| Banri | …… |
| “Roses. Roses are my favorite flower.” |
| …….Yeesh. What am I doing, a gag? |
| Tsumugi | You think so? I thought it was cute. |
| Banri | …You were watching? |
| Tsumugi | Sorry, that’s some timing, huh? |
| I came here with some tea that Homare-san brewed for us. Tea is good every now and then, you know. |
| Banri | Thanks. |
| …I smell roses. |
| Tsumugi | It’s flower tea. To help with the Marie Antoinette image building, he said. |
| Banri | Heh, so roses really are her thing then. |
| Tsumugi | By the way, were you reading the servant’s lines just now? |
| Banri | I guess I wanted to see how it’d feel if I tried it out myself. Just curious, that’s all. |
| But it really didn’t feel right. |
| ‘Course, I’m only reading the lines here. I haven’t even done any role studies so that’s obvious enough. |
| Tsumugi | …Why did you choose to play Fersen’s role, Banri-kun? |
| Banri | That’s sudden… |
| Well… The other roles are all women, right? Of course, it’s not because I’d hate getting a female role. |
| I’m a big guy with a big height, so without even bothering to think about anything else, I just figured Fersen was appropriate and simple enough for someone like me. |
| Process of elimination, or something. |
| Tsumugi | …Hmm. You know, for me, I wouldn’t ever know till I try it myself. |
| Banri | Eh? |
| Tsumugi | It’s true that appearances should be considered. |
| But when you saw our roles switched in the casting list, didn’t you think of it too? That it would be possible… Or that it would be interesting? |
| Banri | …It’s scary how well you see through me. |
| Tsumugi | It’s thanks to how much we’d talk about theatre in cafes all the time, after all. |
| Banri | (sigh…) |
| Guess I have to be honest now… It’s just as you said. When I imagined how it’d look, I thought it’d be even more interesting. |
| Call it like… a good sense of discomfort? I mean, my female form is clearly lacking, and I definitely think Tsumugi-san looks much better in women’s clothing than I do. |
| But, considering that the setting is a male servant who’s forced to dress up as a woman, I ended up thinking that… In that sense, wouldn’t my discomfort help with that even more? |
| Still, it’s a bit too late for that. |
| Tsumugi | Better late than never? |
| Banri | …Hang on hang on, you can’t seriously mean—? |
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| hanatachi no la verite_8-1 |
| Tsumugi | Fufu, well? Am I serious about it or not? You of all people would know. |
| Banri | ——... |
| Azuma | Ahh, there you two are. |
| The organizer just arrived. |
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| Hirato | I’m truly sorry for the inconvenience!! |
| Izumi | N-Now now, you don’t have to apologize that much. |
| Plus, since it’s not a play from our own company, our loss isn’t that big. |
| Hirato | It seems we ended up using images that were done prior to editing for the web material… |
| If the Director and everyone would approve of it, we will make the corrections with quick haste. |
| Izumi | Of course. Please go ahead— |
| Banri | Uhm. Before that though, can I ask a question? |
| Hirato | …? Yes, what would that be? |
| Banri | So the reason as to why you chose for me to appear in this performance offer… Was it really only because you bumped into me at that cafe? |
| Hirato | That’s… |
| …. |
| I apologize if this will sound most impolite of me, but— |
