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Description: The protagonist, Yamashiro Koyomi, had graduated from university and undertook the teacher employment exam in order to become a high school teacher, her dream job. However, her attempts had constantly ended up in failure.
“Maybe I’m not fit to be a teacher?”
As the protagonist thought this and was about to give up, she had finally received a report indicating that she had passed. Her heart leaped at the thought of her new life as a teacher. The school that had employed her is located in the 48th prefecture of Japan known as the Aima Prefecture and is a training school designed to educate inexperienced UMA so that they can become fully-fledged UMA.
In fact, Koyomi had accidentally undertaken the “animal trainer” employment exam instead of the “teacher” exam! “This is impossible for me,” said Koyomi, as she was about to decline her offer of employment. In response to this, the school’s principal promised, “if you can work admirably for us for one year, I’ll put in a good word for you to other high schools.”
Having no experience whatsoever in the art of training, will Koyomi be able to train a UMA? Also, will she be able to assist in the growth of an inexperienced UMA into an excellent one? For the sake of being able to transfer to a different high school- though filled with her doubts- Koyomi’s year-long life as a homeroom teacher-cum-“animal trainer” will begin!
Diabolik Lovers Lunatic Parade Special Booklet Novel
The 12 Vampires and the Demon Lamp
“Chichinashi! Where are you hiding!?”
“Heeey, Bitch-chan! Be a good girl and come out~?”
In the parade’s aftermath, Ayato-kun and Laito-kun’s voices resonated in the empty Glimmer Street.
I was hiding in the shadow of a building, letting out a tiny sigh.
“What should I do, I need to hurry to the Bernstein castle…”
Right now, It’s not just Ayato-kun and Laito-kun… But all twelve vampires I’m running away from.
The reason I’m in this situation is because of this sparkling, golden ‘magical lamp’ I have in my hands.
--- It happened after I got my heart back with everyone’s help.
As I said we were leaving this town to return to the human world, Count Walter called out to his butler.
As an apology for the trouble caused by his master, he handed me this ‘magic lamp’. It was said that it could grant any wish you’d wish for only once, a truly valuable treasure.
And… The ones who heard the entire story from start to finish, was everyone of the Sakamaki, Mukami and Tsukinami families.
”I really can’t accept something this valuable after all… I have to return it back to the butler.”
As I had said so and started to head to the Bernstein Castle, they refused to accept that and tried to stop me.
‘If you don’t need it then we’ll use it instead’, they said... Before I knew it, I had ended up running away from them with the lamp in order to avoid it being stolen.
--- And like that, our chase began.
I don’t know what kind of wishes everyone wants granted, but if only a single wish can be granted, then it doesn’t have to be me.
“Hee… So that’s what you were thinking. Well, I think your running is useless…”
“--- S-Shu-san…!?”
“It’s not just Shu, I’m here too. Geez, making us search around…”
Once I lifted my face, I saw Subaru-kun standing next to me as well… No, it wasn’t just the two of them. Ayato-kun and Laito-kun who were looking for me earlier were as well. Even Kanato-kun and Reiji-san, everyone of the Sakamaki family had gathered.
“Kuku… You sure are desperate, Subaru.”
“That’s because Subaru-kun~ Plans to wish for ‘Bitch-chan to be crazy about him’ after all~♪ That’s why he’s become all desperate, nfu♪”
“D-don’t just put words in mouth! My wish is for a new stylish coffin!!”
“My wish is… to be surrounded by a never-ending supply of sweets for the rest of my life.”
“In that case, I’ll wish for enough takoyaki to satis- No, making Chichinashi have a proper pair of breasts would be nice after all.”
“Eh!? M-me…!?”
“That’s no good Ayato-kun. Bitch-chan shall be made into an onee-san with a sexy, nice body by me♪”
“G-geez! Stop it, you two…!”
“… You really can’t think of anything but pointless matters. If it really can grant any wish, then I would like to make it so father never calls me again… Fuaah…”
They stared at me as they gradually narrowed the distance between us. As they reached out for the lamp, Reiji-san who had been silent up till now spat out words flatly.
“What is the meaning of this… Because she’s touching all over the lamp, it’s getting covered in fingerprints! Here, it is not yet too late! Put these on your hands immediately!”
Reiji-san yelled out hysterically as he threw me a pair of white gloves. Being startled at his menacing look, I put on the gloves as I was told to and Reiji-san seemed satisfied.
“I’ve reached my limit… Do you people even understand the worth of this lamp?”
“Haa? Aren’t we even allowed to touch it with our bare hands…”
“Looking at it like this, it looks completely normal huh~ I feel like I’ve seen a similar lamp in Kanato-kun’s room though…”
“Yeah… Well, it can’t grant any wishes of course.”
Ayato-kun, Laito-kun and Kanato-kun were talking among themselves as Reiji-san sighed deeply.
«This ‘magic lamp’ is one of a kind, an item with a high historical value. If it grants another wish, there is a possibility that it could simply disappear, it would be repulsive to egoistically use it for one’s own self-gratification…”
In contrast to Reiji-san who stressed the lamp’s importance, the others looked terribly bored by his story, and Reiji-san had to repeat himself.
“Well, the day you all will understand may never come. In particular, having you over there participating in an unusual place like this…”
“… You’re noisy, it’s fine either way.”
Ignoring Reiji’s words as if he was purposefully trying to agitate him, Shu-san gave off a feeling of calmness.
“Kuku… You guys really can’t see eye to eye.”
“Fufu, please look at Reiji’s frustrated face. I feel like I got to see something interesting for once in a while.”
“You have to stop it, Ayato-kun, Kanato-kun~. If you say such things, Reiji will be all pitiful you know~?”
“Pitiful, you say… Kuku. Aren’t saying something worse than the two others?”
The other four continued laughing as they watched Shu-san and Reiji-san’s interaction.
When their laughter reached Shu-san’s ears, he let out a snort of amusement.
It seemed Reiji-san’s pride was severely hurt by the scene. He was trembling with anger.
I should get away before they cause any more trouble…
As soon as they seemed to have forgotten about me, I fortunately managed to leave the scene without a moment’s delay.
“… Phew, thank goodness. I seems like they didn’t notice me.”
I managed to reach the back alley opposite to Glimmer street called Aizen.
To be honest, I didn’t really want to walk through this street, but I have to keep going this way if I want to reach the castle while escaping Ayato-kun and the others.
“Kuku… That’s too bad. You can’t escape from us First Bloods.”
“Hand over that lamp you are holding in your hands, right now.”
I held my breath as I heard voices from the darkness. The figures emerging from it was Shin-kun and Carla-san.
“I-I can’t do that…! I think it’s wrong to use the lamp for one’s own self-interest…”
“If the lamp is returned, it’ll just be thrown into the treasure trove right? In that case, don’t you think the lamp would be way happier to be actually used?”
“B-but…”
“Come on, stop hesitating. Nii-san is waiting here as well, so could you hurry it up?”
“… T-then, Shin-kun, what are you going to wish for?”
I asked him the question while in an uncomfortable confusion, and he answered, smiling in enjoyment.
“That’s obvious. For the eradication of every single lowly vampire in the under-“
“--- No, dry-cured ham.”
“N-nii-san…?”
“Every food that exists in this world shall be turned into dry-cured ham. That is what I… No, the First Bloods long for.”
“I-is that so…”
Without a change in his complexion, Carla-san spoke decisively.
The wish was completely ran by self-interest, I wonder if Shin-kun is fine with that… As I thought that I glanced over to Shin-kun, who in turn was staring at Carla-san with a defeated look.
“… Now, woman. Hand that over this immediate.”
“Don’t tell me you’re really planning on granting that wish…!?”
“Yes, of course.”
Having every food in this world turned into dry-cured ham… That would be unbearable no matter what.
It pained me to deceive him however… I decided on a certain lie.
“C-Carla-san… Have you tried this town’s specialty, dry-cured ham galettes, yet?”
“…… What?”
“It’s a limited number galette that goes for sale after the end of the parade. When I passed by the store earlier it didn’t seem like there was much left, so I just thought I should let you know.”
I didn’t expect him to believe me, but, even if only for a little while, I wanted Carla-san to forget about the lamp. With that in mind, I kept up my acting.
“…… Let us go, Shin. Leave this woman alone.”
“W-wait, Nii-san! Did you really eat that story up!?”
“We will know whether it is true or false once we see it for ourselves. If it turns out to be false, it would be of no difficulty for me to catch this human woman. However, if what this woman said turns out to be true, then…”
“If we don’t hurry, the dry-cured ham galettes will be sold out, right? ... I understand.”
It seemed like it was impossible for him to refute. Shin-kun reluctantly followed after Carla-san.
I’m truly sorry… I apologized to the both of them within my heart, and left for my destination.
“Haah… I can finally see it…”
A little while after I had separated from the two Tsukinamis, I had finally gotten closer to the Bernstein Castle.
“What do I do now… I can’t get closer like this…”
However, in front of the castle gate stood four figures side by side. Those figures were everyone from the Mukami family… The one standing in the center was of course Ruki-kun.
As expected of Ruki-kun the tactician. He must have known that if I wanted to return the lamp, I would at some point return here. I completely lost the race back here.
“Eve… I found you…”
“!! A-Azusa-kun!?”
As I turned towards the sudden voice that timidly called out from behind me, I came face to face with Azusa-kun who was speaking with Ruki-kun just a moment ago.
“Aa, M Neko-chan! So this is where you were~!”
“Tch… Making us wait for this long. You’re late, Mesubuta!”
”You guys, calm down. If you make too much noise, the others will notice us.”
Because of the loud voices, all of them had taken notice of me. With no possibility of escape, the four brothers of the Mukami family had captured me.
“I’m sorry, everyone. But I won’t hand over the lamp to anyone…!”
Making the first move on behalf of the group, Ruki-kun let out a tired sigh.
“… It seems you’re misunderstanding something. I was simply planning on taking the lamp under custody.”
“Eh… Ruki-kun, you don’t want your own wish granted?”
“Naturally. Rather than you keeping it, keeping it with me, a vampire, would diminish the chances of it being taken away.”
“Just letting you know, but~ … The truth is, Ruki is planning to remodel our house with the lamp~★”
“Ruki’s personal study where we’re not allowed to enter, a game room with only chess… Kuku, it’s as expected of the eldest son.”
“…! Don’t speak out of turn. I simply wanted to make the residence we received from that person more comfortable for you guys to live in…”
Azusa-kun made a wry smile at the flustered Ruki-kun who had his real aim exposed to his little brothers, when his voice called out to me.
“You know, Eve… We were talking earlier… And it ended with making Ruki the representative to make a wish with the lamp…”
“Ruki-kun’s so mean~ The truth is, I was planning on making a wish for 100 years’ worth of Vongole Bianco.”
“I was planning on making a wish for the power to control the weather, but that plan’s outta the window now. Haah… Just when I thought I could make the gardening a little easier…”
“I’m fine as long as I’m together with Eve, that’s why… I don’t really have any particular wish I want granted…”
“Is that so..? Everyone’s great for holding back.”
While the younger brothers spoke of their complaints, it didn’t seem like they were going to force through their own wishes. It must be because Ruki-kun wanted to make a wish for the sake of their family, and by seeing the Mukami family’s bond of trust, I felt a calmness in my heart.
However… While I may think so, it doesn’t mean I can hand over the lamp to them.”
“Um, I… In the end, letting only a single person have their wish granted is---!?”
Following the moment after I thought something rubbed next to me, a building close by collapsed with a loud noise.
“!? This magical power…”
“Could it be… The Tsukinami-san family…? Look, over there…”
“Geh, they’ve got some pretty angry faces. Did ya do something?”
“… T-that’s…”
I felt a prickling pain in my heart at Yuma-kun’s words. Carla-san and the others must be angry because of my impulsive lie back then…
“Hey, what should we do!? At this rate we’ll all be turned to ashes…!”
At Kou-kun’s words, I rushed towards the two figures in a hurry.
First of all, I need to apologize as soon as possible… However, just as I was about to apologize, the entire Sakamaki family appeared and blocked the way.
“You can’t run anymore… Hey, hurry up and hand me over the lamp!”
“Subaru, what are you saying? The one going to use the lamp she’s carrying is me. You’re in the way.”
“You’re wrong! The one to have his wish granted is me!”
“Eeh— Let me have it my way once in a while~ If it can only be used once, then it’s obvious that my wish is the best choice.”
A slightly tired Shuu-san joined in as well. Before I knew it, everyone of the Sakamaki family, Mukami family and Tsukinami family had gathered together.
Glares were sent across the sides and the mood turned explosive. At this rate, there’s no hope of me stopping them alone.
If it’s come to this, I have no other choice but to borrow someone else’s power. I didn’t want to use the lamp to make a wish but… If I wanted everyone quieten down, there was no other way.
I rubbed the sides of the lamp and called out in a loud voice.
“Make the lanterns soar into the night sky one more time!”
White smoke started to rise from the lamp and with the sound of a ‘poof’, the lamp disappeared.
Once I looked up towards the sky, I was met with the magical scene of countless of floating lanterns stretching across the night sky, just like a few hours ago… At some point, their arguing had suddenly stopped.
“You… Haah. You’re really a stupid woman.”
“None of us agreed to you doing that. Geez, just wasting the lamp on something like that…”
“… Eh…?”
Shu-san and Yuma-kun’s words came unexpected… And I froze on the spot.
“Kachiku, it appears that you don’t understand the worth of that lamp.”
“That’s right… To think that the underworld’s number one most precious treasure were to be lost on your good-for-nothing wish…!”
Ruki-kun and Reiji-san spoke out in an almost grieving tone.
“B-but… Everyone were impressed by the floating lanterns, right...?”
I called out to the others in a fluster. If only someone would agree with me… Even after I put my heart in it and all…
“I was impressed by it? But you know, seeing it two times is honestly…”
“… Thinking the same way as the likes of a vampire is the worst, but… Just for this once, Kou might be right. Hey, don’t you think so too, Nii-san?”
“… My dry-cured ham is…”
“That’s too bad, Shin-san… Carla-san doesn’t seem to be listening…”
“Aaw… I really wanted to see a Bitch-chan with lots of sex appeal~”
“I’m in the same boat. Even after all this time I had spent, thinking over and over about what kind of candy I’d begin eating with…!”
“Damn it! My plan for a coffin where no one would bother me…!”
“If it’s come to this, then it can’t be helped. Hey, Chichinashi. I’m gonna suck your blood in return!”
“W-wait! That’s too sudden…!”
“Shut up! If I don’t, I won’t be able to calm this anger!”
I tried searching around my surroundings for help from the approaching Ayato-kun, but everyone at that place looked at me with glares that gleamed in the dark night.
At this rate it will just end with everyone will demanding my blood and forcibly taking it… There’s no way I could endure that. Unless I somehow escape… I ran away as fast as I could.
“Ah! Wait up, M Neko-chan!!”
“Geez, Bitch-chan! I’m not scary~!”
The night sky covered with endless flying lanterns was truly beautiful, but in this moment I couldn’t afford to enjoy it. Right now I had to escape them, their voices calling for me and their increasingly approaching footsteps.
I didn’t want everyone to quarrel so I wanted them to get along in some way or another, and maybe acknowledge that relationship.
Certainly, that wish came true. Right now they’re all working together, regardless of their families and racial obligations.
Although, knowing that their objective is to claim my blood… This doesn’t make me happy at all.
--- The parade of the underworld passed without incident, however, my night had only just begun.
Diabolik Lovers Vandead Carnival Special Booklet Novel
Diabolik Cleaning ★ Lovers
~The Carnival Lasts Till You Leave~
“Hmm... Even if you ask me to be the supervisor...”
I stood in the diverging Mazeross Street, muttering by myself.
The streets were flooded with mountains of trash. ‘The trash goes to the trash bin!’, is what I would like to say, but they might not even have the concepts of trash bins here. It’s still terrible.
“But we have to work together to clean all this up after all......”
I heaved a sigh, it’s troublesome, but it would probably be better for me to do the cleaning alone.
“ --- You there, just now, you thought it would be faster to do this by yourself, did you not?”
“Eh!?”
At some point, Reiji-san had appeared next to me, lifting his glasses with one hand while piercing me with a sharp gaze. As expected of Reiji-san. He read my thoughts very easily.
“However, I was just thinking the same thing as well.”
“... Yeah...”
“Just what is father thinking... Letting those people clean is true recklessness...”
Reiji-san heaved a long and deep sigh as he crossed his arms. I crossed my arms likewise. Just how do we clean up these mountains of trash? The thought of it had me shivering. The restless feeling must undoubtedly be chills for the trouble that is to come.
It all began at the dinner held at the carnival’s finale. At the hands of the chef that was said to be the best of all in the underworld.
We enjoyed the dinner to our fullest, and were planning on leaving the underworld early to return home and go to bed, however...
“Before we go home, there’s one more job to do. Father said so.”
It was Shu-san who started the discussion.
“Aa!? One more job you say? That damn old man... Dragging us along on his own whims and doing whatever he wants, what the hell is he saying!?”
Ayato-kun said so as he was clearly ready to go home, and everyone started complaining except Shu-san, Reiji-san and Ruki-kun.
“Nfu. I pass. I’ve had a lot of fun at the carnival today, and thanks to that I’m exhausted.”
“Me too. I want to hurry back home... I want to eat the pudding stored in the refrigator and then go to bed... Isn’t that right, Teddy?”
“What is that one job anyway, huh? The hell is the deal with the carnival anyway, having to just wander around aimlessly, what more do I have to do?! How annoying!”
“That’s right. I have to return home soon as well... My manager might be worried about me~”
“Me too... I want to... Reapply new bandages soon... They’ve gotten a little sweaty...”
“Aah... They might be orders from that person, but if I don’t water the vegetables over there, they might wilt...”
As I watched the situation among them, Shu-san suddenly turned to me and spoke.
“You’ll be the supervisor.”
“... Supervisor? You, say?”
“... For the cleaning.”
Shu-san obviously thought of it as a pain as he said it, letting out a huge yawn.
“Cleaning?”
I had a feeling what that could be about, and Ruki-kun and Reiji-san who had been quiet up till now spoke up.
“You are saying that our father asks of us to clean up this horribly messy area around us, is that not correct?”
“Could he possibly have picked any worse candidates to do the cleaning...”
Reiji-san and Ruki-kun reacted genuinely.
It’s not like I didn’t understand their feelings.
They don’t even participate in the cleaning at school, so naturally, if they who never clean get asked to clean up this place, their answer would obviously be ‘no’.Rather than cleaning up, they would just leave it messy.
“It’s better to leave the cleaning to someone who’s good at it, right? Hey, Chichinashi! Clean till you’ve done my part as well.”
“E-eeh!?”
“Then, please do mine as well, Bitch-chan ♪ “
“I’ll depend on you for mine as well.”
Laito-kun and Kanato-kun joined in.
“Hold on you guys. That’s would make you oppose our father.”
As Shu-san said those words, the triplets heading towards the exit stopped suddenly in their tracks. As usual, just by using their father’s name, you can get some control of them, interestingly enough. It makes me want to ask them if anything happened in the past...
And so, on Karl Heinz’s order, they decided on their respective cleaning posts among the carnival’s venues and started cleaning. Once Reiji-san, who came by to look at the state of the situation, returned to his post, I, who was supposed to clean my part, left to look for Yuma-kun and Subaru-kun.
For some reason the groupings were decided in advance, and then they all scattered accordingly to their posts, but...
To be honest, those grouping arrangements had left me with lingering worry.
No, I feel nothing but worry.
“Looking sround now, it seems there are still many places we still haven’t reached...”
They might get punished by Karl Heinz-san if I helped them out obviously, so I secretly collected some of the garbage scattered along the street as I looked around.
“Ah!”
That was when I saw Yuma-kun’s form from a little distance.
I went over to him. As I walked closer, I noticed the street looking increasingly cleaner.
It seemed he was cleaning more seriously than I expected.
“Yuma-kun, you’re really doing a proper cleaning!”
I spoke to him, and he let out a ‘Oh!?’ in a somewhat surprised sounding voice.
“What’s wrong?”
“No nothing, really? Anyway, Mesubuta, look at this.”
Yuma-kun suddenly pulled me by my shoulder.
“Wh, what...? Wa-! Th-this is...”
“How is it? Don’t you think it has this strong ‘bam!’ or ‘boom!’ kind of feeling? Look here, at this lewd waist! Kukuku.”
The thing Yuma-kun asked me to look at seemed to be a gravure magazine.
“Wh... Why is this thing here!?”
“Dunno. It fell towards the other street while I was cleaning. Don’t you think someone must’ve just thrown it away?”
Yuma-kun continued flipping through the magazine’s pages while speaking.
“Wa... Wait, Yuma-kun! That’s enough...”
“Hey, look Mesubuta... You can’t really imitate this kind of figure, but why don’t you try out doing the same pose as this model? You might gain a little sex appeal, maybe you’ll feel something yourself too.”
“No way! There’s no way I could do something like that!!”
Yuma-kun snickered as he kept flipping through the pages on purpose.
What’s so fun about showing off a gravure magazine in this kind of place I wonder.
“More importantly! Yuma-kun, you have to continue cleaning!”
When I reached out to grab the magazine forcibly, Yuma-kun said ‘Whoa there~’ in a silly voice as he lifted it up towards the sky.
“Yuma-kun!?”
“I’ll continue cleaning while looking at this model so don’t sweat it. Speaking of which, you’re pretty desperate to grab this magazine... Could it be that you’re jealous?”
“Wha...!”
Where did he get that idea!?
“Hey, Yuma... You bastard, knock it off!”
Out of nowhere, Subaru-kun’s figure appeared.
His face was bright red. He seemed to be angry for some reason...
“Aa? Until just a while ago you were looking at this magazine with me, when and were did you go?”
Yuma-kun was keeping his grin as he questioned him.
“Haa!?”
No way, to think that even Subaru-kun was looking at that gravure magazine.
I looked at Subaru-kun with wide eyes.
“Hey, you... What’s with that face you’re making!?”
“Eh... N-no, that’s... I was just thinking, Subaru-kun is interested in that kind of thing too, huh.”
“That’s because he’s a guy you know. Of course he’s interested! Kukuku!”
Yuma-kun laughed pleased as he answered for Subaru-kun.
“Stop spewing lies! Hey, you... Just so it’s said, I’m not even a tiny bit interested in those kind of things, okay?!”
“Kukukuku... When you deny it that hard, you’re just making yourself look suspicious!”
“Aa!?”
As he said that, Subaru-kun grabbed Yuma-kun’s chest.
“W-wait, Subaru-kun!”
We were supposed to clean up, so how did it end up like this?
“Yuma! Correct yourself! I didn’t look at that thing! Isn’t that right!?”
“Haa? Hey, don’t lie. You took a pretty good look at it.”
“Haa!?”
It’s no good, I can’t reason with them.
While they were talking back and forth, I took the chance to leave the venue.
This might develop into a real fight soon, so it would be probably be best to evacuate the scene as soon as possible, for my body’s sake.
Speaking of which, how do men even get that excited over a woman in a swimsuit, I don’t understand it.
“Let’s see, next is...”
I went back to high spirits as I headed for the next place. Acting as the supervisor sure has a lot of troubles. I thought so to myself as I went to the kitchen of the castle.
“Sorry for intruding.”
Reiji-san and Ruki-kun were in charge of this place.
To be honest, I didn’t really think there would be any need for me to supervise here, but I had to at least show my face.
With those thought, I entered the kitchen.
“Whoa...”
The kitchen was sparkling clean.
Although they looked as if they hadn’t even started cleaning yet...
“So you’re only coming now, Kachiku.”
Ruki-kun’s voice called out from the impressingly clean kitchen.
“Sorry. I should have come here first, huh.”
“Really, when it comes to you, there is always an extent of stupidity.”
For some reason, Reiji-san’s voice spoke with a worse mood than usual.
“I’m sorry...”
What’s wrong, I wonder.
As I apologize, Ruki-kun’s mouth relaxes.
“Ruki-kun?”
“No, I apologize. If the Sakamaki’s second son is going to be in a bad mood, it’s fine by me.”
“What are you...”
It was Reiji-san who answered in my place. The situation seemed to turn sour.
Ruki-kun’s lips loosened even more as he with a calm gesture went towards Reiji-san and thrust a curtain at him.
“The major problem is that you don’t like my flawless cleaning, right? Unfortunately for you, I’m above you when it comes to housework.”
“Kh...! Would you refrain from looking down on me? Moreover, you say your cleaning is flawless? Don’t make me laugh.”
Reiji-san answered with a dejected expression. I was wondering what had happened, but to think it was something like this. It wouldn’t be a good idea to cut into this conversation.
“Very well then, what part of my cleaning do you deem not flawless?”
“I would like to tell you however, to begin with, the glass in the Sakamaki mansion is never polished with a dry cloth. Furthermore, when it comes to you...”
“In the Mukami way of doing it... Polishing them with a dry cloth is absolute.”
“Haven’t you heard the saying ‘when in Rome, do as the romans do’?”
“In that case, I could ask of you to follow my orders as well?”
It’s hopeless... It doesn’t seem like they’ll reach a conclusion any time soon.
It seems like the cleaning itself has been finished, so for now, let’s quietly retreat.
I thought so as I backed away slowly...
“And where do you suppose you are going?”
I was noticed by Reiji-san.
“N-no that’s... I was thinking about going and supervising the others...”
“What are you saying? Is it not obvious that you are not allowed to do that? In a situation like this, it is of utmost importance to make things clear. Come here, I shall instruct you on how to properly wash the dishes.”
This is bad, but as soon I had time to think that, it was already too late.
Reiji-san approached me and stood close next to me.
“U-um...!”
“If it comes to this... Then the one worthy of teaching Kachiku would be me.”
This time, Ruki-kun approached me from the opposite side of Reiji-san.
I was stuck between the two of them.
It seems at this point, there really is no way of getting away without them both teaching me how to wash dishes.
“Now, begin washing.”
The dishwashing course started at Reiji-san’s order.
I had no other choice but to grab the sponge and apply detergent to it.
“Wait, Kachiku. It’s better to put the detergent in the wash tub. That way is more efficient.”
Ruki-kun’s sharp retort went flying.
“No, in the Sakamaki family, the detergent is applied directly to the sponge.”
Reiji-san replied back with an unyielding spirit.
Personally, as long as the dishes become clean, I see no problem with it...
“For us Mukami, applying the detergent to the tub is a rule.”
“Hah. That reeks of poverty. It is to be applied to the sponge.”
“No, the bath tub.”
What should I do? Neither side wants to budge even an inch.
I got caught up in their dispute, dumbfounded.
“Aah!!”
I suddenly lost control of my hand, and the plate I was holding fell headlong towards the floor.
With a loud noise, the plate split in half.
“I-I’m sorry!!”
“...... T-this plate was a one of a kind item... How could this...!?”
Reiji-san, being the tableware collector he is, turned pale at the sight.
“Oh dear, our troubles just increased.”
Ruki-kun said so as he picked up a broken piece from the plate.
“Ah... I-I’ll pick it up.”
“No thank you. If you hurt yourself, things will just become even more troublesome. Just hurry to the next place to supervise.”
Reiji-san waved me away in a similar manner to how one would shoo away stray dogs.
I wasn’t quite satisfied with the explaination, and left the place feeling dejected.
I’m the one at fault for cracking the plate, but what’s with this gloomy feeling...
Recollecting my spirit, I headed over to the large public bath.
That’s where Ayato-kun, Laito-kun and Kou-kun is supposed to be cleaning, however...
“Wha...!”
As soon as I opened the door to the large public bath, I became speechless.
“Go go go---!! Hey Laito! Don’t scrub too much!”
“All right ♪ Ayato-kun, nice nice~~”
Ayato-kun and Laito-kun’s voice echoed.
“W-wait... What are you doing?”
When I thought I had a grasp of the situation, a shirtless Kou-kun noticed me and beckoned me over.
“M Neko-chan ♪ You came at a good time! All right, it’s fine if M Neko-chan joins my team, right?”
“Eeh!?”
Kou-kun suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me inside the bathroom.
While stumbling I somehow managed to follow him, and met with the shirtless Ayato-kun and Laito-kun who were waiting for me.
“Why does Chichinashi have to be on your team, huh?”
“Eeh-? Because I’m all alone right now? You have Laito-kun on your side which makes you two, so no matter how you look at it, she should join me, right?”
“Is Bitch-chan fine with that, though? Nfu.”
“U-umm...”
To be honest, I had no idea what they were talking about.
“Hm, Chichinashi. You... Your face is kinda red!?”
“Huh? I-is that so...”
At his words, I confusedly put my hand up to my forehead.
Certainly, it was slightly warm...
“Wai-! That’s not it! Everyone, what on earth are you doing!? It doesn’t look like you’re cleaning but...”
“Eeh? We’re seriously cleaning, though? You saw us earlier didn’t you? We were scrubbing with the deck brushes you know?”
“... B-but, just now, you were talking about teams...”
Ayato-kun spoke up in a suspicious manner.
“Just cleaning normally is boring, so we decided to clean as if we’re playing curling. Take a look, the soap works as the rock, and we even have brushes!”
“......”
It was a dumbfounding statement, but Ayato-kun seemed to be really good at it.
“Nfu. Bitch-chan, what’s with that face? Could it be that you’re dissatisfied about something?”
“T-that’s right. Because, trying to make everything clean when doing it that way is a little... Wha! Laito-kun!?”
All of a sudden, Laito-kun had wrapped his arms around my waist.
“There’s no need to say such uptight things, okay? Let’s have some fun together...... Fufu. If you don’t enjoy everything in life it’ll be your - loss, right?”
“Uh...”
As Laito-kun asked me to have fun with him, my body shivered.
At that moment, Kou-kun came from behind and gazed into my face...
“M Neko-chan. Come on, undress? Okay? Let’s clean together ★ “
As he said so, Kou-kun’s hands began grabbing at my clothes.
“Wh... S-stop it!! That’s...”
“Shut up Chichinashi! There’s no one here who would like to see your flat chest so be grateful!”
This time it was Ayato-kun who closed in on me from my front.
“I-I said I don’t want to...!”
They wouldn’t stop persisting to undress me, so with an ‘Eii!’, I pushed forward with both hands.
However, Ayato-kun suddenly grabbed my outreached hand... And pulled me hard.
“Kyaaa!!!!”
“Whoa!?”
My vision started spinning! Or rather, on the contrary, it seemed my legs had slipped on something.
--- And just like that, I lost my consciousness.
“What a nice smell......”
A faint scent of roses tickled my nose. As I opened my eyes to take in my surroundings... I was at the large public bath just earlier, but at some point I ended up in a bed.
“Where is this...?”
The fluffy futon felt very nice. It seemed like the rose scent from earlier came from this futon. Moreover, why did I end up in this place?
“Eve, You’re awake.”
Turning my head around, I saw Azusa-kun.
“Ah, um... Why, am I here?”
“You caught a fever... Then you fell over and were carried here...”
“Fever...”
Speaking of which, I had been shivering a little, and my face had been feeling hot as well. The reason for my headache must clearly be the fever.
“You finally opened your eyes.”
“K-Kanato-kun...?”
Kanato-kun came closer to the bed as well, joining us.
That reminded me, this room is the place assigned to Azusa-kun and Kanato-kun, as well as Shu-san.
“Hey, the bed you’ve been sleeping in, doesn’t it feel really good? I’m the one responsible for the bed making. Isn’t it amazing?”
“Oh, is that so? Amazing... It feels really great.”
After I spoke, I heard a sighing voice from further inside the room.
“Stop lying. The one who did it was me. The two of you did nothing but have a pillow fight, remember? ... Geez, only causing trouble...”
“Shu-san did it...”
“Yeah.”
I can’t even begin to imagine Shu-san making the bed.
“You, why do you seem so surprised?”
“Oh, no... Um...”
“That’s the face of someone who seems to doubt that I really did it.”
Shu-san said so as he came towards the bedside like the two others.
I flusteredly shook my head.
“You’re wrong! That’s not it...”
“Hmm, it’s fine either way.”
Without hesitation, Shu-san reached his hand towards my resting form as he spoke.
“!!”
I instantly shut my eyes.
“Heh... Hey, what are you doing?”
“Huh?”
As I timidly opened my eyes, I saw Shu-san holding a wet towel towards my forehead.
“Wait, Shu! That’s unfair, only showing of your good side!”
Kanato-kun tried stealing the towel, but Shu-san simply dodged it.
“Shu-san, you can leave that to me...”
“Kuku, I refuse.”
Azusa-kun tried to steal the towel in a similar way, but Shu-san nimbly evaded his try as well.
Shu-san then proceeded to soak the towel in the wash basin nearby and squeeze it.
Maybe I’m actually in the middle of a dream right now.
After all, Shu-san is moving, soaking and squeesing the towel just for my sake.
No, there’s also the bed making just earlier that I had my doubts about.
Normally he wouldn’t want to move no matter what.
This has to be a dream after all.
While I was in deep thoughts, the room’s door suddenly opened with a bam.
“Hey! Mesubuta! I heard you fainted from fever!? Take this water and...!”
“Hey, hand it over! That’s the water I got from the candy wagon! Don’t just bring it as your own!”
“Haa!?”
Subaru-kun and Yuma-kun was at each other’s throats as usual as they barged in.
“Hey, you! Drink this water and lower your fever soon!”
“... Thank you...”
“It’s... It’s not like I did this for your sake... If you don’t lower your fever, we won’t be able to return home from this annoying place for who knows how long... I...!”
“Yeah...!”
As I was smiling pleasantly at the usual shy Subaru-kun, the door opened with a bang again.
“Bitch-chaaan! Are you okay?”
The three people entering were Ayato-kun, Laito-kun and Kou-kun.
“M Neko-chan, sorry for earlier? We played around too much, didn’t we?”
“Tch! What’s with her, fainting after just that. I even had to carry her all the way over here!”
“Geez, Ayato-kun!”
“What!? ... W-well... I’m the one who made you faint like that, I guess I do feel bad about it.”
The three of them taking turns apologizing? They confessed to their mistakes.
“Haah...”
Shu-san was sighing with a frown on his face, when the door once again opened, this time quietly.
“Oh, it seems everyone have gathered. And seeing that you have opened your eyes is above anything.”
“Kachiku, I have made you rice porridge.”
Reiji-san and Ruki-kun spoke as they brought a small pot and utensils closer to my side.
Just as I was thinking there’s no doubt about this being a dream,
“Please get well soon.”
“Yeah, everyone’s worried.”
The two of them told me so. This is a miracle. This is without a doubt a carnival miracle...!
“Everyone, thank you...!”
I gave a small smile as I was overcome by feelings to the point of nearly crying.
“Hey, Chichinashi? Once your fever goes down, I’m gonna suck your blood again. So hurry up and get well!”
“Ayato-kun, that won’t have any effect. After all, if you don’t say ‘I’ll make you feel good’ in this situation, Bitch-chan won’t get better, right?”
“If Laito-kun were to say so, then her fever would surely rise and become worse. This is where I’ll treat you with my Idol Power ★ “
“What’s up with that idol power thing...”
“Rather than using something shady like that, it’s better to eat my rice porridge. Here, open your mouth, Kachiku.”
“Ah! Ruki.... I’ll be the one to feed her... Hey, Eve, it’s fine isn’t it?”
“Those are my words. Right, Teddy? Come on, Azusa! Lend over that spoon right this instant!!”
“Aa, damn it!! You guys, stop talking all at once!! Hey, Mesubuta, you wanna kill some time reading the magazine from earlier?”
“Speaking of which, for just how long have you been cerrying that thing!? And hey, by the way, just so it’s said, I never looked at the photos of the girl in the swimsuit okay!?”
“Aa... How dull, why are you guys so desperate... Geez... It’s your fault everything’s so awful now. Hurry up and get well so these guys will quieten down.”
While watching everyone clamouring, I smiled once more.
I’m not sure if this is what Karl Heinz-san was aiming for when he gave everyone the order to clean, this might be what you would call an unexpected success.
As a result, I was filled with feelings of happiness.
I wished from the bottom of my heart, that I would one day be able to participate in the carnival with everyone again.
NAEGI HESITANTLY REACHING DOWN TO EXAMINE EACH CHICKEN INDIVIDUALLY, HAND SHAKY AND SLICK WITH SWEAT
AND HES JUST HAVING A FUCKING INTERNAL CRISIS AS HE GENTLY GRABS AND SQUEEZES EACH ONE LIKE HES TRYING TO BE SURE NONE OF THEM WILL JUST EXPLODE AND HES LITERALLY FREAKING OUT THE WHOLE TIME
AND HAGAKURE IS JUST LIKE
STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE WATCHING HIM LIKE ?????????
It’s interesting to me when someone dies and their Wikipedia page almost immediately becomes past tense. Who does that? Is that someone’s job? Is it the grim reaper?
I walk into the bank with an open laptop and tell them to give me all the money in the vault, or else I edit Bill Murray’s Wikipedia page. 12 SWAT guys come in and shoot me in the nuts when I ask the teller what the WiFi password is
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