[Steel Prison Big]: Oh? The band's back together already?
[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: Yeah. Not only is everyone back, we also agreed to practice together tomorrow.
[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: But everyone is still somewhat dissatisfied with and wary of me. If I miss the first practice after we've just reunited, it'll definitely cause the tragedy of "that day" to happen again. So while I go retrieve the Starry Veil, could I ask you, Qianyi, to take my place at the band's practice and activities?
[Steel Prison Big]: Take your place at band activities...
When Shoko said earlier that she had to attend band activities, Qianyi had actually already considered giving up on having Toyokawa Shoko come help.
After all, no matter how busy she was, she still had to make time to play in a band.
Nothing was more important than playing in a band.
Thinking about it carefully, matters like dealing with the Abyss and retrieving the Starry Veil sounded grand and troublesome, but it wasn't as if he couldn't push himself a little harder, work some overtime, and get them done himself.
But...
Since Toyokawa Shoko had personally asked him with utmost sincerity to look after Wakaba Mutsuki and her band, even specifically asking him to attend band practice in her place...
Then there was really no helping it.
To ensure that the two great missions of "seizing the Starry Veil" and "resolving the Abyss," both of which concerned the survival of the world, could proceed smoothly; to let Shoko charge into battle at the front without any distractions; as the Captain and her steadfast support, he could only "reluctantly" and "graciously" agree to this outrageous request.
Yes, exactly.
It definitely wasn't because he wanted to play in a band himself.