Vol 1 Chapter 13 (1/2)
“Sorry about that, Masaki It started getting out of hand,” said shi+rley as the two climbed the stairs
“Don’t worry about it It wasn’t your fault He acted a bit strange, but he’s only your classht?”
“Of course!”
It didn’t look like he believed her
shi+rley looked troubled
“In Year 1, I didn’t have a partner, so Ishounuma asked me to be his”
“Really!? Did you hang around with each other, was it just for the class?”
shi+rley swung her arrily
“That’s not it! It’s not like that I had just become a member of the school committee, and the rule is that everyone must have a partner!”
“Ah… the committee”
“But in the end I didn’t become his partner – I paired up with someone else I wonder if he misunderstood because I didn’t directly turn him down? Well, it did look like we’re pretty close”
“But isn’t it better to be on good terms with people, no matter who they are?”
“Yes, but… I didn’t mean to cause trouble between us… but isn’t it weird that everyone else thinks I’e! Strange!”
Maybe it’s because Ishounuma acts like they’re close in order to cause other people to
misunderstand
“I think he’slike that”
“Well… you could have said that he was being a pain, too”
“Did you say that?”
“Yes, many times I said it plain as day, too!”
Masaki had never been approached by soine what it would be like However, he was able to understand that this was troubling shi+rley just by looking at her face
When she reached the landing, shi+rley suddenly turned around to face Masaki
“I’e ht?”
“It’s alright since you explained everything Of course I believe you”
“Then, that’s fine… for the record, I would never have a special relationshi+p with someone who discriminates by level!”
Masaki had begun to pant by the time they reached the 15th floor
Masaki lifted his glasses and rubbed his nose
“Phe that youabout attitudes towards levels… as that about?”
“Don’t worry about it It’s just a number”
“I don’t know very much about it… are levels important?”
A surprised look appeared on shi+rley’s face
“Masaki, you don’t know anything about levels?”
“I only just transferred schools Didn’t I tell you that I didn’t understand anything in the transfer documents?”
“Then, what about Dialecte and Globaliser?”
Masaki was astonished He stared intensely at shi+rley
“Aed from when you were a child”
“Wh-what? What do you mean?”
“I didn’t expect such difficult-sounding words to seem so normal to you”
“Huh? Nihaha, is that so? Is it a?” shi+rley’s chest swelled with pride
“I think it’s really as are Dialecte and Globaliser?”
shi+rley stiffened Her face fell
Then she groaned, “Uuu… What did you say? I feel like going shouting ‘Yaa!’ and whacking you Nya…”
“Thanks I’ve got it now”
“Really?”
“Yeah You’re still shi+rley!”
“Nihaha”
Masaki understood – shi+rley had disappeared seven years ago because of her ability, and now, thanks to that same talent, he was able to reunite with shi+rley
“…Sinceeven if I study hard and take extra classes”
“It’s normal for your power to be weak and your level to be lohen you’ve only just awakened I’e soon, so don’t let it bother you, alright?”
“Oh, so is the strength of the ability the level?”
“It kinda is The teacher said so about test results”
“Is it important in this school?”
“Even though the classes are divided by levels, I say that everyone is important… so to me it doesn’t matter”
“Really?”
“Well, we all use the same cafeteria!”
“I see That’s a strong argument”
shi+rley said that she was in class A If classes are deterhest level students?
That Ishounu froh level, too
“You don’t need to worry about that The level is just a number, a number!”