Vol 1 Chapter 35 – Violin【Vol 1 – Turning Point】

I uploaded a video and had lunch. Today, I had a hot sandwich, and I burned my mouth. But that was because it was so delicious—so delicious, in fact, that I neglected to let it cool down.

In the afternoon, I had my second live singing-and-guitar session. However, since it’s a weekday, I thought not many people might show up.

“Hello! Thanks to the nii-san and nee-san who came by! Today, I’m accepting requests! But today, I’ll be 80% casual chat!”

I had been singing all morning, so I declared that I needed to rest my throat a bit.

Alen: Super Chat ¥10,000: Rin-kun KITAA!

Osio: I watched your guitar video. Seriously, your technique is incredible.

Ryu: “Run in the Morning” was damn awesome!

Michi Mama: Eek! Rin-kun!!

HatsuBread: The angelic soprano singing stream is here, KITAA! Oh, by the way, is classical music a no-go?

Betoben: I hereby designate this broadcast as a cultural property!

Stuck Already?: I mean, the percentage of musician viewers is just way too high…

Chai ga sukii!: Let’s start a band!

MalumDiva: First time watching from the video! I heard there’s a singing powerhouse and a guitar monster!

Dedede: Your guitar video is going viral in a crazy way! And those little hands were adorable!

Wha!? Gwaah!!: Can you believe it? Those cute little hands are pulling off that super virtuoso technique! Oh, first time watching the video!

But there were far more comments than I expected. Mike-san wasn’t here and there were only a few viewers from the Mama category, but plenty of first-timers were tuning in. Plus, there were Ryu’s viewers as well.

“What!? It’s going viral!? Oh, it really is!”

After Dedede said that, I looked at my video. The view count was already 80,000—even though it had only been a little over three hours since I uploaded it. The rapid surge took me by surprise, and there were loads of comments. Everyone said that my guitar playing was super virtuoso.

“Seriously, do they really think my guitar playing is that super virtuoso? I only know how to play it this one way…”

Osio: Note: Rin-kun has absolutely zero basic knowledge of the guitar. He’s forcing his way through purely by ear.

Ryu: Additional note: I’ve only been playing guitar for a month. I raised him!

Wha!? Gwaah!!: Without a doubt, it’s super virtuoso. I’ve never seen anyone play like that before.

MalumDiva: Is that for real!? It makes me want to send instruments left and right!

Stuck Already?: How about adding a violin to your SAVANA wishlist? They’d probably ship it to you in no time.

SAVANA is a well-known major online retailer.

“Umm, I’m currently living with Michi Mama, the one who gave birth to me. So I have to ask if it’s okay to have an instrument…”

Ryu: What a stupid question, huh?

Michi Mama: Rin-kun, if you want an instrument, you have to ask me first! I’ll buy it for you right away.

Ryu: Right?

Permission was granted immediately.

“Alright, then please recommend a violin!”

A violin is also a symbol of coolness. Naturally, I’m interested. I think men who can play instruments are extremely attractive. Male pianists—and even drummers—are cool.

But probably drums are beyond me. Moving that vigorously would deplete my stamina in an instant.

Stuck Already?: Stradivarius!

MalumDiva: Neri del Jess

HatsuBread: Andrea Amati

Upon seeing those comments, I hurriedly searched for that violin.

“Isn’t it one of the world’s three greatest violins?! Wow, it’s not 10 million yen but dollars!”

What came up was a summary website listing a price that exceeds 10 million dollars. Assuming one dollar equals 100 yen, that means it costs over a billion yen. Even SAVANA wouldn’t carry something like that.

Babba: You guys are taking this joke too far… Just go with this one.
https://www.savana.co.jp/calaro-hondel-violin

Wha!? Gwaah!!: If I’m this bad after just one month of playing guitar, then I’d quickly be deserving of the violin from Babba’s link too.

Chai ga sukii!: Oh, it’s the Calaro, huh. Nice.

Betoben: Alright, let’s go with this one!

I clicked on that link.

“Seventy… million…!?”

Once again, they’re trying to push an astronomical price on me.

I then searched for violins sorted by recommendation. To my surprise, even violins I thought were expensive were available for under ¥10,000.

“Please, something under ¥10,000!”

Ryu: There’s no way I’d let you use such a toy, Rin!

Michi Mama: How about something around ¥100,000?

HatsuBread: I’ll buy it for you; will you be okay with around ¥100,000?