Hanayui no Shou 22-3EB

The Nogi household - 3

[Sonoko's room]

Wak: S-So this is your room, Sonoko. It's ridiculously spacious...

SON: And this is Sancho!

Hin: H-How do you do, sir Sancho?

Wak: Ah... By the way, is your family home? I brought some presents, so I was planning to introduce myself...

SON: They're not home, so forget about that stuff. They'd be too shocked to see your face, Waka-chan.

Wak: Right... We stumbled into someone on the grounds just earlier, though...

SON: Maybe it was one of the servants? They were probably so nervous they never looked at you, right?

Hin: Yeah... They were frozen solid while deeply bowing...

SON: I said that we would be having very important guests over, so they have to be very careful not to offend you.

Wak: And that made them act like that?.. Now even I'm nervous... Sorry, can I use the restroom?

SON: Ah, sure. This is my personal room, so please use the guest restroom.

Wak: What, you have a personal restroom!?

SON: Just one in every room. To get to the guest restroom, go right here, then turn left at the second crossroads...

SON: Walk through the corridor where the Maximillian armour suits are lined up, then go diagonally from the deer head on the wall, then...

SON: There'll be a Jingdezhen pot, turn left there. And the white door at the end of the corridor will be the restroom.

Wak: ...C-Can you maybe let me use the one in this room?

SON: Wouldn't that be rude of me to you as a guest?

Wak: I-I see... I'm not certain I'll be able to return safely, but I will be on my way.

[30 minutes later]

Hin: Wakaba-chan still hasn't come back...

SON: In case we really need to, we can find where she is using the surveillance system, don't worry.

Hin: Right... Say, Sonoko-san. What are we going to do to pass time?

SON: Hehehe. I'm going to cook for Wakaba-chan!

Hin: Huh? Sonoko-san, you're going to cook?

SON: I considered asking our chef, but decided it'd be better if I did it after all.

SON: I can't really cook anything complicated, but I can do some ordinary cooking...

SON: I want to show Waka-chan that I don't try to feign something all the time or anything.

Hin: Sonoko-san... Could it be that you noticed that Wakaba-chan is worried about you?

SON: Mhm. I kind of felt it from her, that she's worried about me for some reason.

Hin: Wakaba-chan is awkward, so she couldn't ask you directly.

SON: Right. Still though, would cooking myself be weird? Wouldn't having a pro cook be more hospitable?

Hin: Of course not. Who else could eat food handmade by their descendant from generations in the future? She'll definitely be happy.

SON: It sounds very reassuring coming from you, Hina-tan.

Hin: But... I think Wakaba-chan won't understand what's on your mind unless you tell her directly, in words...

SON: Right, of course... But what should I tell her? Hmm...