Chapter 286 : Clara's Room

"The first room is Clara's Preference Room. Here, the stronger your liking, the larger the exhibits will grow." Fal Fal, dressed as a tour guide and holding a small flag, appeared behind the three.

"Mr. Yoka? Your outfit?"

"No, it's not! I'm a tourist guide!"

The guide continued to introduce.

"To the left are the stones won in a blind guessing game, and to the right are her favorite clothes."

Iruma looked at Shesi.

"Brother."

"Yes, we've seen all of them. Clara cherishes these as treasures." Fal Fal led the three to a long corridor.

"By the way, because her feelings for her family and those she mails directly are too vast, they couldn't enter the space, so only photos are placed here," Fal Fal explained.

Seeing this, the three exchanged glances and smiled. Clara is truly adorable.

Subsequently, Fal Fal led the three to another doorway.

"You dare to come! Challengers!"

Fal Fal had also transformed from a tourist guide into the boss, Yoka.

"He's so busy… this guy," Azu muttered.

"The previous questions were just a warm-up. What comes next are the truly super difficult questions! If you dare, answer this! When was Clara like this?"

A screen appeared before the three. On the screen, Clara was pouting, her eyes darting around, and she was whistling.

"When she was hiding something." × 3

Correct! The second door continued to open. After the three entered, Fal Fal transformed back into a guide.

"The second room! Clara's Mess-Up Room!"

Iruma was a little confused.

"Mess-Up Room?"

"This room records all the moments where Clara felt like she messed up."

Fal Fal led the three on a tour.

"Here's Clara after wetting the bed, disguising the scene as her younger brother having wet the bed. And here, Clara wiping her snot with Azu's clothes. Here's Clara drawing a mysterious creature in Iruma's homework notebook and forgetting to erase it. And here, Clara, while everyone was sleeping and sunbathing on the grass, drooling on Shesi's shirt while lying in his arms."

The three:... "Here's the guilt from gaining weight recently. By the way, her measurements are…"

Upon hearing this, Bai Chen immediately pulled the other two and continued deeper.

Next was the third challenge.

"Soft and fluffy bundle."

"Fried chicken nuggets." × 3

The Unskilled Room, the Ideal Room.

The group finally arrived at the fifth room, which was the room before the final one.

"This is the fifth room, Clara's Growth Garden." The three looked at this world of flowers.

"The Claras on the flowers represent Clara's psychological activities from birth."

Iruma looked at Clara.

"Oh, such a tiny Clara, so cute."

Hearing this, the other two also nodded and continued to look at Clara's psychological activities on the flowers.

"So energetic? Is that Clara right after birth? Then she was defeated by her younger siblings~"

"She once thought of giving up studying… but still managed to get into Babyls through hard work."

Bai Chen looked at the image of Clara smashing those few people with a vending machine and smiled.

"These are all precious experiences…"

The three arrived at the final challenge.

"You've actually made it this far… Next is the final room, the ultimate question!" Fal Fal looked at the three.

"Mother, younger siblings, and Shesi, Iruma, Azu – who is the most important among these people?"

Upon hearing this, the three answered without hesitation.

"All of them!"

Fal Fal revealed a satisfied smile.

"Correct. Welcome to the deepest part of Clara's heart."

The room was dark, with only a table in the center illuminated. On it were two notebooks. The three walked forward.

"Clara's Memories." Iruma saw that both notebooks had the same title, so he opened one, and the three looked at it.

"Starting today, we're friends! Shesi of the Execution Jade Cannon and Iruma-kun are both so cool! Iruma-san works so hard!

The fireworks were a huge success! They were super beautiful and sparkly!

Shesi-kun and Iruma-san both went to the Student Council, how amazing!

Iruma-san entered his evil cycle! So cool! Of course, he's cool normally too, and so is Shesi-kun!"

As the three read, they all started to laugh. Then they looked at the other notebook.

"…So worried… Iruma-san's hands are all scraped from the Execution Jade Cannon, and that big guy almost hit Shesi-kun!

The fireworks were a success! But… Iruma-san seems a bit down for some reason.

Shesi went to the Student Council again. He hasn't had time to play with me lately… Little Red… Ah, Iruma-san entered his evil cycle. Will he be okay? Normal Iruma is better… The classroom doesn't matter, as long as he's safe…"

"Ah… I've been left behind again… So lonely…"

Bai Chen fell silent. At the same time, Clara, who had realized the three had run off, had followed them from behind.

"Ah… naughty children, why do you want to see an unhappy Clara… No, I don't want Shesi-kun to see my unhappy moments. This won't do, what if he dislikes me… what if…" Clara couldn't finish her sentence before Bai Chen walked forward and pulled her into his embrace.

"Clara has worked very hard. Let's go back. We need to review a bit first, and then we absolutely must have a really great time playing."

Hearing this, Clara, though she didn't want to cry, felt a strange sting in her eyes. So she buried her face in Bai Chen's arms, hugged him, and began to cry.

"There, there, good girl, we're all here."

..."Shesi-kun! Iruma-san, Azu, Azu! I'm sorry…"

Clara, who had returned to normal, cried and apologized from his pocket.

"It's okay, Clara. On the contrary, we're the ones who kept leaving you behind, so we should be the ones to apologize," Shesi said, stroking Clara's head.

Azu also looked at Clara.

"It's also my fault for not keeping it safe, which led to you eating the medicine. I'm very sorry."

"We won't leave you behind again!" Iruma also promised.

Listening to their replies, Clara bit her lip… "No! That's not right! When you're not around, I do feel lonely… But! When I see you all excitedly pursuing new things, constantly moving forward, I also feel very happy! That kind of 'Come on, it's starting!' 'Let's do this!' look… it's very cool. Your happiness makes me happy too, and I'm not just waiting idly either. I play a lot with my family, talk endlessly with demons I haven't interacted with much, and think about exhibits with everyone in the Magical Tool Research Society. All of these make me very happy… So, the time you give me will become my precious memories!"

Suddenly, from behind Clara,

"Don't forget important things either," said "I hope there's a gentleman like scissors," as he walked over.

Fal Fal and the other strange creatures all walked over and looked at the three.

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