Kensuke: I'm coming in.
Kiyo: Welcome!
As I visited the diner, I got greeted by Kiyo-chan's familiar cheerful voice.
It's the lunchtime already, so the store is quite bustling. #Even many years later, Koihime can't do events without food involved...#
Kensuke: Sorry for reserving a table when you're already busy. #They should just make a VN about cooking already#
Kiyo: Well, you're a regular customer, Kensuke. This is no big deal.
Kensuke: Thanks, I appreciate you saying that.
Kiyo: Though we'll increase the price for that. #Nice :3 face there#
Kensuke: Eh, what?
Kiyo: Haha, just kidding. Just continue patronizing us and it's all fine. #For a side-character, she's way too detailed#
Kensuke: So you weren't serious?
Kiyo: Ehehe.
As expected of a kanban girl of the diner. I'm not sure if she's serious or joking.
Kensuke: Well then...
Kiyo: Ah, the three are already here. Look, over there.
Kiyo-chan pointed at Wakana, Wanko and Hina.
Kiyo: Was it a "good job" celebration today?
Kensuke: Yeah, we held a mock battle before. We're celebrating that.
Kiyo: I see. But still, they're really emotionally attached to you.
Kensuke: Attached, you say... well, I suppose.
Wanko: Ah! It's Kensuke-sama! Heeey!
Kiyo: Look, they're calling you.
Wanko: Kensuke-sama! Over here!!
After noticing me, Wanko started calling me loudly and waving her hand.
Kensuke: I get it. You don't need to shout that loudly!
Wanko: Eh? Did you say something, Kensuke-sama?
Kensuke: Too loud, I said!
Kiyo: Ah, Kensuke? You can keep having fun, but there are other customers, you know?
Kiyo-chan is smiling, but her gaze is pricking me.
Kensuke: Yeah, I know.
Kiyo: Well then, take your time. #Still, why is your role so minor when you're this interesting?#
After slapping my back, Kiyo-chan went to take another customer's order.
Kensuke: Be careful...
I also went towards the table of Three Youngsters.
Wakana: Jeez, you're late, Kensuke. I was about to start without you.
Kensuke: Sorry about that.
Wanko: Was it due to work?
Kensuke: Yeah, Kuon asked me to run an errand. I'm hungry because of that.
Hina: That's perfect then.
Wakana: We've ordered already so we could start right away when you get here. Be grateful.
Wakana confidently stuck out her chest. #She is also a really interesting character#
The table is already fully covered with dishes. #She pretends to be tough when she's actually an affectionate softie#
Kensuke: Don't you think it's a bit too much? #I feel insulted that Kensuke compared her with Shunran before#
Hina: Well, we might as well go all the way while we're at it. #If anything, she's an ultimate version of Kii#
Wakana: And we just got paid too, so we can afford that little of a luxury.
Kensuke: No, that's not what I'm talking about. Can we finish that much food?
Hina: Ah, that's okay, Kensuke-kun. We have Wanko after all.
Wakana: Right. For Wanko, that'll be gone in just a single lick.
Kensuke: Eh? Does Wanko eat so much? #At least in her case nutrients did not disintegrage#
Wanko: Eh, umm, that's... #What a weird trio if you think about it#
Hina: She's a gluttony monster of Oda after all. #Ultimate Kii, Fuu... and Irisu Makina... one of them is so out of place here#
Wanko: Hey! Hina-chan, you're the only one calling me that!
Hina: Huh, is that so?
Wanko: That's right!
Wanko: Ah, umm, Kensuke-sama, I have a question...
Wanko reluctantly raised her hand.
Kensuke: Hmm?
Wanko: What do you think, Kensuke-sama? About girls that eat a lot... #In their case, the only thing to say is "costly"#
Kensuke: What do I think? #Weight is the least of their worries#
Wanko: Well, that's... don't you think it's unsightly for a girl? #He probably saw Ren eating, so that's impossible#
Kensuke: I think it's just fine and healthy, why?
Wanko: I, I see!
Wanko's face brightened.
Kensuke: We all know each other here, so there's no reason to feel reserved. #And yet, don't make him treat you#
Wanko: Ehehe, then, I'll eat a lot today!
Kensuke: Ah, leave some for me, okay?
Wanko: Woof?!
Kensuke: Calling her a gluttony monster of Oda might not be an exaggeration.
Wanko: K, Kensuke-sama!
Kensuke: Ahahaha. Well, guess I won't have to worry about leftovers.
Hina: No worries. #Hina always feels like she's about to go singing with a lion#
Wakana: Hey, Kensuke, let's start already. My belly is almost one with my spine already.
Kensuke: Yeah, right. Okay, take your teacups.
Wanko: I'm long prepared already.
Hina: I'm good to go too. Here you go, Wakana-chin.
Wakana: Ah, thanks, Hina. I'm ready too!
Kensuke: Well then, once again.
Kensuke: Good job on the mock battle, everyone! #It's a pity there's no karaoke in this world, they'd fit right in there#
Three: Good job!
Kensuke: As expected of the diner. Tastes as usual.
Wanko: Nnn! If it's food from the diner, I can eat it forever! #That surprisingly doesn't look like that much food on the table#
Wakana: You'll eat a lot even if it's not from the diner. #I mean, what's that? Four cucumber slices? Seriously?#
Wanko: If it's diner, the amount I can eat is double! #I could probably eat all that by myself, and there's four of them#
Kensuke: Let's avoid diner when I'm treating Wanko to a dinner then...
Wanko: Eeh!
Wakana: Ah, Hina, pass me that ohitashi. #Hina probably doesn't eat much, especially considering her size#
Hina: Hmm? This? Here you go, Wakana-chin.
Wanko: Hina-chan, give me some too!
Hina: Sure. Okay, Wanko, say "aah". #Well, mismatch of images and description is common for Baseson#
Wanko: Aam! Nn, yeah! Tasty!
Hina: Wanko, you always eat with such a happy face.
Wanko: Well, that nitsuke and this ohitashi are really tasty! #Nitsuke seems to be a simmered fish dish. Ohitashi is a salad of some sort#
Wanko: It's tasty, too tasty... nn! I'm haaaappy!
Wakana: I get it that you're "haaappy", but you're stuffing your mouth too much.
Wanko: Woof?
Wakana: Don't woof... noone is taking it from you, so eat slower.
Wanko: Okaaay.
Wakana: Ah, jeez, you spilled it on your clothes... you can't be helped, Wanko. #Yup, Wakana is definitely an interesting character#
Sighing, Wakana removed crumbs off her clothes and wiped her mouth. #I mean, she seems to be quite responsible despite her first impressions#
Wakana: Done.
Wanko: Thanks, Wakana. I'll share "a bit" of this nitsuke with you in exchange. #Wanko aside, Wakana and Hina don't seem one-dimensional#
Wakana: I'll pass. I ate it already. You can have the rest. #I mean, Wanko is cute, but she doesn't seem to have any hidden depths#
Wanko: Eh? Really? I won't give you if you ask for it later, you know? #Wakana has a ton of them#
Wakana: I won't ask, don't worry. #And Hina seems to be much more than just a lazy troll too#
Wanko: Yaaay! Thanks, Wakana!
Wanko stuffed her mouth again, while Wakana is looking at her with a stunned but gentle gaze.
Kensuke: Wakana, you...
Wakana: What?
Kensuke: You're surprisingly good at looking after others.
Wakana: H, huh?!
Kensuke: It looked like you're just fussing with her all the time, so seeing you look after Wanko like that is quite refreshing.
Wakana: T, this is normal, right? But... I don't feel bad being praised. #See? This reaction, it's not a typical tsundere one you'd expect#
Wakana is bashfully scratching her nose.
Kensuke: You seem like sisters.
Hina: To me, they seem like two dogs, mother and child.
Wakana: Hey, Hina, don't try to sneak in some rude remarks.
Hina: Ehehe, I'll give you this simmered dish, so cheer up. Say "aah". #In Hina's case, I'm really curious about how she handles romance#
Hina moved her chopsticks towards Wakana's mouth. She's holding boiled carrots with it.
Wakana: Aah, wait, you did it again!
Hina: Eeh, what could you be talking about?
Hina looked away and moved her chopsticks back.
Kensuke: What's wrong?
Wakana: Hina tried to confuse me into eating carrots.
Kensuke: Carrots?
Wakana: Yeah, carrots that she hates. #Oh. I misread this situation. Nice#
Kensuke: Umm, in other words, Hina tried to make you eat carrots that she hates. #I thought Wakana hated carrots and Hina was trying to get her to eat them#
Wakana: That's right. On the pretense of apology.
Wanko: Hina-chan has a lot of likes and dislikes. #Don't you dare lecture her on that#
Wakana: Rather than likes and dislikes, her diet is so unbalanced that I actually wonder what she lives on.
Hina: Eeh, I'm pretty normal.
Wakana: Don't try to casually lie.
Hina: I didn't lie. I can eat it, I just don't want to.
Wakana: There you go with your twisted logic again.
Come to think of it, Hina swapped the plates in front of her. So she was gathering all the food she wanted to eat.
In contrast with Wanko, she only eats from the plates right in front of her.
Wanko: Don't blame us if you get sick due to malnutrition, okay?
Hina: Aah, aah, I can't hear you.
Wakana: I'm not telling you to eat something inedible like rocks or iron. But at least give it some effort!
Hina: Aah, aah, aah, aaah!
Wakana: You're acting like a child! #Wakana might surprisingly be the most mature of this trio#
Kensuke: By the way, what are your likes and dislikes, Wakana?
Wakana: I...
Hina: In Wakana-chin's case, she has no dislikes, but she likes her likes too much.
Before she could respond, Hina answered for her.
Kensuke: And what are those likes?
Hina: Sweets. #Perfectly understandable#
Wanko: Yeah. Wakana is a hardcore sweet tooth. #At least it's not something obscure like menma#
Kensuke: I see.
Come to think of it, Wakana was the most pumped about that dango store before.
Wakana: W, what, is it that weird for me to like sweets?!
Kensuke: That's not really...
Wakana: I know it myself! You probably want to say that liking sweets doesn't fit someone as boyish as me!
Kensuke: Hey, wait, wait. #Men probably like sweets more actually#
Wakana: L, laugh if you want to! Though I'll seriously punch you for that! Come on, try laughing!
Wakana is blushing and looking away.
Kensuke: I won't laugh, you know? I also like sweets. #Kensuke gets it#
Kensuke: If you follow your logic, I'm even weirder for liking sweets despite being a man then.
Wakana: Uu...
Kensuke: First of all, there's no "suits" when it comes to favorite food.
Wakana: Y, yeah...
Kensuke: I don't know why you find it embarrassing, but I find you cute when your eyes glitter over sweets.
Wakan: Wha?! C, cute?! #Oh, right, I forgot. She's not Kii, she's Sui#
Kensuke: Ah, stay still for a bit...
There's a rice grain on Wakana's face near her mouth. #Really? With this timing? You're a devious man#
Wakana: Eh, eeh?
Kensuke: Okay, got it...
Wakana: Feh?! Ke, Ke, Kensuke?! Y, you, what, Kensuke?!
Kensuke: Hmm, what? ...nom. #I see the combo is still going#
I ate the rice grain I took from Wakana's face.
Wakana: ...!!
Kensuke: What's wrong, Wakana? Is something wrong? #There's no way he's not doing that on purpose#
Wakana: D, did y, you, e, eat, the rice, g, grain that w, was on my mouth?!
Kensuke: Eh, ah. Is there a problem with that?
Wanko: Whoa! Kensuke-sama, how bold!
Hina: Hee, well done, Kensuke-kun. #I must agree, that was a splendid three hit combo#
Kensuke: Eh? Well done what?
Wanko: Upupu. Don't mind us and carry on!
Hina: Right, right. Focus on Wakana-chin instead of us for now. #But I want to see their reaction to same happening to them though#
Kensuke: Huh? Carry on with what... huh, Wakana?
Wakana: ...! It's nothing! Don't look here, Kensuke! Or I'll punch you!
Kensuke: Are you going to hit me for no reason?!
Hina: That was really well done, Kensuke-kun. You're not rumored to be a flirt for nothing.
Wanko: Fufufu, I'm also satisfied seeing Wakana in a total panic. Good flirting there, Kensuke-sama!
Kensuke: Huh? Are you praising me? Or berating? #I have some serious disagreement with that rumor#
Hina: Fufufu, but still, Wakana-chin is so innocent. Hiding her face over something that minor. Grin, grin.
Wanko: For sure. Grin, grin.
Wakana: S, stop grinning!
Wanko: You're not scary when you're angry while even your ears are red.
Hina: Wakana-chin is such a maiden. How cute!
Wanko: Yeah. Do you think so too, Kensuke-sama?
Wakana: D, don't ask him that, Wanko! Kensuke, you don't have to answer!
Kensuke: Well, I also think that Wakana is cute... #I second that#
Wakana: Aah, aah, aah! I can't hear anything!! #But more than that, I appreciate this non-violent reaction#
Hina: She says that, but that's not persuasive with that reaction.
I understand why Wanko and Hina like teasing Wakana...
If she reacts this well, anyone would want to mess with her. #She didn't even attack Hina and Wanko yet#
Wakana: This topic is now closed!!
Hina: Eeh...
Wakana: If you're going to keep it up, you should resolve yourself before talking...
Wakana's eyes glittered mysteriously. #Yeah, a joke should not overstay its welcome#
Hina: Ah... haha.
Wanko: Eh... hehe.
It's dangerous to keep this going, so Hina and Wanko averted their gaze.
Wakana: Whew... we can finally eat calmly. I'm glad.
Kiyo: I'm the one who should be feeling glad here.
Wakana: Hyaa?!
Kiyo-chan approached Wakana from behind, looking astonished.
Kensuke: Ah, Kiyo-chan... what's wrong?
I asked, but I know it already.
Kiyo: It's obvious what's wrong. You guys are too noisy. #It's a free entertainment for other customers#
Kensuke: Thought so...
Kiyo: It's okay if you eat happily, but...
Wakana: Hii...
Wakana flinched when a hand landed on her shoulder from behind.
Kiyo: Too bad, but you don't have the store reserved. Can I ask you to keep the noise down?
Kensuke: Sorry, we'll keep it in mind.
Kiyo: Yeah, as long as you do. See ya.
Kiyo-chan smiled and left, glancing at us.
Wakana: Haa...
Wakana lowered her shoulders.
Hina: That's bad, Kensuke-kun. Don't cause trouble for other customers.
Kensuke: Right, we made too much fuss... wait, huh? Why?
Wakana: Hina, you participated in that fuss too.
Hina: Well, don't worry about the details, details, don't sweat it.
Kensuke: Are those just details?
Wanko: Kensuke-sama, don't think too much when you're talking with Hina-chan, or it's already your loss.
Hina: Huh? Isn't that too rude of a treatment that I'm getting? #Why is Wanko calling Wakana by name, but Hina with -chan?#
Wakana: It's not!
It's impressive, we've mostly finished all that amount of food.
Wanko was amazing of course, but we also ate a lot. I'm so stuffed it hurts.
Wakana: Nn, diner's food is on a whole different level after all.
Wakana raised her voice, rubbing her swollen stomach.
Wakana: It's frustrating, but when I eat here, I lose all motivation to cook myself.
Wanko: I get it! I end up comparing my own cooking to this and get depressed. #So the both can cook. There really is more about them than it seems#
Hina: Well, you'd expect there to be a difference between a professional and an amateur.
Kensuke: Ah, all three of you can cook? #He lived around girls like Aisha, so it must be a shock for him#
Hina: Can we? That's a weird question.
Wakana: Of course. Who will make it for us if not we ourself?
Wanko: And we're not so rich to eat outside every single day.
Kensuke: I see.
Wakana: Is it that weird for us to cook? #In a good way though. You've exceeded my expectations#
Kensuke: To tell the truth, it is.
Wakana: Wha!
Kensuke: I can understand Wanko, but when it comes to Wakana and Hina... #Actually, I'd least expect it from Wanko#
Hina: Kensuke-kun? What could you mean by that?
Kensuke: Well, you're not someone that likes troublesome things, right, Hina?
Hina: Hmm... you're right, but I can't just accept it for some reason.
Wakana: Then, what about me?! I'm not as lazy as Hina! #And we just established that she is quite motherly towards Wanko#
Kensuke: Wakana, you look like you're simply bad at all of the housework.
Wakana: What did you say!!
Wanko: Well, calm down. Kensuke-sama is merely talking of impressions you give. #Look at her being proud that she seems capable. That's adorable#
Wakana: Kuh, she acts calm because she is a winner here!
Hina: Wakana-chin, we have to do that then! Let's show him that we can cook a tasty meal later!
Wakana: Right. Remember this, Kensuke... I'll make a meal so delicious that your stomach will flip over!
Hina: I will!
Kensuke: Umm, I'd avoid food that makes my stomach flip over... #Did he just insult them into cooking for him?#
Kensuke: My stomach calmed down, so, once again, good job on that training.
Three: Good job!
Kensuke: Come to think of it, we're celebrating the mock battle, but we haven't talked about it at all.
Wakana: Ah, now that you mention it.
Hina: Actually, I was really worried at first about that mock battle.
Kensuke: Ah, I kinda understand it.
Wanko: Eh? Was there a problem?
Kensuke: Well, rather than a problem, your side had Mitsuki-san, Wakana and Wanko, all of the main fighters of Oda clan.
Wakana: If you say that, your side had Mugiho-san.
Wanko: And Shino-chan's strategies were praised by our lord. So I think your side also had quite a lineup.
Wakana: Yeah. I think we would've won if it wasn't for Shino's strategy.
Hina: Eeh, I wonder about that.
Wakana: Hmm, what, Hina? What's with that weird look?
Hina: After all, no matter how good of a strategy you'd have, I doubt Wakana-chin and Wanko could put it to action.
Wakana: What did you say?!
Hina: The strategy Shino-chan made this time would've definitely be impossible for the two of you. Right, Kensuke-kun?
Kensuke: I wouldn't say definitely, but it wasn't a strategy with them in mind for sure.
Wanko: No way. Even Kensuke-sama says that, how rude!
Kensuke: You say that, but didn't the two of you charge ahead without even checking the surrounding?
Wanko: But, but, if we knew that was your strategy, we wouldn't have charged in like that!
Kensuke: Even if it looked like it's really easy to take my head?
Wanko: T, that's... probably should've been... okay! Most likely! Possibly!!
She'd definitely be unable to endure and charge.
Hina: Fufu, well, no matter what you say now, we were the ones to win.
Wanko: T, that's true, but...
Kensuke: Well, you need to accept your loss.
Wanko: F, fuh! I only dropped my guard a bit this time!!
Wakana: That's right, Wanko is right! If we give it our best, we would absolutely never los...
Kiyo: You there!
Kensuke: Ah, crap...
Kiyo-chan rushed out of the store with a shout.
Kiyo: I believe I warned you, did I not?
Three Youngsters could only silently nod under Kiyo-chan's glare. #Actually, Hina is pretty quiet, no?#
Kiyo: How many times did I ask you so far, Kensuke?
Kensuke: Umm, third time?
Kiyo: If you remember, why would you not do it, I wonder?
Kensuke: S, sorry.
Kiyo: The next time you get loud, all four of you will be forced to wash the dishes! Got it?!
Everyone: Y, yes!
Kiyo: Good!
After hearing our response, Kiyo-chan returned back to the kitchen again.
Kensuke: Haa...
Kiyo-chan is probably serious about making us wash dishes...
Kensuke: That's how it is, so keep quiet... #Or, if you finished eating, you can go outside#
Wakana: It's Hina and Kensuke's fault that we got scolded this time...
Kensuke: Eeh?!
Wanko: That's right, it's your fault for bragging about your victory...
Kensuke: Even you, Wanko?! No, we all got scolded together...
Hina: You say that, but it's true that I won.
Wakana: Just so you'd know! If we have another such mock battle, we'll be the winner!
Wanko: That's right! Wash your neck and wait to get beheaded, Kensuke-sama!
Kensuke: Eh, me?!
Wakana: You won't sit a high horse for long!
Hina: You clearly were the ones to get on the high horse first.
Wakana: Mumumu! Then! Hina! Kensuke! Anything will do, fight us right now! #Who washes the most dishes?#
Hina: As I want it. Fufu, well, no matter what you do, you won't beat me and Kensuke-kun.
Wanko: Kensuke-sama, brace yourself, okay? I've lost to you many times already, so today... today is the day I will win!
Kensuke: Wait, wait, wait, wait! Why do we have to fight here?!
Three Youngsters are glaring at each other in the diner.
While I'm being reluctant.
Kensuke: ?!
Goosebumps appeared on my spine all of sudden.
As I looked behind me, Kiyo-chan is standing there with a smile.
Kiyo: Y-o-u guys...
Why could it be... she's smiling, but I see Asura standing behind Kiyo-chan.
Kiyo: Have you heard of a proverb "Stroke even the face of a Buddha three times"?
Ah, this is bad... this looks seriously bad. #Hina is actually showing an unusual emotion#
Kensuke: Umm, Kiyo-chan? That's, how should I put it... we ended up a bit too merry.
Kiyo: I warned you, did I not? If you make a fuss again, you're all washing dishes.
Hina: Umm... we actually just recalled an urgent matter... right, Wakana-chin?! #Washing dishes is not that bad of a punishment though#
Wakana: Y, yeah! It's almost our meeting time, so we're a bit in a hurry! Isn't that right, Wanko?!
Wanko: Ah, y, yeah! That's right! We have an urgent business. Urgent... really urgent...
Hina: That the case, Kensuke-kun, can you take care of the rest? #Ah... so it's come to this after all... I don't like that#
Kensuke: Eh, me?!
Wakana: Well then!
Kiyo: You won't escape! #Thank you, they almost turned him into a Kazuto#
Wakana: Uaaaa!
Wanko: Kyau! #That is meant to be a dog whimpering#
Hina: Unyaa...
.........
......
...
Hina: Aah, that was quite a disaster... #At least they failed to turn protag into a scapegoat#
Wakana: Kiyo seriously punched us full force.
Wanko: Uu... my head still hurts.
Kensuke: You say that, but I'm completely okay, you know? #They tried to backstab you, feel free to troll#
......
Complaining, we're walking down the street at dusk. #Well, it was a minor backstab that can be overlooked#
Eating and fussing with companions. Days like that are not bad.
And the day ended.
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