Okay. I know our study trip was just a few days ago, but…

Yukikaze’s all done with his idea for the tour concept, so I’ll have him pitch it to everyone today. And for the record, I helped him. ♪

(I’m excited to see how he’s going to bring what he talked about at Matsumoto Castle to life…!)

Yukikaze, as your leader, I’ll make sure to give you advice. So go ahead and give us what you got!

I sincerely doubt that you’ll be able to give any useful advice.

HUH?! Why are you always coming at me like that?!

It’d be cool if he could include some kinda snack in there that goes well with alcohol.

The duo’s concept will be decided…based on this meeting… I’m so excited!

Thank you for your time today, everyone. I’ve settled on what I want to convey with this tour.

The Ward 2 Feature Tour concept will be…“a reflection on your future and finding the view you want to see with someone.”

…??

Kinda vague.

What exactly does that entail?

The main event of the tour will be my ice show. But before the show itself, I want to project a collection of my skating practice from my childhood inside the building.

Among them will be visuals of me failing my jumps and then succeeding them for the first time. I plan on ending the projection show with a short performance that begins with simple jumps and progresses to include more advanced ones.

So you intend to go into the main ice show after that? It all sounds very artistic. Although the concept is abstract, I think the audience will understand if you express it well enough.

Your fans will go insane over that footage of you as a kid.

Wow, wow, wow… Th-This is amazing…! W-Will we be able to take pictures of the projection show…?

Hm… I think it sounds great! People already love your ice shows, Yukikaze…

But are you planning on doing quads? I-Isn’t that dangerous? I watched a video about figure skating, and they said that there usually aren’t a lot of jumps like that during ice shows.

Renga… I’ll be fine. Thanks for the concern.

I’ll be jumping salchows, which I’m most confident in, so I think I can handle it. I hope watching my jumps will leave the audience members feeling encouraged, even if it’s just a little bit.

There’s gonna be food there, right?

Of course. I’m thinking of making shumai that’s exclusive to this tour. I’d like for everyone to help me hand them out.

That aside, what I really want to do for this tour will happen afterwards. After everyone watches the show and enjoys their shumai… I want to do something special in the park just outside of the rink.

Something special…?

Yeah. Using our app, I want to come up with some long-term, mid-term, and short-term goals with everyone. I also want our guests to choose a companion that will accompany them on their journey and act as a witness for achieving those goals.

Hmmm…

It’s not a bad idea, but there may be guests who either don’t have goals or don’t know someone who would accompany them. I don’t think they’d be particularly interested.

Oh, you’re right… That could happen…

But you have an idea to solve that, right?

I do. The word “goal” may seem intimidating, but it’s just any hope you have for the future. So even small goals would count.

Then I guess a long-term goal could be something like wanting to go to your favorite idol’s concert next year.

My goal is to see all of the teams film culinary videos and have pajama parties… And to photograph them after they get up in the morning… It’s a must-have for idol photobooks…

If there’s anyone who doesn’t have a companion in mind, they can just choose one of us. They can pick us from the app…

One of us?! What does that mean?

We’ll record voice messages of us cheering our guests on so that they can listen to us while they’re making progress towards their goals.

I think it would make them happy to be encouraged by someone on our team every day…

If everyone can help me with this, I’d be grateful.

…I’m not the encouraging type.

…That’s not a bad thing. I’m sure there are lots of people who would work harder if they listened to someone awful and mean like you. As for me…I’ll cheer them on in my own classy celebrity style!

……

Well, recording some voice messages isn’t that much work. I’ll do it.

There you have it, Yukikaze.

…Thank you, everyone. You’re all a great help.

I’ll be in charge of overseeing the development of those app features.

I…feel like I’m asking for too much.

Well, it is on short notice, so we won’t have a lot of time to run tests on it. It’s certainly not the norm.

…I’m sorry. Is it out of the question?

……

Not at all. It’ll be easy work. After all, we have Nayuki on our side. We’ll make it in time. This is me we’re talking about.

…! I see. I’ll put my faith in you. Thank you, Kafka.

(Wow… They’re working together so much better than before! Everyone has really gotten closer…)

*gasp* I forgot!

Grandmaster unlove, also known as Nanamegi-kun, has told me that he’d love to take commissions for HosLive duet songs!

Oh, right, we need to figure that out. Yuki-nii and Kafka will be featured on the song this time, so… What kind of song do you guys want?

I want to dance more than I did last time, since I have more stamina now… I’m sure you want to see me looking cool on stage, right, Chief?

Ah, yeah. But I’m sure the guests would love to see you no matter what you look like. I feel the same…

Instead of a dance-heavy song, I’d like a ballad that I could use for my ice shows. If it could have some classical influence…

Why are you deciding everything on your own?

I think a ballad would suit you.

Chief, what do you think?! You’ll choose me, right?!

No, you’ll go with me, right, Kaede?

Huh? Uh, why are both of you so close…? And why are you holding onto my arms…?

…Couldn’t you just make a song kinda like that? Like you’re competing for the audience’s attention.

What…?

Y’know, like two princes fighting over someone. It’s a pretty common romance trope.

Oh! I know a drama like that! It’s called Caught Between Two Princes!

2Prince?! That show’s sooooo cute! The actors who play the princes are the coolest…!!

Yeah, that’s the one! It’s big in the industry too. My manager asked me why I couldn’t be that noble and prince-like… Ugh, I wanted to forget about that…

…That is deeply unpleasant.

In that case, I will be sure to make your costumes prince-like. I can include references to Kamikochi by incorporating botanical motifs…

Agh! Sakujiro, you scared me popping out like that…

(Yeah, where on earth did he come from…?)

Ahhhhh, this is amazing!! To go along with the concept, the lyrics of the song should be elegant, but not overly flowery…

I’m…!! I’m gonna write up a proposal and send it to Grandmaster unlove right away! I gotta go work on this, so excuse me!!

…I guess it’s all settled.

……

Fine with me. Just so you know, I won’t lose to you, even in this song.

I know. I won’t hold back, either.

(…I wonder how this will turn out.)