Shigure
Geez, why do I have to be involved in Daikoku-senpai's stage too~?

Iruru
The witch role, right? I think it's good. Isn't it rewarding~?

Shigure
Is it~? I'll perform it because Hatsumi-san told me to, but...

Iruru
Despite saying that, I saw you practicing hard.

Shigure
Hmph, well I am an adult after all~.

Shigure
I won't throw a tantrum just because I don't like the role.

Iruru
Oh, as expected of Shigure~. Your professional consciousness is high.

Shigure
That much is obvious.

Shigure
More importantly, didn't you get an important role too, Iruru-senpai? The prince, was it~?

Iruru
That's right, the hero of the story.

Shigure
The previous performance just finished, but I'm sure you've already memorised your lines, right~?

Iruru
Of course. When Hatsumi tells you to do something, you have no choice but to do it~.

Shigure
Fufu, you sound so confident.

Shigure
Well then, let's get started.

Iruru
Okay. Let's try a full run through first.

Iruru
Daikoku-chan, ready?

Daikoku
Yes, I'm ready...

Daikoku
(Rapunzel, locked in a tower... She hates the witch who imprisoned her.)

Daikoku
(She hates her so much that she plots revenge against the witch, but...in the end, she's driven out of the tower by the witch and becomes free...)

Shigure
This arrangement is really unbelievable~. Rapunzel is malicious, and the witch just keeps suffering terrible things~.

Iruru
Ha ha, it's just like Hatsumi.

Shigure
That's true~.

Shigure
I feel malice in the casting choices, and I'm not convinced~.

Daikoku
(That's right... Why did Hatsumi-san give me this role...?)

Daikoku
(Hatsumi-san is the most skilled actor in Eden, but...she's a dictator, deciding everything on her own...)

Daikoku
(But despite that, she has the absolute support of some troupe members...)

Daikoku
(She's a mysterious person...)

Shigure
Well then, shall we do it one more time... Daikoku-senpai?

Shigure
Daikoku-senpaai~? Can you hear me~?

Daikoku
......Ah, what is it?

Shigure
Don't space out during practice please.

Shigure
I said we'll perform from the beginning again. Are you ready~?

Daikoku
Yes, I understand...

Shigure
Haah, are you really okay~?

Shigure
You're being so favored by Hatsumi-san, so please act properly, okay?

Daikoku
Yes...

Daikoku
(I want to act properly too...)

Daikoku
(Even though I'm practicing...somehow it's not going well...)

Daikoku
(As expected, I can't be like Panda or Sasuga...)

Daikoku
(Tomorrow is already the first performance...)

Daikoku
But with my current acting...

Daikoku
That line, Panda would say it much better. For this scene's movements, surely Panda would-

Daikoku
(Panda is...if it were Panda...)

???
-Who are you?

Daikoku
Eh...?

Hatsumi
I'm asking who you are.

Daikoku
Hatsumi-san...? Why are you here? W-who...what do you mean...?

Hatsumi
That Rapunzel is you yourself. It's meaningless unless you play it.

Daikoku
Myself...?

Hatsumi
Yes. That's why you should act by feeling only the heat of your own soul.

Hatsumi
Just like you've written in this notebook.

Daikoku
T-that's...!

Daikoku
(Panda and Sasuga...a notebook filled with my hatred for Sirius! W-why does Hatsumi-san have it!?)

Hatsumi
Oh. Judging by your reaction, it is indeed yours. I found it dropped in the rehearsal room.

Daikoku
(W-what a disaster...!)