Citron/Magicians' Pure Love

Holding an In-troupe Auction!

Backstage Stories

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Sakuya	“Money-sama! Something like this at the entrance—!”
Citron	Sakuya!
Sakuya	Wahh! That surprised me!
	Citron-san, what’s wrong?
Citron	I thought of something good!
	Fufufu… I’ve got good things in my possession too, so I gotta do it.
Sakuya	?
Citron	First, I’ll collect everyone’s personal belongings!
	Sakuya, let’s go together!
Sakuya	Woah please wait, Citron-san!
Citron	Everyone, thank you for gathering!
	And also for gathering various items too~.
Tsuzuru	You also told Kumon and them to hand over their personal belongings?
Kumon	Yeah!
Misumi	I was told too~.
Guy	After retrieving the personal belongings and gathering everyone,
	What are you planning to do, Citronia?
Citron	Good question from the useless one!
	I’ll start our first in-troupe auction!
Tsumugi	In-troupe auction?
Taichi	Somehow that sounds kinda heart-racing!
Kumon	You’re using everyone’s stuff and doing an auction?
Citron	Yes!
	Sakuya, I want you to line up the items we collected from everyone.
Sakuya	Sure, you got it!
Tsuzuru	There’s quite a variety of things, huh? Shall I also help line them up?
Sakuya	No, it’s fine.
	Since this can also become role-making, acting like Citron-san’s servant.
Tsumugi	An in-troupe auction, that’s an interesting idea.
	But, why were you thinking you would suddenly hold an auction?
Citron	I heard rich people do auctions!
Tsuzuru	Where is this information…
Tsumugi	Ahaha… But that’s true, in this time’s show,
	Citron-kun plays the role of a millionaire.
Tsuzuru	More or less, this is for role-making, right?
Sakuya	I’ve finished lining up everything we’ve received from everyone.
Citron	Sakuya, well done!
	Now then I’ll start the auction immediately!
	Who will we start from to introduce their item?
Misumi	Yesss!
	I want to show mine!
Citron	Then please do.
	The first exhibitor is Misumi!
Misumi	What I gave is, the triangle I found before this!
Kumon	It’s a traffic cone!
Taichi	When they were all lined up, I knew who brought that!
Citron	What amount do we start from?
Misumi	Choosing the starting price?
	Ummm, around how much should we start from~?
Citron	Then for now, how about from 300 yen?
Misumi	Yeah do that~!
Citron	Then from 300 yen, the auction starts!
	So, those who want it, raise your hand and state your buying price!
Misumi	Yeah! 500 yen!
Tsuzuru	Um if Ikaruga-san puts his hand up, it’s meaningless!
Misumi	Eh~.
Citron	There’s no one else?
Theatre troupe members	…
Citron	Then 500 yen’s the successful bid!
	Misumi, congrats!
Misumi	Yayyy!
Guy	It returned to Ikaruga after all.
Tsuzuru	Is that allowed...?

Citron	Who is the second exhibitor?
Taichi	Then I’ll go!
Citron	Taichi, welcome.
Taichi	The thing I’m putting up for sale is this!
	An Akapoyo-kun pen I bought recently that was released for a limited time!
	I accidentally bought two of the same ones by mistake, so I’m giving this to someone!
Citron	How much will we start with?
Taichi	It’s something that I bought by mistake,
	So I’ll give it to the person who wants it.
Citron	Ohh, Taichi has coachingly provided it for free!
Tsuzuru	Not coachingly, but kindly.
Citron	Yes, that!
	So those who want it raise your hand, raise your hand~!
Kumon & Sakuya	Yes!
Tsumugi	You two raised your hands at the same time.
Kumon	Ahh, in that case, Sakuya-san go ahead!
Sakuya	No, Kumon-kun go ahead.
Kumon	It’s fine, it’s fine Sakuya-san, you have it!
Sakuya	No way, Kumon-kun can have it.
Guy	It became a mutual concession.
Citron	When this happens, there’s no choice but to hold a single-round match between men…
Tsumugi	Single-round match?
Citron	Here I have mini animal mascots.
Tsuzuru	Where did you take those out from?
Citron	There’s 4; a dog, cat, rabbit and bear.
	Here, I’ll choose one without it being seen, and hide it in my hand.
	The one who superbly guesses the mascot I’m holding in my hand will get the pen present!
Misumi	Oh I see~.
Guy	It’s a fairly interesting deciding method.
Kumon	Then I’ll~… choose the dog!
Sakuya	Ok, then I’ll choose the bear.
Citron	The one I chose is~…
	The bear~!
	Sakuya, good job!
Sakuya	Wah, thank you very much!
Kumon	The right answer in one shot, Sakuya-san amazin’!
Tsumugi	Fufu, as expected of roommates. They get along well, huh?
Taichi	Congrats! Here, the pen!
Sakuya	Thanks, Taichi-kun.
	But… as expected, to Kumon-kun…
Kumon	You can’t, Sakuya-san!
	It was decided by the match so Sakuya has to have it!
Citron	It’s as Kumon says.
Sakuya	Sorry.
	Well then, I’ll take it gratefully. I’ll be sure to treasure it.
	Ah, that’s right Taichi-kun. Won’t you also tell me the place they’re selling this pen?
Taichi	Of course it’s ok!
Sakuya	Thanks.
	Kumon-kun, if it’s alright, next time let’s go there together to see?
Kumon	Sakuya-san…!
	Yeah! I’ll go, I’ll go!
Taichi	If you two became interested, I’m also glad~.
Citron	As a wonderful friendship is seen,
	Here’s today’s featured product! Tah da~h!
Tsumugi	This is…
Citron	A brooch handed down from generation to generation in the Zahran royal family.
Kumon	Uwah~! Super cool—!
	Somehow it seems like a magical item!
Misumi	It’s sparkly~!
Sakuya	The decorations are very elaborate and it’s really beautiful.
Tsuzuru	But before, there was an instance where it was just a candy pretending to be a ring.
	This time it could also be sweets…
Citron	If you doubt it, you can make sure by feeling it!
Taichi	Is it ok? Then I’ll…
Guy	Wait.
Taichi	Eh?
Guy	That's not a good you can touch with your bare hands.
	It’s as Citronia says, it is an item that has been handed down in the royal family since long ago.
Theatre troupe members	EHHHH!!
Taichi	J-just a little more and I would’ve touched it…!
Kumon	Me too…!
Citron	You spoiled it already, so boring!
Tsuzuru	Why is something so important even here in the first place!
	Please quickly return it to Zahra!

Anna