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I'm very interested to see how he'll turn out in the future.

All right. I'm going to invest in Tachibana Manpei.

- What? - Invest?

- The amount of investment is 30,000 yen. - 30,000?!

I'm 3 months pregnant.

- What~! - Really?

- Really. - I'm so happy!

When did you two!

Manpuku

♫Marumatteru senakani ni morai naki ♫I get infectious weeping looking at your stooped shoulders

A New Adventure?!

Week 8

♫Haji datte issho ni ♫We'll share the humiliation too

♫Hikoukigumo bonyari nagamu ♫Gazing absentmindedly at contrails

♫Kokoro kokoni arazu ♫Here in body, but not in spirit

♫Nenkan totaru moshi shitara ♫If I was to calculate an annual total

♫Tsukiau watashi sugoi? ♫Aren't I amazing for keeping you company?

♫Toboketeru mayuge ni morai warai ♫ I get infectious laughter looking at your comical eyebrows

♫Tere datta nandatte ♫Be it embarrassment or whatever

♫Ganko de mendou de hara mo tatsu kedo ♫Although you're obstinate and troublesome and you make me mad

♫Anata no jounetsu wa ♫Your passion is

♫Atashi no hokori de jiman de kakugo nano ♫My honor, my pride, and my resolve

♫Morai naki morai warai morai ikari ♫Infectious weeping, infectious laughter, infectious anger

♫Moraippaji don to koi! ♫Infectious embarrassment. Bring them on!

♫Seiten mo donten mo hekireki mo ♫Sunny days, cloudy days, thunderous days too

6 Months Later Showa Year 22 Spring

Showa Year 22. The season was now spring.

All right. Just the right amount of saltiness.

Sea salt crystals are beginning to form.

Throw in more firewood.

Everyone was getting quite proficient with their salt making skills.

They even managed to acquire a delivery truck, and...

Yes, it turned out very well.

Manpei-san's salt making business was doing well.

And...

Fuku-chan had reached her last month of pregnancy.

The baby's been kicking a lot lately.

It may come earlier than expected.

You were born 3 days early too.

You shouldn't move around too much anymore. Don't overexert yourself.

- Manpei-san. - Don't spoil her.

I was cleaning house and doing the laundry until the day before she was born.

Don't worry.

You can't spend every day in bed either, right?

Besides, you'll have an easier childbirth if you stay active.

Then you can do office work for the company. But no housework.

- I told you... - No, she can't.

You just take good care of yourself, Fukuko.

Thank you, Manpei-san.

It's easy for you to say "Thank you, Manpei-san."

That means I have to do everything!

Actually, 10 days ago, Akatsu-san who had been helping with the housework...

fell down the stairs and broke his leg.

Akatsu, get the bath ready please.

I can't. My leg still hurts.

You're just useless.

Oh, Great Madam. I think we're getting short on firewood.

Why do I have to even do things like this...

Manpei-san?

That's the money Chairman Mitamura invested in you.

Yeah.

Are you still thinking of a way to use that 30,000 yen?

Salt has a maximum purchase price.

That's why no matter how great the quality is, unless we produce quantity, we can't increase our profit.

But I don't know about spending that 30,000 yen to make Tachibana Salt Company bigger...

You're still undecided?

- Yeah... - I think you should start a new business.

A new business?

Your present work came about when we came to Izumiotsu and there just happened to be 81 iron plates.

That's when you came up with the idea to make salt.

In order to do that, we had to hire many people.

The salt making went well, and we became a company

capable of paying decent wages to everyone.

- Yes. - But you just came up with

salt making simply because there happened to be iron plates,

and it wasn't something you started because you really wanted to do it.

I remember very well.

You told me that

you wanted to do work that would be useful to the world. The kind of work that would make everyone happy.

I just want to do work that would be useful to the world.

I want to do work that would make people happy.

Yeah, but...

But?

But doesn't that make you anxious?

When Tachibana Salt Company is doing well,

trying my hand in something else would be what you'd call an adventure.

- I'd like to see it! - What?

I'd like to see that adventure of Manpei-san.

What's wrong?

The baby just kicked. The baby wants to see it too.

Is that right?

Go ahead and think as much as you like.

When you find something you want to do,

I will support you, whatever that may be.

Thanks, Fukuko.

Well then, I'm going over to Hana-chan's house.

Hana-chan's house? Are you walking there?

Of course. I'm going to return what we borrowed.

Then I'll have someone drive you over in the truck.

You don't have to worry so much. I'll be fine.

I'm going to take a walk with my baby.

Be careful, you hear?

- Call someone right away if anything happens. - Okay, okay.

See you later.

Your dad's such a worry wart.

Work that would be useful to the world...

Something I want to do...

What are you going to do about the bath? When are you taking a bath, Manpei-san?

- What can it be... - President!

President, the big pan is getting warped. What should we do?

- Warped? - It's getting warped from the heat.

- I think it will be fine if we repaired it. - Okay. I'll leave it up to you.

- All right. - Wait a minute!

So you're going to ignore me, but you can respond to Kanbe-san?

I've been talking to you for a while now, but you didn't even answer me.

But you just responded to Kanbe-san.

- What are you talking about? - The President can't hear anything

- when he starts thinking about work. - He responded to your question.

That's because the question was about work.

- Is that even possible? - It is. Isn't it, President?

I'm sorry. Did you need me for something?

Forget it!

Great Madam! The weather looks like it's turning for the worse so we'll probably be getting off work early.

Please have the bath ready early. Oh, and dinner too.

Something I want to do...

I am not your maid!

- Huh? - I am the daughter of a samurai.

- Ah, yes. - Daughter of a samurai.

I've heard that numerous times already.

What kind of an attitude is that? Don't you believe me?

I never said that.

You can trace my ancestry to the Minamoto clan.

The Minamoto clan?!

Minamoto no Yoshitsune is my ancestor.

What?

- There you go, joking around again. - Joking?!

This is the first time I heard of that.

Are you saying that I'm talking nonsense?!

No, no, no. That's not what I'm saying.

But Minamoto no Yoshitsune is...

Yes, hello. Tachibana Salt Company.

It's me, Sera.

- Ah. - Ah? What's that supposed to mean?

It's already been 6 months. What's going on?

Huh? What do you mean?

I invested 1,500 yen in you too, you know.

That was the 1,500 yen you took from our share and...

What's that about? I'm talking about my investment.

I'm thinking about it right now.

- Thinking about it? - Yes.

I thought about making Tachibana Salt Company bigger, but I scrapped that idea.

- Huh? - I'm thinking about taking on a new adventure.

- What adventure? - That's what I'm thinking about right now.

No. Adventure is no good.

Since Tachibana Salt Company's doing well, you should just make the company bigger.

It's my money, you know. I went on an adventure. I failed.

That money's all gone. That's not even an excuse, you know.

I know. I don't want to fail either.

Anyway, please wait a little longer, Sera-san.

I'll wait one more month then. But let me just tell you one thing.

You're going to be a father soon. Don't even think about adventure.

All right. Yes. Then.

Does he really understand?

So which do you want, Fuku-chan?

- Boy? Girl? - It doesn't really matter.

- As long as it's healthy. - What does Manpei-san say?

I don't think he's thought about that yet.

More than anything else, he's worried about my health.

- Bragging about your husband already? - No, that's not it.

- Yes, you are. - I did it! - You did?

- All right! Good job. - You're very good, Tamae-chan.

A girl would definitely be nice too.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Manpei-san?

It looked like it was going to rain.

So you came to pick me up?

Oh, but I forgot to bring two umbrellas.

Oh no.

It's not raining yet.

No, it's raining. What are we going to do if you catch a cold?

You're so silly, Manpei-san.

Fuku-chan was filled with happiness.

But early that evening, the problem occurred.

- Huh? - What's going on?

- Great Madam isn't here. - Great Madam?

What's going on, Akatsu?

Mom.

Mom.

Where are...

"I'm going away"?!

Manpei-san!