Chapter 12: Emperor Beckenbauer III

“Oyassan. Can you lend me your guitar? I’ll play in front of the store.”

“Elvis, it’s been a long time. I don’t mind, but it’s still noon.”

I don’t know what it is, but it seems that Elvis and the owner of this store, called Oyassan, are good friends.

The sudden offer was accepted without difficulty.

The owner’s name is Manny.　

TLN: Oyassan = Boss / one of Yakuza way to call a Boss .

Apparently, a customer who enjoyed the Elvis night the other day inquired about the tambourine.

That day was a lot of fun, but Elvis was the star of the show and Ginjiro was just an extra.

Ginjiro was happy that he was able to leave such an impression on the audience to the extent where the music shop received an inquiry about the tambourine.

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Manny-san sits and beats the drum with his hands.

He beats the drums rhythmically, making it sound like a horse galloping across a meadow.

This is the world-famous story of Emperor Beckenbauer III.

Everyone knows this song, it was the first song played at Elvis Night.

Elvis followed Manny’s lead, strumming the guitar with his hand to create the rhythm.

Ginjiro also tried to shake the tambourine in the same spirit.

Here we are in a back alley with few pedestrians.

The performance suddenly started in front of Manny-san’s music store, and the people walking along stopped in their tracks.

Elvis and Manny were shouting together and riling up the crowd.

The audience gathered around to join in the chorus.

After the first song, some people threw chips into the guitar box.

Seeing that scene, Elvis bows gracefully.

Ginjiro was thinking how great it really is to get a tip just for playing.

And then an Onēsama appeared in front of Elvis.

(TLn: Onēsama = Sister/ in this case Young woman)

The Oneesan hands Elvis a silver coin and requests a song.

Elvis accepts the tip and winks.

The Onēsama, whose eyes formed the shape of a heart, requested the song “My dearest Elise”.

She also requested that Elise’s name be changed to Shelly, the Onēsama name.

Elvis declares that he will sing for Shelley, and his sweet voice and guitar tone resonate.

Manny’s drums create a nice slow rhythm, and Ginjiro changes his tambourine into maracas to create a depth of sound.

When the song ended, Shelley-Onēsama was crying.

Elvis hugs her when he sees her.

I looked around and saw that the other Onēsama in the audience were angry?

From there it was a battle of Onēsama.

If a request came in for two silver coins, the next one was three.

Then the next song was four, and so on and so on.

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The performance, which began suddenly, was a great success both in terms of excitement and sales, so the three of us decided to have a celebration afterwards.

The place is Maria’s store where Elvis had first taken me.

It was still out of business hours, but when Elvis entered the store, Maria-san welcomed us.

On the chest of Maria-san, who is full of magical charm, I saw a necklace made of a familiar power stone.

“You should have told me if you were coming. Manny-san, Ginjiro-san, wait over here and have a drink.”

Maria puts three cups of ale and some nuts on the table and disappears into the back.

I somehow already suspected something, but it’s a little awkward now that I know their secret.

“Progit for today’s performance!!!”

Unaware of this, Manny was in high spirits.

That’s right, he got quite a bit of money in just a little over an hour.

Maria came back in her dress, and both Elvis and Ginjiro gave her a tip.

Maria did not accept the tip at first, but since we had forced her to open the store outside of business hours, we forced her to accept it.