Volume 4 Chapter 1 (1/2)

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Chapter 1: The Devilish Truth Stare Disappeared!?

The start of the weekAs per usual, I headed over to Rikka's apartement was that on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I headed over to Rikka's apartment, while on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Rikka headed over to my house to pick me up

That it had also almost been a year since we had started this custoht

In other words, almost a year had passed since I had first ed contracts with Rikka It was nostalgic, rean

While I had been a bit interested in her from the start (when I saw her back then, cute hat came to mind Of course, it was the sained that I would end up going out with Rikka, nor would I have dreamed that the two of us would have dated for around a year

Or rather, now that I think about it, the event that first sparked us exchanging contracts was a rather impossible develop to Rikka, two of us hadenrolled at this school, but, as sad as it is, since I couldn't actually re of ours really happened, as when I asked a bunch of people about this indirectly, they responded with, ”If I'm not mistaken, when the results were announced you had shouted so!), that wasn't what I meant by iirl that they were escorting after said girl's eye started to suddenly hurt, and for that said soirl: other than me, there was no one else in the world that would have experienced an event like that

But, then again, when I think about it, I guess it could be said that it was predestined

I'lad that Rikka had chuunibyou

And that I had it too - although I had, at that time, claimed that I was a former chuunibyou patient, perhaps it was actually thanks to being infected with chuunibyou that I was able to sympathise with Rikka

That's what I honestly think

While I, for some reason or other, reia of being contracted to Rikka for close to a year, I arrived at the front of Rikka's apartment

The first time that I came to Rikka's apartment, her apartment did not have an intercothened, her home was now equipped with an intercom

There were a variety of reasons for why an intercoht now, there wasn't a particular need for me to press it

I had arrived on time, just like I said I would

When I stood in front of the door, without having the time to press the intercom - the door to Rikka's apart happened the first time I caood , Yuuta”

said Rikka as she cah it was a phrase that I had used an awful lot in the past, it was precisely because of just how much I had overused that phrase s felt

It wasn't at the sort of level where things feel off

To start, her uniform was normal The frills that she had added to her skirt had disappeared The various accessories that she used to ere also gone Opposite froht arm, but that was probably just to hide Yumeha's doodle from the other day But one - while that in and of itself was not problematic, as there occasionally ”release period” days where she didn't wear her eyepatch, the thing behind her eyepatch, Rikka's eye, was not gold

In other words

It was not the Devilish Truth Stare

”G-goodher a question that went straight to the point

”Ahaha Well Don't be surprised, okay…?”

Although Rikka's tone, choice of words, and behaviour felt extreed to nod , the Devilish Truth Stare had disappeared…”

It was earth-shattering - in other words, it was so beyond my comprehension

”That's why, I'm normal today”

”Rather, even the way that you talk has changed!?”

”Maybe the way I talked before had also been one of its abilities…”

”Of course it would be one of the Devilish Truth Stare's abilities!!! Wait, huh!? Are you feeling okay!?”

”Y-yeah! I feel like I' that, Rikka made a pose where she extended both of her hands to the sky

…Preparing to forh, it was a mystery as to whether it was the correct pose to y one had

”I, I see… For the ti to hear… At least for now…”

It was also arelieved by her ”energy” point, but, well, it was better to be energetic and healthy than not It seemed that it wasn't the case that she had lost the Devilish Truth Stare due to having suffered fro

”Um, can you think of why the Devilish Truth Stare had disappeared…?”

”H, I just suddenly felt that it was gone…”

”Is that so…?”

”S-sorry?”

”No no, it's not Rikka's fault at all”

Hah - I took a deep breath

Previously, I had been so surprised that ht up withto calm down

By nohen it came to the Devilish Truth Stare, I was under the impression that it was a real ability of Rikka, but when I think about it calmly - it was the product of her chuunibyou… the Devilish Truth Stare

Eh, then, could this be a hidden cah it was rather rude of , I went and checkedfor Dekomori to come out from somewhere and say, ”Te-tete-te-death! You have been deceived, Idiot Fla to be the case

And from how Rikka looked too: it didn't seem like she had planned for a hidden camera prank