"From now on, we'll always be together." Daisuke said.
"No! No! That's not good at all! Listen! You two are lovers. You have to gaze at each other with a gentler mood!" Takeshi said.
Geez, he doesn't care how I'm feeling. Even Miss Reiko...Daisuke thought.
"Did you read the script?" Takeshi said.
"But I was just given it this morning." Daisuke said.
"Talented authors always take their time in writing their scripts." Takeshi said.
"I see." Daisuke said.
"That's right! You do at least know the story of "Ice and Snow," don't you?" Takeshi said.
"Yeah..." Daisuke said.
"I can't believe this. Listen, this is a great love story about two people in love who had to overcome their social status! "Ice and Snow" is about... Elliot, a son of a feudal lord
who owned lots of land, and Freedert, an ordinary village girl, met by accident and fell in love immediately. However, because of their different social status, people did not accept their relationship. Despite this, their feelings toward each other grew deeper every day, and they were happy, no matter what other people said. And they were separated, not by those people, but by war." Takeshi said.
"A war..." Daisuke said.
""I'll definitely come back alive." Believing in these, Elliot's parting words, Freedert gave him a sword to protect himself. And after he left on his journey, she prayed day after day for his safe return. However, despite her prayers, Elliot fell with an arrow in his back, at the last fortress that protected the territory, in order to protect the village where she awaited him. When Freedert heard the news, she went to the village church and told God that she wanted to give all her time to Elliot. The wish was granted. Freedert's time was given to Elliot, and he survived. Surrounding Elliot, in the place of his own blood, were scattered petals of the roses that Freedert loved. And on his return, when Elliot
learned what she had done, he prayed to God in turn. "Please return the time she gave me to her once more." "Please exchange her frozen time with my time." God was moved by their strong bond and let their souls meet. Their time was given to the village that they loved, and eternal time was promised to the village. The village was protected forever, and the villagers never forgot about those two." Takeshi said. "That's too clean.
The ending is too clean."
"You think so?" Daisuke said.
"You don't think that way?" Takeshi said.
"I thought that we'd need a lot of flower petals for props." Daisuke said.
"What a simple-minded person you are." Takeshi said.
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"The talented author is looking for you. He was saying that they couldn't practice without the main character." Reiko said.
"Well, I'm not really..." Daisuke said.
"Great! You've finished it!" Reiko said.
"Yeah. I'm glad that I finished it on time for the cultural festival." Daisuke said.
"It's beautiful." Reiko said.
"Thanks. The shadow of clean snow isn't gray, but blue. It's a sad color, but somehow it seems warm. In a night where no one's around, the snowfield with blue shadows is just there." Daisuke said.
"May I keep this painting at my house until the cultural festival?" Reiko said.
"That's fine, but..." Daisuke said.
"It's such a waste leaving it in this room, since no one's around." Reiko said.
"It's not that good." Daisuke said.
"Yes, it is that good!" Reiko said.
"Thanks." Daisuke said.
"Saehara wants you two." Kuri said.
xxx
"Here they come. Niwa, let me put makeup on you as a test. You should try this dress first." Kuri said.
"No... But..." Daisuke said.
"Hey, come over here. This way, this way." Kuri said. "Hold on a second... No... Knock it off! Quiet! There, it's done. So cute! Cute..."
XXX
"I'm home!" Daisuke said.
"Dai, you're home late. What happened?" Emiko said.
"What do you mean, what happened? You know, we had practice for the cultural festival. I forgot to take the makeup off!" Daisuke said.
"You're so absent-minded." Emiko said.
"I came all the way home from school like this?" Daisuke said.
"You took the cable car too, didn't you?" Emiko said.
"How cute!" Towa said.
"I borrowed your makeup remover stuff." Daisuke said.
"The pink one with gold writing?" Emiko said.
"No, the yellow one that was in the bathroom." Daisuke said.
"Oh, thank goodness! The pink one is very expensive. It's almost too good for you. It's a small bottle, but it costs 10,000 yen." Emiko said.
"Is there something like that in there? I didn't see it." Daisuke said.
"The pink one! Pink! And it has writing in gold." Emiko said.
"Is that the one?" Daisuke said.
"Towa! What are you doing? You scared me. That was close, wasn't it?" Emiko said.
"Oh, no... Why was I holding something like that?" Towa said.
"We almost had to eat some weird stuff." Daisuke said.
"Something is strange lately with Towa." Emiko said.
"It was supposed to be this one!" Towa said. "Gee, I'm embarrassed at how careless I was."
Xxx
"I will be forever waiting for your safe return from the war." Daisuke said. "You're playing the role of Elliot, so you have to sit still and listen quietly. So I said...What? What are you doing? Towa and With are both acting kind of strange."
Daisuke walked to the window. "Wow...Feels like fall is coming. I wonder what Miss Reiko is doing?"
Xxx
"What? Then what about this one? It seems incomplete somehow." Kuri said.
"She's busy with that telephone fortune-telling service. Once she starts, it'll be a while
before she's done. I wonder if they're off the phone by now? I'll call again after counting to ten. If it's still busy, I'll give up for tonight. One, two, three, four..." Reiko said.
"This really is the best place for it." Kuri said.
"Eight, nine, ten." Reiko said. "That one didn't count! One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten!"
"They all gave me a bad fortune." Kuri said.
"She's still doing it. What am I supposed to do if Niwa calls? Geez..." Reiko said. "Wow, it's incredible! Is Niwa watching it too?"
The doorbell rang, and it was Daisuke.
"I just felt the stars were pretty, so..." Daisuke said.
"Yeah..." Reiko said.
"Your house is so big and amazing." Daisuke said.
"But since neither of my parents are around right now, it seems too big for the three of us, including Mr. Tsubouchi." Reiko said.
"The person who was driving the other day?" Daisuke said.
"Yeah, that's right." Reiko said.
"I called you earlier, but..." Daisuke said.
"I thought so. I'm sorry. Kuri's been using it." Reiko said.
"I see, Miss Hikawa was using the phone." Daisuke said.
"Kuri can't stop once she starts listening to fortune-telling. She keeps calling all the fortune-telling services." Reiko said.
"They all tell her different things, right?" Daisuke said.
"She said she'd believe the best one." Reiko said.
"That's just like Miss Hikawa." Daisuke said.
"Yeah...But looking at all these pretty stars, I feel like we have to believe in astrology, don't you?" Reiko said.
"Yeah..." Daisuke said.