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　Peach trees stand endlessly to the royal palace. Across the road are two large stages.

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　They are called the tree-lined ceremonial halls. The stage, constructed of white-painted wood, was covered with petals and dyed a bright peach color.

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　Standing on the upper stage is Sita, a girl with blue flowers.

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　She was lying on her head, her hands clasped tightly together.

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　Her long black hair swayed slightly in the quiet air.

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　Sita is trembling.

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　Her friend, Rinfa, who was supposed to come to the next stage, is not there. On the contrary, she had yet to show up as one of the Red Sacred Singers.

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　She had once told Ellen.

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　She had once told Ellen that the Souka Singers must be doing a lot of bad things.

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　She must have had an inkling that Berne was involved in some dark activities. Still, she could not be sure. They may have thought that they should not doubt their fellow singers without being able to confirm their suspicions.

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　However, this doubt was more than enough to explain why Linfa and the others had not come to this final divine election.

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　I wonder what is going through Sita's mind.

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　The promise she made in her childhood that she could not fulfill. But in order to fulfill it, Linfa had come to the divine selection.

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　And with her ability, she won the right to be on the stage for the final divine selection.

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　With a powerful singing voice, just as she had in the past.

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　Lin Hwa came with her wonderful friends in tow, looking much more matured than in the past.

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　Perhaps the Souka Singing Troupe had taken that dream away from her by cowardly means.

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　Or perhaps such fears are swirling in her heart.

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'--The Red Sacred Singing Troupe Linfa candidates have not appeared on the stage for the final divine election. The appointed time is already long past.'

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　A echoed through the tree-lined ceremony hall and throughout Wispwens.

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In accordance with precedent, we have determined that the candidate for Linfa has been disqualified. Therefore, the candidate selected for the final divine selection will be the Souka Singsong Team Theta.

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　Immediately after that, there was a brief murmur of excitement.

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　A loud cheer went up.

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　It was probably the supporters of the Soka Utagatai. They had gathered at the ceremony site on the tree-lined avenue to watch the final divine election, and they were all excited about Sita's victory.

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Wait!"

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　Their voices echoed around the world, drowning out the loud cheers.

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　It was Sita, the winner, who spoke.

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Linfa will come. Just wait until then.

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　She appealed to her supporters and to the facilitator of the bard's election.

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We have already waited longer than we agreed. Any further delay would be disrespectful to the Divine Poem Rodwell and is unacceptable. It is a necessary etiquette for a candidate to proceed with the selection of a bard without delay. For whatever reason, she could not do it. You have been chosen.

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"I was not ...... chosen. ......"

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　Sita says, muttering.

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No one will be convinced. You've all heard Rinfa sing. You have to sing with her and beat her to be considered chosen. Because the Bard Sovereign is the best singer in Wispwens."

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　She pleads in a firm voice.

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　The music, like a song, conveys Sita's thoughts to those who listen.

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A bard needs proper manners," she says.

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What is the etiquette for being a little late?

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　The people were aghast.

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　It was a word that disgraced the sacred selection of the god of minstrelsy. It was not the right thing to say to a would-be head of a minyan sect.

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Sita, please be soft and respectful. Please keep your words soft and respectful.

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'Then have you ever had respect for Linfa?

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　To the people gathered there. To the people gathered there, and to the bards of the world, she said.

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Linfa is not a bard simply because she is an instrumentalist. She can only appear on stage in this bard's election. Only once in her life.

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　I guess those who have not been chosen once are not allowed to run for the Bard's Election. There would be no next time for Linfa. Therefore, Sita was adamant that she would not back down.

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Linhua had only one chance. Even so, she had put everything she had into that one chance, without complaining or whining.

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　Looking straight ahead, Sita said, "We took it from her.

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We took it from her. We took it from her. The chance to be a bard. The chance to sing on stage. And yet, Linfa never gave up and continued to sing.

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　How hard it was for her. Sita might have understood.

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　With tears in her eyes, she appealed strongly.

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　She was furious at the unreasonableness of the situation.

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You could at least give a little back to her. This is a stage that Linhua won by sheer force with only one chance."

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　The tree-lined ceremony was quiet.

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　It would have been the same at the Garden Theater and throughout Wispswens.

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　Everyone listened to her words.

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　Sita is speaking to all her people, giving up the opportunity to become head of the world if she keeps quiet.

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　There was no rhythm, no melody. But it was indeed poetry.

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I am ......

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　Sita says.

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Because ...... I am ...... and I will always be ......."

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　A teardrop spills down, gently wetting the peach petals.

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I've been waiting for so long. I've been waiting for the day when I can sing with Rinhwa. The actual "I've been waiting for this day," said the woman, "I've been waiting for this day, I've been waiting for this day, I've been waiting for this day. I've been waiting for that day!

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　It was supposed to be an unfulfilled dream.

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　That is why she had tried not to wish for it.

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　Still, somewhere in her heart, there was a glimmer of hope.

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　If it was Linfa, she thought, then maybe.

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　No one replied to Sita's wish.

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　She could not say that she understood.

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　If she were to say anything, she would still have to follow the rules of the bard's selection.

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　Because they did not want to tell him, they all kept quiet.

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　Hence, there was only one person.

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　The only one who could speak to her.

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Look."

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　Theta's eyes widen at the sound of that voice, and her face is flooded with feelings.

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I knew you were waiting for me.

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　A figure appears on the lower stage.

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　A red flower in a characteristic bun. Linfa, a member of the Red Choir, is looking at Sita with a look of pride on her face.

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　Sita's voice was echoing throughout Wispwens.

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　Linfa would have heard it all along.

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"Lynfa ......."

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　Trying to smile slightly, Sita realized she was alone.

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　Linfa's costume was torn in places.

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　It was as if someone had attacked her.

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'Are Ilya and the others ......?'

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I pushed myself too hard in the second divine election, and I collapsed. That's why I'm late.

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　There was no way that Sita could know that this was a lie. But Linfa laughed, as if there was nothing to worry about.

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Sita," she said.

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　Sita," she said.

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　Sita," she said, friendly and familiar, like a friend from her childhood.

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Sorry to keep you waiting.

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　Sita's expression turned into a tearful smile, as if she was overcome with emotion.

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　She looked up and, as if remembering the old days, said, "Come on, let's sing.

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Come on, let's sing. Everyone is waiting for us.

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　Their gazes crossed, and Linfa and Sita turned around at the same time.

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　Both stood in the center of the stage.

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　A warm breeze passed by like a blessing, and peach petals danced in the air.

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　Linfa, who had been chasing them all along.

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　Sita, who had been waiting for it all her life.

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　The stage of their dreams.

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　Only one will be chosen.

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　The curtain opens on the final divine selection.

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