Thank you very, very much, Mr. Manashilo, for saving my granddaughter's life not once, but twice, and I can't thank you enough, Mr. Manashilo. I cannot thank you enough for saving my granddaughter's life not once, but twice, so much so that I would be willing to go into my grave.

No, really, really, don't worry about it.

I am too old to be of much use to you, but I vow to give my life to Lord Manashiro. Of course, the old man's life may be more troublesome to you than Manashiro's.
There's no big deal about it. It was just a fluke. It just happened to work out.

　After that.
　Gunma-san, who had learned of Hajduki's healing, had continued to get down on his knees so deeply to me that he rubbed his forehead on the ground all this time.

'Really, I just did what I wanted to do. So it's time for you to look up.
　I've had many occasions to bow my head, but for me, who doesn't have much experience of being bowed to, being bowed to by an older person like this is honestly nothing more than a difficult thing to deal with.

I've already realized how grateful you are, Gunma-san, right?　See?
　But no matter how much I told him, Gunma would not listen to me as I pushed him to the side.

"I'm sorry," he said, "but can you do something about it, Uzuki?
　I finally gave up trying to talk myself out of it, and I was going to get a swell message from my sweet granddaughter, the place where grandpa cried.

....
　For some reason, there was no response from Uzuki, who sat to my right.

'Uzuki?'
"...yes?　　I think so too!
You didn't listen to me, did you?


Determination?　Are you ready?　Of what?
'What?　Nah, nah, it's nothing!　Not for Mr. Sayre at all!　No more than a grain of rice left in your bowl!　Oh, no, I'm not without!
Which one is it...

　I don't know why, but I understood that he seemed to be very temperamental.
''I'll take it from you, Hatzki.
　I gave up on Uzuki, who had suddenly become peckish, and asked him to join me on the left side of the table.

I'm hungry, so let's hurry up and have some food.
　........It seems that they didn't even want to listen to it in the first place.

''It's no good now, isn't it, Hajduki? Seya-san is a lifesaver, so get it right.
　Uzuki made a deliberate attempt to get angry.
　It's also very cute to see her blowing the wind like a big sister.

Unyu, thank you, manashi.
Ma'am?

Manasilo Sayah, that's a really weird name for a guy who's hard to call.
Oh, well...
　Manashii, manashii........

Hazuki, that's rude to your superiors. Even Seiya was taken aback by it.

Manny, manny, manny... yes, manny.
Mr. Sayre?

　Manashiu is a nickname that was given to me, based on linguistic findings.
　A nickname is a nickname, in other words, a nickname.

　Taking all of the above into account, it means that for the first time in my life, I have been called by a nickname by a girl.

'Call me again, Hajduki-chan, one more time, one more time!
You see, no matter how mild-mannered Seiya is, she's going to get angry...
　Beside Uzuki, who craned his neck.

Manashi.
　Hajduki-chan calls me by my nickname.

'One more time, one more time, Hajduki-chan!
Call me Hazuki. Just call me Hazuki. I'll call you Manashiro.

Okay, so you're going to be called Hazuki from now on, okay?
So you're a nobody.

Yes, sir. Hon..... Hazuki.
Manashi.
　.... nice, really nice.

"Hajduki.
Manashi.
　Okay, the nicknames are great!
　I bit into the unexpected joy that had fallen and sprung up.

'..........well, you like what you call it.......'
　I was struck by the fact that Uzuki, who had been totally supportive of me so far, showed a slight look of disagreement with me.