Chapter 373: Tacit Consen (1/2)
The fan club of Mio was quite different from Tomoe’s.
As expected of Mio’s fan club, or more like, it is natural since it is Mio’s…the food factor is strong in this one!
What’s apparently the biggest faction currently, the Mio-sama Fan Club, is composed mostly of cooks, and their culinary pursuit is a big objective of theirs.
There were no gophers in the Tomoe Family, but it looks like the expensive ingredients and rare ingredients are serving the purpose of eliminating the worries of a difference in standings between members.
For good or for bad, it is chaotic.
And the Mio-chan Fan Club that is competing with that top is more of a normal idol fan club…I would say it is more of a normal idol fan club than the former. Rather than food, they clearly worship Mio herself more…no, they are dead drunk. Hmmm…despite being maniacs, it is a gathering of people that show admiration.
In terms of a fan club, I would say the latter one fits the fan club bill more -that’s my impression.
The interesting part is that reservation tickets of the establishment that Mio has made at the store of the Kuzunoha Company are extremely popular in both fan clubs.
It is a bit different from reservation tickets, but since there’s the chance, I gave a number of invitation tickets to them through Lime.
Both had conceived deep fan layers, but they were mostly harmless, so this was in a sense a way of telling them that we will be watching over them for now.
It seems like Lime understood well what I meant and was talking about connivance and stuff. He really likes using words Tomoe would use.
“Anyways, they are really passionate.” (Makoto)
My impression of them leaked out while I was skimming through the book ‘Mio Stands’ that had the compiled food stands that Mio has eaten at, and her evaluations of them.
She wasn’t interviewed about it, and of course she didn’t supervise the making of it.
This was pure steady work in gathering information about the impressions Mio had of the things she had eaten at the food stands, making articles about it, and compiling them.
It is fun to see the difference between the explanation of the stand owner and Mio’s impressions, but you could say this is borderline the journal of a stalker.
Mio is the type that has sharp instincts.
But at the times when she is concentrating on food…it wouldn’t be strange for her to not notice a stalker who is also interested in food as well.
Because they have no intention of bringing harm, have no animosity, or ill intentions after all.
On top of that, they are tasting the food -she herself had an eye on- with serious expressions.
Yeah, it is no surprise she would ignore them.
“Right now, when talking about gourmets in Tsige, the name of Mio-neesan would show up no doubt. Rather than having an idol-like popularity…it might be more accurate to describe it as her being popular as an information source.” (Lime)
“Mio, huh. Ah, I have been brought to this place before. Haha, it is evaluated highly.” (Makoto)
“…Reality is that the places that Boss would be happy with or would most likely say it is tasty have high evaluations.” (Lime)
“In other words, if I were to look at this, I would be able to tell which places I would like. I should have bought at restaurants as well instead of just going for food stands, huh.” (Makoto)
“In my personal opinion, I would like you to go out with Mio-neesan more often. On the day she learns that you rely on such a book instead of her, my hair will turn all white, you know…” (Lime)
“Hahaha, I will be careful of that. I will try to keep it as only a time waster when I am bored.” (Makoto)
White hair, huh.
I feel like that would look good on Lime.
But I think Lime wouldn’t be spared with just that much…
“At any rate, with this, the weight in my shoulders has lessened. Getting consent is a grateful thing.” (Lime)
“Trying to stop them just for liking something would be a bit… There’s no real harm, and I think most of them are regular customers of the Kuzunoha Company.” (Makoto)
“Of course-ssu yo. Most of them are the type that first try to get it at the Kuzunoha Company before going to other places-ssu.” (Lime)
“I am grateful to hear that.” (Makoto)
Quality and price are of course important, but having a lot of customers who are going to the Kuzunoha Company solely because it is the Kuzunoha Company is a grateful thing.
Even if the trigger was Tomoe and Mio, it isn’t something to worry about.
I say that, but making merchandise of Tomoe and Mio and selling them is a no though.
“…Uhm…Boss…” (Lime)
Early afternoon after we finished checking the top fan club of Tomoe and the two biggest fan clubs of Mio, Lime and I went into a random cafe.
It is a cafe, but it is the pure kind that has a calm atmosphere.
We were talking about the results of the inspection as we had cold coffee.
The conclusion is that as long as Lime and the others can properly keep and eye on them, it is okay to overlook them.
There were peculiar stuff like the Mio★Stands of before within the varied goods, but they were mostly peaceful stuff.
After feeling like I finished a field trip of deep society, Lime spoke to me with a serious tone.
“? Is something the matter?” (Makoto)
“…”
In this unrelaxing space of time, Lime was silent as if finding it hard to speak.
But he is the one who wants to say something, so I can only wait.
“…”
“Actually, I have a request-ssu.” (Lime)
“Yes?” (Makoto)
“About the rumors of the Kuzunoha Company that the Dusk Street was involved in…” (Lime)
“…Ah, there was that. The one where the reasoning was all over the place, yet the answer was miraculously correct?” (Makoto)
One of the schemes to tie us up with the Anti-Goddess Cult in order to divide the Tsige.
In the end, rather than saying the instigator was the Aion Kingdom, it was more the Apostle of the Goddess, Alte, who they were siding with.
She did seem like the type that specialized more in scheming than in direct combat.
If she had the proper subordinates, I feel like it would have become an even more problematic situation.
Fortunately, it was simply warriors and mages with special traits, so we managed to deal with it.
You could say it is a rare instance of luck for me.
The rumors have already turned into stuff that you would go ‘there was that, right. So stupid’, so there’s no problems.
“We had a variety of people move in that matter. Comrades, adventurers, former adventurers, and also…” (Lime)
“Yeah, we were helped out a lot by your connections.” (Makoto)
Lime, who had worked far and wide as an adventurer having come from Tsige, was truly moving here and there in a dizzying fashion, and showed great work at that time.
“T-The Weitz Orphanage also helped out from the big to the small as small as it may have been!” (Lime)
“Y-Yeah…” (Makoto)
There’s no need to state it so powerfully as if you had resolved yourself.
I have received the reports of the Weitz Orphanage employees and orphans moving around the city, and I also know it has connected to results.
“…I know that you have your thoughts regarding hyumans as a whole.” (Lime)
Lime took a deep breath, lowered his volume, and spoke in a calm tone.
His face had gotten so serious that it is hard to believe that this came after a talk about fan clubs.
They talk about this every now and then, but it is not like I hate hyumans that much… There’s times I do, but have I discriminated against them…?
“…”
“But despite knowing this, I -Lime Latte- have one thing I want to ask of you, Boss.” (Lime)
“…Speak.” (Makoto)
A request involving hyumans, huh.
“With the small services of mine until now, and the hard work of the Weitz Orphanage this time around, could you please allow them to migrate inside as a reward?!” (Lime)
Inside? Migrate?
Is he…talking about Asora?
Is Lime asking me to have hyumans live there?
He must be referring to the orphans of the Weitz Orphanage.
Lime is coming and going from there, and there’s times when he would spend his days there.
But that’s…
“I haven’t heard yet why you thought this up, but right now the Weitz Orphanage is serving as a new model case for magic constructions, and if we were to move them from there, it would put that plan to waste.” (Makoto)
There’s not a single trace of this being a joke in the face of Lime.
He may be speaking in a low volume, but he is asking me to please let hyumans move to Asora with strong resolve.