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One More Night


Sakuya: With my car, it isn't a matter of time, and we can leave right now, you know.

Kei: I saying I'll go on the train tomorrow. Today I want to enjoy the dinner and hot springs one more time.

Even as I proceed to the hall where dinner is probably being served, Sakuya-san comes in tow.
All day, "You've seen the Hazama mansion. Go home."

Sakuya: Have you learned anything from last night, or is your memory that short?

Sakuya: It's okay to leave after dark. There's plenty of interior space, and I've a schlaf packed in, too. I wouldn't mind if you slept. (TN: A kind of sleeping bag.)

Kei: The person who needs adequate sleep is the driver. And if you ignore the time and drive at night, it's about as dangerous as staying.

Kei: It's alright. I think the others learned from last night, too, so they won't come for a while, right?

Sakuya: I wonder about that......

Kei: You weren't there, but Uzuki-san sent them running with only one swing.

Sakuya: She's succeeding the hunter role at your age, so I have to admit she's strong. But haven't you cut ties with her?

Kei: That's a different issue, I think. If not to help me, I think she'll at least come to kill the monst--- I mean, oni.

Sakuya: ......That's assuming she's even here.

Kei: Not just Uzuki-san, the other customers aren't here either.

Kei: Ah, Okami-san, I'm looking forward to tonight's dinner.

Hostess: Oh my, Hatou-san and Asama-san, you're our first guests tonight.

Kei: Well you see, it was decided that I would check out tomorrow, so tonight is my last dinner here.

Hostess: Oh dear, is that so?

Kei: That's how it is, so I will be in your care until breakfast tomorrow.

*pekori*

Hostess: I see. Since you will be dining with us for a bit longer, do enjoy it to your heart's content.

Kei: Yes, it is my pleasure.

I give another bow as she leaves and shift my glance to Sakuya-san's exhausted face, flashing a smile.

Kei: Well, I just said we'll stay today.

Sakuya: Good grief, it's hopeless no matter what I say. You got that from Mayumi. Normally you're soft and spineless, but you don't move when you make your mind.

Kei: Of course, mom was the one who raised me all this time.

A deep, deploring sigh from Sakuya-san.
Today's dinner was every bit as delicious as Sakya-san's mood was sour.
So delicious, yet when the trays were filed away, Uzuki-san was still nowhere to be found.

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