Chapter 11: Smile
The boy was alone.
He was always on the side of being rejected.
The boy could not understand how others could alienate others without a reason.
So he thought. Why they had to distance themselves from him.
However, no matter how many plausible reasons he came up with, in the end the final cause was connected to the weakness of the other person.
Even if he thought further to deny the result, he always ended up at the same conclusion.
Eventually, when he realized that it was just a fact.
The boy quietly felt pity for them.
Have you ever pulled out a weed?
Plant roots have extremely complex shapes, and if you pull them out with too much force, you will dig out a large chunk of the surrounding soil as well.
The scars left are like wounds, and the deeper and wider the roots spread, the deeper and uglier the scars left in the ground.
"Good morning, Medea! You're beautiful today too!"
Tobe Sho.
The mood maker of the class. In a word, just a joker. A moron whose only redeeming quality is that he's noisy.
I don't like it.
"Hey there Media. Huh? Did something happen?"
Yumiko Miura.
The queen of the class. Although it cannot be said that she is popular, her naturally dominant temperament and assertive personality allow her to reign supreme among the girls.
He is surprisingly considerate and pays close attention to those he considers his friends. Perhaps because of this, he is trusted by his friends.
I don't like it.
"Hmm? You don't seem very well. Are you worried?"
Ebina Himena.
A girl who wears glasses from Akabuchi. A beautiful girl who is in the top group of her class and is the favorite of the queen.
And yet he shares many of the same hobbies as me, and is much more knowledgeable about them than I am. He is also somewhat of an oddball, with a dark side that is similar to that of the Master.
I don't like it.
"Good morning, Medea. If you need any help, please let me know. I'm sure I can help you."
Hayato Hayama.
The de facto leader of the class. His calm demeanor backed by his high abilities and his broad-mindedness that allows him to address difficult issues make him immensely popular with both boys and girls.
I don't like it.
"... Medea, well, I don't really understand the complicated stuff."
Yuigahama Yui.
A kind girl. A girl who possesses both true kindness and strength. ...A girl who reminds me, in some way, of the princess who once called me her friend.
The only person in this era who knows my true identity and still treats me kindly.
"I'm definitely on Medea's side. We're friends, after all."
I don't like it.
Ah, I don't like it, I don't like it, I don't like it.
I don't like anything about it - my classmates, my teachers, Yukinoshita Yukino, or this era.
And it's all that man's fault.
Have you ever pulled out a weed?
People are often likened to plants.
The reasons for this vary from appearance to lifestyle, but I believe the root cause is the relationships between people.
If the mind is the earth, then other people are the plants. And the surface and under the ground can express the front and back.
The more people you know, the greener the earth will be.
The type of acquaintance determines the type of plant.
Basically, the stronger your connection with others, the more noticeable the plant will be, so if you have a lot of friends, your plant might look like a forest.
On the other hand, if one lives without any contact with others, the land will become a barren wasteland with only sparse grass.
So what about underground?
Just looking at it, it's impossible for others, and even for yourself, to know how deep your roots go.
If you want to be sure, you'll have to pull it out.
People recognize the value of others based on the depth of the pain they feel when they lose them.
I don't like it, I don't like it, I don't like it. I don't like Hikigaya Hachiman.
Just watch me. I'll expose his true colors soon. That's why.
Let's put down deep, deep roots.
To leave scars in their hearts that will never heal.
What would that hypocrite think when he sees them broken?
that's why--
"Thank you everyone for your concern."
--That's why I laugh today too.