Whispering You a Love Song ch61: Virality, Delight, and Confusion.

Taking a step towards their dream.

Phwaaah

Calmed down a little?
Y-
Yes...

Sorry...
I always keep losing my wits...

It's fine.
I'm feeling just as merry you are.

But
I'm not very familiar with the internet or social media,
so it doesn't feel all that real to me yet...
Ah.

But
I was surprised when strangers from another class spoke to me today.
Satomiya-san, we saw it~

I was too scared to take a proper look,
but is it really that amazing...?
It is! It really is!
...Ah, but,
um...

It wasn't my upload that went viral.
It was someone else's reupload...

This local high school band is so skilled!!
50K views - 3 months ago

I-
Is that so...?

It's fine.
It helped us gain more awareness,
and the original upload's gotten more views too...
Haha...

...

But...
As your manager, I'm so frustrated...!
There there, Hime-chan. You're number one~

Those two should be here soon.

Fufu
I'm sure Shiho-chan will be especially merry about it.
Indeed!
Hey.
Who are you
calling merry?

I mean, sure, I was surprised.
We got a sudden rise in followers, after all...

But well,
it just kinda felt like "what took you so long to find us?" to me.

That's...
Ooh...
Shiho-senpai for you...

What's this, Shiho?
So you getting all excited on the phone for three hours last night doesn't count as merry?

Three hours...
Excited...

Hajii...
You little...

You didn't have to go and tell them that!
Haha
Why not? It's cute.
Grrr!!
I'm glad Shiho-chan's happy about this too.
How wholesome~

Ah.

Come to think of it,
I haven't read it properly yet,
but there was an e-mail sent to the dedicated Laureley account.

An e-mail?
Who from?

What was it again...?
Erm...

Kween...
Reko...
Something like that?

Qu-

Queen Records!?

Yeah.
That's the one...
What the heck!?
Nobody told me about this!

I-
It came this morning~
You should've told me something that important even if it meant running to my classroom!!
I'm sorry~

Shiho-chan, tone it down a little...
S-
Sorry. Couldn't help it...

...Erm.
Are they that amazing?
Hahi~

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W-Well yeah.
They're a major record label, after all...

Major...
record...

Oblivious

Like I said!
In other words!
This might be an e-mail from a professional company!!

Eh?
EEEEEEEEEH!!??

p11

Th-
That's amazing, isn't it!?
It is!! You finally get it now!?

Come on.
Lemme see the e-mail already.
R-
Right!

Phew~

O-
Okay, I'm reading it...

p12

"It's nice to meet you. My apologies for contacting you so suddenly."
"This is Chishiro from Queen Records."

"To get to the subject at hand, I saw you play at the school festival."
"I was moved by Laureley's powerful performance."
"I wanted to help your music reach more people"
"and decided to get in touch."

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"If you're interested, I would like us"
"to meet up and discuss things..."

...
That's what it says...

I-
I'm not dreaming, am I...?
May...be...

...I don't believe it.

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We uploaded that video with the aim of putting on an indie concert...
but to think we'd jump straight into something like this...

Laureley is...
going pro...?

C-
Congratulations~
Stop, stop!
It's too soon for that.

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But
I think... I'm starting to get my hopes
pretty high.

What do I do, Shiho-chan!?
Are we gonna make our debut!?
Cut that out! You're gonna get my hopes up too!

A
hem.

...Erm.
For now,
you guys okay with meeting this person?

p16

Sure!
Of course.

Haji?

Are you listening?
Ah.
...Yeah, sorry.
Erm...

p17

You're right.
Yeah.
Let's meet up with them.

Okay.
We'll reply to the e-mail then.
Understood!
Thanks, Shiho-chan~

p18

I'm home...

p19

Shiho
Regarding the thing, it'll be at 1am next Sunday at the rental space by the station.
Sound cool?
Himari
Roger that!

p20-21

Once again,

it turned out just like you said, Nee-san.

I really...
hate it...

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Th-
This is the place... right?
Yes...!
It should be the right one...!

...Oh.
Come in~

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Excuse us.

W-
We're Laureley!
Please look after us today!

Aha!

Geez~
No need to be so formal~
But that innocentness of yours is great~
I'd better get it together too.

p24

Nice to meet you.
I'm Chishiro from Queen Records.

It's a pleasure, my little ores.

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