| Masumi | So you pour the dish soap onto the sponge and wash it like this. |
| Tangerine | I see. |
| Chikage | What are you doing? |
| Sakuya | Masumi is teaching Prince Tangerine how to wash the dishes! |
| Chikage | Heh, that’s rare. Anyway, I didn’t know that Masumi could help with the house chores. |
| Itaru | He usually skips it, so we also had no idea. |
| Tsuzuru | Do the house chores if you can do them. |
| Izumi | Well well, I think this is a great progress to have him teach Prince Tangerine like this! |
| Itaru | Exactly. If this were the old Masumi, he wouldn’t have taught him. |
| Sakuya | For some reason, watching them makes me happy. |
| Chikage | It’s a parental love. |
| Masumi | ...You all are being so fussy that it makes me sick. |
| Izumi | (Prince Tangerine looks like he’s enjoying himself. I’m glad I count on Masumi-kun to look after him.) |
| |
| All right, then. I shall tidy up here next. |
| Citron | I can help——. |
| Tangerine | I’ll help wash the dishes! |
| Izumi | You will, Prince Tangerine? |
| Tangerine | I can wash the dishes now! |
| Citron | …. |
| Izumi | You were practicing with Masumi-kun just now, huh. Okay, I’ll ask you to do it. |
| Tangerine | Leave it to me! |
| Izumi | (Prince Tangerine is in high spirits, huh. Maybe he wants to show Citron-kun the result of his practice.) |
| Tangerine | Whoaah——. |
| Izumi | Watch out——! |
| Tangerine | ——uh. |
| Izumi | Are you okay? |
| Tangerine | I’m sotty for breaking the plates. |
| Izumi | It’s fine. Are you hurt? |
| Citron | …. |
| Tangerine | «Ah, nii-sama...» |
| ….. |
| Izumi | (Uh, uh, his determination bares no effect…) |
| Tangerine | ….I really am useless, huh. |
| Izumi | Cheer up, Prince Tangerine. Everything will be fine if you do it calmly. |
| (But still, Citron-kun is indeed acting a little bit strange.) |
| (If it were the usual Citron-kun, he would cheer him up. But he just left without saying anything…) |
| |
| Masumi | “I’m the first violin, Youta Mukai. I’m in first year.” |
| Citron | “The first year is the first violin?” |
| Tsuzuru | “He came on top among the first years during enrollment, in addition to having promising future.” |
| Sakuya | “Uhh, I’m in charge of the cello, Yuu Yoneda. I’m in the same year as Youta.” |
| “Uh, I love Saionji-san’s performance! I went to listen to your performance at the final selection for the competition——.” |
| Citron | “I’ll be the first violin.” |
| Sakuya | “Huh?” |
| Citron | “That’s obvious, right? It’s only appropriate for me to be taking the role, and I don’t have any interest in taking charge of other things beside the first violin.” |
| Izumi | (Citron-kun’s Japanese has gotten really good. It doesn’t sound strange anymore.) |
| (When the language barrier disappears, his acting has improved steadily. He can even express this character’s aloof and arrogant personality really well.) |
| (While the practice is going more than well, my only concern is Citron-kun’s current state with Prince Tangerine…) |
| ——All right, that’s all for today. |
| Citron | Great work. |
| Chikage | Good job. |
| Izumi | (Everyone must have been curious about the things with Prince Tangerine too, but…) |
| (Citron-kun is acting like usual outside of that issue, so we can’t bring ourselves to ask it.) |
| (We can only see how it goes for a little bit more.) |
| All right then, we shall use the remaining time to practice playing your own instruments. |
| Tsuzuru | Okay. |
| Masumi | Got it. |
| Itaru | Good luck~. |
| |
| Masumi | …. |
| Citron | Clap clap. |
| You’ve gotten good, Masumi. |
| If you put less power on the hand that’s holding the boy, it’ll be more——. |
| Masumi | I didn’t ask for your help, Citron. |
| Citron | Oh, do you believe that one shall not send miso to their enemies[1]? |
| Masumi | It’s “salt.” |
| You’re my rival in violin. Besides, I already have Tangerine teach me, so there’s no need. |
| Citron | …. |
| Masumi | You——. |
| It’s nothing. |
| Citron | …..Masumi, are you not going to ask anything? |
| Masumi | Annoying. I’ll ask if you really want me to. |
| Citron | Oh, you’re as coorl as usual, Masumi. |
| Masumi | It’s “cool.” |
| Citron | That’s it. Well then, I shall titan[2] so that I won’t catch a cold. |
| Masumi | It’s “retreat.” |
| …. |
| |
| Chikage | Hm, it smells good. |
| Izumi | It’s the smell of spice, huh. |
| Mika | «I’m thinking of cooking you a Zahra dish as a thank you for looking after us.» |
| Chikage | «Heh, I’m looking forward to tasting it.» |
| He says he’s cooking Zahra food. |
| Izumi | Whoah, I’m looking forward to that! |
| Chikage | «I’ll help out, too. I’m a bit interested in what kind of spice you use.» |
| Mika | «Thank you. Now that we’re at it, let’s try using various kinds of spices that have been sent here.» |
| Izumi | I’m interested in the smell of the spice, but I can’t join their conversation…. |
| Sakuya | Chikage-san, you’ve become more fluent in speaking Zahran. |
| Itaru | He’s too powerful. |
| |
| Chikage | «So you use this spice for this kind of cooking.» |
| Mika | «Because it has a rather quirky flavor, you have to be careful when combining it with other ingredients.» |
| Chikage | «Heh, I’ll take note.» |
| Mika | …. |
| Chikage | «By the way, is there something happening in Zahra?» |
| Mika | ——. |
| «….Tangerine-sama has always been raised in a carefree environment unrelated to the battle for the throne since he was a child.» |
| «But as soon as he became crowned prince, all of the art of kingscraft has been hammered into his head without any exception.» |
| «In order to become a king, he has to learn every bit of knowledge and behavior in a rapid manner.» |
| «It’s not strange to know that he’s crushed by the heavy responsibility he had——.» |
| «Prince Tangerine really worked hard in order to live up to his beloved Citronia-sama’s expectation.» |
| Chikage | …. |
| Mika | «However, the people who know how perfect Citronia-sama was in the past are comparing Tangerine-sama to Citronia-sama.» |
| «Even during the preparation for the conferment ceremony, he’s always conscious about the fact that Citronia-sama was able to perform his first duty splendidly.» |
| «For Tangerine-sama who knows the most about Citronia-sama’s perfection, he’s getting anxious because he can’t catch up.» |
| «And I think he has reached his limit. I wonder if he came this far on impulse because he wanted to be pampered by his beloved Citronia-sama.» |
| Chikage | «...So why is Citron being so cold to Prince Tangerine?» |
| Mika | «Perhaps Tangerine-sama’s spoiled act is something that will not be forgiven by Citronia-sama, who had learned the art of kingscraft since he was young.» |
| Chikage | «...I wonder about that.» |
| Mika | «Huh?» |
| Chikage | «Even though I haven’t been spending time with him that much, I know Citron is a caring person.» |
| «Citron is the kind of person who will forgive people’s weakness and mistakes.» |
| «I don’t think he will push away his “family” without any reason like that.» |
| Mika | ——. |
