nhp | (Sutamai) Daily Mini Talk, 30 December 2017

30 December 2017

Characters: Hiyama Takaomi, Kujo Soma, & Asagiri Tsukasa.

Title: You’ve got to have mandarins when it’s winter

-Banquet Hall-

Hiyama: Aren’t you going to drink, Kujo?

Kujo: No, I’ve had a number of glasses just before so I’m beginning to feel slightly inebriated.

I’m having them allow me to rest here.

Hiyama: By the by, what is that?

Kujo: This is…… a mandarin.

Hiyama: (No, I can see that for myself……)

But even so, isn’t it in quite the sorry state…?

Kujo: I’m not sure if it’s because I always have Go peel them for me a lot of the time, but I’m unable to do it on my own very well.

By the time that I had realized it, the fruit had become all battered……

Hiyama: I see. So mandarins, is it…… Indeed, I also rarely peel them myself.

I’ll be having one. I shall try taking on the challenge.

* * *

Hiyama: ……

Kujo: ……

(The carnage of mandarins continue to increase……)

Asagiri: This is…… Just what exactly is going down here?

Hiyama: We’re attempting to tackle the challenge of peeling mandarins, but…

It’s not working out rather well for either of us……

Kujo: Is there no trick or something of the sort?

Asagiri: Please hand it here.

When peeling a mandarin, you first open up a hole right in the center……

Afterwards, you move onto the skin. And if you peel in a circular path, then you’ll be able to pull it off successfully.

Kujo: Well now, that’s beautiful.

Hiyama: It’s shaped like a flower. How lovely.

Alright then, I’ll also give it another try.

* * *

Hiyama: (A flower…… flower……)

Wouldn’t you say that I’ve peeled this quite nicely?

Asagiri: Yes, you’ve done well.

Kujo: So like this……? It completely tore off just as I thought it would.

Hiyama: I’m sure that if you continue to practice at it, then you’ll someday be able to do it too.

Asagiri: Aside from ways to peel them, there are also other tricks such as this.

After peeling in a circle, use a pen to draw here, and……

Hmph. Kleiner is complete.

(It turned out pretty well if I must say so for myself.)

Hiyama: I see. What a marvelous idea.

Perhaps I should try making a snail with the mandarin as the main body.

Kujo: ……

(It tore again……)

A little ways away from the two who were happily making mandarin art…

The head of Kujo Household sat, unable to cleanly peel the fruit in the end. Thus, he swore to himself silently that he would practice at it intensely this winter.

The last mini-talk of 2017 will feature the two adults…!