big breath.

– Other than that, what are those “family issues”?

– Well, those are... The reason why I came to Little Garden. But why are you saying such a thing now?

*Ahahaha*, laughing, Emile took out the PDA from her pocket.

– It’s almost time to start the concert, so why don’t we put them in silent mode?

– Ah, you’re right.

Emile puts the PDA in silent mode.

Similarly, Hayato turned the PDA into silent mode and turned his line of sight to the stage again.

After all, this place is a stadium.

Unlike the?live?they watched before, the stage isn’t elaborate, it’s simple.

Since it’s still evening, they can hardly produce it with illumination.

They can’t imagine what kind of?live?it will be.

– Oh, looks like it’s starting.

A cheerful melody began to sound.

Excited cheering reverberates.

Naturally, they were starting to clap following the rhythm.

While everyone is waiting impatiently for the appearance of the Oriental Wizard, Kirishima Sakura appears from the wing of the stage.

Sakura doesn’t get affected with the cheers that become even bigger.

Waving with a dignified attitude in response to the cheering of the audience, she stood at the center of the stage.

The flowing music fades out.

– Hello!

Sakura shouts and 「Hello!」the voices return in unison from the audience seating.

– Hi, I’m Kirishima Sakura! I decided to do a?mini-live?today as a student of Little Garden and not as Kirishima “Oriental Wizard”?Sakura. Even though it’s a?mini, I am not going to let down everyone who came to see this, so treat us well!

Should it be said as expected of someone who is experienced?

With the influence of Sakura, the?voltage?of the venue goes up in one go.

– To everyone who came to Little Garden and everyone living in Little Garden, please enjoy and remember this day. Well then, without delay, the first song is——

Sakura aimed at the sky that is dyed in madder red and shouted, putting up the ore she held in her hand.

– Diva, descend!?HUNDRED ON!

The light emitted from the ore wraps up the body of Sakura.

What appeared from that light is Sakura who wore shrine maiden clothes and what flowed out is an?intro?of her representative song with Yamato as its motive.

Thereupon, something happened.

The atmosphere of the stadium changes instantaneously, the world has changed.

This is the ability of Kirishima “Oriental Wizard”?Sakura, it dominates the atmosphere of this place like this.

That is influenced by her Hundred——Fairy Fairy Tale, the production of the?liveand that she’s also a Variant.

However, Hayato of course understood that it’s not only that.

No, it seems that it was understood by everyone already.

The music she created. The voice overflowing from inside her body.

The way of doing that intonation, the gestures that reach till the fingertips and the tips of the toes from the top of the head.

A stage production using Hundred.

What is creating a sense of unity is the ability she possessed when she was born, and which is based on the results that she honed with effort——

And so, the audience is fascinated and captured by her.

They were invited not here but somewhere else, there they can spend a happy time.

(It’s truly amazing..)

He didn’t recognize it because she stayed too close lately, but she’s a pro among pros.

He wonders if Karen-chan can sing properly when bursting into the stage of such Sakura.

Is she going to be able to sing by herself and of course with Sakura?

His anxiety is unendurable.

That might be the same for Karen.

But, to Hayato who’s in the audience seating, he can only pray so that it turns out well.

Sakura finished singing two songs, then the turn for Karen to sing came at last.

– Next is the entry of a special guest. I think that everyone knows her, she’s a very popular person on the music pages of the?cyberspace?now.

When Sakura incited them on the stage, excited cheering arose from the audience seating.

– Everyone please welcomes her with applause. Well then, Kisaragi Karen-san, please come!

The venue is packed with applause.

Of course, both Hayato and Emile welcomed Karen with applause similarly to the other spectators.

While being showered with a lot of applause, Karen appears sitting in a wheelchair from the wing of the stage and held a mic in her hands.

As expected, she looks troubled with this situation.

Karen dyed her face red as she felt embarrassed, then stopped at the center of the stage and turned her eyes to the audience seating.

– Uh, umm..

The words of Karen were stopping completely with that much.

(Is she okay?)

While Hayato was worried, when Karen tried to speak again, a high-pitched sound stood up.

– Wawaaa!?

Karen shows confusion once again.

– Karen-chan. It’s okay, so calm down. Take a deep breath, a deep breath!

– Ah, yes. I understand!

Karen answers with a loud voice in contrast with Sakura who called out to her with a small voice from the side.

The venue is packed with laughter.

– Do your best!

The voice of support came flying too.

Karen responds to that.

– Ye-yes, I will do my b.. auh!

Reflexively lowering her head, she hit her head with the mic.

*Thud*, a dull sound resounds in the stadium.

– I- is she.. really okay, I wonder?

While Hayato smiles wryly, Karen took deep breaths once again.

It seems she was finally able to regain her composure.

– Nice to meet you, everyone. Karen is, no, that’s not it, I am.. Kisaragi Karen.

First is, her greeting.

The venue falls completely silent and listens carefully the words of Karen.

During that time, she started talking about her own circumstances.

She contracted an unknown disease that started to prevail on and after the?First Attack, her body was weak from a very young age and became confined.

The?Second Attack?occurred during her stay in Gudenburg, where she lost her parents.

Thereupon, she met Sakura for a moment.

After that she returned to Yamato and lived with her older brother in an orphanage.

Then she got to know that her older brother had the ability of the Slayers and was able to receive cutting edge medical treatment in Little Garden.

Moreover, she was able to see her admired Sakura there, and that’s how she became able to stand in this place like this.

There were a lot of difficulties, but thanks to the support of the people around her, to everyone who passed time with her at the orphanage, to her friend with whom she was together at the hospital of Yamato and who’s also watching this relay broadcasting, she can sing with happiness in this way.

And of course, all those who took care of her in Little Garden and expected to watch her standing here.

– That’s why Karen.. no, I intend to return the favor to a lot of people who have supported me so far——and like Sakura-san, I would like to be a person who can give courage to those with the same circumstances as me. I will sing, putting into it such feelings——

Karen gets up from the wheelchair and shouted, putting up the Hundred in the sky.

– This is the first step towards my dreams——Sacred Amulet?HUNDRED ON!

In the security HQ aka briefing room of Little Garden that operates the security of the founding festival, Claire was watching attentively the state of the?live concert?of Karen, watching the live video displayed on the floating monitor placed before her eyes.

– I am glad that Karen-san got this better by coming to Little Garden.

– I think so too desuwane.

There’s a boy who’s the escort of Claire and that is managing the security in this place with her——he’s Chris Steinbelt, a middle school second-year student who belongs to the intelligence department. Claire smiled happily.

– Even though Kisaragi Hayato is still a first-year student, he has been constantly dealing with hardships desumono. If this became one of the repayments of kindness, then that is the best desuwa.

Both Claire and Chris kept listening to the song of Karen.

That song that Hayato listened in the hospital room.

Kirishima Sakura wrote music notes for Kisaragi Karen, it’s an up-tempo number.

– Ah, Claire-sama.

– What is it, Chris? If it’s a conversation, then leave it after this song is over..

Making a tantrum like a child, Claire pouts her lips.

She just wants to listen to Karen’s song now.

She said so with that attitude.

– I am sorry... But since 《LiZA》showed a reaction, I thought that it would be better if I reported it to you——

– .. I will confirm it now masuwa.

Claire taps the keyboard in front of her and changed the live video from full screen to window mode and connected to《LiZA》.

——It’s a wonderful song.

In the opened window, the message of that line was written.

– Apparently the song of the little sister of Kisaragi Hayato is also the favorite of《LiZA》desuwane.

When Claire slips out a smile, the sound of an alarm sounded all of a sudden in the room and the red lamp installed on the ceiling of the room began to rotate.

– What is happening this time desuno!?

Claire shouts as the room turns red.

Next, one of the students of the intelligence department raised his voice.

– An unidentified ship is rapidly approaching Little Garden! At this rate, it will collide with us!

– What did you say!?