Gift
It was a weekday, but the karaoke room in the bustling area always maintained a lively atmosphere.
Well, it was a place like that after all.
Anyway, the conclusion was that I had gone to a coin karaoke room with Batori and entered the small room located in the farthest corner.
“I used to always have to charge with cash, which was annoying. Now, with this card tap, it’s really convenient, you know.”
“Is that so…?”
“Yes, before, it was cash or bank transfer.”
I familiarly charged, turned off the score, and started setting up.
On the way in, I bought two 500ml bottles of water from the vending machine, so everything was ready.
“Hmm…. What should we do?”
“What do you mean…?”
“Are you cheering for Batori? Should I cheer for Batori really hard with the microphone? Or, if Batori sings, should I clap and cheer?”
At first, I thought of just sitting quietly and praising the goblin girl without doing anything, but if I did that, the very shy Batori would probably run away for real.
I also thought of having Batori sing and then me praising her.
No matter which I choose… Batori would probably feel embarrassed.
But I had no intention of failing the experiment, after all, I was going to do it somehow.
I chose one of the two.
“…….”
“Which one do you think is better?”
“Th, rather… I’ll sing a song…!”
“…Oh.”
A quite, really unexpected answer.
I had clearly thought Batori would choose the first one.
I thought she would choose to just cheer for me extremely hard, making her voice hoarse from only worshipping me, but instead, she wanted to sing herself.
It felt really surprising because I had expected her to be embarrassed about singing and pass it to me.
“Really going to sing?”
“Yes…!”
“…Why?”
“Well… while coming in, the other people’s singing voices were really echoing well…? If the staff member praises me with the microphone… that would definitely be heard throughout the karaoke corridor, so, that, that, if that happens, it would definitely…….”
“Ah.”
That reason.
Hmm….
It was probably true.
After all, unless the MR was turned off, the soundproof room wasn’t there, so the sound would inevitably be transmitted to other rooms or corridors.
“Then Batori, sing.”
“Ah, ah…. Y-yes…!”
I handed the karaoke remote to Batori.
Actually, no matter what I chose, I thought it would be a bit fun for me.
From Batori’s appearance so far… how would she sing?
I was genuinely curious.
Basically, her voice was cute, and she was extremely shy… so maybe she would sing shyly and quietly?
I had leaned towards that expectation, but….
You never know?
She might suddenly grab the mic and say something like ‘Wow, the voice…’ naturally, singing really well.
Or, not just singing well, but show an insane performance like a vocal with great mustache.
I had a little, very little expectation as I waited for Batori.
She entered the pop song list, chose slowly, and I quietly watched it, then put the mic cover on the mic and prepared.
There were two mics, so both.
As I did that….
“I, I’ll start…!”
“Go.”
Batori really chose a song that didn’t match at all and started lifting the mic.
WELCOME TO THE WHITE PARADE.
“…….”
No, normally when going to karaoke, you don’t choose something like that from the first song, right?
Of course, you could choose something to liven up the mood, but choosing a song that could make your voice go out…
…Don’t know.
Well, she would probably sing well on her own…
After all, it was just me cheering and supporting enthusiastically, regardless of Batori’s singing skill or anything.
I discarded all thoughts, prepared to clap, or shake tambourine.
“Ah, aaa….”
The song’s accompaniment started slowly, Batori checked the mic.
And slowly started singing.
“……”
She sang the song.
She sang much better than I expected.
She sang so well that I forgot to cheer, respond, or clap at all.
“Wow….”
“Eh, eh… How was it…? Singing in front of other people for the first time, th, th….”
“Amazing.”
“Kept being quiet, so…”
“Da-da-da-pak.”
“Ne…?”
“Singing is too good, isn’t it? Almost a hundred times better than our Team Leader?”
“Th, don’t praise too much…”
“No, really, I sang well. Really amazing. I sang really well. I thought you were a real singer?”
“Th… th…….”
It was naturally coming out praise, not made up.
Because she sang too well, exceeding my expectations too much, sincere praise came out.
Of course, there might be cases where a woman sings a male vocal song, but since it was a tough song, I thought it would be difficult, but she just did it.
Not just singing, but during singing, the technique, it was amazing.
“Usually listen to band music, rock music, things like that?”
“Yes….”
“Wow.”
It doesn’t match, but somehow it does.
Anyway….
To a much better singing skill than I expected, I asked for the next song, and this time properly cheered.
I really cheered enthusiastically.
“Your voice is… echoing….”
“Waa~”
“Your, voice is…….”
“Kya~”
“Ah, no matter how hard I try…”
“You’re pretty~”
“Eu, et….”
Instead, she kept doing such cheering and praise, so maybe she was embarrassed?
As Batori sang, her face gradually reddened, and she started making mistakes in pronunciation, etc.
Well, even so, she sang well, and it felt cute, but….
More importantly, in such a situation, Batori’s ability was definitely starting to be demonstrated.
“Today is gonna be the….”
“Your pronunciation is really good, I’m envious…”
“I don’t believe that any….”
“Batori, wouldn’t it be good to seriously change your job to a singer?”
“Eu, ah….”
Even while being embarrassed, her height and body were visibly swelling.
That also… the appearance when suppressing thugs was bigger than usual, gradually growing, and soon breaking through the 160 wall like before, becoming plump, I confirmed right in front of me.
During the three songs, four songs, I praised her continuously.
In between, I even used the remaining one mic to noisily cheer, so the conditions were similar to what I thought.
One huge cheer and ten moderate cheers.
The former won among the two, meaning that Batori’s ability was not simply determined by the number of ‘people’.
“Wow, if I do more like this, I’ll grow bigger than Saran-nim.”
“Th, that’s right…. This much growth… me too, for the first time….”
Around 165 cm?
Looking up at Batori standing, I felt her height was about that.
Originally 30 cm taller from her height… it was an enormous expansion, and the pants she wore made her ankles completely exposed, and the training jacket was puffed up because of her chest.
Still smaller breast size than Saran.
It had become a larger size than the almond expression.
D size?
“…Hmm.”
At this point.
Seriously, how far would she grow?
Such a question naturally arose in me too.
135 cm, AAA cup to 165 cm, a little over D cup.
To 170…. Could it go to E cup, F cup?
“Batori, what should we do? The conditions are confirmed successful. Do you want to continue?”
It wasn’t my body or my ability, so I asked at this point.
After all, as her body grew, her clothes were becoming tighter, so if I did more, it might cause some embarrassment.
Right here, if she grew a little more… her belly would definitely be exposed.
Especially, the outer coat’s zipper might be dangerous.
“…Th, this far…….”
“Huhu, shall we?”
“Yes….”
Her face completely red, she nodded vigorously.
Probably because she had been praised and responded enthusiastically since earlier, she was very embarrassed, but since it was Batori.
I smiled and respected her will.
The karaoke time still had a lot left… I could just sing?
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.
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“But Team Leader… can I ask one question?”
After I finished analyzing and organizing Batori’s ability, and enjoyed the time at the karaoke room, while slowly walking the path, Batori’s words came out.
I turned my body towards Batori and tilted my head a little.
What is it?
“Why?”
“Just, I wanted to ask something that I’ve been curious about for a while.”
“I don’t know what it is, but please feel free. Helping Batori is my job, after all.”
I didn’t know what it was, but I nodded and accepted.
As long as the question wasn’t rude, I didn’t have to be too tense to ask.
Perhaps the too passive personality is hard to change….
Even if I try hypnosis to help, it seems there’s still a long way to go.
“…Team Leader, do you do this to other hero people too?”
“…Yes?”
“You spend personal time, give gifts and such… are you usually doing these things?”
“Eh….”
It was a bit sudden question, I was surprised.
But there was no difficult answer.
“You don’t do this to other people?”
“Yes? Then….”
“Up until now, many heroes have been assigned, but giving gifts like today seems to be the first time.”
“Eh…….”
The gift was really the first time.
Not gift cards like burgers, but giving real objects to someone was truly the first.
Batori’s face that didn’t understand was quite cute, but I thought I needed to explain more, so I opened my mouth again.
“Because Batori, I gave the gift.”
“Eh, th, eh…?”
“Huhu.”
There aren’t many sincere new heroes like Batori, and heroes who follow my words one by one like Batori are rare.
I’ve managed many heroes so far, but those who resolve problems smoothly like Batori are really few, and cases where results come out clearly in a short time are few.
That’s why I gave such a gift today.
It was a kind of gift to the hero who followed me well, and also in the dimension of cheering for her to do better in the future.
“…….”
“Has the answer been given?”
I hoped that the goblin girl would understand my heart well.
After I answered, since there were no more questions, and seeing Batori lower her head and mutter to herself… probably she understood my heart and thought she should work hard from now on too.
“Huhu.”
A smile came out naturally.