Chapter 78 - Volume 5 (2/2)
“Yes?”
“What kind of relationship do you have with Kuon Kouki-san?”
Kako’s eyes, which had been calm until then, were suddenly glaring at me.
Come to think of it, Kouki-kun was the son of the Kuon family. This place spawned a great number of politicians, and I wonder if we know it. My father told me too I shouldn’t be rude to Kouki-kun.
His grandfather had been a member of the Diet, but resigned after it emerged in a weekly magazine that he had been given bribes a few years ago.
For that reason, she seems to be in a bad mood now, so it seems better to not get involved.
Still, he’s a person of some status, so I can’t ignore it.
Surely the Shijiyuuin family, should be of approximately the same pedigree as the Kuon family. This flow is possibly…
“Kako-san, are you engaged to Kouki-kun……?”
“!!”
When I asked if there was such an “engagement,” Kako’s face turned red as if it had been boiled in a flash.
Did I hit the mark? Moreover, it seems to be more than just that the house decided, but also that she herself was in love with him.
“Wh-what do you mean! I don’t look at him that way”
Looking at her with warm eyes, Kako’s face became redder and redder and she hid her face with her hands.
Whoops, I accidentally let my expression out. I’m quite the middle-aged man, if I do say so myself.
“I only know Kouki-kun from kindergarten. Hmm… because he’s Handsome-kun’s friend and so am I, we’ve had many chances to talk.”
In short, it seems that Kako became jealous because her fiancée is talking to girls other than herself.
“……But, he doesn’t talk to other girls, only Yuzu-san.”
“It seems like he doesn’t talk to the others because they’re too immature. I, personally, am not a very childlike person either. But, if Kako-san can speak so properly, won’t Kouki-kun talk to you normally as well?”
“Bu-but, the saying goes that a woman should walk three steps behind a man, I, as a lady, have always stayed 30 steps behind Kouki-san……”
“………………”
This girl, she seems so intelligent, but she’s such an idiot!
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“Th-that’s right……?”
“That’s right.”
After that, I asked Kako to be my friend, and explained how to interact with Kouki-kun to her. It was rough trying to explain how to get along with him, and when I looked up, the sky had turned red.
…… my mind had gotten fatigued after so long. But it was good that she understood.
“…… then I’ll accompany you to the school gate.”
“Yes…… Yuzu-san, is it alright if I continue to consult with you in the future?”
“Yeah, it’s alright.”
Oh? Isn’t this the sign that we’re friends now? With this, Ouji-kun and Kouki-kun should no longer be waiting for me outside of the girls’ toilet.
“In the first place, Yuzu-san was good friends with Nikuno-kun, so you’d never look at other men.”
“……eh?”
Unless… are we being looked upon that way……?
I walked with Kako to the school gate, holding some feelings that I didn’t understand. To be emotionally attached to Ouji-kun… I hadn’t calculated that there would be such a rumor.
As I was internally about 20 years old, I felt as if I was pampering and fawning over him like a dandy uncle……
Because of the time, there were no other students on our way from the rearing shed to the school gate.
Although it feels a little dangerous, both Kako and I are calling up our cars to the school gate so we won’t be in any danger.
…… For some reason, I feel like I’m raising a flag for myself.
“[UHYAHYAHYAHYAHAHYAHYAHYAH!]”
“Look out! Here it comes!”
A rapid reaction, kami-sama!
That strange sound that came from a little distance away from us was a young man that was wearing the pants of what looked like what high schoolers wore nowadays.
Oh, my eyes got drawn to it.
“…… wh-what is it?”
It was the first time Kako had seen such a person, and she was scared stiff.
While whirling about an iron pipe, he was saying various things like [This school], or [This me], etc.
“……It’s a Takamine dropout, isn’t it”
*tremble*…… He turned his bloodshot eyes towards me as I casually leaked out those words.
“I’m NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!”
What a bother.
If you came here for such a reason, please go to the high school division, and not the elementary school one.
Ah, but that’s no good. Kotone-chan and Ooba-onii-chan are there.
The high school student approached us while brandishing the iron pipe.
He’s faster than I thought. As his muscles screamed, the blood vessels on his face popped out.
Nevertheless… I wasn’t afraid.
The [Power] that I hadn’t felt since the park a year ago came from my deep…… “dark” part.
Protecting the terrified Kako behind me, I gazed into his eyes.
“Heeeee…!?”
The movement of the high school student stopped for a moment. In that time,
“Urrryaaaaaaa!!!”
Someone called out at the same time and struck the back of the high school student.
When I looked in the direction of the striker, there was a male senior who had thrown it, a used brazier which I remembered.
When the high school student collapsed, the teachers and security who finally noticed the noise rushed in and detained the high schooler.
…… I didn’t get my turn.
Protected by the teacher, we waited on the sofa in the school infirmary until our drivers came to pick us up. Kako, who was still in shock and fright, held my hands tightly.
“…… Thank you…… for protecting me. U-uhm, may I call you Yuzu-sama……?”
With her flushed cheeks…… and wet eyes, Kako thanked me as she looked directly at me……
Ehh? Did I accidentally raise a strange flag?
Author’s Notes:
Please prepare for the serious, demonic parts. It might become more gruesome.
Next time, the secret of the cooking brazier!