The Rhapsody for the Emperor/Part 3

Mio:	Come, fair maidens, raise your voices and cheer for me once more!
Mio:	The only thing that can keep me bound to this transient world are your voices, those which so shake this world of yours…
Mio:	Do you wish to hear more of my voice…?
Producer:	Y-Yamanobe-kun?
Mio:	Ah, Producer-san! Were you watching me just now?
Producer:	What are you doing, Yamanobe-kun!? Don’t surprise me like that, Yamanobe-kun!
Mio:	No need to say my name so much. I’m perfectly aware of who I am.
Producer:	But, I mean… we’d just talked about how it would be best for you to act like yourself…
Mio:	I’m not sure what the big misunderstanding is here, but could you please calm down a little?
Producer:	But, but you…!
Mio:	Am I gonna have to shut up that loud mouth of yours myself?
Producer:	!
Mio:	Now that you’ve calmed down, try rea~l hard to remember that little speech I just gave. Haven’t you heard it somewhere before?
Producer:	(Have I heard it somewhere before? …Now that he mentions it, I think I have…?)
Mio:	Did that remind you of what it was?
Mio:	Here’s the answer: It’s what Eva-sama came up with during the encore of the show we watched earlier. ♪
Mio:	I decided that I’d try to mimic how cool he sounded then, but it’s no use. I practiced and practiced, but it didn’t turn out well at all.
Producer:	So you were just copying Eva-kun?
Mio:	Um, yeah? …From how obviously relieved you look, I guess my impersonation of him was pretty bad?
Producer:	It’s not that it was bad, per se. And that wouldn’t have been an issue, anyway. I was more worried about what I’d do if you really wanted to start saying things like that.
Mio:	I thought so. One day, I’ll be just like Eva-sama…!
Producer:	…I prefer you just the way you are.
Mio:	Mrgh… Why would you say something so mean, Producer-san?
Producer:	I’m not being mean. I like you how you are right now, so this is the one thing I won’t back down on.
Mio:	“Like me”? You really like me, Producer-san?
Producer:	Ah, no! I didn’t mean it like that…
Mio:	Well, I like you too, Producer-san. So maybe I’m not so bad the way I am after all, if you like me…
Producer:	(Wait, what? Was he trying to make me compliment him with all of this…?)
Mio:	Oh no! I can’t let you sweet talk me before I’ve even gone through with this!
Mio:	I’m going to be just like Master! I’m not gonna back down, either!
Mio:	Even if I have to walk through fire to get there, I’m not going to lose my resolve!
Mio:	You just watch me, Producer-san! ♪
Producer:	(Ahaha, he’s really serious about this. He really seems to shine when he’s chasing after his dreams.)
Producer:	…I guess I can’t do anything about it. Just take it one step at a time, okay?
Mio:	What does it look like to all of you when you see someone desperately holding onto something they know they’ll never have?
Mio:	Do you laugh at them, like they’re a fool who doesn’t realize their own limits? Or… would you praise them for dreaming of the things to come, and for taking their first step towards what they want?
Mio:	You know, I’m someone like that. …I wonder what people think of me. Or maybe what I want them to think about me?
Mio:	Oh, my most splendid master… What would you say to me if I told you that I struggled so to be just like you?
Mio:	If you could put it into words, then I would surely become just what you told me to. That’s my duty as your ever-faithful servant, after all.
Mio:	Come now, all of you, raise your voices and cheer for us!
Mio:	Sing a song for he who rules over us, our emperor! Cry out! Tremble before us! That’s your job as our followers!

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