# 9 - The Returnee Seems Somehow Strange
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**[00:23] ---**
Hey! Stupid Haruaki! What's so funny?!
**[00:25] ---**
"Dance: Chiba Rinko" "Fear"
**[00:25] ---**
She seems pretty athletic,
so she should be fine with dancing, right?
**[00:28] ---**
Dummy! The one who made me do this...
**[00:32] ---**
is you! Stupid Haruaki!
**[00:41] ---**
What's wrong?
**[00:42] ---**
Right now, that girl is
moving so ridiculously...
**[00:46] ---**
Strange, isn't it? Even though
she moves incredibly in battle...
**[00:50] ---**
I kind of regret not
setting up a video camera.
**[01:00] ---**
Don't tell me that thing's here?!
**[01:03] ---**
With all its legs and sticky thread...
**[01:05] ---**
going up and down, tangling me up!
**[01:14] ---**
What is it?
**[01:16] ---**
Fear!
**[01:20] ---**
H-Haru...
**[01:23] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[01:25] ---**
I'm gonna put a curse on you!
**[01:27] ---**
The more you struggle,
the more tangled up you'll get.
**[01:29] ---**
Mode: Chaotic Tadamori!
**[01:34] ---**
What are you doing?
**[01:37] ---**
I caught a suspicious person,
so now I'm going to interrogate her.
**[01:42] ---**
You're the suspicious person!
**[01:44] ---**
I'm sorry to say that she's not a
suspicious person, but a new lodger here.
**[01:49] ---**
And anyway, there's something
you have to do first, isn't there?
**[01:53] ---**
That's true...
**[01:56] ---**
Haru, Kono-*san*, long time no see. I'm home.
**[02:00] ---**
Welcome back, Kuroe.
**[02:22] ---**
*The melody of the whispering breeze,
stealing away the heart of the rain shower*
**[02:34] ---**
*The clear azure sky
changes to a deep violet*
**[02:46] ---**
*The fleeting illusion
appears shining brightly*
**[02:52] ---**
*I ponder it, along with
the recollections I nestle*
**[02:59] ---**
*Memories piled like diamonds of light
act as guides on the path I followed here*
**[03:05] ---**
*A single sign is worth more
than countless words*
**[03:11] ---**
*The sound of footsteps as I start
running vanishes into eternity*
**[03:17] ---**
*I'll carve my spiral oath
with my own two hands*
**[03:34] ---**
"Chapter 9"
"The Returnee Seems Somehow Strange"
**[03:34] ---**
My name is Ningyouhara Kuroe.
**[03:37] ---**
I'm an incompetetent person,
**[03:39] ---**
but I hope you'll always think well of me.
**[03:41] ---**
That's the greeting you make
when you're married.
**[03:43] ---**
And there's one "et" too
many in "incompetent."
**[03:45] ---**
Oh, really?
**[03:46] ---**
Kuroe, huh? I seem to recall
hearing about you before...
**[03:51] ---**
As my name suggests, I'm a doll.
**[03:53] ---**
Incidentally, I chose my name myself,
based on the image
**[03:57] ---**
"as pretty as a picture."
**[03:59] ---**
If you do say so yourself, huh?
**[04:00] ---**
Well, anyway, Fear, introduce yourself.
**[04:04] ---**
I'm Fear. Fear Kubrick.
**[04:13] ---**
And...?
**[04:15] ---**
Hey, Haru, does she hate me?
**[04:19] ---**
How could you think I'd not hate you?
**[04:21] ---**
You suddenly attacked me!
**[04:23] ---**
If you're that mad about it, let's do this.
**[04:26] ---**
W-What do you have in mind?
**[04:29] ---**
By way of apology, you can do
whatever you want with my body.
**[04:37] ---**
Should I take off my clothes?
**[04:38] ---**
Leave 'em on!
**[04:41] ---**
H-Hey, Kuroe...
**[04:43] ---**
Um, until now, you've
been traveling, right?
**[04:47] ---**
Alone...
**[04:48] ---**
That's right.
**[04:50] ---**
Weren't you nervous, or... I mean,
don't you have to be in this house?
**[04:56] ---**
No, it's fine.
**[04:57] ---**
My curse has already been broken.
**[05:00] ---**
I-I thought that might be it!
**[05:02] ---**
Yes. I no longer leech the energy
from or kill my owner.
**[05:07] ---**
Really? Your curse has really been broken?
**[05:11] ---**
How many times have I
told you that's possible?
**[05:13] ---**
You're not telling me you didn't believe?
**[05:17] ---**
No, it's just... It finally feels
real to me... how can I explain it?
**[05:21] ---**
Well, you still retain the abilities
you've learned, right?
**[05:26] ---**
Convenient...
**[05:30] ---**
You're still the same person.
It's just the curse that vanishes.
**[05:34] ---**
Right.
**[05:35] ---**
By the way, Haru...
**[05:36] ---**
Are you injured?
**[05:38] ---**
Yeah.
**[05:39] ---**
I had a little run-in
with a knife recently...
**[05:41] ---**
Let me see.
**[05:43] ---**
Okay, if you would...
**[05:46] ---**
"Reverse"
**[05:47] ---**
Mode:
**[05:48] ---**
"Drive" Mode:
**[05:49] ---**
Satisfied.
**[05:50] ---**
"Heal"
**[05:51] ---**
Yorimori.
**[05:56] ---**
Oh! It glowed!
**[05:58] ---**
Reverse Drive Energy Bestowal
**[05:59] ---**
has the effect of greatly increasing
the body's healing power.
**[06:02] ---**
What were those weird magic words?
**[06:06] ---**
Cool, weren't they?
**[06:07] ---**
Doing it without saying anything is boring,
so I came up with them myself.
**[06:13] ---**
So, the reason I came home
**[06:16] ---**
is that I thought I'd better reopen
my shop soon... which means...
**[06:20] ---**
Which means...?
**[06:21] ---**
Which means I'm being targeted.
**[06:25] ---**
Good evening, Ningyouhara Kuroe-*san*.
**[06:29] ---**
Please call me Alice.
**[06:33] ---**
Hey, Kuroe! What is this?!
**[06:36] ---**
Who is she?!
**[06:37] ---**
Recently, some weird bunch
has been following me around...
**[06:40] ---**
We're called the Vivolio Families.
**[06:44] ---**
They're unfailingly polite,
**[06:47] ---**
and unfailingly try to kidnap me politely.
**[06:50] ---**
I would really rather not
resort to violence, but...
**[06:53] ---**
Wait! What are you after?!
**[06:56] ---**
Good question. The Families are
about the same as you people.
**[07:01] ---**
What?
**[07:03] ---**
Indeed. I just want to extend
Kuroe-*sama* an invitation.
**[07:08] ---**
I would like to dine together,
take tea and discuss something.
**[07:13] ---**
Just like what you're doing now...
**[07:18] ---**
W-What are you...?!
**[07:18] ---**
Configuration number 19, Gouging Spiral,
Human Body Perforation Machine!
**[07:23] ---**
Oh dear, oh my...
**[07:25] ---**
Come to think of it, I've heard of this.
**[07:28] ---**
This is a surprise. A stroke of good luck!
**[07:32] ---**
So, what shall we do?
**[07:34] ---**
What are you talking about?!
**[07:35] ---**
I understand. I'll give up
on Kuroe-*sama*, then.
**[07:40] ---**
Huh?
**[07:41] ---**
You sure changed your attitude fast!
**[07:43] ---**
Thank you.
**[07:43] ---**
I don't trust her!
**[07:45] ---**
Oh, no. I promise.
**[07:48] ---**
But in exchange...
**[07:49] ---**
Fear in Cube-*sama*...
**[07:51] ---**
Would you come to the Families?
**[07:55] ---**
Sorry, but pick somebody else!
**[07:59] ---**
I see... It seems that we have
a slight misunderstanding here.
**[08:03] ---**
I hope you'll allow me to leave for now.
**[08:06] ---**
I'll visit again soon to invite
the renowned Fear in Cube-*sama*.
**[08:11] ---**
Take care until then.
**[08:13] ---**
Never come back here!
**[08:15] ---**
I'm sorry for causing you trouble,
Haru, Kono-*san*, Fea-*chi*...
**[08:20] ---**
I-I don't care...
**[08:21] ---**
And wait a second!
That weird name refers to me?!
**[08:24] ---**
I demand you improve on it!
**[08:26] ---**
I'd be happy to.
But can you give me a hint?
**[08:29] ---**
Well, if you can make it more, like...
**[08:32] ---**
a name that conveys
the image of a noble, elegant,
**[08:36] ---**
graceful, beautiful woman...
Yeah, that's it...
**[08:38] ---**
Whose mouth did that come out of?!
**[08:40] ---**
Himura-*sensei*...
**[08:42] ---**
"Mathematics Office"
**[08:42] ---**
I've come to return
the key to the empty classroom.
**[08:46] ---**
Oh... Is today's work finished?
**[08:49] ---**
Yes.
**[08:50] ---**
But there's one thing
that I'd like you to tell me.
**[08:54] ---**
About this...
**[08:56] ---**
"Mathematics I"
**[08:58] ---**
I see. "Did you interfere with the escape
of Sovereignty Perfection Doll?"
**[09:05] ---**
This is a good question,
Researcher Ueno.
**[09:08] ---**
I don't need your admiration.
**[09:10] ---**
Just answer me.
**[09:13] ---**
Yes.
**[09:14] ---**
Although I just removed
the key to the trunk.
**[09:17] ---**
Why?!
**[09:18] ---**
Why?
**[09:21] ---**
The job of us researchers
is solely "to know."
**[09:25] ---**
You do understand that, don't you, partner?
**[09:28] ---**
As a member of the Research
Director Nation, you're an accomplice.
**[09:34] ---**
And that will never change.
**[09:36] ---**
I suggest you close your mouth
and take your hand away.
**[09:40] ---**
Otherwise, you'll die.
**[09:47] ---**
Did I go too far?
**[09:50] ---**
I'll spell something out.
Normal love is impossible for you.
**[09:53] ---**
That's right. Even the one
you're infatuated with
**[09:57] ---**
could never return your feelings!
**[10:03] ---**
Ludicrous...
**[10:06] ---**
Hey! How about getting it cut off?
**[10:08] ---**
No, er, um...
**[10:10] ---**
Excuse me!
**[10:12] ---**
You look like you wanna be cut, right?
**[10:15] ---**
--What? It won't hurt!
**[10:15] ---**
--Cut it out!
**[10:18] ---**
What was that for?! I'll put a curse on you!
**[10:20] ---**
You're not drumming up business,
you're chasing it away!
**[10:23] ---**
--Beauty Parlor Dannoura is opening tomorrow!
Please give us your support!
**[10:23] ---**
--If Kuroe's shop fails, it'll have
repercussions on our finances, too!
**[10:29] ---**
I don't get it.
**[10:30] ---**
What's wrong?
**[10:31] ---**
Why is Cow Udders more popular than me?
**[10:34] ---**
The way you were saying it, the person
doesn't know what will be cut off...
**[10:39] ---**
I don't mind handing out fliers,
**[10:39] ---**
"Ningyouhara Kuroe's Beauty Parlor Dannoura"
"Re-opening Soon!"
**[10:41] ---**
but will customers really come?
**[10:43] ---**
Kuroe has a reputation
as a fantastic hairdresser,
**[10:46] ---**
so she actually had plenty of customers.
**[10:48] ---**
Plenty?!
**[10:49] ---**
In other words, Kuroe's shop was
popular and helpful to people?
**[10:54] ---**
She has a special talent,
**[10:56] ---**
which may be why her curse
was broken so quickly.
**[10:59] ---**
Special talent...
**[11:04] ---**
You should do things at your own pace, too.
**[11:08] ---**
Even handing out fliers
is a big help to Kuroe and us.
**[11:14] ---**
You don't have to tell me
what I already know!
**[11:16] ---**
What?! I can hand out 100 or 200 fliers!
**[11:21] ---**
Kirika! Take one of these!
**[11:25] ---**
A hair salon, huh?
**[11:26] ---**
--That's right! If you like...
**[11:27] ---**
--If I'm in the mood, I'll go.
**[11:31] ---**
The President looks kind of down today...
**[11:35] ---**
Yeah...
**[11:38] ---**
I know!
**[11:45] ---**
President, the other day in homeroom,
you mentioned something.
**[11:49] ---**
About looking for advertisers
for the athletic festival pamphlet?
**[11:52] ---**
Oh. The deadline for that was last weekend.
**[11:56] ---**
But I heard there was
still space left over,
**[11:59] ---**
so you might be able to get something in.
**[12:02] ---**
Although I'd probably
have to beg everyone...
**[12:07] ---**
Please, President!
**[12:09] ---**
In exchange, um...
**[12:12] ---**
I know! I'll help you with your
work or something, President!
**[12:15] ---**
Let me do something for you!
**[12:30] ---**
Come to think of it, I'm looking for
an assistant for the executive committee...
**[12:36] ---**
Great!
**[12:37] ---**
Then please let me help that way!
**[12:39] ---**
Do we have a deal...?
**[12:45] ---**
Then I won't be able to keep
an eye on you as much as usual,
**[12:49] ---**
so don't do anything strange.
**[12:50] ---**
I-It's no trouble for me
if you're not around!
**[12:54] ---**
Do your best helping Kirika!
**[12:58] ---**
"Beauty Parlor Dannoura"
**[13:02] ---**
My dear shop, you haven't changed.
**[13:05] ---**
K-Kuroe-*chan*! You've come back?!
**[13:07] ---**
--Yaomichi-*san*, I'm home.
**[13:09] ---**
--Yo!
**[13:09] ---**
What?! Kuroe-*chan* is back?!
**[13:12] ---**
--I'm home, Uomasa-*san*.
**[13:13] ---**
--Yo!
**[13:14] ---**
I'm going to reopen my shop tomorrow,
so we'll be neighbors again.
**[13:20] ---**
Hey, Yaomichi, this is no time
to be lying down on the job!
**[13:25] ---**
You got that right! Our shopping district
idol, Kuroe-*chan*, is reopening her shop!
**[13:29] ---**
What would we be if we didn't
give her our support?
**[13:32] ---**
We'll do it!
**[13:33] ---**
"Athletic Festival"
**[13:39] ---**
Isn't that...
**[13:40] ---**
Fear-*kun* and Kana?
**[13:42] ---**
That's it! Right hand,
tap-tap, left hand, tap!
**[13:46] ---**
No, not like that!
Keep your legs where they are...
**[13:49] ---**
It lifts up by itself,
this stupid left leg!
**[13:53] ---**
Stupid left leg!
**[13:54] ---**
That reminds me:
you're athletic, President,
**[13:58] ---**
so why didn't you join the dance team?
**[14:00] ---**
You think I could've participated
like that in the festival?
**[14:03] ---**
They wear dance outfits, you know...
**[14:07] ---**
Sorry! I just... forgot, or...
**[14:10] ---**
Well, anyway, I apologize!
**[14:12] ---**
You forgot...?
**[14:17] ---**
Ludicrous.
**[14:19] ---**
Now come on! The class president
can't afford to slack off!
**[14:23] ---**
Hurry up, Yachi!
**[14:24] ---**
Right! But why are you cracking
the whip all of a sudden?
**[14:28] ---**
Thank you, Yachi.
**[14:31] ---**
Did you say something? President?!
**[14:33] ---**
No, nothing...
**[14:44] ---**
Stupid... You're not good
at handing out fliers or dancing!
**[14:49] ---**
Is it because I'm a tool?
**[14:53] ---**
No! Cow Udders can dance!
**[14:55] ---**
The only difference between us
is the amount of practice!
**[14:58] ---**
I've gotta do my best!
**[15:00] ---**
That's right! I can't
let Cow Udders beat me!
**[15:03] ---**
And as for the fliers: hand 'em out,
hand 'em out, hand 'em all out!
**[15:06] ---**
I don't know what I can do
to help after the shop opens,
**[15:09] ---**
but I've gotta do my best!
**[15:11] ---**
Just attract customers somehow,
and I'll be happy.
**[15:15] ---**
Wh-Wh-What?!
**[15:16] ---**
The best way to get better acquainted
is through "naked fellowship," right?
**[15:20] ---**
And this is perfect timing, so...
**[15:22] ---**
Ker-splash!
**[15:24] ---**
Th-This doll...
**[15:27] ---**
There isn't enough space! And it's creepy!
**[15:30] ---**
Nothing better than taking a bath...
**[15:32] ---**
Makes me... feel kind of sleepy...
**[15:34] ---**
You're gonna sleep?!
**[15:40] ---**
Her curse is broken, right?
**[15:44] ---**
I wonder if anything has changed
about her since then...
**[15:49] ---**
Stare...
**[15:58] ---**
Nothing especially, huh?
**[15:59] ---**
Oh, I know! I'll investigate
her most precious place!
**[16:07] ---**
Um... Let's see...
**[16:09] ---**
Did I leave my cell phone
in my pants pocket?
**[16:13] ---**
Hey, Fear!
**[16:15] ---**
I'm coming in for just a second!
**[16:19] ---**
Kuroe?
**[16:22] ---**
That feels good! Harder!
**[16:26] ---**
Like this?
**[16:28] ---**
Uh-huh. Keep going...
**[16:30] ---**
More over there... Rub it...
**[16:33] ---**
Like this?
**[16:34] ---**
Yeah. It feels even better
than when I do it...
**[16:39] ---**
I love your fingers, Fea-*chi*...
**[16:42] ---**
I don't think I can keep
this up much longer...
**[16:44] ---**
Then do it all at once...
**[16:49] ---**
S-Splashing?!
**[16:51] ---**
There really isn't anything
weirder than your moving hair!
**[16:54] ---**
Thank you for washing it.
**[17:02] ---**
W-W-W-What are you doing,
you shameless brat?!
**[17:05] ---**
I'll put a curse on you!
**[17:06] ---**
You should've said something and joined us!
**[17:09] ---**
N-No, that's not what I...
**[17:12] ---**
K-Kono... ha...
**[17:15] ---**
Th-There's a perfectly reasonable
explanation for this...
**[17:19] ---**
Family meeting!
**[17:21] ---**
"Congratulations"
**[17:22] ---**
"Beauty Parlor Dannoura" "Congratulations
on Reopening" "From the Shopping District"
**[17:22] ---**
This is my new bento! Everyone, try it!
**[17:26] ---**
Celebratory sea bream!
Where should I put it?
**[17:28] ---**
You can always use
more towels, right? Use this!
**[17:31] ---**
I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!
**[17:31] ---**
"Nakajima Appliance Shop"
**[17:34] ---**
Kuroe-*chan*!
**[17:36] ---**
Nakajima-*san*, long time no see.
**[17:39] ---**
What a goof for the president
of the Kuroe-*chan* Fan Club!
**[17:42] ---**
Oh, this is a bunch of batteries
to celebrate the grand reopening!
***SIGN*** "Nakajima Appliance Shop"
**[17:45] ---**
Oh! That's right!
**[17:51] ---**
Okay! Now my security camera is aimed
***SIGN*** "Nakajima Appliance Shop"
**[17:54] ---**
at your shop for 24 hours a day, Kuroe-*chan*!
**[17:56] ---**
Thank you!
**[17:58] ---**
"Beauty Parlor Dannoura"
**[18:00] ---**
Okay, we're here!
**[18:10] ---**
Please accept these on behalf of
the president to celebrate your reopening.
**[18:14] ---**
How did the president know about this?
**[18:17] ---**
I called him!
**[18:19] ---**
You sure get around!
How about you, Shiraho?
**[18:21] ---**
I'm just tagging along.
**[18:23] ---**
Yeesh. All that man does
is irritate people.
**[18:28] ---**
Um, nice to meet you.
**[18:30] ---**
I'm Sovereignty, the school president's
apprentice assistant secretary.
**[18:35] ---**
I'm Ningyouhara Kuroe.
**[18:48] ---**
We're the same!
**[18:50] ---**
There's one more thing I've come to deliver.
Apparently, it will help bring in customers.
**[18:55] ---**
Th-Thank you.
**[19:01] ---**
What is he thinking?!
**[19:04] ---**
I forgot. I brought personal
aid supplies as well.
**[19:04] ---**
"Cosplay"
**[19:08] ---**
Oh...
**[19:09] ---**
So, let's get it on right away!
**[19:11] ---**
Um...
**[19:12] ---**
--Wait, Zenon! If she puts
on Sovereignty's...
**[19:14] ---**
--Understood! You come here too, Fear-*sama*!
**[19:24] ---**
Well?
**[19:25] ---**
A maid isn't cocky like that.
**[19:28] ---**
Uh oh, my chest...
**[19:31] ---**
I can't button it...
**[19:32] ---**
Hey! Konoha! That's a bit much...
**[19:35] ---**
I-I know, right?
**[19:39] ---**
Why does she get a bigger reaction?!
**[19:42] ---**
Then let's do this!
**[19:45] ---**
Um, this isn't strange?
**[19:50] ---**
Uh, well, it's not at all, um...
**[19:54] ---**
I think it looks really good on you...
**[19:57] ---**
I'm not gonna let Cow Udders'
costume show me up!
**[20:02] ---**
If Konoha-*sama*'s theme is
an overflow of excessive beauty,
**[20:05] ---**
then perhaps Fear-*sama* represents
an unbalanced balance.
**[20:09] ---**
Both of you are cute!
**[20:11] ---**
We're all going to compete
handing out fliers like this, right?
**[20:14] ---**
Um...
**[20:15] ---**
What?! A competition?
**[20:17] ---**
In that case, there's no way I'll lose!
**[20:20] ---**
Ready...
**[20:24] ---**
Is the shop open? Or am I too early?
**[20:26] ---**
You're fine.
**[20:27] ---**
Welcome.
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"Beauty Parlor Dannoura"
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Shiraho! Shiraho! I handed out
a lot of fliers! It was a lot of fun!
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Good for you.
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And now...
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That's enough, isn't it? Let's go.
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--But... just a little longer...
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--The secretary herself
already went home, right?
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--You've been here plenty long.
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Do you have a plan or something?
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A date! And if you interfere,
I'll kill you, human.
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See you later...
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Tell Kuroe-*chan* I said goodbye!
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Jeez. You aren't scared
of anything, are you?
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Scared of what?
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Don't tell me, Fear...!
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Your b-bo...
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Oh, my. Business is booming, isn't it?
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Finished.
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Well, well. Did I fall asleep?
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Pardon me. It just felt so good,
having someone cut my hair after so long.
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You did a great job. Just what
I expected from you, Kuroe-*sama*.
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Well, thank you.
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Haru, please take care
of her at the register.
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You can keep the change.
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Think of it as my congratulatory
gift for the store opening.
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Oh, I can't keep all this...
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Oh, really? Then I'll keep it.
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I just remembered...
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I don't want anyone getting the
wrong idea, so I'll just say one thing.
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I'm the culprit.
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*Flowers bloom again clad
in colors announcing the season*
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*Nestling close to you like that*
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*I hope I can become happy little by little*
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*Can I fall more and more in love with you?*
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*You are always in my heart*
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*When our feelings come together,
we change the future*
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*Even the idea that loneliness
makes the heart grow fonder*
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*If it's the two of us, the two of us*
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*Then I can surely believe it*
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"Chapter 10" "The Sadist
is Nowhere to be Found"
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Chapter Ten:
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"The Sadist is Nowhere to be Found."
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If you don't watch it,
I'll put a curse on you!