Chapter 3

 Kokuyou Circle ——Hey, Unei, take a walk.

Unei Circle Huh? Er, but, Kokuyou-san, Kei-san told me to stay here.

Kokuyou Circle And I'm here to take over. Beat it, already. ——Got it?

Unei Circle Hyeh! Th-then, thank you!

You U-um, wait! I'm just about to head back...!

Kokuyou Circle No need to rush. Stay a little longer, 'kay?

You Eh—— Whoa!

Kabedon

Kokuyou Circle You're Kei's woman, right? Won't you tell me about him?

You I-I-I don't know anything~! We met for the first time today!

Kokuyou Circle Heh, you've got guts to be playing dumb. Now I'm even more curious.

You I really, really did just meet him...!

Rindou Circle What are you doing?

Rindou Circle Kokuyou, enough. You're scaring her.

Kokuyou Circle ...Tch, it's you. Don't butt in, Rindou.

Rindou Circle I can't do that.

Kokuyou Circle ...You're seriously annoying.

Rindou Circle Are you alright? You must have been terrified.

Kokuyou Circle Aren't you happy? A prince came to rescue you. Too bad he's missing a horse.

Rindou Circle Stop messing around. Why were you threatening her?

Kokuyou Circle Threatening? That's just slander.

Kokuyou Circle I was just politely making eye contact while asking for a favour.

Kokuyou Circle Look, I'm begging here. Can't you tell me everything you know about Kei?

Kokuyou Circle Like why he came here, or why he decided to have a reopening.

Kokuyou Circle And then... About what happened Nekome and the owners, the Mikis. Spill.

You Eh, ah, um, but, I really don't know anything...

Rindou Circle ——Kokuyou, I told you to stop, didn't I?

Rindou Circle All you're doing is threatening someone and giving a convienient excuse afterwards.

Kokuyou Circle That's the "Prince" for you, all proper and upright. How about you get rid of that distinguished act ya got there?

Rindou Circle And stop with the ridicule already. It's unpleasant.

Kei circle Quarrelling before a lady is unnacceptable.

Kei circle As I've said before, it's not yet time to answer that question.

Kei circle At this rate, Haseyama will tear down this place long before I'm able to answer.

Kokuyou Circle He doesn't have that kind of power.

Rindou Circle He's still the owner. He can do at least that much.

Kokuyou Circle And I never recognized him as such. He went and hijacked the place on his own.

Kokuyou Circle Hey, Kei, you know why this all happened, don't cha?

Kei circle Indeed, I am aware of the how this all occurred.

Kei circle But if you are to have me disclose the entire story, then your target is but one peron.

Kei circle If you can get her to frequent here, come to love it, and acknowledge the lot of you, then I will speak of each and every detail.

You (Huh, wait, he can't mean...)

Kokuyou Circle Hey, woman, didn't you say this is your first time meeting him?

You It is! I'm also lost here...

Rindou Circle But you'll speak so long as she grows fond of this restaurant, right Kei?

Kei circle I will not renege. However this is only if she can "safely" come and go.

Kokuyou Circle Explain.

Kei circle People are after her. However, she herself knows not the reason.

Rindou Circle Really!?

You Um... It looks like it... I don't know why though.

Kei circle I'm here to protect her, but you will be offering your aid as well. That is the shortest path to the answers you seek.

Rindou Circle Very well. I'll accept that condition.

Rindou Circle I also want to know the truth, but more importantly... I can't stand aside after hearing she's in danger.

Rindou Circle Being roped into such a dangerous situation without even knowing why. That's too much.

Kei circle And you, Kokuyou?

Kokuyou Circle ...God, dammit. Everything's just going exactly how you want it.

Kokuyou Circle This store, the teams, why the hell do we gotta go by your rules!?

Kokuyou Circle ...Shit, fine. Hey, woman, it ain't for you, got it?

Kei circle I've received your approval. Do your utmost.

Kei circle (Name), these two are leader of their respective teams.

Kei circle If anything happens and I'm not around, you can look for them.

Kei circle The physical one's Kokuyou, and the polite one's Rindou.

Kokuyou Circle Can't you introduce a dude better?

Rindou Circle It's nice to meet you.

You Ah, yeah, it's nice to meet you too.

You Um. please hold on a moment. I never said anything about coming here!

Kei circle That's fine for now. Come, let's go.

You and Kei leave.

Rindou Circle ...That's a surprise. I didn't think he could smile like that.

Kokuyou Circle It's kinda gross.