A Spectacular Service! All Pray For A Good Harvest/Story/Chapter Five

I’m that much of a hindrance to everyone, huh? Do I shine so bright I end up causing problems for people around me?

Sure, I was in the wrong for breaking Sanshi’s mask. But I didn’t do it on purpose, and I don’t think they needed to make such a big deal out of it!

Hey, can someone give me a hand here?

...Damn it, sounds like they’re having fun. I wanted to get everyone pumped for the service too! Even if I was just looking in occasionally...

That might have given me a bigger shock than I expected. I thought Lord Dainichi Nyorai was like, someone much better than that. You think that might not be true?

B-Bikara! You can’t say things like that, it’s rude! He certainly did differ from how I imagined him, though...

No, this is Lord Dainichi Nyorai we’re talking about. Maybe he was testing us, giving us a trial to overcome…?

Of course not. No matter how you look at it, he showed poor self-control. Don't you think so, Lord Jizou?

No, I… Well...

(Their impression of Dainichi isn’t necessarily wrong… But on the other hand, he didn’t bear any ill-will, so… Hm, I can’t really let them keep thinking of Dainichi the way they are… what should I do...

Is that… Lord Dainichi Nyorai over there?

It- it really is! What should we do… what is he planning to do next?

How about driving him away now, before he messes up something else?

Wh- What the hell, you guys?! I happen to keep quiet and listen, and you say I’ve got no self control and I’m going to mess something up…

Just who do you think I am?! You know what, you all can just leave everything here to me, the ruler of the universe.

E-even if you tell us that...

If you try to butt in now, Lord Dainichi Nyorai, things will get wild, like they did a while ago!

Haaaah… Dainichi, think before you act a little, why don’t you? There’s a better way to do this, isn’t there?

I’m thinking, in my own way!

Come to think of it… he’s right. Dainichi only said he wanted to liven up the preparations for the service. It’s just the methods he chose were catastrophic...

Makora, hand me those flowers!

A-ah! I, uh-!

It’s fine, you don’t need to give them to him. He’s probably going to destroy them again anyways.

I wouldn’t! I just...

Yes, I know. You just wanted to liven up the preparations for the service, right?

You’re going to take his side? Even though you were the one going through hell because of Lord Dainichi’s interruptions, Lord Jizou?

It was Dainichi who came up with the idea of holding the service. In the first place, I was also in the wrong for keeping Dainichi at arm’s length since we started all this.

We’ve got to make this service a success, to avoid the disastrous barren harvests we predicted. Dainichi knew this, and so he tried various things to that effect, right?

Yes! And then you guys just...

It… didn’t look like you were doing anything but being a nuisance, though...

(Well, I will say Dainichi could have chosen his methods better. That said, how do we get things all fixed up and go on from here…?)

Lord Jizou, leave this to me.

Eh? Mekira?

As Haira was saying, everything up to this point has been a test from Lord Dainichi Nyorai.

Test? But I didn’t-

No no, it was a crucial test for us Twelve Divine Generals. Through overcoming such hardship, you inteded for our bonds to be strengthened, did you not?

So that's what it was! Lord Dainichi Nyorai's as amazing as I expected!

That's really wild! I'd expect no less from Lord Dainichi Nyorai!

Let’s make sure the service goes great, with Lord Dainichi Nyorai’s help!

Eeeeeeh? I kinda get the feeling something's off here...

But whatever! You guys finally understand me!

Yes!

I see, I see! Look, Jizou! My sincerity has finally reached them! So that means I can participate in the preparations, right?!

Hah… Sure, why not. Then you help out with collecting and arranging all the artificial flowers we’ve made. This kind of work needs a sensitive person to do it.

(Whether that sensitivity will be understood by the viewers or not is a different matter… leaving that aside, Dainichi is pretty much the creator of all life. Surely he’ll be great at creating a pleasant arrangement of these flowers.)

Leave it to me! I’ll show you the most breathtaking arrangement you’ve ever laid eyes on!

Wow, this is so wonderful! Even though there’s only red and white flowers, this is such a creative way to arrange them! I don’t know quite how to describe it...

Yeah. We’d never have come up with this ourselves.

Hahahah! Isn’t that right?! Go on, go on!

....Now then. Looks like the Twelve Generals’ faith in Dainichi has been restored. We should be able to finish preparations without a hitch.