Chapter 387: Master, You Meanie (1/2)

The winter days were becoming shorter, and the evening arrived once again. Before the usual melody sounded throughout the town, the street lamps were already beginning to light up.

Taiyou was walking through said town alongside Youran, arms linked.

“So what are you going to do for New Year’s?”

“What do you mean?”

“I plan to just laze around at my house, but don’t you have a lot of things you can do? Events, conferences, etc.”

“Ahh, yeah, there are a lot.”

Youran counted on her fingers.

“There are already more than ten meetings with the Juunishima family.”

“Thought so. So I assume you’re returning to Juuni Island for New Year’s.”

“Mm, I dunno.”

Youran tilted her head in contemplation.

“Most of them are just customary to show up, so I could easily just throw Juurokuya into the mix and leave it to her. Not like she has to do anything important.”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah, at least not at the beginning of the year. Just your conventional ‘New Moon’.”

“Wow.”

“So—-”

Youran said, tightening her arms before continuing.

“I think I want to be with you, Master.”

“Yeah, I’d be way happier if you were.”

He let his head fall to the side onto Youran’s, bumping it.

It was a light display of affection; skinship.

“I was even considering going over there if necessary. Oh, and of course I mean with everyone. Juunishima seems like it’d be a decent place to spend the new year.”

“There’s really nothing. Just a city.”

“A city, huh?”

Taiyou smiled wryly. Maybe that really was all there was.

He had figured it was mostly a city from the last time he went.

At least it was much bigger than Oritate Town.

“What was it, a population of a million?”

“Yep.”

“That’s crazy. If there was a game to make your own city, it’d already be clear.”

“You do realize it’s all yours, right Master?”

“Hey, hey.”

He bonked his head onto hers again. This time it wasn’t so much skinship as it was scolding.

“I may have you, but that doesn’t mean I have Juunishima.”

“Sure…but you know–”

“No buts.”

He bonked her again.

“Ow…”

She massaged her head, pursing her lips.

That third bonk was especially strong.

“Relations with Juuni Island will be the same as always—-this is an order.”

Taiyou said strongly, because he felt that way was better.

As expected, Youran momentarily twitched.

“Juunishima Shingetsu no Kami Youran. Nothing wrong with that. And I like it. To go a step further, I’d even say that I’m a big fan of it.”

“Fan?”

“Yes, fan. Although it’s more like I haven’t completely outgrown my delusional phase.”

“Oh, okay…”

“So you be the one to rule over Juuni Island. Got it?”

“…Okay, I got it.”

She nodded, and then a moment later…