112 – The Last Cultural Festival
When I explained the whole story, the senior barely understood.
Sometimes, I couldn’t figure out what the meaning of the blank stares at me was.
“Then what is there to talk about?”
“Ah… “That’s it.”
I got used to this outfit, and since my senior seemed busy, I had no choice but to pass on the business now.
“Is there a place where I can be quiet…” .”
However, it was an awkward conversation to share in the middle of the hallway, so I looked around.
I walk down the hallway with my senior and find a place to be alone for a while.
“…… But this outfit… “It stands out very much.”
The senior seemed fine, but I could feel it. Every time I pass by, I feel eyes glancing this way.
It was the same when I walked alone, but I should say that standing next to a senior drew even more attention.
Has Takase-senpai, the school’s celebrity and prince, always been in this kind of environment?
“Hello! This is the newspaper department! “Can I take a picture?”
Meanwhile, she was caught by a student who was a member of the newspaper club and even had her picture taken. She stands on the wall and strikes her pose.
“The coolest cosplay that suits you best will be featured in the next issue of the newspaper! I look forward to!”
The senior nodded her head.
Meanwhile, my face turned blue.
“By the way, what grade and class is the girl next to her?”
“……… ….”
I can never reveal it.
“…… This kid….”
When my senior saw me in trouble, he stepped forward and spoke on my behalf.
“…… “It’s Alice.”
“Alice?”
“I cannot reveal any further identity. As you can see, it’s because I’m shy.”
“Aha! “That’s nice too!”
The senior naturally struck a pose, and I, next to him, smiled, holding out my V-shaped smile.
“A handsome butler and a cute girl, Alice! “That’s great, this becomes a painting!”
As long as the picture was good, it didn’t matter, so the newspaper staff stopped us and took several pictures.
“Thank you!”
The member bows his head and goes back.
But didn’t you say that this photo could be published in the newspaper?
That much had to be prevented.
“Now, wait a minute…” !”
She stretched out her hand and shouted, but Buwon had already disappeared into the crowd.
“Manager… “What are you having so much trouble with?”
“Just two days of the cultural festival is enough to experience shame….”
It is my preference to be permanently stuffed and included in a photograph.
But the senior smiled playfully and said.
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“I didn’t reveal my identity, so isn’t that enough?”
“Alice… ?”
That would be a good thing to laugh at.
If it really gets published in the newspaper, I might have to hide for a while.
I was walking down the hallway with such an embarrassed feeling.
“Wow, Elena! Look at this! “It’s a haunted house!”
“Lady. “There is no time to delay.”
“Ah… ! But… !”
I spotted Shiraishi and Elena approaching from the opposite direction.
Unknowingly, I hid behind my senior’s back.
“…… Manager?”
“Please pretend not to know….”
I didn’t want my acquaintances to see me like this anymore.
“But didn’t you go to the play like that?”
“Well, that’s true, but…” .”
The outfit is excessive.
I planned to persuade Haruna later and ask her to refrain from embellishment a little more.
What’s with the blond hair, blue lenses, and makeup on the subject of the maid?
“Oh my. “Aren’t you Eri~!”
Shiraishi and the others who discovered their senior approached her, waving her hand.
“Ah… “Miss Shiraishi.”
“Really, please don’t do that and call me by my name!”
Shiraishi stood in front of his senior, smiling widely, ignoring the gazes of those around him.
“I see. “I’m sorry, Miss Akira.”
The senior also laughs and talks to Shiraishi.
I hid behind the senior’s back and waited for them to pass by.
“Huh? “Who is the one hiding his head like an ostrich in the back?”
For some reason, I feel like I’ve been treated like a fool.
But as long as you cover your face, you won’t be caught. Probably so.
“Ah… He’s my junior. As you can see, I’m very shy.”
Fortunately, my senior hid my identity.
“Mr. Takase. “You look really good in your butler’s clothes.”
“Thank you. “Mr. Elena.”
I overhear their conversation and quietly hide behind my senior’s back.
“Then let’s go.”
“I have to go quickly to prepare for the play.”
Is it finally?
I sighed in relief and waited for them to pass.
The silence continues for a long time.
The senior was also standing there quietly.
What’s going on? Let’s raise our heads carefully.
“……… Boy…… No, it’s a girl.”
Elena stuck her head out past her senior and was looking at me.
When Elena and I met her eyes, I smiled awkwardly and shook her head.
“Oh hoho… “Who are you?”
She raised her voice and asked, even pretending to laugh, but Elena’s expression did not change.
“Elena? “Do you know someone?”
“Yes. “Of course, you too.”
She reached out her hand and grabbed my shoulder. Then, her senior took it off and showed it in front of Shiraishi.
“Hmm?”
Shiraishi, who was staring at me with his eyebrows furrowed, soon opened his mouth.
“Oh my.”
It was a terrible shame play.
“As you can see, she is a very cute girl.”
Elena muttered, and Shiraishi spread her arms and ran towards me.
“Minsu!”
“Wow, Shiraishi!”
Shiraishi, with his arms crossed, shouted with a twinkle in his eye.
“What is this outfit?! “As expected, my eyes were not wrong!”
“No… Take a look….”
“What are you talking about? “It suits you so well!”
Looking very satisfied, Shiraishi led my arm and headed towards the second grade classroom.
Elena and her senior, wearing comfortable civilian clothes, also followed suit.
We suddenly returned to class 2-a.
There Shiraishi once again apologized to everyone in the classroom for being away for such a long time.
Nevertheless, after igniting my motivation with the members who accepted me, I changed into Juliet’s costume.
“Yes! “It’s perfect!”
Shiraishi, dressed in a red dress and a colorful headband, and me, her maid, and the senior who followed us stood next to us, and it seemed quite a picture.
“Aki-chan… that… “How did the engagement go?”
Haruna asked very carefully.
Senior, Haruna, and Yuuki already knew the situation because it was told to me.
In such a situation, you must be worried about Shiraishi, who came to school to participate in the play.
“Ah… Miss Haru.”
Shiraishi said as he turned around and looked at her.
“Of course, there is no problem!”
It was full of problems, but Shiraishi said so.
“That…… Then… “It was resolved well, right?”
Although there was no solution, Shiraishi smiled and nodded.
“Thank goodness…” !”
“I was worried, Shiraishi.”
Yuki also breathed a sigh of relief.
My side already knew. Shiraishi will leave this town after the cultural festival is over.
From the family and our relationships.
That was the solution she was talking about.
However, she has not told others yet.
I am the only one who knows that.
“I… Miss Haru, Yuuki. “I have a favor to ask, can you please do it?”
Smiling, Shiraishi opened her mouth.
“Huh? Yes… ! What?”
“They say they can’t lend you money.”
Yuuki laughed while telling a trivial joke. On my part, I didn’t feel very happy.
“After play practice… I want to watch the cultural festival together. Of course, Eri too.”
Shiraishi turned to everyone and said.
Everyone was filled with silence for a moment at her request.
It was not because Shiraishi made a request that was difficult for her to grant.
Let’s watch the cultural festival together. Because that was something new.
She didn’t even need to ask for it because it was a natural thing to do.
“Uh… Radish, of course. Of course!”
Yuki shouted in embarrassment.
“Yes! Aki-chan, let’s take a look together!”
Haruna also agrees.
The senior also nodded her head.
“…… Every… Thank you… !”
Seeing them like that, Shiraishi expressed her gratitude. She, too, must have felt the strange sense of discomfort embedded in it.
However, I, who know the identity of that sense of discomfort, cannot tell.
Because Shiraishi did not reveal it.
Shiraishi, who said she would leave this place after the cultural festival was over, had not said anything to them yet.
I looked at her quietly.
Shiraishi immediately returned to her bright self and urged her to practice.
“Then I’ll just go home.”
The senior opened the door to the classroom. It was then that she realized that she had not yet conveyed her business to him.
“Oh, wait….”
“Boy. It’s okay.”
Elena stopped me and said.
“I will deliver it to Takase on your behalf.
“…… Ah, then….”
It might be more convenient that way.
Everyone, led by Shiraishi, gathers together and decides to start practicing.
Shiraishi, who was surrounded by them, turned her head and looked at me.
“Mr. Minsu~! “What are you doing there?”
“Ah… sorry. I’ll go.”
Shiraishi approached me and took my arm and led me.
Now that you think about it, you didn’t ask me for a favor just now.
Does this mean there is no need to do it?
I thought to myself as I watched her start practicing, standing next to me even though I didn’t have many scenes or lines for her.
I know Shiraishi’s intentions.
But I couldn’t leave it like that.
She didn’t want to leave this place, and she didn’t want to face any misfortune. So I do what I can.
I gathered my composure as I thought about the days I spent with everyone, including Shiraishi, which was more important than successfully completing the play.