ES New Dimension

Season: Winter

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[Road to school]

Leo: Heeey, quit dawdling, Suo~. I’m gonna leave you behind~

Tsukasa: Wha—please do not walk on the road! You’ll be run over if a car comes by!

But that aside, we are only heading to school right now because you said, “I have something important to do, so come with me!”

Isn’t it about time you told me what this “something important” is?

Leo: Mm~ Did I say that?

Tsukasa: You did. For goodness’s sake, you said you don’t forget the important things, did you not?!

Leo: Mmm~ Okay, I’ll remember! Just wait a bit!

Mm~ Mnn~… Ah, Suo~! There’s a bucket over there!

Tsukasa: Oh, so there is. And the handle is wet… It’s dangerous to leave something like this on the sidewalk.

For now, let’s place it next to this building… mm?

Leader, there seems to be a carrot on the ground. What is this supposed to mean?

Leo: Ahh, I got it. And I remembered what that important thing was, too.

The bucket was on a snowman’s head, see. The carrot’s his nose. And if you look closer, there’s something that could’ve been his mouth.

He was in the shade all this time, so he managed to hold off melting until today.

But the temperature didn’t go down, so he finally melted and fell over into the sidewalk.

Tsukasa: Hmm, a snowman… Speaking of which, you’ve made a promise to make a snowman with Tenma-kun, right, Leader?

Could that be the important business you mentioned?

Leo: Mm~ half right and half not. I did make a promise, but we can’t make a snowman with no snow, right?

In the end, the forecast was wrong and it’s just as sunny today as it was yesterday. Even the snowman by the school gates might be all melted by now.

Mittsu’s probably gonna be sad~…

Tsukasa: Leader…

Leo: Alright, let’s make a snowman!

Tsukasa: Wait, that wasn’t where this conversation was going, was it?!

Leo: Who cares where it was going? There’s no time like the present. Even if the forecast was wrong and there’s no snow, you’re human, so use your wisdom. What do ya think our brains are for?

If we don’t use our brains, it’s a waste of a treasure. Think with me, Suo~! It’s your king’s orders~♪

Tsukasa: Orders, you say… Well, I suppose it’s fine. This isn’t the first unreasonable request you’ve made of me. I shall accompany you no matter how far, My Lord.

[Front Gates]

Mitsuru: Oh no, oh no, oh no, this is bad~…!

Leo: Wah, what’s going on? Just “this is bad” doesn’t tell us anything! Tell me what’s happening, okay~?

Mitsuru: T-There’s been a murder in cold blood! No, in cold snow! Anyway, just get over here! Come on~!

Leo: Okay now, calm down. Mmm~ I get the “murder” part, but “in cold snow”?

I don’t get it! How interesting! It’s come, it’s come – inspiration…☆

Tsukasa: Leader! Please do not start composing on your hands and knees right now!

Leo: Mghh~ Don’t grab the back of my neck! I’m not a cat, you know~ grrrr!

Mitsuru: It’s over here~! Look at this!

Tsukasa: A scarf…? If my memory does not fail me, I believe this was wrapped around a snowman before?

Leo: Yeah, I remember it too. Now that it’s on the ground, I guess that means the snowman melted?

Mitsuru: Uu~ did the snowman really melt? If we had snow, we could put him back how he was!

And yet! And yet, there’s no snow!

Nii~chan said. He said it’d be cloudy and then snow, so I might be able to make a snowman!

But it’s not coming down! I even made an upside down teru teru bouzu. And I checked the weather forecast before sleeping and it really was cloudy with snow!

…When will it ever start to snow? It might not ever snow again.

It’s important to know when to give up, too. That’s what it means to be an adult, I’m sure.

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