Maria-sama ga Miteru Thirteenth Novel - One Page of Midsummer, Part 3

Maria-sama ga Miteru 13th Novel - Manatsu no Peeji, One Page of Midsummer

Part 3

Bizarrely, this section had no pictures...

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Rosa Foetida's Illustrated Diary

July Nth {Saturday) Clear


Got up in the grey dawn and set out for the summit of Fuji-san. Every time I was on the verge of falling asleep, the old lady next to me turns over and cursed, so I got no sleep. On the other hand, Yoshino slept well and woke up energetic. As we set off, her steps were light.

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Worshipped Raikou, headed down the mountain.

The guide said that there was a postbox on top of the mountain. If I had known before, I'd have sent cards to all my friends in the Yamayurikai and my graduated onee-sama, but I didn't. Too bad.

I'd heard that coming down was harder than going up. It's true. Yoshino's spirits dropped and so did her pace. Eventually, we hired a horse.

My own enthusiasm for conquering Fuji-san on foot disappeared somewhere. When my feet felt fine, I kept the pace by humming. Once we got the horse, though. Oh, wait, I'm not supposed to talk about the horse. I'll stop. I'm not sure if my pride was hurt - or it was just how much we had to pay for the horse. Dunno.

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At Sachiko's summer house, I told the Yamayurikai folks about the horse and boy did I get it! No point in getting so angry over the truth. If you don't want anyone to know - you shouldn't ride on the damn horse.

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Rei says, she thinks it out to be the official ending of the horse episode. Yoshino freaks and says that Rei's just jealous that she didn't get to ride it.

Rei raises her voice - right, I wanted to ride it, but I didn't, I just kept walking on my own. It's totally crooked.

Crooked?

Any other person's diary, she wouldn't read. But for these two, it shouldn't really be a problem. Rei and Yoshino are so close that they're not even aware whether a thing is theirs or the other's. Desk drawer or closet, they open up at will - it's okay. Let me see your diary, too.

Rei insists that it was vexing, and the place to vent is a diary, isn't it?

Uh-oh, Yoshino's ire is rising....it's a delicate situation.

If Yoshino wanted to ride a horse, they could have gone to the park. Yoshino replies that she wanted to ride a real horse and the country was too far away. I was thinking about getting on the merry-go-round from the beginning, but as Sachiko said, the amusement park is really crowded in summer.

Rei heaves a heavy sigh and gets on the carousel horse.




August Xst (Sunday) Cloudy

Midmorning, rode my bicycle to the buy the newest edition from Cosmos Publishing.

I've been going to school everyday for Yamayurikai and club activities, so by the time I got there, they were sold out.

In front of the school, I met Tanuma Chisato-chan by chance. She was on her way to a classmate's house to do homework together. We stood there for about 15 minutes talking. She's very zealous about kendo club. I always appreciate that.

At the K station building, once I had the object of my desire in hand, I went to my favorite café, picked up some coffee for Mother. As usual, I went to K station. I decided to stop and pick up some of Yoshino's favorite sweets for us to share. I took a different route home than normal.

In front of the park, I saw Torii Eriko-sama, for the first time in a long time. Next to her was that professor from Hanadera Academy, a little reserved.

Why, I wonder - it wasn't interesting - but I was a little jealous.

I was so busy thinking about this that I completely passed the sweet shop and forgot to get anything.

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Rei asks Yoshino why she's angry.

I dunno.

Yoshino turns her back on Rei, who asks why she keeps reading the diary when it annoys her so much?

Yoshino says she's just thinking about it. Rei asks her to verbalize, because maybe it'll help her understand too,

Yoshino says she's just trying to understand how Rei feels about her. Ah - this is a habit of hers, being this way, until Rei tells her. On this day, anything or everything could have interested her.



August Nth (Saturday) Clear

Today is the last Saturday of summer vacation

I don't have Yamayurikai or club work, so for the first time in a long time, I have a day of complete rest. Almost immediately, I thought of going with Yoshino to the ocean. We had to change trains and bus - it was a considerable outing. Someday I have to get the time and funds together to get my driver's license. As it is, we didn't get to the beach before noon.

The first thing we did was spread a sheet and eat the onigiri I made - Yoshino stuffed her cheeks full and said she was glad that they were normal white onigiri - ith the scent of the seaside, they were yummy. It was a totally cute thing for her to say.

We didn't bring bathing suits, so we just went into the ocean up to the edge of our jeans and skirt. Yoshino was like a kid on the beach. Seeing Yoshino having so much fun made me happy. It was like a dream somehow.

Last year, because I was worried about Yoshino's surgery I wasn't really able to enjoy this, but this year was totally different. The places I want to go, the places Yoshino wants to go. We went around with no particular plans. After all, today is just one step. Definitely Yoshino too has some nice memories of this summer, I think.

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Yoshino asks why Rei is writing this right after they came home. Huh? As she speaks, Rei stops writing. It was like coming out of a dream. Rei says she wants to capture all the good feelings. Is it vain to do so?

Yoshino starts to critique Rei's writing, saying she got the tone of Yoshino's comments wrong. And they weren't alone. Yoshino wonders if she did that on purpose. Rei says she was just supplying scenery.

Yoshino calls her naïve. The day wasn't actually that nice, they got totally soaked in the water - in fact they had to buy clothes, and change behind a towel. Yoshino hold out a plastic bag with their soaked clothes.

Rei says that they'll do Yoshino's request tomorrow - a manga café.

Today, the ocean was below a rocky slope, that she had fallen down...which is why she wasn't about to write the "truth" in her diary.

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The End


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