Track 5

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Oh, Nagi-kun! Good work today. Are you done with the laundry?

It’s in the dryer now. Good work with serving the rice porridge too.

Where’s Nari? Wasn’t he helping Gii earlier?

Kinari just went back to his room. Seems like he’s going to take a short nap.

Toi-kun and Akuta-kun should be back soon too…

I hope that everything goes smoothly and everyone recovers.

Operation Cure HAMA House is complete for now. We did everything we could.

Cooome to think of it, we were supposed to have a movie night today, no? I was really looking forward to ‘Operation Spirits’...

Yeah… I remembered something like that earlier, so I subconsciously ended up calling our operation something similar.

This is…?

Did Gii draw this??

Yeah. It can’t compete with a blockbuster film, but it should at least give you about three grams worth of spirit content.

So this is a spirit~? Kinda stubby.

…That’s probably because of my drawing skills.

This is Amabie-san. I heard about this spirit on the radio recently. Apparently, it’s said to ward off epidemics.

It’s a half-man half-fish spirit. There’s a legend where the spirit says, “If an epidemic spreads, show a picture of me at once.” After that, it made a really cool exit.

Hoh–?

Huh… So there are spirits that bring ‘good things’ to people too.

‘Spirits’ are just a label humans made up anyway. They might actually be some other kind of existence.

HAMA House is clearly in a state of emergency right now.

Spirits, fairies, gods… It doesn’t matter. If there’s any chance of blessing, I think it’s worth praying.

Amabie-sama… Please let everyone at HAMA House get better soon, so we can return to our days of giving hospitality.

(Yeah, I’ll pray too.)

Mmm. By the way, where’s Waru¹ and Toy²?

Maybe they haven’t finished giving out the supplies yet. Then I’ll go help–

Stop, Chief. I rested a little earlier, so I'll go check on them. You two should get some rest.

Yep, looks good! Just need to fasten this last part…

I-It’s doneeeee~~~!! The Shimenawa has revived…!

Alright! Then I’ll just run and put it back real quick—

I won’t let you do that.

Eeeeehh~...!

It’s cold outside, and it’ll be really bad if your cold gets any worse…

But!!! —Aa–

ACHOOOO!!!

…Sniff.

Here, use this to blow your nose.

Mmugh…Thanks, Toi-san.

Thank you for helping me this far. I’ll take it from here–

…Wait…cough.

Boss!

A-Anisama? You’re not supposed to be up yet!

That thing is connected to a spirit, isn’t it.

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You think I can just stay quiet and watch when you might end up in danger…!?

I don’t want you getting involved with something like that when you’re not doing well yourself. If ya push yourself and use your power right now…who knows what’ll happen! Especially if you rely on ‘them³’...!

(Wait. Is Toi-san not feeling well too?)

B-But…

Don’t you think of going by yourself, Toi. If someone’s going to be sacrificed, take Hachinoya or whatever.

Yeah, I think that’s a good idea.

Nagi-kun…!

Sorry… I heard everything.

It’s going to get dark soon, and I can’t agree with you going off somewhere alone either, especially if you’re not feeling well.

E-Exactly–!

Wait, you’re not feeling well either?? Why didn’t ya say anything!? You’re always worrying about me and everyone else…

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Seriously…reckless as always…cough, cough…!

Anisama…

…You understand, right, Toi?

…….Yeah, I got it.

I’ll behave. So don’t worry anymore.

…Yeah.

There’s no more water in your cup, Anisama. I’ll go get some from the kitchen.

Hah–....

I hope you’re feeling better, Ryui. This is just a small get-well gift. I’ll leave it by your pillow.

Hah…?

I’ll give one to Akuta too. It might chase away the virus, so bring it with you if you like.

Huh, it’s Amabie! The one that shows up in ‘Operation Spirits’...!

It might seem childish, but this is all I could think of right now to help.

Nagi-san…

…Well, guess it might help as a temporary peace of mind.

I just want to make sure I don’t regret not doing everything I could.

‘s that so. ….Cough, hack, cough!

Ryui!

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(Nagi-san is doing everything he can too. This whole nursing-everyone-back-to-health operation was his idea in the first place.)

(So what did I do? Is there anything I can do?)

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Okay, looks like he settled down now. Let’s head back downstairs, Akuta. The others are waiting…

Nagi-san! I’ve got a favor to ask–