Chapter 2.3 (1/2)

Chapter 2.3

2.3 Cla.s.smates and Sora

The inside of the cla.s.sroom is the opposite of what the outside suggests.  It’s clean, tidy, and doesn’t have any holes.  A beam of light s.h.i.+nes in through a window and glitters, pika pika, as it reflects off a well-organized desk.

There are three students in the cla.s.sroom.  The first one is a girl with animal ears and a pink ponytail.  A beastman (beast).  The second has long, somewhat bright, beige colored hair and sharp ears.  A spirit [elf].  Probably a bisonen[1] judging from the face.  The third one is also female.  She’s tan skinned with shoulder length, milk tea ash, hair and sharp ears.  A dark spirit (dark elf).

All three bow their heads to the director [Lydia].

Sora says, “Wow, are you that amazing?”

“I am the most renowned person at this academy.  Don’t you remember how everyone we pa.s.sed bowed to me?”

The three students raise their heads as she speaks.  The beastman (beast) child looks at Sora and says, “Director-sama, who is this person?”

Sama…

“Ah, these are Sora-kun and Yami-chan.  They’ll be joining this cla.s.s as of today.  Introduce yourselves, you two.”

Sora and Yami stand in front of the blackboard.  Sora says, “My name is Sora.  She is my imoto, Yami.  Riding on my shoulder is my pet, Sura.”

Yami says, “Nice to meet you,” and Sura hops on Sora’s shoulder.

Everyone else claps once they’re finished.  Since only 4 other people are in the cla.s.sroom, this applause is really gloomy.

The beastman (beast) child stands up from her seat once everyone stops clapping.  “We’ll introduce ourselves next, desu no!  I’ll start, desu no!  My name is Asia=Cindel, desu no!  Best regards, desu no!”

Desu no~ must be a pet word…[2] “Nice to meet you.”

Asia sits down and the dark spirit (dark elf) child stands.  She says, “My name is s.h.i.+loh=Shularia.  It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

She’s polite.  “Nice to meet you.”

Once s.h.i.+loh sits down, the spirit [elf] child stands.  “M- my name is Ray=Sonaldia.  It’s a ple- pleasure to meet you.”

Don’t be so nervous…  “Nice to meet you.”

With the self-introductions completed, Sora turns to the director [Lydia].  s.h.i.+loh speaks faster than he can and asks him, “Why are all of you joining this cla.s.s?”

“That’s because—”

The director [Lydia] says, “I’ll answer.”

Great, cause I don’t know.  In other words, he was saved.

The director [Lydia] says, “Sora-kun and his group are students I enrolled under special conditions.  He is allowed to come for only 1 hour a day.  While the other cla.s.ses would probably raise various complaints, I believe the three of you will stay quiet.”

s.h.i.+loh says, “I see, you have the director-sama’s recommendation.  We definitely won’t say anything about it either, this cla.s.s already has a lot of other problems…”

“Everything will be just fine.  With Sora-kun, and the others here, you have nothing to worry about.”

“Really…?”

What kind of issues are they talking about?  …Well, not my problem.  I’m only gonna be here for an hour.

The bell rings as the director [Lydia] ends her explanation.  She then leaves while saying, “Find a good seat and s

tick to it.”

Sora takes an open chair while wondering, stick to what?  While he places Sura on the desk, Yami claims his lap.  “Hey, Yami, why are you sitting on me?”

Yami looks at Sora and says, “Being with masta is better.”

“That’s no good.  Find an open chair.”

Yami puffs out her cheeks.  “…..”

The phrase “~desu no,” carries over as Asia approaches.  She says, “The two of you are really close to each other, desu no!  Why does Yami-chan call Sora-kun ‘masta,’ desu no?”

“Ah…..”  d.a.m.n, I completely blanked on that.  A nasty rumor is gonna pop up if I don’t think of something fast.

Yami takes matters into her own hands while Sora struggles to create an excuse.  “Masta has always been masta.”

Everyone surrounds Sora before he can notice them.  All of them lean their heads forward to keep from missing a single detail.  Sora speaks once he grasps the situation.  “Ah, we came from a really distant village.  It’s customary to call ones elder brother “masta” there.”

Everyone is convinced by Sora’s desperate excuse.  Asia says, “Really, desu no!  What an interesting custom, desu no!  Tell me everything about your village later, desu no!”

s.h.i.+loh says, “I want to hear this, too.”

Ray says, “I- I also would like to listen…”

“Yeah, later.”  How annoying.

The cla.s.sroom’s door opens and in walks a person dressed in a white robe.  The person’s mouth is all that can be seen.  “Sit down~.”

Sounds like a woman.

The three return to their seats and Yami sits next to Sora.