Will You Be My Servant? (16)

Rumi: Sakiko… Sakiko… SAKIKO!!!

Sakiko: Huh? What?

Rumi: I finally caught up to you. Didn’t you hear me call your name?

Sakiko: Oh sorry.

Rumi: It’s okay. Is something wrong?

Sakiko: No, nothing is wrong.

Rumi: You’re lying. I can tell something is wrong. You didn’t scold me for being late. So what’s wrong?

Sakiko: …

Rumi: Sakiko.

Sakiko: I saw something.

Rumi: Okay.

Sakiko: I saw something that I shouldn’t have seen and now I don’t know what to do.

Rumi: Well, what did you see?

Sakiko: Forget it.

Rumi: Sakiko, this is obviously a burden for you so let me help you by lifting some of the weight off. Tell me.

Sakiko: …

Rumi: Does it have to deal with yesterday afternoon, when you were following Itoe and Natsue?

Sakiko: I saw… I saw them… KISS.

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Rumi: Hahahaha…

Sakiko: This isn’t funny.

Rumi: Your eyes are playing tricks on you.

Sakiko: No, they’re not. I saw what I saw!

Rumi: Sakiko—

Sakiko: No, I know what I saw and I’m not wrong.

Rumi: Well maybe there is a logical explanation.

Sakiko: Like what?

Rumi: … I don’t know, but that can’t be the whole story.

Sakiko: And what if it is? That would explain why Natsue spends more time with Itoe than me. They have more than just a Master/Servant relationship.

Rumi: Let’s not jump to conclusions. Have you talked to them?

Sakiko: No and I’m not going to. The only thing I’m thinking about right now is if I should report them or not?

Rumi: What?

Sakiko: You can’t be… like that with your Servant.

Rumi: It’s no one else’s business. Why should it matter?

Sakiko: It matters. Masters have power over their Servants. If something like that were to happen, it would seem like the Master is taking advantage. That’s why the rule exists.

Rumi: There’s a rule?

Sakiko: Yes, you really need to start reading that book.

Rumi: I will.­­ Once I find it.

Sakiko: As far as I know, this happened only once before and it did not end well for anyone.

Rumi: All the more reason not to tell. I know you don’t want to hurt Natsue.

Sakiko: Of course not!

Rumi: Then don’t! Hear her side first and then decide.

Sakiko: I should go.

Rumi: Hear her out first Sakiko!