Chapter 76: Elf-san Backstage
"Excuse me!"
Top Chat: Whoa, he went in!
Top Chat: Elf-san really went in!
Top Chat: …Didn’t the doorknob just make a weird sound?
Top Chat: A necessary sacrifice.
"――We won’t get another chance! Damn it, what should we… huh? What is it, young lady? This is the dressing room, you can’t just come in here."
Behind the special stage stood a prefab shed. Inside, just as expected, was one female MC and five men in costumes.
"I came to help."
"…Help? And who might you be?"
"A passerby."
Top Chat: Elf-san lol
Top Chat: I mean, he’s not wrong lol
"Do you understand the situation, miss?"
"You’re short on manpower, right?"
"No. We’re short on actors who actually know the script. Regular manpower won’t do."
"Do you have a script or recording from a previous show? If I see it, I can manage."
"I appreciate the sentiment, but impossible things are still impossible."
"Mmm."
Top Chat: Ahh, that’s a problem.
Top Chat: We know Elf-san, so we’re assuming he can do it, but…
Top Chat: Their response is perfectly reasonable.
Top Chat: What now…
Top Chat: Elf-san, Elf-san, show them this!
"Mm."
"What’s this? …A video?"
Following chat’s instructions, I operated the laptop. A video played from the other day, when I’d been hanging out with Misora.
『Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!?』
"Here."
『Hyuh!?』
"Avoid the seam!"
『Scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary』
"Here."
『—Haaah! Scary scary scary scary scary!』
Top Chat: A highlight reel from the collab with Reverse God-sama.
Top Chat: Packed with screaming scenes!
Top Chat: It’s the fastest way to show off Elf-san’s memory and reflexes, but… surely you had something else? lol
"…This isn’t fake, right?"
"Mm."
"Alright. Show her the script and the recording!"
"Leader, are you sure?"
"There’s no realistic alternative. In that case, we have no choice but to believe."
"…Understood. I’ll steel myself."
I began watching the script and the video of the show that I’d received.
"Listen. This part is just the opening lines, so you won’t appear. Start watching from three minutes in."
"Got it."
"Also, around the thirteen-minute mark there’s a scene with no lines for about three minutes. You can skip that too."
"Mm."
Top Chat: Hmm, skip, skip, skip… still takes a while.
Top Chat: Hero shows last about thirty minutes.
Top Chat: Yikes, then the audience’s going to be waiting a lot, right?
"It’ll be fine."
Top Chat: Oh!
Top Chat: Is this… a song?
Top Chat: The theme song!
Top Chat: Huh? What about the accompaniment? Was there ever a version with just live singing?
"――Kyoka will buy us some time."
A baritone, powerful voice resounded.
It was a manly, deep, rich tone, singing lyrics praising courage and nobility, words that inspired trust.
"L-Leader! The one singing the theme song outside!"
"What? How’s that possible!? I didn’t hear the big guy was going to sing!"
"No, it’s not! I-Its a girl singing!"
"A girl, you say?"
Top Chat: Eh?
Top Chat: Isn’t that the big guy?
Top Chat: What’s going on!?
Top Chat: Elf-san, camera! Move the camera!
"Mm."
I aimed the camera outside, and there was――
"Fight! Your will shall protect the weak! Fight! Even if defeated, even if exhausted! The weak shall inherit that will!"
――Kyoka, still wearing her mask, was singing.
Top Chat: The mask lol
Top Chat: Take it off lol
Top Chat: Sure, it prevents identity exposure, but it could look a bit better lol
Top Chat: Even so… Kyoka-chan… what’s going on?
Top Chat: Elf-san, please explain!
"Kyoka’s… good at singing."
Top Chat: That one line explains everything!?
Top Chat: Close your eyes and it’s the big guy in his fifties, open them and it’s cute (estimated) Kyoka-chan.
Top Chat: My brain’s glitching.
Top Chat: Wow, I underestimated her because Kyoka-chan seemed so ordinary.
Top Chat: The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
"I am her brother, you know?"
Top Chat: That one line explains everything!?
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