mandytl | enstars!! idol story [ sakuma rei ] 1

!! TW !!: for assault.

Season: Spring

Location: Library

Rei: ... ♪

... hm? Why, if it isn't our young lady producer. What're you doing here, when women are prohibited from entering the dormitory?

Is it not the way of the world for one who breaks a ban to be threatened with a curse or divine punishment? Don't be stunned when you meet a terrible fate at the hands of some scaaary monster. Ku, ku, ku. ♪

Well, I suppose this isn't the time for a dashing vampire speech...

I can see you're clearly a bit flustered. Let this Sakuma Rei come to your aid.

I'm simply returning the favor for all you've done for us. We monsters have a stronger sense of duty than any member of the human race, after all. Really, really.

Hm? It'd be best if I didn't call you "young lady"?

If an idol were to seem strangely intimate with a producer it'd give the wrong impression?

Yes, you're absolutely right. It seems I've still much to learn about mankind and what they consider a suitable distance...

For so long I played at being self-reliant and lived amongst the darkness like a beast.

But the humans encircling me beckoned me in with their kindness and looked on me as a friend...

Thus I'm able to live with a smile, breathing in and out like the rest.

I'm sincerely grateful. I'm willing to do anything I can for your sake.

When you become my age, it's such a pleasure to be able to give out a New Year's allowance to children like yourself. ♪

Kukuku. I suppose it wouldn't do well to keep treating you like a child.

This is simply one of my flaws. In spite of my best efforts, I can't seem to shake my perception of everyone around me as very young.

Putting aside my time in Yumenosaki Private Academy, I'm now a working adult, a member of society...

When I look at my surroundings, they're filled with adults clamoring about.

I'll make a point to practice some self-restraint and see you all as equals.

I appreciate your kind advice, Producer. Feel free to mention anything you find lacking about me from here on out.

... now. There, there. Don't give me that look. It's not as if I were trying to waste your time with one of my long, tedious talks.

I was nonchalantly operating my smart phone during our little chat.

While I'm not particularly fond of these instruments, they're actually quite handy... they're a modern convenience, in other words. Though I'm a little worried that the impact of their usefulness is causing humanity to regress.

Devolution begets evolution, as it were... though the circumstantial change in our environment would eliminate status.

There'd be no ruler, and no one to rule, no good and no evil; something more precious and desirable than remaining so constant.

Kukuku. Now I see... you can get a decent grasp on the situation with a bit of investigating.

It'd still be faster to ask someone in the know rather than to look it up on the net.

Some completely wasted idol threw a tantrum and said they "can't walk" at an after-party...

Which left you no choice but to call a taxi and then accompany them home to the dorm.

I'm afraid that's something a manager ought to be doing, not a producer.

Don't you think you've gotten much too used to doing it all yourself, to having your finger in every pie?

I should've realized something was a little off. Not that I want to keep scolding you over and over your past actions, but...

Idols aren't saints; they're simply men and women. There's no telling what sort of mistakes they'll make.

It's even possible that that scoundrel of an idol might've been feigning drunk in an attempt to be brought into your room so he could do something strange.

Though you're free to think than an idol wouldn't ever engage in anything that'd make their fans terribly sad...

It's not as if society is made up of the virtuous. Unfortunately, you wouldn't even have a second to spare before some scandal or incident took place.

Employ a little more self-defense. I wouldn't be able to die and leave things as they were if something were to happen to you.

I would be saddled with the inescapable burden of regret for ages to come.

Is that what you desire? To carve a lasting scar in me?

Kukuku. I suppose I was a bit cruel... but, in the end, the one who'll end up scared and hurt is you.

And yet I shouldn't go pouring salt on the wound of the matter.

You're a clever girl. A little threat like this won't discourage you in the least, I'm sure.

Anyhow. Leave the matter of dealing with that problem idol to me.

Even if they weren't planning something devious... I won't tolerate someone saying they were merely being "careless" as they waste your time.

I'll discipline them just a bit. Regardless of who they are, I'm well known in the business world.

Hence, you need only treat today as a lesson learned and let bygones be bygones. Tomorrow you can devote yourself wholly to your work.

Forget all the terrible things, but... by no means should you let this happen again.

It's a promise, then. Pinky swear... ♪

There we go. Good girl. Now then, I'll walk you to the front of the dormitory. That way there's no reason to sneak out the window like a petty thief.

No one should witness your escape now that the premises are clear.

Come, young lady. I'll lead you to where it's safe. ♪

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... now, now. You'd do well to listen more carefully. It's not as if you have a complete understanding of what I'll do either.

What would you do if I were the one to violate you, to be harboring wicked thoughts?

To come from behind after you've let down your guard, to sink my teeth in in a single bite... I suppose that's also possible.

The well-intended tend to get tricked fairly often, you see, so it'd serve you well to be a little more wary.

Though that may just as well be your charm. Always assuming the worst out of strangers is quite lonesome...

Being innocent is by no means a sin in and of itself.

Still, do well to remember that we all love and care for you.

And not simply because we are colleagues, as idols and their producer... but because we sincerely wish for your happiness.

I beg of you to take care of yourself if you're truly taking our best interests to heart.

There. Our heavy discussion is over as long as you've inscribed that in the notepad of your heart...

It's time to return to where you belong as well. I'll escort you as long as you allow it.

Come along now, Producer... for a friendly stroll in the dead of this quiet, gentle night with a vampire. ♪