The Master Likes a Mystery/Epilogue

The Master Likes A Mystery
EP: Poems Dedicated to My Beloved Friends

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Izumi Good work, everyone! The final performance was a success! Homare Hm. Everyone, let us shake hands! Tsumugi Huh? Okay. Tasuku Uhh, okay. Azuma Good work. Homare Hisoka-kun gets a hug! Hisoka …No thanks. Izumi (With this, we’ve safely finished all of the troupes’ second performances… At the end of the day, lots of things happened, but I’m really glad!) Homare Now then, I shall give Director-kun a hug filled with love and gratitude. Izumi Huh!? Tasuku I don’t know about that. Tsumugi Masumi-kun might hold a grudge if he finds out. Izumi (Well, a hug wouldn’t hurt, right?) Err, good work, Homare-san. Homare Hm. Azuma Good for you, Homare. Tasuku I was worried up until the opening day, but I was able to enjoy myself without worries during the performance. Tsumugi I felt the same. It’s because the leader and the second lead had everything in place. Izumi You also really did a job well done, Hisoka-san. Hisoka …Six months’ worth of marshmallows. Tasuku We know. Izumi Ahaha! That’s really important. Tenma Good work. Misumi Good work triangle~! Kazunari Good work peeps! Tasuku The noisy ones have arrived. Homare Greetings, everyone. I see you came to watch my graceful figure on stage. Tenma As expected, he’s like this as soon as he’s off the stage. Homare What do you mean by that? Tenma No, it’s nothing. You were perfect for the butler role. Misumi You looked cool~! Kazunari Aririn, you looked super duper noble! Homare Right, right? Don’t you think so? It is simply because I am noble by nature! Tenma I thought so too back then during your debut performance, but your acting really is perfect, Hisoka-san. I hate to admit it, but your attention to detail is something I should learn from— Hisoka …Zzz Tenma Listen to me! Kazunari Now, now! Okay, let’s hurry home and party! Azuma Sorry. The Winter Troupe members and the Director are going to be doing some nice things today, just the six of us. Kazunari Nice things? Misumi I wonder what~? A triangle festival~? Tenma Y-you guys are not about to do anything suspicious, right? Azuma Well, I wonder about that? Tenma !? Tasuku We’re just going drinking. Kazunari Ehh~! I’m jelly! Tenma Oh, you’re just going drinking. Tsumugi All of us in the Winter Troupe are adults after all. I guess this is a privilege for us alone. Azuma That’s how it is. Izumi Which means that we’ll celebrate with everyone else next time. Misumi Oka~y! Kazunari Sooo are you going to a members only bar full of celebs? Azuma Hehe, that sounds good too. Tenma That right there is suspicious. Tasuku You make it sound so dubious. We’re going to a normal place. Seriously. Izumi Now then, let’s have the leader, Homare-san, give the toast! If you would please! Homare Ahem. Before the toast, I shall present the gifts I’ve prepared for everyone. First, the poem dedicated to Director-kun— Tasuku Looks like this’ll take a while. Izumi We can do that afterwards, so let’s do the toast for now! Homare Hm, is that so? Very well. To celebrate the brilliant success of the second Winter Troupe play led by Arisugawa Homare, let us have a toast—! Tsumugi Cheers! Tasuku Cheers. Azuma Cheers. Hisoka …Zzz Homare Now, why are you sleeping here! Hisoka …It took too long. Izumi Anyway, I’m glad that it ended safely~ Tasuku I was a bit worried at first, but it went smoothly, surprisingly. Tsumugi Things were more all over the place back during our debut performance. Tasuku That was mainly your fault. Azuma Hehe. Weren’t you involved in it in some ways too, Tasuku? Tasuku Well, that’s… Homare This is all solely thanks to me! Tasuku Look who’s talking. Izumi Things have completely returned to how they were before, huh. Tsumugi Everyone’s acting got better as well. Izumi Definitely. It makes me really happy that every troupe has stepped it up from their debut performance. Tsumugi It’s all thanks to you, Director. Azuma Good work. Today we’ll have to reward you as thanks. Izumi Oh, no, I didn’t do anything! It’s all thanks to everyone. Tsumugi Ever since we finished the second round of performances, it feels like the other troupes are getting even more excited. Tasuku This takes me back to our student plays. Tsumugi I know what you mean. Azuma That reminds me, I’ve been seeing Muku and Saku doing sit-ups in the courtyard lately. Izumi Is that so? Azuma Sometimes the prince counts for them but he often goes back to previous numbers by mistake, and so they end up doing sit-ups for eternity. It’s funny. Tasuku Looks like they’re getting trained for nothing. Tsumugi Everyone’s putting effort in basic training and stamina training. Izumi It seems like everyone has come to understand the meaning behind practice even more now compared to the beginning. So maybe they’ve realized the importance of the basics too. Homare I shall not lose – I must polish my beautiful voice as well. From now on, I shall do vocal training everyday until late at night. Hisoka …A nuisance. Tsumugi I really do think that the appeal of a play ultimately depends on the actors. The simplest aspect of a play is the fact that it’s brought to life by humans talking and moving. That’s why— Tasuku But the script and the staging are important too. Tsumugi Of course they are. Izumi But that’s true. Even if your script, staging, set, and costumes are good, sometimes that just doesn’t cut it. Azuma You three sure get even more heated up when you drink. Tsumugi Huh? Is that so? Tasuku It’s always like this when we drink. Izumi We just end up talking about theater. Azuma How interesting. I wonder if it’s a special trait among theater people. Homare *sob* *sob*… Really, the fact that it ended safely, fills me with deep emotion and makes me sentimental shiny flow… Tsumugi Homare-san, are you okay? Azuma There there. Homare cries when he’s drunk. Hisoka …Seconds. Izumi Huh? Hisoka-san, aren’t you drinking a lot? Azuma He’s drinking about the same amount as I am. Izumi Azuma-san, you’re also drinking a lot! Tasuku It doesn’t show on your face at all. Tsumugi The two of them are really strong drinkers. Azuma It’s gotten really late. Tsumugi I haven’t gone drinking this late since I was a student. Izumi It’s nice to drink like this once in a while. Tsumugi You’re right. Homare —Can I have a moment. Tasuku Hm? Izumi Is something wrong? Homare I have something I wish to talk about. Will you lend me an ear? Tsumugi Of course. Homare I don’t understand people’s feelings. I hurt my lover because of it in the past, and so I’ve always fretted about it. However, acting as Sagishima made me think that despite that, I am fine the way I am. I still don’t understand people’s feelings. However, I can put myself in people’s shoes. And that is fine with me. Now that I can think that way, I feel much more at ease. This is all thanks to Hisoka-kun, Director-kun, and all the other members of the Winter Troupe. Thank you. Izumi Homare-san… Hisoka …You’re weird. Homare And with those feelings of gratitude, I’ve composed poems for every single one of you! I wasn’t able to recite them to you during the toast, so have a listen now! Izumi !? Tsumugi P-poems? Tasuku And what’s more, one for each of us… Hisoka …No thanks. Azuma I wonder what kind of poems they are. Homare First, to Director-kun… The single chameleon plant that blooms on the Mankai field… The blooming rowing flor feat. Director…! Izumi Wha- Wait, it’s already early morning! We can do this later! And what do you mean by chameleon plant…!? Homare Now now, there is more to it. Izumi You’ll bother the neighbours! Azuma Hehe. Tsumugi Ahaha. Tasuku Geez… Hisoka …Arisu really is so noisy.
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