| Azuma | “Congratulations!”
“Thank goodness…”
“Thanks, Mom, Dad.” |
| The whole house was excited when we received news that my brother had been accepted into his first choice of university.
Watching my parents shed tears of happiness in front of me, I couldn’t bring myself to be happy from the bottom of my heart. |
| “You’re lonely, aren’t you?” |
| My mother guessed right, and I ended up mumbling rather than skillfully changing the subject.
Watching me, my brother had a somewhat troubled smile on his face. |
| “Even if I leave home, I’ll still come back from time to time - I’d like Azuma to cheer me on.” |
| My brother will leave home and start living by himself in spring for university.
Even though I wanted to cheer him on, I just felt so helplessly lonely. |
| “That’s it! How about we go on a family vacation to celebrate? That way, Azuma will be able to smile and say “Take care.””
“A vacation!? Yay!” |
| Seeing me get all excited, my mother, father, and brother all smiled. |
| “I wonder if Azuma will leave the house someday. I get a little lonely when I think about it that way.”
“I can’t even imagine it. Aren’t you being a little too hasty? You’re so impatient when it comes to these things.” |
| After my father smiled wryly, my mother nodded in agreement. |
| “I won’t go anywhere. I’ll stay here forever, close to mom and dad.”
“Really? But don’t be afraid to tell us if you have somewhere you want to go or something you want to do.” |
| “Because then, both mom and dad will say “Take care” and send you off.” |
| My mom had a kind smile on her face, and I gave a small nod. |
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| Izumi | (I heard that Winter Troupe gathered at Guy-san’s bar…) |
| Guy | Welcome. |
| Azuma | Welcome. |
| Izumi | Hm? Is today your shift, Azuma-san? |
| Azuma | Hisoka ran out of marshmallows and fell asleep. |
| Guy | Come on in, this way. |
| Izumi | This way? |
| Citron | I can’t decide! |
| Tsumugi | It’s difficult. |
| Chikage | First of all, the owner doesn’t seem to want to decide. |
| Itaru | Can’t we just call it Guy Bar? |
| Citron | No! It won’t get popular if it’s like that! |
| Izumi | (Ah, there they are. Citron-kun and the others were here too, huh.) |
| What are you talking about? |
| Citron | This bar’s name! |
| Izumi | Now that I think about it, I guess an official name was never agreed on. |
| Itaru | Recently some gourmet type accounts on social media and some community information magazines have been featuring it, but it’s being called the “Nameless Bar” or “B a r (Temporary)”. |
| Tasuku | It does make it unique, in a sense. |
| Homare | It does seem like it would leave a large impression. |
| Guy | I don’t mind if it stays this way… |
| Citron | That’s why we get comments like “The atmosphere is good, but it’s just the owner and the menu names are impactful and there’s nothing else special about it”! |
| Guy doesn’t have enough hydration![1] |
| Azuma | Hydration? |
| Tsumugi | I think aspiration. |
| Izumi | (That comment is at least complimenting the owner and menu names…) |
| Itaru | How about Guy Bar, shortened to Gabaa. |
| Chikage | Why shorten it.. |
| Tsumugi | How about naming it after a flower? Like ranunculus… |
| Citron | It’s too pretty for a bar run by Guy! |
| Homare | It’s come to me! A fragrant renaissance—— |
| Tasuku | Too long. |
| Izumi | Guy-san, are you alright with it being decided like this? |
| Guy | Ah, I’m fine with it. It doesn’t seem like I’ll be able to decide by myself. |
| Azuma | But isn’t a name something important that represents your store as a whole? |
| Guy | I actually created this bar because I wanted to help Citronia spread the culture of Zafra, so I was thinking of calling it “Zafra Bar”, but… |
| Citronia said it was very honorary and rejected it. |
| Izumi | Very honorary.. |
| Azuma | Very ordinary, I think? |
| Izumi | (I wonder if Zafran royalty is allowed to say that…) |
| Well, it is Guy-san’s store, so I think you should give it a name that you’ll be happy with. |
| Guy | Ah, you’re right. I’ll think as well. |
| Tsumugi | —Actually, director, didn’t you have something to tell us about? |
| Izumi | Ah, that’s right. |
| Tsuzuru-kun’s almost done with his report for university, so he wants to start the script for Winter Troupe’s 7th play… |
| He’d like to hear what requests you might have. |
| Homare | So it’s finally time for us to shine! |
| Tasuku | It’s finally Winter Troupe’s 7th play. |
| Tsumugi | It’s exciting, isn’t it. |
| Azuma | I wonder what kind of show it’ll end up being. |
| *Azuma’s phone rings* |
| Azuma | Mm? |
