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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 3 Chapter 3.4

“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

  ｢N..no, it isn’t like that! It’s just that I was with you today so I had more chances to look at you, there isn’t a deep meaning behind it! Ye.. yes! That’s it!｣

Uwaa, what was I even thinking. I’m an idiot.

  ｢Back to the topic. I.. I…. was wondering if you were thinking about Tensai-san.｣

My heart started beating fast for a moment. 

  ｢Nah Yumeji-san. It wasn’t like that.｣

I denied it. 

  ｢I was a bit curious, about Hoshino-san and Tensai-san.｣

  ｢Yumeji-san.｣

  ｢I have been in good terms with Hoshino-san and I often hear about Tensai-san from him. Hoshino-san was saying that Tensai-san is really a good person but she’s just bad at expressing her feelings.I want to be friends with her too since she is a good person. But, it didn’t go well today.｣

Yumeji-san smiled in a moping. Even though Yumeji-san wasn’t talking about me, I felt happy after hearing her words. 

  ｢I’ll bring her next time even if I have to put a leash on her so let’s hang out together next time. ｣

  ｢Sure.｣

We arrived at the next station while having a chat. 

  ｢I’ll be getting out at this station. Yama-kun, see you tomorrow in the school.｣

  ｢Oh and yeah, I’ll give these to D’arc and Tensai.｣

  ｢Please do so.｣

The door shut down and the tram started moving, Yumeji-san was waving her hand at me. I waved back till I could no longer see her and then I let out a sigh.

  ｢Yumeji-san is pretty sharp.｣

As expected from a person who wants to be a reporter, she has impressive observation skills. I reflected at what Yumeji-san had told me and looked down at the shopping bag in my hand. 

***

I arrived at the Happiness Dorms and found D’arc crouching in the passageway of the second floor. 

  ｢What are you doing in a place like this?｣

  ｢…..Oh, welcome back Jyuugo-kun.｣

D’arc lifted up his head and his eyes were somewhat swollen. Was he crying all this time? The reason behind it is…..is probably just my imagination. 

  ｢Where is Tensai?｣

  ｢She is in…..room number 202.｣

Why doesn’t she shut herself in her own room? Why does she shut herself in my room? Well, that’s not the main issue for now…..

  ｢Here you go, a souvenir from Yumeji-san.｣

It was a sweet, sugar rich mini donut from the south mall. We ate it freshly made in the mall and it was so good that Yumeji-san bought it for D’arc and Tensai. 

  ｢…..I don’t feel like eating now.｣

  ｢Shut up, it’s a souvenir from Yumeji-san. Shut up and eat, cry tears of appreciation and eat right now.｣

I opened up the bag and pointed the opening towards D’arc but he didn’t move so I took one to his mouth. 

  ｢But…..｣

  ｢『 If there is no way out even after worrying about something then eat. If you are full, things that can’t be solved might be solved. 』｣

  ｢?What’s that?｣

  ｢It’s my family motto. People who are sulking are usually hungry and if they become full they might be able to solve the things that’s making them gloomy.｣

  ｢Really?｣

  ｢If you don’t believe me then try it.｣

I took the donut to his mouth, he opened his mouth and ate it. Ignoring the fact that my fingertip brushed lightly and which made my heart thump. D’arc started eating the donut and he reminded me of a small animal, how cute. 

  ｢It’s delicious.｣

He smiled brightly. I felt really amazing to feed a girl like this…..wait. Wait he isn’t a girl. He is a trap!

  ｢Thank you Jyuugo-kun, I’m relaxed a lil.｣

  ｢Thank Yumeji-san tomorrow go to school.｣

I gave the bag with donuts to D’arc and stood up. Well, guess I’ll be going. I licked the sugar on my fingertips and headed towards 202. 

  ｢welcome back, Jyuugo.｣

I didn’t respond to Nanana-chan and glared at her. She and Tensai were in the same black cat pyjamas and were holding game controllers. Tensai was clearly sulking. 

  ｢Hey Tensai! What was all that about?｣

Tensai didn’t answer and continued playing the game so I snapped and snatched the controller from her. 

  ｢I’m not a genius like you so I wouldn’t get it if you don’t tell.｣

  ｢I have no obligation to tell you.｣

She said angrily and looked away. She’s really annoying. 

  ｢This girl really annoys me.｣

I thought of shouting at her but it seems like a useless thing to do for someone like her. I don’t even want to see her face. 

  ｢You are being a nuisance so get out.｣

Tensai stood up quietly and went out of the room. 

  ｢Hey Tensai, I don’t know what you are sulking about and if you don’t want to talk then don’t talk. I’m not very curious about it and I don’t have a guarantee that I can solve it but at least talk about it with D’arc. I think it’s the duty of the employer to vent to an attendant who’s crying out of worry like that.｣

  ｢It’s none of your business, Jyuugo.｣

  ｢Aight. I don’t care anymore, do as you please. Be careful, D’arc might run out of patience and she might leave you at this rate. ｣

I spat out my sentence and Tensai twitched a bit but she didn’t say anything and she left the room like nothing had happened. 

  ｢You got really angry, Jyuugo.｣

Nanana-chan looking at our conversation looked surprised. 

  ｢I get angry too when I have to get angry. But Nanana-chan, you didn’t say anything when I was yelling at Tensai, that’s a surprise.｣

I thought Nanana-chan who was all for everyone being happy together would say something. 

  ｢I was worried about how she was behaving and I’m not really good at scolding people.｣

  ｢Is that so?｣

  ｢Yeah.｣

  ｢In my case, I scold people when I’m really annoyed. For example your acts of perversion that I can’t bare to see.｣

I get it now, so that’s why Nanana-chan doesn’t show any mercy to me. 

  ｢Well, leaving that behind. Jyuugo, the souvenir.｣

Nanana-chan smiled and I tilted my head. 

  ｢…..Souvenir?｣

  ｢Yeah, the Japanese style black sugar syrup pudding from the Tenjikudou in the south red mall. I love that❤︎｣

Nanana-chan’s face was full of expectation, she thought I was going to buy her pudding even if I wasn’t told to do so. 

｢? Is there something wrong, Jyuugo?｣

｢Aha, Ahahahahaha.｣

｢Say Jyuugo.｣

｢Wha.. what is it Nanana-chan?｣

｢Can it be that you didn’t buy it?｣

Her cold stare made me confess. 

｢I’m sorry I was busy playing around and that thought didn’t occur to me.｣

I applied sincerely and Nanana-chan smiled gently. 

｢I’m not going to forgive you.｣

Well everyone, do you know a move called Pallo special? It’s an extremely painful move. To be specific, it is so painful that it makes a person regret from the bottom of his heart for not buying any pudding. 

***

｢It’s becoming dark so I think I should escort you to the dorm.｣

｢You don’t have to worry about that, Tetsu!｣

Both were on their way back from the south red mall  after splitting with Jyuugo, Yun (AKA Yoshino Saki) smiled at Tetsu (AKA Tsujimi Tetsunosuke) 

｢Goodbye Tetsu! Don’t go anywhere else! Go back straight to your house!｣

｢I know, see you tomorrow.｣

Yun split her path with Tetsu and headed towards her dorm. Living conditions of the students on Nanae island can be broadly placed in two groups. Students who live in the dorm and the students who live alone. The special student zone is a paradise in the south. Almost all  the students on this Island have left their home to come to the island. Students of the island are obligated to live in the dorm till they graduate middle school and live under a strict curfew. But after graduating, the students have to decide whether they are going to live in the dorm or live alone. The ratio between the dorm and living alone is 7:3. There are a couple of reasons why many of them chose to live in a dorm. Monetary problems and parents demanding it are some of the reasons but most of them don’t want to leave the comfortable lifestyle of the dorm.  The reason why Saki chose to live in the girls dorm after getting into high school was that. Saki left her parent’s place and came to the island after moving to middle school, so living alone wasn’t much of an attractive offer for Saki. It’s all about perspective. Dorm life is comfortable since they support you in your daily life by providing food and such.