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Rin slept for three hours.
When she woke up, she demanded sweets, so Yoka couldn't begin any other preparations for the evening banquet until she made mochi for the young mistress.
Reika had been waiting for Yoka in the kitchen with the things she bought a long time ago. When she saw the maid bustling about, she made gestures to ask if she could help. Yoka was about to get her to gut the squid when Kii appeared.
'Can I help too?' she asked, widening her eyes to look as pitiful as possible.
She felt guilty about messing up earlier and wanted to redeem herself. Yoka sighed. 'Gut the squids for me. Reika-san, make sure Kii-san doesn't do anything else except gut the squids.'
'Yes, yes, I got it! Don't worry,' Kii said and pushed Reika out into the courtyard with the basin of squids.
Yoka quickly brewed a pot of chrysanthemum tea and brought up the sweets for the young mistress.
While Rin ate, the maid did up her hair and helped her back into her kimono. 'How are preparations for the banquet going?' she asked.
Yoka smiled knowingly. 'It's going well,' she replied. 'Ojou-sama doesn't need to worry about it.'
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