[ES’ second year of establishment, late April…]

[A dream. Or perhaps, the torment that has come to visit Kagehira Mika…]

Mika: Munyah munyah… Oshi-san, I'll do anythin' for ya sake, even if it means treadin' through fire or water... Ah-choo! M, mm…? Uu… It’s super cold. I must’ve kicked off my blanket. I got so cold I ended wakin’ up… Wait, huh? Why am I outside?! No way, I know definitely even I wouldn’t have wandered outside in my sleep! Could it be that I could've gotten hypnotized again? Either way, it's so cold, I gotta hurry back to my dorm.

Arashi & Nazuna: —Congratulations, Mika-chan/Kagehira!

Mika: Woah, Naru-chan and Nazuna-nii?! What're ya doin' here? What's with the applause? I don't particularly remember doin' anythin' worthy of your congratulations…

Arashi: What are you talking about? You don't have to be so humble, you know, Mika-chan?Everything just goes over your head no matter how many times it's told to you, huh? Even though they made your dream come true...♪

Mika: Made my dream come true... Wait, what're ya talkin' about?

Nazuna: Hey, hey, what's with ya~, Kagehira? Wake up already! Beginning now, you're going to achieve the very first of it’s kind done by an idol!

Mika: Umm… What am I gonna do that’s the first of it’s kind done by an idol? If ya could tell me already... Naru-chan, Nazuna-nii, what on earth's goin' on...?

Shu: —Kagehira. Just how much longer will you be talking nonsense?

Mika: Ah, Oshi-san! Thank goodness~, so you were with me too, weren’tcha? Do ya know what everyone's talkin' about, Oshi-san? I'd like it if ya told me!

Shu: Goodness gracious. You lack a sense of tension, even though we're at this stage, huh? You've been given the opportunity to make your dream come true, and yet you treat it in such a carefree manner.

Mika: My dream...?

Shu: How many more times will I have to say it? Beginning now, you will be launched into "space".

Mika: …Whuh?

Shu: Turn around, Kagehira. There is a rocket prepared just for you. This is the crystallization of humanity's accumulated knowledge, so that we can extend ourselves to the great beyond. An ark, created to fly away from this small bird's cage we call "Earth". How beautiful is that, that intricate, calculated beauty? You understand, don't you, Kagehira?

Mika: Umm…? Yer sayin' that you made that rocket yourself, Oshi-san...?