Chapter 410: Afterschool Dream Club (1/2)
After tying the ribbon, Taiyou explained the gist of what was happening.
“Is that what it was! I totally thought you were trying to Fuddle me.” (*TL: Fuddle is a confusion move in Dragon Quest)
“First time I ever heard someone use that as a verb. Anyhow, you know what that means, right?”
“There’s no way I could get that.”
Hera said proudly.
“No getting proud about that, don’t you dare.”
“But I never expected that I would get such a marvelous thing made for me. Not like I could ever think about changing my clothes before.”
“Right.”
“I’ll get you up to speed on this.”
Sakura said.
“As long as she has that fabric on her, she can go through walls and is still invisible to everyone else. But if it comes off of her it will be visible and can no longer do such things.”
“Truly convenient.”
“Am I a convenient woman?”
“The meaning is a bit different when you put it that way. That was on purpose anyway, wasn’t it?”
“Whaaat, no way.”
“Liar. Your eyes are sparkling way more than usual.”
When he pointed it out, Hera whistled on purpose, as if it weren’t obvious enough.
“Plus it’s great that it’s convenient and all, but it’s a bit creepy like this.”
“Perhaps there’s a better way to go about this.”
“…”
He thought quietly about Sakura’s suggestion.
“Can I count on you?”
“Yes.”
“Then please do find a better way.”
“I will take over this mission, then.”
Sakura nodded, and he kissed her to thank her.
“Oh deary, iforgottoturnthegasstopcockoff.”
Hera said an unnecessary line before going back through the wall out of the room.
“The heck was that third-rate quote from?”
“I’m sure she was thinking of you when she said that.”
“I’m sure she was, but—-”
Taiyou slightly grimaced. The next moment, the bell rang.
It was the bell notifying them that break time was ending.
“—-Well that was basically pointless.”
“Are you going to return to class?”
“Yeah.”
Taiyou stood up, contemplating.
“What will you be doing?”
“I’ll be getting to work.”
Sakura stood up too.
That moment, the atmosphere shifted.
The somewhat comical attitude she had since this morning was completely gone now, replaced once again with the stiff air of a talented woman.
“There’s something I was about to work on. Plus there are now more things to do.”
“Okay. What about nighttime?”
“I can’t return at night—-however, I will briefly come back in the evening.”
“Evening? Why?”
“With you.”
Sakura smiled bewitchingly. It felt like it could steal his soul.
“Walk home with me. I’ll still be wearing this.”
Taiyou was taken aback.
He nodded, looking at Sakura.
“Yeah, with everyone.”
“Yes, everyone.”
They both promised, and then went their separate ways.
In the evening, Sakura came back to the school as promised.