Tsukasa Suou Idol Story 2

[shivalries]

Thank you Lee for proofreading!!!!

Season: Spring
Writer: Kino Seitaro

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[New Dimension]

Leo: Ohh? What’s up with this pen? It’s shaped like a sword!

This is cool, Suo~! I feel the inspiration welling up just looking at it!

Is this new Knights merch or something?

Tsukasa: No, it’s a novelty item for the theater my family operates.

We recently staged a production inspired by medieval knights, so I took a few pens to share with the agency.

You see, New Dimension... our agency has been rising in influence lately. It would be best to find ways to cut down on expenses as much as possible.

Leo: What~? That’s kinda boring. I got all excited there for a moment.

Tsukasa: No need to be so distressed. Here, I have plenty, so you can take one if you like, Leo-san.

Leo: Alright, I’ll use it for composing! Thanks, Suo~♪

Tsukasa: It’s nothing; they’re merely leftovers. Would you like one as well, Sena-senpai?

Izumi: Me...? Why would I want some cheap novelty goods...?

Well, they do have a nice design, so I guess I’ll take one off your hands.

Tsukasa: Fufu. Doesn’t it seem like I’m presenting a blade to you? Like a sacred ceremony, where the king accepts a new knight into his ranks.

It’s so lively and comfortable with all five of us Knights here. ♪

Ritsu: Mnn~ Sorry to butt in while you’re having fun, but I feel like I’m gonna nod off if we don’t get down to business soon.

What did we gather here for anyway? I think I forgot already.

Arashi: That’s right, Tsukasa-chan. I know it’s not often we’re all here together, but let’s keep the chitchat for after, shall we?

Tsukasa: Ah, please excuse me. I shouldn’t be playing around so much.

Well then, firstly, everyone, I would like to thank you for gathering here today.

I inherited the crown from Leo-san last school year, and now two kings co-exist in our unit, but...

Let us put that aside for now. We have a task we must accomplish.

Leo: I don’t think you should be putting it aside, though~?

Arashi: Hey now, Tsukasa-chan thought up this speech beforehand, so let’s not interrupt him, okay?

Leo: Oh, did he now? Sorry, Suo~!

Tsukasa: Please do not concern yourself. I’ve simply grown used to such formalities since I’ve taken over my family’s business.

Now, as for our task... Hailed as one of the “Big 3”, we noble Knights must make our power known throughout all the world.

So, let us establish this agency—New Dimension—as our base and take off toward even greater challenges!

Leo: *whistle*~☆ You sounded just like a politician there, Suo~☆

Tsukasa: The nobility are also politicians, after all. I shall take that as a compliment.

Arashi: But it really did sound like a nice little policy speech. ♪

Izumi: It was kinda vague though. Is that what policy speeches are supposed to be like?

Tsukasa: Yes. That was merely an opener, for we will peacefully discuss the rest together.

While I have no opposition to dueling it out like Knights has long done...

The entertainment industry is not so forgiving as to allow internal scuffles.

And, to be quite honest, the Knights unit at Yumenosaki is closer to a duel than we are.

Izumi: The Knights back at school...? You mean the kids at Yumenosaki caused some sort of problem?

Not that I’m one to say this, but are you really gonna be alright like that?

Ritsu: Yeah, we’re fine. Right now, we’re getting by on Knights’ charisma alone.

But it’s kind of precarious. Seems that after new recruits caught wind of our strength, they all joined thinking it’d automatically make them strong, too.

Arashi: Mhm. All our new members are cute and wonderful, but with youth comes recklessness, after all.

Ritsu: Yaaaawn... ♪ Thanks to them, I’m always so tired these days, like I never get enough sleep~...

Izumi: No, I’m pretty sure being sleepy is just your natural state of being, Kuma-kun.

Ritsu: But if everything was normal, I’d be able to sleep more than this~ *sigh* No matter how much I sleep, it’s never enough...

Tsukasa: In any case, because of this complicated situation at school, I wanted to set a clear direction for us Knights at the agency.

Leo: Hey, wait, was Knights always such a nice and friendly unit? You gotta fight more!

You could even start by purging the newbies in battle~☆

Tsukasa: Fufu. So you think so too, Leo-san? ♪

I thought over it many, many times, but as you say, it may be about time for a purge... ♪

Arashi: Aaand our job is to stop Tsukasa-chan from doing that. ☆

Izumi: Alright, I get it now... So that’s why we’re all assembled here.

But what’s up with the distance? Don’t you know already that you don’t have to tiptoe around us?

Tsukasa: You are correct. However, being courteous is part of my—Tsukasa Suou’s—disposition.

It is why I have chosen a more ceremonious manner of discussion, cold as it may seem.

Izumi: Geez, that stubbornness of yours never changes, does it?

Leo: Wahaha. I’m rootin’ for you~ Careful your juniors don’t sneak up and behead you in your sleep!

We believe you can do a great job as “King,” but I’m sure you know the same thing won’t always work with the new recruits, right?

After all, you were the one all fired up with your ideals last year, right~?

Tsukasa: Right. While I do feel a bit embarrassed about that... I have learned from the past.

One who easily invites bloodshed does not have the capacity to be king. True battles are those of conviction.

This power is not for cutting away those who do not agree with my ideology.

I swear this upon my sword... No, upon this pen, which my business has produced.

I ask you watch closely and see through the era of Tsukasa Suou, my most beloved seniors.