Volume 31 Chapter 1 (1/2)
”Are those Marguerite daisies?”[1]
shi+mako-san said, as they entered into the clubroom
It was Monday After school On the second floor of the Rose Mansion
The exhaustion from yesterday's trip to the amusement park, plus the six hours of class today, had left the, it was fun,” Yuht to herself
”Indeed The flowers do look like Marguerite daisies, don't they?”
Yoshi+no-san giggled What kind of response was that from someone who'd asked the exact sa when they
”But since you said that, theyelse”
shi+ down on a chair then leaned in close to the bouquet of ”Marguerite daisy lookalikes” that Yulass vase and inhaled their scent
”Ah”
Then, the answer that slowly came was -
”They're Garland chrysanthemums”[2]
Correct
”Incredible, shi+mako-san You really know your flowers”
Yoshi+no-san looked at shi+mako-san with a touch of respect
”Neither Touko-chan nor Noriko-chan got it right”
Hearing their na the tea and turned around, but soon returned to work
”Well, it was the smell of them … It reminded me of a sukiyaki hot-pot”
So that was it Perhaps her firstthe leaves in a sukiyaki hot-pot It was an adult taste, the s
”shi+mako-san, do you like chrysanthemum leaves?”
”Yeah”
”I knew it”
Despite her tender age, shi+mako-san had a preference for adult or, rather, bitter food, such as ginkgo nuts, edible threeleaf arrowhead and lily bulbs The coasawara Sachiko-sama
”So then, why do we have these chrysanthemum flowers?”
shi+mako-san asked
”Yuht them from home”
The response was provided by Yoshi+no-san before Yu fully, Yoshi+no-san said what she wanted to say then slyly passed the baton to Yuht?” Yumi had no choice but to provide the follow-up
”My rows them on our verandah When they're tender, she'll pick them and we'll have them in a hotpot from time to time But, now that it's March, we don't have hotpots all that often”
So without constant attention they'd becorown, and had then bloomed Usually they wouldn't bloom until May or June, but they'd been in such a warm, sunny spot Their verandah
”They'd been decorating our classrooo well in the Rose Mansion too, so I took about a third froht them here”
”Ahh, is that so”
shi+reement
The roo roses that had been left over fro healthy, but the Marguerite daisies, or, more accurately, Garland chrysanthemums, added a different aesthetic that looked wonderful
Flowers are good, no matter their type Add them to a room and it becomes brilliant
Nonetheless, the uerite daisies If you only caught a quick glimpse, the impression of yellow rather than white was probably uerite daisies were entirely white, the petals of Garland chrysanthe where they met the stem
”The Marguerite daisy is also called the Garland chrysanthe they look so similar”[3]
Yumi and Yoshi+no-san responded with, ”He-y, really?” and, ”Knowledgeable as ever, shi+mako-san,” to this comment It apparently also had other names, like the ”Grove of German camomile” Who knew?