Vol 11 Chapter 24 (1/2)
Part 4
The next day—
”Kyah, Jeanne-samaaaaa!”
”Enough of this!”
Jeanne roared while dashi+ng desperately on the road to school A large group of rabid fan girls were chasing after her, creating rising dust clouds
This scene was reo
Left at the dorm entrance, atched with sympathy as Jeanne ran away
”It h for Jeanne-chan”
Iris murmured emotionally and Mitsuki nodded
”Yes—But we have no choice but to let Jeanne-san go first We have nothe dorm entrance Yesterday, we made use of a back entrance But a si to school”
Mitsuki deemed this the ideal solution but Ariella had doubts
”Eh? But all of Midgard's iht? Can't we use them?”
”Underground passages are ency use Further last tiht now”
”Huess”
Ariella shrank away and apologized
Durign the battle last time, Ariella had taken NIFL's side and invaded the school while destroying partitions along the underground passages
”—Ariella-san, you have already written your repentance essays, so there is no need for further apologies I really wish Kili-san could learn well from you”
Mitsuki looked at Kili with a wry smile
”I have been staying up late every night writing them too! There are so many that I can't finish!+ At this rate, I won't ever be able to pay Yuu visits at night!”
Kili argued unhappily
”Serves you right Also, even once you are finished with your essays, you are not allowed to ht visits either”
Mitsuki warned solelared back sharply at Kili
”MaAin toDay”
Holding my hand, shi+on looked sadly in Jeanne's direction
”Yeah Well, I don't think this co Just bear with it for a while”
I stroked shi+on's head and said optied at my shi+rt hem from behind
I looked back to see Ren looking up at retfully
”Onii-chan, unfortunately—It's getting worse”
Saying that, Ren showed me the screen of her portable terminal, which had posts like ”Jeanne-sa to school”
”What is this?”
”It's an internal coraduates back when they were students here It's full of stuff about Jeanne”
Ren scrolled the screen, showing the content about Jeanne Firill was also looking at the screen from behind us
”—So it's true So s et even more heated instead”
Hearing Firill's cooInG?”
”Cos to make shi+on worry!”
Having cared for shi+on as her senior earlier, Tia scolded Firill with arms akimbo
”S-Sorry”
Firill apologized
”Firill-san, you have been ad wryly
”—However, opti about a solution We need to think of so”
Lisa spoke with a soleestion of ”not wearing male clothes” from yesterday However, Jeanne herself had resisted vehemently
And unless a solution was found, things would probably worsen as Firill had predicted
The net around Jeanne closed tighter day by day
After school the second day, girls started to a Jeanne no choice but to escape through the jungle However, she was met by another ambush at the dorm entrance
Jeanne's gallant escape atte her had turned into an event itself
At soirls that the first person to catch her would be able to go out with her Those who believed this started to use their D powers indiscriminately
Against shared intel on the coht-capable Ds, Jeanne was definitely cornered
Seeing the girls progress so rapidly, Mitsuki reht lose in anti-personnel combat in the future”
But for Jeanne, there was no tinant reactions
On the fifth day of her transfer—Jeanne et home in time for dinner today
Dragging her body, all covered with twigs and leaves, she looked rather haggard while eating dinner
—IBut what?
Lying on my bed after dinner, I contemplated
My room was on the far end of the corridor Since the only adjacent rooe, it was always quiet around this hour of the day
Living in the floor above, Mitsuki never hts
—The proble their advances had been completely futile
Due to the collectiveJeanne's oishes Persuading with logic and reason was probably out of the question
In that case, a certain action was the only option left
Just asat my door
”Who is it?”
I sat up and directed ain?
”Captain, it's ”
Unexpectedly, it was Jeanne's voice
I had been thinking about her problem all this time Since the person in question had showed up, there was no reason to reject her
”Sure, no problem I'll open the door for you”
I got off the bed and walked to the door Back when it was just Mitsuki and I living in this dorm, I basically never locked the door Since Mitsuki held thewas pointless
However, now that the nu them whom I must be careful ell, mainly Kili—I currently had the door locked
”Sorry, it is already this late”
After I opened the door, Jeanne bowed her head ata transparent plastic bag in her arms
”No, I don't mind But is it okay for you to leave shi+on alone?”
”Zas already very sleepy, so I had her brush her teeth and go to bed”
”Then it should be fine Come—please enter”
”P-Pardon the intrusion”
Nervously, Jeanne stepped into the room
I sat down on the edge of the bed in the back of the room Jeanne looked around aimlessly
”Sit over there”
I pointed at the chair by my desk
”I-It's okay, I a here”
However, Jeanne shook her head and stood in front of me
”Well, if that's your preference, Jeanne—What do you want to talk about? Does it have anythiing to do hat you're carrying?”
I pointed at the plastic bag that she seemed quite conscious of Jeanne nodded
”Yes, indeed! Actually—this was the school uniform issued to me initially”
Saying that, Jeanne took out the contents
Indeed, it was Midgard's uniform Furthermore, it was a female uniform
”But I didn't wear it because it was too e So I requested a male uniform like yours, Captain However”
”In order to change the current situation, you've made up your mind to wear a female uniform?”
When I asked that, Jeanne shook her head
”Umm No, I still haven't made up my mind, which is why I came to discuss with you, Captain Last tiood onat the time But—”
”I wasn't joking, by the way Why did you think I was joking?”
I frowned and asked Jeanne I did not know the reason for her inferiority complex
”Hmm—I've always dressed as a man and worked hard like a man It must be very weird for so of ridicule”
Hearing that frohed deeply
”What are you talking about? Jeanne, you're very pretty, so it won't be weird at all”
”Ah!? Very pretty!?”
Jeanne exclaiht red Her massive reaction made me embarrassed too
”How should I say this? It's the objective truth The girls like you so much”
Scratching etically
”Ehhh!? Aren't they drawn to the manliness I've developed over the years?”
”Uh, Jeanne I'm sorry I have to tell you this, but—”