"Shirou, what are you doing by looking to the left and right like that for almost 1 minutes ?" Rin asked. "Is there something you're searching?"
"This is really weird, Rin," replied Shirou. "Earlier I, Negi and Setsuna-san, went to meet Evangeline and she said she wanted to help me on patrol. But somehow now Evangeline is nowhere to be seen, that was weird right? "
"Hmm," Rin said. "It's strange considering the nature of Eva-chan, she shouldn't just disappear like that. Did something happen to Eva-chan?"
"I don't think so," said Shirou. "Because I will definitely feel something if Evangeline is in danger. The spiritual bond between myself and her is still there and not being disturbed that is a proof that Evangeline is still fine."
"If you feel like that, it means Eva-chan is still okay, right?" Rin asked.
"Yeah," replied Shirou. "But still, I feel something strange about Evangeline's sudden disappearance."
"Your worrying nature really making trouble to the other !" Rin said which began to pull Shirou's hand again. "Forget about Eva-chan for a while and do your duty!"
"Okay, okay," said Shirou. "We start the patrol! And please don't pull my hand so tightly Rin, it hurts you know!"
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Negi has a promise to patrol together with Kotaro, so he parted ways with Setsuna in the middle way.
Meanwhile Setsuna met Asuna and Konoka in the middle of the road when she was about to find Shirou and Rin.
After Konoka and Asuna heard that Setsuna will be patrolling around to prevent confessions of love from being made near the World Tree.
The two of them decided to help Setsuna on patrol, which only made Setsuna sigh and pat her face when she wanted to be near Shirou something bad always happen. And now instead patrolling with Shirou she was accompanied by her master and her best friend.
Obviously it all made Setsuna's feelings mixed up.
In one of the parks near the World Tree, Kotaro is waiting for Negi under one of the garden lamp post.
"Hoooi Negi!" Kotaro said as he waved his hand towards Negi.
"Yooo Kotaro," said Negi, waving his hand too. "Sorry I'm late, I was having a little trouble so I'm late to meet you!"
"Eh, to be honest," said Kotaro chirped "I also just arrived here because I just finished helping Chizu-nee in the haunted house."
"Are you in the haunted house too?" Asked Negi. "How come I didn't see you? Even though a few hours ago I tried a class 3 a haunted house, you know!"
"Maybe because you are on a different route?" Kotaro replied. "Chizu-nee said that you were on the path that Chizu-nee took care of, whereas I became a ghost on the path of ancient Japan."
"Is that so?" Negi said. "That's explain why I didn't see you."
"Then let's quickly start the patrol," said Kotaro. "The headmaster will get mad at us if we don't do a patrol."
"Kotaro, I'm not sure if the headmaster will supervise everyone who patrols," said Negi. "But I don't think what you said is wrong, it would be better if we patrol properly so that no one do a love confession under the World Tree."
"Good thing If you agree with me!" Kotaro said. "Let's go! And do our best on this patrol!"
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In front of a fountain not far from the World Tree, Yue and Nodoka were standing opposite each other while chatting.
Nodoka's face looked very tense with sweat pouring from her entire body.
"Yu-Yue," said Nodoka who was strangely wearing the fancy dress she usually wore to parties. "Why do I have to wear clothes like this?"
"So you can attract Negi-Sensei!" Yue said. "I saw that Negi-Sensei was hanging around the World Tree with Kotaro. This is a rare chance Nodoka! We just have to make Kotaro stay away from Negi-Sensei and you can just be alone with him! "
"B-but Yue," said Nodoka.
"No but Nodoka!" Yue said. "This is a wonderful opportunity that comes from God! Don't waste the time God gave you to be with Negi-Sensei! "
"Uuuuh alright," said Nodoka. "Th-then Yue how about our appointment with Haruna on the library island?"
"That perverted mangaka certainly wouldn't mind waiting for us 1 to 2 hours," Yue said. "So take it easy Nodoka! Just fight for your love!"
Meanwhile on the library island, Haruna who was waiting for Yue and Nodoka had sneezing quite badly and didn't stop for about 2 minutes.
"Ouch," said Haruna holding her nose which was flushed due to too long sneezing. "I don't have a fever, but why I sneezing non stop like this? Is someone talking about me?"
The people who were near Haruna wondered why Haruna could end up sneezing that long. And unfortunately the fate of Haruna's last sneeze she experienced was so hard, it made her neck sprained.
The sound of the sneeze was so great that the people who heard it were so shocked.
When Haruna had stop sneezing Haruna's head tilted to the left and couldn't be moved to other direction. As soon as Haruna tried to move her neck in another direction, Haruna would feel pain.
"Auwwww!" Shouted Haruna. "That last sneezing make my neck sprained damn it! "
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When Negi and Kotaro were near Yue and Nodoka, Yue immediately grabbed Nodoka's hand and started walking toward Negi. And when Negi saw Yue and Nodoka walking towards him, he immediately greeted them both.
"Yue-san! Nodoka-san!" Negi said. "What are you two doing here?"
"We both are about to meet Haruna on library island Negi-Sensei," Yue replied. "But before that we wanted to take a walk first, because if we went straight to library island, Haruna would not have arrived yet, she's a person who likes to come late anyway! "
(Actually Haruna is a very punctual person because she has a very tight deadline for her manga that she made every week, that's why Haruna is never late when she has an appointment to meet someone, but Yue lied about Haruna for my sake. I feel bad for Haruna!) Nodoka said in her heart.
"Ne-Negi-Sensei, what are you doing with Kotaro-kun?" Asked Nodoka.
"We're both on patrol duty," replied Negi. "Preventing the love confession in the area around the World Tree."
"Prevent love confession?" Yue said. "Why do you have to do such useless things?"
"There is a special reason why we did that Chibisuke!" Kotaro shouted.
"Special reason?" Nodoka said.
"For the next 3 days on the day of the Mahora Festival, whoever confesses his or her love under the World Tree the person love will be accepted because of the magic power that comes from the World Tree," said Negi. "And that is a bad thing because it includes the imposition of feelings through magic."
"No wonder," said Yue. "Anyone would not want to suddenly have to be forced to partner with people we don't like."
"If you two already know, please don't bother us!" Kotaro said. "Because this is a very important task for both of us!"
(Ukhh he's really a stubborn and childish boy! It would be hard to separate him from Negi-Sensei! If only someone could help me separate him from Sensei!) Yue thought hard about how to get Kotaro away from Negi, but he was really confused what the right way to separate the two of them. Until she remembered that the only person who could help her was Chizuru.
Yue then started typing on her cellphone quickly and sent an e-mail that she just typed to Chizuru.
And in an instant, the results of the e-mail she sent took effect immediately.
From inside Kotaro's pocket the cellphone that Chizuru bought for him rang and Kotaro's face immediately turned pale because when he saw on the cellphone screen that the one calling him was Chizuru. And Chizuru will never call Kotaro unless there is something important.
"Hello Chizu-Nee, what's up?" Kotaro said with a pale face.
"Kotaro-kun I need your help! So go the astronomy club immediately!" Chizuru said.
"B-but Chizu-Nee I'm ..." Before Kotaro could finish his words Chizuru immediately said firmly to Kotaro over the phone.
"No excuse Kotaro-kun, help me or don't you want to help yout Chizu-Nee?"
"N-no Chizu-Nee," said Kotaro. "I'll help you! I'll help you!"
"Kotaro, what's wrong?" Asked Negi.
"Sorry, Negi," answered Kotaro. "I have urgent business that is far more important than patrolling. So I have to go first!"
Kotaro immediately went running towards the astronomy club, so fast. because Kotaro knows something bad will happen to him if he is late to meet Chizuru.
"What's wrong with Kotaro?" Negi said. "He turned pale when he picked up the phone from Naba."
"Maybe Naba needs his help, Negi-Sensei," said Yue. "That's why he's in such a hurry."
"It makes sense," said Negi. "Because Kotaro really like Naba."
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