I like Matsumoto-san’s plays too
Marika and Matsumoto Maki-san smile at each other.
Wait! Wait! You girls!
Igarashi Izumi tries to get in between but.
You’re for later, so shut up for now
She glared and shut her up.
Then.
Uhm, Kou-san
Marika looked at me.
uhm, things may have been out of order, so I’m sorry about that, but please listen
What is it?
That docile Marika’s trying to talk to me earnestly.
What I mean, is, uhm, I genuinely want Matsumoto-san to continue playing her piano. Matsumoto-san, and her sister, Miki-san as well. They’re both much more talented in music than me, so they have to continue making progress. It would be a shame if they quit music now. That’s absolutely true I can tell that the Matsumoto siblings are talented too.
And so, I’m willing to do anything to help Matsumoto-san pursue music. Anything. So, Kou-kun, please help Matsumoto-san. Please, I’m begging you
Marika stood up from her chair and put her hands on the carpet floor in the principal’s office.
Then, she prostrates herself before me.
Wait, no, Takahata-san
Matsumoto Maki-san followed after Marika and sat in seiza on the carpet.
Nee-san
Her sister, Miki-san also followed her sister and sat right next to her with her precious violin in her arms.
We sisters don’t have that talent that Takahata-san would need to have to go through such lengths
No, it’s okay, Matsumoto-san
No, I’ll ask for it myself
Matsumoto-san looked up straight at me while sitting
I’m unsure who Kuromori-san is, nor what kind of power you have, but since Takahata-san trusts you, I do the same
Then.
Please help us sisters, no, even if it’s just Miki, please support Miki so she can continue her studies in violin. I don’t care what happens to me, so please
Matsumoto Maki-san prostrates herself. She’s rubbing her forehead on the floor.
Nee-san, I.
Miki, Grandfather’s going to sell that violin if you let him, are you okay with that?
Miki-san trembles and she looks at her violin.
I don’t want that. Never. I don’t want Father’s violin taken away
Then, you should ask for it
Her sister said, Miki-san puts her violin case down and her hand on the floor.
i.no, I don’t mind what happens to me. Please help us
Marika, and the Matsumoto siblings, the three beauties prostrate themselves to me.
I.
Frankly, it’s easy to convince Matsumoto-san’s grandfather to give up selling the violin and let Maki-san stay in her high school
I could just bring in one of the girls with Miko power, and order Matsumoto-san’s grandfather to forget about his granddaughters.
Yes, legally, the violin should be Miki-san’s property as she’s inherited that from her father. If you don’t want your grandfather to meddle with it, then Miki-san can pretend to sell it to Kou, then reorganize it so that Kou’s loaning it to you. Then, we notify Matsumoto-san’s grandfather through a lawyer, and he won’t be able to sell it off anymore Mariko’s got a more realistic approach compared to my ideas.
As for Maki-san’s school, it’s okay as long as someone pays for your tuition, right? Your guardian is your mother, not your grandfather. The only problem is money, but that’s something we can fix, see? If you want, I can ask Father to give you music training scholarship from Torii electronics. It’s for college, but since you sisters have the talent, I can talk to grandfather to give you an exception As long as she has the scholarship, Maki-san can continue going to the music school.
But, is that good enough?
Mariko, I don’t know much about the music world, but.
I sort the thoughts in my head.
I feel like in their case, letting them study music isn’t enough, right?
I remember the night I first met Marika.
Minaho-neesan let Marika play piano and asked if she wanted to become a professional pianist, saying that she could offer assistance.
The contents were.
I know that Matsumoto-san has great talent, but it’s not enough to go to the music school to hone their talent to become a pianist and violinist. They need to do more than go to a music school to hone that talent, right?
Oh, you’re right. If they want to become professionals, then school isn’t enough. They need private lessons from a good teacher and win competitions
Yes, that’s what Minaho-neesan said before.
Private lessons are expensive, right?
Indeed. What’s the point if you don’t get a good teacher, and I think those charge a lot. And in competitions, it’s not just in Japan, eventually, you’ll have to study at a famous foreign music college and win prizes at traditional foreign competitions If they’re going abroad, then that costs more.
Kou’s right. Keeping Miki-san’s violin and supporting Maki-san in her current school won’t be enough
Mariko agreed.
Matsumoto-san’s so talented that it would be a waste if they don’t become professionals
But, it’ll be costly to take that path.
Their grandfather owns a large drugstore chain so he must have money.
But, he’s not interested in music, and deep down, he wants to take control of his granddaughters.
Even if we use the Miko power to order them to give money, it’ll get complicated later on.
It’s not a big deal to alter his mind if we’re just making him give up, on Miki-san’s violin and Maki-san’s school.
If we alter to make him pay a huge amount to let them continue even though he doesn’t want it, then that’ll be a huge burden to their mind.
Altering a mind too deep using the Miko power can break them.
In particular, it’s best to avoid doing anything that could affect one’s personality.
I think so too
Tsukiko nods.
That means, that we need someone to help pay for Matsumoto-san’s studies until she becomes a professional in about ten years
If nobody’s willing to go that far, then it won’t make sense to maintain the status quo.
if it’s money, we can return it when we grow up. We’ll work hard to pay it back
The little sister desperately pleads.
I’m sure that I’ll become a professional and repay it
But.
I wonder about that?
Minaho-neesan, who had been quiet until now, speaks up.
It’s true that you have superior talent among the Japanese at your age playing the violin. I can recognize that, but who knows if you can continue showing that high-level talent five, or even ten years from now?
That’s.
It’s a common story, a prodigy in childhood, falls behind their growth and ends up being another ordinary person in adulthood. Besides, I heard that many who go study abroad end up overwhelmed, and ruined by people who are much more talented than they are That’s also true.
Above all, it’s also likely that you get ill, or suffer a serious injury that makes it impossible for you to perform in the future. If that happens, all the money spent on you would be wasted, do you understand?
That’s.
Miki-san’s face sinks to gloom.
That’s why so many aspiring musicians rely on support from their families. It’s hard to invest in a dream like that without the love from the family
Indeed. Even those who got their scholarships from Torii electronics also get help from their families, because the scholarship alone isn’t enough
Minaho-neesan said. Mariko supplemented.
Then.
In other words, Matsumoto-san will have to join our family if they want continued support, is that right?
Erica, who’s been quiet next to Marika, speaks out.
Indeed. If they’re in the family, then that’s another story
Minaho-neesan smiles.
But, I think we need to take care of other things before we go to that
Minaho-neesan.
Kou’s the keystone of our family, so we don’t allow those Kou doesn’t need, nor those who don’t need him
Those who I need?