| Izumi | Yaaawn... good morning. |
| Hm? |
| Sakuya | ...Zzzz. |
| Tsuzuru | ...Mzzzz. |
| Citron | ...Mnmn-dayo. |
| Itaru | ...Zzzz. |
| Chikage | .... |
| Hisoka | ...Zzzz. |
| Izumi | Everyone just fell asleep here. |
| (Chikage-san is also sleeping with the group like it’s nothing. He really became a member of the troupe.) |
| |
| *Water running* |
| Izumi | (Time to clean everything up!) |
| .... |
| Chikage | .... |
| Izumi | Huh!? You’re awake? |
| Chikage | Your footsteps are so loud they’d wake anyone up. |
| Izumi | Well, excuse me. |
| Chikage | .... |
| Izumi | .... |
| (But he’ll still help me wash the dishes.) |
| ...Oh, that’s right. Did Hisoka-san always fall asleep wherever he was? |
| Chikage | Yeah. August and I took turns carrying him. |
| Izumi | (So Hisoka-san is still the same after regaining his memories...) |
| Tasuku-san will be happy to hear that there’s another person to carry Hisoka-san around. |
| Chikage | Why do I have to carry him again? |
| Izumi | It’s a lot of work for Tasuku-san alone. |
| Chikage | ...Sigh. |
| ...By the way, I’m going to stay here from now on as well, so. |
| Izumi | Eh? |
| Chikage | I thought it’d be better to tell you. |
| Izumi | —It didn’t even cross my mind that you might leave. You’re one of the few people who can carry Hisoka-san for us, after all. |
| Chikage | Director-san, you’re almost impudently optimistic. |
| Izumi | Thank you very much. |
| Chikage | I’m not complimenting you. |
| ...But you remind me of August a little. |
| Izumi | Is it my optimism? |
| Chikage | It’s your impudence. |
| Izumi | Why did you have to choose that part? |
| Chikage | Also, how you’re a pushy busybody. How you can focus on one thing like an idiot. How you’re overly familiar. |
| Izumi | You have such a sharp tongue. |
| Chikage | I couldn’t fulfill my vow to protect August, but... |
| I guess I’ll have protect you, Director-san. Because we’re family, right? |
| Izumi | —. |
| (My heart skipped a beat for a second there, but... he’s probably just messing with me.) |
| Didn’t you hate women...? |
| Chikage | Women... Director-san, you’re more like a.... |
| Izumi | More like a? More like a what? Don’t stop there! |
| Chikage | I thought women were beings who depended entirely on men, like my mother. |
| Selfish beings who would cling to a man, even if it meant casting aside and hurting everything else. All they could think about is themselves and their man.... |
| Izumi | Eh.... |
| (His mother... Is that why he hates women?) |
| Chikage | You seem different, Director-san. |
| ...Does that explanation satisfy you? |
| Izumi | You’re not lying again, are you? |
| Chikage | I wonder. |
| Izumi | (I have no clue what he’s thinking as usual...) |
| *Thump thump thump* |
| ? |
| What was that just now? |
| Chikage | Sounds like it came from the front door. |
| |
| Kumon | Pardon me—!! |
| Izumi | Kumon-kun!? |
| Chikage | ...Who is he? |
| Izumi | He’s Juza-kun’s little brother. |
| Kumon | Good morning! |
| Izumi | Why do you have all this luggage? |
| Kumon | I packed everything I needed—! |
| Izumi | Eh? Eh? What happened? |
| Chikage | Let me get your older brother. |
| Izumi | Please! |
| |
| Juza | .... |
| Kumon | .... |
| Izumi | .... |
| (They’ve been silent for a long time....) |
| Juza | ...So what happened. |
| Kumon | Niichan! I... I wanna join the Autumn Troupe! |
| Juza | ...What? |
| Izumi | (Eeeeeeh!?) |
