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The Elite's Dignity 2 Translation: Dreaming Translations
Chapter 25
Shion Mikekado	Hey, are you listening to what I’m saying?
Touji Harimiya	I—I’m listening! Unison is – more important than um – than anything else! Right!
Shion Mikekado	……
Touji Harimiya	Ugh…
Shion Mikekado	… Could it be that the son of the acting Prime Minister is getting cold feet?
Touji Harimiya	!? Th—that’s not…!
Shion Mikekado	Look up.
Touji Harimiya	Eh…
Shion Mikekado	For a while now the spotlight has felt hotter than usual, no? Is this what they call— “Daddy’s blessing”?
Touji Harimiya	……!
Yanagi Hanabusa	Ah, doesn’t it look like things are going smoothly? They’re having a normal conversation.
Yuma Mochizuki	If that’s the case, I’m glad, but… (Harimiya…)
Touji Harimiya	(—! Mochizuki-kun…)
	As if jumping out from the field of people before me, I locked eyes with him the moment I looked out into the audience seats. I suddenly recalled the vivid live from before. I could still feel the heat and excitement inside of me. It truly was a first-class performance.
Touji Harimiya	(Mochizuki-kun and Hanabusa-senpai’s perfect singing voices… The feeling of naturally surrendering myself to the euphoria welling up inside me…) (… It’s okay. If it’s me, I can do anything. Until now there has never been something that I couldn’t do.) (I’ve never slacked off a day in my life. I’ve done nothing but devote myself to my studies. If it’s something that Mochizuki-kun can do, then there’s no way I can’t do it!) (There’s no way… absolutely no way… that such an illogical thing could happen!)
Shion Mikekado	Here. Your Dream Mic.
Touji Harimiya	Ah… tha… thaaaaaaaaanksmuch!
Shion Mikekado	I’ll leave the Buddy role that Yuma-kun performed before to you.
Touji Harimiya	Buddy role… I—I’m a beginner, so please teach me the basics!
Shion Mikekado	If you just go with what you feel as you see fit, it should be fine, right?
Touji Harimiya	That’s still a problem!
Shion Mikekado	Why’s that?
Touji Harimiya	I know I have to connect the Dream Mic, but from there… Where should I stand?! What are the song lyrics?! How soon after the music starts do I start singing?! Please, I need you to explain those details exactly—
Shion Mikekado	Aha, you’re quite the worrywart, aren’t you?
Touji Harimiya	[blushing] !!
	I felt the almost-violet throb in my chest of the arrow threatening to pierce it. Panicked, I began to recite prime numbers in my head, trying to clear my mind.
Touji Harimiya	(… Okay, I still haven’t been stabbed. Thank goodness…)
Shion Mikekado	People like you who want to understand everything beforehand are what they call “unsophisticated”.
Touji Harimiya	U—UNSOPHISTICATED!?
	With a THU-THUNK, I took a heavy impact to the chest. Countless arrows stabbed into me as if with the intent to kill.
Shion Mikekado	Ahaha. Sorry, I’m just teasing.
	The instant I saw that smile, the arrows crumbled away and disappeared like sand. But the excitement in chest remained, making it almost feel hot…
Touji Harimiya	(Agh, please! I can’t get my emotions in line! I can’t calm down at all!)
	As I stood bewildered by the strong thump-thump of my heart, unable to take my eyes off of her –
Shion Mikekado	At any rate, don’t think too hard about it. — Just follow along with my song.
Touji Harimiya	—!
	……… …… …
Touji Harimiya	Th—This is…!?
	Shocked by the sudden change, I saw her enveloped in light before my eyes. Her uniform melted away into the dazzling light and the sight of her body wrapped in a vivid silhouette was burned into my eyes.
Touji Harimiya	Uwaaaaaaaaaaaah?!
	Flustered, I lifted a hand to block my vision, and bzzt!– a sensation like an electric current ran through me.
Touji Harimiya	Gh—!
	My arm was seized with unexpected strength.
Shion Mikekado	Watch me. Don’t look away.
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