I Became the Manager of the First Galactical Idols novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9

"It's not necessary, but it would be great to come up with a name related to our image," I said.

Everyone stayed silent, thinking of a name for the group.

"Let's call it Traditional," I suggested first.

"Only one word?" Sanae wondered.

"Many names of bands, groups, and companies are only one word."

She looked at the ground, thoughtful. "What do you girls think?"

"I don't like the word," Astra answered.

"Me neither," Aki added.

"Sounds old," Umi said.

"Fine," I sighed. "What about Tradidolional?"

Everyone stared at me, their gazes ranging between confused and worried.

"Forget it, let's keep thinking."

Astra promptly raised her hand.

"You don't need to do that," I said.

"Sorry," she giggled. "What about Samurais?"

"Not a bad band name and it pays tribute to a traditional Japan, but I don't think it fits our group."

"You're right."

Moments later, Aki suggested, "Stars; because we will be stars traveling through space, which has stars."

"Oh!" Astra uttered in surprise. "I like it."

"Me too," Sanae added.

"It needs something more," Umi said. "It's not even related to Japan."

I didn't expect that feedback from her.

"I agree," Risa replied.

"And what could that be?" Aki wondered.

"What do I know? Blend it with another word or whatever," Umi answered. She crossed her arms and closed her eyes. "Something like Blostars."

We all stared at her in silence. Confused, she opened her eyes.

"What?"

"Where does the 'blo' come from?" I asked.

"From 'blossom'. It came to my mind just now because it was popular in Japan centuries ago."

"Oh!" everyone uttered in awe.

I continued, "It sounds cute, blends perfectly with 'stars', and pays tribute to a traditional Japan. What does everyone think?"

They all approved it.

"Awesome. That settles it; we are Blostars, a Japanese idol group that pays tribute to a traditional Japan while proving to people that only living beings can make living beings truly happy."

Everyone clapped.

"And that's it for today. We'll meet here next week after you're done with school. Make sure to enjoy it."

Astra and Umi stood up and left the room, whilst Aki stayed and approached me instead.

"You said you're a student at Saitama, right?" she asked.

I nodded.

"You'll pause your studies too?"

"Most of my lectures will be paused, yes. Except for Business Administration, which I'll still have to attend to."

"Interesting. Let's eat lunch together at the cafeteria this week, shall we?"

Her smile and smell made my heartbeat rise.

Why am I thinking of her smell?!

"S-Sure."

"Wonderful. See you tomorrow, then!"

As she walked out of the room, Sanae glared at her. Sanae realized I noticed it and looked away from me. Risa giggled at her side.

I hope it's not what I'm thinking.

I left the building after saying goodbye to Sanae and Risa. Without much to do, I headed to my apartment and sat at my computer. I wirelessly connected my glasses to it and opened my favorite role-playing game.

My vision darkened and I zoned out for a brief moment. I stopped feeling what I was feeling in real life and started to feel warmer. I had gone through the linking process many times, yet it still felt weird; it was like being forced to sleep.

I opened my eyes and I was standing next to a fireplace in the living room of my in-game house. The entire game was medieval-themed, so my house was too.

Not even ten seconds after I opened the game, a visit request from Tomokazu appeared in front of my eyes as I checked my guild's bulletin board; I accepted it. A few seconds later, he knocked on the front door and walked in.

I never understood why he made his character look exactly like him. It was a game where you could be whoever and whatever you wanted. For example, my character was a female thief, while I was a male and far from being a thief in real life.

"Hey," I greeted him.

"Good afternoon, Kaito."

It took me weeks to convince him to call me by my name instead of my nickname. Mainly because I didn't want to call him Overlord.

"Do you need something?" I asked.

"I wanted to ask you about your idol business. How is it doing?"

"It's doing great. We had our first meeting today and decided on a name for the group."

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