Blue Archive story · Act 2: Volume 2, Chapter 2, Episode 7
Act 2 Vol. 2 Ch. 2 Ep. 7: I'm Not Sure
1 scenes, 100 lines
1. Part 1
100 linesMayumi and Caren reached out to me.
It felt like they had a lot to say, so I quickly headed out.
Sensei...
Yaha... Hi, Sensei.
"Hi, Mayumi and Caren."
Sensei, you've seen it too, right...? How Gehenna is right now...?
Nod.
Yahaha, you must be in an awkward position...
You already have your work with Schale, and now Gehenna is trying to wage a war with your other schools...
...What do you think, Sensei?
"I'm going to do my best to prevent that from happening."
...I knew it.
You..."want to know what we think"?
I-I wish we could say. We don't know what's going on.
It's great that the Pandemonium Society and Prefect Team are working together now. It aligns with the dream of a united Gehenna. It's what we wanted... It's what I DEMANDED. So...
But this culture shift...isn't what we envisioned. It's forceful, inhumane, and everything's done out of intimidation and fear...
And a war? Even I know that's different than shooting and destroying inanimate objects.
Our upperclassmen are busy preparing for battle. And I keep asking myself, "Are they serious?" But it's happening right in front of us.
And it looks like we, the underclassmen, are reprimanded for merely hesitating to comply. Some of us are just following along to avoid being branded traitors...
Wh-What should we do? Is this really the right thing? Is this truly the way to restore glory to Gehenna?
President...
...I'm really not sure. I'm just confused.
I know it's not half-bad. I see what's changed.
The troublemakers have quieted down, and the students are in line.
Like she said, the Pandemonium Society and Prefect Team are on good terms now. THAT was supposed to be impossible.
It resembles the glorious Gehenna that we dreamed of.
But a war...
Honestly, I like fighting. I relish beating up someone who deserves it...
But I'm not sure about this.
Hurting an innocent person has no point. I'd feel awful.
There is no justification for this war, and no one's done anything wrong.
*sigh* I don't know. This is such a headache.
...Do you know what scares me?
What?
How we...idolized the old Gehenna.
We named our club the "Heritage League," and all we wanted was to restore glory to Gehenna.
But if this is what Gehenna was really like...
If Gehenna was an academy that ruthlessly suppressed its students and prepared for a baseless, aggressive war against our allied academies...
...
Then what have we even been working for...?
The great Gehenna that we yearned for...looked like this?
President...
And, and...!
If all this happened because of what we've done, then what should we do now...?
It's because we looked up to the Gehenna of the past without knowing or questioning anything...! IT'S OUR FAULT!!!
Take Mayumi's hand and calm her down.
...Sensei...
"I promise you that's not the case."
"It's not your fault."
...
I-I'm...scared that everything we've done will be in vain.
When I think that all the effort we've put in... How much I cared... And this is what we get?
"Your efforts were not in vain. I can prove it."
H-Hmm?
"It's in that distress you're experiencing right now."
"Distress"...?
"If you truly did not care about Gehenna..."
"...you'd be cheering and celebrating its 'glory.'"
"But you two noticed that this isn't right."
"You know that this isn't what you worked so hard for."
"I'm well aware..."
"...that you, Caren, and the other Heritage League members..."
"...worked to make Gehenna a better place."
Waaah!!!
P-President...!
Don't cry! You're going to make me cry too...!!!
Waaaaaaaah!!!
I soothed Mayumi and Caren until they stopped crying.
Phew... *sniff*
Seriously. My makeup's all smudged now...
Sorry, Caren...and Sensei.
I couldn't keep it inside after hearing all that...
Aah...
But resilience is one of my greatest strengths!
So I'm totally fine now!
...
Yaha, yeah. That's the spirit, President!
"So, what's the plan now?"
Well, now we know one thing for sure.
This Gehenna is anything but glorious.
Yeah! So we gotta make them scrap all this war stuff!
And then we'll work to bring TRUE glory to Gehenna!
"In that case, there are some students I want you to meet."
People with "the same idea"...? Like a club?
Ah, in that case, we'd love to be introduced. The more the merrier.
"By the way... Where's Shouko?"
Shouko...
I think Shouko has her own ideas nowadays.
She's serving as an operations officer for the greater Kivotos invasion.
It sounds pretty daunting, so we haven't really talked.
...And it seems she always wanted war, now that I think about it.
"I'll try talking to Shouko."
Yeah... Please do, Sensei.
I'm sure Shouko will listen to you.
Oh, Shouko...
Also...
Thank you for your advice, Sensei.
Yeah, yeah! We really appreciate it! Yaha!
I truly hoped...
...that these girls' smiles would never fade.