The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best

“Hehe. The conversation went smoothly as planned. Now, you understand what to do, right?”

I was relieved. I was suddenly called by Minamino-sama during a short break, and I thought something was wrong, but it was about the triple collaboration.

I had heard about the triple collaboration in advance. It’s supposedly to weaken the power of the other families supporting Gouda Taketo and Sawakaze Kazuya. Which other families? I don’t really understand the meaning, but I know that if I ask back in a strange way, they’ll just coldly brush me off by saying I don’t need to know.

Until I met them in the dressing room, I thought they were just like us.

—— “My name is Mil. As mentioned, I am both the wife and guardian of Taketo-sama. Please keep that in mind from now on.”

The woman who claimed to be both his guardian and wife addressed Gouda Taketo with an honorific.

Is she just a nominal wife and actually a work colleague? If that’s the case, I understand. We are also called with honorifics by the female staff at work.

The thing is, in the Nanjou family, names are called without honorifics. But calling without honorifics is the better option; when they’re in a bad mood, it can turn into “hey” or “you,” and when they’re really upset, it can go as far as “brat” or “trash” (apparently because their spiritual energy is trash).

Come to think of it, Sawakaze Kazuya, who insulted Minamino-sama and committed lewd acts, was also addressed with an honorific by the woman who came to pick him up…

…After all, since we are colleagues, it makes more sense to think of it that way.

That being said, I can only think that Sawakaze Kazuya is crazy.

He did something tantamount to a suicidal act to Minamino-sama, but he is fortunate to be overlooked because he will be a colleague from now on.

Unlike Gouda Taketo, who quietly watched the program, he tried to talk to the woman sitting next to him, forcibly put his arm around her shoulder, and when he tried to touch her chest, she seemed to create some distance, but he cursed at her in response.

If we were to act like Sawakaze Kazuya, we would be sent to the punishment room tonight. At worst, we would end up spending our entire lives in the punishment room.

I knew without even thinking that Minamino-sama had been in a bad mood ever since what happened in the dressing room. It’s his fault. If we didn’t have the recording, we would have been used as punching bags for her frustration.

So, I thought this summons was just for venting her frustrations.

“Hey, are you even listening?!”

Thud.

“Argh!? O-of course!”

I only got punched in the shoulder. That was close. Is she in a slightly better mood?

It seems that Minamin Television’s parent company is the Nanjou Group (I could faintly hear Nanjou-sama talking), so the deal was probably already in place.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t be talking about the triple collaboration before getting permission.

I don’t really understand the reason, but I can’t help but think that they might have been pulling strings behind the scenes for their show offer.

I somehow feel sorry for them. After all, the collaboration song with them is “Shining Paradise,” which we practiced to the point of exhaustion.

I can tell even before they start; they’re going to be so focused on just riding the skateboards that singing will be out of the question. Should I suggest they just lip-sync?

We sing all our songs while riding skateboards. It’s completely normal for us to perform floating in the air using telekinesis.

To the man with low telekinetic ability, we who are men but have high telekinetic ability. This is all we have…

So we know that even if we don’t intervene, they will end up embarrassing themselves on their own. If they’re not used to it, they will inevitably fall when trying to use telekinesis to control a skateboard.

Even though I know that, Minamino-sama says she wants to see them fall flat on their faces. In other words, we have to do something to annoy them.

“Then go ahead and do it!”

“Yes!”

The song starts, and I increase the speed to make them anxious. Next, Kaiki, and then Saiki and Taiki, each in their own timing, apply pressure to them to make them fail.

“As long as you understand. Don’t mess it up.”

“”””Yes!””””

* * *

“Ugh, so annoying.”

The way Sawakaze Kazuya sits on his skateboard is so ugly, it looks like he’s sitting on a toilet. We would never do that.

Thuud.

Moreover, that guy’s costume just ripped. Judging by the fact that he doesn’t seem to care, maybe he hasn’t noticed? Well, whatever.

“Don’t hold us back, okay?”

“Even if it’s just standing on the skateboard, that’s fine with me.”

“Yeah, yeah. Even if you can make it run, it can’t jump or fly, right?”

“Just sing, no, just lip-sync.”

It’s the least I can do. If they just obediently follow, it will only be a little bit of shame.

“Ah, don’t make fun of me! I can ride a skateboard too!”

Judging by their reaction, it seems my advice was in vain. Fine, I gave the advice anyway.

“Everyone, next up is the show’s very first triple collaboration! The collaborators are, of course, the Shining Boys, Sawakaze Kazuya-san, and the Armed Girls’ Taketo-san. Am I dreaming? Am I dreaming?”

“Kagura-san, this isn’t a dream. They’re really going to collaborate from now on. Huh? You want to start right away because you can’t wait? Yes, I can’t wait either. Then let’s get started right away. Triple collaboration, the song is ‘Shining Paradise,’ here we go.”

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Here we go. I silently signal everyone, and as the accompaniment starts playing, I dash my skateboard up to the stage in one go. Just like this… Huh!?