Master's Strict Orders

Hatsumi: ......

IruruL You've been quiet for a while now, is something wrong?

Hatsumi: Yeah, just a little.

Iruru: ......I see. It's been almost ten minutes, what shall we do?

Hatsumi: ......Got it.

Hatsumi: Let's resume practice!

Hatsumi: We'll start again with the scene between Hiyori and Asmodeus. Daikoku and Shigure, get ready.

Daikoku, Shigure: Yes!

Daikoku: (My Lord...I'll give you an acting performance that exceeds your expectations again next time......!)

Shigure: ‘No! Hiyori, live as a human......’

Daikoku: ‘I don't care about my life! It's boring! My life isn't interesting!’

Shigure: (What is this...?! If you act like this, Shigure will be consumed......!)

Shigure: (But......I can't lose!)

Hatsumi (Daikoku...... I thought so......)

Daikoku: ‘Ahh!!!’

Shigure: ‘Enough! Stop it!’

Daikoku (I hate myself......I hate myself......! I can only act like this, I'm......!)

Daikoku ‘This pain is nothing......Asmo-chan is-’

Hatsumi: You idiot......!

Daikoku: ‘To disappear......’

Daikoku: (Huh......?)

Daikoku: Compared......

Iruru: Hmm? Something's wrong......

Nikako: Da-chan's acting has suddenly become weak......?

Hatsumi: ......

Shigure: ‘Hiyori, why......’

Daikoku: Eh....

Shigure: Daikoku-senpai...... Next is Hiyori's turn......!

Daikoku: Ah......and......!

Daikoku: 'And......we're friends!'

Daikoku: Ah......ah......

Daikoku: (My Sense......has vanished......)

Hatsumi: ......You've written your name somewhere on your body, haven't you?

Daikoku: !

Daikoku: ......Did you......notice......?

Hatsumi: Yeah. That's why I used my Sense to counter it. The way you are now, you are not suitable for the stage I want.

Daikoku: ......!

Iruru: (So that's what that tense Hatsumi earlier was about......)

Nikako: Eh? Eh? What do you mean? What's going on?

Shigure: ......I see, that's it. Daikoku-senpai, it seems like you did something stupid, didn't you?

Hatsumi: By resenting yourself, you activate your Sense......huh? That's stupid. That's the lowest thing you can do as an actor.

Daikoku: W-why would you say that...!?

Daikoku: But! If I don't do this......my Sense is......!

Hatsumi: Are you going to keep resenting yourself the whole time you're on stage? I won't forgive that.

Daikoku: Why!?

Hatsumi: In that case, I feel sorry for the actor Karasumori Daikoku.

Daikoku: !?

Hatsumi: You already have one foot in ruin. I don't want to see my favourite actor like that.

Daikoku: But! Maybe what I've stepped into......is not ruin, but the entrance to heaven-

Hatsumi: You're on the verge of being possessed by the devil, so how can you possibly go to heaven?

Daikoku: ......Uh......

Hatsumi: If you go on like this...... there will be no place for you in my paradise.

Daikoku: Uuuh......Uuuuh......!

Hatsumi: ......If you used your Sense in that way to get out of an unavoidable emergency, then I’d understand.

Hatsumi: But what's the point of continuing that in a long performance? Someday, something precious inside you will break.

Daikoku: Uhh......uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!

Hatsumi: Until you can understand what I'm saying, you’re forbidden to use your Sense. But I won’t drop you from the leading role. Don't rely on your Sense, master the role.

Daikoku: Uhh...sniff...yes...

Hatsumi: You're in detention from today. Tetra and I will drill your acting skills into you.

Daikoku: ......Yes......

Hatsumi: Daikoku...... Love yourself more. I'm sure that's what you need.

Hatsumi: You've followed me this far because you decided I was your Lord, right? Then try to follow my way of life too!

Hatsumi: I love myself so much, can’t you see?

Daikoku: Can I do it too......?

Hatsumi: It's not whether you can do it or not. You have to do it.

Hatsumi: I don't want to see my actors crushed.

Daikoku: Yes......