Cats and the Camellia Train - Chapter 7

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Location: Student Council Room

Leo: Comrades, huh~. Hearing that makes me wanna meet those guys ♪

Keito: In that case, get out of here already. There’s nothing left for you to tell me, right?

Leo: That’s true, but! You’re kind to your comrades, so why do you treat me so coldly?

Well, if Keito were to treat me with kindness, that’d give me shivers in its own way, though ♪

Keito: Hmpf. In that case I’ll give you some hot tea to warm you up.

Leo: Ugyah!? Don’t hold up the tea as if you’ll pour it on me! You’ll scald me~!

Keito, are you in some kinda good mood? Otherwise, you wouldn’t pull a prank like this?

In any case, thanks for the tea! I don’t really know why, but my throat is parched~. Sip, sip… Ooh, it’s warming me up~ ♪

Keito: Your throat is parched because you were humming to yourself while composing. Kanzaki, thank you. I’ll have some tea as well.

Leo: Hm? Keito, you weren’t the one who made this tea?

Keito: Right. He poured it for us as soon as we were done talking. It’s a great help having such a sensible kouhai.

Leo: I totally get that~. At our place we also have a junior who’s excessively sensible. I often stay over at the Kyudo Club, and he always has livingware and such ready for me.

Keito: Are you talking about Suou?

Leo: Eh, how’d you know? Amazing, are you some kind of esper!?

Keito: ...Bastard, it’s unthinkable but could it be that you’ve forgotten I’m a member of the Kyudo Club as well?

Leo: Huh…? Err….

Ah, you’re right! Now that you say it, wahahahaha ☆

Keito: Incorrigible… I really wonder what’s going on in that head of yours.

Whatever. In any case, even though the kyudo hall is extraterritorial*, don’t treat it as your living quarters. Keep order in the hall, even when you sleep over there. You’re too slovenly.

Souma: Fufu. Hasumi-dono and Tsukinaga-dono sure are close.

Keito: Is that how it looks? I’m reluctant to be thought of as close with a problem child like this, though.

In any case, Tsukinaga, the ones who were going to work as waiters were you and Narukami, and Nito as well, right?

Souma: Hmm. The ringleader of “Rabittsu”?

Narukami-dono said he’d look for the remaining “weitaas”, and sure enough, with Tsukinaga-dono and Nito-dono, we have enough people.

Leo: Yep, yep! Naru happened to come to me to consult about a matter relating to Knights, so I heard about it~.

It’d save him the trouble of recruiting people, so I nominated myself.

I am a cat lover after all. Well, I’ve never done customer service before, so I’m not sure what to do but, who cares. Since the customers are cat lovers as well, we’ll surely get along  ♪

Keito: They’re customers, so being too buddy-buddy with them isn’t praiseworthy.

Leo: You’ve totally become a straight-laced person, haven’t you.

Anyway, you’re also planning to accept the job as a waiter, aren’t you, Keito? Since you’re a fellow cat lover~ ♪

Souma: Ooh, so Hasumi-dono is a cat lover as well!

Keito: I don’t particularly like or hate them. Don’t say stuff that’s uncalled-for, Tsukinaga.

Leo: Eh~, I didn’t say anything that’s uncalled-for, though?

Ah, that’s right! Just a while ago, Little John gave birth to kittens. Back then, I took a picture of Keito with the kittens. Wanna see?

Keito: Eh? W-when did you take such a picture!?

Stop it, don’t show him that. It’s not like it’s objectionable to be showing that picture to people, but don’t show him that.

Leo: Wahaha, you’re becoming frantic~! ….Hm? Oh-oh?

Hm~, it seems like I lost my smartphone along with my writing tools! Wahaha, I wonder where it went~?

Keito: Don’t go losing important stuff so easily! Also, once you find your smartphone, delete that data immediately.

Leo: Do you hate it that much? I get it, I get it. I’ll stop showing it to people.

Or rather, the conversation’s gotten derailed so I’ll bring it back to the point. Keito, you’re accepting the waiter job, right?

Souma: It might be an impertinent remark, but I think Hasumi-dono and Kiryuu-dono are too busy for that. The two of them will pour their energy into the “raibu”, and I’ll be the only one helping out.

Keito: ...Kanzaki, what are you saying?

Souma: What I’m saying is that I’ll be the only one accepting the “weitaa” job?

Keito: I see. Good grief, you’re incorrigible.

Souma: Eh? Did I say something unnecessary? I- It’s inexcusable! I’ll apologize, I’m prepared to commit seppuku and resign!

Keito: Don’t commit seppuku. Kanzaki, don’t you want to appear in the live and work the cat café?

Souma: Y-yes. But I’d feel sorry if I asked you the unreasonable of you two, Hasumi-dono.

Keito: Hmpf, don’t underestimate us. We’ll do both the live and the waiter job with ease.

Besides, the client would probably also prefer one unit to do both jobs.

Since we’re accepting the job, we’ll execute it perfectly. Akatsuki is going to participate as waiters, too.

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*For anyone who missed it/forgot, Keito abused his authority to make the kyudo hall extraterritorial in order to chase out delinquents who were harassing Little John. Leo explains it in detail in Robin Hood.