I was so depressed that I asked Suririna-san to come find me in the guest room when dinner was ready.
「What’s wrong, Yuna-sama?」
Suririna-san asked out of concern, but I couldn’t tell her about such embarrassing things as my panties being seen, or the rampaging rumors about me being a beautiful girl. Also, if I mentioned the latter, it would surely sound like I was actually claiming to be a pretty girl.
The girls had tried their best to console me, but I didn’t think I could recover for a while.
In the end, they had to drag me to the dining hall.
「You’re late.」
When we arrived at the dining hall, we were met by Eleanora-san who was in a much better mood than I was. Earlier, she had looked like a living corpse, but now she seemed to be energetic again. I was envious of how fast she was able to recover…
「Oh my, Yuna-chan, you don’t seem lively at all.」
「You look quite lively on the other hand, Eleanora-san.」
「That’s because I took a break. They complained so much that I told them I would quit even though I’ve won the wager, so they let me off for a while.」
In other words, she had threatened them, which coming from Eleanora-san, could be considered quite a scary prospect.
「So, why are you so down, Yuna-chan?」
「My pure maiden heart has been broken.」
「…?」
Eleanora-san just tilted her head, confused by my reply.
「Um, you see, Yuna-san…」
Shia and Noa went over to Eleanora-san and explained it to her.
「Fufu, those boys who saw your panties had some really good luck.」
It was extremely bad luck for me, though.
「I want to gouge their eyes out and hit them on the head until they forget everything.」
That might be enough for me to be able to get past it.
「Yuna-oneechan, don’t say such scary things.」
Fina and Shuri both looked at me with worry in their eyes.
「I’m just kidding. I wouldn’t do that.」
I didn’t think I could bring myself to actually gouge their eyes out, but I couldn’t deny the possibility that I would hit their heads until they forgot everything if I got the chance. I really wanted to take this seething embarrassment out on something. This was all that old man, Rutum’s fault. If I saw him again, maybe I should send a Bear Punch at his stomach. Still, if I punched him while wearing the Bear Suit, he might find out that I was the girl he had fought with. Then again, wearing the uniform would bring about other problems.
It seemed that I couldn’t actually do anything to get rid of this uncomfortable feeling.
「Oh right, Shia, there’s something I wanted to ask you. When will you get to have a break from school?」
「A break?」
「I wanted to give Tilia my thanks before heading back to Crimonia, but whenever I go to the castle, she is at the academy, so I can’t meet up with her. So, I figured I should go to the castle when she’s on a holiday.」
Her encounter rate at the castle had been zero percent all this time, after all.
「Hmm… We have to clean up and hear the results of the festival tomorrow… We get a day off after that, though.」
In that case, I should go see her the day after tomorrow.
「So, umm, Yuna-san, could you stay behind for a bit the day after? Marcus and the others all wanted to thank you before you head home.」
They most likely wanted to thank me for lending them the cotton candy machines and advertising the shop. I didn’t really need their thanks, but I would be contradicting myself if I went to thank Tilia while not accepting theirs. Hence, I agreed to meet them.
Still, should I meet with them in the morning, and then with TIlia in the afternoon, or the other way around?
「Shia, what should I do with the uniform? Do you want me to wash it before giving it back?」
I had to return the uniform since I was only borrowing it.
「I will give it to you as a gift since I feel like it could be of use to you at a later date.」
Just what was with that prediction? I had no plans to wear the uniform again nor let my panties be seen.
I tried to refuse, but Shia made me keep it in the end.
「Actually, why don’t you enter the academy as a student? If you did that, then the uniform would come in handy.」
「My, what a good idea.」
Eleanora-san agreed with Shia’s suggestion, but others quickly voiced their objections.
「Yuna-san can’t attend the academy; she has to come back to Crimonia with us.」
「I will be sad if I can’t meet Yuna-neechan anymore, so she can’t stay.」
「Yes, there are bound to be problems without Yuna-oneechan at home.」
The three girls all opposed in turn.
It was quite nice to feel needed.
I had no intentions of going to school from the beginning, so I politely declined Shia’s suggestion.
School was hell for a shut-in like me.