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"Fancy seeing you here," Lady Youmu smiled
"I wanted to stroll through the village my lord brought me to once. And you...?" I inquired. "I, I was just finishing up some business... but anyway, where is he?" she asked, seeming somewhat panicked. "What is bothering you? It seems my lord still hasn't finished his tasks," I replied. "Y-yes... it is still a bit before he usually comes home..." she said with a quick sigh. She asked if I was hungry, and with the afternoon having passed, I told her I was. "Would you like to eat with me? I don't have anything else to do... let me treat you," she said as she dragged me off to a shop. The shop's sign said "oden". "Come on on. Oh, it's Youmu. Pretty early today. Hmm? This your little sister?" Inside there was a middle-aged man wearing some sort of cloth (an "apron" was it?).
"Hahaha... I had some free time today. Her name is Futo-san. She's my... friend," Lady Youmu introduced me to him. "Hmm? Do you know this person, Lady Youmu?" I asked her. "Yes, this is the oden shop that he and I always come to," she answered. "Oh, I see. I am Mononobe no Futo. Due to certain circumstances I am living with my lord. Pleased to meet you," I greeted the man. "Ah, so you're the kid who's living with him. Futo-chan, was it? You should watch yourself. Youmu-chan's a very jealous person..." he grinned. "Just what does that mean!?" Lady Youmu exclaimed with a red face. "Fufu, there's no need to be cautious around Lady Youmu. She is my friend," I answered. "Th-that's right! There's n-no way I would be jealous of a friend..." she explained, her voice quavering. "Friend"... she said it in the heat of conversation, but was she alright with having me as a friend? ...Just how did my lord and Lady Youmu become friends, anyway? I am sure they met and became friends somewhere I did not know about. Thinking about it made me wonder just how much about my lord I did not know about. I felt a bit jealous of Lady Youmu for knowing him longer than me... to be continued

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