Alex looked at Sakuya quietly, urging her to go on.
"I got a question I wanted to ask. Is to say I'm curious about your motivation"
She continued without checking Alex's reaction.
''Why are you doing all of this when you could live one woman and be content, be powerful? Why burden yourself with accepting Maria's condition?''
Alex stayed silent for a moment before finally opening his mouth.
''Well, it's simply because I'm greedy, I'll have the best for myself, I'm that greedy, I don't mind few constraints because it's what I desire. I will accept any condition to achieve my goal. I'm staying true to myself that's all.''
Sakuya was shocked, she was silent for a moment before suddenly bursting into a peal of laughter.
''Yes! You're right, this is who it should be, it's why I've fallen for you, and that's why I'll do anything to help you with your ambition my love.'' Sakuya declared before the dream shattered and she was brought outside.
Sakuya was still in the lake but because she was overusing the miracle in it, the lake's water had become normal, therefore she quietly left.
Once on the shore, she got dressed before checking her status.
[Sakuya Mio Hishimiya]
Class: Magic Samurai
Age: 19
Female
Race: High Human
Rank 15 [Demigod]
Level 180
Experience Value:???/1M
Magic Power: 17000/17000
Magic: Wind/Dark/Space
Attack: 6100
Defense: 5200
Agility: 5800
Intelligence: 3000
Luck: 2000
BP: 0
SP: 0
Gift: Katana Kaze no Yoroich?
Skills: [Advanced Appraisal Level 8] [Language Comprehension] [Item box Level 6] [Kendo Level Max] [Swordsmanship Level Max] [Iaido Level Level 10] [Wind Art Level 10] [Flying Slash Level 5] [Presence Detection Level 10] [Dark Vision Level 2] [Niitoru Level 5] (Two-Handed Style) [Dimensional Art Level 7]
Special Abilities: [Dimensional Slash] [Shukuchi Level 10 Max] [Sword Intent Level 10 Max] [Space Mirror]
Titles: [Otherworlder] [Kendo Master] [ Yamato Nadeshiko ] [Kendo Fanatic] [S Queen] [Orc Slayer] [Swordmaster] [Goblin Slayer] [Orochi's Slayer] [Demon Slayer] [Sword Genius]
''Fufufu! Not bad my MP increased by 2000 and some of my stats as well. It's a great harvest if I'm honest. Let's go play with some monsters before the others woke up.'' Sakuya closed her status window before vanishing. Her blood was boiling and slaughtering monsters would be a good way to calm down.
In the meantime, the others were experiencing various dreams while their bodies were slowly absorbing the miracle water.
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Maria as well as having a dream, a peculiar one, one of her deepest desire she harbored when she was still young in high school, she wanted to be an idol, unfortunately, her father refused saying it was for her good but here she could accomplish this goal.
°°°
Morning, in a certain house somewhere in California.
Lying on the bed, Maria looked into the slowly brightening sky. It was a refreshing morning with chirping birds soaring through the sky. However, this failed to lift Maria's mood, she was still bedeviled by her emotions.
This wasn't a first for her.
The morning was the time when she has to get up and go to school.
She was bad at academics, really bad.
Aside from her voice and her background with few other talents, she had no other talents.
Including studying.
Why would she like to go to school under such a state?
With her current powers, it wouldn't be hard to change her grades. In school, she was also very popular, just like her other idol identity, she enjoyed the attention she got. She might be bad at studying but the popularity evened out the scale.
Forget about school, recent events have made her detest the idea of staying at home or even the stage she longed for in the past.
No, it was not due to her hatred for the stage or her house. Her heart and feelings are in disarray, that's why she lost interest in food and pretty much anything else.
This started a few days ago.
More accurately speaking, it started after a certain male escorted her to the gate of her Highschool college.
Maria couldn't pin down the exact reason she was so anxious. Her heart was as muddled as a muddy puddle after a rainy day. She couldn't decide how she felt about the outcome of her encounter. It was incredibly vexing for her to experience this turmoil.
"Ahhh!!!"
Maria used her blanket to cover herself. She shrieked.
"It's all that detestable man's fault! Men are dirty creatures. Just touching them felt suffocating, this is why I am so annoyed, I hate him!"
Maria's intoxicating voice echoed inside her blanket. She felt very annoyed.
"Ugh… I don't want to go to school…"
She threw away her blanket.
"No, staying at home will just frustrate me further. At least, when I am at school, cute toys are there with me!"
Maria bounced off her bed before she started changing.
She departed to her Highschool college, an all-girls high school.
"Maria!"
"Maria!"
"It's Maria!"
"Uwa! So beautiful!"
In a sailor uniform that is also this all-girls High's uniform. Maria walked while showering in the praise and attention given by the students along the way. She also started grinning as her stress slowly faded away.
As expected, coming here was the right choice.
She praised herself for doing this. She was feeling better now. She waved back at the girls who welcomed her like crazy fangirls.
Maria arrived at her classroom. Servant-like girls waited in an organized line near her seat.
If this was any other school, she would have been seen as a showoff, earning the disdain of other students. But, here, this was considered normal.
They are all her followers. They also know about Maria's true identity as an idol.
It was unknown if her fans are genuine fans or mind-controlled by Maria's shadow organization.
"Big sister Maria.''
A lady stood out as she addressed Maria respectfully.
"May I have some of your time my Lady?''
"Of course, I don't mind."
Maria looked out the window nonchalantly.
"What's the matter?"
"Today's fan-letter reading day!"
The girl could see Maria was not in a good mood. She brought out a huge box of letters.
"Do you want me to read them or would my Lady like to read it herself?"
"No need."
"I am not in the mood to read letters today. I am putting you girls in charge of the fan letters."
"Ah!"
The followers didn't expect this reaction from Maria.
Maria just debuted half a year ago. In this span of time, she transformed into a very popular rising star, easily climbing to the same level as long-established stars. Although her fans are all females, she still has a solid following.
Naturally, she gets fan letters on a regular basis.
She delegated the letters to her followers because it sounds like a chore to read letters every day. So, she picked a day out of the week to read all the letters. She never stopped this for anyone.
It was the first time her followers heard her saying she was not in the mood for fan letters.
"My Lady…"
The follower felt a bit troubled.
"Do you truly not want to read them?"
"No means no!"
In the past, Maria only slightly told her followers off, doing so with poise and elegance. However, her ruffled feathers caused her to raise her voice against her follower. This shocked the follower greatly.
Maria sighed before turning her head the other way.
"Just handle the letters for me"
"Okay!"
The follower backed away with her box of letters. Another student approached Maria.
"My Lady, there are some fans who requested a concert, what do you think?"
Maria was interested in the suggestion.
"This sentiment is shared by many fans?"
"It appears so, my lady…"
The follower was excited to see a positive reaction.
"My lady's concert got canceled due to an accident, right? All the fans said they wanted you to host another one."
"Concert canceled? They said it was an accident?"
A few days ago?
Wasn't that around the same time she met that man?
An accident?
The concert was going just fine until she fought that man. The subsequent attacks destroyed the venue and she also got taken away by that man.
Right, he said something about erasing the memories of her fans, right?
Was that the fake excuse they placed in the minds of her fans?
Her heart started going chaotic again when she recalled that guy's smiling face.
'Ugh, whatever, let's do another concert, it's probably a good change of pace.'
"Okay!"
Maria roamed her icy blue eyes over her fans.
"The concert is in three days' time. Spread the words through my official fan page, I will settle the rest."
"Understood, my Lady!"
Maria nodded. She was about to make arrangements for the concert when a piece of paper fell from her pocket. The paper landed on the floor.
Raising an eyebrow, she picked up the paper and her beautiful face stiffened.
The paper had a number on it.
'Call me when you need a supporter when you need a believer, even if you lost your voice, when you feel like singing, just ring me up.'
She recalled that memory subconsciously, her heart started racing.
Slowly, she took out her phone and started slowly tip the number written on it.
Maria was too immersed in this dream already, just because she wished to fulfill that unfilled dream of hers.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from f(r)eeweb(n)ovel.𝒄𝒐𝙢