The Master Likes a Mystery/Episode 1

The Master Likes a Mystery
Episode 1

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Homare Good morning bird, good morning little birdie, a carnival in San San Francisco~… Hm, I’ve created an excellent morning poem. Izumi Homare-san sure is being Homare-san first thing in the morning. Hisoka …Noisy. Tasuku How can you keep being so full of energy first thing in the morning? Homare Why, that is because I was born a poet. Morning, noon, night, and even when I am asleep – I am always a poet. Hisoka …He’s composing poems even when he sleep-talks. Tasuku That’s tough… Manager Whoa! What’s all this!? Tasuku Hm? Hisoka …It sounded like it came from the entryway. Izumi I wonder what happened. Manager Excuse me! What is that huge pile of cardboard boxes in the entryway for!? Izumi Cardboard boxes? Homare Oh, those are packages for me. I had writing materials sent from my parents’ home. Manager Even so, do you really need a truckload’s worth of them!? Izumi What? Azuma Good morning. Tsumugi Good morning. There’s a lot of cardboard boxes in the entryway. Homare Perfect timing. Please divide the work amongst yourselves and assist me in putting those away. Tasuku Why do we have to do the work… Homare Because it is nigh impossible for me alone. Izumi Are you planning to put all that stuff in your room? Manager That’s impossible, no matter how you look at it! Homare Hm… Then I shall borrow some space from the dormitory’s storeroom. Manager I’m not done cleaning the storeroom yet so that’s also impossible! Izumi Haven’t you been cleaning the storeroom for a long while now? I feel like you’ve been on it since the Spring Troupe’s debut performance… Manager Urk… After I clean there would be more props, and then I clean but there would be more costumes, and then I clean but there would be more stage sets… It’s an endless story… Izumi Thank you for your hard work… Homare In that case, there is no choice but to reduce the amount of things here. First, please bring those cardboard boxes here and open them! Tasuku Like I said, why us… Tsumugi We can’t just leave them in the entryway forever, and it’s faster if we all share the work anyway. Izumi That’s right! Homare Precisely. Tasuku Look who’s talking. Tasuku Books aside, there’s all sorts of stuff here that don’t look like they belong. Tsumugi Homare-san, what about this rubber duck? Tasuku Of course he doesn’t need it. Homare What are you saying? That is something I used to play with in the bath during my childhood. It may bring forth a surge of inspiration. I shall let you have it, Tsumugi-kun. Tsumugi Huh? But I can’t accept such an item that’s full of memories for you. Homare Is that so? Tasuku …What’s this rock? Homare That is a commemorable rock that I acquired from the garden when I began walking for the first time. Tasuku You’re keeping even something like this…? Homare You can have it if you like. Tasuku I don’t want it. Hisoka Marshmallows… Homare They must have included that as a snack. It’s all yours, Hisoka-kun. Izumi There’s lots of food packed in here. You can feel the love from your parents. Azuma What’s this small box? It looks expensive, so it must be something valuable? Homare That is… It contains a pocket watch. Izumi Wow, what an antique. Homare …I received it from my grandmother long ago. Tsumugi It’s not displaying the right time. Homare No matter how many times I correct the time, it still goes amiss. Tasuku Maybe you need to have it repaired by an expert craftsman. Homare … Izumi Homare-san? Homare Hm? Izumi Is something wrong? Homare No, it’s nothing. That pocket watch is fine the way it is. Now then, what do we have here in this box… Ohh, I shall give this to Tsumugi-kun and Tasuku-kun. It is a complete collection of all my books. Have it displayed in your room. Tasuku What? Tsumugi Err, thank you very much. Homare Azuma-san, I shall let you have this first ever paper crane I folded in my life. Azuma Hehe, it’s my first time receiving a present like this. Homare Director-kun, I shall give you this T-shirt that has my poems printed on it. It was created to commemorate the release of a new publication of mine. Izumi You even have something like that, huh… Homare Hisoka-kun, I shall let you have this fan that was created as a set along with the T-shirt. Hisoka …I don’t want it. Izumi (Let’s see, did I forget to buy anything…?) Passerby A That was interesting~! Izumi ? Passerby B That was great! Passerby C I’ll be rooting for you! Izumi (There seems to be a street act going on. There sure is a crowd gathered here though. I wonder which theater they’re from…) Tasuku Thank you very much. Tsumugi Thank you very much! Izumi Huh? Tsumugi-san, Tasuku-san. Tsumugi Oh, Director— Tasuku On your way home from shopping? Izumi Yes. Tasuku Hand me the bags. Izumi Thank you very much. You two sure were a big hit. Tsumugi The Winter Troupe’s next performance is approaching, so I thought we could do some advertising at the same time. Izumi I see. Tsuzuru-kun said that he’ll have the script done by tonight, so practice will officially start again soon. Tsumugi I’m looking forward to it. Tasuku It really helps that the scripts here get done fast. Tsumugi Yeah. There were times when our script was late and wasn’t done until two days before the performance… It was also tough when our script was changed on the day of the performance at the chairman’s convenience… Tasuku Right… Izumi It happens… Izumi Oh! Tsumugi Is something wrong? Izumi I forgot to buy eggs. Tsumugi Should I go get them? Izumi No, it’s fine! Can I leave the bags with you two? Tasuku Got it. Izumi I’m off! Izumi *phew*. I’m glad I remembered on the way home. Tsumugi-san would be happy if there are egg dishes. Homare … Izumi (Huh? Isn’t that Homare-san?) Homare … Izumi (I wonder what’s wrong? He’s looking at a watch store.) Homare ―― Izumi Oh, he left. (Come to think of it, he said that his pocket watch is broken. I wonder if he went to get it fixed…)
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