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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 3 Chapter 2.1

“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

Chapter two: A peculiar guest 

  Out of nowhere a man named Ikusaba Hiiyo appeared on the balcony. He said he had brought one of Nanana’s collection.He held an old bell that seemed like it would give a nice chime. 

  ((Nanana’s collection)), treasures having various supernatural abilities that Nanana-chan stol….. collected from around the world when she was alive. Most of them are lost now and are hidden here and there on Nanae Island. I’m hunting them to help me find the culprits that murdered Nanana-chan. Yukihime-neesan’s faction  ((Festival)) and  president Yuiga of the Adventure club are also trying to hunt the collection, driven by their own motives. I expected that others were after the collection on this island but I hadn’t foreseen an encounter such as this.

  ｢Excuse me but you can come inside, if you are comfortable with that.｣

  No matter what the reason, he is a guest who came here to Nanana-chan’s place. I can’t treat him poorly. I told him to come in but he shook his head.

  ｢No need to be so formal, I don’t intend on coming in.I’ll leave after having a chat so no worries.｣

  He smiled to put me at ease and refused to enter the house. It seemed as if he didn’t want to step in. He lifted up his palm to show the bell but that was all, it didn’t seem like he was going to give it to Nanana-chan and neither did he intend on putting his hand inside the room. 

  Nanana-chan stood in front of the open window and stared at the bell in Ikusaba-san’s palm. 

  ｢This is the ((Rain bell)).｣

  ｢What kind of ability does it have?｣

  ｢The formal name for it is ((The bell of the heavenly rai)) , you can summon rain clouds with it when you ring it while praying.｣

  It might sound like an absurd and insane conversation from a third person’s perspective but all of what she said is true and the bell must really have that ability.

  ｢Any risks of using it?｣

  ｢Hmmm, the amount of rainfall depends on the person’s desire so if the desire is weak then the rain will stop in a few minutes and if you use it in the same place again and again then it will cease to work. That’s all I can think of. Originally it was located in…..｣ 

  ｢Ah, no need for an unnecessary explanation. I just wanted to know if it is of some use or not.｣

  Said Ikusaba-san while interrupting Nanana-chan. She gave a disappointed sigh.

  ｢Nevertheless this seems useless, it’s just a piece of trash.｣ 

  After saying those mean words he put the bell in his pocket in an offhand manner. 

  ｢…..｣ 

  It was then that I realized, Nanana-chan’s clenched fists were shaking. 

  Bam Bam Bam 

  I looked back to see what was making that sudden loud noise. 

  ｢What is it this time?｣ 

  It seems like the noise was coming from the entrance, someone is violently knocking on the door.

  ｢Jyuugo, open it up! I forgot to bring the master key!｣ 

  I remember hearing that voice, it belongs to the landlady and the caretaker of this Happiness Manor, Maboro Shiki-san. 

  ｢Seems like the time is up.｣ 

  I heard Ikusaba-san muttering and looked back at the window again and squinted my eyes. 

  ｢Huh?｣ 

  There was no sign of Ikusaba-san even though I had only looked away for a moment. I looked out of the window but he was nowhere to be seen. 

  Creek Bang!

  The loud noise came again from the entrance and I had to look back again, this time I froze as my jaw dropped. The door had fallen into the kitchen and I could see Shiki-an standing there with a karate stance where the door was at. 

  I was baffled at the landlady who had broken the door with a kick. She came in abruptly, walking on the broken door, and stared at me. 

  ｢Ikusaba was here wasn’t he?｣ 

  I got intimidated by her pressure and answered, ｢Yea…yes.｣ 

  ｢Where is he now?｣ 

  ｢He’s just left.｣ 

  Nanana-chan replied pointing outside the window. Shiki-san came out on the balcony from the window and looked around. She could’t find anything and angrily clicked her tongue. 

  ｢Tch, he got away!｣ 

  Watching her becoming so angry I was confused. It was my first time seeing her this angry. 

  ｢Nanana, is everything fine?｣ 

  ｢Yeah? What do you mean?｣ 

  Shiki-san looked at Nanana-chan worriedly and Nanana-chan gave the usual smile. 

  ｢Give me a call next time he shows up.｣ 

  ｢Are you still angry?｣ 

  ｢Of course I am! He ran away without paying the rent!｣ 

  Shiki-san howled like a monster in a special effects movie. So this is why she was so angry. 

  That Ikusaba-san is quite the daredevil. 

  She stomped her feet in frustration and then looked at the kitchen. 

  ｢Haah, the door broke because Jyuugo didn’t open it up quickly.｣ 

  ｢No, wait. It was you who kicked it.｣ 

  Wait a minute, is a door something that can be broken this easily?

  ｢You’ll pay the reparations for it, Jyuugo.｣ 

  ｢What? Who!? Me!?｣ 

  ｢I did tell you before renting the room didn’t I? That you need to pay for the furniture you break.｣ 

  ｢No, no, you are the culprit here!You are putting a false charges on me!｣ 

  At my desperate plea, the landlady muttered, ｢Alright.｣ She sighed and scratched her head. 

  ｢I’ll do something about it later so keep it like this for a while.｣ 

  Her attitude seemed like she wasn’t going to do anything about the door and the landlady who had broken it left as if nothing had happened. 

  ｢Hey, Jyuugo. Can you buy me a pudding?｣ 

  Nanana-chan requested as soon as Shiki-san had left. 

  ｢At this hour?｣ 

  ｢Yeah and if it’s possible buy a good one.｣ 

  She said please and laughed. It was her usual smile but because of the incident before it seemed like she was faking it and was forcing herself. 

  ｢Alright, I’ll be away for a bit then.｣ 

  I accepted her request without complaining and it seemed like a good deal for me too since I don’t know how to interact with her after all that. I put the door up on the entrance and left room number 202, after taking a few steps I found Shiki-san searching for something.

  ｢What are you doing?｣  

  ｢I feel uneasy.｣ 

  Seems like she is searching for Ikusaba-san. 

  ｢What about you Jyuugo? What are you doing this late?｣ 

  ｢Nanana-chan told me to buy her a pudding.｣ 

  ｢I see.｣ She replied as if she had grasped something. 

  ｢If that’s the case then I’ll tag along.｣ 

  We set off on the night’s journey to the convenient store, I looked at Shiki-san and it seemed like she was in a bad mood. The atmosphere isn’t pleasant at all. Being all quiet seems awkward so I started conversation with a topic. 

  ｢Was Ikusaba-san a former resident of the happiness manor?｣ 

  ｢Yeah, he was.｣ 

  ｢And he didn’t pay the rent?｣ 

  ｢Yeah.｣ 

  Shiki-san was looking all over, it didn’t seem like she was paying attention to what I was saying. Maybe I chose a wrong topic. I thought I should start a new topic but I decided not to since Shiki-san didn’t seem interested and I had things to think about. We reached the store without talking and we went to the usual sweets corner. I ignored the usual pudding, the one that’s 3 packs with 100 yen and reached my hand towards pudding of the highest quality. The 《Carefully selected first-grade pudding》. The price is 300 yen per pack, that’s expensive! I wonder how they select it for the price to become this high. I paid the money, left the store, and saw Shiki-san who had bought what she wanted (enough beer cans to fill up both the arms), and she started drinking them right away. She finished drinking from the long can with ease. She crushed it with her hand and threw it into the bin. She took out a new can from the plastic bag after that and started drinking. 

  ｢Excuse me, Shiki-san. But aren’t you drinking too much?｣

  ｢Good kids shouldn’t try this.｣

  ｢Good kids are under age so they can’t drink.｣

  ｢Don’t have adult friends either❤︎｣

  ｢Who are you telling that to?｣

  She finished that can right away and then stopped chugging the beer. She stopped chugging, but she kept drinking bit by bit while we were headed towards the manor. 

  ｢Hey, Jyuugo. Is there something you want to ask?｣

  ｢…..No, nothing in particular.｣

  It’s a bit hard to ask when you say things like that abruptly, I do have something to ask but I wouldn’t ask it anyway. It’s just me being mean.