Hanayui no Shou 16-4EB

Encouragement of castle touring - 4

[Marugame castle]

Sum: The Kouraku-en near the Okayama castle, the Kairaku-en at Mito and the Kenroku-en at Kanazawa make up the Three Great Gardens of Japan, right?

Sek: Yeah, they do. That was definitely an amazing place.

Sum: You've been there!? In person!? I'm so jealous!

Tou: Sumi-chan, you got ice cream near your mouth.

Sum: Ah, sorry. I got too excited.

Sek: Ahaha! Sumi-chan, so even you can get like that. Now that's a rare sight.

Sum: I'm embarrassed...

Sek: This alone makes meeting you two worth it! ...Aaah. So that's what you meant.

Tou: Heehee.

Sum: What do you mean?

Sek: Well... Sumi-chan, if you could go to the Okayama castle, would you invite Gin-chan and Sonoko-chan?

Sum: Huh? But the two of them don't have any interest in castles, so it would end up not being much of a tour...

Tou: And there's nothing wrong with that, is it? It would be fun anyway.

Sum: I wonder...

Sek: Yeah. And the two of them would be happy too. Just because they could spend time together with you, Sumi-chan.

Sum: I'll invite the two of them to the castles in Ehime, then!

Sek: That's good. Say, Tougou... Do you think I should invite someone else with me next time as well?

Tou: If you want to, Sekka.

Sek: Until now I toured castles by myself because I cared more about them and history than people...

Sek: I thought that others would only get in the way. I didn't have much of an interest in people.

Tou: I understand. But?

Sek: But now... It would probably be fun to have someone else around. Being with friends leads to new discoveries anywhere and everywhere, huh...

Sum: Tougou-san, if I invite Gin and Sonocchi, then it'd be good find a nice place to eat somewhere nearby.

Tou: Yeah. I'm going to invite Yuuna-chan, so let's look into good udon places.

Sek: Heh... What's with this weird feeling? Me, wanting to invite someone else to see a castle together? This feels like a joke.

Tou: Sekka, who do you want to visit a castle with? Or rather, who do you want to see a different side of?

Sek: Huh, I wonder. I mean, all of the new discoveries I made just now were about myself.

Sek: The Heroes sure are a curious bunch... Makes me grateful to the Shinju-sama. Hehe.