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Youko & Versa’s Next Volume Preview Talk

Youko: I am Youko, the Nine-Tailed Fox. I shall give you the preview for the next volume.

Versa:………………………………

Youko: What is the matter? You… Versa-dono, it is your turn to greet everyone.

Versa: No, wait… why am I in the next volume preview? And why with you? I don’t even remember us ever having a conversation.

Youko: Ah, that is because you are on the cover. If you are on the cover, you appear here. That is just how the rules work.

Versa: But I barely even spoke in the main story! Ah… I am Versa. It is nice to meet you.

Youko: Heh. Well, do not be so tense, just talk about the next volume.

Versa: The next volume… you mean Volume 22, right? I wonder if I even get any screen time?

Youko: If there is talk about the printing business, won’t you naturally get a turn to appear?

Versa: I hope so… but my works cannot be shown to the general public. They are even banned from being brought into Big Tree Village.

Youko: Zabuton-dono is quite strict, after all. Well, it seems some of the civil servant girls secretly own them, though…

Versa: There is also a resistance force against them even in Village Five.

Youko: That faction is a problematic existence in its own right, causing trouble for the guards…

Versa: Screen time for me in a situation like that? I can only imagine it means trouble!

Youko: W-Well, true. If that is the case… perhaps it is better if Versa-dono does ‘not’ get any screen time.

Versa: Indeed. As long as I can write in peace… Ah! Wait!

Youko: What is it?

Versa: There was a chance my screen time would increase from flirting and being lovey-dovey with my husband! That is totally possible! All right!

Youko: I see. In that case, I might get screen time showing family love with my daughter. I look forward to the next volume.

Versa: Yeah. …Wait? Isn’t this less of a “next volume preview” and more of a “wish list for the next volume”?

Youko: Do not worry about it. It happens all the time.

Versa: Is it really okay to just leave it at that? Well, anyway, please look forward to the next volume as well!