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“I don’t know what lies ahead, but let’s move forward. Surely, someone’s waiting for us. Wishing for flowers to bloom on this dry land.” This is so much fun! I can’t believe we get to do such a wonderful photoshoot! Just like Megu-chan and the others did around this time last year, it’s a journey toward our dreams! Ruri really love things like this! I keep thinking about what might be waiting for us up ahead as we go forward. Honestly, that’s the fun part. Maybe I just love the journey itself. I got a little excited and told Hime about it, and she just nodded with a smile, saying, “I understand, I understand.” Isn’t she just going along with whatever Ruri wants?

“Alright, let’s do this. The sacred duty of the goddess to restore the land. We’ve arrived. At the farthest land, where everyone seeks blessings.” Hehe, how was that? Did it sound cool? Oh, you think so? That’s great! I’m happy it turned out well. After all, the second-years put this together, thinking it might suit us do we did it. Last year, Megu-chan and the others did a photoshoot with a ship voyage theme. Megu-chan looked so beautiful. Ruri thought, “We’ve got to do our best too.” I think Kaho-chan and Sayaka-chan felt the same. We talked it over, and everyone felt that this year’s theme is like a journey toward the Bloom Garden Party. It’s a journey where the destination is even more unknown than last year. Let’s move ahead, using the dreams Ruri and the others hold dear as our guiding light! Somehow, thanks to our juniors, we can really see what we’re doing from a new perspective. We’re doing something goddess-level challenging! But maybe that’s exactly why — in response to the call, we have to bring happiness just like a goddess! Eh, Saint is different from God? Enough of that!

You know! Hime was meant to be my partner for the shoot! So I thought she’d be walking right next to me, but then she goes, “This time, I want to admire Goddess Ruri from afar,” and she wouldn’t budge for five hours! In the end, we ended up with a setup where she’s watching me from a distance because she insisted it would make the best composition. It's fine. The picture turn out great, and Ruri likes it too! Hime seemed like she still wanted to admire Ruri from afar. Or maybe she felt unsure about being my equal as my partner. I was a little worried, so I asked her, “Are you forcing yourself to be my partner?” And you know what she said? Hime’s proud to stand beside me as my partner, and she wants to be that way. She’s happy with our current relationship. But that doesn't mean she feels like she can stand completely beside her, so she chose this composition as a declaration of her desire to catch up. Hime said it so seriously, so Ruri nodded in agreement. But then she said something like, “Okay, according to my plan,” Hey! Seriously, you’re just fangirling, aren’t you?!