girl through the performance.

"That child will become an important driving force."

Har did not understand what Rabi meant, but it did not continue asking.

Important people had important people's considerations. It only needed to seize this opportunity.

"Hehe, a wonderful future is waiting for me!"

After the Victory Stage performance ended, Zhou Mo was already thinking about how to slip away from here.

Next, Rabi and Har came before the two girls together.

The two girls and two fairies sat crouched atop the roof of a tall building somewhere, conspiring over some unspeakable scheme.

"You want Xia Ya to teach me stage training techniques?"

Zhou Mo blankly pointed at herself and asked the others.

"That's right."

The two fairies nodded in unison.

Rabi continued:

"After all, I'm only a fairy. I don't have direct experience with many of the finer details. It would be better to have an actual idol teach you personally."

"I don't have a problem with that."

Xia Ya suddenly cut in from the side, then looked at Zhou Mo.

"Although Miss Molis has extraordinary talent for singing, when it comes to body movements... well, she really still has quite a lot of room to improve."

"To become an outstanding idol, you cannot lack singing, dancing, facial expression management, atmosphere-building, stage control, and so on. So even though Molis has exceptional talent, she still needs to practice diligently."

Listening to Xia Ya's stream of chatter, Zhou Mo scratched her hair.

"Fine, fine, I'll agree already..."

After saying goodbye to Xia Ya and the others, Zhou Mo returned to school.

As she walked toward her classroom, she suddenly spotted a familiar short-haired girl sitting on a bench by the roadside.

The petite short-haired girl sat quietly on the bench, still holding a club recruitment sign. Her eyes stared ahead, while the stray lock of hair atop her head bobbed up and down.

The moment Zhou Mo saw her, her heart inexplicably tightened, and she cautiously tried to go around her.

"Hmm?"

But before she had taken more than a few steps, the girl suddenly turned to look at her and let out a soft sound of surprise.

Zhou Mo was startled again as she met the girl's pair of turquoise eyes.

After a moment, the girl did not speak, and Zhou Mo cautiously continued forward.

Just as Zhou Mo was about to move away from her, she suddenly heard the girl's voice.

The short-haired girl spoke softly:

"You worked hard."

Just those three words made Zhou Mo jolt in fright.

What the hell does that mean?!