Chisa
Look Panda. This is a fish rubbing of a rockfish I caught this morning. You don't often find rockfish this big.

Panda
So that's where you went when you left so early this morning!?

Panda
A middle school girl who goes fishing before school is way too rare...

Chisa
An SSR drop, you think?

Panda
Nah, that's a UR.

Daikoku
(As expected of Panda...getting excited over another stupid conversation...! Do you want to show off your friendship in front of me that badly...!)

Daikoku
(Are you trying to say I'm nothing but a common card not worth your attention...! Oh, how frustrating...so frustrating...!)

Daikoku
Hyaah!?

Panda
Whoa!? What's wrong, Karasu, suddenly shouting!

Chisa
Did you have a delayed reaction to something you remembered?

Panda
What's that...?

Chisa
Huh, doesn't that happen to you? When you remember something shocking and flinch.

Daikoku
B-be quiet...! It's nothing, so keep it down...!

Panda/Chisa
Okay~

Daikoku
Ugh, what kind of email is this...! Thanks to it, Panda saw me acting weird...!

Daikoku
The sender is "Throne" theater troupe...?

Daikoku
This name...it's that fairly famous one in Shibuya, right... What do they want with me...

Daikoku
They want to...scout me...for their theatre troupe!?

Panda
Waaah!? What is it now, Karasu!?

Daikoku
Eh, um...well...

Chisa
Want to...?

Chisa
Could it be some kind of crime? Karasu's old man...!

Panda
No way. Don't suddenly start talking like a detective.

Daikoku
D-don't say stupid things...! Thanks to you two, I'm getting attention!

Panda
Eh, that's because you suddenly shouted...

Daikoku
How inconsiderate...! Be quiet in the classroom!

Panda
Somehow I got blamed...

Chisa
Panda...let's turn ourselves in. The sentence will be lighter that way.

Panda
Panda did nothing wrong!!!

Daikoku
(Phew...watching Panda yell helped me calm down...)

Daikoku
(I'll check the email properly later... It might be some kind of mistake...)

Daikoku
(I checked it several times afterward... There's no mistake, it's a scouting email for me...)

Daikoku
(It says they made their decision after watching "The Demon's Friend." That play really was incredibly popular...)

Daikoku
(But...too bad, Throne theatre troupe... As if I would ever leave my Lord and Eden...!)

Daikoku
(I should quickly refuse this...!)

Daikoku
(Send... Hmph, don't ever contact me again...)

Daikoku
(I'll give them credit for having the aesthetic sense to notice me in "The Demon's Friend"...)

Panda
Karasu's been getting angry and then smiling suddenly, and it's scary...

Chisa
Maybe she's practicing acting? The next performance was announced recently.

Panda
Eden's actors performing "Oedipus Rex" - I'm really looking forward to it!

Daikoku
(Come to think of it, I wonder... Could the others have received scouting offers too...?)

Daikoku
(If that's the case...Iruru-san and Nikkachi aside, that kid might actually go along with it...)

Panda
Now she's starting to look anxious...?

Chisa
I really think she's practicing acting?

Daikoku
(W-what should I do...I should probably report this to someone...)

Daikoku
(At times like this, obviously...!)

Iruru
Hm? A message from Daikoku...that's unusual.

Iruru
Let's see...what's this...

Iruru
...She got a scouting email from another theatre troupe!?

Iruru
Wow~, really~...! So Eden's actors are getting these kinds of offers now...

Iruru
(Wait, this isn't the time to get sentimental. A headhunting offer at this timing? Give me a break...!)

Iruru
(Daikoku seems to have already declined, and Nikako has restricted smartphone use, so she should be fine for now...)

Iruru
(The biggest concern is Shigure... Her Asmodeus was good, so it wouldn't be strange if she caught someone's eye.)

Iruru
(She was overthinking things after seeing the early reactions to "Oedipus Rex"...)

Iruru
(Anyway, I need to talk with Shigure before anything happens. I should contact her first~...)

Iruru
(Even though it's after school, there's still no contact from Shigure...)

Iruru
(She should be out of elementary school by now, and no one was at Shigure's house... This could be really bad...)

An
Oh, it's Iruru-san!

Koharu
It really is, hello!

Riko
Are you alone? It's unusual to run into you here.

Iruru
Everyone from the guard team! Perfect timing!

Iruru
I'm looking for Shigure for certain reasons! Do you know where she is!?

Riko
If you're looking for Shigure-sama, she should have gone to the café up ahead.

An
She said she had a theatre meeting!

Koharu
So we declined and went home first. Iruru-san, are you also attending the meeting?

Iruru
Wow, this seems really bad...! Guard team members, thank you for telling me!

Koharu
She's gone...

An
Could it be that Iruru-san is late for the meeting?

Riko
Given how flustered she was, that might be the case.

Iruru
This should be the cafe...

Iruru
Shigure...Shigure... Ah, there she is...!

Shigure
......

Iruru
(The people with her are Shigure's mother and...someone who looks like a scout from that theatre troupe...)

Iruru
(I obviously can't barge in...I guess I'll have to just observe the situation for now...)

Iruru
(Shigure, please don't do anything rash...)