"Make, make a living?" The reason was far too real, leaving everyone speechless.
"Of course..." Sogo Doma said, "You don't seriously think musicians can live without eating and drinking, do you? Heh, even Chopin, as great as he was, played sorrowful pieces, didn't he?"
"Chopin would cry if he heard you say that!" The Muse members, who had at least some musical knowledge, couldn't take it anymore. "Besides, if it was just to make a living, Mr. Chopin wouldn't have..." played tragedies, right?
Weren't comedies better?
"Emmm..." Before they could finish complaining, Sogo Doma raised a finger again. "But the more tragic a story or melody is, the more easily it moves people. Even without discussing the era Chopin lived in, it still holds true today..." Before anyone else could respond, Utaha Kasumigaoka froze. Did tragedy make things unforgettable?
This—was an awakening for her as a creator.
"To give the simplest example..." As everyone fell into thought, Sogo Doma raised his finger once more. "Even when it comes to beggars, people only sympathize with the most miserable one..." Utaha Kasumigaoka, who had just awakened, instantly found herself unable to awaken anymore. Why did everything he said somehow end up being about beggars?!
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"We're not..." Even someone as socially fearless as Honoka Kosaka couldn't sit still. "Mr. Katsura..."
"Sogo!" Kotaro Katsura corrected him.
"I was only joking..." Before he—or rather, the Muse members—could fly into a rage out of embarrassment, Sogo Doma chuckled. "Why are you all getting so worked up?" The Muse members fell silent. Didn't this guy have any self-awareness at all?
"J-joking?" Even Katsura Kotaro had a throbbing vein appear on his forehead, turning his expression into #^_^.
"Ah..." Sogo Doma said, "What's wrong? Weren't you the ones looking down on me in your hearts for finding