Time for Flower Viewing! Everyone Assemble!

> **Murphy:** The spring vegetable quiche is made with plenty of potato and fresh eggs.
> *Midday, yesterday.*
> "Lunch buffet: Egg fair underway"
> **Demi:** Whoa, there are 10 different types of omelettes?
> **Guinness:** Welcome! I recommend the egg pudding for dessert too!
> *And, last night.*
> **Duvel:** Welcome, Demi-san. I recommend this egg cocktail for today.
> **Demi:** Eggs here too!?
> **Duvel:** It's because Easter is approaching. This country celebrates Easter quite lavishly.
> *After giving me the drink I ordered, Duvel explained the situation to me.*
> **Duvel:** This time of year, the citizens all come together, bringing egg dishes and holding a party.
> Note: The eggs used for eating on this planet are spherical.
> **Duvel:** Friends coming together, couples, families... Within one's workplace as well, the celebrations differ in scale...
> **Duvel:** But the celebrations involve everyone bringing egg dishes to a place with beautiful scenery.
> **Demi:** Huh. A celebration all about eggs... Sounds delicious...
> **Duvel:** There is such a wealth of different types of egg dishes, after all.
> **Duvel:** It is particularly exciting for those involved in a food service occupation, as they can use this opportunity to show off their skills.
> *The next day, after Duvel-san spoke with me.*
> **Demi:** (For today's lunch, I think I'll have some onigiri over on a warm bench...)
> **Overbearing voice:** Oi, Demi!
> **Demi:** Hwha!?
> **Carlsberg:** How are you getting along with your Easter preparations?
> **Demi:** What preparations?? I haven't heard anything about that...
> **Carlsberg:** You fool! As Commander, you should be taking initiative in this planning!
> **Demi:** Owah!!!
> **Carlsberg:** Hmph! I will lend you my assistance, just for this year. You should be grateful.
> **Demi:** Um, thank you very much.
> To be continued in chapter 1.
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### Easter Ch. 1 ~A Young Man Dragged In~

> **Carlsberg:** Easter requires the following! Egg-related food, and alcohol!
> **Carlsberg:** Also, soft drinks and a venue for the banquet.
> *Carlsberg-sensei began teaching me the customs of Easter.*
> **Carlsberg:** I have already taken care of preparations in regards to the venue, the eggs, and those in charge of cooking.
> **Demi:** Isn't that pretty much everything!?
> **Carlsberg:** Of course not!!
> **Demi:** Huh!?
> **Carlsberg:** ...Hm!
> **Trappe:** Hm?
> *Carlsberg-san's sharp glare locked onto Trappe, who just happened to be passing by.*
> **Carlsberg:** You. You operate a warehousing business, didn't you? Do you have room? This will be a large order.
> **Trappe:** Y-yeah. What do you plan to store, and for how long...?
> *Trappe was under pressure from his forceful request, and he responds somewhat taken aback.*
> **Carlsberg:** Those present here in charge of procuring drinks will soon be collecting large quantities of canned juice and beer.
> **Demi:** In charge of procuring drinks... do you mean me!?
> **Carlsberg:** And I would like for you to store those drinks. The time period would be for the next five days.
> **Trappe:** Got it. I'll get you an estimate now.
> *Trappe closed his lid, and I heard a faint scratching sound coming from his keyhole.*
> **Trappe:** Sorry for the wait.
> **Trappe:** The quantity'll probably vary, so how about this special pack plan?
> **Carlsberg:** Oh? You do quite a good job.
> **Trappe:** !!!
> **Carlsberg:** Alright! Demi, hurry on and get to work! I will handle the storage fees.
> **Demi:** Understood, I'm on my way. Thanks for covering the storage fees too.
> To be continued.
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### Easter Ch. 2 ~An Increase in Personnel~

> **Ringnes:** Demi.
> **Demi:** Ringnes-san!
> *As I was about to leave to procure drinks, Ringnes-san rushed on over to me from the training center.*
> **Ringnes:** Carlsberg asked me to help out, I'll be collecting drinks with you.
> **Demi:** Ringnes-san, you're on the Easter staff too?
> **Ringnes:** Yeah. By the way, Tiger is in charge of securing the venue.
> **Ringnes:** Since he would likely just drink any alcohol he collected.
> **Demi:** I can definitely see him doing that.
> **Ringnes:** First off is orange juice, for kids.
> **Ringnes:** And then, the beer. There are two types to suit different body builds, which differ in alcohol content.
> **Demi:** Understood.
> To be continued.
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### Easter Ch. 3 ~Senpai in a Good Mood~

> **Trappe:** Place all the alcohol you brought here.
> **Demi:** O-okay.
> Toss toss.
> **Demi:** Wow.
> *The cans we collected are getting swallowed up inside of Trappe.*
> **Demi:** Amazing! I didn't expect you to be able to fit so much!
> **Trappe:** !!
> **Trappe:** It's not that amazing. It's not some skill I gained by my own efforts.
> **Carlsberg:** However, you're not doing a bad job of it.
> **Trappe:** !!!
> **Demi:** Carlsberg-san!
> *Carlsberg-san suddenly appeared out of nowhere.*
> **Carlsberg:** Demi, how goes your progress? How many drinks have you collected so far?
> **Demi:** Here. I have the numbers written on this memo.
> *He glanced briefly over the memo I handed over.*
> **Carlsberg:** Hm. Quite a good pace so far.
> **Demi:** G-good pace!?!?
> *I was already feeling something odd before, but as we prepare for Easter... He really is... nice.*
> **Demi:** (Whisper whisper) H-hey... Ringnes-san?
> **Ringnes:** What is it, Demi?
> **Demi:** Is it just me, or is Carlsberg-san acting nicer than usual...?
> *Given how he usually is, I carefully and somewhat fearfully asked Ringnes-san about it.*
> **Ringnes:** No need to worry. He's always like this at this time of year.
> **Ringnes:** Carlsberg likes farm animals.
> **Ringnes:** He probably just gets excited about how this festival is all about seabird eggs.
> **Demi:** Wow... If only every day were Easter, he would be really happy, huh.
> As I ponder on impossible dreams... To be continued.
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### Easter Ch. 4 ~Easter Legend~

> **Ringnes:** We've cleared out the enemies. Shall we go collect more drinks today?
> **Demi:** With all we've gotten so far, I kind of feel like we have enough.
> *Even if every single one of the troops were to participate in the party, isn't this too much?*
> **Ringnes:** No, we still don't have enough yet. A tremendous amount of alcohol is consumed during the Easter celebrations.
> **Ringnes:** Tiger drinks far more than most... as do others.
> **Ringnes:** Carlsberg has also been increasing the scale of the festival each year...
> **Demi:** .....He really, really loves Easter, huh.
> **Demi:** Does Easter have a really important significance in this country or something?
> *I don't recall anyone celebrating this much back on Earth.*
> *Actually, I was never even sure what day it was on.*
> **Ringnes:** Oh, that's right. This will be your first Easter.
> **Ringnes:** I'll take this opportunity to tell you more about the history behind Easter.
> *And so, Ringnes-san began to explain to me the origin of Easter.*
> *It all began over 10,000 years ago. The king of a particular country really liked birds.*
> Warning! The following play is acted out by the troops, but does not reflect their actual personal history.
> **Bird-loving King:** I want to eat. All the birds.
> *The king hunted as much as he desired. Before long, he had hunted all of the birds on the entire continent.*
> **Bird-loving King:** Birds... No more birds on this island...
> *The king desired more birds, and began to travel to other lands in his search...*
> Crrk! Baaaaam!
> **Bird-loving King:** Ah. I'm falling... (Note: They say the king did not have wings.)
> *The king's ship was destroyed in a storm, and he was thrown out into the sea.*
> **Bird-loving King:** I'm, dying...
> But as the king was on the verge of death...
> Shiiiine
> *From within a great light emerged a single, beautiful bird. (Note: They say it was actually a gigantic seabird.)*
> **Beautiful Bird:** If you are able to promise me to reflect on your actions and limit your bird hunting to one bird every three days...
> **Beautiful Bird:** I will save your life, and return birds to your continent once again.
> **Bird-loving King:** Yes, okay. Promise...
> **Beautiful Bird:** I will accept your words.
> *As he heard the bird's voice, the king lost consciousness. When he came to, he was on the shore of his original land.*
> *And from within the forest, he heard...*
> Coo coo, cuckoo. Cluck cluck, bukaw...
> **Bird-loving King:** Birds...!!
> *Birds were restored to the land once again, and the king carried out his promise to the end of his days.*
> **Ringnes:** And that is why we celebrate Easter, as it is said to be the day that birds were restored to our land.
> **Demi:** Huh! So that's the story behind the Easter tradition. A king who overhunted birds, huh...
> **Ringnes:** Yes. This is also why we do not eat poultry on Easter, but instead only consume eggs.
> **Demi:** So that's why it's an egg festival!
> **Demi:** (Corona-san would probably be unsatisfied with this though...)
> To be continued.
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### Easter Ch. 5 ~Business Booms on the Farm~

> **Floris:** U-um... Good afternoon... Is Carlsberg-san here...?
> *Around the time we were wrapping up the Easter preparations, Floris came by.*
> **Carlsberg:** I've been waiting, Floris. Do you have them all?
> **Floris:** Y-yes! 500 seabird eggs, as ordered. Thank you very much for your purchase...
> **Demi:** 500!?
> *How large-scale even is this festival...?*
> **Carlsberg:** Demi!
> **Demi:** Y-yes!?
> **Carlsberg:** I am going to go distribute these eggs to each of those in charge of cooking.
> **Carlsberg:** You, go ahead to the venue with Trappe and Ringnes where Tiger is waiting.
> **Demi:** Understood.
> *In the end, he's ended up planning and executing this whole thing, so I obediently followed his orders.*
> To be continued.
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### Easter Ending ~Eggs! It's a Party!~

> **Tiger:** Yooo! We've been waitin' for ya!
> **Stella:** Demi, over here! This is the area for the Easter banquet!
> **Demi:** Hold on! You guys have already drank this much!?
> *There's already a huge pile of empty cans behind them.*
> **Tiger:** Hah ha ha! I brought these along just to pass the time.
> **Stella:** This is separate from the stuff everybody gathered up together. Like a pre-meal drink!
> **Demi:** An excuse only a heavy drinker could come up with...
> **Stella:** Anyway! Isn't this place so pretty?
> **Demi:** Eh?
> **Stella:** Switch on, my lantern!
> **Demi:** Whoa!
> *The light illuminated a ceiling of sakura flowers above our heads.*
> **Tiger:** This is the number one most popular Easter gathering spot every year!
> **Tiger:** Carl really pushed for this, so I had to come claim this spot real early in the mornin'.
> **Demi:** I see, thanks for going through that. (So they've been drinking this much since morning...?)
> **Trappe:** Sorry to interrupt, but I'm going to pull out the alcohol now and I need you to check it.
> **Demi:** Oh, right! Thanks for bringing it all the way over here.
> *Trappe pulled out and lined up the huge quantity of drinks he'd been storing.*
> **Trappe:** They're chilled as well. There should be no errors in the numbers.
> **Demi:** Yeah, you're right. Really, thanks so...
> **Carlsberg:** Everyone, gather up!
> **Demi & Trappe:** Wah!
> **Moritz:** Hiya, Commander-chan. ♪ I brought some eggs benedict.
> **Duvel:** And I brought egg chiffon cake.
> **Singha:** I've got smoked egg and basil salad.
> **Guinness:** I brought our hotel's famous fritters, and some sauteed mushroom and egg with salty iglo.
> **Murphy:** Since it's a banquet, I tried 3 different kinds of rolled omelette.
> **Karhu:** Ehehe. I have boiled egg onigiri and homemade mayonnaise.
> **Demi:** S-so lavish...
> **Carlsberg:** Hmph! With my negotiation skills, this much is simple.
> **Carlsberg:** The cooks and dishes are all accounted for. Let us begin the Easter festivities at once.
> **Carlsberg:** Trappe! Where do you think you're going! We're about to have a toast. Hurry on and grab a drink.
> **Trappe:** You want me to participate too!?
> **Carlsberg:** You helped out with storage duties, of course you've been participating this whole time!
> **Trappe:** Huh, no... I mean, that was just a business order, right? I've been paid, and given a receipt...
> **Tiger:** Mgoooh! This fritter and tartar sauce are amazing!!!
> **Trappe:** !!!
> **Carlsberg:** Tiger, you...!!! Don't start eating before the toast!!
> *Carlsberg-san yelled as he rushed off to take the food away from Tiger.*
> **Trappe:** .....Sigh.
> **Demi:** Here's a drink for you, Trappe. Thanks so much for going along with all of this.
> **Trappe:** It's nothing... I just carried out the job I was ordered to. That's all.
> **Demi:** And now that job is over, so you can enjoy the banquet with everyone as one of their comrades, right?
> **Trappe:** ....!!
> **Ringnes:** That's right, Trappe! You've been with our squad longer than most, after all.
> **Trappe:** T-that's... true, but...
> **Carlsberg:** Alright! Everyone is holding a drink, right!?
> **Demi & Trappe & Ringnes:** !!
> **Carlsberg:** Now, let us have a toast to this Easter night! Cheers!!!
> **Everyone:** Cheers!!!!!
> *And so began the usual grand, lively festival.*
> *Both food and drink began to disappear quickly.*
> **Demi:** (Ringnes-san was right... I'm glad we collected so many drinks...)
> *Before I knew it, some unfamiliar citizens also mixed their way in...*
> *The night drew on, bustling and lively.*
> The end.
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