| Homare | Hmm… I see. |
| Hisoka | Devil… |
| Azuma | It has a different kind of difficulty compared to the previous angels theme. |
| Tsumugi | I was wondering if I could get some clues from the three of you, who have a totally different life experience from mine, and use it as a reference for my role building… |
| Homare | I shall certainly cooperate. |
| Hisoka | If it’s something within my power… |
| Azuma | I wonder if I can be of any help. |
| Tsumugi | There’s a lot of things I can learn just by listening to you all talk. Don’t feel too much pressure… |
| Homare | How about we take turns and spend a whole day with you? You may gain something from our daily lives. |
| Tsumugi | You have a point. I’ll be in your care, then! |
| Homare | There’s actually an art exhibition I’d like to go to now. |
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| Tsumugi | So they’re holding an art exhibition with “devil” as the theme, huh. This is such perfect timing. |
| Homare | I learned about it through the publishing company I’m affiliated with. Never would I have thought it could be useful for the play. |
| ??? | Arisugawa-sensei. |
| Homare | —. |
| ??? | Thank you for taking the trouble to come here today. |
| Homare | No, it’s no problem. I was also interested in it, after all. This is my fellow troupe member, Tsumugi Tsukioka. |
| ??? | I hear a lot about you all from sensei. |
| Homare | He’s one of the staff, Nakamura-kun. |
| Tsumugi | Nice to meet you. |
| Nakamura | Shall I show you around? |
| Homare | No, there’s no need. We’ll look around by ourselves. |
| Nakamura | Understood. Please contact me if you need anything. |
| —Ah, right. I’d like to remind you that tomorrow is the deadline for your next column. |
| Homare | Shall we get going? |
| Nakamura | A-Arisugawa-sensei—. |
| Tsumugi | ...Is it alright to leave him like that? |
| Homare | Yes. It’s no problem. Well then, where should we look first…? |
| Tsumugi | Should we borrow an audio guide? |
| Homare | If you need a guide, this Homare Arisugawa is more than happy to personally give you an explanation. |
| Tsumugi | Tha-Thank you. |
| Homare | Well then, first off, this work is from the 18th century—. |
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| This is also one of Goya’s black paintings. Then, this one… hmm? I don’t know this work. |
| Tsumugi | So this one is a manga. |
| Homare | Looks like the story follows a gal devil who suddenly descends from heaven and lives with an ordinary male college student. This is quite interesting. |
| I’ve found an inspiration—High to the Heavens, Framboise… |
| Tsumugi | Uhh, I don’t think you should do it here—can we save that poem for later? |
| Homare | Is that so? It can’t be helped, then. |
| Oh, right. I think this is the main work for this exhibition, Johann Heinrich Füssli’s Satan. |
| Tsumugi | —. |
| Homare | Tsumugi-kun, in your opinion, what’s the charm of the existence called devils? |
| Tsumugi | ...For me, I think it's their evil aesthetics, sex appeal that leads humans around the nose, cunning, immeasurable darkness and enigmatic mystique. |
| Homare | I see… However, those are the features that humans can also possess. |
| For me, I think the point that makes their difference crucial from us humans is big. |
| It’s relevant to the angels we played during our debut play. |
| Tsumugi | Crucial difference… |
| Homare | Humans and devils are basically different beings. From our way of thinking, origin, common sense to judgement, everything is different. |
| It’s also because they are beyond our understanding that we are tickled by curiosity and drawn to them. However, at the same time, we’re scared, and we repulse and loathe them. |
| This might not make sense, but in either case, they’re an existence that is able to sway our emotions immensely. |
| In the past, I used to be afraid of getting myself deeply involved with someone due to my inability to understand others’ train of thought. |
| However, ever since I joined Winter Troupe, I’ve come to learn that I could put myself in others’ shoes and be considerate of one another even if I can’t fully understand them. |
| Everyone in the troupe is the same. They all accepted and sympathized with a useless, broken cyborg like me even without fully understanding myself. |
| That is why I want to cherish everyone. |
| I’m thankful to them all for making me think this way. |
| ...Oh, I’ve gotten a little bit off-topic. |
| Tsumugi | It’s all right—please tell me more. |
| Homare | Hmm… Hisoka-kun is the one who’s most radically different from me. |
| He’s greatly changed since our first meeting—and much more than me, who has always been called odd. |
| Even though we’ve been together for so long, there are still parts of him that I can’t understand at all. |
| Well, he probably also thinks the same of me. |
| However, I find that fascinating. I have fun being with him. I feel a sense of closeness with him. |
| I think we’re in the same boat when it comes to wanting to keep being together. |
| In my opinion, I think you can be more friendly towards Lucifer and get closer to him. |
| Tsumugi | More friendly…? |
| Homare | When I came to look at your rehearsals the other day, I felt like you were too fixated on Lucifer’s aloof part. |
| Like, how inhuman and soulless he is… |
| Though it is indeed true that devils are beyond human understanding, nobody has ever seen their form. |
| However, if we put it that way, painters would never be able to draw them. |
| Perhaps, it’s possible to draw yourself closer to such an unknown existence by snuggling up close to them, feeling that heat, having a talk and befriending them. |
| Even though Lucifer is a mysterious being that goes beyond our understanding, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t have any passion burning in him. |
| Tsumugi | I see… |
| Homare | I hope this could serve as reference. |
| Tsumugi | Yes, thank you. It was insightful. |
| Homare | Tomorrow will be Hisoka-kun’s turn, right… I feel like you will learn a lot from him who’s radically different from me. |
