Vol 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)
In theclassroom one month away from summer vacation, the topic of final exams and schedule for vacations shakes the class with the shrill noises of studentsShortly before ho his cheek on top of his desk as if he let his consciousness be cradled on it Throughout the week, due to his various duty and exa sleep
“Oi Yuu~ For the English passage, we only need to study till the part where Ted will have surgery in the gas station right?”
The one who spoke to hi the mood at all was Itono Kouta As a friend who had known hih school debut with dyed brown hair looks so painfully soothing That’s him, one of the few friends that Yuu had
Yuu answered without hiding any of his drowsiness
“I thought it ends at the scene where Aregura sees a weird lizard If you’re unsure, just check in the suh the school LAN”
“Is that so?” As he said that, Kouta sat down on the seat in front of Yuu He rested his chin on the backrest, and continued to talk to Yuu who continuously emitted the aura of “please let me sleep” It maybe because of his si
“Somehow the teacher is late today”
When Yuu tapped the {{Furigana
single plate
monolith }}-type terminal placed on the corner of the desk, the default display of the Holoskin [1]and the current time is shown It sure had passed the usual time for homeroom
“Did so happen?”
Yuu had no words to answer Kouta’s restless question If he answered, it would lead to the catastrophic question of “why do you know that?”
Then Yuu went silent, and Kouta (without pere with Yuu’s terminal, in mid of that, the answer for his question arrived in front of the classroom
“My naimiya Miharu……”
A transfer student who transferred in this overly subtle tiht everyone’s interest
“Kugimiya-san transferred here from her school in Kansai because of family circumstances”
While the hohtforwardly told the reason for her transfer ──which was not exactly a lie──, everyone in the classroo at the boys going “Uoooo!!” in a way like seeing a koala in the zoo while grasping their fists
It was Yuu alone hen he saw Miharu, stiffened like a mirror It appeared she noticed hiaze at him
Natural as it is, the fact that both of theether is a secret to everybody in the school They also can’t afford to let Haruha be known to the public The subed one made by Hajime
Because of that Yuu couldn’t openly help her, and the only thing he could do was give a 『CtG』 hand sign “do your best” each time their eyes met
“……There are only a few more days before the su well P-pleasant to be here”
Taking account of how tiue was a great accomplishment
Shortly after the homeroom class was over , Miharu was instantly surrounded She didn’t even have the chance to sit on her chair
“Where do you live!?”
“Do you have a boyfriend back there? Long distant relationshi+p?”
“Do you bring a lunch box? Let’s eat together ”
“Have you decided which club you want to join? Want to look for a y in the holy mountain club!?”
Aressive student who surrounded Miharu and bouys and girls who are not that aggressive see their ears in order to hear even a little about the newcomer’s personal information
To answer the barrage questions, Miharu groaned and answer one at a time
“E, er in one of my relative’s house……”
To be precise it is “the house her father’s uncle is ” but in broad sense it’s not a lie
“I don’t have any boyfriend……”
She is a respectable girl, but strangely don’t have any experience in dating (it seems)
“For lunch…… I heard there is a student cafeteria here so……”
Miharu can cook so the same launch box as Yuu is a bit too much, and to cook both differently would take too much time and be too uneconomical
“I-I don’t have any plans to join any club”
Miharu had a reason to ensure her tiularly login into the game, and Miharu herself wanted to train her avatar to protect her there
──Like that, Miharu dutifully answered, but the rapid questions, club recruit soon hborhood
Her eyes then ns── “Follow-up” “Go” “?”
In exchange, Miharu lightly shook her head Before going to bed yesterday, she re the oddities of her transfer tiet used with the class fast
But contrary to her will, and putting account her shy personality; her capacity had already been overwhelmed too its limit
The continuously increasing couous, and the atirls felt uncomfortable
“Ah, sorry we, all of the sudden……”
“We just can’t read the ht……”
The lapped refraining words gradually became distant ones
“No, not at all, not at all you see…… Ermm”
Miharu’s restlessness caused a panic Shethe su ith the class and then be forgotten soon after Yuu who’ve seen lots of Miharu and Mifa’s expressions know that
As expected, he should’ve just gone as a lifeboat for her no matter how unnatural it would be
It hen Yuu about to stand from the chair, there──
Foosh
As if darkness had just descended, the atmosphere in the classroom stiffens
Naturally, everyone’s gazes gather towards the classroom entrance There stood a feht behind her there was three other girls standing, the identity of the intruder was Yuu’s childhood friend with petite clam face
Kodzuchi Fuyufu
No one knehy silence fell upon her arrival Could it be because of the strange force that girl had?
Or e of panic went frozen in an instant
“Oh, Yuu, it’s Kodzuchi-san”
Kouta, as sitting on Yuu’s desk while observing the transfer student, said in teasing tone As a friend frohly knew about Yuu and Fuyufu’s relationshi+p However, Yuu, as confused by Fuyufu’s sudden invasion, was unable to react to his friend’s mockery
Well, there’s only one person in this entire school ould be the target of this mysterious pressure that Fuyufu emitted silently
Who? No other than the transfer student, Kugimiya Miharu
As if her diso was a lie, she walked towards Fuyufu and showed a cool and collected smile
“So you’re Kodzuchi Fuyufu-san”
“And you’re Kugimiya Miharu-san”
The s── the entire class went,
shock
It was like the static sound of rushi+ng electricity
One of the students who happened to be at the place later testified──
『Come to think of it, thewas torn
That’s what I saw from those two』
Casual-light, textured, long hair, a rich figure, and a large grin on her face
Having contrasting appearances froimiya Miharu and Kodzuchi Fuyufu simply face each other in silence It was just that, but the airls shook theclassroom
“Ouch… ah, ot cut”
“Does this mean those two’s presences distort the space and deliver atmospheric pressure……?”
The girls ere surrounding Miharu a while ago wiped their sweat in shock
“No, that’s just idiotic ……”
Yuu finally open hison lip cream in a hurry, didn’t hear him
“………Mmmn, this atmosphere, could it be──”
“D-do you know this, Rokkaku-san the historian woman !?”
Meanwhile, a dowdy glasses girl spoke like she figured out so, and Kouta prompted for the answer
The glasses girl── Rokkaku Hasuko fro voice in astonishment
“Yes, this atmosphere is precisely… Uwanariuchi”
『Uwanariuchi』 is……
A custoe japan to Edo era!
It was a custom where when a husband parted with his ex-wife and immediately took in a neife, the ex-ould raid the neife’s house with an advance notice At that time, numbers of women were called in accordance to their identity on both offensive and defensive sides The picture depicted froht of a women battle!
Although it’s a way to pull out an arbitrator before the settle out causalities due to the overwhel heat of the participants Scary!
By the way, 『Uwanari』, one of Kabuki Jūhachiban with the motif of Uwanariuchi, is a play that depicts the love and hate relationshi+p between toainst one man [2]
“Uwanari…… what an awesoirls…… so enviable!” [3]
Kouta htly red cheeks as he looked at the word Uwanari that Rokkaku wrote on the optical blackboard with a pen-shaped device
In contrast, other classto Rokkaku’s explanation by her side easily shook their hands
“No no, Itono-kun After the war, [4]woot sandwiched like that, he’ll be minced meat, minced meat you know” [5]
‘Hee, is that so, minced meat huh,’ by that time, Yuu’s heart was already half-dead
He glanced towards Kouta and then he realized
“Uhee…… B-but, wait ais that of a conflict But, this should be their firstI was in the same middle school as Kodzuchi-san, so I’m pretty sure that’s the case”
“That…… I don’t know But both of them know each other’s names… they ine !”
gulp the sound of gulping ca the standoff between the two girls in silence Then finally, Fuyufu opened her mouth
“Pardon for my rudeness earlier”
It must be the day after Haruha appeared in the real world, the time when they met in the super together with Yuu which made Fuyufu speechless and frozen in place (Set that aside, it was the first time Yuu ever saw Fuyufu become speechless)
“I was just surprised seeing a person with courage as big as the first person in humanity who ever ate a sea cucumber”
Fuyufu glanced at Yuu when she said “sea cucumber” Yuu’s heart then sunk into the deep sea
Against that, Miharu tilted her neck as she clenched her fist in front of her own face
“And so you bothered to coreet me Thank you veryrun off and get lost? Your face doesn’t look that well, are you okay?”
Miharu glanced at Yuu when she said “dog” Yuu then sees a vision of hi house
“No need to worry, first of all I didn’t even have a dog But── that’s right If I happened to have such a hbors and other ecosysteht”
“What a coincidence I also thought the sa from the bottom of my heart”
The conversation of the tas only exchanged between thenored the law of sound wave physics and deflected painfully towards a certain boy’s nether region
“We o well each other”
“Indeed I would like to be friends with you”
………………
Ufu……Fufufuu………
Fufuffuffu…………
Cloudless sky In the ht, only the hollow laughter of Fuyufu with an emotionless expression and Miharu with a mask-like smile echoed
The ghost mansion-like classroom continued like that until the teacher came and forced them to scram
The class for 4th period was PEIt was shortly before noon, the yellow sun on the cloudless sky shone brightly e the word “su, that it haround
However, the heat was nothing for Miharu, as now under the shadow of the roof hanging fro room, but the sa the scores for high jump on the field
“Haa…”
Sighing, breathe tingled with the smell of chlorine and her swi trial for 50 o She now appeared to be exhausted
Both of her legs and ar to furiously hit the water soinside the water re out, she stared at the s from her bristles and swimsuit
(I’h, but)
Swiht on the day of her transfer Not to mention that her body still hadn’t settled in with the environ to wear a swiht and really unco on the rocky poolside, she closed her mind and body
Being shy of strangers, with the addition of transferring at a highly irregular tiht also because she steeled herself, not wanting to show such disgraceful display in front of Yuu
In such predicaed to feel a person’s presence and raised her face up
“Uu~…… it sure is hot right?”
She was being called by the girl who appeared to have just finished her swiles that was hooked on her head For a nise who it was because she was of a different classroom and had different attire However, she then rei Nao froht beside her like as if she was about to fall
“Are you tired? Well, a pool class straight after transfer can sure is tough”
Her straightforward attitude puzzled her Since thisbut overly polite treatment fro with a executive fro the reason why, Miharu becai was open heartedly talking to her
“No, I’m fine……”
Miharu’s ansas really aard When she was being Mifa she was able to actively interact with others, but when she returned as Miharu, this happened It was a vicious cycle where her own self-hatred gradually ate away her courage
Nogi’s s trouble as to what to say next And as if panicking, her eyes wandered everywhere
“Aaa……Errmm……Ah”
Then her eyes stopped She was looking towards the ground field where the boys were doing high jump
“Because today’s grade will go straight on their report, the boys are serious Usually they’re lazier about it”
“Aa…… to rades huh”
The pool is located on the hill One could sih the fence When she looked over where Nogi’s eyes were facing, it certainly see in line, serious and without whispering to each other
“Ah, it’s Kurino-kun’s turn!”
The one who cheered was one of the girls who talked to Miharu this er towards the boy as about to do the high junal, the boy started his run-up
Despite being showered with attention of the onlookers, he h to ireat posture and movement, he landed on the mat and comfortably rested on it
“Yahoo! As expected from track and field club’s star!”
The girl from before ── Tsukami-san ── cheers She must be his fan
In contrast, Nogi let out a calm voice
“Fu── 72 points I suppose”
“Wha!? ── why Nogi! Kurino-kun is the star hope of track and field club, he has good looks and personality, he should get a solid 88 points right!?”
Tsukami did not let that re of hii received the stare caled (But still, her ht)
“Hood fine thin ot the worst score in the interet that he is a shameful macho man”
“I-Isn’t it cute though?! Or more like he is an athlete so all that matters is his speed! What do you want, a Savannah Pu!?”
Doesn’t thathim the same as an animal…… is what she wanted to say, but weak-nored her and continued scoring the other guys
“Oh, next is Ishi+to-kun huh 81 point”
“Wha, why is such a delicate weak boy receiving a higher score than my Kurino-kun!?”
“He is not yours you know~”
“Aa~, but I also like Ishi+to more Glasses boys are hot”
By the ti for their turns joined the competition
Naturally, Miharu, who had just transferred today, was unable to catch up to thenored the conversation── and then…
It was Kasugai Yuu’s turn cah jump
“Aa…………”
It appeared he didn’t notice her From afar it appeared he was a bit tense He was currently checking the condition of his sport shoe
(Kasugai-kun, good luck……!)
She soundlessly cheered for him and involuntarily clenched her fist
He was the only person Miharu knew ── excluding that certain Kodzuchi-so── in this school, and also, the person who knows about Miharu herself
Earlier, during the break, he had stood at the hallway and waited for her to coe advice “Our class, well, is a little bit noisy and filled with a bunch of irresponsible students, they are quite noisy but they’re harmless So just take it easy” Honestly, it was hard for Miharu to respond to
She was certainly troubled as to how to respond, and not even sure if she was able to do it properly, but she felt a bit more comfortable thanks to him
──Miharu had a secret ally That fact becaative thinking
When she returned her attention to the field, Yuu still hadn’t taken his turn The student before hi shi+fted so it took time to prepare Yuu rushed to help
“Kasugai-kun huh……”
Naturally, his naossip’ The score Nogi, as sitting right beside her, gave, deliberately rang in her ears──
“66 points, give or take”
Twitch
Miharu felt her own cheeks cra
“Oo, Chairave”
“Nnn~…… His looks and attitude is not that bad though He is also the st the boys”
“Yeah”
“Well, how to say it… that is all he’s got”
“Ooou, straight to the point”
“Ahaha, that oes home immediately after school and his private life is a complete mystery”
“Unfriendly…… well not so ht now, but after school, he alear such a depressing face, right~”
“And recently he also appears to be lacking sleep and all”
“Or ai-kun told that idiot Kouta some exam test tips Kurino-kun’s rank fell you know! Talk about needless favor!”
“That’s some unjustified hostility you know……”
As if they were at a shooting range, snapshots fired at Yuu were gradually being thrown into Miharu’s ears
And the ‘first impressions’ spoken by her classmates unceremoniously swept away Miharu’s hesitation
“……Is that so?”
“Eh?”
The first one to react to Miharu’s ht upon hearing Miharu finally taking interest in the topic
“What do you mean?”
“That person… Kasugai-kun, I had talked with him for a bit”
“Ah, coht beside yours”
That’s right, for whatever reason Miharu’s desk ended up right beside Yuu’s But this sheer coincidence surely helped her If she’s with Yuu, she won’t feel as nervous anymore
They had both slept next to each other every day after all Therefore, in thethe girls in the class Even Kodzuchi Fuyufu wouldn’t know that Yuu have a ht
That small pride filled Miharu’s weak heart and allowed her to speak clearly like when she being Mifa
“Yes He surely does look a little bit cluh he looks sleepy, he is still willing to help his friend to study for a test, doesn’t thatperson?
Even now, look, he is going to help them fix the mat”
The girls stopped and looked at each other pondering They were recalling memories of him
“Aa~…… come to think of it, when I spilled my juice in the classroom he helped me to clean it”
“C-certainly he does see with Kurino-kun”
With Miharu’s protest as a trigger, the girls’ opinion wavered, and the girls started exchanging glances with each other, trying to dig up more information from each other ──Meanwhile, Miharu’s likability towards Tsukaradually increased──
Miharu felt glad and loosened up her face It felt like she was being praised Feeling her fatigue eased all of the sudden; she curled her toes
(As I thought, like Clamp, she is the type to make a wall around herself…… Ever since I ran away from home I had no time to put on a façade)
Once she thought that way, Tsuka straight from the bottom of her chest
──Thus
Like a finance share, once it started to rise, people will start to invest in it irls’ voices began to show more and more interest towards the man in question
“……Erh quality man?”
“Now that you mention it, his face is my type”
“He sure gives the vibes that he will do anything for his girlfriend”
“Not long ago, Itono said that his ame creator Isn’t that cool?”
“Ah, one tiai-kun who fell asleep to inform him that our next class was in a different classroom, and then he said 『Thank you[7]』 with a sleepy voice…… he was pretty cute Kyaaaaaaaa~kawaiiii!”
“Ouh? What a very interesting event”
……………………
It was Miharu who said in a cold voice
With a steel-like smile, she had immediately stood up
Nogi went “?” as she looked up at her However Miharu ignored her, and spoke as she looked at Yuu who had just finished fixing the mat
“Therefore, that thing is only 40 points”
『EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!?』
The girls’s united reaction towards Miharu’s re-evaluation of Yuu echoed throughout the poolside
“I-it got lower…… really, froot… lower”
“Are you sure about that, Nogi-san?”
“Y-yeah……”
“The 『Ya』 in kindness is also 『Yuu』 in inductiveness” [8]
“So the『Ya』 in kindness is…… 『Yuu』 in inductiveness…!”
Nogi repeated to herself as if she was just struck by lightning She wasn’t sure but it was probably better not to pry too much into it
“People like Kasugai-kun worry about others too much and couldn’t make any decision by himself
For exaai-kun 『What do you want to eat for today?』 His ansould be──”」
Right before PE during classic literature class, because her seat was right beside Yuu, she asked hih a note paper Likewise, she then wrote 『What do you want for dinner?』 on the same paper, and his ansas,
“『Anything is fine』! Is that even an answer!? And then, when Ia subtly reluctant face! Unbelievable!
That’s right── if you end up dating『If you don’t like the special spicy croquette from the super! 』situation every day!
And because he was always like that, he will surely never confess to his childhood friend who his relationshi+p with her and irritate everyone around him!
In the end, he will end up an idiot[9]who gives the daughter he had with another woman the name from his childhood friend! Yeah, that’s for sure!”
Miss-good-styled Miharu stood up with her exquisite swiure It appeared that her tirade was haunted by the sense of crisis approaching
“That…… that idiot huh…… well, it certainly is idiotic… Huh”
Nogi hurriedly nod up and down like a Akabeko[10]
After watching the her swiles, then said,
“I was thinking about Yuan Shao and Liu Biao”
Yuan Shao and Liu Biao are characters froht idiotic fatal flaws to both of their ruled domain
Under their lead, the girls exchanged feverish whispers……
“A, auesses…… just bynext to him for a day, you can make such specific and detailed observation as if you’re living together with him!”
“Are you a master? A love master?”
“The strength of her as on a different level, it’s very convincing…… that’s right, 40 point
Kasugai-kun got 40 point, 40 point equals to idiotic Kasugai-kun!”[11]
Like this
Miharu receive acknowledgeai Yuu had finally taken a ju over the bar, he made a smile of satisfaction
“Nnn~………”Kasugai household living roo like a frog on the sofa that Yuu or Miharu usually sat on when going inside 『CtG』
On top of her plu the biometric data taken from Haruha’s choker in real ti bizarre arade art to other people’s eyes, but Hajirasp all of the information on it
(As expected, with the absence of her 『parental figure』, herher condition get this bad on the first day It o to ele)
She muttered inside her heart and shut down the laptop After she moved the laptop to the table, she loosened her li As a woe student, her appearance right nohat you would call untidy
Since she was not under the gazes of her boss or colleagues, she was able to laze around, however her dissoluteness is notably remarkable today Luckily neither that adolescent boy Yuu or no-nonsense Miharu are currently absent, her light clothes of suhts are scattered on the floor
Meanwhile
Her observation target, Haruha was currently lying on the table watching TV
Since she had already finished watching all episodes of her favorite『Revive! Mystical Priest Girl Rasupu-chan 5』 up to the latest one, what she atching now is a oyomi Wanderer-Arc』
However, Haruha whose er than her appearance see scene, and out of the blue she tried to stand up,
“Ouh”
“Gfuu!?”
As expected she abruptly jumped and did a body press on Hajime
Regardless of her ht-year-old For Haji force from the impact wasn’t a joke
“cough…… ha, Haruha-chan? What’s up all of a sudden?”
When she asked with puffed cheeks, Haruha buried her face into Hajime’s belly and answered
“Don’t know”
“Then don’t jump out like that okay……”