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

Wha-wha-what should I do, Mekira? I messed up and cut it all weird! This kind of flower isn’t cute at all!

Not a problem - this is all within expectations. Use this other flower and place them together.

Oh, you’re right! This looks cuter than what I originally had in mind♪ ! Thanks, Mekira☆ !

Mekira’s just as capable as I thought. Looks like this side of things will be fine if I leave it to him. The real problem is...

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Sanshi, you’ve been kinda spaced out for a while now...

This mask… I don’t necessarily have to be the one making it, right? If I don’t, someone else will just step up and do it, right?

Look, I know how you feel. We’ve already passed the point of no return, so just help out, alright?

I was only called in because my name resembles that of the Twelve Divine Generals… That means just about anyone will do, right? Why don’t you get someone else to do this?

Don’t be like that. If nothing else, I think you’re most capable for the job, which is why I chose to leave it to you.

I was… the most capable…?

Yeah, you’re a yaksha, aren’t you? With a wrathful, fiery origin like that, you’d be able to make the best mask, I thought.

Well… you’re not wrong...

Right! Go ahead and show off the ideal behind your name!

My ideal… you say…?

Yeah, you’re the one that’ll be wearing it, after all. I think it’d be best if you made something you were one hundred percent happy with.

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And even if the service was originally a request from Dainichi, we can’t forget that it’s ultimately for all of humanity.

For the service to succeed, I’d really like for you to lend us your strength.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to brandish your justification so brazenly, though.

If you insist that hard, then it can’t be helped, I guess. I’ll do my part.

Yeah! It’s all on you now!

Well, looks like Sanshi’s feeling motivated to work.

Likewise, it’d be absolutely wonderful if the rest of the preparations went by without a hitch...

Excuse me, coming through… Hm? Sanshi... is that a mask?

Eh, that’s some weird tastes. It’s way too serious! Give it to me for a bit! If I just do this, it’ll be more...

Excuse me, could you please refrain from doing whatever you want?

I’m just gonna touch it a little! Look, if you just turn it like-

*Rip!*

Eh? Rip?

Ah… this is just terrible.

...Dainichi, what did you come here for?

J-Jizou! It’s not what you think! I came here to, uh… I thought I’d help you all out with the preparations!

Did you genuinely come here to help? It’s your fault this mask is broken now, you know.

It wasn’t on purpose, it was not on purpose! I only wanted to make it a little better...

You snatched it out of my hands and then broke it to pieces… is this harassment?

Like I said, I’m telling you I’m sorry about that!

You don’t look sorry in the least, though.

What’s up, what’s up? What’s all this racket?

Aaaah! This mask… it’s broken in a real wild manner!

Yeah, Lord Dainichi Nyorai did us all the favour of breaking it to pieces.

Whaaaat?! Lord Dainichi Nyorai did? No way… why would he...

He probably wants to be free to do as he likes. In that case, he should just handle the whole service however he wants to, all by himself.

No, I…!

...Haaaaah. This is why I told you to sit quietly, didn’t I?

Because you do unnecessary things like this, the work never gets done!

I am Lord Dainichi Nyorai, the buddha standing above all other deities, the superstar! Just what’s so bad about me helping out with the second-month-service’s preparations?!

If you’re standing so high above, then sit down quietly for a while! If you absolutely must do something, at least do something that’ll set an example for the other deities!

Everyone’s doing their best and working hard for your sake! Why would you come in and keep trying to do nothing but disrupt that?!

No, I…! I only… With you guys, I wanted to…!

Lord Dainichi Nyorai. Things are fine here, so please leave the rest of the work to us.

What- Mekira! What are you trying to accomplish by pushing me out- hey, unhand me! Damn it all!

Hah… he probably doesn’t bear any ill will, but why is it that anything he does leads to something bad happening?

He’s a nyorai, so he could just sit prim and proper and everyone would follow him. So why...

Lord Jizou Bosatsu. The sky...

Hm? That cloud… Don’t tell me it’s already begun!

Could that be… the large cloud that’s a sign of terrible harvests to come?

Oof… this is bad. Once we’ve spotted that huge cloud, it’s all but confirmed that there’ll be a barren harvest.

If such an ill omen is right there on the horizon, we really need to ensure the second-month service’s success, no matter what!

Well, I’m cute and I can even bring forth good harvests… yep yep, I’m gonna do my best at this!

That’s great and all, but… as long as Lord Dainichi Nyorai is involved, it’ll end up going wild!

Knowing him, he’ll probably come back to cause more prob- I mean, to help us out again.

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...Alright! Let’s pick ourselves back up, everyone! Back to preparations!