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Everyone! Thank you! We love you!
Crowd: Ooooooooooooooooh! (I know I shorten those yells a bit...)
(They're probably yelling their names, but screw that)
Crowd: Ooooh! Ooooooh!
Well then, see you next time! (And Renho is just standing there like a business lady)
Oh. You're here.
Kazuto: Good job... it was great as always.
Their live at the capital was a great success. And it's been a while since they did it here. The audience was more motivated than usual.
What's up today? Ah, because we performed that great... will you let us eat some amazing feast or something?
Eh. That's thoughtful of you. Then Chi wants to eat there. (Kazuto is sort of their manager... but he's not paid for that...)
Where?
Come on. In that place that looks like a castle. The one near the entrance to the square!
Eh. That place had tasty food, but isn't it really expensive? (Please, spare Kazuto's wallet. He's not getting any profits from you)
That's why we'll go on his money. (Or actually, shouldn't you be ultra-rich yourself already?)
I see! (Don't see that!)
Kazuto: No, that's not it...
The conversation is going in a strange direction. Before I noticed they started discussing me treating them to a meal... that won't be good.
Eh. We're not going?
Oh, how boring.
You're here on Karin-sama's orders today? (You're a good smart girl, Renho. I like that!)
Kazuto: Yeah. Orders you say, more like an official job. A request for you to come entertain the army.
Entertain? Like what we did at Ryosho?
Kazuto: On larger scale than that though. It'll be on the training grounds of the castle. You can look through those documents for details.
I'll look through them.
Renho took bunch of documents from me and started flipping through them.
Hey. Whole army of Gi is larger than last time, right?
Kazuto: Of course. How many do we have...? More than twice than before.
And many of them are volunteers who joined because of Chou Sisters... (They still won't ever beat Sheren at motivating the army)
So for them to request a concert to entertain them is an expected thing.
...Eh! We'll sing before such a huge crowd?
Renho-chan, let's accept this offer! (Not like you have much of a choice...)
...Sure. The reward is sufficient and we can pick the date. Can you tell Karin-sama that we'll accept on those conditions?
Kazuto: Thanks. It helps.
So, what about the feast?
We accepted, so you'll take us? (Just request for that to be added to your payment for that concert)
Onee-chan wants that really expensive store. They're getting meat from a very good place, so they say it's shockingly tasty.
Kazuto: No, that's really... (Or just ask Ruru or Karin to cook. I doubt some crappy store can beat them)
I don't have that much money.
Right. I'm also curious, okay...?
Kazuto: ...Ugh.
Then it's decided. If you don't take us there, that deal... (Make a business face and say "I'll talk to Karin about it")
Kazuto: Ah, fine! I understand! (...Sigh...)
Damn! I'll charge it to the castle for sure! (Oh, so not all hope is lost for you after all)
Kazuto: ...So, the performance by Chou Sisters requested by soldiers will proceed on schedule.
Well done. Then, Kazuto can go ahead and manage that. We have no time, so you can ask other departments to help.
Kazuto: Yeah, understood. You don't mind me taking engineers for scene building?
Now all that's left is to give orders... this'll make army's morale big enough. Our preparations for the conquest of Go are finally getting completed.
Yeah...
Umm, Karin-sama...
What, Kii?
On the meeting before, attacking Ryubi and Sonsaku together... didn't we talk about it?
I also heard that... did our policy change?
Come to think of it, Kii and Mao were on the expeditions north since then...
It was a quite long expedition, so the only recently returned.
They weren't on the meeting when we changed policy.
Is there anyone else who doesn't know? (Yeah... me...)
W, why are you all looking at me!?
No, no reason...
Then, Shunran, explain it to them.
Yes... do you two remember that Teigunzan incident? (Oooh. She actually know what to say?)
Yes. It's when we went to save Shuuran-sama and Ruru. (No way they would forget it)
Yeah. After that, Ryubi's Shoku got more wary of us than before. So, we decided... to conquer Go using that opportunity. Understood?
Understood! (Clap, clap, Shunran)
Hey, don't look so surprised here! (Yeah, it only used her memory, not intelligence)
Kazuto: No, no reason... right? (Yup, there was absolutely NO reason for that reaction)
It's surprising you really remembered... we're not thinking of that...
You were! You were thinking so!
Well, that's it. While Shoku's movement is slow, we'll conquer Go. (Nope. There's no escape from Battle at Chi-bi, it happens in all routes)
Time is the key in this battle. Everyone, cooperate and act fast.
Our next topic... Kii, report on your expedition west.
Yes. There was no problem in expedition, but at town... I met Bachou and Batai... (Of course. You told them the place of the grave yourself)
It's night, but I can hear cheers in the distance. At the nearby training field, a special concert of the Chou Sisters is being held.
Normally, I should've attended as well, but the usual group prioritizes the upcoming expedition... so I was given the lookout job. Well, I should have...
Kazuto: What's up, you two? In such a place.
Oh, captain.
Kazuto: Chou Sisters performance already started, right? You could've went there.
Ah. It's already this late...
Kazuto: You weren't really cheerful since that meeting... did it bother you that we changed policy while you weren't here?
That's not it.
I don't have that tight of an ***, okay?
Kazuto: ...Girls shouldn't say such things. Girls shouldn't.
If you say it, captain isn't really cheerful as well. Captain, you're the one who should've went to the concert.
Kazuto: Ah, me...it's nothing serious.
What. How about you consult about it with oneesan-tachi?
Kazuto: You're not much of an oneesan.
That's the flow you go with at such times. Right, Kii-oneesan?
Y... yeah...
Well, well. It's my job to solve such problems...
Kazuto: ...If I say, you're talk as well, okay? You know that tall restaraunt at the west street? Five or six floors one.
That huge one at the street entrance?
Kazuto: Yeah. That really high-class one.
That place... I heard they're selling really luxurious food... I wanted to eat there once, but saw the price and gave up, okay?
Kazuto: I'll have to take Chou Sisters there on their whim... but it didn't get covered as the cost.
No way. Seriously!
Kazuto: Rin said it's a ridiculous demand...
I heard she's been dealing with a lot of small needless expenses lately.
Or actually, if you sum up all those small expenses, today's expenses are cheaper... that's the bad punchline.
Then, from your own pocket?
Kazuto: ...From my own pocket.
Whoa... that's harsh... (Kazuto has no luck with money... almost as Hayate...)
Kazuto: So, what about you two? I told mine, so you'll tell as well? (He went poor after treating Ren in her event at Shoku too)
Yeah... (But at least Mao cries for him)
Should we say?
Yeah... Nii-chan, keep it secret to Karin-sama, okay?
Kazuto: That's unusual. For Kii to have secrets from Karin. So, what? Did you snack on all our menma stocks or something?
...Why menma. (Sei's corrupting the world with that somehow, I guess)
Kazuto: No, no reason... (Well, your storyteller knows Sei, I guess, that's why...)
Not happening with menma of all things...
Though it was pretty good... (Really? Looking forward to Moeshouden then)
Hmm?
Kazuto: ...Menma?
Mao-chan...
Kazuto: ...Well, have moderation on snacking. If Keifa finds out about it, she'll get angry, okay?
At least make it like me, so that won't get discovered. (Wait, what?)
No. We won't get depressed from something like that.
...No, you should regret it to some extent, okay? Though it's not persuasive coming from a recidivist like me.
Then what? (Kazuto has some dark secrets behind the scenes, huh...)
We went to Ryoshu after Teigunzan, right?
Kazuto: Yeah. For pacification... was that difficult?
Both Kii and Mao prefer to use heavy weapons after all.
They're not the best opponents against high-mobility cavalry. (Even though Kii has 6 in spear leadership?)
No, that problem was solved since we fought Batou, so it wasn't that hard...
...You see, we met Bachou and Batai at the town.
Kazuto: You said that. I think they were... visiting Batou's grave.
They said they have no other goals there, so Karin only gave instructions to be alert of them not meeting other nobles...
We were wondering if it was okay for us to get their land by force... (Yes it was. If they pledged to Karin, they would still have their land)
Our villages were suffering because of bandits and Yellow Turbans, so it got better when Karin-sama subdued it... but people of Seiryo weren't really troubled, right...?
Well, compared to Yellow Turbans or Enshou, Karin-sama's politics are better, right? But, I'm not sure about forcing it.
Kazuto: ...Hmm. I see... (Mao, you saw what "freedom" leads to...)
I don't have anywhere else to go but Karin's side, so I'm being realistic and trying not to think about it.
I don't have an answer... but if you think about it, it's a difficult problem. (No it's not. Karin's not wrong. Everyone else is just refusing to surrender)
Kazuto: ...So you won't be able to fight like that? (Everyone's refusing peaceful solution. She'd even let them keep their land)
We will. For Karin-sama...
But well, I can't get as motivated as before. (That's because your opponents are all good girls, after all...)
Kazuto: I see... then, why don't you talk to Karin about that?
With Karin-sama?
Kazuto: Yeah. I can talk with her so you could discuss it in private. If directly with her worries you too much, Fuu or Shuuran are there too...
...Though Keifa and Shunran's "Karin-sama for life" group are out of question.
Shuuran can make a softer judgement than those two and Fuu has a wide knowledge, so she can give a good advice.
Really?
Is it okay?
Kazuto: Good or not, if you fight feeling like that, you'll get hurt, okay?
Kazuto: Come on. Concert is still going on. We're departing to Go tommorow, so go have fun today.
...Yeah! Mao-chan, let's go!
Right. Captain, thanks!
Well then. Guess I'll keep taking care of the security while listening to them singing...