Chapter 196 – Low Level Rebel / Only You Know (2/2)

「Yeah, maybe it’s not really a big deal.」

「WHAAAT?」

Katsuki raised his voice in protest, and Taiyou seemed lost.

Taiyou was a bit shocked. As Youran had known about him, him stopping a car with his power…it was because he had been raising his level step by step.

She wasn’t proud of knowing him or anything, but she should have at least been proud of him stopping that car.

That’s all he thought, so it was a bit of a shock for him.

「Come on…Natsuno really is something.」

「Nah, I know stronger people than him. In this group of students, there’s one guy with even a greater story than Taiyou’s.」

「Whaaa, who is it, then?」

「My – sec – ret.」

The same expression and mischievous face.

At that gesture, all the guys remaining on the school ground went wild.

They had all now forgotten about Taiyou. All of them were only focused on Youran.

(A guy greater than me?)

In the midst of the all the other guys, he was the only one “relaxed.”

Giving a flimsy reason, they two left the group of gathered students alone.

The girl wanted to go home, so he walked her to the school gate.

In the midst of all the crying cicadas, the twin-tailed girl turned, and said to Taiyou,

「Okay, well take care of that student president thing, and then call me. I’ll tell you the details of your prize then.」

「About that…」

Taiyou looked at Youran with a serious face.

「You said you know a greater guy then me here, at this school. Maybe you should ask him to do that instead, right?」

「What, are you jealous?」

She jested with him, but with the tone of mockery as well.

The little devilish smile, and with it all the other students would have gone wild if they saw it.

「That’s not it.」

He said to her, but he did wear a confused expression.

He knew that he looked that way as well, but he still claimed that it wasn’t out of jealousy.

「I don’t know what you’re talking about, and I don’t know why from the beginning you brought it up, but to make a long story short, you want someone with top ability to cooperate with you to become student president, right?」

「That’s obvious, isn’t it?」

「If that’s so, then it should be someone you know. There are means to changing the student president, so it’s best to find the best means to do it. I don’t know anyone better than me, knowing the dorks at this school, but if you ask them all again putting on those “Miss Popular” act again, I’m sure someone will do your bidding.」

「Don’t worry, I’ve already asked the one I wanted.」

「Then, good.」

Then it’s none of my business, Taiyou thought to himself lonesomely for an instant.

「…I already asked.」

He remembered Youran telling him.

「Yes.」

「What do you mean?」

He asked her, looking Youran straight in the eyes.

「I told you, I already asked the one I wanted.」

「Who?」

「You.」

「…then what about the 『stronger guy』you were talking about.」

「Yeah, I asked him.」

「No, no…wait a second.」

He held his arms up to stop her words, as brows seemed to question her.

「You said there was a guy greater than me, right?」

「Yeah, I know one.」

「So, you asked him.」

「Yeah, I did.」

「…but, it’s me?」

What does that mean, he said with a frown.

「Yes, you. So what then? You stopped a car with your own body? You’re friends with three girls? You’re my friend?」

She counted them off on her fingers.

She smiled as if to mock him, but then looked at him seriously.

The air of 『Shingetsu no Kami』seemed to swirl up around her.

「Maybe those things really are great, I know, but you’re a guy that can do way more than that. You’re a guy that can do things that can put all those other ‘great’ things to shame.」

Youran smiled at him, but her eyes were true.

「The things that you did at Juunishima, none of them know about.」

「Is that how it is? Then you should have told them.」

「No thanks.」

She responded again with a smile and continued.

「It’s a waste, right? Those things ONLY I should know about.」

Taiyou was suddenly taken aback.