A Definite Response

Hatsumi: So, to celebrate the great success of the performance of ‘The Demon’s Friend’...... Let's have a toast!!!

Everyone: Cheers!!!

Hatsumi: You can drink as much as you want today, but minors must never drink alcohol! If Eden ends like this, I won't forgive you!

Daikoku, Shigure, Nikako, Iruru: Yes!

Tetra: Don't say such inauspicious things!

Hatsumi: Whaat, I’m joking, I’m joking! Instead, why don't we drink to our heart's content?

Tetra: Well, it is a happy occasion after all. I'll join in in moderation.

Nikako: ......Ren-san, seems to be in a really good mood, doesn’t she?

Shigure: I agree. I can't believe she’s renting out her family's restaurant.

Daikoku: Heh heh...... My Lord looks happy, and I'm happy too......

Iruru: What carefree things are you saying? It's also thanks to Daikoku that Hatsumi is so happy, isn't it?

Daikoku: Ah...... T-That's......

Nikako: Right. After all, the reason ‘The Demon’s Friend’ was such a big hit was because of the two main actors!

Daikoku: N-No, that's not it...... It's all thanks to everyone at Eden.......

Iruru: Um, what was it......? ‘Eden's Karasumori Daikoku explodes with new charm’.

Iruru: ’She has become very popular, especially among young people, for expressing her life-sized thoughts and feelings'...... That’s what it says!

Daikoku: Iruru-san! Please don't read the article out loud!

Hatsumi: It's true that I tried to make the story easy to understand, but I didn't expect it to resonate with young people so much.

Tetra: As the article says, it's all thanks to Daikoku. She brilliantly portrayed the fragility and cuteness of a depressed high school student.

Hatsumi: Yeah. It was a great performance, different from her first leading role in ‘Rapunzel’.

Hatsumi: I was happy to see a new side of Daikoku, too.

Daikoku: You're too kind to say that......!

Shigure: I mean, Shigure was really praised, wasn't she!? Why wasn’t she certified as a Dai Star!?

Hatsumi: There's no way you'll be recognized that easily.

Hatsumi: Maybe if you hone your skills enough to be able to perform this performance whenever you want.

Shigure: Mmm~! The person selecting the Dai Stars really has no eye for it!

Daikoku: You're still a monster of confidence, you......

Shigure: So, have you become able to do that, Daikoku-senpai?

Daikoku: Eh......?

Shigure: Hatsumi-san told you to love yourself. What was that all about in the end?

Daikoku: I still don't know......

Shigure: Haah!?

Daikoku: But......I know what I should do now...... All I have to do is act in a way that won't shame my Lord.

Shigure: So in the end it's not for yourself, but for someone else......

Shigure: I really don't get it!

Daikoku: I don't have any intention of getting you to understand either......!

Shigure: But still......if you can act like that with that kind of feeling, Daikoku-senpai might be amazing.

Shigure: Ah! Don't get the wrong idea. I only thought it a little, about the size of a grain of rice!

Daikoku: Heh heh......you really are a nasty little brat, aren’t you?