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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Bonus Book 2 Story A.1

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“TRANSLATOR:TheNix/EDITOR TheNix”

The Things that Hoshino D’ark works hard on for his master.

1

Hello everyone. My name is Hoshino D’ark. I am an attendant of a natural disaster.

「You are the culprit! 」, says the girl pointing her finger at the full-length mirror in front of her. Her name is Tensai Ikkyu. She is my master and aims to become a great detective.

Right now we are living in room 203 of the Happiness Dorm. The reason we moved here is because Tensai’s rival, a boy, lives next door in room 202. According to Tensai, 「This situation is like something great detective would do, 」 but I don’t know.

Tensai, who aspires to become a great detective, is always devoted to researching how she can act like a cool great detective. That’s why right now she is developing a “great detective-like pose for revealing the culprit”.

「Hmmm, this doesn’t feel right」, Tensai, who was glaring at the full length mirror muttered sullenly.

「What’s wrong Tensai? 」

「I’ve been thinking about a new signature pose for some time now, but I just can’t seem to get it right. 」 She takes various poses while saying this, but the unsatisfied look on her face doesn’t change.

It seemed that her train of thought had gotten stuck. I thought she could use a break so I suggested one with a smile.

「Why don’t you drink some tea to help change your mood? 」

「…Hmm, that sounds good. 」

After hearing Tensai’s answer I immediately start preparing tea. I start boiling some water and remove her favorite tea set from the shelf. It’s strange, when I’m preparing tea for Tensai like this I naturally want to start to hum.

「It’s almost done, Tensai. 」

I pour the fragrant Darjeeling tea into the cup in front of Tensai, who is quietly sitting at the table.

「Hmmm. Good job. 」

And then Tensai, as she usually does, drops sugar cubes into her tea without mercy. After taking a sip of the sugary black tea, I reach out to the cookies on the plate that I brought out with the tea. Sweet tea and delicious cookies eased the disgruntled expression that Tensai had.

「That’s right D’ark. Got any cool poses to suggest for me? 」, Tensai suddenly asked me as she was stuffing her cheeks with cookies.

「Wha, I can decide for you? 」

「What’s wrong with using you as a reference? 」

So I imagined Tensai doing various poses in my head. 「Hue hue hue」 Poses that make her look tough, yet so adorable. Poses where she is pouting but you can’t find it in your heart to hate her. Etc… I see Tensai doing poses, one after another. All of them are very cute.

「Hue hue hueeee」

「…Um D’ark. Let me tell you right now, I’m not going to be making cute poses. 」

The cookie that Tensai was holding split in two as she stared at me.

「Geh. That’s not what I’m thinking at all! Yeah! Not even a little bit! 」

I excuse myself in a hurry. That was dangerous. Tensai wants to be a cool detective, so she hates being cute. (Even though she is so cute)

「Well, I guess asking D’ark to think up cool poses for me is impossible. 」

「No, that’s not true! Even I can think of a cool pose or two for Tensai! 」

Hearing my rebuttal, Tensai grinned.

「Hmmm interesting. Let’s play a game then. 」

「A..game? 」

「Yeah. Who can come up with the coolest pose, you or I? Well, you could probably only come up with the type of poses you like best though. 」

「That’s not true! Even I can do it! 」

「Fine then. After a week, we’ll show each other the cool poses we came up with? 」

「U..uh yeah. Fine! 」 I come back at her stubbornly.

This is how the ‘cool’ pose-down between Tensai and myself was started.

2

Well, I’m in trouble. Although I acted tough earlier, I’m not very good at doing this kind of thing. I don’t really know what a cool pose is in the first place. After thinking about what to do, I came up with a clever idea. The idea was “The Dance Club”, one of the many clubs in our high school. It is a club of 5 female students, and seems to be getting top results in various dance competitions. Everyone was beautiful and more than that, there was a cool atmosphere to them.

「Do you want to join our club? 」

「Would it be possible for me to just practice with you for a week? 」

When I bowed my head and asked, the ponytailed female director gave me a sullen expression.

「Just for a week? If you are just here to play, then go back home. We take this seriously. 」

「T..that’s now what I mean! 」

「Then what do you mean? 」

「There is a battle that I must win no matter what, but I’m not really good at this kind of thing. That’s why I want to study and practice with all of you. Please! 」

I look the female director in the eyes with a look of determination on my face.

「Well aren’t you persistent? 」

Another member of the club who was with the director grabbed my hand.

「Right on. 」

「Director! 」

「OK. However I will not go easy on you just because you are an amateur! 」

「Is that ok Director? 」

「OK. I like that look in her eyes. 」

It seems like the director has allowed me to join this all-female group. I’m ecstatic. Well, I’m male though…

After school I practiced dancing with the club president. Practice was so hard that I had trouble keeping up. So in order to try to catch up, I would secretly slip out of my room and practice by myself in the park at night after Tensai fell asleep. Even early in the morning, before Tensai would wake up, I would sneak out of my room and practice desperately. I would say that I have something I need to do during my lunch break and secretly practice behind the gym.

The directors would give me a lot of advice.

「Be aware of being seen. 」 「Let me know exactly how you are feeling now. 」 「Distinguish between motion and stillness. 」 「Don’t let the dance make you, you make the dance. 」 「Yes, strike a pose and show me your stand. 」

Such passionate instruction. But the last part was a little unclear.

I practiced hard. However I also had the daily job of taking care of Tensai as her attendant. That’s why I practiced desperately by making free time, or cutting back on my sleep. What I’m saying is that I’m sleep deprived.

Compared to me my opponent, Tensai, is taking it easy. While I put up with my drowsiness and prepare dinner, she is watching TV and laughing. 「Nyahahaha. 」

「Tensai, did you come up with a cool pose? 」

「Hmmm, don’t worry about it. There’s no way the pose I thought of could lose to something D’ark thought of. 」

Even though dinner hasn’t been served yet, Tensai is drinking coffee milk and looking relaxed. Maybe it was because of the lack of sleep but I felt somewhat irritated by that. I will NOT lose!

After that I trained even harder. After awhile the director who spoke so harshly of me started to give me some respect.

「Not bad, D’ark. 」「You’re movement is really good now. 」「No way, you can already do that…」「D’ark is a scary kid. 」「This kid could possibly aim to be the best in the world. 」

I know they are joking, but this compliments still seem a bit over the top. But I’m very happy to hear it. In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

「Thank you very much for your help. 」

I bow to the directors who helped me.

「D’ark. Please think about it again. Stay in the club with us…」

The club members, including the directors surrounded me and tried to stop me. It was a beautiful sight, although it was after practice so everyone’s shirt was soaked with sweat. Seeing it I was a bit fidgety.

Anyways, I’m grateful for the offer but I shake my head.

「I’m glad you said all of that, but there’s something I need to do. 」

Hearing my determination, the director gave me a gentle smile and said, “I understand. 」

「Go do what you got to do. 」

「Thank you. 」

「OK everyone. We are going to throw a going away party for D’ark. 」

「That’s great director! 」

All the club members are happy and are showing big smiles.

「Now let’s go wash our sweat off in the showers. 」

I couldn’t help but have a surprised reaction to what the female director just said.

「Eh, I’ll wait outside then. 」

「You’re welcome to join us. You usually go home right away, so join us this time since it’s your last day. 」

「No, um, er. I’d be embarrassed, or rather, there are various problems with that…」

「What? You’re a woman so there’s nothing to worry about. 」

「No, that’s…」

「This is getting frustrating. Look everyone, let’s drag D’ark in with us. 」

At this signal everyone surrounds me. Ah, I can’t let myself get caught!

「Wait! 」

And like that I was dragged to the girls’ shower room. What happened after that…. I’ll leave that up to your imagination. (pop)

3

On the day of the fateful confrontation, I was able to fully show off my special training in front of Tensai.

「You are the culprit! 」

Dududududuuuuun!

My vividly cool pose has been revealed. Tensai looked relaxed, but after seeing my pose her expression froze. She made an audible gulping sound.

「Well, I didn’t expect you to have something like this prepared…」

「What was that Tensai? 」

「N…Nothing! H..Hmph! That’s not bad eh?! But you still got a long ways to go! 」

「I see. Then let me see Tensai’s pose. 」

「O..Okay then. 」

Tensai looks like she’s swimming somewhere then she snaps into a pose.

「You’re the culprit! 」

Ta-dah.

Tensai points at the pretend culprit. However she didn’t prepare enough. Well it was a pose, but the briliance of the pose was weak.

「…Heh. 」

「Hey, D’ark! You just laughed out loud! 」

「No, that’s not what that was but… hehe. 」

「H..Hey you! That’s a surprisingly bad attidue you have D’ark. 」

‘Grrr’ says the outraged Tensai. It’s rude to have a bad attitude. Unlike Tensai I did my best, I didn’t even have time to sleep. So my attitude is natural.

「So, Tensai. How do you decide who wins and who loses? 」

「Well, if you look at it it’s obious that I’m the one…」

Tensai averts her eyes from me as she mutters. It seems like she is not going to admit her defeat. I smile and suggest: 「Then let’s have various people watch and judge which is best. 」

「Fufufu, OK then. 」

So after school we decided to go to our acquaintances and ask them to compare the poses we came up with.

Results of examination of the class representative

「Um, I like D’ark-san’s more. 」

I smiled at the glasses-wearing judge who was also smiling.

「Thank you Yumeji-san」

Tenasai on the other hand pouted her lips and mumbled, 「Well, Yumeji-dono is on good terms with D’ark. 」

Results of examination of the deputy manager of club activities

「D’ark’s is cooler. Chibi’s pose is a bit different, isn’t it? Look, here’s how it’s done…」

The judge, who was very earnest, went behind Tensai and started teaching poses.

「S..stop it Ibaru-dono! 」

「Ok but just give it a try.”

Actually the deputy manager who is very good at taking care of juniors (however has no mercy for girls who come to a certain glasses manager) and Tensai begins tog et shy and flustered.

「Wow, this is my pose! 」

「Hey you. Wait a minute Chibi」

Tensai’s face turns bright red and she runs away.

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