Azuma | ——. |
Izumi | ...Azuma-san, are you okay? |
Azuma | Director...? Where am I...? |
Izumi | The hotel. Tasuku-san carried you back.... |
Azuma | I see.... |
| —What about the matinee? It should’ve started already. |
Izumi | We asked Guy-san to act as a stand-in. |
Azuma | I need to go—. |
Izumi | Are you sure? |
Azuma | Yes. Let’s hurry. |
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Izumi | .... |
Azuma | .... |
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Guy | “Do you have business with her?” |
Tsumugi | “There’s something I want to tell her... But I can’t meet her face-to-face.” |
Guy | “How strange. Well, why don’t you write a letter then?” |
Tsumugi | “A letter... that’s a good idea! I’ll do that!” |
Izumi | (Guy-san has the lines and actions down just like Azuma-san.) |
| (His age and appearance suit the role of a doctor, and Tsumugi-san is covering for him, so it looks like we don’t have to worry.) |
Guy | “This letter is from her. Unfortunately, I can’t deliver her letters to you anymore. I’m sorry. I think you’ll understand why if you read the letter.” |
Izumi | (But his Phillip is completely different from Azuma-san’s; he isn’t human enough at all.) |
| (Azuma-san’s Phillip was more apologetic towards Michael; you could sense his compassion.) |
| (This is another kind of Phillip, but it feels strange because I’m so used to Azuma-san’s Phillip....) |
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Azuma | ...Hey, Director. |
Izumi | ? |
Azuma | I didn’t realize I would feel this frustrated seeing someone else play my role. |
Izumi | Eh? |
Azuma | I’ve never felt this way before. I’m surprised too. |
| I remember how I felt during our debut performance. I want to stand there—next to everyone else. |
| I’m really sorry for making a hole in the performance and causing everyone trouble. |
| I know I have no right to feel frustrated, but could you let me perform in the soiree of our final showing? |
Izumi | Azuma-san.... |
Azuma | When did I become this obsessed with theater? |
| I want to shout out loud—that role is my role. |
Izumi | (Azuma-san... really came to love acting.) |
| Please take the stage during the final performance. |
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Tsuzuru | ...I didn’t know that happened. |
Izumi | We were really worried about how things would turn out, but I’m glad everything worked out. |
Azuma | I’m sorry for causing everyone so much trouble. I promise this will never happen again. |
Tsumugi | Please don’t worry about it. |
Tasuku | I don’t blame you, given the circumstances. |
Azuma | Thank you too, Android-san. |
Guy | I haven’t done much. |
Citron | Guy standing on stage? That’s a 5☆ rarity! |
Itaru | So less than 1%? |
Sakuya | I wish I could’ve seen it! |
Masumi | I would’ve come flying if you called for me. |
Chikage | You ate so much that you couldn’t even move. |
Masumi | Citron ordered too much. |
Izumi | You had more food!? After that huge dinner the first day? |
Citron | It’s Itaru’s toast, so it’d be a waste not to! |
Itaru | Whaling for Citron is tough.... |
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Izumi | Guy-san, thank you so much for today. |
Guy | .... |
Izumi | Guy-san? Is something wrong? |
Guy | No... I was just thinking acting is difficult. |
Izumi | That was an amazing first performance. You memorized the lines and actions perfectly. |
Guy | My memory compiles everything that I have seen. I’m a high-performance android, after all. |
Izumi | I-I see.... |
Izumi | (Could it be that Guy-san really is an android, after all...?) |
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Guy | .... |
| ...hh. |
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??? | “...i. Gai, what do you think? Isn’t theater fascinating?” |
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Guy | ...—A dream? |
| No... that can’t be. I’m an android created in the royal laboratory of Zahra Kingdom.... |
| ...I suppose I need to defrag. |