| Izumi | (......Ah, there he is.) |
| Itaru | Oh, Director. What's up? |
| Izumi | I wanted to have a small chat with you. |
| Itaru | With me? That's fine, but......Then, here. Have a seat. |
| Izumi | Thank you. What were you doing? |
| Itaru | Mm......Just thinking. |
| Izumi | (I wonder whether he's pondering something related to the Mixed Troupe Play......) |
| Practice is going well, but is there pressure from being the lead? |
| Itaru | It's my second lead, huh. The other cast members are reliable and the Spring Troupe are supporting me, so I'm able to do things without paying it too much mind. |
| Izumi | Itaru-san, it seems you've gained some courage from KniRoun. Hehe, I'm glad. |
| Itaru | That might be true. I even did an intro before the start of the play, after all. |
| Izumi | Speaking of which, do you really not have any episodes with your teachers that you can remember from your school days? |
| Itaru | Ahh, what we talked about at practice, huh. I really don't. |
| I basically acted like an honor student in high school, and from primary to middle school I erased my presence as much as possible. |
| I didn't impose on the teachers like problem child Banri, so we didn't interact more than necessary and I wasn't close to any of them either. |
| Izumi | ......I see. |
| Itaru | I was always in the going home club, so I didn't participate in club activities either. I had no interactions with advisor-type teachers. |
| Izumi | ―― Um, could it be that just remembering your high school time is upsetting......? |
| (There's the incident he talked about during KniRoun with Tonooka, so if that's the case, maybe it would have been better not to ask......) |
| Itaru | No, I've long since left that in the past. |
| But with this play too...... |
| Don't good teachers have to put their students first, like the high school teacher Banri talked about? |
| Of course, I know that in reality, not all teachers are like that, but...... |
| Izumi | Mhm. |
| Itaru | Tsumugi was saying it too, but while Futami seems to laze around, his concern for his students is at the core of his character. |
| As a fellow adult who's applying myself to my work, I do respect that sort of "teacher", but ――. |
| At the same time, I feel like there's no way I could do that. |
| Izumi | You were a home tutor though, weren't you? |
| Itaru | Ahh......But that was a part-time job at most, so I couldn't feel that much for the kids I taught. |
| Tsumugi is a home tutor as well, but......looking back on it, I never bothered with or cared for my students like him. |
| Of couse, a role with a duality to it is incredibly fun to play, but I can't understand "why he would go so far" on a fundamental level. |
| I'm a bit troubled about that......I guess. |
| Izumi | Troubled......huh. |
| Itaru | I guess I don't feel qualified to play a teacher when I don't understand the driving force behind that feeling. |
| Izumi | So that's what it was. |
| (I suppose Itaru-san saying that he'd like to focus on bringing out the charm of his dual nature in a cool way was because he had these feelings......) |
| (Right now, he can definitely put all his strength into playing that part.) |
| Itaru | It'd have been nice if I'd had a friend or aquaintance who was actually a hot-blooded teacher. |
| Izumi | How about you ask everyone in the company about that. |
| Itaru | Haha. That's right. |
| But, well, regardless of what I just said, I think I'll be able to act my heart out. Don't worry. |
| Izumi | Okay. |
| (......Somehow, I'm not that reassured.) |
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| Izumi | Good morning. |
| Tsumugi | Ah, Director. Good morning. About the school visit I invited you to the other time...... |
| I contacted the teacher and asked permission, so I think we'll be able to do that next week. |
| Meeting my teacher for the first time in a while......I'm looking forwards to it. |
| Izumi | I'm looking forwards to it too! It's nice to visit your old school, isn't it. |
| Tsumugi | That's right. Entering the school grounds and remembering the atmosphere of our school days might be useful as content for the daily lines as well as preparing for our roles. |
| Izumi | It seems like it'll be a good reference in a variety of ways! Let's propose it to the other cast members too. |
| Tsumugi | Yes......But Itaru-kun seemed a bit conflicted during practice the other day, didn't he. |
| Izumi | (So Tsumugi-san realised that time too......) |
| Tsumugi | I wonder whether there's some sort of bad memory or something he doesn't want to remember from his school days. |
| Izumi | About that, he actually ――. |
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| Tsumugi | ......I see. So that's what it was. |
| Izumi | It'd be nice if he could ask an actual hot-blooded teacher......That's also something he said. |
| Tsumugi | ......Ah. |
| Izumi | ? |
| Tsumugi | If that's the case, we heard about one just recently, didn't we? A hot-blooded teacher. |
| Izumi | Recently? Where did we...... |
| ―― Ah! |
