“La Verite of Flowers” - CHAPTER 2"

Tsumugi: This store here. It’s owned by the uncle of a student that I’ve been home-tutoring for.
The owner apparently used to be a pastry artisan before, so he turns the store into a bakery during the mornings.
Banri: Oh yeah, I remember you mentioning that you and Director-chan bought some bread together before. So this is where you got them?[1]
Owner: Ah, Sensei! Welcome. I’m happy to see you here again.
Tsumugi: Good afternoon. I wanted to let you know that my friends from the troupe really liked the bread I bought from before.
Banri: It was really good.
Owner: That’s great then! Thank you so much.
Tsumugi: This place also offers a breakfast set menu. Oh, and the coffee’s really nice too. Mornings are basically the best time to visit.
Banri: Really?
Owner: Ahaha, this is all just a hobby. But I’m having fun doing it.
I’m currently in the middle of coming up with this latte recipe that uses rose syrup.
Tsumugi: Rose syrup… Heh, that’s surely unique.
Owner: Actually, there’s apparently this French-themed fair that’s happening in this high-class hotel called the La Verite.
There were selling roses for wholesale price over there.
The organizer also came over today, and while we were looking at the roses I came up with this idea.
Once this recipe is complete, I hope you two can come over to try it sometime.
Tsumugi: I’d love to.
Banri: Rose syrup, huh… It sounds sweet just from impressions alone. I’m alright with just regular coffee, thanks.
Owner: Haha, come now, don’t say that. At least try it out.
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???: So this is Amabi…
(Veludo Arts University—a place known for producing many famous artists… That young man there, even that lady there. I wonder if they’re also going to be new seeds of this home of the arts…)
Student A: Woah, no way!?
Student B: It’s true. Shocking, right?
Banri: Damn, that’s pretty sick.
???: (It’s that young man from yesterday’s cafe…!)
(Even here he really stands out from the crowd. Who is he, really? I’ve come all this way yet it’s just on the tip of my tongue…)
Banri: See ya guys. I’ve got somewhere to be.
Student A: Oh, laters~
Student C: I heard he’s heading to a workshop after this. Even after all the classes we had today.
Student A: Seriously? Doesn’t he do practices in his troupe too? No matter how you look at it, he’s really crazy for theatre.
Student B: Haha, you’re right about that. It’s really amazing, you gotta respect it.
Student C: My first impression of him was that he was just a guy with high specs who can live his life real easy, but he turned out to be quite unexpected.
Student A: I know right? Man, we’re really no match for someone like Settsu.
???: …Settsu?
Ahh!!!! It’s MANKAI Company’s Settsu Banri!!
Students: !?!
Student A: Uhm… Are you perhaps a fan of Settsu?
???: Ah, sorry! Please don’t mind me…
(It’s all coming back to me now! Ahh, what a relief~)
(Moreover, they mentioned him appearing as someone with high specs that can live an easy life, huh…)
(Now that I think about, I had the very same first impression on that kid.)
(I still don’t know much about him, but I’m certain the “Settsu Banri” that I see and the “Settsu Banri” that he thinks of himself as are completely different.)
(...Banri-san, huh.)
Alright. It’s decided.
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[1] Tsumugi SSR: Florist Blanc
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