- Sirzechs -
They wanted to go forward but the road was blocked by fans so they decided to wait on the side and wait for her to come out.
"That was so cool!" Rias said, looking towards the stage with sparkling eyes. "I didn't know Lady Leviathan could sing that well." She asked Sona, who was looking awed too.
"I… I didn't know she could sing that well either." Sona replied.
"I can play the piano too, you know, Ria-tan." He added.
"But you are not a rockstar. Lady Serafall was totally like a rockstar today."
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While he was depressed, the girls talked about the performance.
But even after waiting for over an hour and a half, Serafall didn't return.
He looked at Grayfia and asked her to check while he carried Milicas with him.
Grayfia returned after a while, with an odd look on her face.
"What happened?"
"She... the lead singer, Sara... left. It looked like they were in a hurry. I was just able to catch a glimpse of her flying away in a hurry."
"Oh… maybe she got some call about the meeting or something? There is no way she wouldn't have come to meet Sona. Don't disturb her in that case."
"Hmm."
"Still Sara… couldn't she choose a more original stage name?" He smiled lightly.
"It's far better than Magical Girl Levia-tan, in my opinion."
"Ahahahaha yes. Yes, that it is." Even now, there were several old devils who got pissed by that name. "Let's go back. We can talk to her later."
"Hmm." With that, all of them left for their hotel.
- Ainz -
"Holy shit, Silas can sing!" Rimuru exclaimed as he looked at the stage in shock. He didn't say anything but even he was similarly shocked by the performance.
They had originally just intended to prank and embarrass him a bit but, like Rimuru said… holy shit!
It had all begun when Rimuru found out from Milim that Archdaemons can shapeshift into any gender. That, with Silas' joke on them, had given birth to the idea, which he had then shared with him.
Fair to say, Ainz was onboard with the idea immediately.
It was to remove Silas' greatest advantage on them, which he always used to get back at them when losing an argument.
Step by step, they had planned everything, even taking Saitama in the mix to make things perfect.
They only wanted him to go on stage and sing crappily for a while and then Yuri would have taken over and completed the show, making the whole thing seem like a comedy sketch of sorts. The video of this incident would forever become the item that sealed Silas' greatest weapon against them.
No one, not even the Pleiades, knew of his identity and Ainz had cast enough spells on the costume to mask his energy and scent so that no one would be able to identify him. For everyone else, he would be a singer named Sara, whom Silas had hired.
As for how Silas explained anything, that was on him.
It was a full-proof plan... Or, at least that was how it was supposed to be.
"This song is kinda nice." Saitama replied as he moved his head to the beat.
Of course it was. He had given a drive containing these songs to Silas. It was the opening theme for the movie on Yggdrasill in his world, as well as some famous tracks from other anime.
And now, he was setting the stage on fire with the same songs.
When the performance ended, they were pushed aside by the crowd of mad fans.
They found themselves a quieter corner and waited for Silas' return.
"What the hell! It's like he is a secret idol or something." Rimuru commented, and he wasn't wrong. Even in his world, he would wipe the floor with any idols alive.
"Hmm, that's great talent. I think I have my favourite idol right there." Saitama agreed.
"Umm, should we?..." Rimuru hesitated.
"Hmm?"
"Do you think he would agree to sing tomorrow and the day after too?" Rimuru asked.
"He will kill you if you even suggest something like that... or at least feed you something to give you lifelong constipation." Ainz replied blandly.
"Umm… I just got some information from Shion and the sales of the manga in our stall have increased by three times after the performance and are still rising."
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"Three times?"
"Yeah, three times and still rising."
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"The parchment won't work anymore."
"Tch."
"Think of something else then."
And with that, they began to think.
- Serafall -
"What are you talking about?" She asked, confused by their words. "I didn't go anywhere to sing. I am the Magical Girl Levia-tan, not some Goth Girl Sara. That's like day and night."
"Onee-sama… you don't have to pretend. It was a good performance."
"Hah! What performance? What do you mean by that? I was working the whole day!"
She was really working all day today. Running around to make sure that all the leaders of the nearby factions come by for tomorrow's meeting.
Who were they talking about? She was really confused.
"I think you were awesome too, Lady Leviathan. You are my favourite idol now." Rias said too, leaving her even more confused.
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What?
Are these people trying to pull a group prank on her?
She looked at Sirzechs who was looking at her with a resigned look, while Grayfia was giving her the same deadpan look… no… it was an even higher version of her usual deadpan look.
If her normal deadpan look was level 1, then this was level 5... or 8.
"Well, let her go if she doesn't want to. Maybe she wants to do a Secret Idol roleplay or something like that." Sirzechs said.
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Secret idol, your mother... what is going on with them?
"Okay, okay, hold on and back up for a moment. Why do you all think I was performing as some goth girl… Sara, was it?" She asked.
Rias brought out her camera and passed it over to her.
She narrowed her eyes but checked the camera nonetheless.
Very soon her eyes widened as she saw the figure in the pictures.
What… the… hell?!
Who is this?
Who is pretending to be her?
"This is not me." She said, looking seriously at Sirzechs, who realised her serious face too and frowned.
"It was a devil as Grayfia saw her flying away after the show."
"Do you think it could be someone pretending to be you to cause trouble?" Grayfia asked.
"…yes… that could be true. But that doesn't make any sense. Why would someone like that go out and reveal themselves in an open concert like that, especially when I am meeting with other leaders? It could be something else. Do you know where she went?"
"...ughh… I thought it was you and you were probably going for some work so I didn't follow her." Sirzechs winced.
"Hmm, troublesome. Do you know the group she was performing for? We could ask them and get her address."
"Well… I don't remember the exact name."
"The Crossroads." So-tan added, helpfully. "They were called 'The Crossroads'."
"Great. As expected of my adorable So-tan. Then we just need to find that group and ask around."
"You are right. It is a Comiket after all. Maybe someone was cosplaying as you." Sirzechs shrugged.
"Then why would they not play as Magical Girl Levia-tan?"
"I think…" Sona spoke hesitantly.
"Hmm?"
"I thought she was really great."
"Eh! What do you mean, So-tan? How could a fake be better than the real deal? She was just a fake, alright?"
"But her songs were great." Sona shrugged.
"Noooo! Sirzechs, I must find out who this fake is who wants to steal my So-tan away from me."
"Ahahahaha… well. Tomorrow we have an important meeting. We can go there after that and ask around."
"Yes. Tomorrow then, for sure."
- Kisuke -
He looked at the girl in front of him, bowing deeply, awaiting his permission.
Tatsuki Arisugawa.
If he was honest, he didn't want to let her keep her memories, but the kids were too insistent, and the girl had somehow developed a certain level of spiritual pressure, maybe due to her two previous encounters with Hollows or perhaps after being in contact with Silas?
Even the other girl, Orihime, had developed decent levels of spiritual pressure. He had wanted to check the effect Silas had on normal people of his world so he had sent Orihime there.
Thankfully, it seems that apart from the increased spiritual pressure, there were no changes in her.
He had not interfered because he had noticed that normal people, even some spiritually aware people, didn't even recognise his Restaurant let alone enter it.
This was something confirmed by Silas too.
So if Tatsuki Arisugawa was able to enter the Restaurant that meant that she fulfilled some kind of criteria.
That's why Kisuke wanted to observe her.
Now however…
"I know of your worries, Arisugawa-san but the work that they do... is quite dangerous. I am afraid it's not something normal people can do."
The girl, however, raised her head quickly. "I know that. But I can do that too." She then unexpectedly summoned something he had been researching nowadays.
"Are those…"
"These are called Devices."
"Oh, I know what they are called." He replied, even as he walked forward and checked the gloves. "The main question is how you got them. Although I still have some ideas, could you please help me confirm it?"
"I... requested Evans-san for help."
"Silas-kun hmm. Well, there is nothing I can do then. Although it seems I will have to ask him not to casually give out such things to anyone. What else did he say?"
"Umm… he said that he can only help me awaken these but you can help me train and develop them. Also, there was something about asking for your permission to cut some chains or not."
"Oh… so he didn't cut them. Good then. Since it's already done, then I guess we don't have a choice, do we?" He shrugged. "Let's start with your Device's ability first."
"My device… It increases my base stats for every punch I land on someone. The longer the combo, the greater the increase. I don't know anything else about it."
"Oh, that's... interesting, I suppose." It seemed quite similar to Ikki's ability. What about the limits? What is the maximum increase you can get?"
"I… I don't know. I haven't tried it on anyone yet."
"Well, we have to change that now, don't we? Come on, follow me. We will get your abilities checked."
"Umm Ichigo?"
"Oh, he is currently resting after his training. Don't worry, you will get to see him soon." He answered as he took her to the training ground.
They began the tests and an hour and a half later, Kisuke looked at the results dumbfounded. The girl lay on her knees, drenched in sweat, heaving for breath.
"How... how was it?" She asked.
"Oh, it was good. It was... far better than I was expecting."
Ikki had told them that his Device's ability was the lowest grade before. And to be honest, when compared to people like Silas or Rimuru or Cid and even Sakura, it was true. But Kisuke had thought that was only due to who those people were.
Even the most normal of them, Sakura had been prepared to be used as a vessel to summon a real-life god, while Cid was someone who could turn into a human nuke.
Ikki was probably just losing by comparison.
But now, it seems that these Devices could indeed be crazy strong if developed properly.
Maybe that's why people in that world were bound by such restrictions, as a way to counter these absurd abilities?
Just like Tatsuki Arisawa... her base stats kept on increasing without any maximum level before the testing machine crashed.
That testing machine, which could take on the hits of Vice Captain level Shinigami... crashed by the hits of a young girl without any kind of supernatural training.
He had then tested her personally and found some more intricacies of her Device.
First, her strength only increased as long as her combo kept going.
If she can't land another hit within a minute, her counter and strength will reset back to her base level. Second, if the enemy dodges successfully, her counter will reset.
Third, resetting the counter consumed her spiritual pressure.
Unfortunately, the girl wasn't strong enough for more tests so he had to stop but it was still an incredible power.
A power to potentially destroy the world even.
Ichigo… you have scary friends.
Silas-kun really has to be warned not to easily give away these powers to just anyone.
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Author's Note:
I am back with another chapter of 'Isekai Restaurant'.
This chapter was a lot of fun for me to write and I am sure the next chapter will be even more fun.
Everything was getting serious so I decided to write something easygoing.
So many things happened.
Tatsuki got a new power.
I always thought her character was quite underused and could do a lot more.
The Comiket everyone was waiting for has started and what a way to start really.
Rimuru and Ainz cornered Silas finally, getting revenge for his jokes.
Silas has said that he will have his vengeance. How will he do that?
Rias, Sona, Sirzechs and Grayfia are now fans of Sara while Serafall is on the hunt for the fake who is trying to steal So-tan away from her.
We will see how that results next chapter.
Enjoy the new chapter.
Good Day, Peace Out.