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Yoshino returned her rosary to Lady Rei.

That alone was already shocking enough,

but people started imitating Yoshino, resulting in cases where...

...little sisters are saying goodbye to their big sisters.

It might be that they all looked at Yoshino...

...and became insecure that maybe they weren't being good little sisters.

So, you can't solely blame the school paper for this commotion,

but Yoshino's action, which normally wouldn't have been permitted,

has become legitimized and glorified,

and I think that is a problem.

I wonder what will become of Yoshino and Lady Rei.

Yoshino has been absent ever since then...

...and Lady Rei appears to be enduring some kind of hardship.

Rosa Foetida!

Uh, um...

What is it?

I'm sorry, but I'm in a hurry.

So if you need something, would you make it quick?

No, in that case, it's fine.

Pardon me for stopping you.

Yumi.

Yes?

I'm sorry, but would you keep this...

I will not tell anyone.

It's not that I'm trying to hide it, but it's a little embarrassing, so...

No, not at all...

Oh, good day.

Rosa Foetida's cheek...

I wonder just who slapped her, when and where?

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

The Fighting Maidens

What's wrong, Yumi?

Oh... nothing.

Oh, it's delicious!

Right? Because I've gained a full understanding of your preferences.

I wonder if Rosa Gigantea...

...knows about Rosa Foetida looking like that.

Um, what kind of person is Rosa Foetida?

What kind of person? Like in terms of personality?

Y-Yes, well, sort of overall...

Overall, huh?

Rosa Foetida always looks unmotivated, right?

Why do you suppose that is?

What? I have no idea...

That's because she's too good at everything,

and the outcome is predictable, no matter what she sets out to do.

Is that why?

How enviable.

But she probably finds it a hardship.

A hardship...

R-Rosa Gigantea?!

Do you behave this way towards anyone and everyone?

Anyone and everyone? How unprincipled.

I do it only with you, Yumi.

P-Please, Rosa Gigantea!

Yumi.

L-Lady Sachiko!

Your antics go too far.

Yumi's so soft and huggable. I think I might become addicted.

If you find yourself longing for the warmth of another human,

please, why not feel free to hug your own little sister?

Shimako?

I'd never even considered that idea.

Then, consider it.

And I would ask that you refrain from being so familiar with my little sister.

I'll consider it.

Yumi, you too.

Do not flail about in an unseemly manner.

It will only entertain Rosa Gigantea more.

Right...

Now, go on. Hurry up and wipe it off.

If it were me,

returning the rosary to Lady Sachiko would be unthinkable.

So, why did Yoshino...

One day, as I was thinking such things,

I received a phone call from Yoshino out of the blue.

I'm sorry for asking you to come.

No, it's not a problem.

At any rate, I had no idea that you were in the hospital.

Yes...

I didn't want things getting blown out of proportion.

Yoshino had been born with a heart that was a bit abnormal.

I don't really understand the complicated stuff,

but there is apparently a hole in one of the walls of her heart.

She may be fine now,

but this illness has a tendency of getting worse in adulthood,

so she was advised to have surgery...

...before too many symptoms surfaced.

How is she?

She was out of it for a while...

To the point where we were worried.

Next Saturday,

Rei has an interschool kendo competition.

Right.

I want her to win, no matter what.

So it's not that Yoshino hates Lady Rei now...

Yumi, did you read the Lillian Ledger issue...

...that did a special article on Rei and I?

Y-Yes, I saw it...

Oh, right. Yoshino doesn't know about the extra issue.

Didn't you think something was strange about it?

What?

There was a big mistake in that article.

What?

Oh?

It's been made into quite a big deal, hasn't it?

I don't think it's a laughing matter...

So anyway, what mistake?

Well, so here it says my favorite books are young girls' novels...

...and it says Rei's favorite books are by Shotaro Ikenami, right?

Yes.

The Swordsman Business

The Swordsman Business

Shotaro Ikenami?

Every book here is by him.

What?

Wait, then...

That questionnaire has all the answers flipped.

Favorite motto is " first strike decides the battle."

Hobby is watching sports?

That's me.

Favorite books are any young girls' novels.

Favorite word is " sincerity."

Hobby is knitting?

Knitting?!

Right. Rei knitted this lap rug, you know.

What?!

See, I think Rei is straining herself.

Straining herself?

She's always protected me, like she was my knight.

And you know the way she looks.

Everyone thinks of her like she's a boy, but...

Yoshino, um...

I got that Lady Rei is actually a really girlish person...

and that she's straining herself, but...

Why?

If I'm around...

If I'm around, I think it won't be good for Rei.

That's why you returned the rosary?

I felt that our current relationship wasn't healthy,

so the idea was to go back to a clean slate for a time, that's all.

What do you mean?

She says she'll become strong for me,

but then, what'll happen if I'm not around?

In truth, Rei is a responsible and strong person,

but right now, she's using my existence as a shield...

...and pretending to be strong, so...

...she needs to hurry up and realize that.

I want Rei to become strong.

In exchange, I won't let Rei suffer alone.

I've decided to have the operation.

It just might be that Yoshino is stronger than Lady Rei.

Right then, that's what I thought.

Maria Watches Over Us

So, the message from Yoshino is,

"I can't go cheer for you, but please do your best at the competition."

That is all.

Yoshino's been in the hospital?

And the operation is...?

T-This Saturday.

The day of your competition.

Which hospital?

Is it her usual doctor?

Yumi!

It's apparently the hospital she has always gone to, but...

What are you going to do by going there?

What am I going to do...?

Why do you think Yoshino has kept this from you until now?

Yoshino purposefully scheduled her heart surgery...

...on the day of your match,

but you don't understand at all why she did that.

I don't understand...

How could I possibly understand?

You know, Yoshino...

...was against the operation for the longest time.

It may be that in truth, Yoshino is scared too.

Please do your best at the match.

Because that is what Yoshino wishes you to do.

Yoshino's wish...

So, what?

You're playing carrier pigeon for Rei and Yoshino?

But I'm not doing it every day.

And I'm only one-sidedly reporting how Lady Rei is doing to Yoshino.

I have an idea, Lady Sachiko!

Would you like to go together to the hospital now?

Don't be silly.

If I did that, I would be imposing on Yoshino.

She notified only you, because she didn't want a big fuss, didn't she?

Right...

Besides, I can't go when Rei is showing restraint.

I see.

Maybe it's not just Lady Sachiko,

but all the Lady Roses are being considerate like that.

The Rosa Gigantea was right.

Your face lacks composure.

What?! My face lacks composure?!

Say, Yumi?

What is it?

You've been good to me in so many ways,

I'm really grateful.

Oh, please, Yumi! Don't look like that!

I only wanted to thank you.

I can't keep it from showing on my face...

Heart Surgery

Heart Surgery I mean, I'm sure it will be fine,

Heart Surgery but having your heart operated on is still scary.

Heart Surgery

And while I'm thanking you,

I want to ask you for a favor, too.

A favor?

The day after tomorrow, if you're free,

would you go watch Rei's match for me?

What?

I want you to see Rei fighting.

Lady Rei?

Yes.

I was planning to come here the day after tomorrow, but...

All right.

I'll make sure to watch Lady Rei win.

The day of Lady Rei's match finally rolled around.

High School Bring Kendo sports Competition into your life

High School Bring Kendo sports Competition into your life Which is to say, it was also the day of Yoshino's surgery.

High School Bring Kendo sports Competition into your life

High School Bring Kendo sports Competition into your life The truth is, I wanted to be at the hospital,

but since Yoshino asked me,

I decided to bear witness to Lady Rei's match.

I see.

Yoshino said that?

Um, Lady Sachiko?

What will happen if Lady Rei ends up losing?

Yoshino saying, " I want her to win,"

was probably not meant in that way.

More importantly, Yumi,

how many times must I tell you to call me " dear sister" ?

P-Pardon me.

This means she has made it to the finals, right?

Lillian will surely win!

She's strong.

What?

Her opponent in the final match.

The captain of the opposing Ohnaka Girls' School...

...is a strong athlete ranked at 3-dan.

What about Lady Rei?

She's at 2-dan.

So...

Which is stronger?

You really have so little in the way of knowledge.

Begin!

I have to win.

Surgery in Progress

With that, both sides have two wins, two losses, and one draw,

so both schools will send one representative to fight.

The competition will be decided in the next match.

Then, will the captains be fighting again?

Yes.

Yoshino's surgery should be starting already.

Mother Maria,

please protect Yoshino so that she makes it safely through surgery.

Begin!

Come in.

Long time no see.

You seem well.

I'm not well.

Since the anesthesia wore off, the wound started hurting a lot.

It was only when they gave me a shot of painkiller earlier...

...that I finally felt better.

So it hurts...

Well, they cut my skin, messed with my heart, and then closed me up.

Yoshino...

How many days has it been?

Two weeks, I think.

It's the first time we've gone for so long without seeing each other.

Yes.

Rei.

I'm sorry.

I wanted to walk hand-in-hand with you.

What?

I wanted to get healthy and walk shoulder-to-shoulder with you.

I wanted you... to get used to it, too.

So, would you believe me?

That I didn't return the rosary because I don't like you anymore.

Yes, I know.

In all the world, you're the person I love the most.

I feel the same.

Oh, yes! How did the competition go?

I won.

Really?! Your opponent was Miss Tanaka, right?

We were neck-and-neck until the final match...

...and it was a win by judgment, though.

And when you get down to it, she won a match off me in the main rounds.

But your opponent was a third year student ranked at 3-dan, right?

That's incredible!

Right then...

I felt like I understood a little of what it meant " to win."

You certainly are energetic, though.

Did you really have the operation?

I did. You want me to show you the wound?

Are you sure?

I want you to see it.

It's my badge of honor for the effort I made.

Once it's healed, they say it won't be very noticeable at all.

I see.

If it had remained, I could've been like a pirate.

Anyway, maybe I'll start doing kendo.

What?

I'm your cousin, after all, so I think I have the talent.

Then, I'll win a match off Miss Tanaka next year and avenge you.

Then, I'd better work hard to keep my seat as captain.

The next day, the nurse immediately knew...

...that she had peeled back the gauze without permission...

...and Yoshino and Lady Rei were apparently given a stern warning.

Yumi, listen to me.

I am a poor soul,

who has been completely out of the loop these past two weeks.

Of all things,

I have been utterly oblivious to my darling little sisters' crisis.

I want to take back those two weeks as quickly as I can.

Don't you think that's only natural?

But I've already told you everything.

Well, that's fine.

So basically, it all ended well, right?

Yes.

Incidentally, Rosa Foetida?

What is it?

You were... um, the other day... I...

Oh, don't tell me you thought I was pregnant or something.

What?!

You were pregnant, Rosa Foetida?!

I said, " Don't tell me."

There was a classmate of mine who was concerned that I had been.

I wonder why.

Well, considering her suspiciously suggestive attitude,

I can understand why some people might get the wrong idea.

Could it be that...

...I'm going to have to show everyone my records from the dentist's ?

Records from the dentist's ?!

I had my wisdom tooth pulled.

A grain of rice got in and it was just awful.

What?!

Oh, Yumi, are you all right?

Come on, Yumi!

Rosa Foetida truly loathes going to the dentist's ,

so she put off going until she absolutely had to...

...and it seems she had been at the limit of what she could bear.

Honestly, what a troublesome person.

By the time Yoshino got out of the hospital and came back to school,

the courtyard at the Lillian Girls' A cademy...

...had become completely wintry...

...and talk of the Yellow Rose Revolution...

...had been largely forgotten by the students.

But Yoshino did it again!

Please make me your little sister.

Now, at Lillian,

it is becoming a bit of a fad for the underclassmen,

who had returned their rosaries,

to request reconciliation with their former big sisters.

Honestly, what are those girls thinking?

They probably just wanted to become a little closer...

...to the Lady Roses and the rosebuds that they idolize.

Only a short while ago, I was in their shoes,

so I could really understand them.

Though, Lady Sachiko will likely never understand how that feels.

By the way, Yumi.

Yes?

I have decided that from now on,

I am not going to respond if you address me as " Lady Sachiko."

What?

Because, no matter how long I wait,

you make no attempt to change how you address me.

Lady Sachiko!

Address me properly if you do not wish to be ignored!

...ister...

I can't hear you!

Dear sister!

Yes?

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What does " Rosa Canina" mean, dear sister?!

You should look up something like that on your own.

You should look up something like that on your own.

Ca... Cani... Canina... Cani-nabe (crab hot-pot)!

That reminds me, this is the season for hot-pots!

Having hot-pot at the Rose Mansion might be a nice idea.

Having hot-pot at the Rose Mansion might be a nice idea. Rosa Canina

If you keep saying such silly things, I shall have you stewed, Yumi. Rosa Canina

Rosa Canina