Year of the Boar, Ninth Month, Day 21.
We have finally arrived back at Dying Crane. I have not yet had the chance to speak to Nanami in depth but once Yuika has settled herself, I am sure there will be plenty of time for Nanami to get away for a proper conversation.
I have been given a spacious room with a splendid view of the grounds and Yuika has allocated a maid to attend me; not Nanami, unfortunately, but I may yet gather information from the one I have. Her name escapes me for the moment but I think it is Hitomi. It feels very strange to be in a House, having my every need attended by a string of girls who will not speak to me or look me in the face. It was not really so long ago that this was my life but now that I have tasted independence, it seems wrong.
Yuika has arranged clothing for me and I am to dine with her at the top table so I suppose, to some extent, that she has decided she can trust me. On the other hand, she may simply wish to keep me where she can see me.
The prospect of spending an entire evening alone did not fill me with joy last night and so I am somewhat ashamed to record that I took one of the Nobles to bed. Yuuta Hayashi is a distant cousin to Lady Ichiko of Purple Lighting if I recall correctly. Not that it matters. He was certainly fun and I will probably see him again; he seems to have some of the same tendencies as the Chief. I am unsure whether he was holding back to see how I would react or if he does not enjoy anything more than a little gentle biting. In any case, he was pleasant enough to be with and more assured than the string of stable boys and footmen I bedded before the Chief so I shall enjoy him if he chooses to visit again.
I am unsure what the next few days will hold; I had made up my mind that I was going to leave as soon as I had made sure that Nanami was taken care of financially and that she had returned safely to her grandmother but I find that I am somewhat more tired than I had imagined; now that I have stopped again, I do not relish the thought of returning to the road again so quickly even though I know I must go to Purple Lightning sooner or later. Yuika does not seem bothered whether I am here or not but she is considerably less hostile now than she was when I arrived at the inn in the Seventh. Perhaps we will talk more seriously now that she is on familiar territory.
I have been given a spacious room with a splendid view of the grounds and Yuika has allocated a maid to attend me; not Nanami, unfortunately, but I may yet gather information from the one I have. Her name escapes me for the moment but I think it is Hitomi. It feels very strange to be in a House, having my every need attended by a string of girls who will not speak to me or look me in the face. It was not really so long ago that this was my life but now that I have tasted independence, it seems wrong.
Yuika has arranged clothing for me and I am to dine with her at the top table so I suppose, to some extent, that she has decided she can trust me. On the other hand, she may simply wish to keep me where she can see me.
The prospect of spending an entire evening alone did not fill me with joy last night and so I am somewhat ashamed to record that I took one of the Nobles to bed. Yuuta Hayashi is a distant cousin to Lady Ichiko of Purple Lighting if I recall correctly. Not that it matters. He was certainly fun and I will probably see him again; he seems to have some of the same tendencies as the Chief. I am unsure whether he was holding back to see how I would react or if he does not enjoy anything more than a little gentle biting. In any case, he was pleasant enough to be with and more assured than the string of stable boys and footmen I bedded before the Chief so I shall enjoy him if he chooses to visit again.
I am unsure what the next few days will hold; I had made up my mind that I was going to leave as soon as I had made sure that Nanami was taken care of financially and that she had returned safely to her grandmother but I find that I am somewhat more tired than I had imagined; now that I have stopped again, I do not relish the thought of returning to the road again so quickly even though I know I must go to Purple Lightning sooner or later. Yuika does not seem bothered whether I am here or not but she is considerably less hostile now than she was when I arrived at the inn in the Seventh. Perhaps we will talk more seriously now that she is on familiar territory.
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