Adieu part 2 ( ノンフィクション、エッセイ ) - Niconico Ethics

The beginning of the new year, the shocking news was announced by Miss White to the class. Some girls

were devastated by the idea of Nico leaving them and screamed, "No, no, no! Nico, this is a joke. Right?"

"I'm arfaid not." Nico said awkwardly, "But I'll be back after a year, you know."

"But how can we survive this school life without you, Nico? It would be deadly boring again."

"Hey, come on! I'm not the one who tried to change things around here. You did, too."

"Because you are with us."

"You know it is not true, right? What we have achieved here is a bit more freedom to think, talk, act on our own ways, haven't we? You don't need anyone to tell you what to do. Right? "

"Oh, Nico, that is right...but we will miss you so much."

"I will, too. I certainly will. But this is what I want to do right now. Would you help me out?"

as Nico said, tears filling up her big and round eyes.

"Hey, she needs our support now. We've gotta give her that!" one girl shouted.

"Yeah, we will be with you no matter how far we are apart." another girl said, wiping her eyes.

"Hell ya! Ooops shouldn't have said that..." a third one said and covered her mouth with her hands

comically, making everyone laugh out loud including Nico.

Then a forth one stood up on her desk with her shoes on and lift her right arm like the Statue of Liberty

and howled, "Freedom!" and others started singing together "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" as they

danced around the classroom, ignoring Miss White's desparate plead, "Order! Order, girls!"

All the noise ceased when Nico put her right arm up high and declared,

"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice

what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. "

and added "Joan of Arc" Heartfelt ovation lasted so long with horrible headache Miss White had.

The day before the departure, Nico marched into the teacher's room alone and thanked them including Miss

White for giving her the ticket for further education while Miss White was feeling something acidly bitter on her tongue. The last word of Nico to the girls was just "Adieu."

I suppose she was busy holding back the tears.

Ethics: a pen and a dream can take you anywhere ;-)