Sickly and Fragile Beautiful Girl Sora-chan! (2) EP.32
It was a day like any other.
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"Sora-chan, Sora-chan, when is your birthday?"
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Hoshino, who would normally be taking a nap, asked me with wide-open eyes.
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"...Huh?"
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Birthday, all of a sudden?
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"Why is that..."
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"Well, this old man is Sora-chan's older sister, but doesn't even know Sora-chan's birthday? That's disqualifying as an older sister~!"
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"Ah... right..."
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'Another pointless question, as always...'
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"Hmm... birthday... birthday..."
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'If it's my birthday based on my past life, I do remember it... but that's just based on my past life...'
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"I don't have one."
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"Ehehe?! Uh, you don't have one?"
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"No. I don't."
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A birthday is supposed to be the day you were born. I wasn't reincarnated as a baby; I was reincarnated into a body that was already somewhat grown.
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So, since I don't know when this body's birthday is, it's as good as not having one.
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Not that I particularly want one...
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A birthday spent in a place I don't even like is
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Nothing more than a mockery.
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"Ahem! Then what will you ask?"
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Having gotten off the railing with the Sensei's concern and back into my wheelchair, I asked the Sensei again.
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"You can ask anything? By the way, if you sexually harass me with questions like the color of my panties, I'll tell Hoshino-san everything. Just so you know."
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I don't think it would happen, but he's known as a creepy otaku guy, so I had to be prepared.
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"So then. Feel free to..."
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"Then, can I ask if you have any intention of joining Schale?"
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"The question... what?"
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"I mean, whether or not you'll join Schale..."
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"No, no, it's not that I couldn't hear you... is that really the question?"
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"Yes."
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"Seriously?"
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"Of course, Sensei is always serious."
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"..."
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What is he talking about? Is there some other intention I don't know about?
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But since I couldn't figure out Sensei's intention no matter how much I thought about it, I asked directly.
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"Sensei, are you in your right mind? Shouldn't you be asking something more important and curious than that?"
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"...For example, why I'm trying to kill myself."
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"..."
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As expected, when the word [suicide] came up, Sensei's face hardened.
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But his face quickly relaxed, and he let out an awkward laugh and said.
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"...Yes, I was thinking of asking that at first."
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"Then...!"
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"But you don't want to talk about it, do you?"
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"...!!"
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I can't believe he noticed...
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Yes, actually, as Sensei said, I didn't want to talk about my current situation.
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Even if there's a chance Sensei would listen and help me, it's extremely small, and if I'm not careful, Sensei might even step in and interfere.
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Honestly... I'm grateful he asked such a pointless question.
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But
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"Even if I know, I'm still curious. But you're not going to ask?"
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"Sensei doesn't do things students hate."
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"...Right."
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That line about not doing things students hate feels like a lie no matter how much I think about it, but I should accept the goodwill.
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"Then, you asked if I have any intention of joining Schale?"
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'Joining Schale...'
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I've never heard of joining Schale in the original work, so I don't know much, but just hearing about it, it doesn't seem like a bad offer.
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With the powerful authority of limited extrajudicial investigative powers, there would be a lot I could do if I joined Schale.
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'...Especially, it would make it easier to intervene in the main story...'
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The problem is
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'I'd have to stick with Sensei...'
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It's already hard to die, but if Sensei is around, it'll be even harder, that's for sure.
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He's probably suggesting it for surveillance purposes, too.
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So, in my heart, I don't want to join.
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But then it would be difficult to intervene in the other stories...
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"Are you worried?"
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"...Huh? Well... I guess?"
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Sensei, seeing my troubled expression, smiled softly and said.
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Stroking, stroking.
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"It's okay. Take your time to think about it; you're still a patient, so you don't have to answer right now."
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"Sensei..."
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That remark just now really sounded like Sensei...
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-Tap!
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"I don't remember saying you could pet my head?"
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"Uh, um..."
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Unfortunately, having been a man in my past life, I don't get happy about things like this.
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"...But still... th, thank you..."
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The question gave me time to think, I'm grateful for that.
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"...Then, I'll go back now... Ah, right."
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Since it's come to this, let's get some help from Sensei.
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"Sensei, Sensei, you listen to students' concerns, right?"
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"Huh? Right, listening to students' concerns is also a Sensei's role."
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"...Actually, I have a concern..."
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*
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It was the regular meeting time for the Abydos Countermeasures Committee, just like any other day.
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But the atmosphere was worse than usual.
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And the reason for that was none other than
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"Hoshino-senpai, are you okay?"
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"...Huh? Ehe, this old man is fine~"
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"""....."""
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It was because of the state of Hoshino, the only third-year of Abydos.
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Hoshino's appearance was better than when Sora was shot, but even so, her face wasn't bright.
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Her forced smile looked pitiful, and more than anything, her half-dead eyes made their mood even darker.
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Of course, the Countermeasures Committee members understood the situation.
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Although Sora was shot, she thankfully survived and woke up safely yesterday morning; they had received all the reports, including that she lost her mystic and couldn't walk.
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But
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"Hoshino-senpai, Sora-chan will definitely be okay."
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"Yeah. Sora will get better soon."
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"She was a senpai who was hardly ever sick."
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"So, cheer up, senpai! If it's Sora-senpai, she'll get better soon and run around everywhere again."
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Even though they tried to reassure her that she would get better soon,
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"...Ehe, you think so...?"
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She only answered; her mood showed no signs of improving.
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So, in the end, they had no choice but to continue the meeting in a dark atmosphere until it ended.
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...Of course,
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"This won't do."
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There was one who couldn't stand it any longer.
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Serika stood up from her seat, approached Hoshino, grabbed her arm, pulled her up, and said in a loud voice.
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"Get up, Hoshino-senpai! Let's go see Sora-senpai!"
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"Se, Serika-chan?!"
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"Are you going to stay depressed like this?! Instead, let's meet Sora-senpai and find a way to cure her! Together!"
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"Serika-chan..."
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"We've solved everything together until now! So we can definitely find a way to fix Sora-senpai!"
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Serika's words, were finally spoken out loud. Her words were enough to ignite a fire in everyone's hearts.
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A spark called hope.
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"...That's right! Hoshino-senpai! We can definitely find a way to treat Sora-chan!"
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"Yeah. If we need money, we can rob a bank."
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"Shiroko-senpai, you shouldn't rob banks..."
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"So, let's go see Sora-senpai first!"
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"Everyone..."
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In the hopeful words of all the Countermeasures Committee members,
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"....Yeah."
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Hoshino got up from her seat, holding onto the spark of hope she had let go of.
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"Ehe, then can I ask you to...?"
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"Yes!"
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"Yeah."
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"Of course!"
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"Isn't it obvious?"
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"...Thank you..."
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And so, the Countermeasures Committee's atmosphere returned somewhat... or so it seemed.
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"Then...!"
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At that moment,
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-Creak, slam!
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The classroom door suddenly opened, and the person they had been searching for
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"Behold, I have arrived!"
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Takanashi Sora appeared before the Countermeasures Committee.
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"Eh?! S-Sora-chan?"
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And
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"Right! It's the sickly and fragile beautiful girl Sora-chan's entrance!"
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She spoke with a strange tone.
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