Cats and the Camellia Train - Chapter 6

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Location: Student Council Room

Souma: Hasumi-dono~! Kanzaki Souma is paying an unannounced visit!

Leo: Ah, it’s a visitor! Ucchuu~☆

Souma: U-ucchuu~...?

Leo: Ooh, while suspicious, you still returned my greeting! You’re a good guy! I love considerate guys and weirdos!

Souma: Thank you…? Eerr, you were already having a visitor? In that case, I’ll come back later.

Keito: No, just ignore this guy.

Leo: So mean! It’s fine though!

I’ll bring another masterpiece of a song into this world today~ ♪

Keito: I keep saying this, but don’t scribble on the chairs and walls.

Here, I’ll lend you this musical score and pen. If you’re gonna scribble, do it on this.

Leo: That’s a great help~! I somehow always misplace my writing tools.

I lose my musical scores all the time, too, so can I store this one in the student council room once I’ve completed it?

Keito: Don’t use the student council room for that just because it’s convenient for you. Well, in your case it seems like you’d probably lose even things someone lent to you. I’m only keeping it for you temporarily, because you nagged me.

Leo: ♪ ~ ♪ ~ ♪

Keito: Good grief, listen to the end when someone’s talking to you. Well, not like talking to you right now would have any effect whatsoever.

Kanzaki, I’m sorry for letting you wait. ...Hmm, you’re back to normal today?

Souma: I’m in my growth period, so I lose fat quickly, too!

Keito: I-I see. A convenient growth period, isn’t it?

Oh, well. I’m relieved to see you back to your normal self. Good. With that, one of my worries has disappeared.

Souma: I-I’m glad to hear that…

(Hrm~m. There’s a whole mountain of documents stacked in front of Hasumi-dono.)

(Would it be a bother if I asked him to do a “raibu” when he is in such a busy state, after all…?)

(No, I promised Kiryuu-dono I would talk to him properly! I can’t disappoint him. With the resolution needed to take a leap into the dark, here I go!)

Hasumi-dono! I want to do a “raibu” and work as a “weitaa” in a “cat café”!

It’s fine if Akatsuki only does the “raibu”! Because I’ll do my best as a “weitaa”! So, I’m begging you…!

Keito: …………….

Souma: I-is it no good after all?

Or could it be that you have no idea what I’m talking about because I brought up the “raibu” and “cat café” out of nowhere? If needed, I’ll explain it all from the beginning!

Keito: Well, if you said this to someone who doesn’t know the situation, they’d be at a loss.

Souma: That’s tr-...Huh? Could it be that Hasumi-dono already knows about all this?

Keito: Yes. Someone else consulted me about the same matter just earlier. Isn’t that right, Tsukinaga?

Leo: ♪ ~ ♪ ~ ♪

Keito: Are you still composing? It looks like you’re about to run out of paper. I’ll give you more, so listen to what I’m saying.

Leo: Ouch!? There’s no need to hit me~! If there’s something you want to say, say it with your mouth!

Keito: You gave no response when I said it with my mouth, so I had to resort to force. Tsukinaga, show Kanzaki that flyer you showed me earlier.

Leo: Flyer…? Ah, now that you say it, I had one of those!

I’m so stupid, stupid! If I’d remembered that earlier, I could’ve written on the other side of it~!

Keito: Don’t. Here, Kanzaki. The job you mentioned was this, right?

Souma: ….! That’s it! To think there’d be a coincidence like this!

Keito: This guy didn’t learn his lesson and was scribbling in the hallway, so I dragged him to the student council room to give him a thorough lecture.

That’s when he said he actually had some business in the student council room himself.

He took out that flyer and said he wants to do that job together with Akatsuki.

I never expected Kanzaki to consult me about the very same thing, so I was a bit taken aback.

Souma: Oh my, so that’s how it was!

Keito: It’s gotten buried in all the other DreamFes, but there’s nothing to criticize about its contents.

By the way, did you talk to Kiryuu about this yet?

Souma: Yes. Kiryuu-dono said if it’s something I want to do, he’s in.

Keito: I see… I understand, in that case Akatsuki will accept this job.

Souma: Eh, is that really okay!? However, Hasumi-dono is extremely busy with student council work, and Kiryuu-dono is swamped with work related to “SutaFesu” outfits.

I feel guilty for having the two of you go along with my selfishness…

Keito: Don’t say such standoffish things. You’re also one of the members of Akatsuki. I see no reason not to accept a job my comrade wants to do.

(However, it seems like I’ve yet again caused Kanzaki anxiety. Even though I was supposed to have repented for that during the “Tsukimi Live”... It seems I’m still immature...)