Chikage Utsuki/Last Planet

Let's do good deeds

Backstage Stories

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Sakuya	Good morning.
Banri	Mornin’
Izumi	Sorry, but could someone pass the circular notice?
Muku	Oh, I’ll pass it for you.
Izumi	Are you sure you’ll make it on time for school?
Muku	This much is fine.
Kumon	Muku’s “Three Good Deeds in a Day” has finally begun~!
Taichi	So proud of you, Mucchan!
Izumi	Thank you. Please take care of it.
Muku	Yes ma’am!
Chikage	Alright, I’d better get going
Itaru	Need a ride?
Chikage	Don’t tell me you’re going to start three good deeds a day, too?
Itaru	No way. Drive yourself.
	I’m short on sleep since I did a start-dash event yesterday.
Chikage	Of course you did.
Yuki	As expected of the elite swindler. A consistent crook.
Sakuya	It’d be a disaster to fall asleep while driving short on sleep only to wake up in an accident……
Banri	I know that’s right.
Itaru	It’s fine since there’s a nice senior that’ll cover the driving. Right, senpai?
Chikage	…… Sigh. You’re not really giving me much of a choice here. Fine.
Itaru	Good job with the driving.
Chikage	Don’t be so obsessed with your games.
Itaru	Yeeepp.
Chikage	Jeez……
Female Employee A	G-good morning!
Female Employee B	Good morning!
Chikage	Morning.
Itaru	Good morning.
Female Employee A	Could you please give me a review of a room fragrance we’re planning to sell at the company?
Chikage	Room fragrance?
Female Employee A	It’s a product aimed at women in their twenties. How about for your girlfriend, Utsuki-san?
Female Employee B	Oh, you have a sister too, right?
Chikage	Aah……
	(They’re the same person though.)
Female Employee A	Come to think of it, Chigasaki-san also has a little sister and an older sister…
Female Employee B	Huh? Did you know that Utsuki-san’s girlfriend is Chigasaki-san’s older sister?
Female Employee A	Really!?
Itaru	(I don’t have a little sister, but I do have an older one… they’re not dating though but I can’t say that.)
Chikage	I don’t know, those two seem to be busy lately.
Itaru	I think it’s a little hard to ask cause of the atmosphere at home right now……
Female Employee A	Is that so?
Female Employee B	That’s disappointing~
Chikage	Sorry. I’ll ask someone else I know.
Female Employee A	You will? Thank you so much~!
Female Employee B	Okay, I’ll bring you the products and materials later!
Chikage	…… We’re making director-san play four roles all at once for us. It won’t be long until we get divine punishment.
Itaru	Gonna start building up my virtue now.
	By the way, that woman you’re gonna ask……
Chikage	Director-san.
Itaru	Of course.
	If you don’t be virtuous about this soon, you’re really gonna get IRL divine punishment.
Chikage	If I’m going to make up for it, I’ll go from negative one to zero.
Itaru	…… Senpai you’re a wreck sometimes.
	Anyways, I think you’ve earned some brownie points in virtue by driving this morning.
Chikage	There’s no point in doing anything good for you, though.
	Well, all joking aside, I should thank and apologize to director-san……

	*Knocking*
Izumi	Come on in.
Chikage	Director-san, got a moment?
Izumi	……?
	Room fragrance… review…?
Chikage	Yup. Seems to be a product targeted at women in their 20s. I’d appreciate it if you could help me.
Izumi	I gotcha.
Chikage	Thanks, you’re really saving me here. It doesn’t have the scent of curry though, sorry.
Izumi	Fufu, let me know when a new product ever comes out.
Chikage	…… It was a joke.
	I’ll make sure to return the favor as thanks.
Izumi	You don’t need to thank me for this.
	I like the scent, so I can give it an easy review. To be honest this feels like a steal.
Chikage	Actually, the request was supposedly for my girlfriend and sister at first, then to Chigasaki’s little and big sister.
Izumi	Uhh… wait, aren’t they all me!?
Chikage	That’s right. So, I’d like to thank and apologize to director-san for being forced into a 4-in-1 insta-mix.
Izumi	…… Then, can you take me and Muku-kun to a café?
Chikage	Café?
Izumi	Muku-kun wanted to go to this café, but it’s in a place that’s hard to get to by train.
	The day I was able to make a reservation was the day Banri-kun was supposed to lend his car to me, but I was stumped on how to get there.
Chikage	Alright. The ride and meals are on me.
Izumi	Thank you so much!
	By the way, about that café……
Chikage	“Café NEKO” ……a hideaway café where you can enjoy delicious meals surrounded by cats……?
	I’m sure I’ve done my fair share of bad things, but I didn’t realize director-san resented me this much……
Izumi	T-that’s not it! There won’t be real cats, it’s just a cat photo exhibition held at the place.
	Plus, recently I’ve heard rumors about their curry being delicious, so I have other reasons for going too.
Chikage	Curry…… I’m certainly curious about that.
Izumi	I know, right?
Chikage	……. Well, as long it’s not the real thing.
Muku	The whole place is full of cats!
Izumi	There are loads of pictures of them.
Chikage	Feels like a cat’s watching me while I eat curry.
	But the curry’s definitely tasty.
Izumi	It has a lot of different spices in it, and it tastes pretty authentic.
Chikage	Yeah, once I heard of curry in a café I wondered what it’d be like, but it tastes just as good as any specialty restaurant.
Izumi	Muku-kun’s scones look delicious too!
Muku	It’s really tasty and it’s not too sweet! It’s cat-shaped and it looks so cute.
Chikage	Even the scones are cats……
Izumi	Thank you for the meal! Haah~ it was so tasty!
Chikage	I think it’s time to go get some drinks.
Employee	Excuse me, are any of our customers allergic to cats?
Izumi	Let’s see, I’m not exactly allergic to cats……
	(But there’s someone who hates cats here…)
Employee	Understood!
Izumi	Understood…?
Employee	Actually, the cats who served as models for the photos came to visit!
Izumi	Eh!?
Cats	Nya~
Muku	Wow, the actual cats! Everyone is so fluffy and cute~!
Chikage	…………
Izumi	C-Chikage-san…… are you okay?
Chikage	…… It’s not easy to be virtuous.

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