Fish Out of Water 5

Uzziah turned out to be a well-mannered lad with a penchant for discipline; he used the honorifics correctly, showed proper deference to the preceptors, and exhibited every trait of a gracious host. He had alert, inky eyes and pitch-black braided hair. The young Yamazaki was about Kento’s height, darker in complexion, and looked much more weathered. He had an air of maturity around him that seemed to make others do his bidding. As the group proceeded towards the main edifice of the floating house, Uzziah ordered some of the attendants around- sending one for refreshments, another to fetch his mother, Midori Yamazaki. He tasked a tall, muscular man named Shufuku to remove barnacles from the canoes and carry out cleaning and repairs wherever necessary. Illumi-Masaki-Nadeko’s canoe, particularly, needed some attention due to a lot of lamia snuffed around its hull. It smelled like an unclean butcher shop.