Eternal Saṃsāra: The Wanderer of Worlds [14] Charizzma (1)

[14] Charizzma (1)

Chapter 14: Charizzma (1)

—

Ruby wanted to be an Idol, and her mama had given her permission for it. However, she also proposed a challenge for her to overco, it was a test. Ruby had to recruit two other girls for her idol team, and she couldn't reveal her real identity as the Ai's daughter for leverage.

Naturally, the first person she asked was none other than Tsubasa.

"Hey, Tsubasa~ beco an Idol with !"

However, her request was promptly shut down. "Don't be ridiculous, I am studying to take on the job of my father, the president of an agency. I will most likely be taking care of your career in the future, why are you asking to beco an Idol with you?"

"Um..." Ruby had nothing to add to that.

This conversation took place when they just left their ho for school, so Ruby didn't feel too down. She decided to ask so others to join her.

Sadly, when she asked Minami about it, she was once again rejected. However, her friend was a lot gentler about it than Tsubasa. In the end, she didn't even go to et Aqua during lunch break, because she was busy thinking about who else she could ask to beco an idol with her.

With no choice left, she had the audacity to ssage Aqua mid-class to ask him for ideas. He wasn't going to help at first, but after her pleading and apologizing, he told her to try her luck on Kana Arima.

She was unsure at first but decided to go through it in the end. She caught up with Tsubasa after school ended, while Aqua bid them farewell to go to her shooting thing, sothing that still amazed Ruby, as she asked Tsubasa to help her approach Kana.

"Tsubasa nee-chan! Co on, help with this!" After her sugar-coated words and cute calls, Tsubasa hesitantly agreed.

The two of them hunted down Kana and confronted her. But instead of proposing the idea to her directly, she did sothing odd.

"Hey, Loli-Senpai!"

Once Ruby spotted her walking, she called from afar, making Kana flinch as people looked. Tsubasa sighed and followed after.

"It's y-you again, what do you want?"

"Loli-Senpai, do you want to co to our house?" Well, she was going to take her to Tsubasa's house, but it counted. "We are gonna watch the first episode of Aqua's new drama, will you join us?"

The plan was to show her that Tsubasa was the daughter of the super-famous Strawberry Productions, and then Ruby would reveal the deal to her. Though it was true that they were going to watch the first episode of Aqua's drama first.

Kana Arima looked flabbergasted, as Ruby had expected, and agreed to co along with a long stutter.

"W-w-why's he acting all of a sudden? Didn't he say he stopped acting?! What is this situation?! F-f-fine, I'll co along, I am just c-c-curious what sort of masterpiece made him return to this path."

The face she made when Ruby told her about the Dating Reality Show was pure entertainnt, it was so priceless that Ruby couldn't help but take a picture.

* * *

* *

*

The filming range was in a neighboring town; it took half an hour by Uber to reach here. Two days per week, there is a shooting. It's right after school because the drama's plot is like that, where a bunch of high school students hang around together after their classes end.

Soon, I reached my destination, my Uber stopped outside Rinshi-no-mori Park. It was a park of greenery, tall trees, and soil pathways. It's a nature park, and it slled nice.

I paid the driver and walked towards the gate. I was a bit surprised to find soone especially waiting for at the gate, as he lit up in recognition when I walked forward.

I recognized him, I heard his na a lot of tis from Ai and had done a bit of research on him before out of pure curiosity. It was the producer, Masaya Kaburagi.

"Ah, you're finally here." The man had a cigarette on his lips as he spoke, looking at from up and down. "Ai sent your photo, but in the day of Photoshop, we can never be sure of pictures. Though it looks like I got it reversed in your case, you look better in person than in the pictures."

I'd have questioned his sexual preferences but I decided he won't laugh, so I just gave a nod. "Thanks, I try to stay in shape."

"Mhm, follow . Let's talk while we walk to the set." He said and began to walk into the park, and I followed. "It's rare to see Ai recomnd soone, though. What's your relationship with her?"

"I don't think it'd be a good idea for to say it if she didn't herself," I followed.

"Fair, fair." He turned to take another look at my face.

If I wasn't bigger and more muscular than the original tiline Aqua, he might have guessed my identity. However, now it'd be hard to connect Ai and together.

He continued walking. "The Beginning of My Love With An Idol, that's the na of the show. I won't be surprised if you don't know that, though don't worry, you're already a good actor in my head, even if you didn't appear in any show. Since you were recomnded by the best, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt until you prove to be a bad choice."

"Quite a harsh language to use on a fifteen-year-old," I told him, and my tone made sure that I didn't take it to heart. "What's the limit of 'entertainnt' here, by the way? Is it all right if things were to develop in ways where two parties kiss in the first episode?"

I wanted to be sure because I can't be sure what I will do once the cara rolls. The producer took another look at before letting out a chuckle.

"It's not recomnded, but it's not banned either. It's just, we promote the tension that accumulates between the characters over the episodes. But if soone kisses soone in the first episode, they're passed as couples right away. So the tension is less between them. However, as this is a dating 'reality' show, which doesn't have any scripts, you are free to do anything you want. Ah, nudity isn't any good though." The producer kindly explained.

That's good to know. Usually, kiss scenes happened in the last episode, so if I were to boldly kiss a girl in the first episode, I'll basically be tied to her unless so crazy drama went off later.

"Now, we are here." The producer stopped on his steps, and I did too.

We were behind a cara crew, while a bunch of kids were in the front, talking and taking test shots. The kids stopped when we approached and turned to , I could see their expressions shift as they saw . There were seven people in total, with four girls and three guys. An uneven number; as today was the first day of the shooting, my joining now ant I have replaced soone who was already chosen previously.

"Everybody, this is our last guy. Na's Aquamarine Hoshino, Age-15, First-Year at High School."

The producer said, making the majority of the actors and actresses blink at my na. What are these kids looking at?

"And Aqua, these are..."

After that, the producer gave a brief of my fellow actors and actresses. I was unsure how this would go, since they seed to have a bad impression of from the start, taking for soone with nepotism.

Let's talk about the guys first. Starting from the youngest, it's a guy called Sen Kaibara, Singer, High School 1st Year. Next was Nobuyuki Kunand, a Dancer, High School 2nd Year. After that, it was Morimoto Kengo, Band mber, High School 3rd Year.

They gave mixed looks that I didn't take to heart, I could understand why so might have a bad impression of given the context.

Next were the girls. First was Yuki Sumi, Fashion Model, High School 1st Year. She was weird. There was an odd aura around her, similar to my school's principal. She... had made a deal with a devil.

Next, it was the main girl of the series, Akane Kurokawa, Actress, High School 2nd Year. She was fine as I rembered, though nervous and flustered. Our eyes t, and she did a little how. She's adorable.

The next one was... also interesting. If Yuki had made a deal with a devil, this girl was a devil. m-Cho, YouTuber, self-proclaid 3rd Year High School. She dressed like a devil in the ani, but in this world, she really was the real deal. Half-Devil, to be precise, from what I read on her aura.

The last one was another interesting one. I was a bit surprised, why were three out of the four girls magical? The 4th in particular surprised the most because I recognized her, she's the main girl from another ani.

With glossy black hair that danced with the wind, I recalled she was an actress in her ani. She was in her third year of high school, too. Mai Sakurajima, Actress, High School 3rd Year. Based on how my Copper Sight noted the translucent rabbit ears on her head, it really was the Bunny Girl Senpai.

Spoiler