“Kagali, I’ll leave the rest to you. I’ll have Suzuran come tomorrow, but what about food?” (King)
“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine if I don’t eat for a day or so. And I will go to the city if I have to.” (Kagali)
King Suou then looked at Sakura.
“Sakura, you want to come home with me?” (King)
“If possible, I would like to talk with Yuna-sama a little longer.” (Sakura)
“I see. Shinobu, take care of Sakura.” (King)
“I understand. I will responsibly send her home.” (Shinobu)
“Well then, if you come to the castle next time, I will show you around.” (King)
When King Suou said so, he went down the stairs alone, so we saw him off.
“But did I really deserve such a big mansion?” (Yuna)
“It doesn’t matter. In fact, you did that much. Take it. Even though you won’t use it all the time, I will make sure I will be using it thoroughly, so don’t worry.” (Kagali)
“Yes, I’m counting on you.” (Yuna)
“I think that’s the part where you refuse.” (Kagali)
“If you use it, I’ll be relieved. It’s not like you’re going to break things or anything, right?” (Yuna)
“I won’t do that, but I won’t clean it either.” (Kagali)
“I’ll leave that up to Shinobu, so it’s fine.” (Yuna)
“Why me? Well, I guess it’s fine once in a while.” (Shinobu)
“I’ll help you too then.”(Sakura)
Sakura said it with a smile.
“I’m going to do some exploring then. I’d like to install the bear gate somewhere.” (Yuna)
“Well then, I’ll show you around.” (Sakura)
Sakura then pulled my bear puppet and started walking.
The rooms on the third floor all have tatami mats on them, making them feel like a ryokan (Japanese-style inn). The rooms were spacious and looked like rooms you would see on a school trip in a comic book or anime. Perhaps it was the king’s room?
But it’s an empty room.
“There’s nothing in here.” (Kagali)
Kagali-san gave the same impression as I do.
The room feels empty. It was like moving into an empty house.
I thought there might be hanging scrolls or vases, but there was nothing to be seen.
“They have cleaned out everything you don’t need. This fusuma sliding door had the royal family crest on it, but they replaced it.” (Shinobu)
“Is that so?” (Yuna)
“This place is to be given to Yuna. So they’ve cleared out everything that pertains to the royal family.” (Shinobu)
So not only was there nothing here but to think that they even changed the sliding doors.
“But why do you know that Shinobu?” (Yuna)
“Fufu, I know everything, but the reason why I know it is a secret” (Shinobu)
She said it in a way that makes it sound like a waste of time.
She’s a ninja, so it’s natural for her to know everything. I am really glad I did contract magic with Shinobu as well. The ability of ninjas to gather information was terrific. I hear that they were doing espionage activities in enemy countries even in actual history.
“Shinobu knows because she came with me the other day.” (Sakura)
However, Sakura easily exposed her.
“Why did you reveal it? My mysterious atmosphere is ruined.” (Shinobu)
The truth was trivial.
But it helps to have no stuff in the room. When there were things that belonged to people who used to live there, it’ll be difficult to simply throw them away. And even more so when it belongs to someone you know.
If there’s a weird ornament, it will be difficult to handle it. Also, the futon used by Sakura would be okay, but I would like to refrain from using the futon used by the king.
“Is there something wrong?” (Sakura)
While I was thinking about this, Sakura tilted her head and asked me.
“I figured since there’s nothing in here, I had to have some things in place.” (Yuna)
Well, I won’t live here, so the bare minimum would be enough. Besides, everything I needed was in the bear box.
We headed toward the back of the room while looking around the room.
Around here maybe?
There was a sign in front of the entryway, with “Yu” written on it.
“A bath maybe?” (Yuna)