"Curry × Rice" Second Half

You guys handle the sales. I'm gonna go take a look around.

And I'm gonna go scout out our competition. Hold down the fort while I'm gone.

I suppose that means you, Lady Mash, and I will be handling the sales, Master! Let's do our best!

Mwohoho, you actually finished in time! I'm impressed!

Very well then, a copy, if you please!

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What, that? Bah! I am not so uncultured that I can't enjoy a good doujin on its own merits!

Besides, when you're on my level, you can just gender-swap the characters in your mind, no problI mean, never mind.

The point is, quality is quality! Well, good luck! I'll be rooting for you!

What a strange sight... Both the paper bags he's carrying are full to bursting with doujin...

I never would have thought there was another collector as fervent as Blackbeard. Is that...Arjuna?

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Phew... There's so much to see. I'm not sure if I'm going to even have time to get my own shopping done.

Oh, hello, Fujimaru. I didn't know you were attending ServantFes this year.

... Would you mind if I read your book?

N-not at all!

Hmm, a battle between two brothers over which of them will inherit the throne... Fascinating.

Indeed, brothers in India are quick to fight one another. I don't see how it could be otherwise.

And in the conclusion...

No, wait. It would be foolish to read the whole thing now.

I'll take oneno, five copies, in the hope that the archer wins.

I'm not sure what you mean by that hope, but thank you!

I'm impressed you can run a shop in this unbearable heat while staying completely still. I could never manage that.

By the way, this is fascinating. Most fascinating.

...I feel I've heard that is what you're supposed to say when you want to read a book... Is that all right?

Of course. Please, go right ahead!

Thank you... These battle scenes are especially striking. An archer firing three arrows at once, hm?

And what's this? He used coconut trees as catapults to fire soldiers with iron shields at the castle? What a frighteningly effective tactic.

Right? Right!? I quite love the scene where they ride their horses down an incredibly steep cliff!

This will be an excellent reference manual for future battles. I'll take five of them.

(Gasp...gasp)... Do you have any books left? You do, right?

Oh, Osakabehime! We actually just sold out...

Naniii!?

But since you helped us so much, I thought it would only be right to put a copy aside for you.

Here you go. On the house.

Whoa, really? Yattaaa!

Ehehehe. Let's see...

Two men obsessed, love and hate, passions blazing so strongly they can only resolve their differences by fighting... This doujin has it all!

I can't believe Alter has gotten so good so fast... She's a genius!

This is exactly why I could never give up doujin!

The pupil has already become a master! And now she's even a source of great inspiration!

Thank you, Osakabehime... But I think it would make Alter much happier if you told her that yourself.

Are you joking!? She'd nigerundayo because hearing praise embarrasses her too much! She's a real chicken about compliments, that one!

All right, I've got to go organize all the goodies I picked up, so see you later!

Oh, by the way, what are your chances of victory looking like?

I'm not sure. We sold everything we brought, but we also didn't print too many in the first place...

Oh, that's a shame. But you did your very best, so you should be proud!

The great thing about artist alley at a con is that it's fun just to be there!

And that makes everyone a winner!