Volume 33 Chapter 3 (1/2)
”Well would you look at that”
She spoke in a tone of wonder, after arriving out the front of the Lillian Girls Acade no-one else around
”I'm the first one here”
Quite an unusual occurrence
Thinking that they ate instead of outside, she peeked inside but there was only an e for
She checked the es on her mobile phone and, while she was at it, the ties from either Youko or Eriko
”The graduation cereht?”
Taking a step backwards, she saw the plain white signboard with 'High school graduation cereate post on the right
”I guess ht as well ates toh”
- If it was so ordinary, they wouldn't be able tothis, it was very ht as well' to the invite
”I wonder what time it starts”
Sei thought it was probably 9:30 or 10:00, so like that Oh, maybe it was 9:00? She had experienced it first-hand last year, but because it was so long ago she'd cootten
Looking around at her quiet surroundings and the e that a 10:00am start was unlikely
So if we accept either theory of a 9:00 or 9:30am start, eren't those two already here
Or one ahead of her
No, no, in that case Youko's personality was such that she would have sent her aif her personality had changed since starting university
Well then, what should she do?
Sei started by sending a'Where are you now?' and then loitered around, watching the gates At any rate, she could think about what to do when she got the response
”And Eriko - ”
It was a bit of a puzzle as to what she should do there She hadn't originally been invited, so if she didn't show up no-one would say anything
(But)
Froh she would like it if Eriko were invited
(That's right)
Because her reason for saying, ”Invite Youko-sama too,” had been, ”Wouldn't she want to see Sachiko-sama in her finest hour?” So you could interpret that as Yoshi+no-chan inviting Eriko, so that she could see Rei in her finest hour too As for Sei, her petit soeur was still only a second year, so that clause didn't apply to her
But when Sei thought about it, she realized that if only Eriko was here then she probably would have gone ahead of them Since Eriko didn't know that she and Youko would also be here today
After folding closed herbus
”Oh!”
When Sei looked down, she saw a dark-brown striped cat circling around the cuff of her pants, rubbing its body against her legs
”Goronta It's you”
Sei picked Goronta up and gently patted her Goronta responded by purring happily
”I never see you around the university campus, but you're always around here, huh?”
What a cute cat Sei hadn't seen her in about a year, but Goronta didn't seeotten her
”You've grown You look like the boss cat now”
Based on her weight, it looked like she was eating properly Who knows, shekittens At the very least, it looked like she was able to fend for herself now Sei was glad that the final result wouldn't anger shi+mako-san
”You're probably hunting birds and es or fried eggs from time to time”
Well, you could probably call that a for too, so it was okay
”You like it when I pat you here, don't you? Yeah, just like that”
Sei had squatted down and was playing with Goronta when she heard an icy voice call out, 'What are you doing?' from above her Just as expected, when she turned around Youko was standing there
”Oh”
Sei had been absorbed in playing with Goronta and hadn't noticed that a bus had pulled up on the other side of the road and soe
”What do you , I sent you e but you didn't respond to my question”
”Huh?”
”Please stopsuch idiotic responses”
This was … pretty bad
”I deeply apologize If your huhten them, Lady Youko”
”… You know I'm really furious”
Youko took out her own cell phone, pressed a number of buttons and spoke as she looked at the display
”Yesterday, without warning, I received a , 'Free tomorrow? Even if you're not, add this into your schedule and co' You said to coo You should at least put the location in the e”
”And then I sent you another raduation”
”But if I hadn't asked, you would have just left it like that, right And anyway, saying that 'we ates' is hardly what you'd call , 'When?' and then waited and waited but you never sent me a response
”Heh heh - my bad”
At tiize
”And to top it all off, not too long ago I got a , 'Where are you now?' Don't you think that's a bit unfair?”
While Youko was ya at her mobile phone, Sei too took out her phone Oops, she had three new es All from Youko
Sei had put her phone into silent mode, so she hadn't noticed their arrival She probably should have noticed the vibration of the phone in her pocket but, unfortunately, she hadn't felt it Probably because she had been so absorbed in playing with Goronta
Ti with the oldest
”Ahh - Youko's at the train station”
The first e said, ”Now? I'm at K-station”
”I a here in front of you”
Indeed The other twohappened? Please answer me'
”If I were to send you a response saying, 'I'ates at Lillian's Acadeht?”
”You've got some nerve, don't you”
If Sei were to push just a bit further, it seee their friendshi+p Since it seemed that Youko had left her house a bit earlier than nor Sei'sbad had happened and hastily caught the bus here
”Anyhat's up? You're here quite early, aren't you?”
Youko patted Goronta on the back as she said this Goronta rarely let people pat her, but with Sei there she didn't seem to mind
”Early? What ti?”
Sei shook her head If she hadn't sent that h Youko wouldn't have arrived yet
”What ti tiured you meant around lunchtime”
Huh?
”Lunchtiraduation ceremony be over by then?”
As Sei ondering what exactly Youko was saying, Youko was looking at her with an expression that i
”Huh? So you were planning on going to the graduation ceremony?”
”You weren't?”
Youko and Sei looked at each other Then they instinctively checked the time on their wristwatch and phone, respectively, before s wryly
No raduation cere their current conversation pointless
”I see Well, that explains why you're so well dressed”
Youko said after closely exa Sei's appearance Just like Youko had said, underneath her coat Sei wore a charcoal gray pant suit Nor to university, but it would be ith a sweater, or a thick shi+rt, and a pair of jeans But since she had planned on going to the graduation cere jeans
”Still, you should have put that in your e”
Even though Youko wasn't expecting to attend the cereh-necked sweater and a gold necklace were peeking out from underneath the collar of her coat Youko's skirt was hidden, so Sei couldn't tell what type it was, but she earing stockings and high-heels
”Let's start at the beginning - why did you callWas that supposed to be the graduation ceremony? And why did you only ask yesterday when it's on today?”
Sei shrugged her shoulders at this rapid fire succession of questions
”I don't know Yoshi+no-chan only invited me yesterday And she asked me to invite you too”
As expected, Youko was astonished by her response What's Yoshi+no-chan got to do with any of this? Well, that's a fair question
”I'd be able to see so? She said that? Yoshi+no-chan?”
”Nope That was ht would happen”
”Hmmm”
After thinking about this for a short while, Youko said:
”In that case, I think we should wait until the graduation cereether Since it's Yoshi+no-chan, she's not going to do anything to get a laugh during the graduation cereoing to be all that interesting”
”Really? Last year's graduation cereht?”
Sei whistled innocently
The students' representative had started sobbing as she was reading the farewell address, at which point a hero had appeared froether, they were able to safely finish reading the address So like that
”What would someone as half asleep at the time know about that?”