Volume 32 Chapter 1 (1/2)
”Quit it”
Rei took her lips off the straw that was stuck into her milk box and said:
”You're laughing because you're re”
”Re?”
Sachiko was considering what it could have been, but now that it had been aze that had been lowered a little while ago, but that sensation still remained
”Sorry, that was rude of me”
They were sitting opposite each other, and by the in the middle of their conversation It was probably a bit aard
”I don't mind”
Rei tore a hole in the plastic bag to free the bread roll, then cut it in two and offered one of the halves to Sachiko
”If you don'tmemory with me”
It was al 1pm in Milk Hall Usually, there would be hardly any spare seats but today was the day before the high school graduation ceremony and afternoon classes had been canceled Presently only about one in four seats were occupied The reason it was still open seeoodbye, as well as to satisfy the hunger of the teachers ere preparing for the ceremony tomorrow There were also some students who came to buy food and drinks, but didn't stay to eat A while ago, soht a sizable number of pastries
Perhaps out of respect the other students e of the pair of Roses, Rosa Chinensis and Rosa Foetida, sitting alone in the normally busy Milk Hall
Even so, from the distance Sachiko could hearhere?' If they had just co to each other, she would have answered them They had so lunch in Milk Hall seeood way to end
”What's this?”
Sachiko asked, taking the offered bread
”It's a bread roll with yakisoba noodles You've never heard of it?”
”Of course I have”
She knew that such a thing existed in the world What'switnessed one of her classo there often, she had seen them on sale at a convenience store She couldn't reht have even tried one at some point It was major player in the bread-roll world
But it was just carbohydrates on top of carbohydrates Earlier they had eaten spicy potato-salad wrapped in a bun
Not being accusto lunch, Sachiko had left it up to Rei to choose, but she was starting to wonder if this really was a normal combination While she had taken her turn as the person on duty collecting the lunches, she had hardly ever ordered anything herself
”It wasn't anything major”
Rei was still fixed in her listening pose, so Sachiko responded after taking a bite of the yakisoba bread roll
”I was just wondering if they had a search through the Rose Mansion for any ite”
The yakisoba bread roll was surprisingly good The taste was somewhat reminiscent of traditional New Year's foods
”Ahh, on that Yoshi+no said they were doing that today Searching the rooms on the first floor of the Rose Mansion”
”Oh, is that so Then we'll definitely have to go there after we're done”
Rei's petit soeur, Yoshi+no-chan, is also her cousin and next-door neighbor, so they would talk on the way to and from school Because of that, Rei was alell-informed
”Is looking for lost iteuess that there aren't any iteotten anyway, Sachiko”
”True”
The previous year's Roses had been inattentive, and would go out leaving their personal effects scattered around After having to deal with this, Sachiko and Rei were more cautious in their daily lives Even so, Sachiko had been slightly worried about it, so yesterdayshe had secretly checked whether or not she had left anything behind Consequently she was confident in her perfection
”It amuses me to think about what Yumi's face will look like when she realizes that I haven't left anything behind”
”Ahh, is that it”
”Yeah”
Sachiko finished the last of the tea in her carton
”Well there's still plenty to enjoy yet”
Rei s about the future
”You're right Well, should we get going?”
As soon as they stood up to aze turned towards them
Rosa Chinensis and Rosa Foetida
After toer be called that
The pair stoppedmachine in front of Milk Hall
”Which should I get?”
”I just had tea, so soood”
”I' else milk-based Milk coffee it is”
Just like with the bread rolls, they each put in exactly half the aht three milk coffees
”I wonder where they are?”
Stepping outside she looked up at the branches of the cherry tree While the flower buds were starting to expand, it looked like it would still be a number of days until they blossomed
”If we go by her usual behavior”
Rei was talking to herself as she pulled out her notebook
”… she'd probably still be in the third year classroom”