'Cocktail Potion' by Transworld Transfer Bartenders

When I followed Mr. Oyaji to the dining room, everyone in the house was gathered, although not at dinner time.

Sui and Rai's thoughtful expression. Phil and Sally's worried face.

And the subtly tingly atmosphere showed why Mr. Oyaji was gathering people on the spot.

"… I'll take my seat off for a moment"

It is the same with Neune that I realized the signs. She tells her to be careful and tries to leave.

"Wait, it's night. Not much going out."

"It's okay. I'm used to it around here."

Mr. Oyaji calls it off, but Neune politely says no need to worry.

Neune asks Oyaji, who puts a little face to face, pale.

"When is it going to be settled?"

"... I don't know. Come back whenever you want to."

"Okay. Let's go back after dinner."

Pecori lowered his head and Noine looked at his granddaughter in turn worried.

And she saw me the last time. Those eyes still seemed to expect something.

"... is it time you got your thoughts together?

Mr. Oyaji cut the fire when I got to my seat and we all met face-to-face.

"I'm not telling you to decide today. But it's time to get your thoughts together."

I had time to think. From now on, it's time to put that idea together. Yes, Mr. Oyaji had told him in the dark.

Until now Mr. Oyaji has said blurry, the duration of Neune's stay. That must have been the period leading up to Talia's date of life.

And he said it was the day after tomorrow.

I mean, we have to get our opinions together by the day after tomorrow. It's time for a discussion.

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Even if that's what you know with your head, the first word doesn't come out.

Minutes, or dozens, or just a few seconds of events?

I pinched the sensory obscurity of time, and I heard Rin.

"... my opinion remains the same"

In a bitter atmosphere, the first thing I said was sui.

Sui's opinion is that he goes inside Neune and protects them there. In exchange, tell me what you know about Neune's medicine and liquor.

The way Sui approached the city with alcohol that had to be in a cocktail: 'Vermouth' just leaving for a year or two.

"I want to do whatever I can. If there is anyone who can be saved with it. If there's something different, I want to do it."

I remember Corsica saying that word.

Sui wants to change the status quo.

Of course the logic I'm saying now must be genuine, but the feeling behind it is that.

I want to make some waves at the subtle distance between me and her. Such a clumsy choice that is difficult for me to understand.

"... That's what your sister says, but I guess I disagree with what your sister says"

What I said instead was Rye, who was sitting next to Sui.

Her opinion is against Sui leaving the city.

Even if he chooses to do so, Neune looks for someone other than Sui to protect her inside. It doesn't make any difference to us.

Naturally, it doesn't change about Vermouth, but there are places where we have to do things slowly. Maintaining the status quo is never a bad thing either.

"Mr. Noine says he doesn't care about himself. You're doing great because of this, but it's greedy to force you to change. You don't have to change."

Rye's claim doesn't have to change.

Now she will be very happy. My father, my sister, and the people in the store, including me. Noisy and fun day. The kind of days you want it to last forever.

You don't have to rush, you're making slow progress. So there's no need to force it.

In addition to that, there was now the presence of Neune. Rye nostalgic for Neune, as he seeks motherhood, which was not enough.

Maybe Rye doesn't even want Neune to go for the real thing.

"I totally disagree. But I don't think Sui needs to do that. So if you guys still did it, I'm not stopping you."

Mr. Oyaji is Mr. Oyaji and consistently the opposite posture does not collapse. But the reason is not like Rye.

Mr. Oyaji will also be overlapping Sui with his former Talia face.

I took him forcefully from the inside, and Talia, who died in this city. I'm worried about Sui because it's going to be the same thing as her.

But that's why Mr. Oyaji leaves the choice to us. Once I made a mistake, I made a choice so we wouldn't regret it ourselves.

"... So, what's the total, then?

Finally, there was a quiet inquiry from Sui.

I'm not directly involved with this Vermut family, I'm the last party.

I'm the one who runs the bar division at Easy's.

I have to make a choice.

I have to choose what to do.

"... I am"

Do you take a swim or a vermouth?

Do you want change or do you wish to maintain it?

Do you seek the past or have mercy on the present?

That's how Ichizuki's water fell in the solidified thought.

... really, one in two, is it?

What kind of evening fog total was I looking for when I was a bartender who made [sidecar] earlier?

Bergamo, Corsica. Viola on Iberis, and Guinura.

They wanted me to pick one of those things?

No, it's not.

What they told me was, don't give up until the end of the day how I can convince myself.

If you only have two choices, you have to think of another one that meets those two at the same time.

There's no choice or shit in the first place. All I have at my disposal is a 'cocktail'.

So with that 'cocktail', there must be a way to solve it.

"I want to believe in cocktails."

All of us were right about what I said.

It would be natural. Because no one was talking like that.

"... does that mean choosing 'Vermouth'?

"No."

I shook my head quietly at Sui's inquiry.

Choosing it here would mean I couldn't believe the power of a 'cocktail'.

"So you mean maintain the status quo?

"That's not the same"

I shook my head again in response to Rye's inquiry.

I choose it here because it's like closing the possibility of a 'cocktail'.

"Then what does that mean?

The last time I heard from Mr. Oyaji, I peered into his eyes.

A sharp eye that asks you what conclusion I have come to fulfilling.

I tried to answer quietly, realizing that my gaze was gathering on me.

That was the time.

"Sui! Is Sui here?!

Don and the sound of rambling the front door and the screams of women.

We interrupt the conversation and head to the front door. When Sui, who was being called, looked out the front door, the woman who was calling - Viola - exhaled in relief.

"Good. Is Sui safe?"

I find her narrative somewhat strange.

I don't mind Sui, he looks a little troublesome.

"What, Viola? I'm busy right now."

"... no. As a matter of fact, I just got a report to the Knights that I saw you being kidnapped..."

"What's that?

As you can see, Sui is not only kidnapped, but, as usual, a blushing face.

Viola exhales all the time at its unchanged appearance.

"No, neither did I. I didn't think Sui would do that. That's the kind of contact I got, so I just checked..."

That's it, then Viola stops talking.

He's holding back behind Sui, watching us carefully.

And in the absence of one person, I noticed.

"... Mr. Noine Pratt, where?

Tension ran on the spot, turning away from the shattered atmosphere just now.

Sui asks Viola correctly with his serious eyes, not with the bewildered look he has had until then.

"Viola. Can you tell me about that sighting?

"... just now. A man living in this neighborhood called the Knights. A blue-haired woman, presumably Sui Vermut, said she saw someone take her away. He just couldn't tell it to his face because it was dark."

"... that's...!

I felt the sound of drizzling and swallowing someone's spit.

Everyone thought the same thing.

Sui is right, pimped. But some sighting said a blue-haired woman was taken away by someone.

Witnesses probably thought it was a sui living in this neighborhood in terms of blue hair.

But there are two blue-haired women around here right now.

"Hey."

In such a pressing atmosphere, there was another visitor to the Vermut family.

The visitor Bergamo shrugged his shoulders a little, with a sharp eye on all of us gathered in the doorway.

"Hey, what's this vibe?

"I'm sorry, Bergamo. There's a little incident going on right now. If you have business, you can come back later."

Viola first told Bergamo the situation lightly after saying no to that.

There are still reports that Noine could have been kidnapped if the information had been consolidated.

"─ Therefore, except for urgent business..."

"Wait. Maybe my errands have something to do with it."

"What?"

The first half was Bergamo, who was just listening, but at the end of the day he said, being a serious face.

And he took a note out of his nose.

"I just got this from a guy I don't know. He wants it delivered to the Vermuts."

From Bergamo's hand, Viola receives a letter to snap.

And she put that into words so we could hear it.

"'Sui Vermut deposited. Drink the demand if you want it back. Evening Mist Total'"

Large written words.

That that would not be a prank was proven by what was in the note with the letter.

It was a single blue hair, very similar to Sui's.