Another Place
Chapter 56: The 2nd Day Cultural Festival

The second day of the cultural festival finally began. After yesterday Russell and his friends had managed to work hard through the first day of the festival. Now, they were going to have the second day of the festival, and just so happened to be today, Russel, Ayaka, and Mikael were getting the morning shift, hence, they were leaving very early in the morning.

Arriving at the school, Russell sees the crowd from a distance.

'Eh? What crowd is that? Hmm. Try me there..' Russell said in his heart

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When he approached the crowd, it turned out that there were several staff members of the school who were holding a photo event of the couple.

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"Event photos of couples? What'sthis?" Russell

"Oh hello.. You don't know about this event yet? I'll explain briefly. So, this couple photo event is an event to find new friends, the way is very easy. As you can see, there are 2 boxes here, on the left for men, and on the right for women. Well, you only need to take one piece of paper containing the number from inside this box. After that you can keep the paper well, because after that you can search, who is the identical number pair as you get. Finally when you have found a partner with identical numbers, you can come back here and take pictures together, later you can also print the photo with only 100 Yen. Surely the decision to take pictures together must be approved by both parties yes.." Staff member Osis explained

"Ohh. that's so.." Russell

"Yup, so please take one of the papers.." The Osis Staff

"Okay, I'll take one paper.." Russell

"Okay. keep it well, and hopefully can meet the same identical number yes.." The Osis Staff

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After picking up a paper Russel went straight to class 1-2, to prepare their maid cafe at the second day's cultural festival. Previously because he was curious about his partner's number, so he decided to see his number.

"Hmm. number 77 yes.." Russell said slowly

"Hi Russell.." Ayaka said from behind, approaching her.

"Eh? Ayaka turns out.." Russell

"Aren't you taking the couple's number?" Ayaka

"Udah, here.." Russell said as he showed the paper, without telling him his number.

"Ehh. great.." Ayaka

"We're in the morning shift today. kind of bothered anyway.." Russell

"Emm. yeah.." Ayaka

"Jude, let's go to class.." Russell

"Yoo.." Ayaka

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After they get into class. As usual, they immediately get ready by replacing their costumes with costumes that have been prepared.

"Yo, good morning Sel." Speech the class leader

"Well, morning too. By the way Mikael hasn't come yet?" Russell

"Hmm. Yeah, he hasn't come." Speech the class leader

"Yaudah, I'm going to the locker room first." Russell

"okay." Speech the class leader

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After Russell came back from the dressing room, Mikael had also arrived in class. Finally they solidified the preparations for the 2nd day of the school's cultural festival this time.

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"Yosh, it's all set. Maid cafe class 1-2 ready to reopen." Speech the class leader

"Okay, we're ready too." Russell

"That bill." Mikael

"Yes.." Ayaka

"Please cooperate, all of you in the morning shift.." Speech the class leader

"Ready.." Mikael

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Maid cafe class 1-2 has opened. Russell and Mikael who are in front of the cafe directly promote their cafe to visitors who pass by.

Like the day before, their efforts seem to be quite successful, although there are some visitors who ignore their promotions, but more visitors are interested and trying to get into the maid cafe.

Meanwhile, in the cafe also Ayaka looks quite good performance to be a maid and serve visitors with friendly. Likewise with the chef and assistant chef who served in the kitchen. Their work can all be well-coordinated and run smoothly.

It didn't feel like 3 hours went by so quickly. After a little tidying up the cafe and taking a break before changing shifts. Russell and Ayaka go out of class to tour the festival.

"So where are we going? There's still plenty of time to get home from school." Russell

"Emm- but by the way about the couple's number.." Ayaka

"Eh.. why? Your partner's number paper is missing?" Russell

"Eh-no, no." Ayaka

"It's good that way." Russell

"What are your identical numbers?" Ayaka

"Eh? My identical number is. hmm a minute.." Russell said, taking his paper number.

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Suddenly Mikael suddenly came and invited Russell to go to a food stand that was being discounted for a limited time.

"Cell! Let's go to the 3-2 class stand, there are limited discounts. 5 Minutes left!" Mikael

"Eh? A discount? Come on, come on over there, Ayaka.." Russell

"Eh-o-okay.." Ayaka

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As a result Ayaka went to just go around the cultural festival alone. While he was looking at some of the open-air exhibitions in the school grounds, he suddenly met Rafael who happened to be not far from there.

"Yaka." Rafael

"Eh? Rafael apparently." Ayaka

"Are you alone?" Rafael

"I-yes, Russell went to the 3-2 stand with Mikael." Ayaka

"Ohhh so. Speaking of the couple number, what is your identical number?" Rafael

"Eh-my identical number is 77. I'm also still figuring out who's got the identical number 77." Ayaka

"Ohh, hmm that's it. Oh, I'm going to the toilet first.." Rafael

"Oh, okay.." Ayaka

Rafael actually does not want to go to the toilet, but he wants to find someone who has an identical number 77, and invite barter with his partner number.

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"Well here it is, whole potato sticks." Mikael

"Cool as well yes, one whole potato directly fried gini." Russell

"Yes, it must taste good. I can't wait, let's eat." Mikael

"Yes, good-bye."Russell

"Wuah. yummy turns out. although still quite hot. Flour the same seasoning sow so the right combination." Mikael

"Hmm yeah, good as well." Russell

"What I'm saying is, it's a good thing that we came on time before the discount ran out, so it's quite possible to stick potatoes at a cheaper price." Mikael

"Hmm. yeah.." Russell

"Hi Russell.." Sumire

"Eh?" Russell

"He who's Cell?" Mikael

"Wait a minute, I've seen where that is." Russell

"The time you forgot? I'm Sumire, who you helped fit into the sports festival that day." Sumire

"Oh yes. Sumire. I want to." Russell

"Well, it's also the end. By the way you guys have been to our class stand yet?" Sumire

"Not yet, we'll try to get there." Russell

"Okee.. hmm. equals one more, what is your identical pair number?" Sumire

"Eh? My partner's number is.. 77. Why mother?" Russell

"It's okay, you know, if I go first, yeah.." Sumire

"Ehh? O-okay.." Russell

Just like Rafael, Sumire was also looking for someone with the pair number 77, and Igin invited him to barter.

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In the middle of the journey while looking for people with identical number 77, Rafael suddenly met with Sumire. And they immediately asked about the number of each partner.

"Eh Sumire? What is your partner's number?" Rafael

"Oh Rafael it turns out. Here, 55. I'm looking for a girl with number 77." Sumire

"Well 55? Same dong." Rafael

"Oh you turned out to be number 55. But I'm sorry, I'm bartering with another girl." Sumire

"Wait first. Number 77?" Rafael

"Yes, why? You know something?" Sumire

"77 identical numbers have Ayaka." Rafael

"What?! Turns out he's got the number 77." Sumire

"What's the same as number 77? Actually, I'm also looking for a guy who has an identical number 77 anyway." Rafael

"Russel's got an identical number 77." Sumire

"Realized Russell. If so lucky we have not been able to barter with them. If not the same way." Rafael

"Yes yes." Sumire

"Hmm. I have an idea." Rafael

"What's that?" Sumire

"You want a picture with Russell" Rafael said

"Yeah..how do you do it?!" Sumire

"Patience first, so the way is I'll try to take Russell to barter identical numbers belonging to him. Well, after that our partner number will automatically exchange. I'm with Ayaka and you're with Russell." Rafael

"So like Russell doesn't want to barter his number how?" Sumire

"Well, that means it's your turn to ask Ayaka to barter the identical number." Rafael

"Well, you can have the plan." Sumire

"Haha..who was it, Rafael nih.." Rafael

"Have it been, the hunt is looking for Russell." Sumire

"Hmm yeah-yeah.." Rafael

Rafael then goes in the opposite direction to Sumire to find Russell and bring him barter.

'Hm.. Sumire is cute, but its nature is bad.not very impatient to be a person.' Rafael's steam in the heart

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'Finally came this opportunity too. photo with Russell..' Sumire said inwardly

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This time, the cultural festival of the second day had begun..

Russell woke up very early, because by chance today he was getting his morning shift, so he had to rush to go to school immediately.

Arriving at school, he saw there were some school staff who held a photo event of the couple. After the staff explained what is a partner number event. Russell immediately picked up the number in the box at random, and he immediately entered the school and headed to his class to prepare for the opening of the maid cafe at the 2nd day festival.

Arriving in class, he immediately changed his clothes with the waiters costume back, because he served as a cafe doorman along with Mikael. After changing clothes, Mikael came to class. Maid cafe class 1-2 finally reopened.

As the day before, the 1-2 class maid cafe looks to still be the center of attention of cultural festival visitors. It looks like a cafe that is constantly visited by visitors. Russell, Ayaka, and Mikael who got the morning shift section are trying to work hard until the day shift arrives.

Not felt 3 hours passed, now Russell, Ayaka, and Mikael get free hours until the afternoon. Not wanting to waste the opportunity, Ayaka immediately asked about the couple number to Russell.

But when Russell wanted to tell him his number suddenly he was invited to go by Mikael to another class stand. So in the end Ayaka did not know how many pairs belong to Russell's actual number.

Afterwards, while walking the streets alone, Ayaka met with Rafael. Rafael asks Ayaka what number she has, and she replies that her partner number is 77. Hearing that, Rafael immediately went to look for the person with the identical number 77 as well.

On the other hand, suddenly Russell and Mikael who were touring the festival met with Sumire, and she immediately asked about the couple's number of Russel and Mikael, and Russell replied that he had a pair number of 77. Mikael with the pair number 45. After that Sumire immediately went to another school area.

Shortly after, Rafael suddenly meets with Sumire. And he asked for his partner number, and Sumire said that his partner number was 55, just like Rafael's. Seeing the opportunity, he asked about how many identical numbers belonged to Russell, and Sumire said that Russell's pair number was 77. Hearing that Rafael immediately made a plan to change the flow of their partner's photo.

Since Russell has a pair number of 77, Dan Ayaka also has a pair number of 77. Meanwhile Rafael and Sumire have identical numbers 55.

The plan is Rafael will invite Russell to barter the number of couples, so that the flow of the photo of the couple will change. Become Rafael with Ayaka and Russell with Sumire. Hearing the plan, Sumire immediately agreed to it, and handed the rest to Rafael.

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Will Rafael and Sumire's plans go smoothly? Or even Russell realized there was something strange and did not want to exchange partner numbers with Rafael?

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