282 Salted Fish Is a Food with Deep Meaning (1/2)

”How regrettable… but this humble one won't give up. After the fourth knight joins us, I'll work my hardest to obtain his trust and meet him in person!” Hisashi sent an emoticon of hard work and effort.

'No, you've already struck out, because his older sisters are watching this,' Seiji thought to himself. 'Have Rion and Kotomi guessed that this Milk Cream Sweet Sweet Pig was that hacker who messed with them before?' He suddenly wanted to know this.

It was the same for the reverse. 'Would Hisashi guess that Silver Crystal is actually the username of those twin sisters?'

Seiji thought about how subtle all this really was.

But that incident was long over already. He figured that even if they discovered each other's identities, nothing significant would happen.

He considered whether or not he should tell them about the truth of each other's identities. He decided to bring it up later if it was necessary; for now, he would focus on the task at hand.

”My third topic of discussion is about voice actresses,” Seiji said.

”Voice actresses… my king means to give voiced lines to the main characters!?” Hisashi asked.

”Yes, I have another friend who's a skilled actress. She volunteered to be a voice actress for this game.”

”Another one! As expected of my king; you have so many talented people around you!” Hisashi exclaimed.

”Don't praise me like that… I'm just fortunate to know such skilled friends.” Seiji also felt somewhat overcome with emotion. ”I believe that she's definitely skilled enough to be a voice actress, but I'm not certain whether or not our game needs voice acting, which is why I wanted to discuss it.”

Professionally made dating sim games would typically have voice acting, but Seiji's group was just a non-professional group working out of their personal interests.

If they intended hire voice actors for the characters, it would obviously increase the difficulty severalfold. One voice actress wouldn't be enough, and they would need at least several.

It wasn't completely impossible for just one voice actress to be used for the entire dating sim game, but that meant it would have to revolve around only one female main character, and Seiji didn't intend to write such a story.

”If we do decide to add voice acting,” Seiji typed, ”then after we let her join, we still need to find other voice actresses, which will be rather troublesome.”

”Indeed,” Hisashi agreed, ”it's not easy to find talented voice actresses, but we still have plenty of time, and we can take it easy. If we can't find enough people, then we can even contact professional companies and try hiring professional voice actresses!”

”But that will greatly increase our cost of production, and it'll also go against our original intentions in creating this game.”

There was a short pause before Seiji responded: ”I also feel that a top-quality game should give voice to its characters! Sweet Pig Knight, I agree with your idea!”

”Ohh, my king!” Hisashi sent a passionately weeping emoticon.

”Then let's add voice acting to our game! After letting my friend join in, everyone should also look for other voice actresses. If we can't find enough in the end, I shall also help Sweet Pig Knight to pay the costs of hiring professionals.”

”My king is truly wonderful! But it's not necessary for you to do so; I can handle it by myself. The small contract fee for hiring a few voice actresses is nothing at all for the first knight!” Hisashi sent an emoticon of grandness.

”I know,” Seiji typed, ”but this is a matter of responsibility. Since I made this decision as the group leader, I should bear the burden as well.”

”My king…”

”Alright, stop going on about it—that's just how it's going to be,” Seiji said bluntly, ending that line of discussion. ”Now to the fourth discussion topic: I have yet another friend who can't help with anything as of yet, but still wants to join this group. Forcefully letting her join is of course out of the question, but I believe we can let her become a backup candidate. She may be able to help us as a voice actress or in some other way. Consider this as granting a personal favor for me—I know it's a bit unreasonable. If anyone objects, I shall give up on it… what are your opinions?”

”I believe that it's not as unreasonable as you think. We currently lack voice actresses, so it would be appropriate to make anyone that could potentially become a voice actress into a backup candidate. I agree with this idea and suggest giving our backup candidate the title of 'apprentice knight!'”