I was in trouble because I can’t rent a place or work without my parent’s consent.
People were eyeing me badly when I showed my identification as [Hosokawa Seiko] but since my face is completely different now, they just thought that I just happen to share the same name as StarChild.
She killed herself already.
Fake rumors began to circulate on social media.
I’m practically living at a net cafe and a public bath right now.
It’s only a matter of time before my 50,000 yen runs out.
Even if I look for a part-time job, there won’t be a place that would accept me without permission from my mom.
I can’t even deliver newspapers.
The fear that I will soon run out of money is unbearable.
Tatsuyuki-san, this life is already too much for me. I just want to die.
But, you told me that I can’t.
At least I think I should honor your words.
I really can’t live on without relying on him so I contacted Tatsuyuki-san once.
[[I don’t have any money, please introduce me to a place I can work]]. That’s what I told him.
Since I couldn’t get my parent’s permission, it was a god sent to have Tatsuyuki-san’s help.
[[I can give just give you some you know?]] He offered but I just can’t bear to trouble him any more than this.
In the end, he set me up as an employee for a maid cafe run by one of Miko-san’s acquaintances.
I get to stay alive relying on the kindness of others.
Now I’m flattering men for a living.
While I was working, the matter about StarChild was absent from my mind.
But in my private time, the anxiety was simply unbearable.
The topic of StarChild is still viral on the news and the internet.
I can’t help but feel down whenever I see them.
This might be karma for using my Gift to deceive the world as a fake idol.
The position StarChild once held is now taken over by a strange 5-girl group even though their singing and dancing were amateurish at best.
LeafChild was also dancing with these new 5 girls.
When I tried searching for StarChild on a video site, I found that the official channel was already deleted.
It’s like my agency is trying to hide a stain called StarChild from the world.
The same treatment my murderer father received.
This world truly is filled with secrets.
Instead, the search results were filled with strange videos titled [I want to save StarChild] or expose videos like [the Secret of StarChild’s family], and clickbait titles like [I smashed a million yen worth of StarChild’s merchs]. The internet is full of such extreme and unpleasant things.
I was crying in frustration while drinking my coffee.
All I could do was watch StarChild fade away like steam from a cup of coffee.
But such a life did not last long.
When I turned 21, the maid cafe went bankrupt due to financial difficulties and I lost my place to live.
I immediately rented an apartment with the money I saved.
This time I looked for a job with a good hourly wage without relying on Tatsuyuki-san and landed one at a cabaret club.
With that as my new workplace, I changed my face to better suit men’s liking and flirted with them.
I’ve already mastered the technique to appeal to men through my work as StarChild and at the maid cafe.
What kind of gesture would catch a man’s gaze, how to read a man’s reaction, those things came to me as easy as breathing.
It’s the best job for me.
I’ve already given up thinking about getting married.
My past also played a part in that decision.
There’s no need to continue the Akechi bloodline.
I will end it all with me.
At the end of the day, I’ve become a vulgar woman who earnestly works to wring out more money from men.
One day, on a whim, I tried wishing to return to my original face. However, I can no longer recall what Hosokawa Seiko looked like and I couldn’t do it.
Before I knew it, I’d already forgotten my own face.
TLN: Short one before we finish this…….in 15 hrs………