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shivalriesSeason: Autumn
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[Rooftop]
(A few days later)
Tsukasa: …And so this is the current situation so far, or rather, the premise. Do you have any questions, Leader?
Leo: ♪~♪~♪
Tsukasa: Ah, yes. You aren’t listening because you’re absorbed in composing, of course. I have wasted my time.
Leader is prone to losing his smartphone, and I figured he shouldn’t be left behind by the times...
...So I come by every so often to explain situations like this, and yet—
Leo: ~…♪
Tsukasa: (whispering) …stupid, stuuupid. You composing-addicted weirdo. You literal three-year-old.
Leo: What’d you just say?! I can’t let that slide! Call me stupid and you’re the stupid one!
And if you say I’m a psychopath, you’re a psychopath!
Because it doesn’t even cross your mind that maybe you’re being hurtful…!
Tsukasa: Whatever are you talking about? So you can hear me after all, Leader. If so, I would at the very least appreciate a response.
Whenever I try to speak with you, it feels as if I’m only going on and on to myself!
Leo: Fufu. You’re not the type to let that get to you though, right?
To put it nicely, you’re self-centered! To put it badly, you can’t take a hint…!
Tsukasa: And what is the problem, exactly?
Leo: Wahaha. I’m praising you, Newbie. It’s exactly because you’re an annoying, clueless brat that you were able to finally reach my heart.
Tsukasa: Honestly, what are you going on about…? And speaking of which, could I have you call me by my name, rather than “you” or “Newbie”?
You’ve learned it by now, right? If you’ve truly forgotten it again, then I really will think you an idiot, you know?
Leo: Ngh… But it feels kinda embarrassing at this point.
Tsukasa: What’s that supposed to mean…? Honestly, you are such an incomprehensible person.
Leo: I get that a lot. But anyway… I’ve finished the usual routine, and my song’s coming along nicely, so you have my attention now.
Wahaha. You guys’ve gotten into another mess, huh?
Tsukasa: You sound as though it’s not your problem, too. …So, I take it you were listening to what I was telling you?
Leo: Well, more or less. You have such a pretty voice, you know. My composing flows right along when I listen to it.♪
Tsukasa: Huh… Lately, you’ve been praising me quite a bit… haven’t you, Leader?
Leo: What? Would you rather I pick on you instead? I’ve always been kinda hard on you, so I thought maybe I should try praising you more, but…?
This is tough… but you’re a real pain, you know that!
Tsukasa: Not as much as you are, Leader.
That aside, if you were listening, then there is no need for further explanation. So, with that in mind… Leader, could you help out with the preparations for Halloween Party?
Leo: Huh, what’s that? Ahh, you meant the Halloween Party! Sometimes your pronunciation’s so good, it’s actually hard to understand!
It’s kinda like how your handwriting is so fancy, it’s actually hard to read!
Wahaha! That’s funny! Ahh, it’s come, it’s come, inspiration…☆
I’ll write a song about a princess who was so beautiful, no one could ever love her – a flower upon a distant peak!
Tsukasa: Please do not start composing again. Come on, I’ll be confiscating your papers now.
Leo: Wah, what d’you think you’re doing?! You demon child! Bloodless pillager with no tears to shed!
I mean, if you trace them back to their origins, that’s what knights used to be -- but that’s not what I’m talking about right now!
Tsukasa: Right. …Umm, how much did I explain again?
Leo: Hm. So, these guys called Trickstar or whatever got cocky and shittalked us in a magazine interview, right?
And then you guys got pissed and all went in there together to beat them up?
Tsukasa: We did not beat them up, we simply went to raise our just objections.
Leo: Right, right. Knights really has changed, huh. In the past, we would’ve gone and crushed those Trickstar guys.
So you went and showed your understanding, came to an agreement, said something like “be careful next time, okay?” and absolved them of their crimes? What good little boys you are! Wahahaha☆
Tsukasa: …We shouldn’t needlessly aggravate the situation. That’s what Sena-senpai and the others decided was best, in any case. However, I still find it difficult to accept on an emotional level.
In reality, nothing was solved in the end. Even now, that article is still casting a long shadow over our path, Leader.
Leo: Is that so? You mean those Trickstar guys didn’t make any kind of public announcement?
Tsukasa: No, they did. As arrogant as they may seem, they are surprisingly well put together.
Even while making public apologies, they’ve been… very insistent in helping us in any way they can.
I doubt they have much free time to spare for that, either.
Leo: Ohh, they’re good guys! I like ‘em!
I’d heard they were always going up against you guys, so I thought they were just a bunch of assholes so awful it’d make you sick!
But I see now, during the time I was gone… it seems like Knights also did things that nudged them off the right path.
I asked Naru and Rittsu in secret about it all the other day.
If that’s true, then we’re the bad guys, huh. And if Trickstar are our arch-enemies, then justice lies with them.
Tsukasa: Mm… We cannot so simply be divided into good and evil like that.
Leo: Why not make it easy? What a pain in the butt…
If we’re the awful ones, it could be fun to turn on them, you know~ I was so excited when I took part in Knights Killers, after all! Yep, I wanna do that again♪
Tsukasa: If you ever let such madness unfold again, I will truly run dry of patience for you… But that aside, let us return to the topic.
Perhaps he heard about it from Ritsu-senpai, whom he shares club activities with, or perhaps he went ahead and decided to interfere after learning about the situation, but…
Tenshouin Oniisama has already taken the appropriate measures to keep the damage to a minimum.
Leo: …Tenshouin Oniisama?!
Tsukasa: ? Leader, are you familiar with him?
Ah, thinking back on it, you invited him to perform together in that aggravating Knight Killers unit, right?
Leo: Well, we actually used to be friends …But if he had a hand in it, then now it all makes sense. It should be all cleaned up, then, right? So what’s the problem?
Tsukasa: Well, more precisely, it seem it’s perhaps still… in the process of being cleaned up.
It is difficult to explain, so I would like you to accompany me if you could.
A picture is worth a thousand words. I believe you will understand at first glance what sort of troublesome situation we’ve been thrown into.
Leo: Mm~ No, I’ll pass. It seems kinda interesting, but if we’re getting involved with those Trickstar guys, I don’t wanna be a part of it.
Tsukasa: (Hm? That’s an unexpected reaction. I had thought Leader of all people would take a jump at this chance should he take interest in it.)
Leo: I’ll go if I feel like it… Or rather, if it starts looking like I absolutely have to step in and say something, I’ll run and catch up to you.
I’m really sorry about it, but let me stay out of this, just this once.
Tsukasa: You must mean more than once. I beg of you, please take this more seriously.
…Or is there someone in Trickstar you don’t want to see?
Leo: Yeah. There’s a guy named “Yuu-kun” in Trickstar, right?
I dunno what I’ll do if I see him, so I don’t wanna get involved.
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[Rooftop]
(A few days later)
Tsukasa: …And so this is the current situation so far, or rather, the premise. Do you have any questions, Leader?
Leo: ♪~♪~♪
Tsukasa: Ah, yes. You aren’t listening because you’re absorbed in composing, of course. I have wasted my time.
Leader is prone to losing his smartphone, and I figured he shouldn’t be left behind by the times...
...So I come by every so often to explain situations like this, and yet—
Leo: ~…♪
Tsukasa: (whispering) …stupid, stuuupid. You composing-addicted weirdo. You literal three-year-old.
Leo: What’d you just say?! I can’t let that slide! Call me stupid and you’re the stupid one!
And if you say I’m a psychopath, you’re a psychopath!
Because it doesn’t even cross your mind that maybe you’re being hurtful…!
Tsukasa: Whatever are you talking about? So you can hear me after all, Leader. If so, I would at the very least appreciate a response.
Whenever I try to speak with you, it feels as if I’m only going on and on to myself!
Leo: Fufu. You’re not the type to let that get to you though, right?
To put it nicely, you’re self-centered! To put it badly, you can’t take a hint…!
Tsukasa: And what is the problem, exactly?
Leo: Wahaha. I’m praising you, Newbie. It’s exactly because you’re an annoying, clueless brat that you were able to finally reach my heart.
Tsukasa: Honestly, what are you going on about…? And speaking of which, could I have you call me by my name, rather than “you” or “Newbie”?
You’ve learned it by now, right? If you’ve truly forgotten it again, then I really will think you an idiot, you know?
Leo: Ngh… But it feels kinda embarrassing at this point.
Tsukasa: What’s that supposed to mean…? Honestly, you are such an incomprehensible person.
Leo: I get that a lot. But anyway… I’ve finished the usual routine, and my song’s coming along nicely, so you have my attention now.
Wahaha. You guys’ve gotten into another mess, huh?
Tsukasa: You sound as though it’s not your problem, too. …So, I take it you were listening to what I was telling you?
Leo: Well, more or less. You have such a pretty voice, you know. My composing flows right along when I listen to it.♪
Tsukasa: Huh… Lately, you’ve been praising me quite a bit… haven’t you, Leader?
Leo: What? Would you rather I pick on you instead? I’ve always been kinda hard on you, so I thought maybe I should try praising you more, but…?
This is tough… but you’re a real pain, you know that!
Tsukasa: Not as much as you are, Leader.
That aside, if you were listening, then there is no need for further explanation. So, with that in mind… Leader, could you help out with the preparations for Halloween Party?
Leo: Huh, what’s that? Ahh, you meant the Halloween Party! Sometimes your pronunciation’s so good, it’s actually hard to understand!
It’s kinda like how your handwriting is so fancy, it’s actually hard to read!
Wahaha! That’s funny! Ahh, it’s come, it’s come, inspiration…☆
I’ll write a song about a princess who was so beautiful, no one could ever love her – a flower upon a distant peak!
Tsukasa: Please do not start composing again. Come on, I’ll be confiscating your papers now.
Leo: Wah, what d’you think you’re doing?! You demon child! Bloodless pillager with no tears to shed!
I mean, if you trace them back to their origins, that’s what knights used to be -- but that’s not what I’m talking about right now!
Tsukasa: Right. …Umm, how much did I explain again?
Leo: Hm. So, these guys called Trickstar or whatever got cocky and shittalked us in a magazine interview, right?
And then you guys got pissed and all went in there together to beat them up?
Tsukasa: We did not beat them up, we simply went to raise our just objections.
Leo: Right, right. Knights really has changed, huh. In the past, we would’ve gone and crushed those Trickstar guys.
So you went and showed your understanding, came to an agreement, said something like “be careful next time, okay?” and absolved them of their crimes? What good little boys you are! Wahahaha☆
Tsukasa: …We shouldn’t needlessly aggravate the situation. That’s what Sena-senpai and the others decided was best, in any case. However, I still find it difficult to accept on an emotional level.
In reality, nothing was solved in the end. Even now, that article is still casting a long shadow over our path, Leader.
Leo: Is that so? You mean those Trickstar guys didn’t make any kind of public announcement?
Tsukasa: No, they did. As arrogant as they may seem, they are surprisingly well put together.
Even while making public apologies, they’ve been… very insistent in helping us in any way they can.
I doubt they have much free time to spare for that, either.
Leo: Ohh, they’re good guys! I like ‘em!
I’d heard they were always going up against you guys, so I thought they were just a bunch of assholes so awful it’d make you sick!
But I see now, during the time I was gone… it seems like Knights also did things that nudged them off the right path.
I asked Naru and Rittsu in secret about it all the other day.
If that’s true, then we’re the bad guys, huh. And if Trickstar are our arch-enemies, then justice lies with them.
Tsukasa: Mm… We cannot so simply be divided into good and evil like that.
Leo: Why not make it easy? What a pain in the butt…
If we’re the awful ones, it could be fun to turn on them, you know~ I was so excited when I took part in Knights Killers, after all! Yep, I wanna do that again♪
Tsukasa: If you ever let such madness unfold again, I will truly run dry of patience for you… But that aside, let us return to the topic.
Perhaps he heard about it from Ritsu-senpai, whom he shares club activities with, or perhaps he went ahead and decided to interfere after learning about the situation, but…
Tenshouin Oniisama has already taken the appropriate measures to keep the damage to a minimum.
Leo: …Tenshouin Oniisama?!
Tsukasa: ? Leader, are you familiar with him?
Ah, thinking back on it, you invited him to perform together in that aggravating Knight Killers unit, right?
Leo: Well, we actually used to be friends …But if he had a hand in it, then now it all makes sense. It should be all cleaned up, then, right? So what’s the problem?
Tsukasa: Well, more precisely, it seem it’s perhaps still… in the process of being cleaned up.
It is difficult to explain, so I would like you to accompany me if you could.
A picture is worth a thousand words. I believe you will understand at first glance what sort of troublesome situation we’ve been thrown into.
Leo: Mm~ No, I’ll pass. It seems kinda interesting, but if we’re getting involved with those Trickstar guys, I don’t wanna be a part of it.
Tsukasa: (Hm? That’s an unexpected reaction. I had thought Leader of all people would take a jump at this chance should he take interest in it.)
Leo: I’ll go if I feel like it… Or rather, if it starts looking like I absolutely have to step in and say something, I’ll run and catch up to you.
I’m really sorry about it, but let me stay out of this, just this once.
Tsukasa: You must mean more than once. I beg of you, please take this more seriously.
…Or is there someone in Trickstar you don’t want to see?
Leo: Yeah. There’s a guy named “Yuu-kun” in Trickstar, right?
I dunno what I’ll do if I see him, so I don’t wanna get involved.
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