A New Beginning

Kokona: Alright… We’re done reading through the script. Thanks for rehearsing with us, Kathrina-chan!

Kathrina: Nothing to thank me for. If I want to become a World Dai Star, there can’t be too much practice.

Shizuka: Kathrina’s right. We also don’t have time to rest.

Kokona: Yeah… We have to work even harder!

Chisa: Oh~ The girls are so fired up.

Panda: The Phantom of the Opera was a huge success, and Sirius’s reputation skyrocketed. Of course everyone’s in high spirits.

Yae: The atmosphere at Sirius feels so good. Seeing everyone’s enthusiasm makes me excited about the rehearsals too.

Panda: However, Panda thinks that now that the production period is over, everyone could ease up a little.

Kokona: Ahaha… Sorry for making you stay overtime with me. I wanted to familiarize myself with the script, but got carried away.

Kathrina: Don’t be so full of yourself. I didn’t do it for you. I just thought practicing together would benefit me.

Panda: Given how passionately you read your dialogue with Kokona, that’s hard to believe~

Kathrina: Sh-shut up! I just wanted to match Kokona’s performance…

Chisa: Whoa, look at our tsuntsun turning into a dere. So spicy, makes me want to eat a mapo eggplant.

Yae: Mapo eggplant is delicious. I love it too ♪

Shizuka: I have no idea what you’re talking about anymore…

Noah: …Oh, are you all still here?

Shizuka: Hiiragi-san, is something up?

Noah: Yes, I’m going to have a meeting… Time for you to finish up and get some rest.

Everyone: Got it!

Shizuka: That meeting… What do you think it might be about?

Kokona: Maybe, the next play?

Panda: I don’t know, she looked way too serious for that…

Yae: She gave off a somewhat heated aura, too.

Chisa: Heated boss… Now I want to add more Japanese pepper to tonight’s mapo eggplant.

Panda: Sassu, just how much do you want to eat that mapo eggplant?..

Kathrina: Huh?.. Wait?.. No way!

Kokona: Uwa! You scared me… Kathrina-chan, what’s wrong?

Kathrina: I forgot my towel in the rehearsal room. I’ll go get it. You girls go on ahead.

Kathrina: Well, I’m back, but looks like the meeting is still going… It would be inappropriate to butt in…

Noah: …So, the information I received was accurate? It hasn’t been discussed with Kokona yet, right?

Kathrina: They talk about Kokona?..

Noah: I never thought that girl would be scouted… Let alone, by such a major theater company as Olympus…

Kathrina: What?..