Chapter 166 (1/2)

Translator: Reizenchuu Editor: Kenny Stryker

It was a short break, but, everyone, a new chapter is out.

It was still early in the morning. As my fading consciousness came back by the sounds of my alarm, I placed my hand on the alarm to snooze while still being wrapped in my cushion. Meanwhile, I was still thinking that I still had some free time to stay wrapped in my cushion for a little longer, but I decided to slowly open my eyes to check the time on the clock.

I don't want to get up

While still being in a half-asleep state, I decided to stay inside my cushion for a little longer and closed my eyes, when suddenly an external force forcibly woke me up.

”Wake up.”

As I opened my eyes again, I noticed a hand that was shaking me as if it were trying to wake me up. I t.i.tled my head, only to find that Karen was trying to take me up.

” What are you doing?!”

As I was unable to process the sequence of events because of still numb brain, all I could do was to ask her to explain what she was doing.

”It's fine if I wake you up every now and then.” ”Uh, that's not and don't dodge my question”

I'm sure that I asked her to explain the reason to why she was trying to wake me up. Yet, she is now staring at my sleepy face while still bending on her knees. I should still be safe for the time being, rather, I find her behavior more of a mystery than anything else.

Having Karen trying to wake me up is an event that happens once in a century. I'm a person who usually wakes up normally in the mornings in the first place, so it is impossible for someone to come to take me up in case I'm late. Therefore, I can't think of a reason for her to kneel next to my bed, while staring at my face. As my mind was gradually retrieving its consciousness, my confused increased and I ended up staring right back at her, without uttering a single word.

”” ””

Both of us were lost for words, and kept on staring at each other for a few more seconds.

What the actual

I could feel that the two of us stiffened in our positions as if time had stopped for us. I wonder why I have to go through this - the first thing in the morning. Even Karen who came to me first was revealing an awkward expression implying that she didn't think of what to do next, after acting out of her character and trying to wake me up.

” Do you, perhaps, need something?”

For the time being, let's ask her if she has any business with me. I waited for her answer in this subtle ambiance until she opened her mouth to speak and replied my question to a further confusing question.

” How are you feeling?” ”Huh?” ”Did your heart skip a beat?”

It looks like she has no intentions to answer my question, but it's fine, I concluded that it would be better to go with her flow.

”Well, I'm actually feeling quite awkward right now even if you ask me.” ”I see”

Karen showed a disappointed face to my honest answer before she immediately stood up and left the room.

”Hurry up and come down.”

I followed Karen with my eyes while attempting to solve this mystery that just became more confusing as I was trying to solve it. I mean, this is not an erotic manga where the younger sister wakes up her brother with a kiss. I wonder what happened to her. It was thanks to the various mental impacts that I received this morning, that I was completely woken up.

Strange. Something is definitely strange here

I started thinking back of the morning event again in the middle of cla.s.s. This time it wasn't because of only Karen, but even Say and Lina. Both of them were acting strange today as well.

When I entered the cla.s.sroom, the first person to speak to me was Saya. She was asking me, if I did my homework or if I wanted to copy her homework. I think there is no need to mention that she isn't used to suggesting me to copy her homework. As for Lina, she was pretty straightforward.

”Hey, this book is interesting. Give it a read.”

Somehow, I feel that both of them are trying to be nice to me. Or to put it bluntly, they were awfully a.s.sertive today; trying to initiate conversations with me as much as possible. As far as I know, today isn't a special day and nothing happened to me for them to act that way. The mystery is getting more complicated as the time goes by.

”Kamiya Yato.”

This time, Lina called me with a low voice tone in the middle of the lesson.

”What?” ”You can sleep if you want to, you know.”

Did this angel hit her head or something?

I narrowed my eyes and directed them at Lina who just uttered something ridiculous.

”Maybe you should go to the infirmary instead?” ” But, I'm not sick or anything.”

When I advised her to go to the infirmary out of concern, she replied with a serious face, which was also strange. Lina would never speak about such a topic with a serious face. I'd rather believe in the end of the world than to believe in the sanity of Lina who switched from scolding me for sleeping in cla.s.s to suggesting the opposite all of a sudden. I got more worried about her health and kept insisting on her to go to the infirmary or to leave the school early, but she continued to refuse to state that she was alright, while still showing a gentle smile on her face.

This is getting really scary

I spent the rest of the day getting bewildered by their strange behaviors and couldn't get any rest.

It was now the lunch break after the morning cla.s.ses ended, yet Lina and Saya's strange behavior continued to trouble me.

”Um, Yato-kun.” ”Yes” ”Do you want me to feed you lunch?” ”No, thank you.”

Yato was wishing that they would return to normal selves at least in the lunch break. He shook his head right and left with a tired expression to Saya's strange question that made her seem like a different person altogether. She changed to the point that he unintentionally found himself speaking to her in a formal manner.

”Kamiya Yato, do you need anything you want me to buy for you?” ”No, thank you! Just please, stay how you were!”

He felt a cold chill from Lina's broad smile who was sitting on the other side, and swiftly refused in a formal manner again. This kind of att.i.tude was scary. He didn't have the courage to look at either of them, as they were staring straight at him from both the sides, and he kept his face down, looking at his lunch with an awkward expression on his face.

”Uum, did I, perhaps, do something to you?” ”Eh? Why are you asking?” ”Both of you are acting kind of strange today. Aren't you two being way too nice to me?” ”But Isn't it fine to be nice to you?”

Yato expressed his thoughts while still facing the ground as Saya and Lina feigned ignorance.

”That's not my point Lina, you're being particularly scary today. Are you really okay in the head? Maybe you have a fever.”

Yato was actually suspecting that Lina was sick. It was the only justification he could come up with. However, despite pointing out that matter, Lina did her best to keep her smiling face as her lips were twitching.

”I'm doing great as usual. It's not very polite to keep pointing at people with your finger by the way.”

While still keeping the same smile on her face, she gripped Yato's finger that was pointing at her direction and tried to push it down.

Ah, I felt a terrible pressure on my finger

The strength she put on her hand to push down Yato's finger didn't match up with her kind smile. It became clear that she was just acting and was not actually sick. Yato felt a little secured when he noticed the fail in her acting.

So, she's just acting. I'm actually feeling glad now.

Now that he realized that they were acting that way on purpose, he moved back his sight to his finger that was still feeling pressure from Lina's hand.

”This kind of hurts” ”It's just your imagination.”

When he commented about it with a displeased voice, Lina immediately let off from his finger and turned her face to the other side. Yato was still unable to grasp what she wanted to do by switching from her kind acting to her awkward character repeatedly. He rubbed his finger slightly and got driven by thoughts when he suddenly heard a voice coming from the opposite side.

”Is it that strange?” ”Yes, that's the only way I can describe your att.i.tude today.”

Yato answered Saya without hesitation.

”Why are you doing this in the first place?”

Since Lina avoided to answer him, he asked Saya the same thing.

”Eh? W-What do you mean? We're acting normally, aren't we?”

Apparently, even Saya wasn't intending to give up on her acting as she averted her eyes. Her tenaciousness on feigning ignorance was impressing. Despite knowing that her att.i.tude was obvious, she had no intention of answering him honestly. One side seemed displeased while the other was clearly suspicious. In addition, both sides were avoiding to look at the third party that was sitting between them. It was a mysterious composition that n.o.body would understand even if they see it.

What am I supposed to do now ?

While sitting between them, Yato placed his elbows on his knees and continued his attempt to think of a justification for this situation. A few moments later, his phone started ringing. He took out his phone and looked at the screen to read the old man's message name on it.

”Thanks for yesterday. I just wanted to report to you that the I took the thief to the office. Let's go to some restaurant next time again!!”

Too late. Isn't he supposed to send this message in the night of that day of the incident? Rather, he sounds rather excited

Yato gazed at the message on the screen with an awkward expression on his face. Something good must have happened to him to send me such message. Perhaps he was praised by some young women or perhaps he punched his boss in his face. Anyway, the old man sounded as if he were in a really good mood. Yato kept gazing at the screen of his phone while imagining the old man's face as he was typing the message. Lina and Saya who were sitting on his sides took a quick glance at the screen, and then looked at each other with a blank expression on their faces.

This mail is from that detective, right? Saya I don't know, let's ask him. Lina

Both of them started a conversation with their hand gestures. They were a bit unskillful at communicating but somehow managed to understand each other, partially.