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The Birth Of Voice Actor
(Viscount Dole POV)
Inside the lounge in the Slowlett family’s mansion, I continue to write as many stories as I can think of onto the paper in front of me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s stories for the revolutionary puppet show, where you move dolls using magic and carry your voice to the dolls using Wind magic. Hearing that, it’s obvious that the dream I had since I was a kid can be a reality.
And to realize them as quickly as possible, right now I have to continue writing the fantasies I had in my head.
I wonder how long I have been doing this work? When I realize it, the inside of the room had become dim. Naturally, I can not write without seeing the paper, so I lit up the provided light magic tool.
Satisfied that the room has become bright, I start to immerse myself in the fantasies in my mind again and write the script.
After writing the script on the paper for some time, something green came to the edge of the paper.
When I looked in the direction of the thing that entered my sight, there was the Gekota doll I made with Alfried-dono earlier.
Mu? I should have left it in Alfried-dono’s room though.....oh well, whatever. I just have to take care of it if there is a doll in front of me.
「Fufufu, what a cute guy」
I stretched my finger and stroked the chubby body of Gekota.
「Ahahaha, that tickles」
「…………」
Hearing such an innocent voice so suddenly, the finger that stroked Gekota stopped.
……just now, it seems like I heard a voice just now was it just my imagination?
I suddenly look around at my surroundings but, there is no one else inside the room.
That’s natural. I chase out all my servants so I can write the script for the puppet show and shut myself inside. There is no way someone can come in.
The magic tool in the room is illuminating the dim lighting.
「Fuh, just my imagination, huh.....」
「You’re not going to stroke me again?」
「Fuuooh!?」
I just misheard something, so I thought as I was about to continue writing again, but then I can hear that voice clearly this time. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Unbelievably, it was coming from Gekota in front of me.
「C, could it be, the voice from before is from Gekota?」
「Un, it’s me!」
When I nervously asks that, Gekota skillfully move his whole body and nodded.
A moving doll in front of me and moreover, it speaks so I can’t help but shout in front of such an impossible phenomenon.
「This is absurd! The doll is talking!」
「I’m not a doll! I’m Gekota!」
Gekota shouts while nimbly jumped using his short limbs as if to object to what I said.
To me, that’s the ideal figure from my childhood imagination. However, there is no way such a thing can happen.
「No, but, how can you spea――」
「Can’t a doll like me speak?」
Such a question made me want to punch myself.
The doll, Gekota, is moving and talking in front of me. There is life inside. There’s no need for a reason for it, right?
「No, it’s okay! I’m sorry! I’m at fault for saying stupid things! Please forgive me!」
「U, umm, mast――」
「What?」
「……no, it’s nothing. Don’t worry about it Gregor」
Gregor. The doll I made called my name. It was something I dreamed of in my childhood, and it sounded so pleasant.
Gekota’s as he called my name reverberates inside my mind over and over again.
Aah, I’m so happy.
「Gregor? What happened?」
「Please call my name again」
I ask him again to call my name so I can enjoy the sweet sound many times.
「E, errr, Gregor?」
「One more time」
「Gregor」
「Again」
「Gregor, how many times do I have to call you?」
「I’m sorry, I was so happy I can talk with Gekota」
Being able to talk with dolls is like a dream. No, this might be a dream. But that’s fine. I want to immerse myself in this happy time. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Rather than that, what are you doing, Gregor?」
「Hm? Me? I’m writing the script for a puppet show in this room!」
「Heeー! That’s amazing! To be able to write a script for the puppet show, Gregor is amazing!」
「As long as you have a love for dolls, then these kinds of things are simple」
Nfufufu, I was praised by Gekota. I’m so happy I can’t keep the happy grin out of my face.
「Making Gekota the main character might be good」
「Eh? A story about me?」
「Yeah, small creatures like Gekota are living in a certain forest somewhere. With beautiful grasses, water, and tasty food, they spend their lives every day happily and peacefully. However, such days were suddenly lost! Humans came and cut down the trees, they tried to build huge shops. The creatures living there like Gekota that had their residence suddenly taken gathered the creatures living in the forest and fight with the humans in order to protect their living space. It is a story about Gekota and his friendship with the forest’s inhabitants, a story to raise the importance of nature to the people!」
「A, amazing! That sounds interesting! I want to see it!」
Hearing my thoughts about the story, Gekota jumps up and down happily.
Splendid. Just having a conversation with Gekota alone allowed me to put together an improvised story like this. There is also the proper theme, isn’t this good? After all, the theater in the royal capital put emphasis on that sort of thing. Having this story performed at the theater in the royal capital might not be a dream anymore.
「Yosh! Then I will quickly write it down!」
「Un! Ah no, that was wrong!」
「Mu? Were there strange or odd parts in the story?」
This is a story about Gekota. I should follow his request as much as I can as long as Gekota is the motif.
「It’s not that, it’s already dark, it’s already dark, you know? It’s already time for dinner, don’t you think? Let’s eatー!」
Certainly, it’s as Gekota said. The sun has set and there is no longer any light as the room is in darkness. It should have been time for dinner. I’m also feeling hungry, but I still have more important things to do instead of eating.
「That is right, but I have to quickly complete writing the script」
I have the duty to meet Alfried-dono’s expectations and quickly finish them up. I want to prioritize finishing the script for the puppet show rather than having dinner right now.
「……so that means you don’t want to have dinner with me?」
「No no, that’s not the case! I never thought like that――」
「Then, will you eat with me?」
Being looked at with such upturned eyes by Gekota, I.....
「Let’s go. Let’s forget about the script now」
「I’m glad! Well then, let’s go to eat!」
「Umm!」
Gekota happily nodded when he saw me stand up, he jump off the table.
I’m sorry, Alfried-dono. But there is a talking Gekota right in front of me and invites me to eat together.
It is eating together with a doll. How could I refuse such a sweet chance?
It is the joy of sharing a meal together with a doll that I dreamed of. That dream will now come
true.
「Gregor, open the door!」
「Aah」
When I opened the door, there was Tickle with a somewhat embarrassed face, and Alfried-dono, with an awkward-looking expression on his face.
「Why are the two of you here?」
After I ask that in confusion, Gekota - who was at my feet - jumps up and lands on Alfried-dono’s hands.
As I was staring at them in blank amazement, Alfried-dono pokes Tickle’s side with his elbow.
Immediately after that, Tickle bashfully opens her mouth and says,
「Now then, Gregor. It’s time for dinner let’s go to the dining room!」(Gekota's voice)
It was a cheerful voice totally similar to Gekota's voice earlier.
The moment I heard that, I felt like I had woken up from my dream.
「U, umm....」
「……no, it’s fine. Thank you for the happy time you gave me」
I knew about it. The fact that dolls, that Gekota should not be able to speak. Nevertheless, I wanted to believe in the miraculous sight happening in front of me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
And so, I ignore the small doubts in my mind, and just immersed myself in this happy time.
「So this is due to Alfried-dono moving Gekota with your magic and carrying Tickle’s voice to the doll with Wind magic?」
「Yes, it was like that. I guess the finished puppet show will be like this」
A puppet show envisioned by the best puppeteer, Alfried-dono. I’m fortunate to be the first to experience it.
Granting dolls the ability to move and to speak. I can understand how wonderful that was.
「Even so, to think that Gekota’s cheerful voice is Tickle’s......」
After I said that, Tickle immediately blushes and she lowered her head.
「Uuu, I’m so embarrassed. It was just acting, but please forgive me for calling your name over familiarly!」
「No, don’t worry about that. I was happy」
Tickle breathes a sigh of relief while looking up at me with the same usual expression, somehow she gives a really different impression from the easygoing Gekota.
「Performing with a voice.....an actor who acts with only their voice......is it something like a voice actor?」
「That sounds good. Voice actor. An occupation that specialized in acting with just their voice. They are talented people necessary to breathe life into dolls」
Alfried-dono seriously nodded and said that to my muttering.
「Hmm, a voice actor! That’s good! A wonderful occupation to charm people with just their voices! I must train people to become doll makers along with voice actors when I got home!」
Scripts for the puppeteers, training voice actors for the puppeteers. I have mountains of things I have to do with this, isn’t it?
However, I was deeply moved by the experience from before. But I can bear the hardship to reproduce the sight from before.
I knew it, it was a good thing I visited the house of Slowlett. My world has become even more vivid and so exciting since I came here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Alfried-dono, let’s talk about the occupation of voice actors――」
「「We need to have our dinner before that!」」