Chapter 37: Simple Happening (6)

“Ugh….”

I must have slept for a long time. I can hear many voices around me, and among them, there are many familiar voices, so I open my eyes with relief.

My eyes close again reflexively due to the sudden light entering my eyes, but I quickly adjust and slowly open my eyes.

The surrounding scenery is probably… the inside of Panic Room 84. Yeah, since we finished everything, we would need time to organize the situation and such, and… Ugh, you’re doing it again…

“Mika-sama… Why am I lying here?”

“Oh? Sora-chan, you woke up? Were you tired? You even collapsed?”

“Don’t change the subject. Why am I lying here?”

Mika-sama looked down at me and answered. The reason she looked down is… because I’m lying on Mika-sama’s lap, so looking at me is naturally looking down from Mika-sama’s perspective.

“But Sora-chan? In this panic room, there aren’t many places to sit, and the only place to lie down is this sofa, right? It can’t be helped!”

“I see… I understand. Then I should get up…”

-Grab-

“Eh?!”

Indeed, when I look around, there are a few remaining seats, and some executives and general members of the Justice Realization Committee came to organize the situation.

Ichika-senpai, who is sitting in one of the few seats other than the one Nagisa-sama is sitting in, is waving her hand slightly and looking at me.

It’s not a good look to show others like this… and it might cause strange rumors. Just when I was about to get up without saying much because Mika-sama’s explanation was reasonably understandable, Mika-sama laid me down again. Why?

“Sora-chan, honestly speaking, you’re a patient right now, right? Seia-chan and the Aid Squad are coming, so please lie down a little more?”

“No, I’m fine, it’s just simple exhaustion…”

Mika-sama put her hand over my mouth and gestured for me to be quiet. I don’t understand the meaning. Nagisa-sama, who is sitting in another seat, is staring at this side with a meaningful expression.

Ichika-senpai’s unique slit eyes are slightly open, and her gray eyes are starting to show a little… Seeing the corners of her mouth starting to rise, it seems that I’m sure to be teased later.

It didn’t end there. Hanako stopped Koharu, who was about to say, “Capital punishment!” from Koharu’s mouth.

I could hear the sound of the 1st-year members of the Justice Realization Committee, who were around, giggling. Something… I feel strange because I’m gradually creating some kind of pink rumor…

“Well then….. Mika-san, Sensei? Sora-san has woken up, so can I ask for an explanation?”

“Yeah, it’ll be a bit long, Nagi-chan. And you, who was it, Ichika-chan? It’ll be tiring, but please listen?”

[Hmm, then shall we start?]

Sensei and Mika-sama started to explain everything from Seia-sama’s survival to the story of Arius, and the fact that this commotion was to stop Arius. However, there was a slight difference from what I knew…

“…So you proceeded that far without me?”

“Ahaha… Yeah, sorry? I also thought that Seia-chan had no choice but to lure out Arius… Sorry?”

“…I see… I roughly understand the situation. To summarize, Seia-sama knew about the existence of Arius in advance and conveyed it to Mika-sama.

Mika-sama contacted Arius and instructed Seia-sama’s attack so that Seia-sama could be disguised as dead… And in the process, she persuaded Shirasu Azusa and helped to stop this Arius attack. Is that correct?”

“Yeah, that’s right. It seems that there might be one or two more insiders besides Azusa-chan… We couldn’t inform the Justice Realization Committee… It’s not that we absolutely didn’t trust them, so please don’t be sulky?”

“Well, I understand. However, the fact that one of the joining members is a junior I care about makes me feel a little strange… Ah, is this too much of a chitchat…?

Well, I understand. After this, we will hold a separate meeting on measures against Arius, including Kenjaki, the head of the department, and Hanekawa, the vice-head, and the schedule will be delivered later.”

“Yes, please. Ichika-san.”

“Yeah! Please do?”

The difference was that all of this was planned from the beginning. I don’t know if Sensei and I matched our words in advance, but they continued to speak without any particular gaps, securing each other.

By the time the dark sky was about to brighten, the long explanation was over. One of the executive members I saw for the first time, who had been recording all the words next to Ichika-senpai, politely greeted and left.

Starting with this, half of the Justice Realization Committee members left this panic room.

[Well then, we’ll be going too. Ichika, was it? Can I ask you a favor?]

“Yes, I understand. Sensei, our Justice Realization Committee will properly escort the Supplementary Class Club to the exam location~”

[Oh? Can I expect a little?]

“Haha, it’s half a joke? Please don’t expect too much…”

After Mika-sama and Sensei’s explanation was over and the unconscious Arius troops were imprisoned, Ichika-senpai, Sensei, and the Supplementary Class Club members left,

escorted by the remaining half of the Justice Realization Committee members.

Nagisa-sama said that it was not necessary to take the exam, that she would take responsibility for all the friction that came from inside, and that it was no longer necessary to worry,

but the Supplementary Class Club and Sensei went to take the exam, saying that they just wanted to.

After all the members of the Justice Realization Committee and the Supplementary Class Club left the panic room, I was finally able to get off Mika-sama’s lap.

“…Phew… So now I think I need an explanation?”

I needed an explanation about the content that was quite different from what I remembered.

“Oh my? You’re putting a large-caliber bullet in my head… And you’re asking for an explanation when you did something behind my back without even telling me?”

“Ugh… Ugh… I’m sorry about that.”

Nagisa-sama seems to still have in mind the slightly vicious guard that started with Hanako’s idea earlier.

“Ahaha☆ Nagi-chan, it’s okay now, right? Let it go?”

“Well… That’s right. I’ll pay you back properly for this later…”

Anxiety soars to the top of my head at Nagisa-sama’s recent remarks. I wonder if something will happen to me later when the situation is all normalized and I normally go to work at the Tea Party?

What if Mika-sama aims a gun at my forehead the moment I open the door when I go to work?!

“Wh, what is that…?!”

“I’m sorry, I was a little late.”

As I was about to ask about what I just heard, Seia-sama entered the panic room with Aomori-senpai. It’s been a while since I’ve seen these three together….

Seia-sama started by explaining to me what happened while I was asleep, after Mika-sama entered the room.

First of all, now Sensei also knows what’s going on in Arius.

As for Mika-sama, she showed a figure of realizing her mistakes and trying to correct them, even if there was help from those around her, and she was forgiven by the person involved, so she said that she had no reason to say anything more.

She said that the four of them, including Sensei, had matched their words in advance before the Justice Realization Committee came.

That’s because Mika-sama has to be safe, and if Mika-sama is safe, she can save the children who have been deprived of all opportunities.

We made measures based on the information we currently have.

First of all, the security and maintenance of the cathedral where the Eden Treaty will take place were additionally carried out, and the security scope was expanded not only within the Trinity school,

but also from the Trinity Autonomous District to the entire central district.

It would be impossible if it were only the Justice Realization Committee, but since the Gehenna Prefect Team will also be in Trinity on that day, the problem of the number of personnel has been solved.

There was also an opinion on whether to seek cooperation from Millennium, but unfortunately, it was concluded that it would be difficult in the current situation where the Eden Treaty itself is slightly wary of other academies.

The meeting proceeded quickly, but the content was poor. Unfortunately, Mika-sama said that she did not know the plans after this incident, and Seia-sama also said that she could only know fragmentary parts, so she could not make any further measures.

It was unfortunate, but there was nothing we could do but be thankful that no one was sacrificed and that day passed….

I fainted due to simple fatigue, so I didn’t have to be hospitalized or anything, and for several days after that, I spent time processing documents such as the aftermath of the messed up panic room 84 and the Arius troops secured by the Justice Realization Committee.

Now that all three members of the Tea Party were in one place, the work proceeded quickly, and Sensei also volunteered to help with the aftermath,

and Sisterhood, who found out that it was related to Arius, was doing everything they could to find Arius by searching through old books, so time passed quickly.

To some extent, the situation was settled and Trinity was gradually stabilizing. Only after being freed from work did

I look around and realize that I and Mika-senpai had become heroes who prevented a terrorist incident in Trinity that occurred in the middle of the night. Of course, I found out about this a little later after I was freed from work.

“Senpai…? What does that mean… No, more than that… Why did it spread?! Martial law was declared that day… And wasn’t the operation itself conducted in secret?!”

“Ahaha☆ Sora-chan, are you asking that now? I thought you knew. Sora-chan, you’re more naive than I thought? Cute~ Do you think that no one would have seen that many troops moving?

Yeah! Absolutely impossible! Besides, the children of the Justice Realization Committee also saw us~

Even if the reality is a little different, it’s natural for the story to be a little distorted or exaggerated as it’s passed from mouth to mouth, right?”

“Aaaagh!! Why!!”

I couldn’t understand why Nagisa-sama and Seia-sama intentionally attached me to Mika-senpai and had me wander around inside Trinity in the afternoon after morning work, so I asked Mika-senpai directly.

She said that it was for the purpose of promoting the Tea Party, taking advantage of the fact that the Tea Party faction leader and the attendant,

who was originally the protagonist of various rumors, had a good image, and to organize the unsettling atmosphere that a terrorist attack had occurred against the Tea Party.

After all, Mika-senpai was not good at work or politics compared to Nagisa-sama or Seia-sama. No, before that, am I being exposed?!

“I… I’m going to quit the Tea Party…”

“Ahaha☆ It’s impossible, at least while I’m here!”

“Ugh…”

Although it’s like taking a walk in the afternoon, we still shouldn’t forget about Arius.

Therefore, when school dismissal time approached, Mika-senpai and I returned to the Tea Party again, called Sensei, and the four of us had a meeting. Me? Why would a low-ranking official like me be helpful…

While sharing such thoughts and chitchat, I spent tens of minutes in the Tea Party office after finishing the schedule of patrolling or taking a walk in the afternoon.

I froze under pressure.