Showtime - Chapter 6

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Location: Underground Livehouse

Wataru: I’ll start by showing you an example.

Yes, attention everyone~☆ This is a pigeon’s feather! Aah, don’t worry, I didn’t pluck it off or anything. 

If I throw it in the air, et voilà, it turned into a pigeon! Yes, please applaud~ ☆

I’ll keep bringing out more pigeons. Just by clapping my hands, there it is~! A second pigeon!

And they come out of my pockets, too, one, two, three pigeons~...

Fufufu, shall I fill this underground stage to the brim with pigeons? ☆

Natsume: No realLY, just how many pigeons has Wataru-niisan been raisiNG? RoughLY, I’d say there’s about twenty of thEM.

Not to borrow Wataru-niisan’s words or anythiNG, but this is pretty AmaziNG. 

Wataru: Fufufu. I’m glad I was able to amaze Natsume-kun! I’m blessed to be an entertainer ☆

In any case, that’s pigeon magic. Pigeons materialize out of thin air, and the audience is struck with admiration upon seeing it.

For the more famous magic tricks, there’s instructions manuals and such on the market, too.

There are pockets for the pigeons sewn into the clothes, and making the pigeons appear from there is how it’s normally done.

Of course, using worn-out old tricks like that is boring, though… So I don’t have those kinds of hidden mechanisms in my clothes.

While Sora-kun is quick to grasp things, you’re still a beginner at magic tricks. 

I still have an outfit I used to wear, so I’m lending you that.

It’s an outfit from before I hit my growth spurt, so I think it’ll fit Sora-kun…

However, if the sleeves are too loose or too tight, please tell me.

Sora: HaHa~, thank you! When someone is generous, you thank them!

Natsume: SoRA, let’s go to the locker room over theRE. I’ll help you get changED.

Sora: HiHi~, Sora will get changed! Anzu, Sora’s heading off~♪

(After changing)

How is it, Shisho~, Anzu~?

Natsume: YeAH. I think after just a few adjustmenTS, it’ll be perfeCT. HM? “Leave the adjustments to me”, you sAY? 

Wataru: Right. May I ask you to do that, Anzu-san?

But it fits better than expected, what a relief. You can keep it after the magic show is over.

Sora: HuHu~, Great-Shisho~, is it really okay for Sora to have this?

Wataru: Consider it your reward for standing on the stage as my assistant.

And now, here are the pigeons for today’s pigeon magic...♪

Sora: Uwaah, how cute, they’re so small~. They fit snugly into Sora’s hand!

Wataru: These are pigeons used for magic tricks, so they’re smaller than normal ones.

They’re of a docile disposition too, and easier to train.

Sora: ~....☆

Wataru: Fufufu. I think you’ve touched the pigeons enough now. Then, please put them into the pockets inside your clothes.

Sora: HeHe~, please be obedient~. If you behave, Sora will pet your head! There, there...♪

Great-Shisho~, Sora put the pigeons into his pockets! One’s squirming around Sora’s chest area and it’s tickling Sora~♪

Wataru: Now now, Sora-kun, don’t touch it. Even if it’s itchy, you have to bear it.

The pigeons I arranged this time are white, so I prepared a white handkerchief as well.

You’re going to take the pigeon from your chest pocket inside a handkerchief.

So if the color of it is different from the pigeon’s, the audience will be able to tell.

Sora: HoHo~, Sora understood the gist of it! 

Sora will take out the pigeon~, chichinpuipui...♪

Yaaay, the pigeon came out! Another one is coming from a different pocket~. Wow, two of them came out ♪ How many are going to appear next~?

Sora: Wah, wawah! 

Don’t all come out at once~, huh?

Great-Shisho~, this time the pigeons won’t come out! Even though there’s still pigeons in the pockets~. Did Sora do something to upset them?

Wataru: No, but pigeons are living beings just like us. There are times when they’re not in the mood for it, too. Taming them takes practice!

What you need to perform magic tricks isn’t dexterity. All you need is practice.

There’s still time until the magic show. Tomorrow, and the day after that, we’ll meet here for practice after school. Will you be able to withstand that…?

Sora: Yes! Senpai taught Sora that failures are just stepping stones to success!

Sora will definitely master pigeon magic and become a worthy magician!