Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　That is, electronic keyboards and synthesizers.

　Just like the three guitar souls, they can also switch careers to become "accompaniment guitar" and "bass guitar" respectively.

　Not long ago, the band welcomed the addition of Drum Soul. This marked the beginning of the band's flourishing future.

　Everyone can say one thing—

　They said things like, "Our band is doing really well!"

　……

　Incidentally, apart from the piano soul, it feels like the entire band is female... at least judging from their voices.

　This left the piano enthusiast somewhat helpless, wondering if she should also become a woman and debut as part of an all-girl band, which would probably boost her popularity.

　After all, the hype is there.

　During a break from practicing chords, the guitarist began to ask the pianist, "I'm thinking about a question that's related to our band."

　what is the problem?

　In the silence of the piano spirit, the guitar spirit spoke up and asked, "What should we call our band?"

　Ah, well... it's not a very critical issue.

　But it is indeed a serious problem.

　However, the piano spirit didn't care much about this: "Isn't it fine to just pick any name?"

　"Let's call it KDA—Keyboard Drum Accordion. It has some local characteristics of the city, which is nice."

　Guitar Soul was clearly quite dissatisfied with the band name that Piano Soul casually mentioned: "How tacky! And why aren't there any other instruments?!"

　Both of them used to be bassists, then became guitarists, and later one of them went back to playing bass; they are both instrumental souls.

　Ugh, naming things is such a hassle.

　In short, the two younger brothers (or sisters) of the guitar enthusiast immediately chimed in to agree with their leader's point of view.

　"That's right!"

　"Savior!"

　That's true. It's not appropriate not to have other instrument names, so let's change it... Piano Soul has always been indifferent.

　"Then let's go with Heart Steel."

　These words sparked discontent among others, and even the drummer banged his drums to express his rejection.

　Guitar Soul was even more annoyed, complaining, "Even though you act like it's nothing, you still keep naming things around pianos and keyboards?!"

　The two younger sisters immediately chimed in—

　"Food and drinks ↗ ah ↑"

　"Ninety!"

　"..." But the Piano Soul genuinely didn't care about that, feeling somewhat speechless: "Whatever..."

　"But shouldn't we be more concerned about the songs themselves than what the band's name is?"

　When asked about the piano, the drummer replied in a rather cute voice, "Didn't Master Congyu provide the piece?"

　Yes, Cong Yu provided many popular songs for everyone to play. Although they were of different styles and not band songs, they were all quite pleasant to listen to.

　The song "Windy Little Tune" by WBX, which was frequently played in the 22nd Group bar, was also chosen for their debut performance.

　Of course, the tickets for the first official debut were basically all snapped up by people within the group...

　The livehouse chosen by everyone for their debut is also owned by the 22nd Group.

　If the response is good, they will leave the small venue and perform in a slightly larger venue.

　The tentative booking is for a recording studio owned by the Yuanan family, which is managed by Director Nagashima Utako... Yes, she's an acquaintance.

　If the response remains positive.

　Lady Congyu arranged for them beforehand to perform at the stadium under the Fuuto Magical Girl Agency... Yes, it's related again.

　Then came the performance by Central City.

　Ultimately, if they really become famous, then they'll be arranged to perform at Central City Stadium...

　That is, the legendary dream destination for all musicians—the place commonly known as the Central City Giant Egg.

　With a flood of resources and the help of professional musicians to compose lyrics and music, there's no guarantee it will be a hit...

　However, the chances of becoming famous are still very high.

　All I can say is that having too much backing is what happens.

　"That's true, sigh..."

　The piano spirit sighed and shook his head helplessly: "We have indeed gained a lot, but... it's a bit of a pity."

　"We anticipate gaining fame, money, self-sufficiency in all aspects, a powerful background, and a smooth-sailing future."

　"But it lacks the arguments, disputes, leaving the team, running away from home, requests to stay, conflicts arising from economic gains, and the troubles of composing lyrics and music..."

　"These are all essential things you have to experience to form a band. Without them, it's almost the same as not forming one at all."

　As he spoke so earnestly, the piano spirit sighed slightly. He was immediately met with a gaze that seemed to come from nothingness itself.

　what happened?

　"Piano Soul, it's fine if you say these things to us, but don't say them to other band members outside."

　"Otherwise, it will incur public wrath," said Bess Soul, offering a sincere warning.

　At that point, those band members will probably grab all sorts of instruments and smash Piano Soul's piano.

　Do you know what a "black hand" is?

　I've hit all the piano keys for you!

　Try to show off, I'll make you fly!

　"Ah...okay."

　Although I don't really understand, since everyone seems to think this way, I'll stop discussing it.

　I've decided that next time I go back to the bar, I'll bring up this topic with my quirky colleagues from the other bands that perform there.

　Sometimes, the piano soul really envies those bands that have no money, no power, no influence, no songs, and no fame... That's pure music!

　(A pure musician: I f*** your mother! I'm #%JPY...)

　Sensing that the topic was getting a bit off track, Guitar Soul quickly corrected it: "So, what should our band be called?"

　We've come full circle, back to the very beginning.

　"Yes, we're promoting the Wind City, right?"

　"Indeed...then let's add a place name to the band's name for now, tentatively 'Fengdu' (Windy City)."

　"Then, we are fantasy characters, a dreamlike team composed of soul instruments driven by magic."

　"A band that is both human and non-human?"

　"Then let's tentatively choose a name from a fantasy character in a fairy tale. Do you have any catchy and easy-to-remember band names?"

　"..."

　"Hey! It's decided, let's call it..."

　"Fengdu Alice Fantasy Orchestra".

　Chapter 767 Keep it up, big brother picking cotton!

　"abandon...A, B, A, N, D, O, N——"

　Nagashima Koki was memorizing English words, looking quite serious. However, anyone familiar with English dictionaries would clearly see the problem.

　Abandon is the first word in the dictionary.

　The rap king is giving me a headache... It's fine for me to come over for a vacation, but why do I need to memorize vocabulary words here?

　This is a place for singing, can you please stop memorizing words so rigidly? After all that time, you've only memorized the first word?

　Furthermore, in normal life, many words in dictionaries are not commonly used... If you are learning a foreign language, it is not appropriate to memorize vocabulary from a dictionary.

　"Stop reading it, stop reading it, you won't remember it like this."

　As the rap king said this, he covered his face with the sheet music to rest, troubled by Nagashima Koki's studies.

　It's not the learning process itself that's frustrating, but rather that Nagashima Koki's learning ability, learning style, and even her learning progress are all quite worrying.

　"Huh? Why can't I study yet?"

　Nagashima Koki's eyes widened immediately, her expression one of disbelief: "My mom would be all smiles if she saw me studying, so why are you doing the opposite, Black Uncle?"

　Is not this nonsensical?

　The rap king rolled his eyes and couldn't help but complain: "Does any normal parent have a problem with seeing their child studying?"

　From the perspective of a rap king and normal parents, parents naturally hope that their children will study hard.

　But it’s worth mentioning…

　“My father would object.”

　As she spoke, Nagashima Koki recounted her past experiences: "If he came home and saw me reading, he would drunkenly slap me twice... If I didn't escape quickly enough, I would get a severe beating."

　What? Such a thing exists?

　The rap king's eyes widened immediately, realizing that this was the legendary domestic violence... So there are drunken fathers like this in Japan too?

　With this in mind, the rap king immediately became serious.

　"Your father..."

　Before the rap king could finish speaking, Nagashima Koki spoke up first to explain: "Congyu-gege has already taken care of it."

　As she said this, Nagashima Koki chuckled and began to talk about her career plans... Yes, it was still the same career plan.

　I've mentioned it to Cong Yu before, talked about it with my mom, and discussed it with the boss, the doctor, and Xiao Ying.

　Now it's time to talk to Uncle Black and see if he supports us.

　Actually, I have a dream.

　Nagashima Koki began with a standard speech that most Americans would be familiar with, which startled the rap king.

　Is the next thing going to say something like, "The son of a former slave will be able to sit with the son of a former slave owner"?

　But clearly, the rap king guessed wrong.

　Xiaoxi Yongdao didn't plan to give any speech, but instead told the rap king about her dream of becoming a legendary horse hunter.

　The rap king was sweating bullets listening to it.

　Stop hunting, stop hunting.

　The term "black uncle" sounds a bit unsettling... wait, what black uncle?!

　He was clearly tanned!

　Thinking to himself that it was impossible, even he knew it was impossible, the rap king decided to stop thinking about the topic.

　Let your child memorize words if she wants to...

　It's much better than listening to her plan some kind of horse hunter career.

　Amidst these reflections, the rap king got up, took a bottle of cola from the refrigerator next to him, and adjusted his sunglasses.

　Before he could even say anything...

　Rap King had already realized that Nagashima Koki seemed to have stopped talking about her career plans and had inexplicably fallen silent.

　Turning his head, the rap king looked at Nagashima Koki behind him.

　.

　Then I saw Nagashima Koki's eyes, which were like a shattered kaleidoscope, layers upon layers of iridescent glass.

　Having switched to the "Eye of Yongdao" mode, Yongdao Xiaoxi looks around... it's unclear what she's looking at.

　"Boom-"