Editing Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume20 Chapter5 (section)

===Part 4.===

"Yoshino-san." When her shoulder was tapped, she came to her senses. Yumi-san stood there.

"What are you doing here?"

"I was told you were greeting Eriko-sama in front of the washroom. But more importantly, what happened? You're spacing out. Even though I walked up to you from the front, you didn't see me at all."

"...Yeah." It was as if she had been in a dream. When asked about her whereabouts, it seemed that Eriko-sama had chased her to somewhere around here.

Yet, if Eriko-sama sent Yumi-san to meet her, everything that happened had been real. By only chasing her, it wasn't that Eriko-sama was liberating Yoshino. Then if the girl named Arima Nana doesn't exist, it would be very amusing.

"So, how did it go?" Yumi asked, being somewhat excited. "Did Eriko-sama permit you to apologize?" There was nothing like an apology.

"I properly introduced her."

"WHAT?! Who on earth would that be?" Had one of the little sister candidates come to the assembly hall? Since she was asked, she replied that neither had come. At which point, Yumi-san was considerably surprised. That was natural, considering this outcome surprised Yoshino most of all.

"Arima Nana."

"Huh?"

"A girl named Arima Nana."

"When did you...I, never heard any of this." Yumi-san protested. At any rate, Eriko-sama had been introduced, and even if the information about such a first-year had reached Yumi first, regrettably there still wouldn't have been any punishment. Well, as her best friend she naturally would have insisted but...

"I couldn't have told you about her, because I just met her a little while ago."

"..." To this, as one would expect, she was speechless.

"After today I'll investigate what kind of a girl she is."

"Yoshino-san... what on earth have you done?"

She presented Yumi-san with an anxiety-ridden face and answered only, "I'm not really sure." What had really happened? She didn't understand it very well. Nor did she really know what would happen in the future. "I can tell you one thing, however: I want Yumi-san to be able to get a little sister as soon as possible."

"Huh, what's that mean?"

"If and when there's an emergency I'll feel sorry for Noriko-chan." An emergency… Perhaps there might be an alternative. At that moment, Yoshino was thinking about Sei-sama.

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