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Remember this.

I shall become your soeur, without fail.

What are you doing, Yumi?

You're going to be late if you don't hurry up and eat breakfast.

Yuki! Knock before you come in!

Again?

What have you been sighing about all morning?

Say, for the school festival,

we're inviting the Hanadera Student Body President and putting on a play,

but what kind of person is the Student Body President?

What kind of person is he?

He makes me sort of nervous.

He's cool, he gets good grades, and his family is impressive... I guess?

That sounds like Lady Sachiko.

The maidens, who flock to Mother Maria's garden,

pass through the tall gates today yet again with innocent, angelic smiles.

Their pure hearts and bodies are clad in deep-colored uniforms.

So that the pleats of their skirts are not disturbed...

...and so that their white sailor collars are not set aflutter,

it is customary here to walk slowly and with decorum.

The Private Lillian Girls' Academy, a garden of maidens.

Maria Watches Over Us

An Unnerving Duet

Good morning, Yumi.

Rosa Chinensis!

And... Lady Sachiko...

Good morning.

G-Good morning!

Let us go, dear sister.

The Red Rose soeurs certainly are quite elegant.

Dear sister,

do you suppose it's true that there's a first year student...

...who rejected Lady Sachiko?

As members of the school paper,

we'll want a detailed account of the truth on this.

Yes, dear sister.

Rumors spread quickly.

And by noon the next day,

all the students in the high school division...

Year 1, Peach Class all the students in the high school division...

Year 1, Peach Class ...knew that I had rejected Lady Sachiko.

Year 1, Peach Class

Hey, hey, is she here?!

Where? Where?

Which one is Miss Yumi Fukuzawa?

Tsutako, did you tell someone?

Certainly not!

These things are far more enjoyable to watch than to participate in.

But if you need to be told who started the rumor,

that's both a fortunate and unfortunate thing for you.

I have such mixed feelings about this.

It might be better not to be in the classroom during lunch breaks.

After all, I heard through the grapevine that the school paper...

...is coming to cover the story.

And they have a bunch of people as good as...

...any entertainment reporter out there.

Please excuse me.

See? Here they come.

If I released that photo, I bet the response would be huge.

Hold on, Tsutako!

Shimako...

Yumi, this way.

Do you always have lunch way out here?

It's a seasonal thing.

Nice days during the spring and autumn.

What about summer?

This cherry blossom tree becomes infested with hairy caterpillars,

so I don't really like that.

But in a short while, a lot of gingko nuts will come falling down,

so I'm looking forward to that.

You're strange, Shimako.

Am I?

But as long as the gingko nuts don't get reduced to a pulp underfoot,

they don't smell that much.

So streets lined with gingko trees where everyone walks are just tragic.

Shimako, could it be that you take those uncrushed gingko nuts home?

Bingo.

Gingko nuts, lily bulbs, soybeans... I love things like that.

I thought so.

You're interesting, Shimako.

You are too, Yumi.

What?

I'm glad to have gotten to know you.

Shimako, could I ask you something?

What is it?

Why did you refuse Lady Sachiko's offer?

I thought that I would not work out for Lady Sachiko.

Likewise, Lady Sachiko would not have worked out for me, either.

In what way?

I like Lady Sachiko, but what we seek from each other is different.

So what we can give each other is different, too.

It's too complicated for me to understand.

Lady Sachiko said the same to me, too.

That she could understand what I was trying to say,

but that I wasn't being specific.

You know,

I think the shock of being refused by you was greater for Lady Sachiko...

...than when I turned her down.

It didn't look that way to me.

That's because she's a contrary person who hates to lose.

When she's truly vexed, she acts prim.

Why did you say that you couldn't be her soeur?

Shall we get going soon?

Be careful not to step on the gingko nuts.

It could be...

What?

...that you and Lady Sachiko would be a good match.

Let's call it a day soon.

Yumi?

What?

Oh, I still haven't finished writing the cleaning log,

so please go on without me.

Then we'll take you up on your offer.

Goodbye.

See you tomorrow.

Goodbye.

I'll leave after everyone else has left.

I don't want people staring at me.

That was at the first-year student welcome ceremony...

...hosted by the Yamayuri Council.

What a shriek to let loose.

You make it seem as though I were attacking you.

l-lf you approach silently from behind, anyone would scream, Lady Sachiko!

Play.

What?

One more time.

Uh, um...

One, two, three, go.

Wow, I'm playing a duet with Lady Sachiko!

I just can't do it, after all.

I can't keep up with you, Lady Sachiko.

Really? You were playing most splendidly.

Shall we go soon?

What?

From now until the school festival,

you're going to attend the Cinderella rehearsals with me.

What?

After all, you're my understudy for the role of Cinderella.

It would only be natural for you to rehearse.

But isn't that only if I accept the rosary?

Are you so firmly convinced that you won't accept it,

that you don't intend to attend rehearsals?

No, that's not...

I am going to attend them.

Even though I'm confident that I will make you my soeur.

Since there are not many things in this world...

...that one can say are absolute.

And it's preferable to disgracing myself during the real performance.

Certainly...

You must have your own thoughts on the matter, so I won't force you.

But won't you come watch me rehearse?

I will.

Was that photograph taken yesterday morning?

I just remembered now.

So when you saw the photograph,

you really didn't remember.

Not as far as when it was.

Then, I really met you for the first time yesterday, didn't I?

Yes.

I feel better now that I remember.

Do you fix so many underclassmen's scarves...

...that you have trouble remembering?

I rarely... No, I almost never do things like that.

I wonder why I decided to do that?

I'm not a morning person and my mind was in a fog,

so perhaps I stopped you without realizing it.

That must be why I was unable to remember it right away.

Oh, my...

Ms. Yamamura.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

I had thought it was some kind of mistake,

but was that rumor true?

What?

But how strange.

Miss Fukuzawa turned you down, didn't she, Miss Ogasawara?

So why are you two together?

Or is the truth that you said okay to her?

Um, so that was...

I am so sorry to have troubled you.

We shall leave the matter of our relationship to your imagination.

Please excuse us now.

C-Certainly.

You needn't say anything unnecessary.

Rumors have a way of growing more outlandish...

...the more we respond to them.

If there's something that requires an explanation,

don't parcel it out in bits and pieces.

Rather, when those around you are prepared to listen,

explain it clearly just once.

While they are fussing about it, let it go like wind through willows.

I understand.

But...

I think silencing a teacher with a smile like Lady Sachiko did...

...is a feat that no ordinary high school student can accomplish.

Maria Watches Over Us

Oh, here's Sachiko.

You're late!

I'm sorry for interrupting the rehearsal.

Now, please continue.

Wow, Lady Sachiko and Lady Rei dancing together!

Yumi.

Come over here.

Rosa Chinensis...

Not bad, are they?

For having been matched up for the first time today.

The first time?!

We learn the rudiments of dance in class...

...and Sachiko is an honest-to-goodness young lady of a wealthy family,

so it's only natural that she knows the social dances.

I had no idea.

It seems Rei used her ability to focus from her martial arts training...

...to memorize the dance,

but she still has some difficulties.

See?

Sachiko has been studying ballet since she was five, too.

English conversation, piano,

tea ceremonies and flower arrangement...

She's generally knowledgeable in all those things.

Up through middle school,

it seems she had some tutor or other coming every day.

Wow, it's like a different world.

Right?

It's so stifling.

That's why I made her quit it all.

Or perhaps I should say, I made it so she was forced to quit.

Because I made her my soeur...

...and dragged her into doing all sorts of Yamayuri Council chores.

You see, Sachiko is an earnest person at heart,

so when she's faced with expectations, she does exactly that.

That's why she needs to take a break once in a while.

Do you understand that?

Sort of...

That's fine.

But if she's used to dancing often,

it doesn't seem like she should be unwilling now,

just because her partner will be a boy...

That was actually the question on our minds, too.

To Sachiko, it's just a dance.

So why would she refuse to do it?

She was so adamantly against it,

we wanted to know the reason behind it...

...and that was why we didn't allow her to step down right away, but...

Things have become even more interesting, haven't they?

With the addition of a spice called Yumi Fukuzawa.

It's just as Rosa Gigantea said.

What?

When you become lost in thought, you tend to make funny faces.

No, um...

Sachiko, about your starting position...

Stand a little more to stage left and turn your attention this way.

Just what you'd expect of Rosa Chinensis.

She's really paying attention to what's important.

Yumi, can you dance?

No, not at all!

Oh?

Rosa Foetida, do we only have dance classes starting in the second year?

I think so.

Then I'll teach you.

Huh?

Come on.

Oh...

Yumi, you say a lot of, "Huh?" and " Oh..." and " What?"

Rosa Gigantea!

This is a waltz, so it's triple time.

One, two, three. One, two, three.

One, two, three. One, two, three.

You're being too hesitant. Don't look down.

One, two, three. One, two, three.

I don't care if you step on my feet.

Oh, whoops.

I wonder if there'll be rumors of you two-timing now.

Okay, I'm going to introduce a new friend to all of you!

This is Yumi Fukuzawa!

She'll be participating in the group dance starting today,

so please be nice to her!

Wha...

It's no fun just observing, right?

Besides, when you consider the worst case scenario,

it'll be better if you're used to dancing.

I thought you were betting that Lady Sachiko would not win me over...

Someone partner up with her!

Then, I will.

B-But, you are dancing with Lady Sachiko...

I'm an understudy, after all.

When the actual person playing the Prince comes from Hanadera,

I'll be stepping aside anyway.

So there won't be any problem with me partnering up with you.

Come on.

l-I'm sorry!

It's okay.

Sorry.

I'm fine.

Pay attention.

You seem quite interested in Sachiko.

No, it isn't like that.

It's just that she's so utterly different from me...

Um, I forgot something, so please excuse me!

Oh, Yumi!

Yumi?

Katsura...

Um, what's going on?

W-With what?

Someone from the Dance Club was talking earlier...

...that you're going to be appearing...

...in the play produced by the Yamayuri Council officers.

If you call it " appearing."

I'm just going to be dancing in the background.

But they said your partner was to be Rosa Foetida en bouton.

Yes, well...

It's true?

Yumi, good afternoon!

Good afternoon!

G-Good afternoon...

As it so happens, we were just talking about you, Yumi.

l-I see.

Could we take this opportunity to ask you for a clear answer?

Is it true that you turned down Lady Sachiko's offer?

If so, why have you been seen in each other's company?

What role are you playing within the Yamayuri Council group?

Which of the dear sisters do you like best?

At a time like this, if it were Lady Sachiko...

Everyone, I'm sorry to have troubled you.

D-Due to circumstances,

I am going to be helping with the Yamayuri Council officers' play.

That is the reason why the officers have been approaching me.

Then, what about the matter concerning Lady Sachiko?

Lady Sachiko?

Is it true that Lady Sachiko asked you to be her soeur?

The word is that you turned her down, though.

At a time like this, if it were Lady Sachiko...

That's just a rumor, right?

Right, Yumi?

If it were Lady Sachiko...

I shall leave the matter to your...

Lady Sachiko would...

Lady Sachiko would...

...never seriously choose someone like me to be her soeur!

Yumi?!

My, what are we to do?

We're sorry.

We didn't ask you intending to making you cry.

Because I like her...

Because I like Lady Sachiko...

Because it would be too sad to have just been the closest person around...

Why can't Lady Sachiko understand that?!

I was happier watching her from afar.

That way...

...I wouldn't have had to act contrary to my own feelings.

Preview

Boohoohoo...

If you are going to weep about it, Boohoohoo...

If you are going to weep about it,

hurry up and accept the rosary!

Lady Sachiko might be perfect...

Lady Sachiko might be perfect...

...for the role of Cinderella's mean step-sister.

Quit grumbling! ...for the role of Cinderella's mean step-sister.

Quit grumbling!

I said it once I'll say it again! Become my soeur!

To think such dialogue suits her so well...

To think such dialogue suits her so well... "The Moon and the Rosary"

Lady Sachiko is pretty scary! "The Moon and the Rosary"

"The Moon and the Rosary"