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A moment at the Central Manor before the enrollment.

After singing several songs upon Ciel’s request, she suddenly said, 『Ain, I have a favor; will you hear me out?』
I just finished singing, so I immediately answered, 「What might it be?」

『I want you to teach me a song and dance from your world.』
「I don’t particularly mind, but haven’t I already taught you some before?」
『That’s true, but from what I remember, Ain only taught the general gist of things.』

Ciel sounded hesitant to answer, but she’s not wrong.
Not only do I describe songs in short summaries; it’s not even the lyrics; I only describe the vibe. As for dances, I have a tendency to omit details as well.

Or rather, most dances I’m familiar with aren’t really fit for this world. Historical context and cultural differences are a part of it, but most of my previous world’s dances―particularly those paired with the songs I know―are most likely choreographed under the premise that they would be seen through a TV, streamed on the Internet, or projected on a big screen.
Many of the steps are difficult to see and identify from afar.

Make a heart on your chest, and no one would be able to tell what you’re doing from a distance.

As for the lyrics, it’s just plain embarrassing. After all, many of them are about love. It’s not like I don’t have other genres, but roughly speaking, probably half of my repertoire is love-related. It’s probably just an easy theme to write about, but me having to tell Ciel my interpretation of those lyrics would feel like punishment.

This is why I’ve been avoiding the topic, but it seems like Ciel isn’t going to let me off the hook this time.
I just can’t resist the urge to do almost anything that Ciel wants, so while I’m sure it’ll be humiliating, I’ve given up and decided to grant her request.

「First off, the reason I didn’t teach you about dancing in detail is because I myself don’t know much about dancing.」
『I think you’ve explained that before. But I’ve grown a lot compared to how I was in the past!』
「Yes. For that reason, while I’m lacking in knowledge, I’ll try to convey what I can.」

I said with confidence, but I don’t even know where to start. I tried explaining things I’m familiar with, like the box step and the idol step, but I’m not even sure how practical these will be.

Ciel seems to have understood somehow, but I don’t get how she gets it. Talented people are amazing.
Still, I didn’t really feel satisfied with this alone, so I dug through my memories to perform the dance myself. Relaying my intent, Ciel got excited, saying, 『Ain is going to dance! I’m excited, so excited!』

I feel like I just needlessly raised the bar, but I only need to dance without overthinking. While singing, of course.
Half of them are love songs anyway, so I gave up and chose the fluffiest, cutest love song to sing.

After stretching a bit, I began singing.

The lyrics have the general vibe of, *’I’m happy to have met you, my heart so light with love.’* It really doesn’t suit me, if I say so myself.

Following the song’s vibe, I move my hands and knees to the rhythm, resulting in bouncy movements. Being conscious of my verticality, I make sure to bounce when moving side by side.
I move my hands softly but extensively, as if to express happiness. I turn around with my hands outstretched so my skirt puffs out when I spin.

Honestly, I was so focused on performing the steps that I didn’t have the leeway to be aware of my surroundings, but this likely wouldn’t have been possible without me having Ciel’s body.

As I approached the middle part, I finally composed myself enough to realize just how girly my movements are. Of course they’re girly; it’s choreographed for a girl to dance, after all.
This then made me feel embarrassed, but I couldn’t really stop singing, so I could only feel my face getting hotter.

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The performance ended, and I’m absolutely tired, physically and mentally. For starters, I really shouldn’t have danced while singing. While I did try to pace myself, I ran out of breath fast.

『That was really, really adorable!』
「That’s… yes. More importantly, do you understand it now, even just a bit?」
『Right, I can somewhat understand what Ain said before. Small but extensive gestures. Also, compared to my usual dances, this seems doable even in a small space.
The movements were pretty bouncy, but was that to fit with the song?』
「That’s about right. Depending on the song, there are dances that focus more on sudden stop and go motions.」

If I recall, for the cool kind of songs, the movements should be more sharp, but I don’t know how to do it well.
Well, even if I explain it that way, it’s not like Ciel would understand it, so this is good enough.

『By the way, what was that song you performed about, actually?』

Just when I thought this was over, well, it wasn’t. I tried to escape it, but I simply couldn’t outrun it.
For now, let me ask Ciel first.

「Before that, there’s one thing I want to ask; Ciel… do you know about love¹?」

Asking an early teen about love is quite… questionable in and of itself, and I feel awkward asking as well. In contrast, for some reason, I can clearly imagine Ciel having a beaming smile had she been in control.