TEASER CHAPTER 5 PART 24
Irisdina and the
others ran around the city looking for Nozomu and Mars, but since it was
getting dark, they decided to gather in front of the school's main gate once
again.
Everyone was out of
breath, and expressions of impatience could be seen on their faces.
"How was it? Did
you find them !?"
"Not good. I
didn't see them in the north section ..."
"The craftsman
district is also not good..."
"I think they
aren't even in the city ..."
Irisdina asked them,
but the result was not good. All that's left were Tima, who went to look for
Mars in the commercial district, and Shīna, who went to the outskirts. When
Irisdina started looking for Nozomu and Mars, she immediately went to the men's
dormitory. However, there were only the dormitory students who were surprised
to see her, and no Nozomu and Mars could be found among them. She then ran
around the city looking for them, but again she couldn't find them.
"Mars is probably
somewhere in the commercial district, but Nozomu is ... Kuh~! Where are you
..."
Irisdina tried to stay
calm while biting her lip.
If only she had asked
him earlier… Such regret enveloped Irisdina's heart.
"Ai! Mars-kun...
I found him!"
However, her best
friend's voice reached her ears. Irisdina turned her gaze to the source of the
voice and saw Tima and Mars rushing towards her.
“…………”
“…………”
Mars and Irisdina
faced each other and were silent. All gazes directed at Mars were equally
sharp. Mars gulped at their gazes, but he had already made up his mind, so he
bowed deeply in front of them.
"Everyone, I'm
sorry! All of you got into a dangerous situation because of me!"
A word of apology from
Mars. Irisdina and the others accepted Mars' words with stern expressions.
"I know it's too
convenient to just forgive me! So, just hit as much as you want!"
“…………”
For a moment, silence
flowed between them. Mars was still bowed down and waiting for their words.
Eventually, Irisdina
slowly opened her mouth.
"...Mars-kun, who
do you think you should apologize to the most? You know that, right?"
"...I know. If
it's about Nozomu, I don't mind how much he hits me when we meet again. I'm
willing to accept any humiliation! So that's why. Please let me search for
Nozomu together with you guys. !"
"... I
understand. Everyone, is that alright?"
Mars begged to be
allowed to search for Nozomu with his head still lowered. Perhaps they accepted
his apology, everyone nodded uniformly at Irisdina's words.
"……Thank
you"
Mars was grateful to
them for accepting him again even after doing such a thing.
"So, everyone was
already gathered."
At that time, Shīna's
voice echoed in front of the main gate. Behind her, they could see Anri-sensei,
who shouldn't be with her.
"Shīna-kun! And
also, Anri-sensei!?"
Irisdina and the
others were surprised by Anri's appearance, but Shīna continued her words
regardless.
"We found
him"
"Really!?"
Irisdina shouted at
Shīna's words. She looked around Shīna in a hurry, but she couldn't see Nozomu.
"... But I
coldn't see Nozomu tho"
"He went into the
forest after we talked"
"What did you
say!?"
Irisdina shouted when
she heard Shīna's words. Perhaps because she was so emotional, she
instinctively grabbed Shīna.
"Why did you let
him go!? He's still injured, isn't he!?"
"Irisdina-sa~n!
Please calm down~~!"
Anri was surprised by
Irisdina who grabbed Shīna, but Irisdina was getting more emotional and
approached Anri as well.
"Anri-sensei! Why
didn't you stop him!?"
"Of course sensei
and I tried to stop him! But he said he wanted to go there no matter what.
Well, after we talked to him, we understood his feelings as to why he wanted to
go there."
Shīna remembered
Nozomu's appearance when he asked her for a favor.
(I want to calm myself
down in Shishō's place for today. I'll be waiting at the hut where I guided
Shīna, Mimuru, and Tom before, so I want everyone to come to that place
tomorrow.)
