A month later, we were back to school life.
　We had completely returned to school life.

　Morning.
　As we walked along the path to the cafeteria, students glanced back at us as we passed them.
　We could hear them talking faintly.

It's the same as in the past, but this time it's the same as in the past. I heard that he obliterated his opponent in the final without a trace with his sword!　No, you can't." "Hey, you look pretty cute, don't you?

　I sighed inwardly.
　It's been like this since I got home. It's not so bad, but it's getting better.

　There are a lot of misunderstandings, but it's not that bad, so I'm letting it go. At least it's much better than being talked about behind my back like a year ago.
　The rumors will eventually die down.

　When I get to the cafeteria, I scurry around and look for the person I'm looking for.
　It wasn't long before I found them. Amu, Yifa, and Mabel are talking to each other, spreading their books from the stacks on the table.

　I knew they were here.
　I thought it might be because Yifa told me before that she sometimes studies with Amu in the morning dining room, but I guess my hunch was right.

　I walked up behind the girl and called out to her.

"Maybe-Belle!
Huh!

　Mabel jumped up.
　She looked back at me with a shocked expression and tried to run away in a panic.
　I grabbed her hand.

"Don't you dare run.
No, no, no!
Seika-kun?
How long have you been here?

　I think they were concentrating, and both Yifa and Amu seemed to notice me for the first time.
　I said, "I just wanted to talk to Mabel,

"I just wanted to talk to Mabel,
Wow. I'm not.
I have one. Hey, why didn't you come yesterday? I was waiting for you.
I don't want to study with the Thayer.

　Mabel says with tears in her eyes.

'Study, study, all the time!　On days when I have class, I do it late at night, and on days when I don't, I end up doing it the whole day, late into the night!　It's been that way all month!　Nope, even the nursery had a day off!
I don't blame you.

　I say, "You've got to catch up with the class.

You have to catch up with your classes, and you can't even solve the problems of the entrance exam correctly, let alone the half-month you were behind in the competition. But you can't even solve the entrance exam questions properly, let alone the half a month you were behind in the competition. So you have to work harder for it.
Because...

　Mabel drops her moist eyes.

'I've never had to learn that stuff before, so...'
"Huh. Mabel.

　I put my hand on her shoulder.

"Retention comes to all of us equally.
'Don't make it sound like a saying!　It's usually funny that they even barged into the girls' dorms and stayed up late at night!
I've already spoken to the headmaster and asked him for permission. So, Mabel, I could teach you to study until morning if I wanted to.

　Well, as you'd expect, we're not allowed to go anywhere but the lounge.

Yifa. I need help!

　A pale Maybelle asks Yifa for help.
　Perhaps because she was treated kindly in the dormitory, Mabel has instantly fallen in love with Yifa, who smiles at her like the legendary Virgin Mary in the West and tells me that she's going to help me.
　That Yifa, after looking at Mabel with a smile like the legendary Madonna of the West, tells me, "Seika-kun....


!
She's got so much energy. I'm sure Mabel can still do well.
Ugh, lie. Yifa...?

　As if she couldn't believe that she had been abandoned, Mabel turned her sullen eyes to Yifa.
　Yifa stared back at Mabel, still smiling the Virgin's smile.
　Those eyes seemed far away from her mind.

'It's okay, Mabel. Human beings have a painful future. They study, sleep, eat and study again. You haven't become such a creature yet, have you, Mabel?　Then we need to work harder and harder.
I'm scared...
What the hell have you been through, and what the hell have you been through...
That was tough.

　Yifa stares into the air.
　Maybe it's my imagination, but there's no light in her eyes somehow.

'When I was studying while working at the mansion, it was hard work, but I could still work hard. I was able to take a break from work, and it was a great distraction to exercise my body. But when the entrance exams came around and I was exempted from work, that didn't happen anymore... ehehehe, I was studying all the time. At first, the other servants were sarcastic about me, but soon they started looking at me with poor eyes. On the day we left, they all sent us off crying.
....
....
But the reason I was able to work so hard is because of your help, Seika. Thank you so much, Seika-kun.

　I reply to Yifa, who seems to be in a halo of light.

'Huh?　Oh. You're welcome.
'Light!　You're too light in your reply to the air right now!
Yeah, but I was just teaching him to study as normal. I just didn't have a lot of time before the entrance exam.

　People are overreacting.

"So, Mabel. I'm going to the girls' dorm today after class again. I have to work extra hard over the next few days to make up for yesterday's delay.
'No, no I don't want to be like Yifa...'
Hey, hey, hey! Don't be a jerk, okay?

　Afterwards.
　After negotiating with defense attorney Amu, it was decided that Mabel would have at least two full days off per month to do it.
　Well, her efficiency has been slowing down lately, so it's just as well.

　Mabel's life at the school has just begun.