Volume 21 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Yes, of course
”This co reached the h the week, she had heard this come out of Rei-chan'sthis up; she'd heard it Why was she bla her? She had already bowed and said, ”It was o there It was staring her in the face; it wasn't good enough to just turn a blind eye to it
At that tioing out on Sunday) Yoshi+no, unluckily interpreted this as ”the way I WANT to spend nored her and missed an essential part of Rei-chan's story
She had been listening properly at first Yanaka-san (previously Yoshi+no had only seen his face in passing) hadn't visited her Uncle's (that is, Rei-chan's father's) dojo for a long time Rei-chan and her father had received an invitation to lunch together with hiht that was the story anyhow
Yanaka-san is a gentle person who is never disagreeable, but an old man is a olddinner with Yanaka-ojiisan, Yoshi+no didn't particularly envy her at all Sheto be a japanese style ination In saying that all three people would be present, in the end it probably a more than an enforced kendo lecture
And then, ”Making friends is iood if you could co The rest of the story fronored It seemed like Rei-chan had continued on with aand the information hadn't stayed in her head at all
Yoshi+no's plans? What should she say if she's asked? Having absentmindedly listened to only half the conversation was the cause of her nervousness
This co Sunday, Yoshi+no had made plans in secret from Rei-chan Yeah… a secret If discovered, soive her a bad reputation She supposed it was enough to just not tell Rei-chan about it But even if she did that, what sort of verbal deflection could she use? So that wouldn't necessarily be untrue…
The truth is… Yoshi+no had promised to spend the day out and about with Arima Nana next Sunday
Yoshi+no had been the first to ar
Given that Yumi-san wasn't simply a classmate, but also her best friend, she was able to tell her, ”If I becoet a little sister at that point, I'll make Nana my sister” With that proclamation, Arima Nana, as in middle school, who hadn't even been a blip on the radar, leapt up to be Yoshi+no's tentative top little sister candidate Emphasis on ”tentative” None of the candidates fro the tea party remained The fact that at present there was no second place winner was a sad state of affairs Apart froh school kendo match, she had beenit
She'd checked in to her background and fa noticed Though she seeye And when she'd made the request of her accomplice to uphold the lie that she hadn't just then irl had been able to carry the burden Even though the ribbon of her uniform under her sweater had co out a sen There's no way she would have noticed
But, this wasn't enough to go on Yoshi+no thought that she would need to knowsomeone of the past used to say: ”Know your enemy and know yourself, only then can you be victorious in battle”In this case, Nana probably wasn't her enemy Operation code name: Get a Little Sister, for Yoshi+no, had already completely broken out into war Her favorite phrase was, ”victory goes to the one who reen lightwas her nuh it is also said, ”be ian of soreat endurance
And, now, halfway through the week, Yoshi+no decided to go observe Nana for thea middle school classrooy was to wait in as in the
She gave a suitable excuse to Rei-chan and went to school a little earlier than usual She held the stakeout nearby the student entrance to the middle school, and waited for about fifteentiresoht
Of course, she wasn't wearing the pink sweatshi+rt of the other day She wore a school coat over her uniform She had been crowded into a mass of middle school students, but beyond all expectations, she had been easy to find
Yoshi+noslowly head on First she would say, ”Good day” Then she would give a bea smile ”Thanks for the other day” She had already decided on this course of action
Nana's face becahtforward Yes, now ”Go” But Nana… about 15 ed direction Just like that she was sucked in to the school entrance ”W-wait” In confusion, Yoshi+no chased after her Yet, this was the peak ti each other, they flitted about All the voices ran into each and coled like mixed juice In this state, it wouldn't be easy to identify anyone by the sound of their voice (In that case)
Yoshi+no put her fingers in her ears and shouted forcefully, ”Tanaka-san!” Aon the periphery stopped (Was it ers froulfed in silence Simultaneously, many students turned their attention toward her Soed to eency alert
”I-I'm sorry I made a disturbance” Is this what Yumi-san had meant when she said, ”To burn with embarrassment”? At any rate it had resulted in a terrible effect She should come back here and start over later in the day Since she had only ht not have noticed Yet, when she tried to turn away…
”Actually, it's Arima” The person in question had quite definitely noticed It was no longer aout Where is the reset button for this situation?
As they'd be a bother standing around talking while students were trying to change their shoes, the two of them stepped outside for a moment ”Umm… Hasekura Rei-sa away until they were out of the flow of students ”…honored little sister, shi+otten my name”
Yoshi+no was able to keep her co been seen in that blunder, she was not able toupperclass in the gymnasium, and the beautiful rosary that you dropped”
”” What is with that way of reht Nana remembered her, because she'd continued in the habit of screwing things up with this latest episode And then even though she couldn't see it, she recalled the rosary before she recalled the owner
”I orried about it for a while Afterwards, were you been able to tell Torii Eriko-sa?”
”You know Torii Eriko-sama's name”
”Of course”
”Of course”