"The scriptwriter…"
Nanase-sensei found this question difficult; she couldn't immediately think of any teacher at school who had that much free time.
At this moment, Ajitani, who had been acting like she wasn't there, spoke up: "Nanase-sensei, I've already found Miyamura and Shouko to be the scriptwriters."
Seeing her hesitate, Ajitani continued to add: "Once the script is written, you can take a look at it for review."
Nanase-sensei hesitated repeatedly but still nodded in agreement. She felt that even if there were any problems with the script later, with her supervision, these problems should be resolved quickly.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, the scriptwriting role was successfully taken by Tsuna and Shouko. The PPT on the screen switched to the next page, and Nanase-sensei continued to patiently introduce:
"Next is the logistics team, mainly responsible for prop management, costume rental, and budget allocation.
For costume rental, you can contact local cultural groups for collaboration. The main focus of budget allocation is that food and material costs need to be clearly recorded."
As she spoke, the chalk tapped a cheerful rhythm on the podium. She looked at each eager student: "Is there anyone who wants to volunteer for this? A maximum of five people."
The students below looked at each other, and after a while, no one dared to raise their hand. Nanase-sensei sighed helplessly:
"I will have Ajitani assist you with this, so you don't have to worry about making any major mistakes."
"Ah?" Ajitani looked at Nanase-sensei in surprise, only to receive an 'assurance' look from her.
As her words fell, the students who had been eager to volunteer rushed to sign up, and Nanase-sensei chose five students who were usually excellent in their abilities.
The publicity team ultimately selected three students.
At this point, out of the more than thirty students in the class, only about eighteen remained. The main and supporting roles would be selected from these people.
"Tsuna…"
While Nanase-sensei on the podium was assigning tasks, Shouko quietly poked someone's arm with the tip of her pen.
"Hmm?"
"I want to sign up too…"
All the remaining work had been assigned, and only the main and supporting roles had not been chosen. Even if Shouko didn't explicitly say the latter half of her sentence, he roughly guessed it.
"Are you sure?"
Under his gaze, Shouko nodded hesitantly: "Mm-hmm."
She also wanted to contribute to this School Festival, and she was very interested in those role-playing parts, whether it was a main role or a supporting role.
Of course, Snow White would be best, but only if Tsuna was the prince; otherwise, if it was assigned to her, she wouldn't choose it…
"Miyamura, is something wrong?" Nanase-sensei and Ajitani simultaneously noticed Tsuna raising his hand below. Nanase-sensei asked in confusion.
As her words fell, the students in the classroom all cast curious glances at him.
"Nanase-sensei, Shouko and I also want to participate in the casting, otherwise, once the script is written, we'll have nothing to do."
"…"
'Nothing to do? You can assist other classmates…' This sentence spun around Nanase-sensei's mind three times before she swallowed it.
Seeing that the other students had no objections, she nodded in agreement. After finally confirming that there were no omissions, she let the students go home for the day.
She left Tsuna and Ajitani to discuss the roles in the script, and the casting would be left for tomorrow.
"See you tomorrow, Nanase-sensei."
"See you tomorrow."
"Bye-bye."
Seeing that most people had left, and to avoid disturbing the students on duty, Nanase-sensei took the other three to the teachers' office to discuss.
As for who the other person was, of course, it was the lovely Shouko…
Nishikata and Takagi greeted them and left first.
"Sit down, don't be so formal. There are no other teachers here," Nanase-sensei said with a smile, pointing to the sofas against the wall.
As for being formal, none of the three felt it much. Tsuna and Ajitani were regulars in the office during junior high.
Even Shouko would come to the office a few times a month, so she was already used to it, not to mention Tsuna was with her now.
Tsuna surveyed the office for a few moments before retracting his gaze. It wasn't much different from last semester.
Several desks, most of them piled high with books, and a few that were very messy.
"Hmm…"
Nanase-sensei pulled her chair over and sat down, lowering her head to ponder the main and supporting roles for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Finally, she gave up thinking and asked the three in front of her:
"Who are the main roles involved here? And the supporting roles?"
Shouko and Ajitani both looked at Tsuna, who was sitting on the far left, in unison.
"…"
Tsuna recalled the relevant characters in the script: "The main characters are Snow White, the Evil Queen 'played by two different people', the Magic Mirror, and a hunter who chases the princess."
"What about the Seven Dwarfs?"
"And the Prince and the King?"
Facing the confused questions from Nanase-sensei and Shouko, Ajitani, who had read the script beforehand, looked calm.
Tsuna spread his hands helplessly: "Each of the Seven Dwarfs only has about five or six lines. The Prince only appears at the very end when he kisses the princess.
As for the King, there's even less to say. He only appeared at the beginning, gave a few instructions, and then exited."
"…"
Nanase-sensei's mouth twitched uncontrollably as she asked: "Are there any other supporting roles?"
She was now a little suspicious if the final performance would even last thirty minutes…
"Yes," Tsuna nodded, "The guiding black rabbit, the pig-headed knight disguised as the prince, the delicate big bad wolf—"
"Stop, stop, stop…" Nanase-sensei raised her hand to interrupt him, looking at him suspiciously: "Do these supporting roles you're talking about really exist in the original story?"
"No." Tsuna leaned back, shrugged, and looked at Ajitani: "The class monitor asked me to add them yesterday, so I added them all."
"…"
Nanase-sensei looked at Ajitani in disbelief, only to see her give an awkward smile and nod at her.
"…"
"So how many characters are there in total?"
"Let me think…" Tsuna calculated in his mind, making a gesture: "About eighteen, plus the ones I haven't finished listing. Our class has just enough people.
As long as no one unexpectedly takes leave or anything."
Nanase-sensei didn't know what to say for a moment. Although it was a good thing to add some innovation to an opera performance, she was afraid that doing so would be disastrous…
"Nanase-sensei, the class monitor has the script I wrote this morning. You can take it and read it first. If you think it's not good later, or have any requirements, you can bring them up then.
If you read it tonight and find no problems, we can decide on the roles tomorrow."
Hearing him say this, she hesitated for a moment but still nodded in agreement. She took the script from Ajitani and then told the three to go back first, as she wanted to take a look.
"See you tomorrow, Nanase-sensei."
"Bye-bye, Nanase-sensei."
"Kano…"
"See you tomorrow."