𝕊𝕆𝕃𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕊 | 𝐁.𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐧×𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤!𝐎𝐂

𝟘𝟜. 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕝

With the bed & breakfast finished being rebuilt, Koshi was given a day off work. So she decided to go to a certain bar.

"Ah! Hello again!"

"Hello, Kantaro!" Koshi greeted. "How are you feeling?"

"A lot better, thanks to you," Kantaro nodded. "Came here to order again?"

"You already know me too well," Koshi sits at one of the bar stools.

"Same thing as yesterday?"

"Yessir," Koshi nods.

"Alright! I'll get you some water-"

"Actually, I'll order sake this time," Koshi laughs nervously.

"Oh?" Kantaro glanced at Koshi. "Rough morning?"

"That obvious?" Koshi sighs.

"That and pretty much everybody's talking about this morning's funeral."

"Funeral?"

"For the Infernal," Kantaro explained as he gave Koshi a cup of sake. "Here in Asakusa, we put Infernals to rest a bit... differently compared to other companies."

"I noticed," Koshi joked as she takes a sip of her sake. "I take it there's a reason that these buildings were destroyed while putting it to rest?"

"We destroy them as offerings," Kantaro explains. "Much like the Holy Sol Temple that offers its prayers as their religion when putting an Infernal to rest."

Koshi remained quiet as Kantaro continues while he fixes her dish.

"Everyone in the world is scared of the flames of Infernalization," he says. "Which is why everyone is looking for a place to die without destroying anything or anyone around them. Especially when it's something or someone important. That's why we're all here in Asakusa.

If we are to die by Infernalization, then the person we want to send us off is Captain Shinmon Benimaru... The Demoloshing King of Asakusa."

Koshi lowered her head a bit. "Quite the generous king he is for such an alias like The Demolishing King..."

"He is a good man, and a good captain," Kantaro smiles. "We can always count on him to get the job done."

"Well," Koshi chuckles a bit. "No offense to anyone here, but I hope you're not relying on him too much... even a king deserves to take a nice long break for all the hard work he's done for his people."

"None taken," Kantaro grins. "If anything, you should be telling Benimaru that himself. We told him to take some time off countless of times but he just won't listen."

"Oh, so the captain is not only generous, but he's stubborn, too?" Koshi jokes. "Well, that's one thing we both have in common."

"You."

Koshi looks up to see Benimaru staring at her with a frown on his face. "Me?"

"I need to talk to you." He said a bit urgently and very rudely.

Koshi raised an eyebrow and gave him an amused smile. "What's the magic word?"

"Now," Benimaru said eerily.

"Wrong answer, try again," Koshi turns back to her drink.

Kantaro shifted in his spot nervously as well as the customers enjoying their food. Usually, the townspeople get nervous whenever Benimaru gets very mad, which in this case he very much sounded like it. And close to showing it.

"Oh, Kantaro, this sake is very good!" Koshi said. "Is this... Plum blossom?"

"Umm, yes. It is," Kantaro replies as he kept glancing at visibly annoyed Benimaru. "Miss? I think this talk with the captain is pretty important, so I think you should probably go with him?"