Chapter 244: Hera / Fairy-san Fairy-san (1/2)

Chapter 243: Hera / Growth and Stagnation Chapter 245: Hera / The Greatest Pleasure

Translator: Reflet

Editor: ryunakama

After gym class, there was a slightly longer break.

Aoyama Akiha did not return to the classroom with her classmate Aoba, instead climbing the stairs by herself.

Once she reached the top, she swung open a door whose knob was brand-new, emerging on the rooftop.

Her body was immediately greeted by a pleasant wind caressing her.

It was the kind of wind that blows with the changing of the seasons, refreshing for both body and soul.

While receiving that, she stepped out onto the roof.

「Oh, someone’s here already?」

Akiha raised her voice.

Ahead of here on the fence.

There was a girl she was unfamiliar with.

The girl was not wearing the mandated school uniform.

She had long white hair reaching the back of her knees, which contrasted with a black gothic dress.

It was questionable whether she was even a student or not. She was positioned atop the fence, a certain distance from Akiha.

She was standing on the fence, feet together.

「Who……goes there？」

The girl turned around murmuring once she recognized Akiha’s voice.

She was a mysterious girl who had a vacant expression.

Akiha walked over to where she was, answering.

「I’m Akiha, Aoyama Akiha. It’s written as “Blue Mountain” and “Fall Wave”」

「Nice to……meet you？」

「You phrased it as a question?」

While giggling, she stood before the fence, hoisting herself up.

She didn’t actually stand next to the white girl, but sat cross-legged in her usual manner atop the fence.

「You’ve done this……before」

「Cause I’ve been coming here often. You?」

「Occasional, ly. Because I like……high, places」

「Just like me」

Akiha giggled again, proceeding to ask again.

「So what’s your name？」

「……Yu, ri？」

The white girl answered after thinking a bit.

「Why do you not even sound sure？」

「Because……I haven’t used it, lately」

「Wow, seriously?」

「Is it really, okay？」

「What is？」

Akiha asked with a puzzled face.

「It’s……no, thing」

「Kay. Anyhow, how do you write Yuri? Like the flower symbol 百合？」

「It’s difficult……to, explain」

「So it’s one of those super difficult ones」

She said, and Yuri curtly nodded.

「Just like me. Mine, “Akiha”, is normal-sounding, but it gets confusing once you put it into kanji. My name became this way cuz my dad was a chinese classical literature freak. How ’bout you?」

「An unavoidable……reason」

「I see」

Akiha giggled.

She wasn’t sure what that reason was, but she didn’t care much.

She was the type of person to clearly separate important and trivial things, which was why she didn’t particularly care.

「The wind here feels nice, doesn’t it」

「……Mhm」

「See, I come here when I’m happy as well as when I’m depressed. Having the wind hit me here is what gets me going」

「There……The, re」

Yuri said, patting Akiha’s head.

Her eyes were boundless, but her hands were gentle.

They felt like the hands of a mother comforting her child.

Akiha made a wry smile at that.

「So you automatically assume I’m depressed」

「Mhm……Because your ki is, down」

「Ki？」

「Ki」

「Ki? You mean THAT ki?」

「The kind of ki……where you can slice wooden chopsticks in half with, paper」

「You can just detect that sort of thing?」

「Mhm」

「Whoa, ain’t that impressive」