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Kozue has accepted Kaho’s declaration to become the “number one school idol in the world,” and so she assigns her intense training for an upcoming event in Kanazawa.
Translation: Luna_LL | Proofreaders: Eagles & zura | YouTube Subs: Denzi | Site & YouTube Graphics: Epikkyu
I… I let so many people down, all because I was so careless… I should’ve known… there’s no way someone like me could blossom…
…I ruined everything…
Kaho-san?
Ah, S-Sayaka-chan…
What are you doing out here? Shouldn’t you be preparing for your performance?
…
…Kaho-san?
…Well, you see…
I see… That sounds rough…
Yeah… It’s all my fault…
You shouldn’t say things like that…
You haven’t done rigorous exercise like this before, right? It’s not your fault for not recognizing your own limits…
Not my fault!? Don’t you understand this could have been much worse!?
And because of me, Kozue-senpai…
…I know. But it wasn’t something big this time. Now you know to be more careful next time.
…But…
…
Kaho-san, why did you push through all that morning practice, even though you didn’t like doing it?
Because…
Because I think being a school idol is fun… But, that’s not all.
When I was first starting to slowly improve, I was so happy.
I felt that when I became a full-fledged school idol, I could bring smiles to everyone supporting me for sure…
…
But Kozue-senpai would compliment me so much… and she’d say how much she wanted to wear those beautiful outfits with me.
So I wanted to meet those serious expectations… I thought that since I was no good at all, I just had to keep working harder…
Kaho-san…
You’re so considerate, Kaho-san.
No, I’m not. I’ve been so selfish and…
You weren’t working so hard for your own enjoyment, but because you were thinking of Otomune-senpai, right?
On top of that strict practice schedule, you decided to practice even more in your own time. Not everyone would do something like that.
…But in the end, I couldn’t get it right…
I caused so many problems… I’m sure Senpai hates me now…
…It’s okay, Kaho-san. And Otomune-senpai wouldn’t hate you for something like this.
…
…When Otomune-senpai comes back, we can have that serious discussion then. Why don’t you rest for now?
…Okay.
I’ll walk you to your room.
…It’s alright, I know you have practice too. Thanks for hearing me out, Sayaka-chan.
I think… I feel a little better now.
…Okay. Um, please don’t feel too discouraged, okay?
Yeah… Thanks, Sayaka-chan.
Oh… I think I left my bag in the club room…
There it is.
…Huh?
Whoa! Just… don’t… fall…!
I-I thought I was about to fall flat on my face…
What’s this… cardboard box…?
Huh, this is… This looks like that notebook I sometimes see Kozue-senpai reading from. Let me see… “School Idol Notebook”...?
Maybe it’s a… communication notebook? Or maybe a shared diary? It looks like people from way before we enrolled used this…
Could all of these be…?
They’re all notebooks written by the school idols that came before us…
Is this supposed to be someone’s face…?
Hehe, I think she’d be more angry than happy if she saw it.
Oh.
“I wanted to improve for Senpai, but I wasn’t good enough. It was getting frustrating, so I started doing a lot of extra practice on my own. I just didn’t want to disappoint her.”
“But she wasn’t happy about it. I’m so stupid. I was only thinking of myself, even though I really wanted to…”
…The page is all smudged with tears.
She’s just like me…
Wait, if there are this many notebooks…
If these include the ones being used today, maybe the one Kozue-senpai’s been writing in is in here too…?
Not this one… or this one… Oh, here. This is the most recent School Idol Notebook.
…Ah.
This is the training regimen Kozue-senpai put together for me… She put so much work into it… And yet, I went off on my own and…
“Mentoring a junior isn’t as easy as I’d expected. But, it has been satisfying and very fun. Seeing her improve little by little every day has brought me such happiness as if it were my own improvement.”
This is Kozue-senpai’s…
“If possible, I’d like her to continue being a school idol. There may be a lot of difficulty and pain ahead of her, though.
But as soon as she gets through it, I’m sure that even more fun than she’s having now will be awaiting her.”
“Seeing her work so earnestly makes me feel motivated too. I think this is the first time I’ve felt this way. I had no idea that our juniors could be this cute, either.”
“I think I would do anything for her.”
I… If I run away now, everything will really go to waste. I can’t let that happen.
I have to properly apologize to Senpai… and then, I have to seriously talk to her!
Tsuzuri-senpai!
Oh, Kaho. I heard from Saya. It sounded really hard.
Um, have you seen Kozue-senpai!? Maybe she hasn’t come back to school yet, but!
Um, sorry. Haven’t seen her.
Oh, okay… alright, thank you!
Oh. If you don’t find Kozu in the school building, I have a hunch as to where she might be.
Huh? Where?
The warehouse.
…Warehouse?
W-w-what is this place!?
Why is there a place like this at Hasunosora!? Is this a giant maze!? Where are you, Kozue-senpai!?
Ah, another dead end! I’ll just go back to where I was… Wait, have I been here before!? Where am I!?
I-I guess I should go back to the entrance and see if I can’t ask someone for help…
Wait… where’s the exit…!?
H-help! Is there anyone here!?
Sachi:
You called?
Wah!
A-are you… the fairy of this labyrinth…!?
Sachi:
Oh, you’re that new school idol girl!
Huh? Um…
Huh!? The student council president!?
Sachi:
So what brings you here?
Why’s the student council president here…?
Sachi:
Me? Oh, you know, making the rounds, sorting out all the packages, that kinda stuff.
You know, they stuffed all of Hasunosora’s history in here, so it’s pretty big, yeah?
Every year, we gotta go in and clean out the bones of the hundred or so first-years that get lost here.
So a hundred students get lost in the warehouse too!?
I-I just got lost and couldn’t find the exit… Ah, but that’s not what I’m here for!
Sachi:
Hm?
Um, have you seen Kozue-senpai– I mean, Otomune Kozue-san from the School Idol Club!? I heard she might be in here!
Sachi:
Oh, Kozue-chan? Hm… Well, if she’s here, then she’d probably be…