Chapter 23 (Part 3)

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When they saw Laala crying, they hurted so much.

- "Laala, don't cry." - Sophie went by Laala's side and hugged her.

- "Yep-pri. Idols shouldn't cry-pri. Smile, Laala." - Mirei said as she sat next to her friend.

- "Mirei, Sophie..." - Laala looked up.

- "You can tell us the matter you're troubling with!" - Shion said.

- "Because, we're friends!" - Leona said.

- "Everyone... I'm fine... I just want to see Jululu..." - Laala tried to stop crying but failed. She told a lie afterwards.

- "Don't worry, Laala." - Sophie touched Laala's shoulder.

- "Leona is right. We'll become Divine Idol and save her." - Shion said.

- "Yeah." - Dorothy said.

- "Everyone... I... I'm so scared..."

"I'm scared that you all can't move on from losing me... I'm scared that your smile will disappear if I'm gone... I wonder if it is better if I stop this contract... No, not at all! We'll lose Jewlie! Moreover, if I took the surgery, it would fail anyway... I'm not scared of death. Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it after all... "

- "Laala, you know, people say I'm very disciplined and calm, but that couldn't be further from the truth." - Mirei suddenly changed into her out-of-PriPara voice.

- "Mi-Mirei..."

- "I'm hesitant, indecisive, and I always feel like crying. You remembered when I decided to quit being an Idol, right? But I hid my weak side. That's why I decided to become a calculated idol!" - Mirei said.

"I see..." - Shion thought.

- "I wish I could be like you. I admire how you're upfront with your feelings and don't hesitate to act on them."

- "That's putting it so nicely."

"That's just my acting. You never saw the real me... I'm just like you, Mirei..."

- "Laala, you freed me from my cage and taught me about what matters the most: the courage to move on without fearing changes." - Sophie said.

- "Laala... Dressing Pafe's here now because of you girls. You encouraged us, motivated us to become a better ourselves. You give us the chance to experience the new thing." - The twins said in unison.

- "At the PriPara Debut Christmas Eve. Dressing Pafe and Solami Smile were blessed with the Paradise Coord and had to complete, but..." - Shion said.

Flashback...

In the lesson room...

- "Today's Merry Christmas! Paradise Shoes Prize Grand Prix... is not only the main events of PriPara, Idol Grand Prix, held once every three months, it is also a rare chance to acquire the ultimate coord, the Paradise Coord: Paradise Prize! ParaPri for short! These two events together are huge-kuma! Shoes, Tiara, Dress. New idols only get one shot at gathering all three-kuma! And the team that wins the Paradise Coord... is basically to reach the Divine Idol rank-kuma! So you absolutely must win-kuma! Especially against your biggest rivals, Dressing Pafe." - Kuma explained.

- "Of course-pri!" - Mirei said.

- "We've got this." - Sophie said. Laala looked down and thought something.

- "Oh? Where's your "Kashikoma!"?" - Kuma flew to Laala and said.

- "K-Kashikoma!"

- "Laala? Something bothering you-pri?"

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