Otome Game Rokkushuume, Automode ga Kiremashita

Haa

Your happiness will run away

Yes, its running away this minute

Thats not what I meant

I felt alright when I was preparing. I was somehow able to face reality because I was too preoccupied with work.

But when I realized there was nothing more to do, each minute became more and more painful as if I were slowly approaching hell.

In the first place, I am currently working you know?

You are helping your father

As an apprentice

Keito who was older than me already graduated from elementary school and is now helping out his father.

Someday he will become a gardener just like his father, but for now he is still just an apprentice. Since he has recently just finish his training his practical skills is still rather inexperienced.

Its your lunch break, I heard the time from your father

Saying unnecessary things

Your food is ready

Yes-yes

He prepared it while sighing, it seemed it was an unlucky lunch break for him but luckily for me my luck cant go any lower.

Incidentally, we arent in the usual rose garden but instead in the corner of a garden full of flowers.

We set up a cafe space under a structure with a rounded white roof, a so called gazebo.

We prepared snacks, sandwiches, and three types of desserts. I would like to place emphasis on the worddessert.Girls are made of sweet and cute things, someone did say that after all!

Hm, delicious

I know rightI helped out today

Thats rare, for the cook to permit it

Because.soon it wont be possible to eat together like this anymore

Within a month or so I will be leaving for Avantor Academy. When that happens, we cant eat lunch together like this or have tea parties in the Rose Garden anymore.

Even so, Maria knows how to cook?

The cook also helped me and I can make it if its things like sandwiches

Usually normal nobles cant even make sandwiches

When I think about how we are still able to talk this normally in the short amount of time we have left its quite emotional. The speed of sandwich reduction also slows down.

Its lonely.also I felt a bit at loss. I wont actually say that out loud because it will make me look stupid.

As I slowly eat my sandwich while thinking about such things, Keito had already finished off four pieces. Because his break is only an hour and since he also was talking to me perhaps he was unable to eat slowly.

Not that it really mattered, so I continued eating. I took the same amount of time as before and ate the same amount.

Thanks for the meal, it was delicious

Sorry if it wasnt to your taste, Keito seems to be eating more recently

Is that so? Maria seems to be eating less

I have not changed

Growth period? But I dont feel that he has particularly changed much.though his face has matured a little.

It then struck me that we cant stay the same forever. Just like how Keito grew up by being with me, it seems like I also changed little by little by being with Keito.

The period of time I can come back from school is limited.next time we meet, I wonder if we will still recognize each other?

When I thought about that it somehow became hard to leave, I couldnt bring myself to put away the empty dishes.

Maria-sama, so this is where you went

Linda-sensei!

Whether one is anxious or not, time will still move on as usual.

While I was being slow, it seems that the time of my tutoring had arrived instead of Keitos work.

Judging from what Linda-sensei said as she came out of the mansion with slow steps, it seems she searched for me since I wasnt in my room.

I am sorry, I was unaware of the time

No, I just arrived a bit too early

Just like her footsteps, Linda-senseis tone was slow so it seems she wasnt angry. I was thinking about how no one came to call me even though the teacher had already arrived, but apparently it seems I wasnt late.

Today we will be practicing magic, so lets go to the courtyard. Do you have your wand?

Yes

In that case lets just directly head over to the courtyard

I actually wanted to watch Keito work since I was still free and thought Id rather have just done some self-studying, but in the end I eventually gave in and sighed.

I will be going to middle school soon so I wanted to keep learning as much as I still can.

Well then Keito see you later!

I tried being as bright as possible and stood up with a smile.

He will also come to see me off when I leave home so I say this because its not actually goodbye yet. I dont have much time left anyways, so I would like to keep on smiling till the end.

Being solemn doesnt suit me or Keito.

Its not like we will never see each other againor at least thats how its suppose to be. I cant be certain because the place I am heading to is filled with my death flags.

No, I will do my best with all my power.

Ah, hey, you forgot your wand!

Eh?

As I was heading back with Linda-sensei, Keitos voice suddenly calls out to me just as I turned my back.

I looked back quickly upon hearing the words, I have my wand.I looked at my empty hand which should have been holding the wand.

Keito utteredYour always like thisbecause I wasnt paying attention I had carelessly left the wand I had brought along with mewhat a failure.

You were just talking about it a while ago how did you forget it

He seemed to be really exasperated as he said that and then gave a sigh.

Uuuits too harsh to retort. To even forget the tool that I needed to use now, I am even surprised at myself.

Here, be careful

Sorry, and thank

Uu, it didnt come out. Or rather I was unable to say it.

Keito had brought the wand over to me and as he reached his arms out to hand it over, at that moment.

The wand suddenly glowed, and the next moment there was a bouquet of flowers in Keitos hand where the wand should have been.

Pink and yellow statices in the middle, along with margarets, lilacs, and golden oxeyes.

It has zero unity.

There is also flowers that have vines around them, I think its probably ivy. Its an aftereffect of being together with Keito whose father is a gardener and since he is familiar with flowers I also have some knowledge of flowers. I dont have as much confidence when compared to Keito though.

I had involuntarily concentrated on the flowers to avoid realitybut its about time I came back.

Keito is stuck in a position of presenting out flowers to me.

I also learned how to produce flowers from the tip of the wand, its one of the basic magic skills. It also leads to attribute magic, its essentially fundamental.

But even so, its only capable of making flowers bloom from the tip of the wand and couldnt produce such a bouquet.

What..isthis?

is this?

Keito seemed to be completely dumbfounded from the situationbut one thought came to my mind.

I learned about it in one of Linda-senseis lessons, the ability to communicate with plants. Its said that even unknown plants can be produced if you have that ability.

But Keito shouldnt have that ability.

If I recall there shouldnt have been such an event.

Thats right, when Greas-sensei was here.

Linda-sensei, ano

I will call the head and his father

As expected, Linda-sensei is calm, unlike me who was surprised and fled reality. She probably didnt want to leave us when were both frozen in shock.

Seeing that I had returned, with her usual smile she gave a bow and headed back into the mansion at her usual pace.

Eh, are you leaving behind Keito?

Well, its fine anyways.

Keito is your arm alright?

Its a bit hot and heavy

Right, lets sit down for the time being

I received the bouquet and wand from Keitos hand and then handed the bouquet back to Keito.

Even after I took the wand from Keito and even after I removed the bouquet from the wand the flowers didnt wither, so I would say my prediction is likely accurate.

I pushed the still confused Keito into the gazebo and the bouquet was placed onto the table.

Are you okay? How do you feel?

Oh, I am completely.just a bit confused

Its no wonder, I was even surprised

This is that right?

Probably, its likely what Keito is thinking

Keito knows about what happened with Greas-sensei, because he also keeps me company he also has knowledge about magic. So he can probably guess what the previous matter was about.

Linda-sensei said she is going to call both of our fathers, it cannot be concluded without doing an examination but.probably, there is no doubt

Right

Your notfine are you?

No, I was surprised butthats all

Isnt he sitting a bit too far?

I thought about whether he was just pretending to be tough.but Keitos eyes didnt seem to contain any anxiety or doubt.

Nature will take its own course I learned not to worry about things from watching Maria

Give me back my concerns

This person just made of fun of me a little didnt he? He trampled on my kindness. Its most definitely the usual Keito with his particular way of kindness.

Dont worry, I dont mean it in a bad way

Whats with that self-confidence?

Rather than shock, its more important that I can go to the same place as Maria

Were still not sure yet though

I know

It was an irritating laugh. He is definitely enjoying my reaction and laughing about it. I wanted to take revenge, but then his laughter subsided so I stopped.

After that, my father and Keitos father came and Keito was taken for an examination. I had class with Linda-sensei so I left.

I had insisted I wanted to go with himneither my father nor Keitos father had said anything but Keito had repliedI dont need youso I ended up not going.

The result of the examination came out at night.

Needless to say, we started hastily preparing his enrollment and move to the dormitory the next day.