The hustle and bustle faded from the atmosphere. After the sun sank between the clouds, everyone went to rest, or tried to.
"I'm going to sleep here with Shizuko. Any objections?" Hana leaned against the young woman with long blonde locks. "Of course, except for you. No matter how much I struggle, you're going to sleep with me. It's part of the training, isn't it, Master Mary?"
"That's right." Mary looked at Shizuko, who looked embarrassed. "I would recommend sleeping in a spoon position; it will help your training even more!" Mary couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"I don't care!" She grabbed Hana by the waist and threw her on the bed. "The sooner you go, the sooner Mamoru will be back." Shizuko pushed Mary out of the room. "Good night, Master!"
"I hope you're just going to sleep, because tomorrow will be a busy day for you two! I'm officially opening the bar! Get ready to be the best waitresses ever! Of course, it's part of the training, so you won't be paid!"
After Mary's possible allusion to slavery, she went to every corner of the house, turning off the lights and checking to see if everything was okay. She stopped by the room near the bathroom where Amélia slept with her daughter and gave her goddaughter a kiss. She turned off the light and took the brandy from Amélia.
She opened the back door to retrieve some merchandise. She wouldn't sleep that night; excitement burned in her chest more than a bug bite. She rummaged through the boxes, removed the Echidna piece, mixed it, and mashed it into feed for her mares. As it was a move to a new house, slowly, taking advantage of each moment, she removed all the merchandise from the back room, and thus dawn broke.
—What exactly do we need to do?— While tying Hana's apron.
"Simple. Answer, clean, and serve." He opened the doors to the establishment. "It's easy, they'll catch on over time." He placed the sign on the grass.
"I'm curious about something." Hana walked over to Mary. "What's the name of this bar?" She bent down in front of the sign. "Ganymede? Where is that again?"
"The cupbearer of the gods. The human who served nectar to the gods. But my beloved serves something tastier than the gods' honey." Marengo arranged the chairs and tables behind Mary. "Speaking of which, Hana, can you come with me? Your hair isn't good enough to serve."
Marengo left for his salon. Even before Hana cursed the man, Shorty, Napoleon, Shizuko took his hand and followed Marengo.
— So, yesterday you didn't tell me what your life was like during these 5 years. You preferred to sleep on the bedroom floor rather than talk to me.
— The excuse. 5 years right, what did I want to do 5 years ago?
"Besides marrying me? I don't see anything of even the slightest importance compared to that." She paused. "Let's see, something you wanted five years ago was for your breasts to grow."
—Anything besides that? Something less... Druggy.
— your dream, besides that, was to meet up with the people from the orphanage where you lived.
— Was I close at that time?
— I don't remember, but I remember a really crazy story. We were at an anime festival and got into a huge fight. I think we arrived.
Shizuko suddenly blacked out for a few seconds. As Hana called out to her, she began to remember her friends from Apollo. Hana supported Shizuko while feeling a strange feeling in her chest, a smile appearing on her face.
The temperature in the house suddenly dropped, Marengo realized something was going on.
— So cold! What's going on here?
"The guests have arrived. As a result, your schedule has been adjusted. I apologize for the disturbance, miss. I must go to Mary's. Goodbye."
— Calm down! It can't be! It's like time has stopped! I miss you so much!
A woman with long black hair appeared accompanied by a young woman and a young man.
"Good, we're here before everyone else." Elizabeth sat in the chair across from Mary. "Could you get me a drink? We just hunted some echidnas."
— What audacity! What are you doing here?
— Your husband invited me to the inauguration. Did you forget that we're family, little sister?
"Oh, my God!" Mary threw a chair at Elizabeth. "You better get out of here!"
Before the chair even reached Elizabeth, it was charred in an instant.
— Sorry about the chair, but you were going to hit my mentor. You're sisters, so please don't fight, follow our example, okay, little brother!?
"That's it, everyone, stay calm. Everyone here is gathered to celebrate the inauguration. Even I, who don't drink, will spend my entire salary, and my sister will too!"
"See, sister? I'm bringing you the best possible customers for a grand opening. So, won't you serve us?"
— I'm not going to do that!— Mary held her breath and let it out— Shizuko and Hana come here! We have customers!
The sound echoed, so fast that it reached the girls' ears in an instant. The two recovered. Hana checked to see if Shizuko was okay and got up, starting to run.
— The mare is here. I don't know how I'm going to control myself around her!
— Are you talking about her? What happened in those 5 years?
Hana felt like she was being bitten by several insects, a unique tingling sensation, a good itch, as good as scratching her feet.
The day was in its middle, so the sun was setting, making it difficult to see what was ahead, only by clicking your heels would it be possible to glimpse what had entered that place.
Each one browsed the environment of their choice.
Hana focused on the tall woman with long black hair, her skin so pale from hiding in the shadows. She smiled as she met the person who was coming to help her.
Shizuko's vision was blurred, perhaps from the tears streaming down her face. Her eyes were on a young woman with short, blue-black hair, wearing a suit the same color as her own. Even so, the suit didn't hide her femininity; it was distributed throughout her body: her delicate face, instead of a beauty mark, had a piercing on each lip, and her eyes were emerald green. Her body seemed to form an S shape, its curves accentuated; her arms weren't thin, and her slightly broad shoulders served as a support for her headset. She burst out laughing when she realized it would fit her.
"Aren't you going to greet me? Little brat?" Elizabeth hugged Hana. "Where's that ugly kid, I mean, your brother? Are you going to say you completely took over his body? You make me proud."
"Cassandra and Heleno!" Shizuko walked over to them, hugging them. "Sorry I didn't care. We were attacked twice by echidnas."
— I know, Argos told me. So where's Mamoru? The last time you saw him, everything was going well, then out of nowhere you guys disappeared. Mamoru and I were about to binge-watch all the JoJo's for the second time.
"So, Hana's in control of the body until our Dual Memory is free of any interference. Actually, it's kind of good, so you don't put me in the corner." Shizuko hugged Cassandra tightly.
Cassandra smiled and kissed Shizuko's face while looking at Hana, she laughed and leaned her body closer to Shizuko's.
— Okay then! You serve me as Mamoru until his sister gets her beauty sleep, I think it will be quick, she's pretty ugly.
—Shizuko, who is this Tomboy? The bitch repeats what she said!