Vol 4 Chapter 50 (1/2)

Chapter 50: Rester in a Small space

When

And why

Did I end up like this?

Point Allocation (Process of Growth)

Musashi+ Ariadust Acadeht

Everyone had already gathered around Sanyou and Azu various topics centered on Oushuu’s history and geography

Soinally from Oushuu, Kantou, or Sviet Rus, so they had a chance to discuss their for sohbors

Watching from a short distance were those who had arrived to check out a book to help with soht boredom, and…

“…”

Ookubo was there alone

Two bookcases away, she listened to Sanyou and the others speak while she received a divine transmission report from Kanou

Kanou spoke fron frame next to her face

“Milady, we have located the Vice Chancellor I will send you the location”

“…The Blue Thunder? It’s the Tama one, so wouldn’t that be the Chancellor’s family’s bakery?”

“Judge One of our people is nearby, so I will send them over”

“Judge Make it accurate I don’t want a repeat of last tiht, okay?”

After answering quietly, Ookubo closed the sign frame

She took a breath and placed her hand on the book before her

It was the Taikoki[1], a work of fiction about the merchant-turned-drum released, but Voluht sniffing and licking his beloved upperclasse sandals, clai the as much even as he was punished

…There are a lot with the same title, so it must be hard to tell if someone hasn’t returned it

Ookubo heard laughter from the table and she suddenly pulled out the book she had her hand on

“————”

She pondered whether to put the book back or not

After all, she had looked through plenty of docu out this book She had only grabbed it because she thought she would seem more at place here with one in her hand

Why was she here? Because of the discussions and conversations she could hear

…That must be nice

She had been so focused on taking action lately that she had not had any ti but meet with the members of other committees to make deals and show her concern

“What I’ is the snoould pile up to easily three meters and just bury the academy”

“And they didn’t collapse? Hoere the roofs made?”

“The Sviet Rus school buildings on the Russia side of things have tower and dome roofs that look like onions, so the snow doesn’t h, so when it snowed, some selected students had to periodically apply heat spells to the roof to melt the snow In a hurry, they’d send out a shovel unit”

She felt as if she had not heard casual conversations like this in a while

She started feeling like she was a part of it, so when she heard the occasional laughter, she nearly laughed herself

…But I can’t be part of them

No one had noticed her oroverly self-conscious to assume she would seem out of place if she did try to join them?

She was not sure

She simply felt the people in that circle knew her upperclassmen more than they did her She did not speak much, so even the people in her own class wereVice President or the Chancellor ould head home from school as a nudist, a crossdresser, or both

…Wh-why do our superiors go with clothing jokes so much?

That was a new discovery She decided to use that in her accusations tomorrow if she could

“But for now…I should probably head back”

She had acquired all thespecial student general assembly was to let her body rest She was also curious about their person who had gone to the Vice Chancellor So…

…Time to leave

She returned the book with that in mind, but…

“Ookubo-san You’re the last one! How about it!?”

Sanyou suddenly called out to her

Azuma looked in the direction Sanyou had called

A figure in glasses and a red stole poked out fro sleeve over her left arm and Sanyou’s voice caused her to stumble on her way to the hallway

…Is she unsure what to do?

It looked like she had been hesitating over whether to check out a book or not and that she had decided to leave without checking it out It was possible Azuroup had been too loud But…

“This is what the betting is up to now!”

Sanyou indicated the sweets, rice balls, and other snacks piled up on the table After the history lesson, those who had not wanted to leave had started a trivia and region quiz and those prizes had naturally appeared

The winner only got to take one thing from the pile, but that included the wrapped PG Kiritanpo that Oriotorai had given Sanyou They had just been discussing how it could be “Perfect Grade” inside a wrapper, whether that was ht was a little too realistic They had concluded that this was actually a punishame

Ookubo came to a stop and looked back toward Sanyou

“Um, I…”

“If it’s about tomorrow, this doesn’t count”

Everyone exchanged a glance at Sanyou’s comment Some of theht on Others were confused, received an explanation from someone next to them, and nodded in what may have been surprise or admiration

However, Ookubo’s hesitation seemed real and Azuma realized why

“Please, can’t you help us out here?”

He called out to her too and Ookubo shrugged, but…

“I can’t refuse a request from a teacher and Azuma-sama”

She nodded, straightened her back, and walked over

She was not timid There were a lot of third years in the circle of people, but she approached while si at them

“Sorry if we get too noisy”

She faced the entrance, held her hands together, and gave a quick bow

Everyone else did the same Sanyou did as well, so Azuma followed suit

There was a ement household shrine at the entrances to all the school’s rooms and it applied divine protections to anyone who entered

The library’s restricted noise and Azuma had heard it was more effective if it was periodically reset with some worshi+p, but…

“Azuma-kun, you probably know since you’re in Class Pluhost appears in this school’s library Well, I guess it’s a pretty stereotypical part of a school’s seven mysteries”

Sanyou had likely directed that to hi That was in fact where the girl Sanyou held had come from, but…

…I wonder if this girl is that ghost

Ookubo irl and spoke

“I’ve heard about that from Principal Sakai before The Musashi+ had its o, but it was also re after that old reo”

“An older re? What did they do?”

“Judge” Ookubo nodded and calo as a basic fleet At the time, it had a port and starboard shi+p plus two central shi+ps for four in all, but as its trade activities grew, so did the crew First, two shi+ps were added as port and starboard diplomatic shi+ps and then the port and starboard shi+ps were added thirty years ago Also…”

Also…

“The old school building that was here was remodeled as the basis for the current Musashi+ Ariadust Academy”

“That’s right,” agreed Sanyou “Until thewhen Principal Sakai transferred here ten years ago, the Student Council s like the Musashi+’s course, so theto the records, the library was used as the OS ement room and it was the center of the shi+p’s ether pathways …But during the o, ‘Musashi+’-san and the others were gathered, the four additional shi+ps were ement was established”

“Then the ghost was…?”

“Judge It’s said the lingering ether created afteries of the people who caht have been real since a ghost living on a shi+p is seen as the spirit of the shi+p That’s why it’s said that those ghosts exist in the library or other parts of the Musashi+ as things that ‘don’t exist but are still there’”

Sanyou held her hands together toward the library entrance

“So this place is a little different …But if you’re worried, you just have to h any entrance The God’s will has been sent out to all of the different household shrines”

“I see,” said Azuma with a nod as Sanyou pushed the pile of snacks his way

“Have a reward for understanding that, Azuma-kun”

“S-sure”