Muku Sakisaka/SHI★NO★BI Misadventuring

Getting Into Character: Santa

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Citron	Oh~! I see….
Guy	Hmm….
Muku	I’m home.
Citron	Welcome home, Muku!
Guy	Welcome.
Muku	Hm? What are you two reading?
Citron	It’s a ninja manga that I borrowed from Itaru! Japanese ninjas are so cool!
Muku	Oh, so it’s a ninja manga!
Guy	We learn that there are various types of ninja.
Citron	And they are used for numerous occasions! I want to perform some ninjutsus as well~.
Guy	Speaking of that, isn’t the Summer Troupe doing a ninja play for the upcoming performance?
Muku	Yes, that’s right!
Citron	You can learn ninjutsu by reading this manga with us, Muku!
Muku	Ninjutsu…. Now that I think about it, Tenma-kun learned ”The Art of Camouflage” the other day… I think I can use it to get into character!
	Oh, so there’s this kind of ninjutsu too.
Guy	Are you really sure about learning ninjutsu, little prince?
Muku	I don’t know if I can do that, but…. Since our next play is about ninja, I’d like to do it as a challenge!
Citron	I recommend “The Art of Water-Escape” one! Look, this one!
Muku	The Art of Water-Escape….! That looks cool!
	All right! I’ll do my best!
Citron	Fighting!
Muku	...I’m finally alone in this bathroom.
	Good! Since there’s no one else right now一一!
	I’ll use this snorkeling that I borrow from Kazu-kun and….
	1, 2, 3!
	...Whoah!
	Okay, maybe I can hide myself pretty well in shallow places….!
	I can’t stay underwater for too long using merely bamboo pipe and snorkeling, so I need to practice breathing for time to time.
	Once more, then….
	...Whoah! I feel like I can do it!
???	….See.. and like that!
Muku	一一! I hear someone talking in the dressing room…
	Now then… I shall use The Art of Water-Escape一一!
Kumon	It’s been a while since I last took a bath together with nii-chan!
Juza	Yeah.
Muku	(It’s Juu-chan and Kuu-chan…!)
Kumon	Say, can I wash nii-chan’s back!?
Juza	Do as you like.
Kumon	Yeaay一!
Muku	(They don’t notice me….! I should use this chance to secretly take a breath…)
Kumon	一一And then, Sumi-san taught me how to climb a tree!
Juza	I see.
Muku	(Kuu-chan looks happy spending time together with Juu-chan… I don’t want to disturb them, so I shouldn’t get caught!)
Juza	I’ll be going ahead, Kumon.
Kumon	Okay! I’ll stay for a little bit longer.
Juza	All right.
Muku	(Nice! They didn’t notice me until the end一一!)
Juza	...Muku, you should get out too. You’ll get dizzy.
Kumon	Huh? Muku?
Muku	一一.
Kumon	Whoaah!?
Muku	He was able to discover my water-escape…. I expect no less from Juu-chan!
Kumon	Eeeh!? What’s the meaning of this!? Why did Muku come out from the hot water一!?

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