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Epel
Epel
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Hey, Deuce-kun… Have you seen Jack-kun today?
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Deuce
Deuce
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Jack? I haven’t seen him since club practice yesterday. Something wrong?
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Epel
Epel
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He didn’t come to school today. Our professors were worried too, ‘cause he didn’t pick up his phone either…
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Grim
Grim
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Doot doot dooo ♪ Time for food ♪
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Deuce
Deuce
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Ah. Yuu, and Grim. Did you guys see Jack today?
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Grim
Grim
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Oh, yeah, we saw Jack this morning, he was up in a tree out front of Ramshackle.
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Deuce
Deuce
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In a tree? Why’d he be there?
Did you just mistake Jack’s white hair for a white trash bag or something?
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Choice 1: We’re not that stupid.
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Choice 2: Oh, maybe.
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Epel
Epel
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Oh, here comes Ruggie-san.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Haaah… Whaddya guys what?
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Epel
Epel
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Ruggie-san, you’ve been spending more time with Jack-kun recently, right? Do you know where he is?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Jack-kun? …Now that you mention it, I haven’t seen him today.
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Deuce
Deuce
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You look really gloomy. Did something happen?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Nothing… Just leave me alone, 'kay? …Haaaaah.
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-After class
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Urgh. Even though I went through the trouble of perfecting my animal languages, those crows just went and laughed at me…
I’ve always had a hard time dealing with birds, especially those vultures or hornbills…
In the end… I couldn’t find the necklace that the crow made off with.
The only thing left for me to do is to avoid Leona-san completely 'til he forgets about the necklace…!
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Leona
Leona
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Hey, Ruggie.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Kyaa!
Le-Le-Leona-san. Wh-what’s up?
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Leona
Leona
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You know that necklace I’m always wearing?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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N-N-N-N-Necklace? Wh-wh-what’s w-w-w-wrong with it?
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Leona
Leona
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I’ve been looking for it but I can’t find it. You didn’t happen to find it while cleaning my room, did you?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Why’s it only times like this that you actually notice, when usually you don’t care at all about your jewelry…?
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Leona
Leona
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Ahn?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Oh, no, I mean~ …Uh, that is…
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Jack
Jack
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Ruggie-senpai!
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Ack! Jack-kun, don’t grab me from behind like that. I thought you were about to tear my arm off!
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Jack
Jack
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I brought you the thing you were talking about, Ruggie-senpai.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Eh? …O-Oh, this is―!
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Leona
Leona
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Oh hey, it’s my necklace. Why’d Jack have it?
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Jack
Jack
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Ruggie-senpai asked me to polish each little gemstone in it for you.
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Leona
Leona
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Is that so, how thoughtful of you, Ruggie. You too, Jack, thanks for all your hard work.
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Jack
Jack
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Yessir! Thank you, sir!! Leona-senpai, please take care!
…
Whew… that was close. I’m glad I made it in time.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Jack-kun, how did you know I lost that necklace?
But actually, before that…
I couldn’t get any information outta those crows, even though I’m pretty good at animal languages…
So, what kind of magic did you have to use to find that necklace!?
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Jack
Jack
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I’m only a first year, so I’m not as good at languages or magic like you are…
So all I did was climb every single tree on campus and search each crow’s nest one by one for it.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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You searched… ALL of the trees in Night Raven College!?
No way, you seriously climbed each tree? That’s WAY too intense…!
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Jack
Jack
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Those crows really were jerks. It took me a long time to find it, because they didn’t want to lead me to their nests.
But now I got their scent, so I’ll be able to find them easily next time.
If you ever need to search for something, leave it to… whoa.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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What’s wrong? You’re swaying on your feet.
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Jack
Jack
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It’s only a little bit of sleep loss. Usually, I have to go to sleep pretty early… Sorry for making you worry.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Now that I look more closely, I can see the dark circles under your eyes… Wait, you weren’t searching all night, were you?
Wh-why’d you go that far…? Ah, wait a minute, were you hoping to snag like 10% of the value of that necklace as a reward for returning it!?
That’d be completely impossible! 'Cause that’s part of Leona-san’s assortment of gem-laden jewelry!
Even 10% of the value of that accessory would be more than I could afford…
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Jack
Jack
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Not at all! I just thought you’d need some help.
I told you before, right? I want to be useful to you.
That’s all.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Eeh… But…
Yeah, I can’t really believe that.
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Jack
Jack
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You really are skeptical, hm… Ah.
Then, how about this. I have a favor to ask. Would you hear me out?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Hmmm… I guess I would feel a little better if you asked for something in return for your help. Sure.
If it’s within my power, then I’ll do whatever. So, what’s your favor?
Need a gofer for a week? Get you lunch for three days? Give you answers to past tests?
Anything’d be cheap compared to a percentage of the necklace value!
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Jack
Jack
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Uh…
Please allow me to call you my “Big Bro”.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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…What? Big bro? Me? Be your big brother?
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Jack
Jack
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Yes!
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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…That’d be terrible, hard no.
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Jack
Jack
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Eehh. You said if it was within your power, you’d do whatever.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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…Yeah, but it’d a pain to have such a huge and frustrating little brother.
…But meh, I guess you might make a good little “underling,” though. Shishishi.
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Jack
Jack
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…Heh. An underling, huh.
I guess I couldn’t expect anything less. Of course it wouldn’t go that easily. One day…
One day, I’ll definitely get you to acknowledge me!
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