Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 5

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Wait longer to be sure.

[Monarda]

Daiko-kun:

>Try it afterwards.

Kiku-chan:

>"I... think i will, especially now that the family has one more youkai, a fairy and a human, we need some funding."
>Nod.

Bastet-chan:

>"We gotta warn Daiko-kun ! That was he can find her !"

Nijis:

>Merge up.
>"I-I'll go ! You two have a lot to have fun with !"

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Wait longer to be sure.

Daiko-kun:

>Try it afterwards.

> You keep waiting.
> Do you want to use the future-sight?

Kiku-chan:

>"I... think i will, especially now that the family has one more youkai, a fairy and a human, we need some funding."
>Nod.

> "Oh?" Sakuya smiles a bit. "It's nice you accepted."
> Sakuya disappears for a second and reappears. She is carrying a paper and a pen.
> "I will need you to sign here to be included as a new maid."

Bastet-chan:

>"We gotta warn Daiko-kun ! That was he can find her !"

Nijis:

>Merge up.
>"I-I'll go ! You two have a lot to have fun with !"

> You re-fuse.
> "But... you still have to met with Clowny, Niji... Let me tell him." Sakura says.
> _

[Neovereign]

> You re-fuse.
> "But... you still have to met with Clowny, Niji... Let me tell him." Sakuya says.
> _

Daiko:

>"Well, I'm just waiting anyways..."

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>Shake our head.
>"You have a little neko to care for, besides, i can ask Daiko-kun to find her too."

Kiku-chan:

>Very VERY carefully examine the paper.
>"Not to be offensive, but i have to make sure i don't fall for any... inconvenient terms."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Well, I'm just waiting anyways..."

> You start with Kiku first with your future-sight.
> ...
> Kiku is in her cat form, and she seems to be looking at a black cat plushie. It's almost identical to your vision with Bastet.
> And speaking of Bastet... You try this time with her...
> ...
> The same image of the white cat plushie and her in the cat form.
> Niji is next.
> ...
> ...? The image you see it's... confusing... it's like a mish-mash of different things that make the image unreadable.

Niji-chan:

>Shake our head.
>"You have a little neko to care for, besides, i can ask Daiko-kun to find her too."

> "... You aren't going to accept a "no" as an answer, isn't it?"

Kiku-chan:

>Very VERY carefully examine the paper.
>"Not to be offensive, but i have to make sure i don't fall for any... inconvenient terms."

> "Don't worry."
> It's basically a contract about you, the reader, accepting to work as a maid in the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
> ...
> You reach the part about the conditions if you want to work here:
> 1.- Information about the mansion OR residents that can be considered private and wants to be disclosed to people outside the mansion must first be consulted with the mistress for approval.
> 2.- The maid must follow ANY order from: The mistress, the chief maid, and the magician in the library.
> 3.- The maid must not leave the mansion unless she receives strict orders saying the opposite.
> 4.- The maid must do anything for the well being of the mistress or the young mistress, even if the maid don't receive orders to do so.
> 5.- The maid must fight for the mansion and their residents if any kind of harm is happening.
> 6.- You must show respect for the mistress~.
> Why you have the feeling that Remilia wrote that last rule?
> "I have talked with the mistress about the third rule... She said you can do whatever you want with that." Sakuya adds.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"Well... so far so good... but who is this 'Young Mistress' person ?"

Niji-chan:

>Nod.

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"Well... so far so good... but who is this 'Young Mistress' person ?"

> "The mistress young sister." Sakuya replies. "Oh, and I forget to add. You can leave the mansion, but only if you aren't in duty."
> "Oh, yeah. Miss Remilia has a little sister!" Kurumi says.

Niji-chan:

>Nod.

> "Okay. I will talk with Alice and Marisa and see if we can find any clue about this. I'm counting in you, Niji." Sakura smiles.
> "We?" Marisa asks.
> _

[Neovereign]

//Rules 2-5 don't sit right with me, but you enjoy Kiku the most...
Daiko:

>How do we feel about the injuries now?

[Tashi]

//Rules 2-5 don't sit right with me, but you enjoy Kiku the most...
Daiko:

>How do we feel about the injuries now?

> You almost don't feel anything.
> _

[Monarda]

Bastet-chan:

>"Yeah ! We will drag you along if we have too ! Sakura-sama is really strong, and Daiko-kun is getting stronger like a oni too."

Niji-chan:

>Soo... how do the get there ?

Kiku-chan:

>"The second rule might be troublesome to deal with... and the fifth one especially, i might foght for the mansion, but i definitely can't do so to the death even if i wanted to."

[Tashi]

Bastet-chan:

>"Yeah ! We will drag you along if we have too ! Sakura-sama is really strong, and Daiko-kun is getting stronger like a oni too."

> "Ugh..."
> "Well, you wanted to talk with her, so this is your fault." Alice says.
> "Dammit! Okay, okay. The quicker we find that tengu the quicker I can do other things." Marisa sighs.

Niji-chan:

>Soo... how do the get there ?

> Sakura said Daiko is probably in his bedroom, so it could not be hard to get there.

Kiku-chan:

>"The second rule might be troublesome to deal with... and the fifth one especially, i might foght for the mansion, but i definitely can't do so to the death even if i wanted to."

> "Concerning the fifth one... Since we have mainly fairies as maids, the death for them is not the big deal, but since is not your case, you can change that to 'The maid must fight for the mansion and their residents if any kind of harm is happening, but must not take any life risks'." Sakuya closes her eyes. "But with the second one I can't do anything. The mistress orders are absolute."
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"That kinda leaves a loophole though... what if she orders me to keep fighting ? If they are absolute then they can literally overrule my rights of the deal..."

Niji-chan:

>Head back home !

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Get up and...
>Swap.

Tsuru:

>Get dressed.

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"That kinda leaves a loophole though... what if she orders me to keep fighting ? If they are absolute then they can literally overrule my rights of the deal..."

> Sakuya open her eyes. "You can talk with the mistress about that, since you are right."

Daiko:

>Get up and...
>Swap.

Tsuru:

>Get dressed.

> You swap and start dressing.

Niji-chan:

>Head back home !

> You start heading towards home.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>Nod.
>"Thank you for your understanding."

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>Nod.
>"Thank you for your understanding."

> Sakuya nods. "So, you accept? Or you want to talk with the mistress first?"
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"I would like to talk with her yes... and i would also like to meet her younger sister too."

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"I would like to talk with her yes... and i would also like to meet her younger sister too."

> "Are you sure about that last one?"
> "Why do you ask?" Kurumi questions.
> "... Please, let me take the mistress here." Sakuya disappears.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"Hm..."

Niji-chan:

>So ?

Bastet-chan:

>Keep petting Oni too.

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"Hm..."

> After some seconds, Sakuya reappears again, this time with Remilia next to her.

Niji-chan:

>So ?

> You are about to reach home.

Bastet-chan:

>Keep petting Oni too.

> You pet Sakura.
> "So..." Sakura starts."Where we start searching?"
> "What about her fellow tengu? Hatate or Momiji might know something." Alice says.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"So... Miss Sakuya explained to me your orders are absolute, if that is so, then the rights the contract gives me can be completely nulllified..."

Bastet-chan:

>"Huh ? Who are they ?"

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"So... Miss Sakuya explained to me your orders are absolute, if that is so, then the rights the contract gives me can be completely nulllified..."

> "What is exactly troubling you?" Remilia asks.

Bastet-chan:

>"Huh ? Who are they ?"

> "They are Aya's friends."
> "Sorta." Marisa adds.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"The fact you could order me to do something drastic such as to fight to the death in order to protect the mansion or similar acts."

Niji-chan:

>Get to that bedroom.

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"The fact you could order me to do something drastic such as to fight to the death in order to protect the mansion or similar acts."

> "Then I won't, if that's what is bothering you." Remilia replies. "It's that all?"

Niji-chan:

>Get to that bedroom.

> You enter to the house and proceed to the bedroom.
> He isn't here...
> _

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>Look around.
>Remember what those two said earlier.

Kiku-chan:

>"I would like to have that added to the contract please, that i can refuse to follow orders if they endanger my life or the life of my friends, just in case."

[Neovereign]

Kiku:

>"Other than that, Rule 2 is..."
>Gulp a bit.
>"W-Well, I'd look forward to working here if that can be provided."

Tsuru:

>Have we finished?

[Tashi]

Niji-chan:

>Look around.
>Remember what those two said earlier.

> You remember that Daiko said she wanted to visit Kokoro... maybe he's in the place Kokoro wanted to show you; Senkai?

Kiku-chan:

>"I would like to have that added to the contract please, that i can refuse to follow orders if they endanger my life or the life of my friends, just in case."

Kiku:

>"Other than that, Rule 2 is..."
>Gulp a bit.
>"W-Well, I'd look forward to working here if that can be provided."

> Remilia sighs annoyed and takes Sakuya's pen.
> She approaches and adds something to the fifth rule.
> ... but she mustn't fight if her life is in danger.
> "There." Remilia separates. "Happy?"

Tsuru:

>Have we finished?

> You did.
> _

[Neovereign]

Tsuru:

>Swap to Daiko.
>"You remember what that girl talked about? Immortality..."

Daiko:

>"I'm not worrying about that any time soon. We still have to find a way to get you freedom, and to find mother..."
>Sigh.

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>Nod.
>"That looks fine, now all that is left is meet the Young Mistress."

Niji-chan:

>But... where is it ? Remember more !

Bastet-chan:

>Keep listening.