“Yo~ Kuze! Last week’s debate was great, you know!”
“Heard that you beat that Taniyama-san? I didn’t
expect that …. If only I didn’t have a tutoring schedule, I would’ve gone to
watch too.”
On Monday after the debate. As Masachika entered the classroom, he was
greeted by voices of curiosity and admiration from his classmates.
classmates.
“That’s too bad. You really should have seen it.”
“Seriously though, yesterday’s debate was a very fierce battle. Honestly,
I didn’t expect it to be such an interesting debate.”
Apparently, even before Masachika arrived, his classmates were already
talking about the topic. Suffice to say, last week’s debate had already become a topic among the students.
“When I first heard Taniyama-san’s argument, I honestly thought that she had already won.”
“That’s right, especially since your side didn’t say anything during the question and answer session after that.”
“Hey, how far did your strategy go?”
“Well, at least let me put my things away first….”
Masachika then went to his seat, and smiled wryly at his classmates who crowded around him excitedly.
(No, if you’re so curious, why don’t you just ask the
other participant…)
While doing tsukkomi inwardly, he glanced at the other person in question… or rather, Kujou Alisa’s figure to be precise. She was one of the other main stars of the debate, but there was no one around her.
This showed how reluctant others were who wanted to talk to her.
(Well, it’s not that I don’t understand their feelings… But as long as she wants to
run for student council president, this problem should not be allowed to continue.)
Let alone having to win the support of the students in the election of the
Student Council elections, she couldn’t even communicate well with her classmates.
Therefore, Masachika decided to forcibly involve Alisa
in the topic of conversation.
“Good morning, Alya”
“Yes, good morning.”
As usual, the textbooks were spread out in the hands of Alisa who looked up
her face and returned Masachika’s greeting. Although her classmates were
talking about them, Alisa was preparing her textbooks without
paying any attention to it.
(Maybe she doesn’t know how to react to stories about
herself, but… the classmates were also at a loss as to what to talk about
with her.)
While laughing inwardly at his partner who was still awkward in her
relationship issues, Masachika said as he pointed at the group of people behind him..
“Looks like they want to hear your heroic story from last week.”
“Eh?”
Masachika put down his bag and looked back at his classmates,
who looked just as confused as Alisa, then raised her hand and
said.
“In that case, ask Alya for details. Because I have a gacha session waiting for me.”
“””Ooi!””
His classmates could only smile wryly as Masachika
took out his smartphone with a serious face. Regardless of their reactions,
Masachika quickly switched to his smartphone and actually started the
the game app.
“Alya, then. I’ll leave the rest to you.”
“Uh, wait a minute–“
Across from Masachika, a confused Alisa and her classmates were
were facing each other. While her classmates exchanged glances
to see who would speak first, Masachika silently glanced at
Hikaru who was sitting in the seat in front of her. Accurately understanding the intent of
of his gaze, Hikaru called out to Alisa with a wry smile on his face.
“Kujou-san, did you think of that argument yourself at the debate yesterday? Or was it the result of a discussion with Masachika?”
“Eh? Ah… I did think of it myself. But I also got input from Kuze-kun…”
“Oh, I see. I was very surprised. It turns out Kujou-san can give a speech
well.”
“Te-Thank you?”
After Hikaru spoke to her, the other classmates gradually
started talking to Alisa.
Once they started talking, their curiosity
outweighed their reluctance to talk to each other, and the
conversation quickly developed.
“Was that also your strategy of not asking anything during the question and answer session?”
“That’s right. We’ve already decided about that beforehand.”
“Then, why did Kuze suddenly take over?”
“Regarding that, I didn’t expect it either…”
Despite her unfamiliarity, Alisa still tried to answer each of their questions.
and Masachika nodded inwardly in satisfaction as he looked at the gacha game on his screen.
With Alisa at the center, the class 1-B group looked very lively and festive, but… when a male student said something, the atmosphere suddenly changed.
“But it’s unfortunate. Taniyama-san suddenly ran away in the middle of the
of the debate. Somehow it feels a bit disappointing, doesn’t it~?”
He was probably feeling happy because he got a rare chance to talk with
with Alisa, the prettiest girl in the entire year, and said that with the
that with the intention of putting her in a good mood.
Then some of the other male students chimed in, and blatantly
creating a conversation that put Sayaka down.
“That’s right. Even though she challenged herself, but she just ran away
in the middle of the road, that’s not cool at all.”
“That’s right~ running away when faced with an enemy, that’s really lame.
really sucks.”
“In the question and answer session, it was completely in Kujou-san’s favor.
Probably since she’s never lost a debate, could she be a little vulnerable?”
In their imaginations, they expected Alisa’s reaction to be something like
“Well, she’s not as great as rumored” … but actually, Alisa’s reaction upon hearing that
that was….
” ….. “
She quietly pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows. The classmates
around her looked puzzled by her unexpected reaction and dissatisfied face. In the unexpected silence and slightly awkward atmosphere,
Alisa stood up from her seat.
“Kuze-kun, come with me for a moment”
“Hmm? Oh.”
When his name was suddenly called, Masachika stood up from her seat, then
put her cell phone in her pocket, and pretended to have just realized
something.
“Ah, oh yeah~ I have some business about the student council. Sorry, you can
ask again later.”
After giving an excuse to his classmates, he then chased after Alisa
who was leaving the classroom.
Masachika followed Alisa silently as she
walked quickly, and finally called out to her when she had entered the
student council room.
“So, what happened?”
When Masachika asked, Alisa raised her eyebrows silently. However, Masachika somehow knew the cause of Alisa’s annoyance.
“Are you that unhappy to see Taniyama being demonized?”
“…After all, Taniyama-san has her reasons—“
“She challenged us to an argument and ran away in the middle of the
of the debate. What our classmates are saying is nothing wrong.”
“But, that…!”
Alisa shouted involuntarily, but she was unable to utter a single word,
and only pursed her lips in frustration.
“Haa…”
“…”
Masachika accurately guessed what Alisa wanted to say. She then
sighed. This situation was too awkward.
“…It is true that we know the reason behind Taniyama’s actions. We
“……”
“But clearly, we have fought fairly and openly. So, no matter
what others say about Taniyama, we don’t need to bother
worry about it. Right?”
“I understand that. But the truth is, we still haven’t won. The debate
yesterday… was a bit like an invalid debate, wasn’t it?”
Still, she was not satisfied. Alisa knew that the root cause of
Sayaka’s behavior was because she was paired with Masachika. She did not want to
admit it. The victory she achieved was obtained in an ambiguous way.
Because she had high and noble self-esteem.
“Then, what do you want to do? For example… yes, just think of this as a
a trial. If we somehow announce that the debate
yesterday was an invalid match and restore the honor of
Taniyama… Then, the victory we achieved would also be a waste, right?
To raise the honor of the loser is to lower the honor of the winner.”
“…..”
“Moreover, we don’t know if Taniyama herself wants such a thing. You could say that the winner’s pity and helping hand is an an act of trampling on the last pride of the loser. After all, the person
who declared defeat was Miyamae, Taniyama’s partner.”
“…I know.”
As Masachika explained calmly, Alisa still maintained her
her dissatisfied expression. She might understand, but she still didn’t
accept it.
Rationally speaking, the right course of action for Masachika and
Alisa is to “feign ignorance” about this matter. They should
sincerely accept Nonoa’s statement of defeat and act as the winner with an unconcerned face.
That’s what Masachika thought and Alisa knew very well that it was probably the right thing to do.
However, Masachika didn’t scold Alisa by saying “you’re so stubborn” or “if you don’t like it, just do as you please”, but he just quietly watched Alisa who seemed to be in a dilemma.
(Oh, how beautiful… it’s too dazzling)
If it was just to win the election, He could have given
various reasons to convince Alisa. But for Masachika… there’s more to it than that.
He wanted to protect Alisa’s radiance. He wanted to make Alisa
as student council president in a way that she could accept. Therefore ….
“Well, even if you think about it rationally… I don’t care about that.”
“Eh?”
“What matters is what you want to do. Come on, don’t hold it in
with that sullen face, you can let it all out.”
He just wanted to convince her of this matter. So when
Masachika said that to her in a teasing tone, Alisa looked annoyed.
“What do I want to do… That’s right, I want to help Taniyama-san. But
that—“
“Hmm, alright. Let’s do that.”
“Eh?”
Alisa looked surprised as Masachika casually shrugged her shoulders and
accepted it without hesitation.
“…Is that okay? As you said, Taniyama-san probably doesn’t
want it… this is just for my own satisfaction, you know? Besides, your efforts
in the debate will also be in vain…”
“I don’t mind. Instead of continuing to stall over this matter, it’s better to
resolve it quickly and have a pleasant closing ceremony.”
Alisa apologized with a guilty face as Masachika said so
without hesitation.
“…I really apologize. For saying something so troublesome.”
“Don’t think about it too much…. I told you, didn’t I? That I will ‘support you’.”
Alisa recalled Masachika’s words. The promise Masachika had made on that day
that day,
“I’ll stand by your side” he said.
“Kuze-kun…”
In front of Masachika who scratched his head and averted his gaze
because he realized he was blushing, something came up from deep inside Alisa’s heart.
As if to confirm it, Alisa clasped her hands tightly against her chest.
The uncontrollable emotion in her eyes was shown to Masachika.
However, Masachika who was receiving such an intense and passionate gaze….
was thinking that now was not the time for that.
Because he realized it. As he looked away toward the window of the student council room to hide her embarrassment, there was something …. reflected behind the chairman’s desk. There were two figures lurking there.
(Someone peeping)
The peeping Toms are the Chair and Vice Chair.
They are the two the most famous lovebirds in the school. The big Touya and the tall Chisaki were pressed up against each other under the table. Of course, the closeness between them has reached MAX level.
(Isn’t their situation very much like a romantic comedy…)
Masachika put aside his own situation and swallowed his saliva with a
shivering.
(What is this… about that? The situation where they were alone together, then
heard the sound of people coming and hurriedly hid, but only just
realized “Eh? Don’t we need to hide at all?”, that kind of situation
Instead of hiding in the locker, they hide under the table. They’re a true baka-couple…!)
By now, Masachika guessed that they must have exchanged conversations
like, “Hey-Hey, don’t touch in weird places!”
“Ouch! What is, can’t be helped, right? After all, the place is cramped anyway!”.
If everything continues in this order, then their breathing is
close together, their bodies will start sweating, and their hearts will beat
no one can stop them and they will go as far as they can.
(So that’s it, the main event is over there huh? Hmm, then
as a good kouhai, I should come out with an indifferent face when the
the time is right, and subtly get rid of people. You could say that this is the behavior of a well-trained stage actor)
Having drawn such a conclusion with an otaku-style way of thinking with full
full capacity, Masachika then turned to Alisa …. but he was taken aback
at the sight of Alisa, who had the expression of a love-struck girl.
(Hmm!? Uh, what the hell!? Isn’t this a romantic comedy event too!? Guh,
damn it. I drew the wrong conclusion!! This is… not just a close encounter
close event between two people who are hiding, both physically and mentally
but it’s also an event that makes you feel excited because of the
affected by the romantic comedy vibe!! Besides being the trigger to bring them
bring them closer, but we also make them become more
make out!!)
As Masachika’s train of thought drifted towards 2D, Alisa closed the distance between them. She looked at Masachika with a passionate gaze. She even
cupped her hands in front of her chest.
(Ah, this is useless. What’s useless? Everything. Anyway, it’s useless.
At this rate, I’ll inevitably need to change the atmosphere by
forcee—!? .)
Driven by an overwhelming sense of crisis, Masachika decided to
make a forbidden genre change. That’s right, from the romantic comedy genre to a serious one.
“So, how long are you going to keep hiding? Chairman, Chisaki-senpai”
When Masachika uttered the sentence that always tops the
in the list of If you’re an otaku, I want to try saying this sentence,
Alisa made an “Eh?” expression, and at the same time, there was a thud from under the chairman’s desk
(Ah, they bumped their heads)
As if it was none of her business, Masachika looked at Touya who was standing with an awkward expression.
with an awkward expression. Soon after, Chisaki also stood up,
her eyes glancing here and there.
“Oh, ….. sorry, I missed the time to show up”
“That’s right, that’s right, we were looking for something that fell to the floor, but we couldn’t
show up because it looks like you guys are talking about something serious….”
Chisaki tried to make up a far-fetched excuse, but Masachika did not
reply to her excuses with tsukkomi. He thought it was not the time for that.
“Hmm… in that case, how about we both pretend that we did not
heard or saw what just happened?”
“Ah, well. Alright, agreed. Let’s do that.”
“Then, let’s go, Alya.”
After quickly agreeing to the interests of two relatively calm people,
Masachika left the student council room with Alisa. After closing the door and
heaved a sigh of relief ….. suddenly, her gaze met Alisa’s. Instantly, Alisa
stepped back while making a blushing face.
“Ah, uhm, I…”
Her anxiety became even more obvious as she spoke quietly. Alisa, who
couldn’t take it anymore, started to turn her body around and exclaimed.
“I..- I have something to do…!”
Then, uncharacteristically, Alisa hurried away at a run. As for
“I wonder if I should stick my ear in the door and eavesdrop on what’s going on inside… If this was a scene in a manga, the door would open
with a loud noise and shouted, “Since when have you been there!”, but
I have a feeling that Chisaki-senpai will find out ….”
Masachika muttered to himself, and thought seriously as he looked at the door of the
student council room over his shoulder. He was indeed a true reflection of an otaku …. Well,
you could say that it’s just an escape from reality
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇
Uwaaahhh, check it out. Fimmel’s new work is really cute, you know~”
“Ah, that’s really good~ I want it too~. But this month, my allowance isn’t
a lot.”
“Fimmel? Ah, I might be able to get it through my acquaintances, you know?
But that’s if you can advertise it on SNS.”
“Eh~ seriously? That’s great!”
“Oi oi, you have about 6,000 followers, right? Can’t you get that many?”
“Evil! I don’t want to be told by someone who doesn’t have a thousand followers
~”
Lunch break. In the end, ever since the incident in the morning, Alisa had refused to talk to him, and gave off an aura of “Don’t talk
to me, don’t look at me”, so Masachika went to visit class 1-D alone
to resolve the situation. But …. Masachika was confused as soon as he saw
the person he wanted to meet.
Based on the first letter of her surname, he thought that the person he was
was sitting on a chair near the aisle, so Masachika thought that he could
call out to him briefly from the window of the hallway… but apparently, that plan was
was still a bit naive.
(Damn it! What a strong riajuu aura …..! Useless. More than this ….. I
can’t get close. ….. !!)
The person Masachika wanted to meet was Miyamae Nonoa, the opponent from the debate battle from a few days ago.
She was the center of the people surrounding her. Besides Nonoa, there were four other students, two males
and two girls, who could be seen at a glance that they were in the highest caste in the school.
Besides having beautiful and handsome faces from the start, they also
dressed in a style that almost violated school rules. And they
didn’t seem to feel guilty about dressing like that, as if to
pointing out, “How can I possibly look stylish if I’m afraid of the
of the counseling teacher!”. This external factor gives off a sparkling aura that
deter people from the middle and lower castes from approaching them.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, Nonoa, who is the center of the group, is being
…
“Nee~ nee~, Nonoa. What do you think of this?”
“Hmm~?”
Playing with the smartphone on her chair with her eyes half-closed, without joining in the conversations of the people around her .
“This is Fimmel’s new work. Doesn’t it look good~?”
“Ah~ is it? Hmm~ I used one of the products from the same series
for the photo shoot the other day, but I felt that it wasn’t very good.”
“Eh~ really? Then it’s a no go ah~”
“Oi oi, it didn’t work out?”
“Yes. After all, Nonoa, who has seen the real thing, said so, right~”
“That’s right~, oh yes Nonoa. Won’t you come to my house party on
This Sunday? One of my relatives is a fan of yours, you know.”
“Ehh~? Before the exam like this?”
Crony… Yes, cronies. Both men and women crowded
around her, and were trying to talk to her in an attempt to attract
Nonoa’s attention. Meanwhile, Nonoa herself was only fiddling with her smartphone
as she dealt with them. She looked like a queen and a crony trying to please her mood.
“Then, while studying too. Please!”
“Eh~”
“Hmmp~ Hasn’t Nonoa become more and more indifferent lately?”
When one of her cronies pouted, Nonoa who had been playing with her
her smartphone indifferently, suddenly put it away, then stood up from her chair,
then smiled and hugged the girl.
“That’s a lie, I was just joking~. Party? Of course I’ll come~”
Nonoa then released her embrace, and then turned to Masachika
as she leaned out the window on the side of the hallway.
“Kuzecchi, is there anything you need?”
“I-I-Yes. Well there’s something I want to talk about”
“I see~, we can’t talk here?”
“Well that’s the way it is. If you can…”
“Okay.”
Nonoa nodded without asking Masachika’s reasoning, and told the
the people around her.
“In that case, I’ll leave first for a while.”
“Ah yes”
“We can talk about it later.”
“Yes.”
“Ready~”
The cronies looked at Masachika with various emotions, and
then dispersed as if to say,
“If Nonoa isn’t here, I don’t care anymore..”
(They really are her cronies…)
As Masachika watched the scene with both dismay and admiration,
Nonoa who came out of the classroom called out to her while ruffling her hair.
“So, where are we going? Do you want to go to the empty classroom?”
“Yes, that’s right… wait, your hairstyle today is even more amazing.”
Masachika’s cheeks twitched as she took a closer look at Nonoa’s hairstyle.
Nonoa always styled her own blonde hair to her liking, but today
she was braiding her hair in various styles and ribbons in various places, which
which makes her look amazing. Even so, the fact that the hairstyle
didn’t look like a failure was impressive enough.
“Oh~ you mean this? When I handed it over to Shunacchi and Miyapi,
for some reason~ it turned out like this. Oh yeah. While I’m wearing this style, let’s take a
take a photo to upload to SNS ah~”
After saying that, she immediately took out her smartphone,
raised it high, and took a selfie as if she was used to it.
Masachika was even a little impressed with the technique of creating poses and expressions
that would look good in an instant, as well as her boldness in using her
smartphone in the hallway, which was prohibited by school rules.
“Hm, the result is good”
“That’s it…then, this way. “
“Okay~”
Once they reached the empty classroom, Nonoa leaned against the wall
with her arms crossed, her eyes half-closed, and she didn’t seem as
motivated as usual.
“So, what’s up? If this was a confession of love, it would be fine…but that’s not it,
right?”
“Yes… well, if it’s a confession of love, is it okay?”
When Masachika couldn’t help but ask back to the statement that she couldn’t
ignore, Nonoa tilted her head while fiddling with her hair. in her hair
with her fingers.
“Hmm~ right now I’m single anyway~? Well anyway, I don’t hate
Kuzecchi too”
“No, no, not with the person you hate, but the person you like.
“If that’s what you mean, I’ve never once dated a person I like”
“It seems like I heard something astonishing just now oi.”
“What can you do, right? I don’t really understand the feeling of
love.”
Masachika lowered his eyebrows with mixed feelings to Nonoa
who shrugged her shoulders casually as she said that.
“…I don’t intend to criticize your love life, but it’s better if you’d
appreciate yourself more, you know?”
Hearing Masachika’s words, Nonoa who had been acting indifferent, began to
opened her eyes and smiled somewhat happily.
“Aha, Sayacchi also said the same thing. Well but, she even slapped
my face.”
“….. Seriously? It turns out that Taniyama once slapped his best friend, huh”
“Ah..well, that’s just it~ yes”
Masachika just sighed without expecting an answer from Nonoa, who
turned her smile into a wry smile and averted her eyes.
“What have you done?”
“Hmm~? Well, with my boyfriend at that time? I was caught kissing
in the classroom, something like that? Even if it goes too far, maybe I
could get to stage B or Something like that”
(TN: Idk according to some website, in Japan there are 4 stages, A, B, C and D to describe the various different levels of sexual intimacy.
A: Any form of mouth to mouth kissing, especially “French” kissing
B: Feeling or groping of breasts or genitalia, either through clothing or directly skin to skin
C: Oral stimulation or “fingering” of genitalia
D: Intercourse)
“You-, geez…”
“Ahha… do you believe that?”
Masachika widened his eyes as she heard an unexpected answer that
had a double meaning. Masachika swallowed and then said
with a trembling voice to Nonoa who raised one eyebrow, and
smiled ignorantly.
“Isn’t that clearly an encounter scene in Yuri genre manga?
…!!”
“…Kuzecchi’s nature is like that, I quite like it, you know~”
“That’s a scene from two pages of the first chapter. The bitchy chairman
looks down on the girl who is making out with a guy in class, but for
some reason, she can’t look away…”
“Oi~, wake up quickly~”
“Ah, yes…Uhumm”
When Masachika coughed, Nonoa sighed and said while playing with her hair.
“Well, the love confession thing was just a joke …. I’ve been
refrained from playing around with guys since I was told by Sayacchi.”
“So you’re saying that you’re playing around with guys ….. you’re still in 1st year of high school, right?”
“Already, that’s …. so? What’s the matter?”‘
Masachika changed his expression as Nonoa looked at her with a carefree attitude and relaxed.
“Hmm…well, something. It’s about Taniyama…”
“Ah, I don’t know why Sayacchi is absent today. That girl, when she’s
not in the mood must always be like this ….. So what?”
“…… At last week’s debate, there were many rumors circulating that Taniyama
challenged us to a debate, but she herself ran away, right? I
want to talk about whether we can suppress that rumor a bit.”
“…Hmm~? …. Is Kuzecchi the type to care about that?”
As Nonoa tilted her head, Masachika replied while raising his shoulders.
“My partner is the one who cares about it…”
“Ahh, I see~”
After nodding understandingly, Nonoa looked up at the ceiling with a
mixed feelings of disbelief and admiration.
“That… is really a good trait.”
“Rather than being kind… she’s always serious, in various matters.”
“Even so, there’s no denying that she has a good nature”
After saying that and chuckling, Nonoa then became serious or rather gloomy.
“So, why are you bringing up this story to me? At the very least, I am your
your enemy, you know”
“Enemy, huh…”
“Kuzecchi must have realized this, right? I have infiltrated
provocateurs and incited the audience.”
“Of course I know. Konda from class 1-A, Nagano from class 1-B, Satou and
Kunieda from class 1-D, and Kinjou from class 1-F, right?”
Masachika’s words made Nonoa widen her eyes and the corner of her mouth
twitched.
“…Seriously~? Inside that dark auditorium, you can see all the
provocateurs in the audience from the stage?”
“I can only be about 70% sure. But after seeing your reaction earlier, I
am already fully convinced.”
So you’ve already
preparing your next plan in case you lose.”
Masachika just shrugged her shoulders as Nonoa grinned and looked up
towards her. However, despite Masachika’s choice to remain silent, Nonoa
still said her guess.
“Well, it seems like teachers are becoming more sensitive now because of the threats
and bribery that happened in the election campaign a few years ago. If
the rumor that I used dirty means to win the debate yesterday
came up, the teachers couldn’t ignore it since the debate agenda was related to the
with the management of the student council… The bigger the problem is, the more our reputation decreases, the more your reputation will increase, and vice versa. Moreover, the school will not implement the agenda proposed by the cheater.
Really~ you thought of something extraordinary~”
“…Just because you lost the debate doesn’t mean you can’t participate in the
student council president candidacy. As much as possible, I don’t want to use that method because it will ruin your reputation.”
“But I’ll use it when the time comes, right~? Uwaah,
so scary, so scary. It’s a good thing I didn’t win.”
Masachika stared coldly at Nonoa, who kept saying that she was scared
but didn’t seem to feel scared at all.
“From my point of view, you’re the scarier one. Daring to tell
your friends to do the dirty way… at a time when you could lose all your
your friends.”
“Hmm~? Well, I’m not rejecting anyone who wants to be friends with me and
not pursue those who want to stay away. To be honest, I’m not really interested
with other friends besides Sayacchi. I don’t mind if they stay away?
Something like that?”
With a very flat tone, Nonoa said something that was unexpected from a popular girl who was at the top of the school caste. However,
Masachika didn’t seem too surprised and continued to ask.
“There’s one thing I’m curious about”
“Hmm~?”
“You said that you’re not interested in other friends besides Taniyama…
In other words, you’re only interested in Taniyama, right? Why is that
is that so? That type of person should be the most difficult person to
understand, right?”
“Oh, that’s just the opposite. Because you don’t understand them, you
find them attractive and want to be with them”
“Is that so?”
Nonoa suddenly approached Masachika, who tilted his head in confusion, and said with a suspicious smile.
That was the end of their conversation.
“That’s how it will be. Then, I’ll see you again~”
“O-Ohh”
Then she immediately left the empty classroom. The unexpected turn of events
made Masachika feel a little confused and he scratched his head.
(Oh~ well, it’s similar to that. In the manga, the main character calls out
shinobi by saying ○○, are you there? and then answered Haa,
I’m here and ordered to chase after him. Be careful not to get
get caught)
Masachika’s otaku-style train of thought raced as he thought about the situation
situation where he was having a discussion with the other party in an empty classroom, and the fact that there was someone in the student council room this morning when he thought it was empty. While laughing at himself, Masachika tried to
call out the name of his childhood friend whose behavior was not much different from the
with shinobi.
“Ayano”
She immediately felt embarrassed and mumbled,
“What the hell am I doing?”,
while trying to leave the classroom quickly …..
“Yes, Masachika-sama”
“UooEi!?”
…Masachika jumped in surprise when he heard a voice coming from behind
his back.
She turned around and widened her eyes to see that Ayano was really there.
there.
“Why are you here?!”
“Because Masachika-sama seemed to call out to me.”
Ayano said it as if it was a natural thing as she tilted her
(Because I called out to her?! Uh, what? Something like a summoning technique
like that? If you’re summoned, you’ll move to my place? Or is this a
a typical kunoichi bunshin technique? Have you finally mastered the
bunshin?!)
Masachika was so confused that her cerebral train of thought
became overloaded. Then, a new voice came from
behind her.
“Oi Oi, have you forgotten me already? Onii-chan~”
Turning around, he saw Yuki leaning against the wall with her arms crossed and a stiff smile on her face.
and a stiff smile decorating his face.
“Seriously, why are you two here!!!”
“Fufu~, let me explain. I’ve confirmed that you’re trying to make
contact with your enemy, Nonoa… realizing that, I immediately
preceded you and hid under the table.”
Yuki approached with one eye wide open and smiled fearlessly
like a criminal.
In response, Masachika inwardly thought
“Again under the table?” and asked.
“Then, what happened exactly?”
“When we were playing around with secret talks in an empty classroom,
we didn’t expect that there was actually a secret talk about to start.”
“Seriously, what the hell are you guys doing”
The classroom door opened with a crunching sound as Masachika became increasingly
fed up with the mysterious power word
“playful secret talks”.
“Kuze-kun? Are you inside?”
Probably because she could hear voices from inside. As Alisa tried to
peek into the classroom… the expression on her face was instantly stunned when she
seeing the three of them.
“…Hmm”
“Alya-san? It looks like you might have misunderstood something?”
“What? I don’t think it’s strange for three childhood friends to play together”
“But how come your face looks so scary?”
“That’s just your imagination. Then, please have fun.”
He then closed the classroom door. However, just before the door closed, Alisa
muttered to herself with a slightly pouty expression.
{What the hell, why didn’t you invite me too?}
And that expression was immediately hidden behind the door.
“…”
Masachika, who was standing there frozen, felt that he had done something wrong, a mistake, even though he didn’t do anything wrong. Yuki then
spoke to him in a tone similar to that of a market thug.
“Aniki… This is about it, anyway. I made lunch for Kuze-kun
because he helped me a lot during the debate, but where is he?” and
he was looking around the school.”
“Don’t just make up your own story! You can see for yourself anyway,
Alya didn’t bring her lunch box!”
“Well, maybe she put it in the courtyard or something, together
with a vinyl mat like someone having a picnic.”
“Hentikaaaaaannnnn!”
Yuki put her hands on the shoulders of Masachika who was shouting and
thumbs up with an annoying smile.
“How is it? You must feel guilty, right?”
“Yes, thanks to you!”
Ayano watched from a distance as the two siblings began to
communicate like a comedian duo.
Her face was still as expressionless as ever, but the look in her eyes seemed to be
seeing something precious. Even so, she who devoted herself
to being the air, felt his steel resolve to never do
something that interfered with their time together… unintentionally, Ayano
felt like a fan watching over her favorite couple.
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇
Nonoa realized that she was the type of person commonly referred to as a
“psychopath”.
Since childhood, she had never experienced the ups and downs of emotions, and had never
felt the sadness that almost brought her to tears, the anger that
rage, or joy that made her dance. Although she
felt uncomfortable, but it was something she could control before expressing it.
For Nonoa who was like that, her childhood friend Sayaka had always been someone
that she never understood. A rare beast that was usually obedient, but also
sometimes went on sudden rampages. An existence that she could not understand
at all, but she was fine with that.
Nonoa did not really understand human emotions. She could not even empathize.
That was why, she was able to calmly analyze her own actions
and the reactions of others objectively, and then play the role of the person they wanted to be. What words to say, what facial expressions to make, and what actions to take.
Once she could understand it,
Nonoa could control Sayaka with ease. Her parents also
wanted her to be good friends with Sayaka. Let’s be friends naturally
…or, so she thought. Until the events of that day ….
[Don’t be such a cheap girl! You have to take care of yourself!!]
It was the first time that someone had actually gotten angry and
slapped her.
For Nonoa, who had always acted like a good girl since she was a little girl, the sharp stare
and his scathing words, as well as the stinging hot sensation on her cheek
were new to her. She felt that her heart, which had never
never felt anything no matter what kind of boy she touched,
was beating very fast.
“The meeting scene in Yuri’s manga, huh~… Maybe it really isn’t much
different?”
While walking back to her class, Nonoa talked to herself while
remembering her conversation with Masachika. Her face broke into a slight smile as she
thinking of how to restore Sayaka’s honor… But the truth was,
she had already come up with a solution when discussing it with Masachika.
After found the solution, Masachika might be able to predict her actions if
she told the solution, so Nonoa immediately cut off the conversation and
left Masachika.
(Even so… I’m sure that I only prepared 4 provocateurs, really?)
Nonoa tilted her head slightly as she recalled the names of the five people that
Masachika mentioned.
(Kinjou from class 1-F? If she’s not my messenger, then she’s purely anti-Kujosan huh~?)
Hmmm~~ she tilted her head and made up her mind as she
saw that the classroom was near.
(Well, this time we’ve inconvenienced Kujou-san and Kuzecchi, as a form of
apology, maybe I’ll deal with Kinjou-kun or the
later~)
Having decided so, Nonoa opened the classroom door and returned to her
her seat.
“Aah~ Nonoa is finally back”
“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time~. What did you talk about with Kuze from
class 1-B?”
“Ah~ it’s about Sayacchi. Since Sayacchi didn’t come in today, he became
curious and asked me.”
As soon as Nonoa answered the questions of her friends who immediately
approached, they looked at her strangely.
“Taniyama? She didn’t come in today?”
“Is it because she lost the debate~? So she still hasn’t recovered from that?”
“Uh~ no, no. I’m the cause myself. I’m the one who caused
Sayacchi left the debate halfway through.”
“E-Eh? What the heck is that?”
“The truth? How come I’ve never heard of it anyway!”
Seeing her friends’ gazes sparkling with curiosity, Nonoa…
“Oh~ actually during the debate the other day, it seems that Sayacchi found out
that I infiltrated provocateurs in the audience? Something like that? And
then Sayacchi said, I don’t want to win in such a sneaky way!
So she was really upset? She felt angry and didn’t want to continue
the debate…”
…She said it in a manner that didn’t seem like a big deal.