Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume11 Chapter7 1

Beneath a Clear, Blue Sky. Part 1

"And so?"

Yoshino-san asked, taking a deep breath, atop the third-floor of the fire-escape staircase attached to the outside of the school building.

"In the end, things went back to how they were before? Everyone's concerns were dropped."

"Hehehe."

Unusually, a clear, blue sky spread out overhead. As before, a rosary hung around Yumi's neck.

"At they very least, I wonder if Sachiko-sama's grandmother's friend and your Yumiko-san were one and the same person."

"Who knows."

On that point, it wasn't exactly clear. Yumi thought she'd probably find out eventually, but she also felt she was happy enough not to know too.

"You'd know if you asked Sachiko-sama what the name of the friend was, right?"

"Yeah, but."

Yumi swayed the bag containing her lunchbox.

"I don't want to tamper too much with a fairytale story."

Like, for instance, what kind of a journey her blue umbrella had been on. There was no point in going out of her way to try and find out. She wanted the fact of it returning to her hand to remain precious.

"I think I kind of understand."

Yoshino-san quietly agreed.

"But I'll probably go and see Yumiko-san again."

Yumi had to report that she'd made up with her onee-sama.

Taking Maple Parlor sweets with her. Listening to trivial stories. Telling rambling stories.

"You two seem to quite carefree."

Sachiko-sama looked up and called to them from the entrance to the Rose Mansion. Squinting, shading her eyes from the dazzling sunlight with her hand. But to Yumi, it was her onee-sama that looked dazzling.

"Hurry up, we've got a lot of work to do."

A mountain of it, in fact. Ignoring that much of it was caused by her own absence, Sachiko-sama swaggered magnificently. She was in fine form. Basically, a complete recovery.

"Okaaay."

Yumi and Yoshino-san responded, then started down the emergency staircase.

They were giving up their lunch break to work on the preparations for the school festival today too.