Vol 1 Chapter 16 (1/2)
A huge greenhouse came into my sight.
Everyone in cla.s.s went picking flowers which would then be used in the next flower arrangement course.
“We do that by ourselves, huh?”
“Yes. If we pluck them ourselves, it will make us want to carefully arrange them; that’s what our teachers told us.”
Arisugawa-san said. I see, I think I’d feel the same. Guess I should give it some good thinking, huh?
“…I wonder if I can even do a flower arrangement…”
“If it’s Kimito-sama, then I’m sure. With my humble support, anything will be possible.”
“Yeah, I’m in your hands.”
“Yes. For many years to come.”
“Ha?”
“Eh?”
Arisugawa-san would recently daydream and say the weirdest things.
At those times, I’d always feel a gaze stinging my back and for certain reasons I was convinced that it came from Aika, who was currently walking right behind me.
We entered the greenhouse.
A girl was squatting in front of the flowerbed.
She had long hair, cut evenly. I was taken aback by her beauty at first.
Her gaze was fixated on the flowers, it felt cold and oozed an aloof presence.
An awe-inspiring, oldschool Yamato Nades.h.i.+ko—— that’s the feeling I got from her.
My cla.s.smates looked scared.
What’s wrong?
That moment the girl stood up and noticed me.
A calm yet nimble movement, like the that of a samurai. If she’d worn a sword, it’d fit her perfectly.
*dangle*
SHE’S ONE FASTENED ON TO HER WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIST?!
She was headed for the exit, in other words, our way.
The ojou-samas hurriedly backed off into a corner.
Not even deigning to look at them for a fleeting glance, her expression continued to stay cold. While her sword clattered on her waist, she oozed the of a someone who’s bound to do some sort of martial arts, and I couldn’t see her as anything else but a beat ’em up character or someone who’d cut down zombies.
Making her way through the scared gazes in a way that sure made her look superior, she soon pa.s.sed by me.
I was just thinking that I had to make way—— from behind a, *BZZZ*, bug came flying.
As she pa.s.sed me, she turned her head into my direction.
Instantly…
“KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA————————!”
She slashed with all her strength.
The edge of the blade brushed against the tip of my nose.
“Bug! BUUUUUUG——————————!”
“UWAAAA—?!”
Her sword was totally aimed at me.
I fell on my backside and, *STAB*, she thrusted the blade right into the ground in front of my crotch.
“HIIIIIIIIII————?!”
“…Ha… Haa…”
The girl was shaking all over while teary eyed.
“…………That was scary…………”
Huh?
Even at this distance, I barely heard it. It was way too unexpected.
And right thereafter, she got back to her senses just as fast.
In the blink of an eye her face turned red.
Taking glances around her, she seemed to be embarra.s.sed and bit her lip.
‘Now I’ve done it’ was clearly written all over her face.
“…To think she would call the commoner ‘bug’ and try to cut him down…”
“Karen-sama is a terrifying person after all…”
Huh? No, you’ve got it wrong. She was simply scared by a——
“T-That’s right!”
*raise*, she pointed her sword at me.
“You d.a.m.n insect! How about I exterminate you right now?!”
“You’re completely going along with it!”
“You spirogyra!”
“Spirogyra aren’t bugs. you know?!”
“…?! S-Silence! Karen Sword Style——”
She raised her sword overhead.
“[RESOLUTION]!”
*SLASH*! A straight-lined shockwave flew across the ground, scattering the flowers in the process.
“EHHHHHHHHH———?!”
I threw myself out of its way.
“What’s with that special move?! Are you some beat ’em up character for real?!”
The ojou-sama’s screamed out.
“Who said you could evade it?!”
“Don’t be absurd!”
“[RESOLUTION]!”
“UWAAAAAAA?!”
“Tsk, this nimble Spiro— B-Bug!”
“You were trying to say spirogyra again right now, weren’t you?!”
“I was not! ———If that’s how it’s going to be, then how about this! Karen Sword Style… [PROFUSION]!”
A tornado appeared.
Karen swung her sword around with fearsome speed and an inescapable storm appeared in all directions around her.
“…”
However, the range of that couldn’t have been more than about two meters from where she was, so she just kept spinning there.
For me, being on the edge of it, it felt like a breeze of an electric fan set at medium.
Shortly after, she stopped.
“…………Haa………… Haa………… Haa.”
She had worn herself out completely.
…And her face was like a child’s who knew they had done something dumb.
The surrounding young ladies were watching intently in puzzlement too.
And then——
Their school uniforms were being ripped into small pieces and scattered to the ground like flower petals.
They were lined up in their simple yet elegant underwear.
“””””KYAAAAAA————————!”””””
They crouched down all at once.
“DON’T LOOK, IDIOT COMMONER!”
Aika looked as if her whole body had been boiled.
“Aah, again! Kimito-sama has seen me again in this shameful state—”
Maybe it was just in my head, but Arisugawa-san appeared a bit pleased even.
Did her technique cause this just now…?
“Y-You lowlife! How dare you commit such a shameless act!”
“THAT WAS YOU!”
After I’ve retorted…
*flapflapflap*…
…Huh? Isn’t it getting cold in here?
When I checked—— I was standing there looking like a bit of a maniac—only in my trunks and sneakers.
“””””KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA——————?!”””””
A far more deafening shriek than before.
Quite a number of the young ladies fainted.
But there were also those who covered their eyes with their hands and peeked through the crack between their fingers.