"Heh, hehe..." Lady Umaru, completely unaware that she had saved the world, laughed awkwardly. If she had not stopped him back then, no one would have felt any regret, right?
Luckily...
"Young man, Venus is renowned throughout the world precisely because she is incomplete..." What storm had Sogo Doma not weathered before?
"Regret leaves more room for imagination?" As expected of an artist, Kousei Arima murmured.
"But..." He still could not let it go. That was true, but who would not want to see the complete Venus?
"Actually, I didn't know how to continue playing either, so I stopped," Sogo Doma added.
"Eh!?" Everyone was utterly stunned.
Yukino Yukinoshita even said, "Is it really okay to say something like that?"
Although she had never heard that particular piece before, the elite education she had received since childhood taught her that most people would not say such a thing at a time like this. After all, any excuse would have been better than admitting he did not know how to continue playing.
"It's the truth. I panicked back then. If Umaru hadn't stepped in, I might've made a complete fool of myself. I only wanted to show off a little, but somehow I ended up unable to back down. The piano really doesn't suit me..."
Lady Umaru: "Eh!? Is that what happened?"
So he had stopped because he did not know how to continue playing, EMMM...
Should she say that was just like Onii-chan? Still, she really was amazing!
"EMMM..." Sogo Doma pinched his chin. "So you didn't notice, Umaru..."
Lady Umaru: "..."
How was she supposed to notice that?
Sogo Doma: "EMMM..."
"Can I put it another way now?"
"Onii-chan!"
Sometimes, the truth was merely a fact that could be dressed up however one wished. With his self-deprecation, even Kousei