I am a voice actor, not your emotional support

"Hey!~"

"teacher!"

At this time, Toru Uehara, who was sitting and drinking tea, looked a little surprised when he saw the three girls who suddenly rushed in.

Matsubo Yuuka, who was sitting in front of them, heard the noise and looked at them with a smile: "Please take a seat, we can chat together."

"Eh?"

Under the aura of the other young lady, everyone sat down, naturally sitting around Uehara Toru.

Sumire Uesaka still looked at Matsubodoni Setsuka with hostility.

Xuehua Matsubo just smiled at her friendlyly and introduced herself.

"Please rest assured, I just had a friendly chat with Uehara-san, nothing that you could call evil happened."

Uehara Toru touched Nina's head and smiled: "Are you so worried about me?"

Renai snorted and said nothing.

"Can everyone introduce themselves? Uehara-san is a very interesting person, so I would like to get to know you all."

Matsubo Yuka was very friendly, which gave them no reason to refuse.

After introducing herself, Matsubo Yukika showed a surprised expression.

"So Jingqin-san and Anhe-san are playing in a band? They are so young."

"What's wrong with being young? Don't look down on us." Rencai curled her lips and said.

"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I just think it's very interesting. Can you tell me the name of your band?"

"Thornless." Renai said the name with a look of pride.

"Okay, I'll make a note of that." Matsubo Yuka smiled slightly, then looked at Uehara Toru and Uesaka Sumire: "This is the first time I've learned about the job of voice actor today. I'm really happy that I can learn so many interesting things through communicating with you."

"Thank you again, and I'm sorry for taking up your precious time, Mr. Uehara."

Toru Uehara felt a little helpless about her overly polite attitude, but perhaps this was the basic quality of a young lady.

４If you think about it, Uesaka Sumire and Sakura Ayane can’t really be considered “young ladies”.

The gap is a bit far.

"Well, I'll take my leave here."

"See you."

"Okay, bye."

After watching the girl leave politely, An Hesuba couldn't help but sigh: "She is really a lady who is consistent in appearance and heart."

It was indeed well-educated, but too boring.”

q "Hey, brother Che, do you dislike it?"

Uehara Toru shook his head: "It's not dislike, it's just pure indifference."

When Sumire Uesaka heard these words, she immediately relaxed.

:To be honest, Toru Uehara has seen so many outstanding opposite sexes around her. In comparison, only the young lady just now gave her a feeling that she could not surpass. The distance between the two was like the distance between heaven and earth, and could not be touched at all.

If it were someone else, she felt that she might not lose.

And she is super confident about liking her teacher.

I can only say that fortunately, the teacher has no feelings for that woman.

……

Outside, Matsubo Yukika, who had already walked out slowly, looked at her good friend and maid.

"Sorry for the wait, Yukiko."

"Nothing, miss."

"I'm so tired, wearing a kimono and talking to people so seriously."

"You have worked hard."

"It's not that hard. Uehara-san is a very interesting person. It's just a pity that we are not destined to be together."

"That's right."

"Yukiko, I remember you liked the band a lot, right?"

"Hmm?" Yukiko looked at her young lady with some confusion.

Matsubo Yuuka smiled slightly and said, "Have you ever heard of the band Thorny Without Thorns?"

"...I have some impression of it. It's a rare girl band in Tokyo." Yukiko thought for a moment and replied.

"From Tokyo!"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Then... I should go to Tokyo to study. I think it's time to change my environment."

"But, Miss, the task of blind date ..."

Matsubo Yuka winked playfully: "Uehara-san is my best shield~"

Yukiko was speechless for a moment.

In the end, she could only leave one sentence in the cold air: "As expected of a young lady."

-

As Toru Uehara drove back home, he surprisingly felt that the thirty minutes of conversation was not so bad.

But who can say whether I can meet similar normal people in the future?

No matter what, I'm probably going to have a big fight with my dad when I go back tonight.

Hey.

It’s not as enjoyable as I originally thought.

After getting off the car, Uehara Toru thought of the award ceremony to be held in March next year, and there was a hint of anticipation in his eyes. ?

However, I have been in the industry for six years. If I win the Rookie Voice Actor Award (which can be won within five years of debut), will others think that this is a shady deal? (There are indeed quite a few such cases in real life.)

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time."

"Che, I won't stay with you tonight. I have to go back to see my grandma. I'll come to hang out with you guys tomorrow at noon. By the way, don't forget about the class reunion." After getting off the car, Xiaohua said hello to Uehara Che, and then left in a leisurely manner.

Uehara Toru said goodbye to her with a smile, opened the door to the entrance, and then saw Tsubaki Hime.

"Mom, where is that person?" asked Toru Uehara.

Chun Ji smiled and asked, "Xuehua, you have seen it, right?"

"Yeah... I've seen it."

"She's a good kid, and a rare beauty."

"Mom..." Uehara Toru's tone became more helpless.

"I know, I know, there are already many good girls around you, but in the future, when we reject others, we must have a good reason, don't you think?" Chun Ji winked at him playfully.

"I've received news from Xuehua. She said she's very satisfied with you and that you also have a good impression of her."

Uehara Toru frowned slightly.

"So, between our two families, it is assumed that you are now in the state of cultivating feelings and about to date. With this title, you don't need to deal with other blind dates." Tsubaki stepped forward and patted Uehara Toru's shoulder, raising an eyebrow.

"Xiao Che, you don't even trust your mother anymore?"

"So that means we are each other's shields?"

"Yes, I estimate that it should take three or four years. After three or four years, you should bring us a wife. By then, the dust will settle and this matter will be over."

8≈四'傘n＂务腫zＨUAＮｕN: Uehara Toru's expression finally relaxed.

"If that's the case, then there's really no problem."

"That……"

"Your dad is out doing something. Although you don't have to meet those beautiful girls, your dad still has to deal with a bunch of old men."

"He deserves it." Uehara Toru obviously would not sympathize with him because of such a thing.

"Ah, Nina-chan, Subaru-chan, Sumire-chan, why don't you go sit in the living room first? He and I have something to discuss."

Chunji stepped forward, took her son's hand, and said with a smile: "While your father is not around, I will take you to see something good."

"...?"

Although he was confused, he still followed his mother to his father's study. What he didn't expect was that there was another mystery in the study.

After taking a few books off the bookshelf, Tsubaki pressed a button inside. Then, accompanied by the sound of a mechanism moving, Toru Uehara saw an independent secret room.

Toru Uehara was somewhat surprised, but he still held himself together.

"When did you repair the things at home?"

"When you were two or three years old, your father had an idea and spent a lot of money to have someone build such a mechanism. Now it seems that it is not bad. At least it is not broken."

The corners of Uehara Toru's mouth twitched.

I think when this old guy played tricks on me all those years ago, he must have been secretly happy.

However, what was somewhat beyond his expectation was that there were no surveillance devices of his own inside, but a lot of books. All the textbooks he had used in elementary school, junior high school, and high school were piled here, as well as a large number of discarded notebooks.

"When you said you wanted to throw it away, your dad helped you take it out and throw it away, but in the end he couldn't bear to part with it and secretly took it back."

Uehara Toru: "Don't you say that it costs money to dispose of garbage?"

Chun Ji smiled and said, "Then you also know that our family is not short of money now. In short, your father still cherishes you very much, but he doesn't know how to express it, and his way is wrong."

Uehara Toru shook his head and didn't intend to respond.

Until he saw the various anime bds on a separate bookshelf.

He himself is very clear about what he has done in recent years. All the works he has participated in, even if he was just a supporting role in an animated work, are listed here.

Tsubaki noticed Uehara Toru's expression and explained, "Didn't your father quarrel with you at the beginning? After scolding you for half a year, he said, no, I must know what this brat is doing."

"Then I started using all my connections to find your whereabouts. After roughly confirming your whereabouts, I started to learn about your work."

"At first, he asked someone to bring back these discs, but after so many times, he felt embarrassed, so every time these animations came out for a season, he would cover himself tightly, wearing a big windbreaker, a hat and a mask, and then buy a large batch at one time to watch them."

"Your father has watched your performance, whether it was a minor role or the leading role later on, especially this one."

Tsubaki picked up the BD of Run with the Wind and said with a smile, "When your father finished watching the work in one go that day, he started crying like a little child and didn't allow me to watch it. He went out to calm down for a long time before coming back."

Uehara Toru lowered his head slightly: "It has nothing to do with me, it's because this work is excellent in the first place."

Hearing this, Tsubaki shook her head, walked forward and gently hugged Uehara Tetsu: "Then it's okay."

She could never forget the sound of Uehara Goki yelling happily in the study after watching The Wind Blows that day.

"I knew my son could do it. Damn it, you blind people finally hired him!?"

This father and son are really a pair with exactly the same personalities.

They have flaws, and they are big flaws, but they also have their own strengths that cannot be ignored.

Uehara Toru exhaled lightly, walked out of the study, went upstairs to take a hot shower, and then lay back on his long-unused bed.

He stared at the ceiling. The moonlight refracted through the window onto the chandelier, casting mottled shadows that reminded him of the past. This familiar ceiling had been the background for him to think about the future countless times alone, but now, he felt that everything had changed.

Perhaps, the first step to truly growing up is to learn to reconcile with your past self, he thought.

From then on, he decided that no matter what he pursued, it would be for himself, not for the expectations or eyes of others. With such relief in his heart, Uehara Toru couldn't help but feel an unprecedented peace.

Outside the window, the cold winter wind blew past, caressing the window glass and leaving a thin layer of frost on its surface. The warmth in the room gradually enveloped him, and he fell asleep peacefully with the sound of soft breathing.

-

On the 29th.

Toru Uehara still makes breakfast at home, and everything is no different from when he was in Kawasaki.

After serving breakfast to everyone, Toru Uehara glanced at the breakfast on another empty seat.

Tsubaki noticed his look and smiled, "You guys go out and have fun. I'll heat it up for him later."