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Leo: All Knights, gather at the round table~! We will now begin our strategy meeting!

Here, Rittsu, eat some mikan. A relative of mine sent a bunch over, but I ate too much and got sick of ‘em. So I’m giving ‘em out to you guys~♪

Ritsu: Yay~ I like mikan. They taste just like blood, sweet and sour.♪

Ousama, take off these white strings for me. They’re bitter, I don’t want ‘em.

Leo: Who do you think your leader is… Well, I guess it’s fine. You need lots of attention, don’t you, Rittsu~?

Here, I peeled the skin and took off the strands. Is this okay?

Ritsu: Yup. I shall bestow my praises upon you.

Arashi: You sure are relaxed… Hey, shouldn’t we take out this round table soon? Or rather, this kotatsu that we somehow started calling a round table?

With this around, it really doesn’t feel like work, you know~?

Leo: Whaaat, it’s still cold enough to need it, though?

I can’t imagine my life without this guy. Let’s be together until spring, okay~… my round table♪ That’s a good table♪

Arashi: You’ll be graduated by the time it’s spring though, “Senpai”?

Well, it’s alright, I don’t mind feeling at home here either. Ahh~… I’ll be ruined with this kotatsu around. It’s like I’m being forced to relax, you know~?

Lately, it’s been… really peaceful, huh.♪

Ritsu: Yep~ I like just chilling like this though…♪

Leo: Rittsu, are you getting sleepy? You’ll get sick~ Here, let me put a blanket on you.♪

Arashi: You’re spoiling him too much, Ousama.

Leo: What’s wrong with that? I care for my people in times of peace~ Though I’ll have you all work when it’s time for war.

Anyway, what happened to Sena and Suo~? I went and said “gather round, everyone!” because I thought everyone was here… Feels like I’ve been ignored, that’s kinda embarrassing.

If we don’t have everyone here, we can’t start our strategy meeting. Do you know anything about this, Naru?

Arashi: I’m not their guardian, you know… Mm~ Classes ended not too long ago, so maybe they’re staying in the classroom for a bit?

Leo: Mm~ Suo~ is a first year, so I dunno about him, but I know class 3-A is finished already.

I’ve been trying my best to attend class lately, so that’s why I know.

Arashi: Oh my, have you had a change of heart and decided to be a serious student now?

Leo: It’s more like I’ve been gone for such a long time that if I don’t attend class, I can’t graduate…

Considering my future, I should really at least go to school.

Ritsu: Whaat~… No need to graduate~ Secchan and Ousama can stay with us forever~

If you two graduate, who’s going to buy me juice?

Leo: You can buy that yourself. Don’t make your leader into your errand boy.

…And besides, if I still want to be with you guys later on, I’d actually like to avoid any red marks on my record.

You probably don’t know about this yet, but you wouldn’t believe how importantly academic records are treated in adult society.

It’s discrimination, you know, you can’t measure someone’s worth with something like that.

But still, as long as there’s a certain number of guys out there who still judge people from that…

Well, I’ll at least try to make sure that doesn’t become a weak point for me later on.

I dunno what’ll happen after that. I really dunno anything about the future, but…

I spent so long away that now, if there’s anything I can do to make a better future, I’ll do it.

I’ll put my all into it. For the sake of you guys, who summoned me back here, and for my own sake, because I neglected myself for so long.

But it defeats the purpose if you guys get all sad about it. Don’t be lonely, Rittsu, it’s okay, I love you! Wahaha☆

Ritsu: No~ Don’t just start hugging me like that~… It’s suffocating, you know.

Arashi: Fufu. Ritsu-chan, you should learn from Ousama and try harder to move on to the next year.

I know I keep asking you this, but aren’t you behind on attendance? Are you gonna be okay?

Ritsu: I’m fine~ I can do it if I try. I just feel like if I try too hard, I’ll skip right to graduation this year, so I’m taking it easy.

Arashi: Oh, we’re allowed to skip grades here?

Ritsu: It’s not really skipping grades, it’s just that my enrollment status is the same as the current third years right now.

The teachers told me that if I felt like it, it’d be possible to graduate this year.

It sounds like it’ll get more complicated when I’m trying to find a job, but… I can at least graduate.

Leo: Oh, then are you graduating with us? Though I’m worried about the rest of Knights if not just me and Sena, but also Rittsu leaves too~♪

Ritsu: Nn~… That’s why I’m thinking maybe I’ll watch over them for one more year. And besides, it doesn’t sit well with me to think I’d just fly past my last year of high school like that.

It’s fine to laze around when you’re still a student, but once you graduate it’s “those who do not work do not eat”, you know?

I’m thinking maybe I’ll just soak in that moratorium for a little longer~…?

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