C4 Part98

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Even if they didn’t understand, it was

because they weren’t handicapped in anyway, so without really saying

anything more than that, he brought his chopsticks to his mouth. When

he did, the three of them suddenly became quiet. Figuring they just

weren’t going to talk during their meal, he wasn’t especially

concerned, but then Ichikawa and Yamanoi seemed to speak with their heads

lowered.

“Sorry, for everything.”

Since their

voices were lowered, he assumed their heads were hanging low, which

shocked Tatsumi. Unsure what their sudden apology was about, he

became nervous.

“W-What’s this about all of a sudden?”

“I

told you they were representatives. Well, I volunteered them, but

they came as everyone’s

representative.”

“Representative……?”

Unable

to grasp the conversation, Ichikawa explained the situation to

Tatsumi.

“Since we always pretended not to see it up until

now……we wanted to apologize.”

“Pretend not to see

it?”

“That princess—Yamauchi’s harassment, we pretended

not to see it.”

Tatsumi was also surprised by the new,

somewhat bitter, information that Yamauchi was called a princess. In

the past, it seemed as though Yamauchi took the initiative to become

Tatsumi’s messenger. Since sometimes she would yell loudly at someone who happened to be free, “I told you I would do

it!”, Tatsumi thought it was natural she would be the only one to speak

to him.