“No, ma’am. It’s always locked. Master’s orders.”
That evening, Miya prepared the tea ceremony room—fresh flowers, proper incense, and the old tea set. She invited the family, brewed the tea exactly as Hana’s notes described, and served it in silence.
“Um… excuse me,” Miya whispered.
— Miya-chan’s diary, entry 17 Would you like this story adapted into a manga script format or as a light novel scene?
Here’s a story for Miya-chan no Kyuuin Life! 17 — the seventeenth installment in a series about Miya, a young woman navigating life as a live-in helper (or “kyuuin”) in a traditional yet quirky household.
Miya has been working at the historic Fujimori estate for over a year now. She’s mastered the morning routines, the cranky but kind Master’s tea preferences, and even the household’s three eccentric cats. But in this episode, an unexpected mystery arises: the tea ceremony room, which hasn’t been used in decades, begins emitting soft koto music late at night.
Being Miya, she didn’t call an exorcist. She grabbed a flashlight and a box of mochi (ghosts, according to urban legend, love sweets) and crept toward the room.
The sliding door was slightly ajar. Inside, dust danced in moonbeams—and sitting seiza before a phantom tea brazier was a translucent young woman in a Meiji-era housemaid’s uniform. She was calmly, meticulously making tea that no one would drink.