I'm back!
Karyl!
You really did come back feeling 30% better!
I'm so glad!
I'm going to bed!
G-Goodnight...
Menu 6 Melody of Departure ~Aromatic Spices Under the Starry Sky~
It's morning!
The Next Day
Our delicious breakfast is all ready!
Good morning, Miss Pecorine.
Hiya, you two!
So noisy...
Wait... When did I come back here?
Come, come! Hurry and sit at the table!
Thank you for making breakfast.
No problem.
There's something I want to do today.
You're awfully fired up first thing in the morning.
Well, since you've come back home feeling 30% better,
I think it's finally time the Gourmet Guild got underway for real!
Stop! I don't want to remember!
Don't even talk about that clinic anymore!
Steamed buns scare me...
Ta-da!
I went to look at the bulletin board,
and I found this request!
What is it?
"Recruiting help to harvest raw spices in Targum Village.
To be rewarded with daily pay plus a full set of spices."
Precisely!
This village's local specialty, Targum seed,
is so prized that it's known as the legendary spice!
I see. So this job will be a windfall, like killing two birds with one stone.
Yes!
I'm not cut out for physical labor.
Magic's more my thing.
I'll pass.
Sniffle, sniffle...
I-I wanted all of us to do the Gourmet Guild's first quest...
together...
All right, fine! I'll go! Will that make you happy?!
Okay! Do you all have your snacks?
Time to go!
Yeah!
Those were fake tears earlier, weren't they.
I don't like this... Something's weird...
It's scary...
I don't like this... Something's weird...
It's scary...
It's been a long time since you and I camped out together, hasn't it?
Campfire! Exciting!
Not a single fish...
If I don't catch a fish, there's no telling what they'll make our meal out of!
I have to try harder!
I got one! I got one! I got one! I got one! I got one! I got one!
Oh, there are some tasty-looking bugs here.
Wait, Koro-ster!
I'm about to catch a fish that'll taste even better!
Just leave those bugs where they are!
PriConne
That lake is useless. It has no fish.
Don't worry.
We can make a soup from these wild plants and the frogs my lord caught.
No!
I don't want to eat frogs right from the outset of this quest!
Now, don't say that. Look.
I caught lots!
Please don't! Just the vegetables are enough!
I won't ask for any more than that!
I'm back!
I caught a tasty-looking bird!
Welcome back.
Well done!
You're more on the ball today than you've ever been!
Hey, is it done yet?
I'm hungry.
Don't rush things, Karyl.
Just hang tight a little bit longer.
Miss Pecorine, the soup is ready.
Thanks, Kokkoro!
Hey, why don't you cook that on their fire?
Non, non.
If we do that, this exquisite meat will burn.
Steaming it over hot coals will make it plump and juicy all the way through!
And the umami it produces will be to die for!
Gulp...
It's done!
Okay, I'm going to open it!
Ta-da!
It looks great!
Okay, everyone, the wait is over!
Now, eat up!
Yum!
Can poultry really be this juicy?
I've never had any like this!
The vegetables you steamed with it make the taste even sweeter.
Right?
I learned that method during my travels.
The best meals really do call for proper ingredients!
You can't use stuff like bugs and frogs for this.
Are you listening, Koro-ster?
What's that?
Oh, it's fruit I brought back along with the bird.
Go ahead and try some too, Karyl and Yuuki.
Wow, it smells so sweet!
They're very ripe!
Sweet!
Give me another!
There's plenty more.
Go ahead and eat your fill!
I've never seen that kind of fruit before,
but I guess it's a good thing I picked some!
Koro-ster!
You're way too responsible for a little kid!
Wh-What's the matter, Miss Karyl?
I... I was supposed to be more responsible... for her...
You there!
Kids who cry a lot and eat a lot grow up strong!
Now, go ahead and cry to your heart's content!
There, there. What a good girl.
Bash, smash, crash! Here comes the sesame miso! Crash!
Hey!
Come on, Kokkoro, sing along with us!
The tea jar enters and all the doors slam shut!
Hey...
Once it passes through, we can crash and bash!
Hey!
The mouse in the rice sack eats the rice with a squeak!
Hey!
They're such wonderful people.
I'm so glad we started this guild.
Huh? What did I do last night?
Good morning, Karyl!
Isn't it a lovely morning?
I-Is it?
My head feels all weirdly fuzzy.
Good morning, Miss Karyl.
Here. You'll feel better once you wash your face.
You're right.
My lord is also washing his face by the lake right—
H-He crashed into it head-first!
This is why I said we should wait until he was a little closer!
A-A-Are you hurt?
I-I-I wasn't sure if I should i-i-interfere,
but it looked like you were being chased by a monster.
Be gentle! Be gentle with him!
PriConne
Thanks.
Y-Y-Y-You're welcome!
Um... my name is Aoi!
I'm Yuuki.
It talked?
I-I'm not crazy or anything!
I just talk to dolls, that's all!
I made this one to practice what I'll do when I make a friend.
His name is Don't Worry My Friend 1.
Friend?
I can talk to plants and animals,
but I don't have a single human friend...
I've always, always, always wanted a friend.
It's been a few years now...
I've been talking with Don't Worry My Friend 1 all this time,
but of course we started running out of things to talk about...
I'm sure it'll be at least ten years before I'm worth being friends with.
Friend?
Frie...nd?
Are you saying you want a friend, too?!
I can't believe it! I found another lonely soul just like me!
N-No need to worry, Yuuki!
Let's make friends together!
I'll make some friends along with you!
From now on, we're a team! Yay!
Oh, right. A team name!
We need to come up with a team name!
So, Don't Worry My Friend 1, do you have any good ideas?
Well, let's see...
This might finally be your big break from loneliness,
so you'll want to give it an awesome name!
You're right! You're right! I'll finally say goodbye to my loneliness!
I know! How about "Team B-B"?
Team B-B?
Yeah, "B-B" as in "bye-bye" to your loneliness!
I love it! "Bye-bye loneliness" is perfect!
Team B-B! Team B-B!
Join me, Yuuki!
Team B-B! Team B-B!
Team B-B! Team—
My lord!
Yuuki! Are you all right?
You seem to be unharmed.
Don't scare us like that!
Oh? Who is this?
Aoi. She saved me.
I see.
Thank you very much for saving my lord.
Y-You're welcome.
Why are you walking so far behind us?
I-I can't walk beside you when we're not even friends!
It would be the rudest of the rude!
Actually, it's not much help when the one showing us the way is behind us.
It's lucky for us that you're heading to Targum Village for the harvest!
P-P-P-Please!
That's really the most a lonely soul like me can do!
I can see the village.
That's it, right?
Welcome to Targum Village.
Um, we saw this request...
What's the name of your guild?
W-We're, um...
I've got this!
We're the Gourmet Guild!
I'm Misato of Forestier.
There's another girl named Hatsune in this village now, aside from Aoi here,
but she seems to be off napping somewhere.
We had a rich crop this year
and not enough people to harvest it, so we appreciate the help.
Another group called Elizabeth Park is supposed to arrive today, too.
Elizabeth Park?
What about it?
Someone who helped me a while ago was in that guild.
Oh, someone you know?
Yes.
She's a lovely girl named Rima.
Rima, rima, rima! Rima, rima!
Hey, you're walking too fast!
Rima?
Sorry! I'm just so excited about the harvest.
Shiorin's out of breath over here.
I'm all right...
I know we have to get there... by the end of the day...
Shio-shio, don'tcha push yourself too hard, now. Not even to see your big sis.
You don't wanna get yourself even sicker.
Wanna take a breather?
I'm in!
Shiorin...
Nothing more comfy than a fluffy bed.
Excuse me! I'm not a bed!
But you're welcome to rest on me, Shiori.
It'll perk you right up.
Thank you.
Everyone loves you 'cause you're such a beauty, Rima-rima.
G-Gosh! I'm a beauty?!
Ptoo!
Maybe it's because I did up my bangs today?
Too... fast. You're walking too fast.
Don't... push yourself... too hard.
What?
It's like looking in a mirror.
Too fast...
Too fast. Too fast. Too fast.
I-I'm scared!
Darn it, stay away from us!
Fluffy Strike!
Fluffy Strike.
The same move?!
What a nice, peaceful village.
Yes.
Is it?
I grew up in the city, so it seems kinda boring to me.
Isn't there anything exciting... to...
What is that?
A girl is floating in the air!
Should you really sound so delighted by that?!
PriConne
She's still asleep.
Um...
Huh? How did I get here?
Are you all right?
You just fell from way up there.
What? Was I flying again?!
"Again"?
Oh, forget I said that!
I'm Hatsune!
I'm still a little sleepy, but I'm just a normal girl!
Hatsune? The member of Forestier?
We gotta get our timing down, Shio-shio!
Right, Mahiru!
Fork Slash!
Let's go!
Okay!
Double Hip Attack!
Nice one, Rin!
Same to you, Rima!
If we break through their vanguard, we've got 'em!
I'm... all right...
I'm all right...
They say the same things over and over, and their movements are clumsy.
I'm all right...
At this rate...
Looks like there's a fun event happening over here.
I guess my hunch wasn't too far off the mark.
Greetings, you cute little beasts.
I am Christina.
Now, stand up.
You can still dance, can't you?
Please don't disappoint me.
Oh, you're here for the harvest, too?
We look forward to working with you.
Same here!
It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun!
I'm so excited!
I'll get to see my sister for the first time in ages, too!
You have a sister?
Yeah! She's in Elizabeth Park.
She's been recovering from an illness,
but it seems like she's feeling a bit better!
What were those things?
She really loves books.
She's physically weak, but she gets so immersed
that she'll keep reading late into the night.
Hatsune...
I'm... all right...
We have to get there... by the end of the day...
I'm... all right...
I bought a new book for her, so I'm excited to give it to her!
I can't wait to see how she reacts!
Hatsune...
I'm... all... right...
Watch again next time!
Here comes the sesame miso! Crash!
Menu 7 A Light to Pierce the Darkness ~Like Two Sisters in a Pod~
Crash!