MagiReco - Valentine's Event - Sana's Story

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Part 33 of the Valentine's Event

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Sana: New Year's over. Setsubun's over.

Sana: The Oni masks have been put away, and now hearts are being displayed all over the city.

Sana: Ahh, soon it'll be Valentine's Day...

Sana: ...and I don't like Valentine's Day.

Sana: Because it makes me remember the place where I don't belong anymore...

Sana's Younger Brother: Thanks for the meal~.

Sana's Older Brother: Thanks for the meal. Today's dinner was delicious, Mother.

Sana's Mother: Heheh, thanks. Could you all wait for a second?

Sana's Younger Brother: Hm? What~?

Sana's Mother: ...Here! Some Valentine's chocolate.

Sana's Older Brother: Wow, did you make this?

Sana's Mother: Yes, these are for the two of you. And this one's for you.

Sana's Father: Oh, thank you!

Sana's Mother: I hope it's not too bitter.

Sana's Younger Brother: Thanks! Hm... it's delicious!

Sana's Mother: Really? I'm so glad~!

Sana's Father: Yes, it tastes great. Thanks, dear.

Sana's Older Brother: Thank you.

Sana's Younger Brother: Thanks, Mother!

Sana's Mother: You are welcome! I did this for all of you.

Sana's Mother: They're chocolates that say "I'm very grateful to you".

Sana: ...

Sana: I heard that conversation while I was doing the dishes in the other room.

Sana: In February, I heard my "family" saying that while I was alone in a cold hallway...

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Sana: Valentine's Day is when a woman gives chocolate to someone she cares about.

Sana: My mother gave some to my father and brothers.

Sana: My mother, who happily took part of the day's tradition, while ignoring me completely.

Sana: ...For two years, I also...

Sana: tried giving chocolates to my father and brothers.

Sana: I bought them chocolates with the little pocket money I had.

Sana: And they accepted my gifts.

Sana: On my way to school the next morning, I found them tossed in the garbage bin outside...

Sana: ...Ah!

???: ...na-chan?

Iroha: Sana-chan?

Sana: Ah...

Sana: Iroha... -san...

Iroha: Are you okay? You look a little pale.

Iroha: Maybe I shouldn't have brought you shopping with me...

Sana: No, I'm okay!

Sana: I'm sorry, I just got a little distracted...

Iroha: Really? Don't push yourself too hard. If something's bothering you, please let me know.

Sana: Yes, thank you very much.

Sana: Looking at the special Valentine's section brought those memories to mind...

Sana: That's not good...

Sana: I made Iroha-san worry about me...

Sana: Little by little, I have to forget those memories...

Iroha: We came at a time with lots of people in here~.

Sana: Yes, it gets crowded in the evenings because everyone's shopping for dinner...

Iroha: So many people over at the vegetables section... ...Ah!!

Iroha: Are there any cabbages left?! Sana-chan, we need to hurry up!

*grabs her*

Sana: ...Eh?!

Sana: (Iroha-san's hand.)

Sana: (It's warm...)

Iroha: Great...! Phew~, we made it in time~!

Iroha: Can't have a hot pot without cabbages, right?

Sana: Heheh, that's right.

Iroha: We've got the tofu, meat, onions, and now...

Iroha: I wonder if everyone would like to eat some white-fleshed fish as well.

Sana: (I'm included in that "everyone"...)

Sana: Yes, I would like that...!

Iroha: Then let's buy some! I would also like to add fish to the hot pot~.

Sana: Yes!

Sana: Iroha-san, the girl who found me.

Sana: And everyone who accepted me in the Mikazuki household...

Sana: This year's Valentine's, I... will be part of Iroha-san's "I'm very grateful to you" message.

Sana: So I want to give them chocolates...!

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Part 34 of the Valentine's Event

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Sana: Valentine's chocolate for Iroha-san and the others...

Sana: ...When I heard my classmates talk about "friendship chocolate" before...

Sana: I thought it was something that only existed in a different world than my own.

Sana: My "friendship chocolate"... Eheheh...

Sana: Ah... but...

Sana: If I'm the only one doing this...

Sana: maybe I'll ruin the mood...

Sana: If I'm the only one excited about this, maybe they won't like it...

Sana: ...No, it's fine.

Sana: They are not like that.

Sana: They're all kind, and I know they'll accept them with a smile.

Sana: (I didn't use to have a place where I belonged.)

Sana: (But now, I'm really happy.)

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Sana: Wow, there are so many kinds of chocolate...!

Sana: There are so many... Uuuu... I don't know where to start...

Sana: Iroha-san, Yachiyo-san, Felicia-san, Tsuruno-san.

Sana: It's going to be difficult choosing four different chocolates...

Sana: I should have enough money for this... ...Ah.

Sana: I forgot something really important...!!!

Sana: I... can't buy the chocolates on my own...!

Sana: No one in the shop can't see me...

Sana: How could I go to the register and pay... I didn't think of that.

Sana: If only Iroha-san were here... No no no!

Sana: Then it wouldn't be a gift anymore...

Sana: *sigh*...

Sana: I always go shopping with someone, so it didn't even cross my mind...

Sana: I can't do this because I'm invisible...

Sana: I can't buy chocolate for the people I care about...

Sana: *sob*...

Sana: I guess I have to give up now...

Sana: I'll give up on trying to buy the chocolates on my own, but I'll still buy them.

Sana: I'll just have Iroha-san come with me...

Sana: Hm? ...Buy them on my own... ...That's right!!

Sana: There should be a self-checkout machine in that other supermarket that's far from here!!

Sana: I just have to scan the barcodes and put the money in the machine.

Sana: And then the machine will give me back the change.

Sana: ...Yup! I should be able to buy them on my own...!

Sana: It's too late to go now, and it'll be too late after school...

Sana: ...But no one would even notice if I skipped school...

Sana: So that's when I'll go...

Sana: I'll skip school next time.

Sana: ...And that would be the 14th.

Sana: Everything should go okay on that day, right?

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Part 35 of the Valentine's Event

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The 14th, Valentine's day.

Sana: I'm finally here... Uuuuu~. It's so cold!

Sana: Ummm, first I'll go look for that cash register...

Sana: Yes, there's the self-checkout!

Sana: I'm so glad, I can do the shopping on my own...

Sana: Let's see, the chocolates should be around... Wow!

Sana: There are so many kinds! This is troublesome...

Sana: I need four chocolates, which ones should I buy...?

Sana: There are some with milk, bitter, peanuts, almonds, raw...

Sana: Macadamia nuts chocolate, eh? Gi... Gianduja...??

Sana: Praline, ganache...?

Sana: ...I don't know what any of that means. My head's spinning...

Sana: ...

Sana: Hmmm hmmm...

Sana: Ah... That box.

Sana: It's got ten delicious-looking chocolate truffles.

Sana: All the shapes and colours are different, it's got a lot of variety...

Sana: Just like everyone in the Mikazuki household.

Sana: I'll buy this one and we'll all eat it together.

Sana: ...Yes, I've decided! I'm off to the registers...

Sana: AAAAAHHHHHH~~~!!!

Sana: On the shelf right next to the cash register... A "Koneko no Gorogoro" chocolate!

Sana: Wooow, that's so cuuuuteeee~~~!!

Sana: A special heart-shaped Gorogoro for Valentine's...

Sana: I must buy this heart! This is way too cute~!!

Sana: And after eating the chocolate, I'll use the box as an accessory case!

Sana: ...It's for children, so it's cheap, and since I'm already here...

Sana: I can buy this for myself, right...?

Self-checkout: Welcome.

Self-checkout: Please scan the barcodes of your items.

Sana: Barcodes... there.

Sana: There.

Sana: And now... is this the checkout button?

Self-checkout: Please insert your payment.

Sana: Money... there.

Self-checkout: You have now checked out, thank you very much.

Sana: ...I bought it~!

Sana: I'm really glad I managed to buy this without any issues...

Sana: I have chocolates for everyone... And one for myself... Eheheh.

Sana: I've always depended on Iroha-san and the others, but...

Sana: Little by little...

Sana: I want to be able to do things the best I can on my own...

???: Hah... Ahahaha...

Sana: ...Eh?!

Sana: There's something strange... with that person over there...

???: I am sooo, jeez... hah...

Sana: Umm... could this presence be... a witch's barrier...?!

Sana: It's very faint, but...

Sana: ...Eh?!

Sana: On that boy's neck...

Sana: Could it be... a witch's kiss...?!

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Part 36 of the Valentine's Event

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Sana: It's on that boy's neck...

Sana: Yachiyo-san told me about witch's kisses before...

Sana: ...It might be faint, but I can feel the presence of a witch.

Sana: Yes, there's no doubt about it...

Sana: W-What should I do...

Sana: What do I do what do I do! I'm on my own...

Sana: Should I call them and have them come all the way over here...?

Sana: No, they're too far, they won't make it in time...

Sana: It's just me now...

Sana: What should I do, this is scary...! But, but...

Sana: I was thinking just now that... little by little...

Sana: I should start doing things by myself...

Sana: I have to manage somehow...

Sana: Ahh, that person is climbing up.

Sana: He's going to jump off...!

Sana: Umm, please stop!

???: Ahh, how could this happen...

Sana: (Doesn't seem like he heard me... because he's got a witch's kiss.)

Sana: (Yachiyo-san told me that they can't respond...)

Sana: (And even under normal circumstances...)

Sana: (Ordinary people can't hear me talk...)

Sana: The presence of the witch is getting stronger... Uuuu... I'm scared...

Sana: Please... It's dangerous... Stop...!!

Boy: ...Ahhh... I just wanted that girl to give me chocolates...

Sana: Eh...

Sana: ...Even though you're entranced by a witch, that's no reason to...

Sana: You can't just disappear for that reason...!!

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Sana: *pant pant pant*...

Sana: I'm glad I managed to defeat it somehow...

Boy: Eh? Why am I in this place?

Sana: Are you okay?

Boy: I must have come here because I was feeling depressed...

Boy: That was dangerous...

Sana: ...It was really dangerous, wasn't it...?

Boy: *sigh*... Ahaha.

Boy: I thought she liked me, I really did...

Boy: I wasn't expecting her to give chocolates to someone else...

Sana: (...That's very sad...)

Sana: (Unrequited love... is very sad, isn't it...?)

Sana: (But I don't really understand that feeling...)

Boy: I wanted to stay by her side...

Sana: (Ah...)

Sana: (Stay in the place where you belong...)

Sana: (You... lost that place...?)

Sana: (In my case...)

Sana: (What would happen... if I lost the Mikazuki household...)

Sana: (Just imagining it is making my chest tighten...)

Sana: ...I don't really understand what it is to love...

Sana: But just a tiny bit...

Sana: ...I think I may have understood your feelings...

Sana: Umm... About what happened back there...

Sana: I wanted to say "I'm sorry" for what I said before.

Boy: ...

Boy: *sigh*~... What do I do now...

Sana: You didn't even hear me, did you... Ahahah...

Sana: ...That's right. There's his bag...!

*opens*

Boy: Eh? I heard something in the bag...

Boy: "Koneko no Gorogoro" chocolate...? ...Hahah!

Boy: This stuff is for kids! Why is this in my bag?!

Sana: Ahahah...

Sana: I'm sorry, but I can't give you the chocolate that's meant for Iroha-san and the others...

Boy: ...But I didn't even notice that someone had put this in my bag.

Boy: Even if it's just courtesy chocolate, even if it was just some kid from my neighborhood...

Boy: Hahah, I'm really happy...

Sana: ...Oh?!

Sana: I'm glad...

Sana: Well, time for me to go home.

Sana: Someday... I hope you find the place where you belong...

Sana: (I might be invisible, but...)

Sana: (There may be even more stuff I could do.)

Sana: (...Ai-chan, thank you for releasing me.)

Sana: (Iroha-san found me, and I found the place where I belong... So I will do my best.)

Sana: (It looks like it's going to snow.)