I, Kisshouin Reika, have been appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, the role of ‘spy’, or in other words, gopher.78Please respect copyright.PENANAcNhoNtDlmF
After that, the Emperor drove everybody else out from the salon, leaving me, Emperor and Enjou, at which point the strategy meeting began.
“First of all, what did you hear from Aira?”
Uuu, his glare is so scary…78Please respect copyright.PENANAdnjAqZaEl6
I wanna run away.
“L-, Like I said, that Yurie-sama wishes to rake you over the coals…”
“Why did you hear something like that from Aira?”
“When we met by chance at the English tutoring school, Aira-sama a-, asked about you, K-, Kaburagi-sa, ma, and I replied that you did not seem well, at which point she informed me of Yurie-sama’s feelings.”
Scary, so scary. Please don’t glare at me~78Please respect copyright.PENANAho7nyRcudp
Also I ended up using his name for the first time to his face.78Please respect copyright.PENANAdaeLdIw3sZ
Because I was so nervous, I bit my tongue.78Please respect copyright.PENANAQj21rJFIR8
Please, somebody just save me already~
“The hell do you think you’re doing, casually spreading rumours about others?”
Quite right, Your Majesty.78Please respect copyright.PENANAegtBJtecYr
Anybody would be unhappy if people talked about them behind their back.78Please respect copyright.PENANAQh7xghRvHi
I… might be done for, even before I meet the protagonist…
“Now, now. Don’t intidimate her so much. You’re scaring her.”
‘Right?’, asked Enjou with a smile.78Please respect copyright.PENANAWOgGjfYskE
Can I trust that smile?
“Shaddup, Shuusuke.”
“To begin with, right now pretty much the whole school is talking about you, right? Right, Kisshouin-san?”
Please don’t look to me.78Please respect copyright.PENANAo2uGlivyjv
Because even if I agreed with you, there’s no way I’d be able to say it.78Please respect copyright.PENANAkyWCTgkOSK
Even if it’s the truth.
“Shuusuke, you bastard…”
“Masaya, you want information on Yurie too, right? Then instead of threatening her, request it of her properly. Well, if it’s Aira, then I could ask for you though.”
Yes, yes please, please do.78Please respect copyright.PENANAuRDxoEwOBm
And even a second earlier, please liberate me from this place.
“No. Aira definitely wouldn’t tell you. I’ll use this woman instead.”
“Aah, that might be right. Then, Kisshouin-san, can we ask this of you? Specifically, we want to know how angry Yurie-sama is, for example, or when she plans on forgiving him perhaps. Masaya, is there anything else?”
“…Whether or not Yurie even plans on forgiving me.”
“Hm~mm, well Yurie herself said that she just wanted to rake you over the coals, so I don’t think she’s cutting you off. If you convey to her that you’ve really been reflecting, she might forgive you.”
“I SEE!”
He suddenly got livelier.78Please respect copyright.PENANAZtmCSlhWtU
This guy… isn’t he surprisingly simple?78Please respect copyright.PENANAagAl1XRP5e
GYAH-, I’m sorry for being cheeky! I’m sorry!78Please respect copyright.PENANAK0aahuWUiC
Don’t glare at mee~78Please respect copyright.PENANAIdywPQfB4P
I’m starting to think Emperor really can read minds.
“Alright! You there. When’s your next English class?”
“I have one the day after tomorrow.”
“The heck. Isn’t that still ages? Better that you go there right now and ask Aira for me.”
Don’t ask for the impossible.
“If Yurie founds out that you’ve been overbearing again, she’ll get even angrier, you know? In this case, you should quietly wait out these two days.”
“!! I see. It’d be bad if she got any angier.”
As soon as Yurie-sama’s name appears, Emperor listens obediently.78Please respect copyright.PENANAkpUFaonAo6
He really is simple.
“And that’s how it is. We’ll be relying on you, Kisshouin-san.
~smiiile~
It doesn’t matter what I have to say? Is that how it is?
“You there! What was your name again?”
“It is Kisshouin Reika…”
You’re asking after all this time? Not that I mind.
“Alright! Kisshouin! Become a splendid spy, and fulfil your duties!”
“Hah…”
What ‘spy’. I’m just a gopher, aren’t I.
Completely energised again, perhaps he was hungry now, because Emperor went to get sweets.
“He’s not a ridiculously arrogant person or anything.” Who was it that said this? It was me.78Please respect copyright.PENANAIdU36KD4qA
You really have no eye for people, me~78Please respect copyright.PENANATlnqRKyv0m
If this isn’t ‘ridiculously arrogant’, then just what on earth is?78Please respect copyright.PENANADT7De44Ony
Why is it that even though we’ve pretty much never spoken before, and even though he doesn’t even know my name, he uses me this much like it’s natural?78Please respect copyright.PENANAR2hBTyBa4U
Should I just tell Aira-sama, and have her snitch to Yurie-sama?78Please respect copyright.PENANAskkJ2ggza9
‘He’s been threatening a helpless girl into being his gopher,’ she could say.78Please respect copyright.PENANAuDpD2wiMar
…Nonono, don’t do anything desperate now.78Please respect copyright.PENANAym37XNAMgC
If you do that, you’ll be killed, one hundred percent. Yes. Absolutely.
“Try your best, okay? Kisshouin-san. If you succeed, your adored Masaya will be grateful.”
“I don’t particularly adore him or anything…”
Because of the ridiculous treatment, I accidentally muttered a bit as my real self.78Please respect copyright.PENANAmeRYHPFGZw
Any adoration I had for Emperor was cleanly left behind in my old life.78Please respect copyright.PENANAFCaBR33EPZ
Yeah, I adored a 2d character and I was a bit of an embarrassing girl. Problem?78Please respect copyright.PENANAM677gpSypn
Right now ‘Emperor’ is synonymous with ‘destruction’ for me, so I haven’t an atom of adoration for him.
“Oh? Really? I mean, I notice you looking at him a lot. That’s why I thought that you liked him too. I mean, look, all your friends loiter around us too.”
What a way of putting things. And what’s more, he noticed my secret observation.
“The two of you are quite conspicuous, and so I could not help but look your way. If I have troubled you by doing so, I apologise. I shall pay more attention henceforth.”
For now, what I need to do first is pull myself together.78Please respect copyright.PENANAlxcBkSoBWE
Now that I’m not under Emperor’s glare, the lion big cat in my heart has returned.78Please respect copyright.PENANAB7iFz5tcIu
As if I would lose to Enjou on his own.
“Well then, if this is all that you have to say, I shall take my leave. Gokigen’yoh.”
I want to leave this demon’s lair as quickly as possible.78Please respect copyright.PENANAztSFzAMbFn
I want to sprint full speed out of this place with my tail between my legs.
“Yeah, goodbye. Take care, okay?”
Enjou gave me a gentle wave.
As I was leaving, Emperor spotted me as he nibbled on a biscuit and said,
“YEAH! Gopher, make sure to do your job!”
So he even called me a gopher in the end…78Please respect copyright.PENANALKw5UMNUG0
Wasn’t I supposed to be a spy! Jeez.78Please respect copyright.PENANAr9PXohSF1M
The mouth is the mother of all calamities.78Please respect copyright.PENANAbA2Q9xJeQj
Honestly, I think I’m about to cry. About all sorts of things.78Please respect copyright.PENANAZuDoW74vM8
It’s said that in all times and places, spies that failed their mission were disposed of by their organisations.78Please respect copyright.PENANAhMJbYZGgkh
Will tomorrow bring me success or failure?