Vol 3 Chapter 5 (2/2)
“No!” Meg said mercilessly
“Huh?”
“If you are so scared, you cannot achieve your love! You will clearly fail!”
“Hm? Wait, I—”
Seron panicked
“Calotta think of SC Sophia” Larry said, putting a hand on his shoulder
“R-right Yeah” Seron nodded, getting a hold of himself
Meg switched targets fro on the sofa with her ape
“You must not be scared! If you are scared when you have someone to love, it will not do! If you are scared to say ‘I love you’, that is not real love!”
Meg did not pull any punches
Sophia took every blow
Seron also took every blow, and then soonized blankly
‘Hang in there, Seron! You can’t start crying now!’ Larry thought, but he kept the sentiment to himself
Meg’s onslaught continued
“I do not have soet someone I love, I will probably first confess to hihtly when you trip and can’t even confess! That is tricking your heart! That is not real love!”
Larry could hear Seron’s silent screams
‘Medic! We need a ht desperately to himself
“The newspaper club ave your request! Jenny went very far today!”
“It wasn’t that far away—”
“Shush!+” Natalia cut Jenny off Nick backed up Meg
“Yes It was a difficult week for all of us”
“It was very difficult Everyone worked so hard And look at Seron, please! Seron researched all night very much for you, SC Sophia!”
‘Actually for you, Meght, but kept the correction to himself
Seron sat blankly, frozen He did not knohat to do His brain was overloading
That hen Meg suddenly pointed a finger at him
“Look! Seron has no energy! He is very tired!”
‘Because of what you’re saying now, Meght, but he kept that addition to himself
“All this ether to find the answer All this many people worked very hard But SC Sophia! You know the most easy way to know the answer!”
“What? You mean…”
“Yes! When you confess, SC Arthur will tell you Then you can find it! Then you can gift it to him! That is the wise and only way!”
“B-but that’s only if he says yes—”
“Do not think of the failed option! You can think of it after you have failed!” Meg said, giving Sophia no tiue
Sophia fell silent again As if on cue—and unnecessarily—Seron finally showed signs of thought He supposed that he could somehow resolve the situation
“Er… I don’t think we should rush things, Megmica—”
“No! It seems like you do not have someone you love, Seron! You never had someone you loved! But you will knohen you have someone like that!”
Larry could hear Seron break
‘Don’t hold back those tears, buddy Just let it out’ Larry thought, but he kept the thought to hi at this point anyway
Seron sat gaping on the sofa, leaning all the way back His grey eyes were locked on so above Sophia’s head
‘Man… once an engine dies, it takes tihed
Natalia scratched her head
Jenny fell into thought and took more notes
Nick steepled his hands before hisin silence
Meg’s barrage returned to Sophia again
“Go to the dorht now, SC Sophia And confess to him! You will find out definitely what the 50th ant is!”
“…Er… it’s the 50th bee” Sophia ed to whimper a correction
“Yes! The bee! But ants and bees are the same! They are insects that work very hard for their queens! I want to be like them someday and work hard! No, I will! That is ive up!” Meg declared, clasping her hands as though in prayer and looking off into the west If reality were a play, this would have been where the lights went off
“Huh?” Sophia furrowed her brow
“What’s that now?” Natalia wondered, also lost
“You kno Princess Matilda’s the heir to the throne over in Bezel?” Jenny explained
“Aha” Natalia nodded “So they’re going to have a queen next, just like the ants and bees Makes sense”
“So the queen’s subjects would be the worker bees It almost sounds like a riddle” Nick finally spoke up
“But it is not wrong!” Meg grinned confidently, placing a hand on her hip
That hen a spark of life returned to Seron’s eyes
The spark kickstarted his thoughts
“Everyone’s really psyched, huh Probably ‘cause it’s for their annual performance And apparently—”
On the —
“—And apparently—”
—he had been discussing so with Larry
“Ah…”
Sophia and the others assu ild as she began to throw out one crazy confession idea after another at Sophia, who had gone quiet as a mouse
But the suggestions were too iue into a love confession, tell the drama club members to shout out the confession in unison, or use Sophia’s vice-president privileges for a confession
But Meg’s ideas were finally stopped—
“AHHH!”
—by Seron, who stood froasp
“Ah! Please do not scareup her cheeks, but he did not react
Instead, Seron looked down at Sophia—as just as surprised
“I see now I’ve got it!”
“Huh?”
Sophia tilted her head Seron’s gaze ain, this time to the equally bewildered Larry
“Larry! Larry Hepburn!”
“Huh? Me? Wh-what is it? Did you figure so out?”
“You were right”
“Huh?”
Larry’s eyes turned to dinner plates Meg and the others listened on curiously
“You were right, Larry”
“About what?”
“The 50th bee You had the answer”
“Seriously? Great! See? Even I can help out soot, Seron? What’s the 50th bee?” Larry said, grinning in spite of his confusion
Seron simply replied,
“It’s the name of a role”