Dullard Buddy-kun: Heading Reluctantly to School Again Today - Episode 34

Ah, the view outside is pitch black. My heart is pitch black too.

Recently, I feel like I’ve been spending relatively peaceful days, even though they haven’t been particularly enjoyable…

In a way, I can’t help but think that this might be a foreshadowing of the major upheaval to come, and I’m here now, feeling more negative than usual.

“Hey, Mamiya. Are you okay today? You look a bit pale.”

“No, it’s okay. I’m sorry.”

No, that’s not good…

During my part-time job, I have to focus on work, of course.

I didn’t make any mistakes earlier, but there were some dangerous moments.

In this way, even my seniors are starting to worry about me…

“Yeah, that’s fine. It’s already the school trip, right? Take care of your health and bring back some souvenirs!”

“Yes…”

Ah, indeed, life is merciless.

I had been living my life trying not to think about it, trying not to face reality, trying to erase it from my mind, but before I knew it, I was painfully reminded that there was less than a week left.

The biggest battleground of my high school life is just around the corner…

Yeah. There’s less than a week left until the hellish school trip

I don’t want to go so much that I’m about to go crazy…

“Excuse me, Mamiya-san! Please help me!”

Thinking about such things, I heard the voice of another junior male staff member from a register a little further away.

Then, at the end of that gaze, there was the figure of a foreigner.

“I think it was probably in English, but they were speaking so fast that I couldn’t understand anything, and it didn’t get through. Mamiya-san, you were good at English, right?”
Not particularly good at it.

I’m not good at it, but since my coach who has always been with me since the old days is American, I can manage to some extent. Only to some extent, though.

“Got it. I’ll ask around a bit, so could you handle that register for me?”

From the looks of this foreigner’s expression, they don’t seem to be angry or anything, but what could it be?

“Do you sell hot dogs?”

Ah, so that’s how it is…

This isn’t English. It’s Spanish…

To begin with, they don’t sell hot dogs.

For now, I somewhat understood what the other person was saying, so I replied with those words.

Then, a foreign man, smiling and nodding, pointed to a different item on the menu and placed his order.

Just to be sure, they paid the bill, and the register was successfully closed.

“Okay. It’s done.”

“Seriously, thank you so much! You’re amazing, Mamiya-san. By the way, what did that person end up saying?”

“Oh, they asked if this place doesn’t have hot dogs, so I just told them we don’t have any in the first place.”

Maybe, in that country’s McDonald’s, it might be on the menu.

I feel like this used to be on the menu for a while back in the day too.

For now, due to my parents’ job circumstances, I lived in Mexico for a few years when I was young, so I can still understand Spanish to some extent. But it’s only to a certain degree.

However, I don’t even want to remember it, but those few years over there were so harsh that I can still vividly recall them even though I was young at the time… Come to think of it, I feel like I was already forced to wear boxing gloves on both hands every day back then…

Well, now it’s just a memory that I couldn’t care less about.

“Wow, seriously, Mamiya-san. You’re a real social skills monster. I couldn’t even catch the word ‘hot dog.'”

“Communication monster? No way, that’s not true…”

Yeah.I’m a genuine zero-communication skills loner…King of loners.

And, since it’s a hassle, I won’t mention to them that what I just said was in Spanish, not English.

But, for now, it’s certain that neither English, Spanish, nor Japanese will be of any help this time.

No, maybe English could be useful.

Well, just in case. I’ve studied some Korean for this trip, but my level is really quite poor. Translation apps can be unreliable when you really need them, so just in case…

Besides, in my case, if by any chance I get separated from the group while on free activity and end up lost, I’m done for if I don’t have any means of self-defense.

Ah, I really don’t want to. The school trip.

“Ms. Mamiya! Please get me a souvenir from the school trip too! It’s Korea, right? I really love K-pop idols, so if possible, please get something related to that!”

“Well, yes…”

I don’t want to, but there’s no choice left but to go…

Yeah. There’s no choice but to go… so I might as well give up and go.