Volume 4 Chapter 2 (2/2)
”Thank you, Tsutako-san!”
It's good to have friends Plus, for all her cockiness, she did her share of work
”How do you write Kanina?”
”Kani, from hair crab, and na, from name”
”What an unusual name”
”Well there's an Ebina (海老名 - Ebi = shrimp), so Kanina isn't that far off”
”Mmm”
Yumi took out her own student notebook and jotted it down She would ask Yoshi+no-san later if she knew anything about ”Kanina shi+zuka-sama”
”Mmm, that's all?”
Tsutako-san looked let-down
”Is that bad?”
”Come on, Yuhts, on such an eht nickname?”
”Oh, right, I didn't notice”
She found out thisthat Rosa Canina was a real rose, and that it was a black rose, so she ended up being satisfied So her real name was more like simple memorization All she really cared about was that it was a name she hadn't heard before After all, no matter what that person's name was, she was still Sachiko-sama's opponent
”Get a grip How're you going to weather the storm like that?”
That hurt That really hurt Because she didn't need to be told it
”However Onee-sama's Yamayurikai staff election episode is quite a burden, but then you think about going through that, and living through your onee-saraduation, like shi+ot problems, don't you think?”
”Oh, Rosa Gigantea is taking exams?”
How unbelievable, Yuht Because she never looked like she was, and to start with, were people taking exams allowed to wander around in that manner?
”Maybe, apparently At the very least, no one's heard her talk about a priority entry into Lillian's university or junior college Right, shi+mako-san?”
Seeing shi+mako-san step into the rooed her over
”Eh? What? Onee-sama's course?”
shi+mako-san tilted her head
For a ht, ”No way,” but then she rejected the notion After all, even with how ”their” relationshi+p was, even shi+antea planned to do after graduating After all, it was already in the countdown stages, being after New Year's
But
As Yumi and Tsutako-san held their breaths and watched, shi+mako-san looked extremely serious and said
”I wonder…?”
As expected of the my-pace shi+mako-san ”Come to think of it, what does she plan to do?” said shi+ht of it
”… hello, shi+ that important directly?”
It was dead winter, but Tsutako-san still had a sweat drop
”Indeed But, it wasn't that I couldn't ask, but rather that I forgot to ask But I understand, I'll try to re the next time I see her”
Sel, shi+ equiplass s reflected the sunlight and illuminated shi+mako-san
shi+mako-san looked so white that it wouldn't have been a surprise if angelic wings sprouted behind her Not so much the color of her skin, but her existence, as a whole If Yumi could see people's auras, shi+mako-san would no doubt be white As expected of the white rose family
When Yumi pointed that out, Tsutako-san snickered
”Then Yu, so you're part of the crimson rose family”
One zabuton for Tsutako-san!
The pitiful part was that Yumi couldn't make a retort
”Second-year wisteria class' Kanina shi+zuka-sastress?”
Yoshi+no-san immediately answered, in the second-floor conference rooroaned, ”Rosa Canina because her name is Kanina,” so Yu for that sort of reaction from Yumi
”Yoshi+no-san, do you know her well?”
”No But she's pretty famous”
”… I see”
She could only nod In Yumi's case, she didn't really remember anyone she didn't actually come in contact with
”She's pretty, with long hair She did a vocal solo of Aria during the school festival, don't you remember?”
”I was probably eating curry with Sachiko-sama”
”That's right”
Yoshi+no-san laughed and shut the s While their onee-saement committee's explanatory session, the two of them cleaned the room, so they kept theopen despite the cold weather
”Shall we take a break?”
Yu for an answer and flipped the two teacups over The electric kettle wassounds, and hot steam escaped fro
”A rest”
Yoshi+no-san revolved her shoulders It was right after classroo all day But they couldn't help it, the Mansion with spider asn't a proper sight The two sisters of boutons pondered over what they could do to help their onee-sama and decided that, at the very least, they could make it so their onee-sama would be able to sit co, but a pretty decent a prior to the year's end, so this was
”Yoshi+no-san, would you like coffee?”
”Yes And plenty of powdered milk, please”
”OK”
Rosa Foetida brought a collection of stick-coffee as a gift during the second-se part of her New Year's gift, so the Rose Mansion drinks were currently extraordinarily rich Yuar into each cup, and as per request, placed an extra milk stick into Yoshi+no-san's cup, and added an extra sugar stick into her own Then, she poured boiling water into the cups Because it was just the two of the they'd need to do, so they didn't use a spoon tothe coffee pretty well, anyways Of course, it didn't need to be said that they didn't use a tray, either
”The election ement committee's explanatory session, what do they do there?”
Yu, when she sat down in her chair, it felt like all of the exhaustion crept up at once I don't want to do anything more, was how she felt
”When, and how they'll hold the elections, for one How candidates should sign up What violates the election process I guess they explain those things?”
”Mmm”
Sounds difficult, Yuht
”What do you h it next year?”
”What!?”
”Get a grip, Yu bouton in April”
”Umm… that's true-”
After she nodded, she started, ”Wait” There was, of course, theshe'd taken pains to not think about, but the situation was different now because of Rosa Canina, wasn't it?
If they lost in the election, then Rosa Chinensis next year wouldn't be Sachiko-sama And when Kanina shi+zuka-sama becomes the new Rosa Chinensis, her sister would be the bouton, so there was the possibility that Yue dramatically
”Yu that Sachiko-saht lose, can you?”
On the other side of the vapor rising froly
”shi+mako-san is like that, too, but you shouldn't have that kind of passive attitude When soes you, you stand and take it If we, the bouton's sisters, becoht full strength”
”Oh, yes”
She'd been lectured, without realizing it But it was true, she'd i a normal school life Not the upperclassman everyone admired, but just her ”onee-sama” It actually sounded kind of nice
”If you're considered the successor, you're supposed to win the election So try losing to so to cheer up your onee-sas came to that?”
You're right, is all she could say So in truth, she needed onee-sama to win
When they finished slowly sipping down their coffee, the three boutons returned to the Rose Mansion
”Would you like a drink?”
While Yoshi+no-san washed the used cups, Yu around and asked for their orders, like a good waitress
”Do you want to drink bitter japanese tea?”
Sachiko-sama asked the other two
”Sounds good”
Answered Rei-sama shi+mako-san said she didn't care The three of them looked tired
”Bitter japanese tea”
When Yumi repeated the order, Rei-sama added, ”Cups are fine”
”I didn't think Rosa Canina was going to be lady Kanina shi+zuka”
They had probably walked through the school hallways, the stairs, and other such places without saying a word After seating the drinks, the boutons relaxed the While they poured bitter tea, Yu antennae in their direction
”I don't really know, but she was the one who sang Aria at the school festival, correct? She looks very different from then”
Yue over the winter,” when she heard shi+mako-san's words However, she also realized that the Aria songstress was famous indeed
”Cutting her hair short during the winter of her second year, is just like Rosa Gigantea Like she's carrying on a tradition”
”You don't say!”
She wasn't Sachiko-saht, ”You don't say!” Because if soantea that antea, and then you would assume that sort of person wouldn't issue a proclamation of war to the Yamayurikai staff People cut their hair all the time, even without any reason
”Come to think of it, didn't Kanina shi+zuka-san's naantea, way back then?”
”Yes, there was such a rumor”
As the two second-years conversed, the three first-years simultaneously went, ”What!?” It'd happened at least a year ago, so of course, it was their first ti this
”Is that true?”
Yoshi+no-san didn't even wait to place the teacups in front of each person, instead rushi+ng toward the table with the tray
”Just a rumor, Yoshi+no-chan After all, it didn't turn out that way, did it?”
Sachiko-sama and the other two took their cups off the tray
”Yup, yup, it was just the Lillian Kawaraban running off with a story again”
”… Oh, was that all?”
Of course, Rosa Gigantea en bouton, shi+mako-san, sat there in the h The newspaper club apparently took a poll on as likely to becoantea's sister
Yumi and Yoshi+no-san took their own cups and sat next to their respective onee-sareen color of the japanese tea looked exceptionally bitter, so in Yumi's case, she diluted it ater from the pot The others, however, sipped it deliciously
”She looked a bit like shi+ori-san”
Everyone was quieted by Sachiko-saantea and her heart-breaking split with her friend
”shi+ori-san aside, she stood out since middle school, so I actually even assumed she would be a Rose Mansion resident at some point”
Because she was a traditionally beautiful person, and there was no one that wouldn't be intoxicated by her singing voice -Rei-sama explained, about Kanina shi+zuka-sama However, the current Rosa Foetida's preference was ”rare goods,” so the handsome youth as invincible with a shi+nai, Rei-sa her little sister
”Had shi+ori-san not been here, would Rosa Gigantea have asked Kanina shi+zuka-sama to be her sister?”
When Yumi asked, Sachiko-sama pondered, ”I wonder”
”Before she antea didn't antea of now solely because she met shi+ori-san”
”Ah… I see”
Anyways, Rosa Canina, or Kanina shi+zuka-saement committee's explanatory session
The deadline for registering candidacy was so up to the election today Anyone could participate The schoolto announce candidacy during classroom breaks, so today was supposed to be the first time the candidates would see each other
”There were a nu her around Rosa Canina, Rosa Canina It was not a pleasant sight to behold”
”But, she is alone”
Hearing Sachiko-sama, shi+mako-san replied
”I understand But, it's disco, that's all”
She likes what she likes, she hates what she hates -Very like Sachiko-sama
But does that h to have her own contingency of supporters? Yue Maybe she was still dragging the concept of the ”black rose” along
(Disco)
She poured hot water into a small teapot and added seconds to everyone's cup as she thought If Sachiko-sama was discomforted, then she was discomforted, too
As Sachiko-saive anyone ould strain onee-sama's beautiful face