| Izumi | (The play is set in Private Harugaoka Music School, the best boarding school for music in the country….) |
| Machida | “Saionji, why don’t you participate in the school’s chamber music competition?” |
| Ennis | “Me? Why?” |
| Machida | “Why, you ask? You’re also one of the students in this school, you know.” |
| Ennis | “I don’t have any interest in chamber music.” |
| Machida | “Well, don’t say that. To tell you the truth, there are some guys troubled because one of their violinists has to miss out on the competition due to injury.” |
| “You’re not preparing for any competition right now, yes? Why don’t you go help them?” |
| Ennis | “Only if the others are competent.” |
| Machida | “There’s also the school’s solo competition held at the same time, after all, huh. Well, they are fairly competent….” |
| Ennis | “...All right, I’ll help out.” |
| Machida | “Huh, really?” |
| Ennis | “Why are you surprised when you’re the one asking?” |
| Machida | “No, I actually just gave it a try and asked you. I appreciate that. I’ll contact Katsumi Hino from the third year—he’s the coordinator.” |
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| Katsumi | “To think that the emperor will really join our chamber music….” |
| Ennis | “...And you are?” |
| Katsumi | “Oh, so you don’t know? I am Katsumi Hino from viola major. You accepted to be the pinch-hitter for the upcoming chamber music competition, right?” |
| Ennis | “Yes. I’m Ennis Saionji.” |
| Katsumi | “Everyone knows your name even if you don’t give it out. I’ll introduce you to the others, come with me.” |
| Youta | “I’m the first violin, Youta Mukai. I’m in first year.” |
| Ennis | “The first year is the first violin?” |
| Katsumi | “He came on top among the first years during enrollment, in addition to having promising future.” |
| Yuu | “Uhh, I’m in charge of the cello, Yuu Yoneda. I’m in the same year as Youta.” |
| “Uh, I love Saionji-san’s performance! I went to listen to your performance at the final selection for the competition——.” |
| Ennis | “I’ll be the first violin.” |
| Youta | “Huh?” |
| Ennis | “That’s obvious, right? It’s only appropriate for me to be taking the role, and I don’t have any interest in taking charge of other things beside the first violin.” |
| Katsumi | “Ah… But we already started practicing…” |
| Youta | “.....All right.” |
| Katsumi | “Huh? You’re really okay with that?” |
| Youta | “I don’t mind.” |
| Ennis | “What’s the song?” |
| Katsumi | “Haydn’s ‘String Quartet, Op. 74’.” |
| Ennis | “‘Knight’, huh…. The first violin stands out too much, and to make matters worse, the others who are already inconspicuous don’t stand out even more. That’s reckless.” |
| “If you do it at all, I think we can play Mozart’s ‘Spring’.” |
| Youta | “Huh……….?” |
| Katsumi | “No, but, we’ve already——.” |
| Ennis | “You should be able to play songs at this level right away. Will you please prepare the score?” |
| Yuu | “.....Eh!? Ah, m-me!?” |
| Ennis | “Do it quick.” |
| Yuu | “Ye-yes!” |
| Youta | “.....” |
| Katsumi | “As expected of Saionji….” |
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| Ennis | “Let’s try playing the song lightly.” |
| Yuu | “Eh? Just by first look?” |
| Katsumi | “Are you for real….” |
| Youta | “*sigh*...” |
| Ennis | “.....” |
| “.....” |
| Audience A | ——. |
| Audience B | Eh…. Is he playing it live? |
| Izumi | (The audience is surprised since they didn’t think we’d be performing for real.) |
| (This is the highlight of the musical part… The audience is immediately drawn in just by listening to this live performance.) |
| (Moreover, his performance sounds more cold than the time when he played for Prince Tangerine. The tone on the other parts also sounds like something that he plays without emotion…) |
| (The only one who can change such emotion for the musical part is Citron-kun.) |
| Youta | ——. |
| Katsumi | (Amazing….) |
| Youta | (This sound is…. too overwhelming.) |
| Yuu | (This is the emperor’s music….! It sounds like it will swallow you in.) |
| Izumi | (Masumi-kun is as good as usual. He manages to express how Youta gets really into Ennis’ rendition well.) |
| (Tsuzuru-kun and Sakuya-kun’s casting is also perfect. They don’t look out of place even when standing next to Citron-kun and the others.) |
| Ennis | “....Any objection is out of the question.” |
| Katsumi | “Give me a break. It’s impossible for us to be able to play like you.” |
| Ennis | “You can, with practice.” |
| Youta | “...” |
| Ennis | “——.” |
| Youta | “——Ennis-senpai, please hold back a little bit. Everyone can’t follow you.” |
| Ennis | “Then, you should make an effort so that you can follow me.” |
| Youta | “....” |
| Katsumi | “We wouldn’t suffer if we could do that.” |
| Ennis | “Cello, you’ve been off-beat since the 43rd bar.” |
| Yuu | “Ah, I’m sorry….!” |
| Ennis | “Overall, your performance hurts my ear.” |
| Youta | “What——.” |
| Katsumi | “Ah—…..” |
| Yuu | “I’m sorry….” |
| Toujou | “You don’t have to say it like that, Saionji. This much will do for today.” |
| Ennis | “.....” |
| Yuu | “Uh, Ennis-senpai——.” |
| Ennis | “I’ll take my leave.” |
| Yuu | “....” |
| Izumi | (Not only the musical part, but how Citron-kun executes Ennis’ aloof personality in the play also looks very good.) |
| (It reminds me of the Citron-kun that I saw when he was a crown prince in Zahra. Maybe this is also a side of Citron.) |
| Katsumi | “Just as I thought, asking the emperor to perform chamber music is impossible.” |
| Youta | “I can’t team up with someone who doesn’t feel like coordinating.” |
| Toujou | “Hmmm, this is bad.” |
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| Yuu | “I shall withdraw from this competition.” |
| Youta | “Huh!? What are you saying? We’ve promised to perform together.” |
| Yuu | “But I’m slowing you guys down.” |
| Youta | “If this is about Ennis-senpai, the one who should be dropping out is senpai.” |
| Yuu | “Ennis-senpai’s skill is the real deal—It’s perfect. Compared to me who can’t match your rhythm, I’m bad.” |
| Youta | “——.” |
| Yuu | “Youta? Where are you——.” |
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| Katsumi | “Hmm, are the two freshmen absent? Well, the practice is dismissed for today. Good work.” |
| Ennis | “....” |
| Toujou | “Huh? Is it only you, Saionji?” |
| Ennis | “I was told that my play sounded lonely.” |
| Toujou | “Lonely?” |
| Ennis | “It was the first time someone said it to me. My performance has always been perfect. I never think it’s lacking something.” |
| Toujou | “You cannot play a song with one violin when it is meant to be played by a quartet at the very least.” |
| “Don’t you think that it is the only thing “lacking” in your performance, Saionji?” |
| Ennis | “....” |
| Izumi | (The adult group has also been given specific roles; they are supporting the performance well with their relaxed acting.) |
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| Youta | “Yuu? If you’re practicing, it’s——.” |
| Ennis | “....” |
| Youta | “Ennis-senpai….” |
| Ennis | “Why did you not show up to practice?” |
| Youta | “You don’t even need me, right?” |
| Ennis | “A quartet song won’t be completed with one violin.” |
| Youta | “——.” |
| “....Got it. It’ll be alright if I show up to practice, right, If I show up. But please apologize to Yuu before that.” |
| Ennis | “Why do I have to do that? I’ve never done something that I need to apologize for.” |
| Youta | “——You, really,” |
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| Yuu | “Huh? Katsumi-senpai?” |
| Ennis | “I haven’t seen his figure.” |
| Youta | “He’s likely hanging out at that place.” |
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| Katsumi | “Sweet, I got it!” |
| Youta | “See?” |
| Katsumi | “Huh? What’s wrong, guys?” |
| Ennis | “What is this place?” |
| Yuu | “Have you never been to a game center before?” |
| Ennis | “No.” |
| Katsumi | “Do you want to give it a try, then?” |
| Youta | “What about practice?” |
| Katsumi | “There, there. This is part of social studies.” |
| Izumi | (Even though Tsuzuru-kun has tried playing characters who are really different to his real self, this one feels a lot more natural. I think this is because he uses Itaru-san as a role building reference.) |
| Ennis | “....Can I push this button?” |
| Katsumi | “The emperor playing a crane game is such a rare sight.” |
| Izumi | (The relationship between these four gradually changes…. Citron-kun expresses the change in Ennis’ feelings well.) |
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| Ennis | “You need to be more gentle. Be aware of the anacrusis.” |
| Yuu | “....” |
| Ennis | “Second, you need to pull yourself out more with the same spirit from before.” |
| Youta | “——.” |
| Ennis | “The fourth bar just now didn’t sound that bad.” |
| Youta | “Huh….” |
| Yuu | “R-Really?” |
| Ennis | “Yes.” |
| Katsumi | “That’s rare.” |
| Youta | “It’s only the fourth bar, you know.” |
| Yuu | “But that’s a huge improvement!” |
| Katsumi | “Yup.” |
| Ennis | “——.” |
| Katsumi | “The emperor is smiling.” |
| Ennis | “What do you mean by that?” |
| Katsumi | “It means what it means.” |
| Youta | “It’s the first time I’ve seen t.” |
| Yuu | “Yeah….!” |
| Izumi | (As Ennis finally opened his heart to the other three, a gentle smile is naturally born on his face….) |
| (Citron-kun has really gotten good at acting…) |
| (He has it harder than anyone since he has more words that he needs to remember, but he has grown into such a fine actor without us realizing.) |
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| Machida | “Heey, good work. Sorry for asking you for something that you’re not used to.” |
| Ennis | “?” |
| Machida | “Hm? Haven’t you heard?” |
| “You know, the guy from the quartet group that I told you was injured—Hino Satoshi; he has been doing good in recovery and it looks like he can make it in time for the competition.” |
| Ennis | “....” |
| Machida | “Ah, and Toujou-sensei is calling you. Go to the lesson room after this.” |
| Ennis | “....Got it.” |
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| Ennis | “Excuse me.” |
| Toujou | “Yeah; it’s you, Saionji.” |
| Ennis | “What do you want to talk about?” |
| Toujou | “No, it’s just—there’s an international competition coming soon. Please give it some thought too, Saionji.” |
| “You’ve always passed up on that since the genre is different from yours, but don’t you think you should give it a try this year? Your performance has changed incredibly too.” |
| “Well, I know you also have that quartet-thing of yours, so don’t take it seriously——.” |
| Ennis | “I’ll do it.” |
| Toujou | “Huh, but don’t you have practices over there?” |
| Ennis | “It’s not a problem. It looks like the helper is not needed anymore.” |
| Toujou | “....?” |
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| Youta | “Ennis-senpai, why didn’t you show up to practice?” |
| Ennis | “There’s no need for three violins.” |
| Youta | “Huh? Ah, that guy’s injury——.” |
| Ennis | “Excuse me.” |
| Youta | “Please wait! There’s no need for you to withdraw this late, Ennis-senpai.” |
| Ennis | “I wasn’t even interested in chamber music to begin with.” |
| Youta | “——.” |
| Ennis | “Good luck on your competition.” |
| Youta | “——Just as I thought, you were lonely! Were we the only ones who were having fun!?” |
| Ennis | “....” |
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| Katsumi | “So, what should we do?” |
| Yuu | “And this is based on Ennis-senpai’s strings…..” |
| Katsumi | “Should we go back to our original plan and play ‘Knight’?” |
| Youta | “....Yeah, that’s fine. Ennis-senpai isn’t here anymore, anyway.” |
| Yuu | “Youta…..” |
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| Ennis | “....” |
| Toujou | “Hmmm… It sounds like something you’d perform in the past.” |
| Ennis | “In the past?” |
| Toujou | “You’re too fixated on perfectionism. It sounds serious and stiff. Since you can’t concentrate like usual, I think we should really give up on the competition.” |
| Ennis | “....It’s lacking sound.” |
| Toujou | “Hm?” |
| Ennis | “No matter how many times I play, the music that’s flowing through my head is lacking sound. It can’t become the music that I imagine. It’s lacking.” |
| Toujou | “...Then, it may be a waste to practice even when you already found the music that you’re looking for. Please go home for today.” |
| Ennis | “——.” |
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| Ennis | “.....” |
| Youta | “...Ennis-senpai?” |
| Ennis | “....” |
| Youta | “What are you doing here, aren’t you still in the middle of lesson? You’re going to participate in international competition, right?” |
| Ennis | “It’s lacking sound.” |
| Youta | “Huh?” |
| Ennis | “No matter how many times I play, the sound is missing. The music can’t become perfect. Ever since I withdraw from the quartet, it has always been——.” |
| Youta | “....A quartet won’t be completed with only one violin. No matter how many times you play by yourself, it’ll always be missing.” |
| Ennis | “——.” |
| Youta | “Please come back. I’ve discussed this with Yuu and Katsumi-senpai, and we think it’ll be better for us take a rest now.” |
| “We’re lacking too.” |
| Ennis | “....I got it.” |
| Izumi | (Then, during the performance, the four once again played “Spring”....) |
| (The performance sounds different from the one in the first scene. It sounds like the one they played to Prince Tangerine, a warm spring melody….) |
| Machida | “.....’Spring’, huh.” |
| Toujou | “I was wondering what would happen when the emperor joined a quartet, but it turns rather interesting, huh.” |
| Machida | “Asking him for the impossible was worth it in the end.” |
| Toujou | “They struggled a lot, though.” |
| Host | “And the first prize goes to——.” |
| Izumi | (The “Spring” melody in the distance gradually disappears…) |
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| Tangerine | ——. |
| «Nii-sama, you’re indeed amazing….!» |
| Mika | «I expect no less from Citronia-sama. He shines bright wherever he goes.» |
| Guy | «It seems he managed to pull it off.» |
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| Izumi | Well then, for the success of our first day, and for us to meet Prince Tangerine and Mika-san again someday——cheers! |
| Sakuya | Cheers! |
| Misumi | Chee~rs. |
| Citron | Cheers! |
| Tasuku | This has somehow turned multinational. |
| Izumi | Japanese food and Zahran food? |
| Chikage | I wanted to master Zahran food while Mika is here. |
| Izumi | There are some that I’ve tried before, but there are also some that I’ve never ever seen. |
| Taichi | Ah, is this kebab? It’s tasty~! |
| Izumi | This one looks like fried rice, but…. |
| Chikage | It’s cooked with spices. |
| Izumi | Whoaah, it looks delicious! |
| Omi | We have a lot of Japanese dishes, too. |
| Tangerine | Ah, I love sukisuki! |
| Omi | You mean “sukiyaki”, right. Since this will be the last time you eat Japanese food, you can eat as much as you want. |
| Tangerine | Yes! |
| Tsuzuru | You cooked a little bit too much, huh. |
| Omi | Well, it’s fine. |
| Sakuya | It’s delicious! |
| Tasuku | It tastes good. |
| Taichi | Second, please~! |
| Tsuzuru | You have a point…. The amount of food is gradually decreasing. |
| Itaru | Here’s a souvenir for you. |
| Tsuzuru | Ah, you avoided giving him capsule toy. |
| Chikage | He gave him a figure instead. |
| Tsuzuru | It doesn’t change that much, you know. |
| Misumi | I’ll give you a triangle as souvenir~. |
| Tsuzuru | A local pennant…. |
| Itaru | The Souvenir, huh. |
| Izumi | It might be a very Japanese-like thing in a sense. |
| Citron | This one is from me! It’s something that is very popular among adults and children in this country! |
| Masumi | Plastic model…. |
| Itaru | I expect no less from Citron. You understand. |
| Tsuzuru | If you only give him things like this, the image of Japan will be…. |
| Chikage | Will the diplomacy be all right? |
| Tasuku | Anyway, the quartet play was very good. |
| Misumi | The music was sparkling and beautiful~. |
| Tangerine | Nii-sama, Masumi, Tsuzuru and Sakuya were all amazing! |
| Masumi | That’s obvious. |
| Tsuzuru | Thanks. |
| Sakuya | I’m glad you watched it, Prince Tangerine! |
| Izumi | (Prince Tangerine has completely fit in, too. I’m sure Citron-kun is happy——huh?) |
| (Where did Citron-kun go? I should go look for him.) |
| Tangerine | ——Director. |
| Izumi | ? |
| Tangerine | Thank you for letting me stay in the dorm. I had a lot of fun. |
| Izumi | I see. That’s good, then! |
| Tangerine | The play this time is wonderful as well. And then…. |
| There’s something that I’d like to officially request from you as the crown prince of Zahra. |
| Izumi | Huh….? |
| |
| ——. |
| (This melody…) |
| Citron | ….. |
| Izumi | (Just as I thought, it’s Citron-kun.) |
| Citron | ——. |
| Izumi | Citron-kun looks really lively when you plays the violin. |
| Both your musical performance and acting were really beautiful today. |
| Citron | I had fun too. I appreciate Tsuzuru for granting my request to play the violin. |
| I’m really happy to be able to play “Spring” along with Spring Troupe. I’m also happy that Tangerine got to watch the play. |
| Izumi | Good for you, Citron-kun. |
| Citron | I’ll be sad when the final show comes. I want to perform the play 2,000 times more. |
| Izumi | That’s quite the long run…! |
| Citron | That’s how much I’ve come to love the play. |
| Izumi | Then… should we hold additional shows? |
| Citron | Oh? |
| Izumi | I just received an official request from Prince Tangerine whether we could perform the play in Zahra. |
| In terms of performance, I think common culture subjects like music could be easily conveyed to people of Zahra…. |
| I’d totally want to take this chance as a general director——kyaa!? |
| Citron | Director! That’s awesome! |
| Izumi | Wait, if you’re spinning me round and round like this, my eyes——! |
| Citron | I’m so, so happy! |
| Izumi | Hold, hold on. Let me go for once! |
| Citron | I can formally do my “minister of exploding art” job in the end! |
| Izumi | Is there such a job position….? |
| Citron | I’m sure the people of Zahra will be happy! I’m looking forward to it! |
| Izumi | Yes. Everyone in Spring Troupe is looking forward to that too! |
| We’ll be travelling to a new world again. Then, our unforgettable performances and memories are increasing by a lot too. |
| Citron | My journey is still going on! |
