The Master Likes a Mystery/Episode 3

The Master Likes A Mystery
Episode 3

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Homare Grandmother, the tea is almost— Oh, I’m sorry! I dropped your watch. …What do I do? It seems that I broke it. Homare’s Grandmother Let me have a look. It seems fine. There are no scratches or cracks. Homare But this watch doesn’t have the correct time. Homare’s Grandmother That watch has always been that way, ever since Sakae-san passed away. Homare Ever since grandfather passed away? Why hasn’t it been repaired? Homare’s Grandmother Sakae-san had always repaired that watch. He is gone now, so it has not been repaired since. Homare Then how about replacing it? There is no point in having a broken watch. Homare’s Grandmother … Homare Grandmother? Homare’s Grandmother You are also the same as that watch. Homare Huh? Homare’s Grandmother ―― Homare Ah, grandmother, this watch is— Homare’s Grandmother I no longer need it. I shall give it to you. Homare Grandmother… Homare … (Even now, I still can’t forget grandmother’s hurt expression that time…) (Surely grandmother was trying to say that I’m no different from that broken, mechanical watch…) (It’s similar to when my girlfriend called me a cyborg. Like a machine that does not understand people’s feelings…) (People always leave me. I’m just like that watch grandmother had thrown away.) (I end up hurting people without understanding their feelings – I truly have been a defective product ever since I was born.) (What must someone like myself do in order to understand Sagishima’s feelings…?) (Things had somehow worked out during our debut play because I had the truthful magnifying glass, but that won’t do this time…) *sigh*… Misumi Triangle, triangle~! Heave-ho! Hisoka …Umph. Homare Gya—! Misumi Ah, so~rry! Hisoka …Arisu is sleeping. Homare I fell because Misumi-kun toppled me over! Misumi It’s dangerous if you stand here~ Hisoka Because this is a passageway. Homare The balcony is not an entryway! Tsumugi Oh, there you are. The meeting is about to start soon. Homare Good grief. What if I had strained my back? Misumi A creaky freaky triangle~ Homare Hm, that is quite a nice phrase. Hisoka … Tsumugi What’s wrong? Let’s go, Hisoka-kun. Hisoka … Izumi … (Homare-san oozes elegance when he moves during the rehearsal. His relaxed, graceful movements are just like a butler’s.) Homare How was that? Izumi I think it’s very good that you were carrying yourself like a butler. You weren’t over-the-top like before, but this time you may have seemed too robotic – or should I say too indifferent. Homare Hm… How difficult. It won’t do if I’m filled with too much emotion, and no good either if I’m too robotic… Izumi (Homare-san is testing things through trial and error in his own way.) We still have time, so let’s tune it bit by bit as we go. Homare Hm. Izumi (What I’m more worried about is…) Homare Hisoka-kun, it’s your line next. Hisoka ―― …Sorry. Izumi (How unusual of Hisoka-san to be moving awkwardly.) (Or rather, it feels more like the focus he had on his role as Shiki has transferred to something else.) Is there something you’re having trouble with? Hisoka …I want to change where we’re positioned. Izumi Where you’re positioned? Hisoka This way is better. I can’t relax when there’s someone behind me. Homare You’re going behind me, Hisoka-kun? Izumi Err, it looks a little weird that way. Tasuku If the butler Sagishima isn’t standing one step behind Shiki, their master and servant relationship will be hard to grasp. Tsumugi It can work depending on the scenario, but it feels out of place if that’s how it looks in a normal situation. Azuma It’s not often that a butler walks in front of the master. Izumi Hisoka-san, is it very uncomfortable for you to stand in front? Hisoka …Fine, I’ll work hard to get used to it. Homare Well then, from here forth I shall stand behind you everyday until you are accustomed to it. Hisoka …That’s annoying. Homare What…!? Izumi (I wonder if being bothered by someone standing behind him is related to his past in some way…) (There seems to be some circumstances surrounding it so it’s a bit awkward to ask him directly…) (We’ll think of something if it’s absolutely impossible for him.)
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