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309 – Is a bird in a cage happy or not?

After Kushitani-san left carrying sensei, nobody made ano answer they retreated into silence However, the reactions between theazes wandered around They gave the impression that they really had no idea what to do and decided to let the azes turned on Kudou-san Even those gazes were split into two kinds – those who see her, and those who see some kind of expectations as to what direction she will pursue next Needless to say, there were different degrees of enthusiasroup, ere gazing at uess so It would naturally be my role to continue the discussion I just wanna leave it all to others though!

Argh, urgh For now I’ll return toI’ my head off, somehow I feel totally worn out Can we call it quits here already? We can’t? ……Okay

「……You sure are kind」

The one to break the aard silence, was someone unexpected Or no, maybe not so unexpected?

「In that case, why… No, never mind……」

Yamada-kun, the one to break the silence, showed an expression of s and then sunk into silence with an unreadable expression With that expression showing that all sorts of feelings were juether, I couldn’t read what Yamada-kun had wanted to say Or maybe I should say that it looks like Yas Since the time when I had pushed him aside he had simply kept the same stiff posture, and then finally sat down on his chair weakly It was like he sat doith a thud, as if he really was sitting down in exhaustion Ooshiently patted Yamada-kun on the shoulder out of concern In response, Yaently patted Ooshima-kun’s hand in return, perhaps as if to tell her not to worry Stop flirting, dammit

「Class-rep, why don’t you sit down too?」

Oni-kun spoke out to Kudou-san who had been standing until now Kudou-san made an expression like a lost child for a moment, and after that she followed his advice and settled down on her seat

「Well, I’s that they want to say Since ere living outside the elf village, we only know from rumours about how life was like here anyway, so I can’t say that I understand how everyone felt However, I’m sure that you can tell from sensei’s attitude just now that she hadn’t shut everyone in here because she wanted to – that she hadn’t done this out of ood intentions I hope that you can at least bear into do this」

Oni-kun made a calm speech There were various reactions – those who listened seriously and those who somehow seemed to accept it uncoet rid of the fact that ere shut in here, right?」

Indeed, the one who brazenly responded to oni-kun like that, was Shinohara-san In response to those words, Kudou-san made a startled expression Back in their previous lives, the diligent Kudou-san and the uninhibited Shinohara-san got along badly It seeed now either

「Yeah but, you know, if things had continued as they were then that Po… Po… Poliht? Fro about it, it sounds like it was for soly an accoive her because she didn’t know?」

Oi? What the hell are you saying? ……Shall I kill her?

「That’s true」

「We’re in a fantasy world and all, yet ere kept caged like animals」

「Even if you call it protection, it was still confine support for Shinohara-san

「But, ere guaranteed all of life’s necessities, so it wasn’t that bad, right?」

「It wasn’t quite what you would call the slow life, but I wasn’t really dissatisfied I guess」

「I can’t really criticise her after she looked like that you know」

On the other hand, voices in support of sensei could also be heard The ratio was about half and half However, the way both of the it, it was a discussion like they both understood that either option wasn’t that good They certainly had no small amount of dissatisfaction in their lives here Despite that, they couldn’t go all-out to criticise sensei either That’s what it felt like