Chapter 29 - A Little Break from Recounting

"Damn... That's a lot of things happening from just a single night..." Alex commented upon hearing Mira's recount. Mira had been telling her side of the story of when she and Alex went to the cafeteria with those rowdy demons to enjoy the celebration feast, but somehow it turned into an Idol Concert for Mira's Idol Debut. Now, she was also known by her Idol name: Miracle-chan.

Alex had a frustrated expression as he barely remembered any of those precious moments. "Ahhh damnit! Why can't I remember any of these things...?" He said in frustration. He would absolutely love to cherish the memory of Miracle's Idol Debut, but alas, nothing from last night came to his noggin.

Mira giggled upon seeing Alex's frustration. "Well, it can't be helped. You were drinking those boozes from the onis like a fish in water." Mira told Alex, revealing the reason why he barely remembered last night's feast and Mira's Idol Concert.

"Boozes...? *sigh* no wonder I don't remember anything..." Alex facepalmed at the realization that alcoholic beverages were involved in his short-range amnesia of last night's feast.

Meanwhile, Anna was just as shocked as Alex to find out that he had used his Arcana Realm inside her castle's cafeteria, in a relatively short amount of time no less before her arrival at the location in question. She had a contemplating expression as she began to mull over the thought.

Alex noticed that Anna was seemingly lost in her own thoughts. "Queen Anna? What's wrong?" He asked her in concern.

Anna was startled by Alex's sudden question, snapping her out of her deep thoughts and bringing her back to the present moment. "U-uhm... nothing to be concerned with, Sir Alex," she said nervously, trying to assure Alex that there was nothing wrong, which only served to confuse him more.

"Well... if you say so," Alex reluctantly accepted Anna's answer. He then remembered his Status Card and how he had leveled up from Anna's own Idol Concert before.

Alex accessed his Item Box pocket dimension and rummaged through it a bit. Both Anna and Mira were intrigued by Alex's sudden dive into his Item Box skill. After a while, he found his Status Card inside the Item Box and pulled it out. He quickly activated it and was immediately met with multiple holographic pop-out notification windows alongside his Status window swarming his vision, just like the last time he tried to access his Status Card.

[New Idol Recruited! Miracle-Chan!]

[LEVEL UP 12 --> 14]

[Idol Producer's Charisma LEVEL UP 3 --> 4]

[Musical Mastery (Idol Producer) LEVEL UP 3 --> 4]

Name : Alex Lee

Race : Human

Job : Idol Producer

Level : 14

EXP : 9 / 647

HP : 500 (400 + 25%)

MP : 500 (400 + 25%)

Stats

STR : 33 (26 + 25%)

INT : 33 (26 + 25%)

AGI : 33 (26 + 25%)

END : 33 (26 + 25%)

LUK : [?] (? + 25%)

Skills

- Talent Scouter's Eye (Idol Producer), LVL. 2, EXP: 7/35

- Idol Producer's Charisma, LVL. 4 (Passive), EXP: 2/125

- Musical Mastery (Idol Producer), LVL. 4 (Passive) EXP: 27/125

- Arcana Realm: Idol Stage, LVL. 2, EXP: 220/1000

- Item Box, LVL. MAX

Available Skill Points : 26

[Allocate Skill Points?]

[Idols]

"Whoa...!" Alex was taken aback a bit by a bunch of notification windows suddenly filling up. He had anticipated these notification windows, but he was still not yet used to them. He also noticed that not only had his level and skill level increased, but his status bonus percentages had also gone up.

Meanwhile, both Anna and Mira were also surprised by Alex's Status Card showing a lot of notification windows, which Alex noticed. "Hmm? You guys are surprised by these?" He inquired, pointing at the notification windows.

Mira was the first to answer Alex's inquiry. "Yes, Sir Alex. It is quite unusual. Our Status Cards only show our status as it is. None of these extra windows are familiar to us," she explained the reason why they found his Status Window's notifications odd.

"Oh, really?" Alex asked for confirmation.

"Indeed, Sir Alex." This time it was Demon Queen Anna who confirmed his inquiry. "There were rumors that our demon brethren had heard regarding the summoned heroes, such as their Status Card."

"Ah! I also heard of those rumors, your majesty! It was most likely about how those summoned heroes can manipulate their Status Card to become stronger, wasn't it?" Mira excitedly discussed said rumors with Anna, sparkles evident in her eyes.

Alex was quite intrigued himself upon hearing this rumor. It seemed that being a summoned hero had a certain effect on some of this world's systems. So, him being able to control and manipulate his Status Window seemed to be one of those effects as a summoned hero.

Then both Anna and Mira suddenly scooted closer to Alex's sides, surprising him with their sudden closeness. The ladies in question did not pay attention to his slight discomfort from their closeness as they were more interested in seeing their summoned "hero" Alex's Status Window.

"Uhmm... Girls...?" Alex tried sheepishly to gain their attention, but to no avail as they both began to discuss his Status Window while also sticking close to him. They both even scooted closer to his Status Windows as if they were trying to see a computer monitor up close.

"So, this is a summoned hero's Status, isn't it...?" Mira began their discussion.

"So it seems, Mira. Not only did Sir Alex receive notifications regarding the change of his Status, but there also seem to be 'options' here that he could choose." Anna continued their discussion, pointing out the options placed on the bottom part of his Status Window.

"Yes, your majesty! Look at this option. It says 'Allocate Skill Points'," Mira also pointed out the specific option for allocating his skill points, which he hadn't touched yet. "It seems that this is related to that infamous rumor we just mentioned about how those summoned heroes can manipulate their skills as much as they want!" She theorized, trying to verify the rumors their fellow demons had heard.

"Indeed..." Anna then tried to touch one of the options on the Status Windows but received no reaction from it. "Quite strange... Usually, anyone can access parts of the Status Windows." She theorized based on her experiment of touching Alex's Status Window.

"Quite so, your majesty... Ah! Maybe it can only be accessed by the summoned hero themselves!" Mira suggested her theory to her Demon Queen. Both of them then directed their attention towards Alex, who had a discomforted expression but also a faint blush on his cheeks. They both realized they were standing a bit too close to him.

A deep red blush appeared on Anna's face as she just realized what she had done, quickly moving away from Alex. Mira also blushed, but she didn't move away like her Demon Queen did; instead, she giggled upon realization.

"Ah, I apologize for being a bit too close to your comfort zone, Sir Alex," Mira apologized as she slowly moved away from him, the blush still evident on her face.

"Ah... yeah, don't worry. I don't really mind at all, actually. Haha..." Alex received Mira's apology, laughing it off. While he was a tad bit uncomfortable with their closeness, deep down, he also enjoyed the closeness from the opposite sex, especially from these two beautiful ladies.

Anna, on the other hand, had an incredulous look upon seeing how close Alex and Mira were right now. Her expression then turned to a slight pout, not realizing that she was showing an expression of jealousy, though unknown to both Mira and especially Alex.

"Then, Sir Alex... can you show us those options on your Status Windows?" Mira continued their discussion, much to Anna's dismay.

"Sure thing." Alex accepted Mira's request. "Hmm... I feel like I should do something about those skill points... but I have a feeling that that would take too much time for both of you..." He muttered to himself. "Alright, let's check out the Idol section instead!" He announced to both Mira and Anna, touching the 'Idols' option on his Status Windows, immediately bringing up another window in front of him.

[Alex Lee's Idol Agency]

Idols:

1. Anna Bael / Anna-chan [ S+ ]

2. Mira Clementine / Miracle-chan [ A- ]

The new window displayed Alex's Idol Agency's list of current idols, with the latest addition to the roster being the newly recruited Mira Clementine, also known as Miracle-chan. Both Mira and even Anna moved closer again upon seeing this new window, intrigued by its contents.

"Alex Lee's Idol Agency?" Both of them exclaimed simultaneously, inquiring about this unfamiliar term 'Idol Agency'.

"Yes, that's basically my own Idol company where I manage the idols," Alex explained briefly to both of them.

"I see. 'Company'..." Anna muttered to herself, absorbing the information.

"Hey, hey, Sir Alex. Are those our names?" Mira asked excitedly.

"Yup," he simply answered her question. Then, he touched Mira's name on the list, which prompted another window to pop up, displaying Mira's Idol Status.

Name : Mira Clementine

Race : Cat Beastkin

Job : High Mage

Level : 46

EXP : 120 / 7255

Sub-Job : Idol

Idol Level : 3

Idol EXP : 4 / 52

HP : 1840 / 1840

MP : 4600 / 4600

Talent : Gourmet

Idol Power : 1550

Idol Potential : A-

Idol Skill:

- Singing LVL. 3

- Dancing LVL. 4

- Songwriting LVL. 3

- Musical Mastery LVL. 2

"Wow...!" Mira was in awe after seeing her own Idol Status. It was the first time she had ever laid eyes on the Idol Status that Alex had been viewing, and it was quite intriguing to her. She also noticed that she had leveled up, even though she hadn't fought any foes for quite a while. "So, I could gain experience just by doing these 'idol' activities, huh?" She asked Alex for confirmation.

"That's right," he quickly confirmed. "Any idol activities you guys do not only gain experience for each of you, but also for me as well." He explained some aspects of the system behind his 'Idol Producer' job to them.

"Interesting..." Anna muttered to herself. She, too, had gained experience and leveled up just after performing on Alex's Arcana Realm: Idol Stage. 'That "curse" has also disappeared...' she thought to herself.

"I see..." Mira mused. "Then... I'll look forward to working with you more, Mr. Producer!" She exclaimed excitedly to Alex, with a bright, beautiful smile on her face.

"Yeah, let's do our best, Miracle-chan," Alex replied with a smile of his own, giving Mira a thumbs up, which elicited a giggle from her. Meanwhile, Anna once again had a small pouting expression, similar to the one before, upon seeing the interaction between Mira and Alex.

"Oh yeah, what happened after your Idol Debut, Mira?" Alex remembered that Mira had been telling him the story behind the feast last night. He wanted to know more about it.

"Hmm? Oh yeah! I wasn't finished telling you what happened last night!" Mira gasped, realizing that she hadn't finished her recount. Meanwhile, Anna also realized that they were recounting the feast from the previous night and had a look of panic on her face, still unsure about letting Alex know what happened at the feast.

"Well then... I will continue our story!" Mira exclaimed excitedly.