King of Thieves - Treasure 1

Sora: Haha~, hihi~, huhu~♪

What great weather! There's not a single cloud in the sky~☆

Tsumugi: Fufu. I know you're in high spirits, but take care not to hurt yourself.

The ES building was just recently built, so the flooring is surprisingly slippery.

Sora: Wh~oa, ah? Sora almost stepped all over a flowerbed. That was close, huh~?

But it's so nice to have our meeting outside! We should do this every time it's sunny~♪

Natsume: We SHOULD. Even Senpai's face doesn't irritate me as much while we're in the SUN.

Tsumugi: It's depressing to be shut away inside the office twenty-four seven, so I thought it'd be good to have our lunch meeting outside once in a while.

Natsume-kun, Sora-kun, did you bring lunch?

Natsume: More or LESS. I brought it here because you kept insisTING.

Tsumugi: Fufu. You're not very honest, Natsume-kun~. You're unexpectedly prepared though, aren't you? ♪

Sora: What's that weird machine~? Is it from a laboratory?

Natsume: Ah, that's a siPHON. I got tired of the coffee that ES provides for US, so I thought I'd just make my OWN.

Sora, I'd make some for you as WELL, but you dislike bitter things, RIGHT?

Sora: Hehe~♪ Master doesn't have to worry so much, you know~? Sora brought some mixed juice he made at the dormitory ♪

Natsume: Fufu. I suppose I was worried over noTHING. If you want to drink some cofFEE, just let me KNOW.

Tsumugi: Just the perfect thing to chase away the drowsiness. Natsume-kun, if you don't mind, would you brew me some too?

Natsume: Equivalent exCHANGE.

Tsumugi: Huh?

Natsume: I'll roast some coffee for YOU, but in exCHANGE, you have to give me one of the side dishes you BROUGHT. I don't just give away my coffee for FREE.

Tsumugi: Wait, what kind of reasoning is that?

Honestly, Natsume-kun, you really aren't straightforward at all~

Well, I'm satisfied just seeing that everyone in Switch is here. I'll just drink the tea I brought.

Plus, it sort of makes me happy watching you use that siphon. It reminds me of when you'd do experiments at Yumenosaki.

Sora: Sora loves watching Master experiment!

It's been really lonely without them these days~. Did something happen?

Natsume: Ah, no, not any worth talking aBOUT.

I had all of my lab equipment moved to ES.

Maybe there was a mistake somewhere along the LINE, or they got mixed up in NewDi’s storage room — but either WAY, they’re LOST.

I haven't yet found a good place to do experiments in ES' building eiTHER, so I'm taking a break from IT. It's already difficult to balance both ES and YumenosaKI.

Sora: Master not being able to experiment is a real crisis~. Sora hopes you can find it soon!

Tsumugi: It is~. Though if you lost something in the move, you should've told me earlier - I could've checked in with the contractor.

It's already been a while since you moved, so it'd probably be difficult now, huh?

Natsume: How HARSH. You were busy moving beFORE, so I couldn't find a time to ask YOU.

Tsumugi: Ah, my bad. I'm sorry. Did something I said rub you the wrong way?

Natsume: HMPH. And yet when you were MOVING, you just wanted to stand and chit-chat with that student council presiDENT— excuse me, former student council presiDENT, RIGHT?

Tsumugi: Oh, no. Eichi-kun and I were just talking about business. You know I do errands around the office too, right?

...I've got it. If it's important to you, why don't we just use Switch's funds to get you some new equipment?

Sora-kun and I both treasured the work you did in your secret room — it'd just be a business expense ♪

Natsume: ...

Sora: Master~...?

Natsume: 《That's not the issue.》

I'm apPALLED, Senpai. If you really think that time was so imporTANT, then I’m sure you know how serious this IS.

First OFF, just saying "buy a new one" after the trouble that occurred when moving to the ofFICE — you have no tact at ALL.

Tsumugi: S-Sorry, Natsume-kun. It was a slip of the tongue.

It's very late now, but I'll try to contact the contractor. It's unlikely, but they might still remember what happened on moving day.

So at least, let's have lunch together—

Natsume: HMPH. I'm going to look around the ofFICE. You just do as you LIKE.

Sora: ...Master's left?

Tsumugi: ...Yeah.

I'm sorry, Sora-kun. Because I'm unreliable — the time I desired for just the three of us went to waste.

This is my fault. It's because of me.

I'm going to follow Natsume-kun.

Sora: Okay. Sora wants Master and Senpai to make up, okay~?

Sora's cheering for you, Senpai!

...

(Mmm. What to do~?

Master and Senpai's "colors" have been like that recently. A busy, inflexible kind of "color"...

The three of us finally managed to get together, but... Sora's all alone again.

No. Sora can't just have them pull him along forever, right? Sora's already a second-year - the position of a senior.

—Sora’s gotta do something about this, huh?)