The Letter to Misaki
Chapter 2 Part 1: Page one is stringing

"Bang, you're being rude, right?"

Someone's kicking my leg. When I woke up from sleep, I realized that someone was carrying a book.

Hearing that voice, I immediately realized who he was.

He stood right in front of me and blocked the light from entering from the window.

"Now it's almost noon. Do you want to spend your summer vacation just asleep.and why are you sleeping on the floor?"

I know it's still summer, but it's precisely because it's a vacation I'm not doing anything.

Even though I had a duel with someone yesterday.

And again I sleep on the floor, what have I done? What the hell's going on?

I took a sitting position from the same spot and started saying something.

"So, what do you want, Mariko?"

I tried to guess this time, and it turned out to be true. A girl with long black hair is the same as mine.

Using a white polosan negligee, try to stand upright in the middle of this room.

My only brother, Mariko Kawamura, is none other than.

While carrying the book and pen on the other side of his hand, came without me knowing his purpose here.

I stood up and sat back down on the bed, before I realized my bed was as clean as it had never been used before.

Did he clean it?

"Well, can you help me with pr?"

He suddenly said that while showing me the book.

"Are you an SD kid who can't do pr on your own? Where do I look, do I draw activities during the summer?"

"No. Are you mocking? If so, I won't hesitate to spend the pudding in the refrigerator"

Is he threatening?

"Pudding? You mean the green one? Oh, I've eaten everything, even the strawberries"

"What!?"

Without any warning, he immediately dashed out quickly.

She why?

He had threatened with food before, but instead he himself panicked.

Ok, now what's the problem? Summer pr?

A few weeks before summer ends, right? I don't remember for sure.

I opened the book I received from Mariko before she ran somewhere.

And began to read some parts until he arrived at the last sheet he wrote.

"Hmmm"

It was written as a title, with a rather large font and plus colors.he's an SD child?

But, space research and galaxy observation?

I didn't expect them to think of doing something like this.

But still, what does this mean?

Then I went back to reading that pr title in a loud voice.

"Space research and observations of galaxies"

Even so, I still did not find the meaning and purpose of doing this pr.

Is this helpful? Anyway, how did they do it?

Well, I want to protest to Mariko. But I remember the contents of yesterday's letter.

If it's not wrong, 'Because you failed, your punishment is to help your sister to finish the summer pr until it's over'

Inevitably, I had to help her work on her research project.

So, this is my punishment for successfully helping Chika escape the match?

Somewhat how, huh?

Oh yeah, where's the letter? Yesterday I obviously put it on this table.

Don't tell me it disappeared because we've accepted the assignment, but yesterday it was punishment. It was the same, disappearing again.

I don't know why I didn't panic.

And I have to help Mariko until the summer is over?

Just be right. It's getting annoying.

Hm?

I realized something on the description of this research project.

"The name of the group contains...Mariko Kawamura's...Dira Ishikawa...Tomoe Sanae's...Hideo Futaba...Narukawa Obe's"

So, Futaba is meddling here too?

At that moment, the sound of rapid footsteps was getting clear along with other sounds.

"But! You liar! The pudding is still in the fridge..."

"Woi, why is Futaba here?"

"W-what?"

I cut off the conversation and diverted it with another question.

He immediately looked confused while tilting his head.

"Well, 'cause he's my friend, that's obvious. It's part of the teacher, so I can't do anything"

"Oh"

Well, that makes sense. Why am I asking, huh?

"What's your relationship with Futaba anyway?"

"Your friend is my friend, that's all"

I threw the book at Mariko and stood up straight from the bed.

"So, what should we do for your pr?"

And then say it with confidence.

I don't know why I'm saying that with confidence.

As a good response, Mariko nodded her head by holding her waist.

"Eh!?"

"What?"

Mariko was surprised, her face seemed so illustrative of how shocked she was.

"From the beginning I was confused, why didn't you refuse when I asked to help me. Is it because yesterday you duel made your head hurt. After all, challenging karate is impossible. Since when did my nolep brother become brave?"

"I don't know what you mean it's insulting or what, but if you keep it that way, don't ask me why your assignment got a red score"

"I'm not gonna let that happen! If that's the case, then your dinner is a charred fish with papaya leaf vegetables!"

And that's how I started agreeing to help her.

Despite that...

—Home page. Daytime. Day of...

"What day is it now?"

"Hmm? It's monday"

Monday as usual in the summer. The same day Mariko asked for my help.

I don't know what I'm doing here, but around me four Junior High kids are busy doing things.

"How are the cameras prepared?"

"Ready"

"If lenses?"

"I brought 2, no problem right?"

"If I bring food"

They were busy preparing to observe the stars.

I noticed that and saw some stuff scattered on the grass surface.

There are several lenses, a telescope, a camera, two notebooks and a food supply box.

I don't really understand this, but what I do know is that if we want to see the stars, the right time is night.

"Hey, isn't it too soon to see stars? I mean it's still too late"

I pointed to the sky, as if to explain how the sky is currently.

One of the four said something.

"Well, we know that.we just check the equipment"

The glasses girl who looks like this chairman, calmly told me that.

I just saw him seriously checking all the equipment, like he said.

Then the girl next to the chairman said something while pointing at a location that seemed quite far away.

"Sister, do you know that place?"

"No, why?"

"Sama, I don't know either"

"How the hell?"

This girl is weird. So strange, it makes me not calm to continue to be here.

On the other side of the two of them, there was Mariko and Futaba.

Mariko was seen busy with binoculars while looking at the notebook several times.

He's assembling binoculars. I just found out that the binoculars were on the raft, usually I think it was directly so with a tripod.

"What?"

Mariko grumbled as I watched her.

I took my eyes off the busy Mariko for a moment to look at the state of the other child.

"Eggs...Rice...Fishy..."

"You..."

Futaba turned around and strangely suddenly pointed at herself.

"You called me?"

"Who else? What are you doing?"

Futaba is, let's just say, busy being a chef here. He was watching the food conditions.

"Eh? I'm looking at the food condition, is it complete.I mean whether warm so as not to disturb later. I'm worried that one of us will get a stomachache"

"Say it like that. Isn't that stuff just cooked before? Also, it'd be a lot cooler if you kept opening that stock. You've had lunch anyway, don't even think about eating again"

I took the lid and intended to close one of the supplies in Futaba's hands.

Greatly, he dodged.

"I'm the chef here, don't interfere"

"Koki? Isn't that the supply of the two of them?"

"Yes?"

"Then, here"

Futaba took the lid off the stock and closed off the stock she was holding.

After that, he put it back in his bag.

"Oh yeah, what are you doing here yourself?"

He asked me something.

I want to know about that, too. From the beginning I just came here without knowing anything.

They all check the equipment to be used.

"Hey, what's my job"

From the beginning I didn't understand, why should I help pr Mariko? What do I need to help?

Like a worker newly stationed in his new office, I asked Mariko who was testing the tripod of the telescope.

"Oh yeah bang, I'm glad you said that. I need you to do something for me"

"What?"

"—Come! You can do it brother!"

"A little more, I can"

"..."

"This time you can't, bang?"

I didn't expect that climbing the mountain would be this difficult.

It would happen if you had to carry a load of almost 5kg at once up the mountain in the middle of summer!

There was almost no sign that it would be cloudy in the slightest!

"Come brother!"

"Whisper!"

Futaba blabbed in front of me.

Exactly as I mentioned, I bear the burden of containing all the equipment for observation.

This includes telescopes and lenses.

"Be careful, brother, you're carrying a precious object. We won't have dinner if it's broken"

Even food, of course.

"Even if we hurry, there's still plenty of time left. So we just need to take a leisurely walk towards the top"

We plan to make an observation on the hilltop.

The distance of the hill is not too far from my house, it is not a problem.

"Ceak ya.." I muttered to myself.

"Aren't we going to the mountain?" said the girl who previously pointed at the mountain while pointing the same mountain towards the left.

"You think we're going to climb a mountain this summer, Sanae?"

"I thought so" I replied along with the girl who had previously asked, Sanae.

Like I was mistaken that the leader of this group was Mariko. Although the one who fits like that is the glasses girl.

I've seen the glasses girl arrange some prep work, while Mariko is just trying to assemble a telescope.

Futaba explained that to me as we started preparing to leave earlier.

One girl named Sanae, right?

Means this glasses girl...

"You're Ishikawa, right?"

Right behind me there was another person who had been silent. I tried to get him to talk.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Answer it calmly.

Guess right. Unfortunately I wanted to turn around, but it was difficult because this bag was heavy.

"You're Mariko's friend, right?"

"Isn't it clear?" Answer calmly again.

Again I asked, "How was Mariko at school?"

I hesitated to ask this because I felt it was a little privacy. But in the end keep asking this.

There was not even a response from Mariko who was at the very front of this line.

"Well..." Ishikawa paused for a few seconds, seemingly remembering something.

"Mariko's fine at school. The value is also pretty good. He is also a member of OSIS"

"OXY?"

Ishikawa continued, "Maybe you don't believe it, but he's one of the school's exemplary students"

"I don't believe"

I immediately made a comment.

"I don't believe"

Once again, I said that until he clearly heard.

Like hearing something exciting, Futaba who was right in front of me responded to my statement.

"Heee, is it true that you don't believe this hill ghost?"

And he started saying different things.

"Different from Mariko, Futaba was a little stupid and always fell asleep in class. Worst of all, he never did picket work at school. When I told him to take out the trash, he threw it away along with the trash can. She loves to cheat during exams and always copies my assignments"

Ishikawa explains how Futaba was at school.

It seems Ishikawa has a problem with Futaba.

"What do you mean stupid? From the beginning what were you talking about?"

"We're not talking about anything. Just someone who hasn't returned my notebook from semester one"

"Don't accuse someone without proof. I returned the book when you came to visit my house when I was sick"

"That's exactly why I went to your house"

"Hey, I'm here, can you stop?"

I try to celebrate the quarrel between them.

—Last land is at the top of the hill.

"We're here!"

Even so, it was now late afternoon and almost a little night.

We're late to leave like that.

But there are things that make me confused when I get here.

"You're late coming. I've been waiting here since this morning"

"really?"

There are uninvited men here.

"Who is he?"

I pointed at that person and asked Ishikawa who was closest to me.

"He was one of the members of this group, Narukawa Obe. He was assigned to prepare the camp"

"Why did I bring camp too?"

Hadeh, it feels tired after getting here.

I put the heavy bag on the side of the tree a little far from the camp that had been set up.

Then sit together with the heavy bag while leaning together on the tree.

I closed my eyes.

Then take a deep breath. Feel the cool air of the hills and the wind from all directions.

"It's not time to rest yet, you know"

The sound woke me up, and there was Mariko who seemed a little tired from climbing.

"You haven't put up the tent yet"

"Company? Lah, keep that one? Whatisit? The cage?"

"Camp for both of you"

Both?

Mariko pointed at the boy who from afar seemed busy collecting twigs to a point.

He's the only man here besides me.

"Camp for both of you. You think Obe's gonna sleep with the other girls?"

Then why did you invite him here?

What was the reason I came here to guard the behavior of that kid named Obe? Or are they afraid because there is only one man?

I don't know how this will happen.

I opened my backpack while still leaning against the tree. Meanwhile, Mariko went out of my sight.

Along with the setting of the sun, along with the coming of night.

I had a little trouble seeing the contents of the bag well with poor lighting consequences.

But before that, where do I put this camp? Is it side by side with their camp? Or a little far away?

"There's something I can help you with"

The sound of something approached me and the words came after. Someone appeared blocking the afternoon sun while I was busy pulling out the contents of the bag.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Narukawa Ode. It's nice to meet you"

He reached out, hoping to shake hands with me.

Instead I gave him a small hammer and said.

"It's good to work with you, Ode-kun"

"...Fine..."

I think I found everything I needed. Just determine where to set up camp.

As if he could read my mind, Ode then pointed to an empty location that was a bit far away but not too far away as well.

"How about it over there?"

"It looks like it"

I dragged the heavy bag ahead of Ode towards that place. Ode followed slowly.

"I guess I'm the only man here before you finally come here" Ode asked to fill in the gaps in the dialogue.

"I also think like that" I smiled wryly myself.

It's funny to imagine that your little sister asked for help working on their girl group pr when they were all in Junior High.

While I was thinking about it, from the other side came Mariko with a run.

"What else? I'm gonna put this camp up"

His face looked a little anxious and worried.

With an unsettled breath, he began to say something.

"Futaba disappeared!"