Endro~! ch2

p1
>Mother. Is that a Cartado?
>Will it work for me too?

>You sure do love Cartados, huh, Mei?
>Yeah! I love them!

>Mei. Remember this one thing.
>Cartados aren't something you play with. You are chosen by them.
>Magic and miracles can only happen once they've recognised you.
>If all you do is push your own feelings on them, the Cartados won't respond.
>That's why you must...

>Several years later.

>Rare Cartado pickup lottery being held!!

>Th-This is...!!

p2
>Cartados.

>To put simply, they're convenient miracle items. They have all kinds of uses ranging from weapons to tools to magic.
>Mao-sensei
>Each card can only be used once, but they can be used again once charged with magical power.

>So how do you get your hands on Cartados? Mei! Please tell us.
>Yes, ma'am!!

>There are many ways to obtain them, such as buying them from a Cartado Shop or finding them hidden in a dungeon's treasure chests!

>A fundamental part of an adventuring mage is...
>Okay, that's enough!
>No! Let me speak more!!
>Eh?

p3
>Once I start about Cartados, I can't stop.
>Eh...? Hold on! Wait! Stop! Stop, I say!

>For starters, the history of Cartados can be traced back to ancient times.
>No, I'll explain about that!
>It all started with seven famous words founded by the mysterious continents known as the seven heavens, Nova Ca-
>I said that's enough!

>Mei-chan sure loves Cartados, as usual.
>Mao-chan-sensei looks delicious when she's troubled.
>...

>Mao-sensei.

>Nwah!! What do you want!?

p4
>Aren't there any quests!? Some really profitable onces!
>What's this all of a sudden...?

>I have suddenly awakened to a wave of justice that defites logical explanation...! I want to help someone in trouble...!
>Also, I'll need a lot of money.
>The second half is your true motive, isn't it!? You're way too honest!

>There's no quests for you lot right now...
>There aren't any quests left at your level.
>No way...

>Come to think of it...
>It's not a quest, but there is a part-time job you can apply for.

>!!
>I'll do anything!!
>I believe it was...

p5
>Girls... You look good in those.

p6
>Why do we have to do part-time jobs too?
>We're a party... We do everything together.

>I've always wanted to try on a maid's outfit.

p7
>Do you think they'll reward us with food?

>Got it? Just from having Cartados, our party becomes more powerful. That is because Cartados...
>Yeah, yeah, we get it!

p8
>All present, I see.

>So you're the temp maids.
>Listen up! For us, a mansion is a battleground! Maids are soldiers!! Your superior's orders are absolute!!
>Don't speak unless you're spoken to! The first and last word of anything you say should be "Sir"! Got it, maggots!?

>Answer me!!
>Sir, yes, sir!!
>She looks stronger than us...

p9
>Clean up 1000 dishes in under 10 minutes!!!

>Carry them in a way that won't crease them!! Don't you dare drop any!!

>Set the table!!
>Clean up!!
>Miscellaneous chores!!

>It's tough being a maid...
>I'm tired~!

p10
>You're harder workers than I thought.
>Chief Maid!

>As maids of this historical Cartado Mansion, you just about pass.

>Cartado Mansion?
>You didn't know?

>This resident belongs to someone who has been collecting Cartados for generations.
>All kinds of rare Cartados, ranging from legendary to mythical, are kept here.

>Cartados...
>Hah

>Mei's gone!!
>Don't tell me...!

p11
>What's gotten into you, Seira-chan?
>We need to find Mei!
>Because... if it's Mei...
>>gulp...

>She might steal them
>or she might even perform naughty services to get her hands on a Cartado...!!

>Kya!! I can't! I can't let that happen...!
>We have to stop Mei!

p12
>Huh?

>Mei-chan...

>What's she doing...?
>Dunno...

>Let me draw a legendary rare in the lottery!! Let me draw a legendary rare in the lottery!!

p13
>Let me draw a legendary rare in the lottery!! Let me draw a legendary rare in the lottery!!
>Seriously, what is she doing...?

>Oh. Praying to the Cartado before the lottery, huh?
>You bitch...!
>She knew!?

>The heck is that?
>It's a popular, originally developed incantation to draw the right card in the Cartado lottery.

>There's a legend that if you wish in front of the cherished legendary rare Cartado at the Cartado Mansion, it'll come true.
>That's unbelievable.

>There's another one saying you should cleanse your body at 2am before drawing the lottery.
>Won't the store be closed at 2am?
>You do it during the lottery period.
>Seriously?

p14
>But it's bad to just sneak in here...
>...

>Mei... Your love of Cartados... have brought me to tears!!
>I'll just pretend that I didn't see anything.
>She's surprisingly easy!
>Even though all she did was work eccentrically to sneak in!

>Thanks, everyone...!
>I will definitely draw a legendary rare Cartado!
>What was inside?
>A medicinal plant...
>Pretty stingey for a fancy mansion!

p15
>>Cartado Shop

>>In the event you don't draw the Cartado you want, you may not try again. Please understand.

>They were all normal cards that she already owned...
>Oh drea.
>Too bad. And after you did that part-time job and everything...

>No... This is surely
>a trial set by Cartado gods telling me to be more devoted to the ways of Cartado...!

>My road to Cartado has just begun!
>I look forward to the next lottery.
>I don't wanna do another part-time job!