Sakuya Sakuma/Innocence of the Royal Palace

A Tour on Horseback of The Kingdom of Zahra

Backstage Stories

Part 1Part 2

Sakuya	Can I come with you today?
Guy	Yes, of course you may.
Izumi	Hey you two, where are you going?
Sakuya	Oh, director! We are going to go tend to the horses.
Izumi	Tend to the horses?
	Oh, come to think of it, I think Citron mentioned that he had a pet horse too.
Guy	I also have a horse.
Sakuya	I saw Guy tending to the horses in the courtyard one day and asked if I could help out.
Guy	Sakuya seems to understand the horses well, so he was a big help.
Sakuya	The horses were really smart and really cute. I had a lot of fun helping out.
Izumi	Oh I see, I wanna meet them too. Could I come along too, Guy?
Guy	Yes, this way.
Citron	Pochi~ Are you doing well today~? Ohh, good good.
Sakuya	Oh, are you tending to the horses today too?
Citron	Yes! I came to visit my favourite horse.
Izumi	Wow, what a splendid white horse!
Citron	This is my favourite horse, Pochi!
Izumi	Uhh... So this horse is Pochi....?
	(Citron’s skill at choosing names is great.)
Citron	Oh Sakuya, I heard from Guy that you were able to understand Pochi’s feelings! Pochi also seemed happy, thank you!
Sakuya	No problem! Pochi and Chibi are both good boys, I had a lot of fun caring for them.
Izumi	Chibi?
Guy	My horse.
Chibi	burururururu....
Izumi	You mean the giant horse over here...!?
Citron	I named Chibi too! I named him that because when we got him he was still really tiny.
Izumi	U-Uhh I see....
Sakuya	Pochi and Chibi both have their own unique charms. Citron picked good names.
Pochi and Chibi	bururu....
Sakuya	Hmm, what’s wrong?
Guy	It seems like they are hungry. Sakuma, could you please go get their food?
Sakuya	Okay!
	Just a moment please. ...... Okay, got it, here you go.
Pochi and Chibi	hyuu hyuun!
Izumi	Fufu, looks like they like it.
Sakuya	They were really hungry, glad we got here to feed them.
Guy	It seems you also got the hang of brushing them, Sakuma.
Citron	Sakuya is great with horses. It seems like Pochi and Chibi agree~
Sakuya	I am just following the method Guy taught me. I want to be able to understand the horses feelings better....
Citron	That’s right! I just thought of a good idea. We should take Pochi and Chibi out on a ride today!
	Think of it as a thank you to Sakuya for being so good with them. Back in the day, we used to take them out to the meadows a lot.
Guy	That sounds like a good idea.
Citron	Running wild with our horses is the bessssttttt!
Izumi	Ahaha, when you say it like that it sounds like we’re some type of street gang.
Sakuya	Umm, actually I don’t really think I am very good at horseback riding, could we really do that?
Guy	No need to worry, you can ride with me and Chibi.
Citron	And director can ride with me and Pochi. Let’s ride like the wind together~
Izumi	What, me too?
Citron	Rub curse! It’s more fun riding with friends!
Sakuya	That’s true. So then, let’s ride together, Guy!

Izumi

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