Party

Rockstar Isekai were on top of the roof, held in a group hug.

“We did it” said Olive.

“We did it for real!” Beatrice exclaimed.

The blonde girl burst into tears.

“Thank you, guys, for welcoming me into this amazing group. I couldn’t find better people than you!” she said. “I’ve always lived in the palace, so I didn’t know much about the world, but with you I was able to experience a lot of new things and even deeper understand the danger of Silence. Now, I’m extremely happy that I could help our reign to find peace. It was all thanks to you!”

Olive smiled with teary eyes.

“I also have to thank you, guys. By your side, I was finally able to make my dream come true: heal and defeat Silence forever. I’m glad we found you all, our band wouldn’t be complete without a single one of you: you’re very important to me. I’m sure we’ll continue to do great things together.”

Gregory smiled, touched by their words.

“It’s me who has to thank you. You changed me into a better person: when we met, I was nothing less than a thug, but you still decided to give me a second chance and bring me with you. Getting rid of the past wasn’t easy, but with your help it was possible. Now this dragon tattoo doesn't hurt me anymore, because I know that I’m not the same person as before. If I became the Gregory you all know, it’s only thanks to you.”

Tristan’s eyes were still moist from crying. He glanced at the others with gratitude.

“You’re the first people who accepted me for who I am and that really care about me. I still don’t know why you chose me, but I’m grateful that you did, so now I can stay in the company of such beautiful souls. With your help, I think I learned how to love myself a bit more. I’m also grateful for all the praises you always give me: maybe I don’t show it enough, but I really appreciate them. You’re the stars that enlightened the darkness in my life, thank you.”

Seeing how grateful they were, Natsuo couldn’t help but feel touched. He didn’t remember anyone thanking him in such a heartfelt way like they all did. He felt his heart filled with joy like never before.

“Thank you for your words, they mean a lot to me. Thank you for trusting me, even when it was difficult to do so. Thanks to you, I understood my past mistakes and I was able to improve myself. I want to be a better person for you, guys, I want this group to last forever. Please, don’t leave me” he said.

Everyone turned to him and smiled.

“We will never leave you, you’re our irreplaceable leader, Natsuo” replied Olive.

The others nodded, as to confirm her words.

Natsuo smiled, reassured. This time, things would have worked. He had loyal companions who would have never left him, no matter what, and for him it was the same: he would have never left any of them behind. They were his new family and he would have done anything to see them happy.

The soldiers reached the group in a festive procession and the group broke the embrace to turn to them.

Natsuo glanced at his bandmates, then turned to the soldiers and raised his arm, making the rock sign with his hand. The other four smiled and did the same.

All the soldiers cheered and imitated them.

“Natsuo! Natsuo!” They started chanting his name.

Natsuo listened to them, touched. He could feel the joy in their voices and that made him happy. It was still a bit strange to think about it, but he really saved the world.

Perhaps now I can do it… He thought.

He smirked and jumped from the roof, throwing himself on the crowd.

Everyone’s eyes widened, startled. What did he have in mind?

The soldiers caught Natsuo on the fly and cheered for him.

Natsuo felt his heart filled with excitement. He had always wanted to do it.

Olive and Tristan let out a sigh of relief, while Gregory and Beatrice burst out laughing.

***

After the end of the battle, Rockstar Isekai healed all the wounded and cleaned the city from the corpses of the silent monsters.

The Anti-Silence Unit made a ceremony to remember all the soldiers who died during the battle and the group attended it.

They publicly received a huge reward from the Unit and the royal family, in front of all the soldiers and citizens of Blossomhyl, and the royal family announced that they would have organized the first world tour of Rockstar Isekai.

After that, Olive and Gregory insisted on making a party, so the soldiers and the people ended up celebrating together on the main square.

Olive was making drinks for everyone and the people seemed to be having fun.

At a certain point, Beatrice asked Natsuo to summon her keyboards and started improvising a background music, mixing different sounds.

“Everyone, let’s dance!” she exclaimed.

Gregory and Olive were the first that started dancing, then everyone followed them.

“I kinda like DJ Beatrice” commented Natsuo.

“What do you mean? What’s a DJ?” asked Beatrice.

“Literally what you’re doing now.”

Beatrice smiled proudly.

“DJ Bea on charge! Let’s have some fun!” she exclaimed.

Everyone cheered.

Tristan was standing next to Natsuo and Beatrice, lost in his thoughts. He felt like a fish out of water. Olive and Gregory reached them to spend some time together.

“So… When will I get the chance to see Natsuo with a fishnet tanktop like Gregory’s?” asked Beatrice.

Olive immediately blushed at the thought of it.

Natsuo chuckled. “Why me? I think it would look better on Tristan” he replied.

Tristan reddened, embarrassed. He would never have worn something like that.

Gregory laughed. “Right, I know you’re hiding nice muscles under your shirt” he said and punched Tristan’s abs.

Tristan put his hands on his stomach, as to hide them.

“I don’t think Beatrice is interested…” he said. “And, if she wants to, there will be the right time and place” he added, even if in a lower tone.

Beatrice reddened to the tip of her ears. Normally, a woman couldn’t see the body of a man, unless he was her husband. Saying something like this, was like asking her to marry him. That was too much to handle for her.

“I… I’ll think about it” she mumbled.

Gregory burst out laughing and Olive nudged on Beatrice.

“The important thing is that you keep yourselves free for the world tour” Natsuo commented.

The other four all nodded happily. The first city of the tour was Blossomhyl and they couldn’t wait for the day of the concert to arrive.