[Flashback (again) just after Mira's Idol Debut and Concert]
An intense bright light slowly enveloped the whole spacious room inside Alex's Arcana Realm, encompassing the crowd of cheering demons who had witnessed Miracle's Idol Debut and Concert. This light also enveloped not only these rowdy and cheerful demons but also Alex, the Idol Producer who had been coordinating this bright magical Idol Stage, and also the Idol Miracle-chan, the star of the show who had shown and performed an amazing performance on this very brilliant stage. Both of them locked eyes with each other as the light enveloped them both wholly.
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The intense bright light slowly died down, revealing Alex, Miracle-chan, and the cheering demons back in the cafeteria where they had been feasting. These demons were still cheering for them even after leaving Alex's Arcana Realm.
"Mira!" Every one of them cheered and called out Mira's name.
"That was amazing, Mira!"
"Great singing, Mira!"
All of these demons cheered for her brilliant performance. The very person being praised was still locked in eyes with Mr. Producer Alex, who showed an expression of pride towards her, earning a beautiful and teary-eyed smile from her.
Suddenly, a jovial lizard lady came running over to them and surprised them both with a wide hug at the same time.
"Whoah!?" Alex yelped in surprise.
"Ah! Casey!?" Mira also yelped upon recognizing the casually hugging lizard lady.
"Kahaha! That was a great show!" The lizard lady, Casey, praised them both for the great performance she had just witnessed while still casually wrapping her arms around them.
Though surprised by Casey's casual hug, Mira composed herself quickly. "Hmm... Thank you, Casey," she nodded, thanking Casey for her praise with a smile, which Casey returned with a grin. Then they both burst into laughter. Meanwhile, Alex watched them both with a warm smile, happy that Mira was being praised for her effort.
Suddenly, a large demon bear man came running toward them. Just like with Casey, he swooped in, wrapped his large bear arms around them, and bear-hugged all three of them at the same time, lifting them all in the air. The large demon bear man hugged them tightly while also crying a river filled with tears of happiness.
"Whoah!?!" Alex yelped in surprise, again.
"Kya! Uncle Orso?!" Mira also yelped again, recognizing the crying demon bear man.
"Wah!? Me too?! Kahaha!" Casey was also surprised to be hugged and lifted in the air but opted to enjoy it with laughter.
"My dear-a Mira! That was a magnifico performance!" The demon bear man, Uncle Orso, praised Mira while still crying tears of happiness. He had initially been worried about the sudden turn of events, such as being thrown into an Arcana Realm dimension (courtesy of Alex), but was then really grateful to witness Mira's singing on that bright magical stage inside of the said Arcana Realm.
Mira, initially surprised once again from not only being hugged but also being lifted into the air, turned into a warm smile. She was really happy that her dear Uncle Orso enjoyed her singing performance. "Thank you, Uncle Orso," she said with a smile full of gratefulness as she tried to hug her dear Uncle back within his tight bear hug, which made Uncle Orso cry even harder.
"My dear-a Mira! You have grown so much!" Uncle Orso exclaimed while crying and hugging all three of them even harder, earning laughter from both Mira and Casey. While the both of them enjoyed the hug by Uncle Orso, the other one of the trio, Alex, wasn't enjoying it as much as they were.
Alex was glad that Uncle Orso enjoyed Mira's Idol Debut and concert and had initially been fine with being hugged like this by the large demon bear man. But... his hugging was starting to hurt. Both Mira and Casey were fine with his intense tight hugging, but Alex was not. Most likely because his END stat was not high enough to actually withstand it compared to the higher-level Mira and Casey. Them being both demons with higher stats compared to the human Alex was also a big factor.
After what seemed to be an eternity of suffering for Alex, Uncle Orso finally let go of the three of them from his tight bear hug. While Mira, Casey, and Uncle Orso continued enjoying each other's company, Alex was nursing his aching back pain from being bear-hugged, literally. Then, all of a sudden, a crowd of cheering demons began to swarm around them, trying to approach Mira and offer their praise to her as well.
"Mira! That was a great performance!"
"Yeah! I never knew you could sing that well!"
"Mira! I really love that energetic song you just sang!"
All of them swarmed Mira and praised her for her performance, earning a bashful smile from her as she was really glad to be able to sing for them. But then eventually, they were getting a bit too much for Mira...
"Mira! Can you sing for us more!" One of the demons pleaded Mira to sing again.
"Yeah, Mira! Please sing more songs for us!" Another demon also pleaded, wanting to hear Mira's singing again.
The crowd of demons was requesting for Mira to sing again for them. Mira was a bit taken aback by their request. While she of course wanted to sing for them again, she was a bit overwhelmed and fatigued from her recent performance. She could try forcing herself to sing for them, but she was afraid that it wouldn't be as good as before, especially without the musical band that could accompany her like the marionette dolls inside Alex's Arcana Realm.
Alex initially had been observing from the back, letting the crowd force their way to approach Mira. Initially, he was fine with letting these rowdy demons approach Mira to praise her efforts, but... he realized it was a mistake on his part because these demon crowds were starting to distress Mira. He was wracking his brain to figure out how he should handle this situation correctly, but... he saw a single glance from Mira to him, her eyes pleading for his help. He paused for a moment... and quickly decided how he should help her.
"If the crowd wants another show... then I'll show them something good...!" Alex muttered to himself.
He then quickly went to the serving tables that the demons had been crowding before and began to move and clear the food off them (carefully, of course, so as not to get on Uncle Orso's bad side). He rummaged through his Item Box pocket dimension and then pulled out several items and devices: a wireless mic... a set of loudspeakers, and... a smartphone.
Alex had previously found that many of his stuff from his original world were brought along with him and had been inside his Item Box. Hell, he even felt like many of his belongings from his small apartment were also brought along to this world with him, even though he was pretty sure that he wasn't carrying any of them on his person, let alone a cumbersome set of loudspeakers. Not just that, but his electrical devices could also be charged with his mana too...
Alex finally set up these "electrical" devices on the serving table. He booted up his smartphone, opened his music player app, and then quickly connected his smartphone and the mic to the loudspeakers. He then searched for something from the pile of foods and beverages that he had just moved. He found them and grabbed hold of a cup of alcoholic beverage that Lieutenant Akai and his fellow onis had been chugging. He took a deep breath to mentally prepare himself... and then swiftly chugged the alcohol beverage.
After emptying the cup and casually dropping it on the ground, his face was flushed with drunkenness. He then hopped onto the serving table that he had set up to be a makeshift karaoke bar. He tapped on his smartphone's music app, and then the loudspeakers let out very loud music that filled the entire cafeteria with its sound.
The sudden echo of music greatly surprised everyone. They all began to search for the source of the music and found the sole culprit: the summoned "hero" Alex atop the serving table with a setup of strange-looking devices beside him. These peculiar devices were emitting the very same loud sound of music that filled the room.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow good demon friends! May I have your attention, please?" Alex spoke into the mic, which transmitted his voice to the loudspeakers that was playing the strange music.
"Sir Alex???" they all exclaimed in surprise upon seeing him calling their attention.
"What is he doing now? And what are those things around him?" some of them questioned another one of Alex's odd behaviors as he stood on top of the serving table, as well as the weird devices besides him that was emitting the strange music.
"What is this strange-sounding music though...?" a few of them pondered the music playing from Alex's strange devices. It was another different set of music that they had never heard before, distinct from the last two music that they had heard from their Demon Queen Anna and Mira's Idol Concert. Nonetheless... it still sounded very pleasant in a peculiar way.
"Sir Alex..." Mira was initially surprised by Alex's actions, but she soon realized that he was doing this for her sake. The crowd of demons that had been swarming her now turned their attention to Alex.
"The next show is about to begin... by yours truly!"