Dear and Ai-chan will do the final check before it goes to the store
Okay, we won’t allow any bad ones out
I’ll do my best
We replied to Katsuko-nee.
Also.
Edie, go with Katsuko-nee as her bodyguard
I’m going too?
Edie turned to me.
Yeah, I think that we’re okay since it’s in our school, but there’s Minaho-neesan’s case
Minaho-neesan went out this morning with the strongest freelance bodyguard, so there must be some kind of problem.
It might spread fire outside Minaho-neesan’s expectations and come to us too.
The TV crew are still outsiders. We need to check if they’re the real deal
I think Darling’s right about that
Edie replied to me with a straight face
If that’s the case, I’ll go with Edie-san
Tsukiko said.
I’m also a student in this school, and the TV crew might find it strange to find an international student, Edie-san, accompanying Katsuko-oneesama by herself, but I don’t think they’ll find it strange if I were with them Yeah. Tsukiko and Edie are wearing their uniforms, so they can accompany Katsuko-nee, the teacher in the baking course.
Tsukiko can also check the crew.
As for our side, Mitama and Kinuka are outside, doing street performances and checking for suspicious people.
Katsuko-nee, take Edie and Tsukiko with you
Okay
Katsuko-nee agreed with my decision.
Anju, we’re going out so be sure to watch the monitors closely okay!
Edie opened the door and told Kurose Anju inside.
Kurose Anju’s still not usable as war potential, but she’s got good senses as a bodyguard.
Oh, I heard that one. Kou took her from Ishigami-san yesterday, right?
Mariko looked inside the break room and said.
You know about Ishigami Mizuki, Mariko?
I remember deflowering her body yesterday.
Ishigami house is also from the nobility, while I’m not a daughter of nobility, I’ve met them at parties and such. That girl studied abroad if I recall correctly
Ishigami Mizuki’s a daughter of nobility, but she didn’t attend the school for the young ladies but instead went to a boarding school in Switzerland until this summer.
So, she hasn’t interacted with Mariko and the girls in the last few years.
I’ll talk to her. Is that okay, Kou?
Mariko smiles.
Either way, that girl’s going to be Kou’s slave, right? I’ll talk to her and get friendly with her
I brought Kurose Anju here just for on-the-job training as a bodyguard.
Even now, she’s just learning how to use the surveillance system.
The real one watching the monitors is Kinoshita-san, who’s staying at the mansion.
So there should be no problems letting Kurose Anju and Mariko talk, and them missing something.
Yeah, if you could, Mariko
Okay
Mariko enters the break room.
Then, I’ll be going
We’re going
We’re going out
Yeah, take care
Katsuko-nee, Edie, and Tsukiko goes out.
Yo-chan, this is done!
Nei’s in charge of the oven today.
Baking fits her better than the process before.
Okay, we’re baking the third group in the oven
I open the oven and stuff in new ones.
Yoshida-kun.this too
Ai’s making the small laborious pastries for lunch.
Okay, we’ll put that in after the first batch
Onii-chan, this is about to finish too
Mana and Megu are mass-producing the lower-priced pastries.
Okay!
Anyway, we make sure to do what’s in front of us.
Taking out the freshly baked bread from the oven and doing the final check.
After seeing that there are no problems, I send in the pads.
Ah, Edie’s not here
Someone should bring this to the storefront.
I’ll bring it
I lifted the pad and went outside.
We also have to collect the empty pads from the store.
Then.
I’ll help you
We’re here
Here!
Haiji, Eri, and Rie come in as I opened the door.
Since we’re busy here, I brought the bread a little early
Rei-chan’s van is parked behind Haiji and the girls.
Haiji and the girls came with the van containing the second batch of souvenir pastry Ruriko and Agnes made in the mansion.
Rie-chan and I can also make simple pastries
I think I can help out with the complicated ones
I’ve learned to do it
The twins and Haiji smiled.
Onii-chan, let those girls work with Mana
Mana’s the teacher of the younger girls in the mansion so that’s good
Then, I’ll stock the shelves, Yoshi-kun, focus on the oven
Megu comes to my side
I’m better equipped to deliver the bread outside
Yeah, it’s our school festival after all.
I can’t let Haiji carry the bread to the cafe.
Yeah, please do, Megu
Okay, Yoshi-kun
Megu took the pad of freshly baked bread from me and goes outside.
Wait, aah.
I also have to unload the souvenir pastry from the van.
The carnage in the bakery continues.
I’m back, I also got Mitama back with us
Edie and the girls returned twenty minutes later.
Neither Katsuko-nee nor Tsukiko are showing a dark expression, the meeting went off without a hitch it seems.
What about Kinuka?
I asked.
Kinuka’s good, she always hides her face when the camera’s rolling.
Oh right, she dresses like a ninja and names herself stealth Kinuka
Mitama’s a cover girl for Yukino’s show, and she shows up wearing a bikini and a Japanese sword.
It would be a bit of a problem if the TV crew finds her, I guess.
I told Kinuka to continue attracting customers on her own. Now she’s performing the secret technique, Nankintamasudare
Just what are the skills of these sisters.
When it’s time for the TV interview, the helpers will hide in the break room
Katsuko-nee said.
Eri and Rie also appear on TV just like Mitama, so that would be bad, but Mana and Haiji are middle school girls who have nothing to do with our high school, so we can’t have them caught in here.
Oh, the camera’s also going to come here!
Nei said.
Yes, they’re going to show the outside cafe first, with the girls from the tennis club, then they’re going to show how we make bread here
I see.
The announcer from the broadcast company is here, but it will be Kana-san speaking outside. Then, Ai-chan will do it here
Me?
Ai’s surprised.
It can’t be helped, there are only two actual students in the baking course
Just me and Ai.
It’s okay! Ai-chan’s cute after all
Nei smiled at Ai.
Right, it would be better to have the focus on Ai when introducing the baking course to the TV.
As for you dear, you have to continue working, don’t stop your hands just because we’re on TV. We still have a lot of customers outside.
Katsuko-nee told me.
Yeah, I know
If the announcer asks you something, then just make a short answer. Just focus on your job, like usual
Like usual, making dough, baking them, and taking them to the shop.
The broadcast will be around 12:15, there’s still time. We need to finish up a lot while we still can
At noon, other events in the school festival, like presentations, and performances in the gym and auditorium will also take a break.
We’ll get more customers.
Don’t worry, everyone’s here
Edie looked at everyone in the room.
Katsuko-nee, Ai, Megu, Nei, Mana, Mitama, Rie, Eri, Haiji, Tsukiko, Edie, and me.
It’s not just us in the bakery, but also Ruriko and Agnes are supporting us from the mansion.
Let’s do our best!
Katsuko-nee said and we resumed our work.
It’s about time
Edie looked at the clock and said.
12:10
We should make our preparations.
The spare monitor on the room shows the noon news on the national broadcast has already begun.
It’s still doing news about politics and such.
Okay, Mana-chan and everyone hides in the break room.