Reika-Sama – 088 (1/2)
The results for the finals were out Naturally my name was nowhere to be seen
The top-three were the sai, Enjou, and Wakaba-chan in that order Wakaba-chan really is such a s to h…
Oh! And Fellow Stalking-Horse dropped to 7th! Are you being a little careless about your studies,up the Stalking Horses, okay? You’re the hope of our village As candidate for next village head, you need to make us proud
Anyhow, I ended up at rank 86 Uguh, it’s so bad that I can’t even talk about it! At this rate I its Better take the su… This su to be busy
”Hey,” Kikuno suddenly said ”How about we all go soether this summer?”
Ehhhh! An outing with friends! That sounds wonderful!
”Do you think we’ll be able to book anything in time?”
”My, what if you simply came to my family’s villa?”
The girls began kicking up an excited fuss
Since we basically all have villas, they started discussing which one ere going to use I’d better ask my family as well
I ht? Right? I ot a villa too, so let me into the conversation?
On the last Sunday before the suan, Sakura-chan and I went to do that Zazen meditation I mentioned
First the Zen Master taught us how to sit and meditate properly, and then had us enter the temple I was happy to find that it was cool inside I don’t think I would have been able to meditate if it was humid
I couldn’t e the full lotus position so I sat down in the half-lotus instead, and half-closedControl your heart
Iup
Or so I thought, but with the room so quiet my mind started to calan to close
Ah-, Zen Master-san suddenly stood behindasleep? I leant to the left so that he could tap my shoulder with his stick It hurt less than I’d expected Was he holding back because I was a frail girl? But thanks to that I was getting sleepy again…
-smack-
By the end of it I was so drowsy thatall over the place I can’t even reain
After a thirty minute session of that, we had soave us a serht it was just going to be the meditation
I placed the paper on top of the original and then began to trace it Oh This was easier than I thought I used to do the sa practice as a child
Turns out it wasn’t that easy Zen Master-san told us that by tracing this our hearts would be revealed I looked at Sakura-chan’s perfect kanji, and then looked at soles on mine I’ll bet this one over here happened while I was thinking about the japanese-style café we’d be going to after My mind really is filled to the brim orldly desires, isn’t it
After sub our copies to the teht to a close
”Reika You didn’t learn a thing, did you,” said Sakura-chan, the very inally planned to reflect during the training, hadn’t I
”Seriously, because of all the s from the side I could barely concentrateback and forth near the end too…”
”That was a test of your heart and spirit, Sakura-chan If so so little can sway you from the Path then I don’t knohat to say to you”
”…He should have smacked you with a real cane instead”
I was just reciting what the Zen Master had said And a real cane would have actually hurt
”And today was so easy because I deliberately chose a one to one of the hardcore places you’d be tenderised steak right now”
”Ehh~ But you got hit too”
”I asked him to”
Wow, you’re a
”Well? Did you reflect at all…?”
She sighed as I stared at the sweets menu
”Guess not, huh”
You’re wrong I was just looking, that’s all I wasn’t planning on eating at all, I swear
”Ahh~ Nirvana isn’t such an easy place to get into, you know~”
”I hope you fall onto the path of the chubster”
Stop that Don’t you remember what Mr Zen Master said? Words have power so you shouldn’t say cruel things to others, re to take responsibility if I really turn into a fatty?
”Look, you really need to start exercising, Reika How about that hot yoga stuff, or a?”
”You sure do love yoga, Sakura-chan”
I’ve been doing a at hoo out of my way then maybe some other sport would be better
Anyhow, I so one of the japanese-styled sweets and forced myself to settle with a cold matcha drink instead