I Reincarnated and Tried to Become a Genius Child Actor. I Want to Quit. Chapter 17.1

On a certain day, several days after Kotori-san and the others’ lesson, I called Hiroto to the cla.s.sroom in the old school building on break time. As usual, it seems like a lot of stress was piling up, so the complaints didn’t stop.

“I really want to quit being an idol already!”

“If I want to quit, I should quit!”

He went on and on complaining, throwing everything out, and saying how he wants to quit, but I think it’ll be good if he quits if he doesn’t like it. Hiroto’s still a child, so he doesn’t need to continue and endure.

“Eh? Is quitting okay?”

“Well, I think you can quit if you’re prepared to throw away everything. So, it’s impossible to stop being an idol and return to being a child actor.”

“…Why?”

“Hiro is being looked after by your current office. Hiro’s also the heart of your group, so you influence them much more than people and money. Even if Hiro suddenly quits, you still can’t return to be a thing like a child actor.”

Hiroto’s current office is an industry giant in the area of male idols. A scene where he quits there and transfers to somewhere else, causes a disturbance, and then not being able to become an action child actor came to mind. If he quits, all the work that he piled up until now will be thrown aside, and he’ll have no choice but to return to being a normal person and quit the world of show business.

“Then, isn’t that the same as not quitting…?”

“It’s not like that. Always wanting to quit is completely different from only thinking of quitting. It’ll have become really unpleasant if you quit.”

“I… Still, I want to co-star together with Nana…”

Saying that, Hiroto bit his lip and hung his head down in shame. What the heck, I’ve already stopped looking after him, but Hiroto has basically no problems in acting skillfully. I don’t get his persistence.

“If so, don’t you have no choice other than to continue being an idol? Because, sooner or later, it’s possible for us to be able to co-star.”

“Really?”

“If you didn’t get what I said before, the chance of co-starring will be zero if Hiro quits being an idol. Besides, Hiro is a scholars.h.i.+p student, so, if you retire, you’ll be treated like an ordinary student and will have to pay school tuition. At worst, there’s a chance for you to have to transfer schools.”

He’s in a private school, but the Sakuranagi Academy’s tuition and donation fees are high. Hiroto makes money, so I don’t think he will transfer immediately, but the possibility is likely.

“I don’t want that…”

“Then, endure and continue being an idol. Occasionally, I’ll listen to your complaints, okay?”

Saying that, I patted his head.

…And, when I noticed it, Hiroto was becoming tall. Before, we were around the same height, but he’s already having a growth spurt. Going like this, sooner or later, he’ll be looking down at me, and I’ll be jealous.

“Ow! What are you doing!”

“Oh, sorry. Hiro’s growing, so it was a mistake.”

When I noticed it, I was doing an Iron Claw to him. A tall ikemen, and an elementary schooler with a high income. It makes me sick.