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Theater 3: Genius Beauty’s Acting Showdown With Best Friend’s Papa!? – Ending
Bedroom, Yoruhata Residence (Night)
Mimi wakes up, giving a side glance towards Rin and Tsugumi who were deep asleep.
“Toilet.”
Mimi opened her eyes with a snap and muttered as if groaning. It was a physiological phenomenon, so there was nothing she could do. If she doesn’t get up, a disaster is going to occur.
“Mmm.”
However, the image of Rumiko’s body hanging from the ceiling by the evil spirit still stuck in her mind. If I were to escape from this safe peace where the three of them were sleeping in the shape of the ‘川’ character, a pale arm would instantly reach out and clamp down on her head.
That dreadful thought accompanied by the chilliness ran up her spine, and Mimi hugged her body tightly.
“Rin-chan, Rin-chan!”
Mimi instinctively called out to her best friend.
“Zzz, I am the messenger from the heavens…”
However, her best friend was not one to get up easily.
“Tsugumi-chan, Tsugumi-chan.”
As a last resort, she called her to her somewhat amazing new friend.
“Hollywood… Hollywood…”
However, she was also brazenly sleeping soundly, with the occasional grin and giggle.
“Ugh.”
Now, she was in a tight spot. She had to choose between fear and being a maiden. It flashed through her mind: If the three got together at her friend’s house again, would it be possible to forget this act of indignity??
“I’m not scared, I’m not scared.”
The time she hesitated was short. She may be six years old, but she was still a little girl. She couldn’t make a choice that would stain her dignity at her best friend’s house.
She crept out of her futon and put on her glasses. She walked, frightened by the sound of her own footsteps. “If only Juria was here.” The number of times those words repeated in her mind surpassed the number of fingers on both hands.
“It’s not scary, it’s not scary, it’s not scary. It’s not scary, right? Scary… ugh.”
It was a friend’s house. She knew where the toilet was located. The floorboards didn’t creak. The lesser the noise, the lesser the fear. She entered the bathroom with this in mind, and the white light reassured her.
However, the real horror began here. Once she got out of the bathroom and turned off the light, her vision, which had been accustomed to the light, had been reset. Wouldn’t it be better to sleep in the toilet than to go back in the pitch black? Mimi quickly shook away this thought. Dignity was one thing, but there was no way she could sleep alone.
“I’m not scared… I think. I’m not scared… probably. Scary things are—”
“…”
“—!?”
Voices. Voices. Mimi heard voices. “That was close,” Mimi thought, a calm part of Mimi told herself. If she had noticed it on her way to the toilet, her maiden’s dignity would have been shattered.
Half in relief, half in resentment, Mimi turned her head in the direction of the voice. Was it from the living room? Looking closer, she saw a faint light leaking from the edge of the door.
(An adult?)
Mimi realized that it was the voice of Rin’s parents. At this point, she wanted to hear the voice of a reliable adult, even if it was just the voice that escaped through the door.
Mimi walked unsteadily and somewhat timidly down the hallway, then stuck to the door like a fox warming itself in a snowy field.
“—?”
“Eh—lly?”
“—!”
“Sh—”
As expected, those voices were directly coming from Rin’s parents. What sort of conversation were they having? Her child-like ability to concentrate increased, and she picked up more clearly on the conversation.
“Look here. When you lowered your head, Kazuma.”
“I see, her switch was already on at that point.”
“This isn’t a child’s smile, but this is too shoddy to be an adult’s calcultive smile.”
“Truly what it means to be in between an adult and a child. So she was acting as a 15-year-old girl, huh?”
“So, what’s the impression from the adult who let a five-year-old girl perform such a role?”
“Well, I have completely no idea why the theme went from a “15-year-old girl” to “a 15-year-old’s forbidden love”. I’m sorry!”
“Pft… ahaha, I get it. Pft, hahaha.”
Mimi immediately realized that this was a review. At that time, Mimi watched, holding her breath alongside Rin. The usually cute Tsugumi approached Kazuma with an adult-like atmosphere and completely aced Mimi’s request of “forbidden love”.
Mimi asked herself at that moment if she could act like Tsugumi. Can she act like that? Mimi’s heart replied with words bouncing back at her.
(There’s no way I could do that.)
Yuugao Natsu—Mimi’s mother is an active soap drama actress. Although she smiles nonchalantly and says things like, “That’s all I can do,” her mother’s dramas that she watched alongside her father, who’s always kept on suspense, all show a different and sexy side of her mother.
I want to act like this too. That’s right, Mimi studied acting at a very young age, crying over the difficulties of vocalization and acting, but she was a girl that continued to work hard.
“It seems like she doesn’t have any acting experience, you know?”
“Oh my, really?”
“Yeah. That girl is unmistakably—a genius.”
A genius. If one was born with the making of a genius, they could destroy the efforts of ordinary people with the snap of a finger. Why does Mimi not have that talent? Why does Tsugumi have that talent?
‘No,’ Mimi shook her head. Juria could also give an amazing performance. If one were close enough, they would know that Rin’s talent is also amazing. Only she herself was mediocre.
(That’d be nice.)
If Mimi had that talent.
(That’d be nice.)
If Mimi had that ability.
(That’d be nice.)
If Mimi could also perform like that.
(That’d be nice.)
Will that smolder dwelling in her young heart disappear?
The next thing she knew, Mimi was back in the bed where the three of them were sleeping. She took off her glasses and looked at Tsugumi, who was happily sleeping at point-black range. The more she looked at her, the more she realized that she had a beautiful face, and when she tried touching her cheek, it was soft and bouncy. Mimi also knew that her eyes, which were now shut tight, were dazzling blue like jewels.
In comparison, how about her? She had the ordinary chestnut-like brown-colored eyes that could be found anywhere. In addition, she couldn’t say she had good eyes, since watching a lot of TV had an effect on her eyes, and wore unfashionable glasses.
(That’s nice.)
Born a genius.
She could act without practicing.
She looks so beautiful that one could mistake her for a fairy.
She could perform bad roles flawlessly, so good that she didn’t say no when pushed onto her.
(That’s nice.)
In the end, even in her fifteen-year-old acting, Mimi was holding her back and couldn’t do anything. Tsugumi later followed up, telling her not to worry about it, but it was all the more miserable. It was as if her own worthlessness was being thrusted before her, making it even painful.
Therefore.
“That’s unfair.”
The words that leaked out were accompanied by a piercing pain.
Mimi could not understand “what” it was, so she pulled the blanket over her head to escape her fear.
(What is this? I don’t know, but—it’s painful.)
A throbbing pain.
She felt as if a bud of pain, oozing out from inside her heart, stretched out like black ivy.
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──Let’s Move on to the Next Theater──
Translator Note: Phew, what a journey we’ve been through. This took over a year, but we’ve finally reached the end of Horror Actress volume 1! While volume 2 is longer than volume 1, hopefully I will complete it sooner. The climax for this Theater is amazing, however, this chapter ends on a relatively dark note. Mimi has now joined the depression gang along with Juria. Plenty of room for development for everyone. Please read the author’s afterword. It’s very interesting! Also, please support the author by purchasing the raws! Well then, I hope you enjoyed reading Theater 3: Genius Beauty’s Acting Showdown With Best Friend’s Papa!? and I hope to see you at the next theater!
I hope she doesn’t do anything stupid out of jealousy… Thanks for translating this great and unique light novel. I promise to come back when you’re done with the entire second volume 😀 Thanks!