| Izumi | What do you want from us? If you have a complaint, then—— |
| Guy | That’s fine with me. |
| Izumi | But—— |
| Guy | Can you give me advice? |
| Reni | What? |
| Izumi | Huh? |
| Guy | You watched me act, didn’t you? |
| What you said to me the other day was reasonable. I want to become better at acting. |
| Not just for Takato, but for my own sake as well. |
| Reni | ... |
| I’ll make it simple; acting is not something you can become better at in one day. You must be born with the talent for it as well. |
| Guy | I know that. But I want to do what I can. |
| Reni | ...Hmph. |
| If you have no confidence in your acting, then you must learn to hide that first. |
| Nothing is more disgraceful than letting your lack of confidence show in your acting. |
| The audience would only think of it as unpleasant if shown such a thing. Even a daikon acting proudly with all their strength would be better. |
| If you are terrible, then do your best in your own terrible way. |
| Guy | —— |
| ...I see. You’re right. If I’m ashamed of my own acting, then the audience will find it unpleasant as well. |
| Reni | Exactly. |
| Guy | I’m grateful for your advice. |
| Reni | Nonetheless, it doesn’t change the fact that you are terrible. |
| Guy | ... |
| Reni | ...What? You’re staring at my face. |
| Guy | ...I think I saw you on stage when I was young. I don’t know whether it was as an actor or as an audience though. |
| Izumi | As an actor...? |
| Reni | ——I don’t remember something so far back in the past. Now then, if you’ll excuse me. |
| Guy | ... |
| Izumi | (I wonder if Reni-san used to be an actor...) |
| |
| Tasuku | ... |
| Tsumugi | ...Mn? |
| (It’s still 5... I guess Tasuku went for a run.) |
| I bet he’s probably looking forward to standing on that stage again, and he can’t sit still. |
| *yawn*... |
| (I’ll go sleep some more——) |
| *phone rings* |
| ...Hello? |
| Fuyuki | “Hello? Sorry to call so early in the morning.” |
| Tsumugi | It’s fine, I just woke up anyway. What’s wrong? |
| Fuyuki | “I forgot to tell you, but actually, today——” |
| Tsumugi | ——Yeah. Yeah. |
| ...Huh!? |
| |
| Izumi | Is that true!? |
| Tsumugi | Yes. For the school arts festival today, it seems like we’re not the bonus, but we were actually formally invited as the Winter Troupe. |
| Apparently it’s turned into something like a Winter Troupe special performance... |
| Izumi | In other words, the amount of time we’d have is an hour and a half to two hours, at the very least. |
| Azuma | We can’t cover that much time with an etude. |
| Tasuku | Why didn’t aniki say something that important until now? |
| Tsumugi | Apparently there was some misunderstanding from the other party too. |
| Homare | What shall we do? |
| Izumi | Should we do a rerun, or our next performance... But either way, we didn’t practice enough... |
| Tasuku | Everyone’s got the lines and movements memorized for “Die by the Sword.” |
| Hisoka | ...It’s not even a question. |
| Homare | It appears that the time has come for me to show the fruits of my self-training. |
| Azuma | I guess to an extent, this is within my expectations with Tasuku as the leader. |
| Guy | No problem. |
| Izumi | Everyone... |
| Tsumugi | It’s decided then. Director, let’s do a slightly abridged version of our fifth performance. |
| Izumi | Performing without rehearsal... It’s risky, but we have no other choice but to do it. |
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| Fuyuki | Man, sorry about that. When I introduced you as an alumnus of this school and the former top actor in GOD-za, they insisted to have you put on a performance here. |
| Tasuku | It’s all because you chat non-stop about unnecessary things. |
| Fuyuki | I didn’t mean to. They were like, “You must be proud of your little brother.” They praised you, you know. |
| Tasuku | ...*sigh* |
| Izumi | (I wonder if Fuyuki-san is a bit of a brocon.) |
| Azuma | So that’s Tasuku’s older brother who everyone is talking about. |
| Guy | They don’t look much alike. |
| Hisoka | ...The hard one and the soft one. |
| Homare | It’s as if they’re different food textures. |
| Staff | Please get ready. |
| Izumi | Yes! |
| Teacher | Make sure you don’t talk in the middle of the play. Stay seated quietly. |
| Grade Schooler A | Ye—s. |
| Guy | The atmosphere is different than usual. |
| Azuma | It’s somehow charming. |
| Izumi | ...Everyone, even if they’re small they’re still the audience. Please don’t hold back. |
| You didn’t have enough practice, but right now, please give it everything you’ve got and act to the best of your ability. |
| Tasuku | —— |
| Tsumugi | ...For some reason, this takes me back to when we were in elementary. |
| Tasuku | I wonder if our teacher sent us forward that way back then too. |
| Azuma | Like they say, never forget where you came from. |
| Homare | The blanc of beginnings, the fresh fleurs in full bloom—— |
| Hisoka | ...It’s starting. |
| Homare | Hm, I was not done yet. |
| Tasuku | ——Let’s go. |
| Guy | Yeah. |
