| Sakuya | ...Ah! |
| Tsuzuru | What’s wrong? |
| Izumi | Did you forget something? |
| Sakuya | You’re supposed to take your shoes off when you step foot on an island nation, right? I almost forgot...! |
| Tsuzuru | Chikage-san was just lying, okay. |
| Sakuya | Really!? |
| Then if you oversleep and miss your stop, will you end up in Japan again...? |
| Tsuzuru | It’s not a train, you know. |
| Itaru | Doesn’t happen. |
| Sakuya | I-I didn’t know that.... |
| Masumi | It’s so cramped. |
| Izumi | Eeh? Aren’t airplanes all like this? |
| Azuma | I didn’t want to fly economy either. |
| Tsuzuru | Bougie.... |
| Passenger A | A theater troupe? |
| Passenger B | Those are costumes, right? |
| Tsumugi | ...But we sure are getting some attention. |
| Tasuku | We all wore our costumes so that Guy-san’s mask wouldn’t stand out. |
| Chikage | We’ve secured a place to stay over there, right? |
| Guy | Yes, we should be fine. My subordinates have sorted everything out. |
| Itaru | We’ll be arriving at 12 PM Zahra time. The coronation ceremony is the next day, and the day after that we’ll be leaving—that’s a pretty rough schedule. |
| Azuma | We should probably sleep on the plane. |
| Homare | I wanted to take some more time to go sightseeing, but.... |
| Tsuzuru | Please tell that to the person holding the purse strings. |
| Itaru | Difficulty level: HARD. |
| Izumi | But I’m amazed we managed to enter at the last minute. |
| Guy | My subordinates used their influence there as well. We’re supposed to be a very popular Japanese theater troupe. |
| Tasuku | Why did you raise expectations even more for yourself? |
| Guy | What else could I do? We wouldn’t have been allowed such a sudden entry otherwise. |
| Tsumugi | We need to think about our acting: how will we communicate with an audience that doesn’t know our language? |
| Homare | Oh, don’t worry about it. Art is universal. |
| Azuma | It’s strangely convincing when Homare says it. |
| Hisoka | ...It’s true, Alice is universally weird. |
| Guy | There should be subtitles for our lines, so the audience will know what’s going on. |
| Tasuku | But we need to think about how to convey nuance. |
| Guy | Yeah. Let’s do as much as we can right now. |
| Chikage | Winter Troupe acquired yet another theater freak.... |
| Izumi | (He’s right; Guy-san is completely a member of Winter Troupe now.) |
| Tsuzuru | Huh? I thought I put the note in my carry-on luggage... Ah, here it is. |
| Sakuya | What’s that list for? |
| Tsuzuru | My family’s souvenir list. They really liked the souvenirs that aniki brought back, so they asked me to buy all sorts of things. |
| Izumi | Oh, that’s right. Didn’t your brother say he wanted to visit Zahra Kingdom around the time of the coronation ceremony? |
| Tsuzuru | Ah, that’s right. He’s headed over from a different country. We promised to meet up. |
| Aniki told me to bring his favorite Japanese pickles, so... I’ll be gone for a bit on the night of our arrival. |
| Izumi | Why don’t you invite him to dinner with us? If he doesn’t mind, that is. |
| Tsuzuru | Well, if I do invite him, I’m pretty sure he’ll agree right away, but... He’s a bit eccentric. Is that okay? |
| Izumi | Does he have a strong personality? |
| Tsuzuru | Kinda, yeah. |
| Izumi | Well, our troupe members too.... |
| Tsuzuru | ...Yeah, I think we’ll be fine. |
| |
| Hisoka | ...Zzzz. |
| Tsuzuru | ...Gzzz. |
| Sakuya | .... |
| Tsumugi | ...You can’t sleep? |
| Sakuya | Ah, yes. I know I should, but.... |
| Thinking about how we’re really going to Citron-san’s country to meet him again—I just can’t sleep.... |
| Tsumugi | Of course. |
| Sakuya | You too, Tsumugi-san? |
| Tsumugi | Yup. It’s my first time acting abroad, so I’m just so excited that I can’t sleep. |
| I might as well try out a few things I’ve never done before, and I’m looking forward to seeing how the Zahra audience reacts. |
| Sakuya | I understand! I always have trouble falling asleep the night before the final performance because I’m just so excited. |
| Tsumugi | The final performance is always special. |
| Sakuya | You’ve been acting for a long time, right, Tsumugi-san? |
| Tsumugi | I did take a break, but I was in student theater, so I guess I’ve been acting for over ten years. |
| Sakuya | Why did you start acting? |
| Tsumugi | When I was in elementary school, I took part in a school play with Tasuku. It was so much fun... before I knew it, I’d been acting for all these years. |
| Sakuya | You must play off each other perfectly because you’ve been acting together for so long. |
| Tsumugi | What about you, Sakuya-kun? |
| Sakuya | I became interested in theater because of a play I watched during an art appreciation event in elementary school. |
| There was some trouble during the performance, but I was so moved by the actors who continued to play their roles off the stage.... |
| Tsumugi | So that was your formative experience, Sakuya-kun. |
| Did you go watch that troupe’s performances after that? |
| Sakuya | No, I only vaguely remember the name of the troupe.... Now that you mention it, I never looked them up to see how they’re doing. |
| Tsumugi | They might be surprisingly close to us. |
| Sakuya | You’re right. I’ll look it up next time. |
| Tsumugi | I want to watch their shows too. I’ll help you look for them when we get back to Japan. |
| Sakuya | Yes! |
| Tasuku | ...I’m interested in that troupe’s acting too, but you should hurry up and sleep. |
| Sakuya | !! |
| Tsumugi | ——. |
| Sakuya | I-I’m sorry. We must’ve been loud. |
| Tsumugi | ...Fufu. Tasuku also has trouble sleeping when he’s looking forward to something involving acting, so don’t worry about it. |
| Sakuya | Eh, really? |
| Tasuku | I can hear you. |
| |
| Citron | <<....>> |
| Soldier A | <<...As expected of Prince Citronia. He looks so dignified.>> |
| Soldier B | <<I was worried for a while when he disappeared, but he is truly worthy of the throne.>> |
| Soldier A | <<I’m looking forward to the ceremony tomorrow.>> |
| Orange | <<...Tch.>> |
| Navel | <<...Hmph.>> |
| Citron’s subordinate | <<That was the last rehearsal. Please rest in order to prepare for tomorrow.>> |
| Citron | <<...Understood.>> |
| Tangerine | <<You did wonderfully, nii-sama.>> |
| <<The program for the Royal Palace Performance and the list of participating troupes have been released. Would you like to go look together?>> |
| Citron | <<...No, I want to rest early today.>> |
| Tangerine | <<Is that so....>> |
| Citron | <<I’m sorry.>> |
| Tangerine | <<No, please get a good night’s rest.>> |
| Orange | <<...This is bad. We have no time before the coronation ceremony.>> |
| Navel | <<At this rate....>> |
| Guy’s subordinate | <<....>> |
