Kazunari Miyoshi/The Magician Who Gives Hope

Good Fortune Outing Date

Backstage Stories

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TV	“That’s all for today’s weather.”
Kazunari	It’s gonna be sunny the whole day today, huh!
Kumon	Yep~! You get hyped when the weather’s nice, right!
Izumi	It feels nice when the weather clears up.
TV	“Now then, how does your luck look this weekend?
	We’ll be back with our number fortune-telling after the commercial break.”
Muku	Ah, the number fortune-telling!
	It’s pretty accurate.
Omi	You have to choose a number you like between 1 and 9, right?
Muku	Yes!
Kazunari	‘Kay, then I’mma choose 3 for Miyoshi!
Kumon	I’ll go with 9 for Kumon!
Muku	I guess I’ll choose 5.
Kazunari	How about Omimi and Director-chan?
Omi	I’ll choose 7 then.
Izumi	I’ll go with 6!
Muku	Ah, the fortune-telling has started!
TV	“The ones who have best luck this weekend are… those who chose 3!”
	“Anything and everything will go well for you this weekend!
	You might even get a lot closer to the person you’re interested in!?”
Kazunari	Woo, sweet~!
	First place is super lucky!
Muku	Good for you, Kazu-kun.
Kumon	9 is third place, huh~?
Omi	Haha, third place is also pretty great, isn’t it?
Izumi	They haven’t announced 6 yet…
TV	“The ones with the worst luck this weekend are… oh, so sorry, it’s those who chose 6!”
Izumi	Uh, ah.
TV	“If you get caught up in your assumptions, you might lose out!?
	Keep a flexible attitude.”
Izumi	I can’t believe I’m dead last…!
Muku	Don’t worry about it!
	They give out advice for better fortune as well.
TV	“The best way for those of you to improve your luck is to go out! A change of scenery will turn the tides on your fortune!"
Kazunari	Hear that? You’ll be fine if you go on an outing, Director-chan!
Izumi	An outing… but I don’t have any set plans coming up.
Kazunari	In that case—.
Izumi	Ah! I almost forgot. The laundry’s finished.
	I’m gonna go hang it out to dry.
Kumon	See ya~!
Kazunari	…
Izumi	Alright, done.
	I’m sure they’ll dry well today!
Kazunari	Ah, there you are! Director-chan!
Izumi	What’s up?
Kazunari	Continuing our previous chat~.
Izumi	Come to think of it… you were about to say something, weren’t you, Kazunari-kun?
	Sorry I cut you off.
Kazunari	It’s totally fine!
	More importantly—.
	You said you didn’t have any plans on the weekend, right?
	In that case, wanna go out with me?
	I have a little place in mind I wanna check out!
Izumi	A place you want to visit?
Kazunari	Truth is, I’ve been searching up lots of different kinds of fortune-telling since the recent event ended—.
	And I’m curious about this fortune-telling I found on SNS!
Izumi	“Lithomancy”?
	I’ve never heard of it before. What kind of fortune-telling is it?
Kazunari	In Greek, "litho" means stone and "mancy" means divination. So basically, it's stone fortune-telling!
	I thought it’d be great and look sick to do some fortune-telling with different coloured stones~.
Izumi	I see. That does sound like you’d be into it.
Kazunari	I read you’ll be able to learn lithomancy easily in a few hours if you take this course!
	I've already made a reservation, but it looks like there's still time to add someone in. So why don't we take it together, Director-chan?
Izumi	Heh… it looks pretty and I think it’ll be kind of interesting!
Kazunari	Then it’s settled!
	The two of us are gonna master fortune-telling over the weekend~!
Izumi	Thanks, I’m looking forward to it.

Izumi	Wallet, check. Phone, check…
	Alright, I haven’t forgotten anything.
	*knock, knock*
	Come in.
Kazunari	Are you ready to roll, Director-chan~?
Izumi	Yeah, we can head out now.
Kazunari	Sweet, leggo!
	I’m super looking forward to our date, Director-chan~!
Izumi	It’s… not a date though.
Kazunari	That’s cold, Director-chan~!
	The lithomancy course was fun, right!
Izumi	If it’s the simple method, then I felt like we could pull it off.
Kazunari	I’m gonna read the fortunes of all the Summer troupe guys right when we get back to the dorm~!
Izumi	But didn’t you need stones and a sheet to do lithomancy?
Kazunari	Oh, right! Well, I bet I can draw the sheet so that’s fine… so I need to prepare some stones~.
Izumi	They said that basically any stone can be used for fortune-telling, even if it's not a power stone, right?
Kazunari	Since the compatibility between you and the stones is important, they said stones laying on the side of the road are totally fine if it suits you!
Izumi	So it sounded like rocks in the city would work too…
Kazunari	Alright! Let's head to a place I bet has lots of stones, and look for a good match right now!
Izumi	A place you bet has lots of stones?
Kazunari	It’s gotta be that place, right?
	Mm~, this feels great!
Izumi	There’s more people here than I thought.
Kazunari	There’s quite a lot of families, huh~?
Izumi	Anyways, I never thought we’d suddenly end up at the beach.
Kazunari	If it’s the beach, then I thought there might be loads of pretty rocks and stuff laying around~.
	Plus, I wanted to get out a bit and turn around Director-chan’s luck that was at the bottom of the weekend fortune list?
Izumi	Ahaha, thanks.
Kazunari	‘Kay, then let’s have a match to see who can find the most beautiful stones!
Izumi	Fufu, I’m not gonna lose!
Kazunari	There might be something good around here…
	Ah, there’s one!
	A round and pretty rock!
Izumi	Eh, you’re fast, Kazunari-kun!
	Okay, I also gotta…!
	Ah, how’s this one?
Kazunari	Ohh, that has nice vibes too!
	It suits you, Director-chan!
	But I've found another one that's even more exciting~!
Izumi	Eh, wait, I’m gonna look for more too!
Kazunari	Ahaha!
	Director-chan can’t stand losing~!
Izumi	(It feels like we’re kids again, getting so absorbed searching for pretty stones.)

Kazunari	Ah!
	Hey, hey. Look here, Director-chan!
Izumi	Wow, it’s so pretty!
	But this isn’t a rock… but sea glass?
Kazunari	Yep!
	It was sparkling and so clear, I thought it looked just like your eyes~, Director-chan!
Izumi	…It’s impressive you can say lines like that without feeling embarrassed.
Kazunari	That’s cause it’s true!
	Ah, found another one!
	I mean, it looks like there’s a whole bunch of sea glass in this area!
	I think Kumopi and them would like them, so how about we take some home as souvenirs?
Izumi	In that case, I’ll… ah, there’s some here too!
Kazunari	Spotted another one!
	…Hold up, we came here to look for stones. But now we’re searching for sea glass without realizing it!?
Izumi	Ahaha, that’s true.
Kazunari	Welp! We won’t be able to do fortune-telling at this rate!
	We gotta look for stones too~!
Izumi	You can collect such beautiful stones even if you don’t buy them at a store, huh?
Kazunari	Right! When we get home, I’ll draw the symbols on these and make the sheet~…
	There's still so much to do before the fortune-telling, but we were so absorbed searching for the stones that the sun started to set.
Izumi	Ahaha, it really did.
CHOICE 1: I forgot about my fortune results. [+] Izumi I totally forgot that my fortune was last place this week. Kazunari You mean it!? That’s great~. The fortune didn't say this, but maybe the lucky person was me! Izumi Fufu, I’m sure that’s it.
CHOICE 2: I'd love to come with everyone next time. [+] Izumi It might be fun to hunt for stones with everyone next time. Kazunari Yeah, totes! I wanna see the rocks that everyone gets excited about! Kumopi would find a cool-looking one, and Sumi would deffs get a triangle one! Izumi I bet Muku-kun would find a beautiful stone too, right? Kazunari I’m getting hype just imagining it! Alright, next time, we’ll hold a Summer troupe stone hunting contest! Izumi (A stone hunting contest sounds a bit surreal… But Kazunari-kun looks like he’s having fun, so I'll leave it at that.)
	I had fun the whole day today since you took me out, Kazunari-kun. Thank you.
Kazunari	I also had a great time on my date with you, Director-chan!
Izumi	…The setting sun sure is beautiful.
Kazunari	It really is.
	But… you’re even prettier, you know?
Izumi	I-it’s embarrassing being told something like that!
Kazunari	Ahaha, you’re so adorable when you’re shy, Director-chan!
	…Say, this is the perfect situation to watch the sunset alone on the beach. So why don't we at least hold hands?
Izumi	…That is not gonna happen!
Kazunari	Aw, shucks~. I was so close though~!
	Too bad!

Anna