Harushagiku: "Nushi-sama! Nushi-sama!"
(Harushagiku runs towards me like a puppy. She's as spirited as ever.)
Harushagiku: "To meet with Nushi-sama in such a place, this must be fate! We're both connected by a red string!"
(A red string? But it doesn't sound that romantic when she says it so enthusiastically.)
(Amused, I laugh without thinking.)
Harushagiku: "What are you laughing for? Did I say something funny?"
Harushagiku: "Ah! Is it a reminiscent laugh!? A reminiscent laugh is proof that you're a lech. Were you thinking about another girl by any chance...?"
(Hm? It seems she's becoming filled with fear and doubt again for some reason.)
Harushagiku: "Nushi-sama is popular. It's only natural; he's good-looking, smart, strong, and came from another world."
(I feel like I'm being over-complimented. I'm glad, but being raised on a pedestal makes me feel awkward.)
Harushagiku: "But could it be something that won't let me become one with Nushi-sama's feelings?"
Harushagiku: "I want Nushi-sama all to myself, I want him all to myself, I want him all to myself, I want, want, want him all to myself, I want him all to myself, I want, want, want him all to myself..."
(Wa, wait, you're scaring me. Harushagiku?)
Harushagiku: "I know! Kaka-sama told me the way to a man's heart is to grasp his stomach!"
Harushagiku: "But how? What do I have to do with his stomach to reach his heart?"
(Harushagiku begins to look hard at my stomach. Then she stretches out her hand and touches the area around my stomach.)
Harushagiku: "Grasp... stomach... gyumumumumu."
(Gyuuuuuuuuu!)
(Ow, oww! That hurts! Don't physically grasp it!!"
Harushagiku: "Huh, am I mistaken...? In that case, what should I do to grasp your stomach?"
(Does she seriously intend to 'grasp' my stomach? Will she stick her hand down my mouth if this continues?)
Akizakura: "What are you doing, Harushagiku?"
Harushagiku: "Ah, Kaka-sama! Perfect timing!"
Harushagiku: "I want to grasp master's stomach! How am I supposed to grasp it? Do I have to stick my hand down his mouth?"
(She really did intend to stick her hand down there!!)
Akizakura: "Harushagiku, I didn't mean 'grasp' it with your hands. I meant grasp it with delicious things. For example, by preparing a well-cooked meal."
Harushagiku: "I see! I knew I could count on Kaka-sama! In that case, I'll cook!"
Akizakura: "I'll also help."
(It seems she's going to cook something. I wonder if I'll be able to eat something delicious.)
*****
(I, I thought I would die...)
Harushagiku: "Why did it turn into a such a big fire? I don't understand."
Akizakura: "The fire's too strong, Harushagiku."
(Too strong is a mild way of putting it. The entire town is engulfed in flames.)
Harushagiku: "Don't worry, Nushi-sama. I'm a fire elemental, so I can control this much fire."
(If that's the case, I wish she controlled it from the beginning.)
Akizakura: "I'll make something to cleanse the aftertaste."
****
(Akizakura's cooking is unbelievably good. As expected of a mother of one child.)
Harushagiku: "Nushi-sama's stomach got stolen away by Kaka-sama!"
(Harushagiku's still jealous. She really is possessive.)
Harushagiku: "The way things are, Nushi-sama is gonna get snatched away by Kaka-sama..."
Harushagiku: "Kaka-sama, that's enough! Go home! Thank you!"
Akizakura: "D, don't push, Harushagiku. I'm not stealing your Nushi-sama. Do your best, and grasp Nushi-sama's heart."
Harushagiku: "Kaka-sama... I'll do my best!"
Akizakura: "I have one final piece of advice."
*****
(Akizakura whispered something to Harushagiku and went back home by herself. Once again, I was alone with Harushagiku.)
Harushagiku: "Um, Nushi-sama... I'm sorry... I wasn't able to let you eat delicious food."
(Harushagiku silently bowed her head. She doesn't have to worry so much. The fire's also gone.)
Harushagiku: "But this time will be OK! Nushi-sama, take off your clothes!"
(Eh? Why does she suddenly want my clothes off? Wait, does she want to do 'that' out here!?)
Harushagiku: "Your clothes are scorched, and full of holes! I'll fix them for you!"
(Holes? Ah, she's right... how thoughtful.)
Harushagiku: "Am I being unexpectedly considerate? I'm always looking at Nushi-sama."
(Indeed, she's thoughtful. I'm seeing her in a new light.)
Harushagiku: "Is that so? Well then, hurry up and take off your clothes! Come on, take them off!"
(She forcefully makes me take off my clothes. Even though I know she doesn't mean it that way, I feel a little strange.)
Harushagiku: "Now to close these holes! Put the thread and needle like this, and then sew the pieces together like so..."
~~~~~
(Busubbusubbusu! Busubbusubbusu!)
Harushagiku: "Ei, ei, ei! Eieieiei!"
(For some reason, it looks like she's doing nothing but indiscriminately stabbing the needle...)
Harushagiku: "Waa!? Why's the hole getting bigger!? This is not good, I need to do something..."
~~~~~
(Busubbusu! Busubbusu! Busubbusu!)
Harushagiku: "Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah... The hole's getting bigger the more I do it~"
(Is the hole getting bigger than the clothes itself? Those clothes are no longer any good...)
Harushagiku: "Nushi-sama, I'm sorry. Today, you'll just have to go naked."
(... Today's slightly cold.)
Harushagiku: "Kaka-sama told me that I would earn points by mending the holes in Nushi-sama's clothes, but in the end it's no good."
(I see, so that was Akizakura's advice.)
Harushagiku: "Everything I do is no good. There's nothing I can do to keep Nushi-sama from disliking me."
Harushagiku: "I want to repay Nushi-sama who came to my rescue, yet I'm so useless."
(Harushagiku... So that's why she was doing all of those things. It wasn't just to keep me all to herself.)
Harushagiku: "All I do is cause trouble. What should I do to repay Nushi-sama? Is there something Nushi-sama wants me to do?)
(Want her to do... huh? I enjoy just being together with Harushagiku like this. So, I'm fine with things being the way they are.)
Harushagiku: "Eh? You just want to be with me? Is that it? That's no trouble at all."
(Harushagiku drew close. Snuggling against my body, I begin to feel Harushagiku's warmth.)
Harushagiku: "Is this OK?"
(Yeah, this is fine.)
Harushagiku: "Somehow, I feel as if I've been saved again. Nushi-sama's really kind. That's why you're popular."
Harushagiku: "You're so popular, you could choose any girl you please. If I don't tie myself to Nushi-sama somehow, Nushi-sama will go to the side of a girl that's not me someday..."
Harushagiku: "What should I do...? I know, grasp the stomach!"
(Oi, oi, we're back to where we started. It looks like I'm going to be abused by Harushagiku yet again.)
