Chikage Utsuki/Magicians' Pure Love

Role Study 【Uso Peten】

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Sakuya	There are really a variety of different types of board games.
Citron	I’m just looking at the packaging, but I’m excited!
Chikage	To play board games as a breather and as role-making is an idea only game otaku Chigasaki could come up with.
Izumi	Next, what kind of game will we play?
Itaru	Next is… this one.
Citron	Oh—! That’s a well-known Zahran board game!
Sakuya	It’s a game where you become pioneers and develop trade on Zahra’s uninhabited islands!
Tsuzuru	In the end, the person who owns the most territories wins… That’s how it was, right?
Itaru	Right, right.
	This time I tried choosing this with Peten, who senpai plays, being in charge of Kieru’s management in mind.
Masumi	We’ve played this game before too,
	So I remember the rules.
Sakuya	At the end of rehearsals, we often played this together, right?
Citron	It’s been a while since we’ve played! I’m fired up~.
	Then first, rock-paper-scissors for our initial placements.
Sakuya	Rock-paper-scissors!
Izumi	Wah, Chikage-san won!
Sakuya	As expected!
Tsuzuru	I mean before when we played this game, Chikage-san was seriously really strong…
Citron	He’s especially good at negotiations!
	You get unconsciously taken in by his baby talk.
Masumi	If you say that, you mean slick talk.
Itaru	But today, we’ll show a victory without being caught by his slick talking.
Tsuzuru	Right. We’re doing this for the first time in a while, but today I want to win!
Chikage	In that case… Shall I place my house here?
Izumi	You put it in a place where it’ll be hard to get that kind of dice roll?
Itaru	He’s attacked.
Chikage	Well, it’s just a bit of a handicap.
	I’m looking forward to what kind of development will occur.
Itaru	Hell yeah, got sapphire!
Izumi	That’s great.
	I also want sapphires and horses.
Masumi	When there’s something you want,
	If you tell me, I’ll exchange anything with you.
Tsuzuru	Ummm… Does anyone have palm trees left?
Masumi	I have some, but I won’t exchange with Tsuzuru.
Tsuzuru	Why!
Sakuya	I have palm trees!
Tsuzuru	I’ll bring out 2 lamps, so won’t you exchange them for 2 palm trees?
Sakuya	Lamps…
	Ummm, I have lamps though… What should I do?
Chikage	In addition to 2 palm trees, I’ll bring out 1 jasmine.
	Won’t you exchange with me?
Tsuzuru	Ehh, you’re giving me 3 things?
	Ah, but I’ll be strung along by Chikage-san's way with words…
Chikage	If you’re doing urban development, you won’t have enough jasmine, right?
	I don’t think this sounds so bad.
Izumi	As expected, Chikage-san is skilled at negotiating.
Citron	Tsuzuru, it’s no good if you get taken in by Chikage’s nice talk!
Tsuzuru	Ummm… But the fact is I don’t have enough palm trees…
Chikage	If there's additional jasmine as well, then there’s no way you won’t be on board, right?
Tsuzuru	Ughh…
	I understand. Then, please exchange them.
Masumi	…Haa.
Tsuzuru	It can’t be helped, it’s convenient for me to have jasmine too.
	Besides, even though I’ve passed these materials over to Chikage-san,
	He still shouldn’t have enough of them…
Itaru	That’s true.
	Huh, but…
Chikage	Now then, I will use the card I drew a while ago.
	For that reason, in addition to the materials I have in hand from the negotiation with Tsuzuru,
	I then obtain bonus resources, claim the last territory and…
	Yep, with this it’s my win, right?
Tsuzuru	EHH!?
Citron	Chikage, you had that kind of hidden card!?
Sakuya	T-that’s amazing…!
Itaru	I was thinking that he could’ve possibly pulled the bonus card back then…
Tsuzuru	…He got me.
Izumi	Even though he was supposed to have a handicap,
	It’s Chikage-san’s victory after all…
Citron	Chikage, well done!
Masumi	…What the heck.
Itaru	Once again, I don't want to turn senpai into my enemy.

Anna