Saiunkoku Monogatari Drama CD
Mono Omou Kimi Ni Ai No Te O
Epilogue
Shuuei: Good evening, Shusui-dono.
Shusui: Ran-shougun! Again you crept in as you pleased, ne? I wonder if you even realize what place this is.
Shuuei: Of course I understand…the Emperor’s Inner Palace. That’s why I clandestinely came to visit.
Shusui: You won’t get away by being desperate.
Shuuei: Who will catch me at this hour? By the way, you are carrying a niko.
Shusui: So what?
Shuuei: Tonight I came here after hearing the sound of niko from the Emperor’s chamber. Was Shusui-dono the one who was playing? It was a beautiful timbre.
Shusui: Tonight? But more than half of the performance was given by shujou.
Shuuei: Shujou? Niko? I’m hearing that for the first time! Has he started recently?
Shusui: Yes. A few days ago he suddenly asked me to teach him.
Shuuei: I see. Maybe he plays it while thinking about Shuurei-dono…he was saying that he was lonely until some time back.
Shusui: Maybe…but more than his nostalgia for Shuurei-sama, he told me he was learning it because he wanted to play it for someone.
Shuuei: Does he want to play it for Shuurei-dono?
Shusui: That’s quite likely.
Shuuei: So, Shusui-dono is teaching him?
Shusui: Isn’t that intimidating?
Shuuei: Shujou is in an enviable position. Every night he is under Shusui-dono’s direct supervision…alright, please teach me something as well!
Shusui: I am employed at the Inner Palace.
Shuuei: Unfriendly as usual. At least won’t you play the niko for me?
Shusui: Didn’t you come here because you heard it a short while ago?
Shuuei: If I know it’s you who is playing, the timbre will become all the more pleasant to me.
Shusui: Again…you are quite a smooth talker, aren’t you? Excuse me, but I have work to do after this.
Shuuei: Since you have graciously stopped for me this time, can I hope for another moment like this?
Shusui: I didn’t specially stop for your sake, Ran-shougun.
Shuuei: Then why?
Shusui: Because, if I didn’t stop, you would’ve followed me to my room.
Shuuei: I did intend to do that.
Shusui: I’m not going to my room now. So long then.
Shuuei: I shall come to see you again.
[Shusui walks away without reply]
Shuuei: Alas! I got dumped tonight as well.
[The sound of a niko playing]
Shuuei: Huh? Is that the sound of a niko? Surely Shusui-dono’s room lies in that direction. [laughs] I give up…does she realize (my feelings for her) or doesn’t she? Ahh…what a beautiful sound…gentle, graceful, beautiful…it’s as if the sound represents you, Shusui-dono. Good night. Sweet dreams…