Chapter 89.1 - Top Secret and Thousand Blade Festival [6] – part 1 (1/2)

89. Top Secret and Thousand Blade Festival [6] – part 1

I stretched my body greatly after enjoying the president’s special haunted house.

「Nn…」

I’ve been in a dim room for a long time, so the sunlight coming in through the window was a little dazzling.

「Well then, I have to find Ria and Rose.」

For now, let’s go to the place where they are likely to go.

(Ria would probably be the cafeteria, and Rose should be around the training area.)

When I turned towards the cafeteria, roughly guessing where they might be – I saw Ria and Rose walking out of the women’s restroom from a little away.

Apparently they gathered at the same place instead of running around aimlessly.

「-Ria, Rose, thank goodness!」

I waved my hand and ran up to them.

And then,

「「……I am not crying.」」

They murmured something.

「…Eh? My bad, I didn’t hear you. Say it again.」

「「Like I said, I’m not crying!」」

This time I heard it clearly.

「A-Aa… It’s okay, I know.」

I now know that Ria and Rose were crying in the women’s toilet.

It’s obvious, looking at their red, swollen eyes.

「…That’s right.」

「…That’s good.」

They turned away and kept silent.

「……」

「……」

「……」

An indescribable silence descended.

(A-Anyway… I have to cheer them up.)

It’s a festival after all.

It’s too wasteful to spend time with a depressed air.

I know one way to change the mood quickly at times like this.

「-Ah, that’s right! Now that I think about it, I heard that there is delicious choco banana in Year 2 Class F.」

At that moment, Ria’s eyebrows twitched.

(Did I hook her?)

Ria is a sucker for food.

When the atmosphere is bad, just shoot this subject.

「I’m feeling a little hungry, so why don’t we go out for a meal?」

I pressed one more time.

「……To eat.」

After a small silence, Ria nodded.

「Yoshi, it’s decided! What about Rose? I think it will be a good change of pace if you put something in your stomach.」

「I suppose… I’ll come too.」

She agreed.

Thus, we set our course towards Year 2 Class F.

■

We went the long way to avoid passing in front of the haunted house and walked down a long corridor for a while and arrived at our destination.

「Oh, it’s pretty crowded.」

There was a long line of more than ten people in front of the classroom.

As I stood on tiptoe, I could see that they were in the middle of making choco bananas.

The banana was coated with melted hot choco, and red, yellow, green, white, black, chocolate were sprinkled over, and completed.

「Looks so delicious…!」

When Ria saw it, her face shone brightly.

「Well then, let’s queue up for the time being.」

「Un!」