46 Na?veté - Part 4 (2/2)
””Beatrice.””
They say it in unison.
”W-why Beatrice?”
”If you don't get it then it's fine. In any case, Beatrice's job will be to get a fake interview out of Thotifer in order to extract the details of her campaign. And then like magic, she disappears from the world. Thotifer will have no interview up on the Newspaper club's social media pages, and we'll have the information about her campaign in our pockets without her knowing.”
Wow, that's actually… kinda brilliant.
”So I just need to pretend to interview her and write down all of her campaign details?”
”Nah, you can just use my phone to record it. I'll show you how when Scarlet's done with you.”
”I-I see.”
Now I get why we needed to skip the last period. This plan requires a lot of prep time to work.
In the first place, we need to intercept both Leyla and Jennifer before either of them sees the other.
”Wait, where will the interviews happen?”
”Uhh, we can get Scar-san to bring Leyla here, but you'll need to lead Jennifer-chan to the Newspaper clubroom without her seeing either of them.”
”Huh…”
That sounds rough. The rooms are in the exact same hallway.
”Don't worry about it, Beatrice. Your faithful furniture will do all of the directing. You just need to focus on the interview itself.”
”Furniture..? What are you even talking about anymore?”
”Done!”
Scarlet steps away from my face and packs her stuff into her bag.
”I think I did a pretty good job! What do you two think?'
”…”
”…”
They're both speechless.
Uh oh… Is it that bad?
Maybe it is.
I mean, Nick just dropped to his knees in shock.
Wait, why is he grabbing my hands?
”Marry me.”
”DUDE!”
”Ah, wait, crap. Sorry man. The make-up honestly makes you look like an angel. Right Sig?”
”Just Momoka… Just Momoka… Just Momoka… Just Momoka…”
”Man, who cares about that? Just enjoy Beatrice while she's still around. Momoka doesn't have to know.”
”U-uh, you guys know I'm still Chase, right? Beatrice doesn't actually exist…”
”Shut up, man! Beatrice exists! Look! She's right here!”
I have no idea what to think of anything anymore.
”No, I think you should look at this.”
Scarlet opens up her hand mirror and lets me take a look.
”…”
”…”
I blush.
”N-nevermind, I get it. Just put it away already.”
I think I'd fall for it too if I saw Beatrice walking through the halls.
Why on earth do I make such a cute girl, exactly…?
”You should take the glasses off though, Beatrice-san. Nick-kun only put those in there for his stupid fetish.”
”Dude, I created her. Obviously she wears whatever I want her to wear. And I say Beatrice is a bashful bespectacled beauty.”
”Oh whatever. You're still just a kuso rp-geek with shit taste in women. You just lucked out because Chase makes a good trap.”
”Shut up, you dumbass weeb! If I left it up to you he'd be wearing a kimono or something and he'd get called out instantly.”
Before Sig could respond, the sound of the school bell reverberates throughout the school, signaling the end of the final class.
Anxiety suddenly fills my chest.
I'm really going to have to do this, huh?
”Chase, Jen had biology in room 210, you need to beeline it for that class room ASAP.”
”It's not Chase, Scar-chan! It's Beatrice!”
Oh for the love of…
”Oh, and here Beatrice.”
Nick hands me the phone.
”I removed the password lock so all you need to do is swipe then hit the record button when you're ready.”
”O-okay. Thanks guys. I'll head over now, let me just grab something I left in the washroom.”
Once I'm done retrieving the item, I hurry straight for the door.
”Okay, I'm counting on you guys. TNT!”
””TNT!””
The mission begins.