112 Heaven-Sent Calamities (2/2)

Not only were the ordinary middle school students unable to understand it, even the teacher didn’t know what was going on.

These incidents appeared to be unfortunate accidents on the surface, but they happened almost simultaneously. All the victims were known by the entire class as those who were harassing Shika, so this didn’t look like any normal series of accidents.

Her classmates could only believe that the accidents were… heaven-sent calamities.

Shika Kagura was being protected by something divine or mystical.

This became something that Shika’s entire class fervently believed in.

Right after, the accident that happened to their class’s teacher seemed to verify their belief.

A fire disaster.

Fortunately the house was empty, so nobody in the teacher’s family was injured. Even so, their teacher would undoubtedly sustain huge losses, despite the fact that insurance would cover the fire’s damage.

As for the cause of the fire… the fire department later determined that it was due to an old iron that had been left on and forgotten after being used to iron some clothes.

However, Year 2 Class 4’s middle school students preferred to believe in a different type of explanation.

It was the gods showing their power! They punished… the person who was bothering Shika Kagura.

The beautiful girl who always had a calm expression in class and quietly rejected everyone who made an attempt to talk to her was now secretly called ”the holy maiden with divine protection” by the entire class.

Why wasn’t she called the ”cursed girl” instead?

It was because nobody wished to incur a heaven-sent calamity.

And thus, Shika became completely isolated… just as she wanted from the beginning.

Later, she ended up joining the Literature club.

One of the female club members invited Shika rather forcefully because she always saw Shika reading in the library.

But this female club member was brutally struck in the head during P.E. class by a stray basketball and was knocked unconscious! After that, she never dared to speak to Shika again.

After all the members of Literature club learned about Shika’s legend as well as what happened to that female club member, they acted the same way as Year 2 Class 4 and isolated her.

Shika had always remained like this by herself.

Always quiet, calm, and lonely; she never showed pain, or indeed any other emotions at all. It was almost as if she had always wanted it this way.

…

”I thought Kagura-san’s inner state was similar to her outer state, an infinite ocean of tranquility. As if… She was merely an eternal observer.

”When she suddenly asked me what it was that changed me, I was actually quite shocked. After all, I’d never spoken to her before that, nor had I ever seen or heard of her ever speaking to anyone of her own volition.

”I know all the stories about her, and why she became isolated. But she was so… calm about it, so I never thought of doing anything to change the situation. I think others feel the same way about this.

”No… Even if we knew that she was actually in pain, we wouldn’t do anything… due to fear.” Hoshi’s voice took on a heavy tone as he continued,”The ‘heaven-sent calamities’ indeed occurred, even if they were all accidents… But it was precisely because they were all accidents that they were so scary.

”If we approach her, who knows what could happen? We’d encounter unexpected, unpredictable disasters, and…” Hoshi sighed deeply.”This is all so frightening. At the very least, I’m scared, even now, although I’m only talking about it.”

Hoshi’s voice sounded even darker than earlier. He was likely disgusted with his own weakness and powerlessness.

On the other side of the phone, a light smile was displayed on Seiji’s face.

”Being scared of unknown disasters is normal. Even for me, something like this… I have no idea how to go about it.”

”Senpai…”

”But fortunately, I know someone who might be able to take care of this matter.”

”Senpai!”

”But she might not be free right now, and even if she has the spare time, I still don’t know if she can really solve this issue,” Seiji stated bluntly.

”But you’ll try, right, Senpai!?” Hoshi’s eyes were sparkling as he proudly supported his senpai.

”Ah, of course.” He heard a resolute voice on the other end of the phone.

The conviction in Seiji’s voice was the same as when he had been dealing with Hoshi’s problem.

Hoshi was incredibly moved.