Hehe, it's been a while since I took out this roll cake, hasn't it? - 33

Nagisa. Most of the work at the Trinity Tea Party can be said to be handled by Nagisa.

Self-proclaimed... the smartest person in Trinity... yeah, so she says.

"Are you kidding me?! Just forget about it?!"

Anyway, the reason Nagisa is currently buried in a pile of paperwork is simple.

"Mika-san...!"

Because Mika, the original host of the Tea Party, used Abydos as an excuse to drag Seia and run off to Abydos.

If Nagisa were to also abandon the paperwork, Trinity might end up in a similar state to Gehenna. So, even though she really, really doesn't want to, she's reluctantly handling the paperwork.

"When you come back, I'll make you eat lots of roll cakes...!"

With that determination, she quickly finishes the last remaining document.

Scribble- Scribble- Done!-

Perhaps because the volume wasn't too large, the paperwork was finished faster than expected.

Normally, she would go to rest, but not now.

She had to prepare roll cakes for Mika and Seia, who had abandoned her, so Nagisa quietly returns to her room.

Creak, thud!-

A secret that no one knows except for her.

In fact, there's a secret storage room in her room.

If you ask where all those roll cakes come from, the answer is here.

"Hehe, it's been a while since I've taken out this roll cake."

Nagisa's trump card, is used only in truly necessary situations.

It was a super-sized roll cake.

"Look forward to it. Mika-san. Seia-san."

* * *

'Ugh... How do you turn this on?'

"Hey, hey, Seia-chan? Can't you just press it to turn it on?"

"Uhe~ I just tried, but there's no response even when I press it~"

"....."

The spaceship we finally found wouldn't turn on no matter how many buttons we pressed.

Either we were scammed, or there's a separate way to turn it on.

Honestly, it's too big to be a scam, so it's likely that there's a separate trigger or method.

'Ugh... driving a spaceship is so cool... I wanted to do it too...'

"Wow, Seia-chan's ears are drooping."

"If we can't find another way, there's no way to operate this thing, right~ Uhe~ It's sad that we found it after all this effort~"

Yeah... it's sad...

I wanted to fly it at least once, but since it won't turn on, there's nothing we can do.

Mika pulled me away from the spaceship, where I was still clinging on, and we walked outside with Hoshino.

'Ugh... I wanted to ride it... I wanted to ride it too...'

"By the way, Hoshino-chan☆ I didn't think you'd allow construction in the Abydos district~"

"Uhe~ It was land that Kaiser took anyway~ And I was also curious about this spaceship thing~"

"Hmm... so that's how it was?"

Maybe it's because both Mika and Hoshino have pink hair, but they seem to have something in common when it comes to their way of speaking.

It's quite confusing...

"Ahaha☆ It seems like it's about time for us to go back! So, Hoshino-chan?"

"Uhe?"

"Hand over this spaceship to us! We'll buy it!"

"...Buy it?"

"...!"

'Yeah, buy the spaceship! This excuse is a reasonable reason to take the spaceship, and it can also help Abydos, who is struggling with debt!'

Mika... you're smarter than you look?

Even if everyone in the world makes fun of Mika-chan and calls her stupid, I'll stand on her side!

...Starting today, of course!

"Um... Seia-chan...? You seem to be thinking something very rude."

"...!"

Shake, shake-

Hoshino, who had been watching Mika and me for a while, quietly spoke.

"Uhe~ Mika-chan. Seia-chan. I understand the intention behind your proposal, but I don't want to rely on the power of large academies to pay off our debts."

"..."

"I want to slowly pay off our school's debts with my own hands. We've already incurred enough debt~ So, you can just take that spaceship."

"Ahaha... Are you sure?"

"It's fine~ Take it."

Hoshino's reaction was really unexpected.

She probably has some kind of principle she wants to protect.

I don't know what it is, but it's good that it worked out well, right?

"...!"

'W-Wait?! But how are we going to move this spaceship, which we can't even operate, to Trinity...?'

The spaceship barely moved even when pulled by several helicopters.

In the end, it was judged impossible to move the spaceship to a place that was more than a 30-minute helicopter ride away by using dozens of helicopters. We had no choice but to leave the spaceship at Abydos High School.

'Ughhh... I have to give up my dream...'

It's a shame, but there's nothing we can do...

Feeling a bit down, we returned to Trinity by helicopter.

* * *

"Hehe... Mika-san. Seia-san. You're back?"

"...Wo-Whoa. Nagisa-chan? What's with that huge roll cake in your hand...?"

Nagisa greeted us when we returned to Trinity.

Greeted...?

No, no, those are definitely the eyes of someone seeking revenge?!

"Ah, this? It's nothing. It's just... my anger, created because Mika-san abandoned all the paperwork and ran away."

"...!!"

'T-Then I'm not included? I'm out?'

"Haha. Seia-san. It's no use trying to sneak away by backing off."

'W-Why!'

It seems that I'm included in the roll cake punishment. What did I do...!

"Ahaha☆ Then I'll be going now~? Good luck, Seia-chan?"

Squeeze!-

Mika tried to make a quick escape, but unfortunately, Nagisa was one step faster.

"...N-Nagisa-chan? Let's settle this with a conversation-"

"Mika-saaaaan!!!!!!"

Smack!-

Nagisa shoved the super-sized roll cake into Mika's mouth, and Mika, unable to escape, collapsed helplessly under the roll cake attack.

"...! ....!!"

'W-Wait. Nagisa-chan! That paperwork wasn't my responsibility either!'

"I can't hear what you're saying, but this is Seia-san's joint responsibility for not stopping Mika-san!"

'Waaaaaah?!!'

Squeeze!-

It was obviously impossible for my weak body to escape from Nagisa, and I was ultimately defeated miserably by Nagisa's roll cake attack.

'I-It's unfair...! What did I do...!'

Even if I protested, I knew she wouldn't hear me, which made it even more unfair.