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True Voice [On Hiatus]
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Jan 11, 2026
A10,220words
Synopsis

Ayaka is the idol of the decade.
A perfect smile, a flawless image…
and nights where anxiety is the only thing that feels real.

Keeping the mask they gave her has slowly poisoned her life.

Then her agency sends her to Takumi — a low-profile image consultant who lives far from the spotlight, in a quiet home with his eight-year-old daughter.
There, in a place that feels warm for no reason other than its sincerity, Ayaka finally exhales.

What started as a work requirement turns into something else.
One session becomes two.
A routine.
A safe corner of the world she never knew she needed.

But the entertainment industry does not forgive the unexpected.
And it definitely does not forgive honesty.

True Voice is a soft, intimate, realistic romance — about something simple, yet revolutionary:
the right to choose your own life.

Note from author

[Spotlight Romance]

I’d also like to invite you to check out the other light novel I’m writing for the other theme of the contest: “Foxlight Resonance”.

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I won’t be able to finish this story in time for the contest, and I’m really sorry about that.
But True Voice is not abandoned.

Takumi, Hana, and Ayaka are staying with me. Either for a rewritten version of this story, or for a new one, still tied to the world of the entertainment industry.

While thinking about this story, I ended up imagining two or three different possible paths… which means this pause might actually give birth to more than one future story.

Thank you for reading and supporting True Voice.

[Spotlight Romance]

I’d also like to invite you to check out the other light novel I’m writing for the other theme of the contest: “Foxlight Resonance”.

***

I won’t be able to finish this story in time for the contest, and I’m really sorry about that.
But T...

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