Agnes is also a halforeign with blonde hair and blue eyes, but.
Haiji has black hair, and you won’t find the European blood unless you take a good look. She’s still young after all.
Haiji’s indoctrinated at the academy with the etiquette and language required to serve noblemen in Europe
Mariko speaks proudly.
That’s one of the reasons, but.
Haiji speaks.
I just considered what Edie-oneesama would do if she were here
Edie?
If I am lost, I run a simulation of how would a trustworthy and reliable sister would get through it, and so that’s what happened
Oh, I guess that’s what happened. If you think of what would this person do, you can find your answer right away
Kana-senpai said.
Edie-oneesama’s amazing. She’s an erudite, a fast thinker, and she also has courage. I keep learning from her
I see. She’s become good friends with Edie in just one week.
That’s right, Edie-oneesama’s thoughts are too fast that I sometimes can’t even read it
Yomi said.
Tsukiko-oneesama seems to have read through it all however
As expected of the next Takakura shrine maiden, she can keep up with Edie’s speed.
I wonder how Luna and Koyomi-chan fares.
I should look it up later.
If it goes poorly, it could be a way to counter the Miko power.
Yomi, that’s enough on that topic
I said.
Kudou-papa’s looking this way from the driver’s seat.
Kudou-san can do lip-reading
I hid my lips with my hand and said.
Ah, okay
Huh, Nobu. Isn’t he Michi-san’s father
Kana-senpai asks curiously.
Yes, he’s not an enemy right now. But, he’s a free man
Depending on the events, he could become our enemy.
Besides, that guy never lets such opportunities pass him. Besides, I don’t like the value to go down
sensei, I’m sorry
Yomi bowed her head.
This time, Yomi speaks hiding her mouth.
Figure out how you can keep up with Edie’s thoughts
I ordered.
Maybe, it’s just Yomi who can’t keep up. It might not be a problem with the other girls. If that’s the case, Yomi will become our weakness
If an enemy brings a combatant that can think at the same speed as Edie, then.
She will die before she could read their thoughts.
Tsukiko-oneesama probably know the secret to it
Haiji’s also hiding her mouth.
It would be great if she could tell us the trick
I think so too. Tsukiko’s four years older than Yomi, her experience in reading minds is much longer than Yomi
Furthermore, Tsukiko hid the fact that she also has the Miko power while the Yakuza’s monitoring her.
Come to think of it, I never had an in-depth conversation with Tsukiko-oneesama on such topics
The Takakura sisters know that they have the same power but that doesn’t mean that they talk about the details of it.
That’s probably because the Miko power is essentially the evil power that drove the sisters’ parents to their deaths.
Then, since this is a good chance, talk to her. I’ll tell her the same
I said.
Oh, welcome back
Returning to the car. Kudou-papa greeted us.
This is quite a shitty town, isn’t it? It’s making my ass itch
Yes, let’s leave this place
What’s the point of opening the bread in a car parked when the store you bought it is in front of you?
Yeah, let’s leave
Kudou-papa starts driving.
Hmm, well, if you ask me, this is delicious
Kudou-papa said.
We moved to the big street and parked the car in a civilian parking lot.
Everyone take out several pastries we bought and take a bite.
But, how do I say it. It doesn’t have that punch. It tastes like that fancy bakery on the ground floor of a fancy mall or something 2
I think so too
Mariko said.
Really? To me, it’s delicious, although, I don’t eat much of the pastries on malls
Kana-senpai said.
I think that this is the right bread to buy on days when you want something different from usual, those that are a bit luxurious
It’s nothing luxurious, it isn’t even that expensive
Mariko said.
Nonononono, it’s already much more expensive than the pastries in supermarkets. The difference is about 100-200 yen!
Each pastry is priced expensively.
That’s true. You can’t compare it to cheap bread. But, it’s not even 500 or 1000 yen per piece. It would be weird to call it luxurious
Mariko said.
Difference in money sense?
Ai muttered.
Err.
Mariko’s a young lady of the world-famous Torii electronics after all.
But you know, when it comes to the popular bakeries in Tokyo, isn’t that shop the ideal one?
Kana-senpai says while eating bread.
Regardless of what we say, they have customers, and they sell. You don’t seem to like it but the ordinary customers find it favorable I believe
I don’t think that it’s a refined store however
What I mean is don’t think that your senses are the same as the ordinary Japanese citizens! What I saw in that store is that it’s beautiful, high-class, and a wonderful store. I ate pastries in that store. It was delicious, I can boast to my friends about that Well, I guess that’s what it means by building the right shop, right?
Kudou-papa says while eating.
The owner is much more of a businessman than a craftsman
Haiji said.
I think that he does a lot of research on which pastry is in trend and what kind of stores sell it
True. The fact that he trained in Europe is just to build up his career, it seems he summons craftsmen from Europe to make a prototype pastry on-site
Mariko looks for more information on her phone.
The owner chooses the pastry from the prototypes and lets the staff and partime workers make them. The owner seems to instruct them to change the flavors to suit the Japanese taste buds. That seems to be the process I see.
Well, that’s natural. The owner would like to take two days off a week while owning a bakery. You’d want a vacation in summer. And yet, if you want to keep your paycheck intact, you have to think of such strategy
Kudou-papa said.
If you do everything by yourself, then you won’t have time for yourself anymore
He’s a producer. He thinks of what kind of store he’s going to build, what kind of pastry to sell, how to gather customers, but, he lets others take care of the scene. He only concentrates on checking the taste of the pastry on his shop Mariko said.
But.
Ai?
It’s not fun if you don’t bake it yourself
That’s.
Managing a shop is a serious business so talking about fun is a different thing, right?
That’s right. This is what business is about so I think that they’re doing the right thing
Those are Mariko and Haiji’s opinion.
Hmm. Sure, the pastry is delicious and I feel like I’d get a status if I become a regular over there
Huh? I would refuse to get a status from that place
Commoners would love to
Kana-senpai insists.
True, she probably can’t have the same genuine upper-class senses as Mariko but.
Ordinary people in the upscale residential district will go to the stylish high-class bakery.
That makes them feel good.
Anyway, that’s just the first one. We still have more to go
Katsuko-nee still has other bakeries on her list.
Kudou-san, if you’d please
Sure, let’s go
He ignites the engine of the minivan.
Huh, What’s this?
Is this really a bakery?
The second bakery;
It’s in the middle of the residential district.
The listed address is a small house.
It’s an old storehouse built around the time of the Showa era.
Although, you call it a shop, but.
I think this is a former tobacco shop.
There’s only a small glass counter window.
But, it sure has a bakery signboard there