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Decorate♥Crimson Chocolat Festival Translations
Chapter 4
(By Catty)
Location: 2-A Classroom
Narration: (The next day, lunch break)
Adonis: ...
Souma: Adonis-dono, it is currently lunch break. Today, we are not going to the cafeteria to eat our self made “course”, but to occasionally go to the tuck shop to purchase “bread”, correct?
Haven’t you said that the more popular “bread” would be sold out completely within 5 minutes once lunch break begins? Shouldn’t we also hurry to the tuck shop?
Adonis: Kanzaki… Why is it that on Valentine’s Day, girls have to give boys chocolates?
Souma: Hm. “Valentine’s Day”, right? I am also not very knowledgeable regarding the details of this event, so if you were to ask me why, I can only answer with “It’s just a type of tradition”...
But it also seems that it does not have to be girls giving to boys.
Not to mention in the first place, if it has to be like that, then what should the “chocolates” I gave you yesterday be counted as?
Adonis:... That is true, what did you want to convey by it?
Souma: I heard that on Valentine’s Day, it’s also acceptable to give chocolates to individuals you are close to or who always looks after you. That’s why I gave the chocolates as “presents” to Adonis-dono and the two upperclassmen of “Akatsuki”.
Adonis: Hm, I see… Now that you mention it, my sisters have also given me chocolates before.
Because she said “You have to give back three times as much on White Day[1] though,” so at the time I just didn’t have the feeling of being gifted something at all.
Hm~ now it’s even more confusing than ever...
Souma: I don’t understand it either. Although it irritates me to say so, but I believe that man in the same “unit” as Adonis-dono would have greater knowledge regarding this festival.
Adonis: You mean Hakaze-senpai? I was going to ask Hakaze-senpai about it, but yesterday he didn’t look so well, so I didn’t ask.
Souma: Oh, so even that ineradicable man would be crestfallen? I suppose, after all that man is still an ordinary human. He’ll also have times when he’s like that...
Hm~... “Akatsuki” seems to be participating in the “Chocolat Fes” as well, which means we should indeed further expand our understanding of “Valentine’s Day”.
Subaru: Oh, “Akatsuki” will also join the “Chocolat Fes”, huh?
Souma: Subaru-dono and Anzu-dono. With the use of the word “also”, will “Trickstar” be partaking in the “Chocolat Fes” as well?
Subaru: Yeah, in this event, we have to use handmade chocolates and our singing voices to treat the audience, right?
I’m not really good at making sweets, so I’ve asked Anzu to teach me how~♪
Souma: Mm. Because Anzu-dono would be somewhat idle in this “Chocolat Fes”, she wishes to help us “idols” out in creating “chocolates”, correct?
In addition, she’ll also assist us in preparing costumes along the way, right?
It is just that the “idols” participating in “Chocolat Fes” have to make “chocolates” and consider choreography as well, therefore it will definitely be very busy.
If it’s possible to entrust Anzu-dono with the task of assisting in costume creation, then our situation couldn’t be better.
I understand now. I will inform Hasumi-dono of your thoughts.
Despite Hasumi-dono having already contacted me about partaking in the event, it seems it still hasn’t been decided what kind of “live” we will be performing at the time.
As such, perhaps Anzu-dono’s costume design will be able to aid us.
Truthfully, I cannot imagine at all what kind of “live” “Akatsuki” should perform, which is the reason for my worry at the moment.
Subaru: That’s true, after all, “Akatsuki's” main selling point is their Japanese style~ It should be pretty hard to combine that with Valentine’s Day.
Speaking of which, what about you, Occhan? Even though your unit isn’t as incompatible with the theme like “Akatsuki”.
But I feel like “UNDEAD” with extreme and dangerous as their main selling point is a bit hard to connect to Valentine’s Day.
Adonis: “UNDEAD” will also participate in “Chocolat Fes”.
Although they haven’t told me what kind of live we’d do, Sakuma-senpai said that it’ll be fine as long as we perform like usual.
Subaru: Oh, I see. If Sakuma-senpai says it’s fine, then it should be fine.
Not to mention it should be alright this way. After all, I’ve heard that girls are kind of easily attracted to bad boys~ So even if you guys don’t do anything special, “UNDEAD” probably shouldn’t have any problems.
Adonis: Yeah. They even said that there should be many female audience members attending this time. Hakaze-senpai will definitely be fired up, meaning there probably won’t be any major problems.
Souma: That man, at it again... However, said man being quite well-received by females is a fact as well. Occasionally, I’d see him outside the campus, and he’d always be accompanied by females.
Adonis: Kanzaki.
Souma: Yes, Adonis-dono?
Adonis: Is “Akatsuki” worried right now because you don’t know what to perform at the “Chocolat Fes”?
Souma: Yes. Contrary to UNDEAD; the problems “Akatsuki” is facing are more complex.
Adonis: Since you’re a friend who’s in trouble, I want to offer my help. We UNDEAD have only just began practicing for “Chocolat Fes” yesterday.
If we tell Sakuma-senpai of our predicament, I think he will also agree to host a joint practice with “Akatsuki”.
What are your thoughts, Anzu? I want to hear your opinion as a “producer”.
(1) In Japan and many other Asian countries, there’s a day called White Day that occurs one month after Valentine’s Day. Since guys receive chocolates on Valentine’s, on White Day they are expected to give gifts in return. There’s a saying that they should give back two or three times as much as they received, which is what Adonis’s sister was talking about.
