Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume7 Chapter4 5

Golden Rose Uproar. Part 5

"And so, Rosa Foetida's love is currently progressing. We of the Lillian's Girls Academy High-School Newspaper Club are using this special edition of the "Lillian Kawaraban" to describe the uproar caused by the short-story, "The Golden Rose," published in the preceding issue."

"That's fine," Rosa Foetida laughed. That was her initial impression after Yumi had brought the initial draft to the third-year chrysanthemum group classroom, after it had been dropped off at the Rose Mansion by Minako-sama during the lunch break.

Rosa Foetida put her empty juice box in the bin at the back of the classroom, then invited Yumi over to the nearby courtyard. The weather was nice. It really felt like a spring day.

"If you think it's okay, they'll probably just go with this."

The sun came streaming through between the clouds and Yumi squinted.

"Okay, okay. What did everyone else think?"

"They'd been expecting an apology or a correction, but it turned out to be a documentary. My onee-sama was shocked."

Sachiko-sama had felt like an outsider for the entire event, so she hadn't said a single word of disagreement. Instead, she'd read more enthusiastically than everyone else.

"It never would have happened without the newspaper club. But Minako-san didn't write this article, did she?"

"Ah, you knew? Apparently her soeur, Mami-san, wrote it."

Minako-sama was taking a sabbatical to reflect on her actions, and wasn't involved in the special edition. She seemed to be deeply affected by what had happened. Even so, it probably wouldn't be long until she returned to her usual ways.

"So I suppose Mami-san will be head of the newspaper club next year then."

"Only if Minako-sama retires quietly."

"That's true."

Rosa Foetida stood up, stretching her legs, and something ran past. It was Lunch.

"Ah, Goronta."

" … You call her Goronta too, Rosa Foetida?"

No matter how many times she heard it, Yumi couldn't get used to it. She had known it as Lunch for too long now.

"Well, that's what Sei called her. Come here, Goronta."

Rosa Foetida beckoned as she called out, and Lunch momentarily stopped and looked her way. But then all she did was let out a meow before taking off at full speed once again.

"I'll bet she's found something interesting."

Rosa Foetida smiled as the cat disappeared in the hedge.

"I can tell."

She said, somewhat resembling a cat herself.