The smell of the magical chemicals floated around the dorm room was intense. Konoka all snugly inside her bed sheets sleeping soundly.
"If I mix this with that, what do you think Chamo?" asked Negi up on the loft.
"Looks right Bro," said Chamo sounding confident.
Suddenly the dorm door open loudly as Negi almost fumbled the vials in his two hands.
"Negi you got a letter from your sister," said Asuna holding the envelop and then twitching her nose.
"What is that disgusting smell?" asked Asuna holding her nose.
"Just this and that for a potion," replied Negi holding up his each hand.
"Another love potion?" asked Asuna remembering what happened last time.
"No! Just something I need to work on for my studies," said Negi.
"You want this letter or not?" asked Asuna getting upset.
"Um wonder what she wants to tell me," replied Negi.
Negi climbs down as Asuna hands him the envelop that contains a letter. Negi opens his mail and pulls out the letter. He presses play in English.
A small holographic image of Negi's sister, Nekane, appears and bows.
"I hope everything is well there with you and your class. I am really looking forward for your visit this summer. Have you found a partner yet? Anya, well...um...thinking she really misses you but she would not admit it. She may try and take you home so it is a little warning. Will wait to hear from you before your trip home. Have to go so will say please take care of yourself," said the tiny image of Nekane.
"So are we expecting Anya-san to find you?" asked Asuna.
"I have no idea," said Negi as he shrugged his shoulders.
In Eve's place, the tiny shino vampire was having her allergic fits when she awoke. Her chief servent, Chachamaru, was by Eve's side as always.
"I hate summer because of the damn allergies," said Eva has she sneezed uncontrollably.
"Master, are you alright?" asked Chachamaru.
"No Chachamaru, my allergies are catching up to me," replied the doll master.
"Have you taking anything for the allergies?" asked a concerned Chachamaru.
"No I have not," replied Eva defiantly as she sneezed afterward.
Eva laid back in her bed under the covers.
"Master should I cancel today's magical session with Negi-sensei and the others?" asked Chachamaru.
"No even though I cannot give them any instructions, they should practice at least what they have learn over and over so it would become second nature to them in combat," said Eva.
"Understood, will notify Negi-sensei of your condition and you can be excused from class," said a concerned Chachamaru.
Eva did not say anything.
Chachamaru was done with all her maid duties and left everything up to her sisters to take care of Eva. Chachamaru headed out to class since she was not scheduled to work according to her internal calender.
"Since we are early we can stop over at Yotsuba-san's place to eat," said Asuna.
"Great since I awoke late for once and could not fix breakfast," said Konoka.
"Alright let us stop and have a quick bite to eat," said Negi eagerly wanting to get to class.
The three found a table and sat down as Fei Ku spotted them.
"How are you feeling Negi-bozu?" asked Fei Ku.
"Better Master Ku," replied Negi.
Fei Ku lightly tapped on top of Negi's head and said, "That is for not asking help."
"Sorry, but I did not want anyone to get injured if need be," replied Negi embarrassed.
"Next time you ask. Cannot have disciple severely injured," said Fei Ku with a smile.
Satsuki saw the professor and happily walked over.
"Feeling better I see. How was the soup and did it help you?" asked Satsuki.
"Feeling better and the soup was wonderful for my recovery," said Negi.
"I am glad. Next time be careful alright?" said Satsuki smiling.
Negi nodded his head as Satsuki walked away because it was just another busy morning before class.
The three library exploration members searched high and low for the rose within the dorm room, but there was no shread of evidence of its existence.
"What am I going to do?" asked Nodoka to Yue and Haruna panic stricken.
"Well hopefully no one will ask," replied Haruna.
"Nodoka-san we will deal with it if it arises. Until then you should remain calm so no one will know that the rose is nowhere to be seen," said Yue.
That did not help as Nodoka was depressed over the lost rose.
"We better be off to class," said Yue as she looked at the clock.
The three left their dorm room and headed out.
"Alright class a quiz on the american poem, Her Heart, will be given out shortly by the class rep. Do your best," said Negi.
Nodoka was so nervous that her chair moved on the floor back and forth behind her desk. Negi noticed how Nodoka was looking.
"Are you alright Nodoka-san? It is just a quiz," said Negi smiling.
"You do not get it professor. Calm down Nodoka-san," said Yue to herself and to Nodoka telepathically the second part of her thoughts.
"But I cannot Yue-san. Worried what he will say to me if he knew I lost the rose," said Nodoka back to Yue.
"Take a deep breathe and relax. Will come up with something if he asked. Besides you did not lose the rose. It was stolen," said Yue.
As the quiz was passed out to each student, Chachamaru chirped in to Negi, "The Master has a bad case of allergies so when will she be able to make this quiz up?"
"You can take an extra quiz sheet to Eva-chan after class," replied Negi.
Chachamaru nodded in agreement and smiled.
"If no more questions," said Negi as he got interrupted.
"So who got the rose professor?" asked Fumika.
"What rose?" replied Negi pondering.
"Idiots thinking about the dumb rose rather then their grades. Typical grade school girls and their fantasies," said Chisame to herself. Even though she was upset with the class, Chisame was a little put off more by not getting the rose since Negi was a fan of Chiu.
"The one that was up front yesterday in class," replied Misora.
"If Nodoka-san did lose the rose and Negi-sensei gets upset over her misplacing the rose. Will that get me closer to the professor? Wait I cannot think like that. Nodoka-san is my best friend. Even though I love the professor I do not want to get him like that," said Yue to herself.
"Oh the pink rose?" asked the ten year old professor.
"Yes, the pink rose that was so adequately displayed in the front of the class," said Asakura-san.
"Just tell them the truth," said Asuna telepathically to Negi.
"Well...the truth...is that a special friend recieved the rose from me," said Negi.
Nodoka popped her head up and looked directly at Negi. Negi winked at her as she blushed.
All the class looked at Nodoka. Some with eyes to kill.
Nodoka buried her head into the quiz.
"So professor, Nodoka-san got the rose then," asked Ayaka-san.
"Yes!" was all Negi could muster to say.
That made Nodoka even more uncomfortable knowing everyone now knows she got the rose.
"Good going bookworm," said Asakura-san.
Nodoka looked up sheepishly and a tiny smile formed around her lips.
"Not only did she get a special card at the Kyoto trip. Now, she got a rose from the cute professor," thought Ayaka-san.
"Alright class settle down. Quiz time," said Negi hoping to defuse any more talk about the rose.
Asuna was the last student left as usual. She was heard by Negi moaning and groaning at every question on the quiz.
"It is not that hard Asuna-san," said Negi.
Asuna looked up and said, "Speak for yourself pipsqueak."
Negi was grading the quizzes while waiting on Asuna to finish.
Nodoka, Haruna, and Yue were all stationed behind the library's counter.
"What do I do now?" asked Nodoka.
"About what?" asked Haruna.
"About the class now knowing about the rose," responded Nodoka.
"Nothing," said Yue with a flat expression.
"What do you mean nothing?" said Haruna before Nodoka could ask.
"Just what I mean. Less Nodoka openly shows emotions towards the rose or answers openly about the rose, the less the class will care," replied Yue.
"Granted it would be easier, but honestly you do know, like yourself Yue-san, that some have falling for the professor. Jealousy does strange things even to friendship among our class," said Haruna.
"True, but jealousy can be minimized with no information giving by Nodoka-san," said Yue.
"I am just happy Negi-sensei was so kind in giving me the rose anyway. I do not like how others might get jealous though," said Nodoka.
"Nodoka-san, listen to me. Battlefield of love has a lot of mines along the field of love. Jealousy is one of those things that will come. Sometimes difficult to deal with, but if you truly love that person others are jealous of, the bond will grow stronger between the two of you," said Haruna.
Both Nodoka and Yue said, "Huh?"
"Relationships are tested daily. Externally or internally affects how the relationship goes. Negi-sensei gave you a rose right. So perhaps unconciously on his behalf that he intends to move forward Nodoka-san a little. If that is the case, it is good," said Haruna.
"He is still a ten year old kid Paru-san," said Yue.
"That same ten year old kid who you, Yue-san, fell for," replied Haruna.
Yue blushed.
"Just think we are reading a little too much on the giving of the rose. It is and will be cherished by me as a gesture by him as a friend to a friend. Like he said in class today," said Nodoka.
"Whatever," was all Haruna said.
Yue walked away with a few books in her arms as she was going to placed them on their appropriate shelves.
Negi, Asuna, Setsuna, Konoka, and Chisame were at Eva's resort in her cabin.
"Where is Kotoro-san?" asked Eva.
"Think Chizuna-san had him do something with Murakami-san," said Negi as he talked with Kotoro before coming here.
"Fine," said Eva as she sneezed.
"Master are you alright?" asked Chachamaru.
"Yes I will be alright," replied Eva.
"Allergies?" asked Konoka.
"Yeah unfortunately. Just practice what you were taught so far for today. I am going back to rest. Chachamaru-san will look after you," said Eva.
Chachamaru gazed at Negi and smiled brightly as a magical robot could.
Konoka went off with Setsuna and Asuna to train. Chisame was there with the professor and Chachamaru.
"Alright since I am not needed, I am going back to my dorm room," said Chisame.
"Stay," said Negi.
Chisame turned to face the professor, "Why should I?"
"Because you should learn about your artifact a little more," said Negi.
"I do not want to get mixed up with all of you. How many times do I have to say that?" said Chisame.
"But Chisame-san, you do want to be stronger regardless if it is fantasy," said Chachamaru.
"Cram it robot, I only helped out because you guys needed someone who could do what I could," said Chisame looking directly at Chachamaru.
"Well you did defeat me," replied Chachamaru.
"You told me I only defeated you because he beat Chao-san," said Chisame.
"Well yes," said Chachamaru.
At that moment the three library exploration members poofed inside the resort.
"Sorry we are late," said Nodoka.
"It is alright. Master told everyone to practice what they have already learned," said Chachamaru.
"That way you can beat anything and smell like a rose doing it," said Negi.
Nodoka was jittery by hearing the word rose.
"Calm down," whispered Yue to Nodoka.
Haruna moved Nodoka along to train as Yue followed the two girls.
Negi watched them go into the distance.
"What was that all about?" asked Negi.
"Do not know professor," responded Chachamaru.
"Interesting. Something happened with the rose," inquired Chisame to herself.