Volume 7 Chapter 6 (2/2)
I nodded, thinking she'd be there
”But there's still a lot of preparation to be done, so I'm not sure if she'll be there for the entire time”
I added, just in case The boutons had been really busy lately Like only co to the Rose Mansion to eat lunch Plus there were lots of guests that ca
”Hmm, that's a pain I suppose shi+mako-san would know”
She looked around restlessly, but shi+mako-san was so busy she'd probably left the classroom already
”What was it about?”
I asked, and Saeko-san responded with, ”Well, the truth is,” as though she were about to start gossiping
”It's about the ”Third-years' Farewell Party” The flower arranging club has been asked to set up a display in the auditorium”
”Yeah”
This I knew The ”Third-years' Farewell Party” was organized by the student council, but it was open for all students to participate, either through clubs or as classes, to hold displays or put on perforly, I only learned this infor
”We ondering e should bring the arrange up, and e have to be done by”
”Ahh, that's not part of shi+ht, when I see et back to you later today?”
”Really? That'll be great, thanks”
Saeko-san squeezed htly
It was exciting thinking that I was helping out with the student council work And in this way I was helping my onee-sama too
”Ah, Yumi-san”
On the staircase, a second-year student called out to me as we passed
”Brilliant tinboard for the ”Third-years' Farewell Party,” so can you let the boutons know to pick it up from the art club's room as soon as possible”
”Ah, okay”
So that's setup tinboard for the art club
So that I wouldn't forget, I crossed two of ers
I was exhausted by the tiot home, probably becauseat full capacity
The work had built up after the initial task, and I'd now becoer to the hard-to-reach boutons
After school, I'd made the round trip between the Rose Mansion and the club roo club and the dance club, plus I'd had to stop in at the office and use the payphone to check if the floe'd ordered had arrived at the florist yet Despite all this, I still had it easier than the boutons
I was so tired that I listlessly munched on the dinner side-dishes of sauteed lotus root and burdock In the bath, it felt like I was about to fall asleep right there and then
”Now then”
When I got out of the bath, I wanted to cliht away, but there was still one task I had left to do
”Yu for?”
Mythrough the closet
”Well, a couple years ago, dad got really into party performances, didn't he?”
The father in question was out tonight having drinks with a client to celebrate the co I didn't knohat tiuess about where that stuff would be and started looking The closet had looked like a good place to keep some small props The truth was, I still hadn't decided what to do for the farewell party
”Ah, you s?”
”Yeah”
I picked through the contents of the cardboard box we'd christened the ”Junk Box,” looking at each iteaoods that would be forgotten about whether throay or not, greeted ”
”What was it that dad did, do you know?”
”Hmm, as it? I think it was Nankin Tamasudare [1] or that one where you draw a face on your stomach and make it move[2]”
Moht
”Either way, it was a coht?”
”Yeah That's the type of person he is”
And since his blood flowed in e of comedy
”Oh, there's lots of ic tricks”
”Ah Yuuki ht have used those”
Mom asked, ”How about these?” But Yoshi+no-san was already doing a ood
”Oh? What's this?”
Mo it on the tatami mat floor
”Youin the closet that you don't know about, mom?”
”It happens from time to time”
When either dad, er brother Yuuki didn't want to disturb her, and just put it in the closet ourselves, or else if it was soot about putting it in there
”It's the former”
Mom smiled as she said this
”Are you sure you're not the culprit here, Yumi-chan?”
”I have no memory of it whatsoever Should we open it?”
”Go ahead If someone didn't want it found, they would have put it somewhere else”
Her reasoning was solid Our faenerally considered the closet a shared space
”Now then, e find?”
My heart beating with exciteht, like an official seal Perhaps the person that tied this knot never intended for it to be opened, and had put a curse on it like the Egyptian pyramids
Just as I decided I wouldn't look if it contained so like photos of naked women, the knot came undone
What appeared inside was -
”What's this? Cassette tape, hand towel, 5 yen piece and … a sieve?”
Mom and I looked at each other
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