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Even if they didn’t understand, it was
because they weren’t handicapped in anyway, so without really saying
anything more than that, he brought his chopsticks to his mouth. When
he did, the three of them suddenly became quiet. Figuring they just
weren’t going to talk during their meal, he wasn’t especially
concerned, but then Ichikawa and Yamanoi seemed to speak with their heads
lowered. \n\n“Sorry, for everything.”\n\nSince their
voices were lowered, he assumed their heads were hanging low, which
shocked Tatsumi. Unsure what their sudden apology was about, he
became nervous. \n\n“W-What’s this about all of a sudden?”\n\n“I
told you they were representatives. Well, I volunteered them, but
they came as everyone’s
representative.”\n\n“Representative……?”\n\nUnable
to grasp the conversation, Ichikawa explained the situation to
Tatsumi. \n\n“Since we always pretended not to see it up until
now……we wanted to apologize.”\n\n“Pretend not to see
it?”\n\n“That princess—Yamauchi’s harassment, we pretended
not to see it.”\n\nTatsumi was also surprised by the new,
somewhat bitter, information that Yamauchi was called a princess. In
the past, it seemed as though Yamauchi took the initiative to become
Tatsumi’s messenger. Since sometimes she would yell loudly at someone who happened to be free, “I told you I would do
it!”, Tatsumi thought it was natural she would be the only one to speak