The Winter Promise

Chapter 45: Everything Is Well Planned.

Even at night had arrived, the entire campsite area had been covered by the darkness of night. Only the moonlight and the stars were illuminated at that time. The sky looks bright with stars scattered very beautifully. After the prayer, all the groups had circled the huge bonfire that was in our midst. My group is also preparing for the show that we will be performing later.

“What did you do with Avlin's sister?”

Maul is a person who is curious about what I did with Kak Alvin this afternoon.

“We just went around the campsite. Nothing interesting was discussed at the time.”

“You don't lie Mar, I already know that he must be talking about the theft case.”

“He asked about how far I know who the perpetrator of the theft was.”

“Then what did you say to him?”

Maul's curiosity is becoming more and more.

“Of course I said that I don't know who did it yet.”

“Why didn't you tell Kak Alvin?”

“I don't know who did it yet, so it's useless if I tell Kak Alvin.”

“Isn't that a good opportunity to get you out of this problem.”

Maul shook her head, it seemed like she still did not understand what my way of thinking was like.

“There are still some things I want to investigate again. Anyway I have a feeling if I tell Brother Alvin, my plan will not go smoothly.”

“I leave it entirely to you Mar. Looks like the plan you've made is more mature than I thought.”

While we were enjoying the show performed by each group. I saw Brother Fauzi calling me with his ladder. I'm sure that the topic of conversation that Kak Fauzi wants to talk about is not much different from Kak Alvin.

“What's up Brother?”

I also approached Brother Fauzi who was not far from my place.

“Follow me a minute, I want to talk to you.”

Brother Fauzi also took me to a place not far from there to talk to him with four eyes. Because the conditions were already night and there was little lighting there, so no one could see us clearly at that time because it was blocked by the darkness of the night.

“Did you call me here because you wanted to ask about the case?”

“Looks like I don't need to explain it to you anymore.”

I vaguely saw Little smiling Brother Fauzi.

“Do you know who did it?”

Brother Fauzi asked exactly the same question as Brother Alvin.

“Why can your questions be the same as that?”

“With whom?”

Brother Fauzi looked surprised after hearing that.

“Kak Fauzi's... Last afternoon he just asked the same thing you said.”

“Hahahahaha... So how's your answer? When I saw you accused in this case. I can't believe you're doing something like that. There was only one thing I could think of back then, if you were being framed by someone.”

“I don't know who did it yet.”

“You must be lying... I already know you from Junior High Mar. I'm sure you know who did.”

I just smiled a little at the words from Brother Fauzi.

“This LDKS activity preoccupies me, so I don't have time to investigate the culprit. I'm now the representative in his group, so I can't move freely to look for the culprit.”

“How are responses from your group friends?”

“The average of them believes that I'm not the culprit. What's more after my bag was searched in front of all such disciples by Kak Alvin.”

“I already knew it would happen.”

“How did sister respond to this?”

I asked back to Brother Fauzi.

“I still can't find out who did it, but I suspect Deni's planning things

this is all.”

“Why?”

“Because when all the members of OSIS are gathering, only he is always heating up other members of OSIS to accuse Amar.”

I also thought a little after hearing the words from Brother Fauzi.

“Maybe it was Deni. He purposely set you up with a heist plan like this, which is why he got this sting. In the past Deni was famous as a calm person and can control his emotions.”

“Actually I have the same thoughts as you. I also thought that Brother Deni was the one who planned all this, but I did not want to accuse him first. The evidence I have to accuse Kak Deni is still fairly small. So I can't do much.”

“You're too careful Mar. If I were you now, I would have charged Deni and asked Alvin for help to solve this problem.”

“It was a careless act, accusing a person without strong evidence would only make the accusation turn to the person who gave the charge.”

That's why for now I'd better play carefully. Since the current matter is more difficult than the previous one, one step alone is the end for me.

“You're right, maybe my way was too rushed.”

“By the way how many people lost their goods and from what group?”

I asked Brother Fauzi.

“Only groups of eight to thirteen have lost their goods, and all that is lost is women's goods.”

I thought again after hearing that to perfect my plan. This is valuable information. And with this information also everything is clear who is the perpetrator of this theft case.

“Do you know something Mar?”

“No, I don't know anything about it. But the information just now is very valuable.”

“If you need my help do not hesitate Mar, I will definitely help you as much as I can.”

Brother Fauzi extended his hand to me.

“Thank you for the help, I will contact you if I need help.”

After the four-eyed talk, we returned to our respective places. But when I wanted to return to my group, I met Yoshida who seemed to be waiting for me.

“What are you doing here?”

“I want to talk to you four eyes Mar.”

Hearing Yoshida's words made me confused. Why today so many people want to talk to me with four eyes. It turns out that this is more troublesome than I thought.

“Do you want to talk about the theft case?”

Yoshida answered with a nod of his head.

Huhhhhh... It turns out that again, can you leave me alone with all the plans I've made. Right now I desperately want to need some calmness to work out the next step by step.

Yoshid... You don't have to say that here. You're just gonna mess with my mind here. Don't you remember what the situation is right now?

It's pitch-black, the vantage point is blocked by the trees here, and now you're alone with a man who's a suspect in the theft. In other words, a pervert.

What if I was the real culprit and attacked you right now? I think this is the best time to do that.

No. gabe.. No. gabe.. No, I have to take my mind off with something else. I don't want such thoughts to permeate my mind at the moment.

Take a deep breath... Blow out... Okay, now it's quiet again.

“Bad once people did that.”

“I'm sure this happened because you approached Miyuki Mar.”

“What you just said is not wrong, indeed because I was too close to Miyuki this can happen.”

Actually this kind of problem will not happen if when the orientation period I let Miyuki be teased by Kak Deni and immediately returned to my class. After all, it is impossible for Deni to do something very excessive in the school environment.

...

Wait for... I realized something again.

“Mar?”

Yoshida looked at me who was silent thinking of something.

“Sorry, there was something I was thinking about earlier.”

“I want to help you get out of this problem Mar. I can't bear to see you being accused by everyone like that. Anyway why don't you do the defense when asked by Kak Alvin, who knows it will save you from this.”

“Don't I already say it, I don't want to do anything troublesome. Anyway for now I don't need your help, all the plans I've done have gone smoothly. But thank you for caring for me.”

“I don't believe that, from yesterday you always said that kind of thing. I'm sick of seeing your attitude of not wanting to rely on others and always bear it yourself.”

Yoshida's tone of voice slightly raised and he now looks angry at me.

“You are wrong Yoshida, in fact in this matter I have asked for help to Riki and Maul right before the LDKS took place. And also, all my plans cannot be formed without help from the people around me.”

“But why don't you ask me for help Mar? I'll help you too.”

“Sorry, I don't want to trouble you and get involved in my problems even deeper.”

I don't believe in Yoshida. Don't Yoshida just get close to me lately. Miyuki alone that I had told her my past, I still did not fully trust her to help me in solving a problem. I still assume that they're just going to make my plan go wrong.

“You won't trouble me Mar. I'm even happy if you depend on me.”

This is what has been holding my mind for a long time.

“Why do you always insist on me like this?”

“...I just want to repay the kindness of Miyuki.”

Yoshida's voice became normal again and he looked down gloomily.

Thanks to Yoshida's words just made me become confused again. Because all this time he always wanted to keep me away from Miyuki because he still had hatred for her but after hearing this it made me confused as to what to say.

“...You are a valuable person for Miyuki.”

“Wait.. Wait for... I'm getting confused by what you said. Of value? I'm the one who

valuable to Miyuki?”

That sentence feels ambiguous to me. There are many things that can be interpreted from the sentence just now.

“...When Miyuki was in high school at Junior High, I was consumed by the issue and started to stay away from Miyuki. I knew that Miyuki felt ill with her friends' treatment of her, even when I heard her crying alone in the bathroom. But one day, he suddenly came back like the usual Miyuki and I just found out the cause when I went to the Thousand Islands. There Miyuki looks very happy when she is gathered with you and others.”

Yoshida told me that. It turns out that what Yoshida feels is almost the same as Kichida.

“If that's the case, I don't play much here. If you want to thank me, thank Rina. He was the one who gave a lot of input to Miyuki.”

Although Miyuki said that she could have survived the incident because she combined the advice from me and also Rina, but I think Rina is the most suitable to get it.

“But that doesn't change the fact that you're a valuable person to Miyuki.”

Ahhe.. How'this? I don't know what to say to him now. I can't deal with women.

“Originally you know... When you behave as usual as now has included helping me in the plan I made.”

“Is that true?”

“It's true.”

“I need a strong proof for me to trust you completely?”

Uhh!! It bothered him so much, why is it that every woman I know is so troublesome. Is this their real attitude? I don't believe this at all.

“Alright, if my plan fails, you may ask for whatever you want as long as I can. How?”

“You sure?”

Yoshida also looks very happy with the offer I gave.

“I'm serious about this.”

If it wasn't like this, I'm sure he would have continued to shower me with endless questions. I don't want my time wasted just serving it. Anyway, I'm sure that my plan will work.

“Alright, I'll try to believe you. You do not regret yes for giving me an offer like this.”

“Just relax, I'm sure my plan will go smoothly and I can get out of this problem.”

Yoshida returned to his place.

After Yoshida's departure, I kept quiet for a moment and rearranged my plans. Because I just got new information from Kak Fauzi that can add to the success rate of my plan.

Hmmmm... All right, let's put it together from the beginning.

Information from Riki plus information from Maul made the conclusion that Kak Deni will commit theft during the LDKS event.

According to information from Kak Fauzi, Kak Deni is a person who is calm and easy to manage his emotions. And the affected groups were only from groups of eight to thirteen.

Incidentally the distance from each tent is not too far away and the location of each tent is also adjacent according to the sequence number.

The members of the OSIS had to stand guard at each of the posts during the trail search and I found the stolen items when I returned to my tent about thirty minutes after the event.

After all each group goes to a different post, in other words each post must be part of the first post of one group. I think the theft in six tents alone was too long, considering he also had to return to his post before any group arrived there.

Means up to here I can conclude that Kak Deni is unlikely to do this alone, there must be someone helping him. In addition to assisting in theft, he also needed people to distract the existing teachers.

But who can do that?

...

Ah... Everything is clear now.

I also found an answer to that.

Then from behind the darkness of the night appeared Riki who did not know where it came from. I just smiled when I saw Riki coming towards me.

the End Chapter 45