Momoi Taro wants to form a "don" brother duo, but it's a music anime.

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Then, Taro picked up a plain-colored violin cleaning cloth. Hailing secretly glanced at it and saw that it was the same style she often used. She couldn't help but admire him inwardly, thinking, "As expected of Momoi Taro, his choice of brand is excellent."

After that, Taro went to pay the bill. Once outside, Taro handed the violin cleaning cloth he had just bought to Hailin.

"Your violin cleaning cloth... although it's only a little bit, it's better to change it more often."

"Really? I didn't find it particularly special when I used it." Seeing Taro's persistent gaze, Hai Ling could only nod slightly and accept the gift from Momoi Taro.

Taro Momoi seems to have always said this, and everyone in the band has seen it.

Hai Ling tentatively and cautiously asked, "Taro seems to care a lot about everyone in the band."

"Of course! After all, he's my servant! Taking care of servants is a master's duty!!"

"...It's almost time for practice. If we leave now, we should arrive at the practice room around the same time."

Hai Ling had no idea what the "master" that Momoi Taro was talking about was, or what its significance was.

However, the events of the day had filled her mind with a jumble of thoughts.

But at this time, she needs to clear her mind and focus intently on the band's practice...

Otherwise, my performance will definitely be terrible.

So, the two of them didn't say much more during the process. RiNG and Edogawa Music Store weren't far apart, and the two of them walked back to the practice room of the Dong Brothers group side by side.

Taro pushed open the door to the practice room of the Dong Brothers. Aine and Wakame were already inside. They were surprised to see Taro arrive.

"General, did the sun rise in the west today?" Ruomai looked at Momoi Taro suspiciously. Momoi Taro's expression remained unchanged. He held his head high and puffed out his chest, letting Ruomai circle around him without even changing his gaze.

"Could it be a fake? It doesn't seem like one." Ruomai felt increasingly puzzled and murmured softly.

"What does this mean? I don't understand at all!" Taro frowned slightly, sensing that Ruomai was acting a bit strange today.

Ai Yin explained from a distance for Ruomai: "Ruomai is saying that Taro doesn't usually arrive that early. He's usually right at the last minute."

"I'm just coming back when it's time, that's all!" Taro raised his head and spoke his true feelings.

"It's probably because she came with me." Hai Ling suddenly entered the practice room at this moment. Ruo Mai squinted at her when she heard this.

Hmm... nothing has changed, and there's still no threat.

Ruomai lowered her head, secretly assessing the situation. Seeing Hailing's unchanging demeanor, she felt relieved.

Hai Ling also noticed Ruomai's gaze and couldn't help but frown. What was going on? She felt looked down upon.

"Xiao Le Nai should be eating outside right now. I'm going to go and bring her back. Everyone, please wait a moment~" Aine said with a smile.

It's because of Taro's habit that he always comes at the same time, so Aine doesn't really care about Rakuna's actions. As long as she's sure she can be brought back, there's no problem.

Now that Taro has arrived ahead of schedule, all we can do is go and arrest him.

"Okay, thank you." Taro nodded slightly, then held out his hand and said, "Give me the guitar, I'll change the strings for you. Strings age especially quickly in the summer, you can't be careless."

"Ah~ thank you~" Aine smiled brightly as she took the guitar off her body and handed it to him, saying, "Here you go. I noticed this while we were practicing, and I was thinking of changing the strings after practice. It was a real help."

After handing the guitar to Taro, Aine went to find Rakuna.

Changing the strings wasn't complicated, at least not for Momoi Taro; he changed the strings in no time.

Then, Taro pulled out some new drumsticks from his bag and handed them to Ruomai. Ruomai accepted the drumsticks with some confusion: "Thank you... but my drumsticks are still perfectly fine, I don't need them for now."

"The drumstick already has a small crack, so it's best to replace it just in case," Taro said. Meowmee looked at the old drumstick in her hand with some skepticism, and it took her a while to notice a thin crack.

　The crack was so fine that even if Ruomai herself scanned the rod with her own eyes glued to it, she wouldn't be able to spot it.

"Really? General, it's amazing you knew that. I didn't even realize it myself. Thank you."

Ruomai said with a grin, then quietly sat down and started practicing again.

Meanwhile, Aine searched for quite a while but couldn't find Rana. Left with no other option, she had to ask the shop assistant for help.

"Miss Rinrinko, have you seen Ryuna? I can't find her anywhere, and she hasn't responded to my LINE messages."

Aine tried her best to remain calm. To say she was particularly anxious wouldn't be an exaggeration. Ryuna was a good girl and would be back soon.

It's always been like this; she always arrives here a little earlier than Momoi Taro.

“Ah~ As for Xiao Renai, in…” Rinrinko was interrupted halfway through her sentence by a sudden, calm voice.

"Are you calling me?"

A silver-haired little head popped out from behind the counter, and her beautiful heterochromatic eyes looked at Ai Yin with a puzzled expression, tentatively asking, "Want to play? A band?"

"Little Renai! Don't go to weird places, you'll cause trouble for Rinrin-san!"

Aine was startled at first, then angrily lectured Ryuna for a few minutes, and finally said apologetically to Rinrinko:

"I'm sorry, Ms. Rinrinko, Rana has caused you trouble. I'll take her away right away."

Aine hurriedly went to the counter, and Rinko-san pressed her hands down and said with a gentle smile, "It's alright, it's alright."

"Little Renai, come out here—" Aine skillfully grabbed Renai by the back of her neck and pulled the unwilling Renai out from behind the counter. Then she bowed apologetically to Rinrinko and, under Rinrinko's embarrassed expression, dragged Renai a little further away.

"Why is Xiao Le Nai in a place like that?" Ai Yin pinched Xiao Le Nai's earlobe with some dissatisfaction, and was surprised to find that it felt pretty good, so she couldn't help but pinch it a couple more times.

Lena turned her head away with a resentful look, dodging Aine's mischievous fingers, and said softly, "Rinrinko said I should try making Buffet myself..."

Aine suddenly realized something. No wonder Rinrinko looked so strange when she apologized; it turned out that Rinrinko was the culprit who made Ryuna go there.

Had she just tried to do something good but ended up doing something wrong...? She coughed lightly, a little embarrassed, then pretended nothing had happened and said to Lena with a serious expression:

"Rakuna, Taro's back, so shall we go back and practice now?"

Lena was almost completely ignorant of social etiquette and didn't understand what Aine's actions meant. However, upon hearing Aine's words, her eyes lit up, and a hint of excitement shone through her calm tone:

"Band~ Let's play~" After saying that, she took Aine's hand and walked towards the practice room. Aine was a little guilty as Ryuna led her, and glanced back at Rinrinko.

At this moment, Rinrinko's expression had returned to normal, and she noticed Aine looking at her. She simply smiled and waved goodbye to Aine.

Aine quickly waved goodbye and then hurriedly left with Rakuna—it was just too embarrassing!

To give an example, it's like you hear your neighbor screaming in the middle of the night, and you think it's domestic violence and rush over to help, only to find that they're playing S&M. That kind of awkward situation!

In short, Aine and Rakuna returned to the practice room of the Dong Brothers. As soon as they opened the door, Taro said to Aine, "You've come at the right time. We just discussed the song list for the next live performance."

"The next live?" Ai-yin, upon hearing that it was a serious matter, also became earnest, tilting her head in thought. "The next live is a collaboration live, right? Is it okay to decide the setlist on our own?"

"Well, it was originally supposed to be an independent live performance, but your physical abilities weren't up to that level." Taro crossed his arms, expressionless.

Ai Yin scratched her head awkwardly. It was unbelievable, but as a champion athlete from Yuuchika, she was actually the weakest in terms of physical strength among this group.

No one can compare to Momoi Taro in terms of physical strength and ability. (Taro: Yes.)

Yoro, do you want to learn about cats? She's a cat-person who invaded our Earth.

Yutenji Wakana is a drummer.

There's another one, I guess it's Hachiman Kairin.

Le Nai seems to have incredible stamina, almost the best among the team members. As for Ruo Maiqin, the drummer, she goes without saying... Hai Ling, who has the most stage experience, should have more than enough stamina for playing.

As for myself, I always do the most interaction on stage, and I don't have a significant advantage in stamina. I'm probably the one who gets the most tired during each live performance...

"Then, we've decided that we'll sing 10 songs at that live performance, covering everything from before, and filling in the gaps with new songs!" Taro's impactful words struck Aine's ears, causing her eyes to widen slightly.

"Wait, wait, wait, if it's 10 songs, we won't have enough music, will we?" Aine's eyes widened, wondering where all these new songs came from.

“Ruomai just told me that she wrote a piece of music.” Taro raised his head and said, “Adding your two pieces, we only need to write two more to finish.”

Ruomai flashed a bright smile and waved to Aiyin, explaining that the new song was inspired by her experience at the last music festival.

"We have to do extra practice again..." Ai Yin slumped down, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"Yes! Right now, the part you need to practice the most is your lead vocals. So, until you sing it to my satisfaction, practice the two songs you wrote!"

"Can I really do it...?" Ai Yin was a little unsure of herself. Although she had always wanted to be a guitarist and vocalist, she was more worried about her concert dragging down the performance of the Dong Brothers.

"If you can't do it, then go practice until you can do it!" With that, Taro's demeanor changed, and he threw his head back and let out a wild laugh: "Hahaha! Attendants! Let's begin practicing now!"

"I know, I'll practice—" Ai Yin picked up her guitar from the instrument rack, somewhat resignedly: "Practice, practice—"

[A ripple of moonlight - the opening theme music begins]

A smile crept onto Aine's lips as she practiced diligently. Although she was certainly tired, moving towards her dream, towards her aspirations, and towards everyone she loved most, felt incredibly good...

Episode 49: Aine and Momoi Taro's Date (Part 1)

The practice went very smoothly. Although Aine's raw skills were far inferior to Taro's, her talent and hard work made up for it somewhat.

Seeing that it was almost time, Taro called a halt to practice: "That's enough! That's it for today's practice. We'll continue tomorrow. Aine, don't forget your individual practice after we're dismissed! Hailin, I'll come pick you up again tomorrow! Everyone else, dismissed!"

After this formal announcement, Taro seemed to calm down a bit. According to Aine's observation, Taro's personality seemed to change every time he practiced or performed a formal show.

As Aine was about to leave the practice room, a hand grabbed her wrist.

Aine looked back with a hint of curiosity. At this moment, there was only one person holding her hand—Momoi Taro.

"Where do you want to go?" Taro looked at Aine with a puzzled expression. Aine was a little confused by Taro's question: "Where do you want to go... go home, of course?"

Hearing Aine's answer, Taro seemed even more confused and calmly asked, "Weren't you going to the summer festival? Why are you going home?"

Aine looked at Taro with an incredulous expression: "Of course it's to change clothes—?"

She seemed to realize something, and looked Taro up and down in disbelief, saying, "You don't mean to wear this outfit to the summer festival, do you?"

Momoi Taro stretched out his hands, opened them, and looked down at his clothes—his usual red jacket and simple inner layer. He then looked at Aine with a puzzled expression, raised his head, and asked:

"Is there something wrong?!"

"Of course that's inappropriate!" Aine went behind Taro and pushed him forward forcefully: "Change into clothes suitable for the summer festival!"

Taro, puzzled, was pushed out of the practice room by her. Of course, it was also because Taro didn't resist. Aine, hands on her hips, said coquettishly, "At the very least, change into that live outfit from last time! Okay, let's go!"

Although he didn't quite understand, Taro thought, "Since Aine said so, I'll just do it this way." He started walking towards home.

Watching Taro's figure disappear, Aine breathed a slight sigh of relief and touched her slightly flushed face.

"Seriously, if you just wear anything to the summer festival, what about the outfit I specially picked out last night?"

Last night, she spent the whole night thinking about what a suitable and beautiful outfit to wear... Then, she sighed helplessly, "Well, it's Taro after all, there's nothing I can do about it."

Who told her to like someone like that? She shook her head helplessly and hurried home.

Looking puzzled, Momoi Taro pushed open the door to his house, preparing to casually change into a yukata as Aine had suggested.