Akizawa-kun’s innocent smile awaited me at cram school.
Compared to that black duo, Akizawa-kun’s smile is like a polar opposite.70Please respect copyright.PENANAEkQqHuBtWQ
Aah, he’s so soothing…
“What’s wrong, Kisshouin-san? You seem kind of tired.”
“Yes, well, various things happened, you see.”
Right. Various things.
I was supposed to be living in a way that bothered Emperor as little as possible, but to think that I would be nominated as gopher.70Please respect copyright.PENANAvt9NkXuKTh
What the heck are you doing, me?
“I see. Are you okay?”
No, I’m not okay at all.70Please respect copyright.PENANAPKq9bD2Cvm
But I can’t get the untainted Akizawa-kun wrapped up in it.
“If I fail my mission, please pray for my well-being in the afterlife…”
“Huh?”
To begin with, even if I asked Aira-sama the questions that Emperor gave me, would she even answer?70Please respect copyright.PENANAnojHLFpnKK
Aira-sama treats me more closely than others, but would she go as far as to answer questions like that?70Please respect copyright.PENANADtIOvln13l
But if she won’t answer, then what the heck will happen to me?70Please respect copyright.PENANApdFCVogZ1C
Will I be yelled at and called a useless gopher?70Please respect copyright.PENANAXSToPnsE1g
Well, if it’s just that much, I don’t really care.70Please respect copyright.PENANAA2kYXgW84J
Being the woman hated by Kaburagi Masaya would leave me in a precarious position at school though.70Please respect copyright.PENANA7tb6t1rbuC
Or rather, I was designated as spy in front of all the kids who were in the salon at the time, so won’t they all know that I’m a gopher now?70Please respect copyright.PENANAMOAGs0fjpc
…The day that my in-school position falls might be sooner than expected.70Please respect copyright.PENANAswpXhntLfi
Aahh, the bad possibilities keep on growing.
“Hey, Kisshouin-san. Wanna eat these?”
“Eh-”
Akizawa-kun took out individually-wrapped financiers.
“My mum gave me these in case I got hungry. Eating sweet things might improve your mood.”
After saying those words, Akizawa-kun smiled at me.
A-, AKIZAWA-KUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!
What a good kid. You’re an angel!70Please respect copyright.PENANACC14Nbzt4K
It’s like heaven and earth when compared to those two.70Please respect copyright.PENANAcIHq602oHV
I’m so glad that I became your friend!
“Thanks, Akizawa-kun!”
After eating his financiers, I really did feel better.70Please respect copyright.PENANAVopCC9tKh5
I even thought that it might be okay to share my treasured kinakomochi flavoured Tirolian chocolates with him.70Please respect copyright.PENANAkIekLD13iY
And so finally, the day of English school arrived.70Please respect copyright.PENANAvV1ylFFLDC
Ever since that day, I’ve been avoiding the salon. But today, the moment that I stepped out of the classroom to leave school, I found Emperor standing in the hallway giving me a ‘You get it, right…?’ look with his eyes, so as the spy that I was, I replied ‘Yes, of course!’ with my eyes as well, and immediately headed to the shoe rack.70Please respect copyright.PENANALjiWx1Sz1m
Honestly, now that it’s come to this, I have no choice but to keep my head down and play the gopher.
After my English class finished, I waited anxiously for Aira-sama’s arrival.70Please respect copyright.PENANA5nn3qAbxSI
I already let my chauffeur know to come a little later, so things were fine in regards to when I’d be leaving, but the problem was what time Aira-sama would be coming.70Please respect copyright.PENANAlhUy4MDLsy
If she came just as class started, then we wouldn’t have any time to talk.70Please respect copyright.PENANAb6UNFk9urU
As you’d expect, I wouldn’t be able to just wait here until her classes finished.70Please respect copyright.PENANAvOx664jtGx
Please, Aira-sama. Come quickly.
Perhaps the heavens were on my side, because Aira-sama appeared almost right afterwards.
“Aira-sama!”
“My, it’s Reika-san. Gokigen’yoh.”
Aah, Aira-sama, thank goodnesss…
“Um, the truth is, there is in fact something I wish to ask you, Aira-sama!”
“Hm? Ask me?”
I didn’t want anybody else to hear, so we ended up chatting on the landing of the staircase.
“The truth is, it is about Yurie-sama.”
“Yurie?”
Aira-sama’s expression turned puzzled.
“Y-, Yes. Um, just how angry at Kaburagi-sama is Yurie-sama? And when is it that she intends on forgiving him?”
There wasn’t any time so I just cut right to the chase, but Aira-sama’s expression turned more and more suspicious.
“And why would you want to know about Yurie and Masaya, Reika-san? Enough that you came out of your way to ask me.”
Well yeah, that is pretty suspicious.70Please respect copyright.PENANAwaLr1B0R8S
When I’m not close to Kaburagi at all, I went and stuck my nose in their business, so Aira-sama’s reaction was natural.70Please respect copyright.PENANA7RUMzHwovt
I wonder if I seem like some nosy onlooker to her.
“I don’t know why you’re asking, but if you’re prying into this on a whim, you’ll make Masaya angry, you know?”
I’ve already made him angry.70Please respect copyright.PENANAqP094aPqCC
And I’m doing this at Kaburagi Masaya’s direction.70Please respect copyright.PENANAHqC4VeQnU1
Should I just try telling her the truth?70Please respect copyright.PENANAizCuBLzQg6
But if I do, there’s no way she would give information to Stalker Kaburagi’s underling.70Please respect copyright.PENANA5LrOBqARc9
Mm~mm…
Seeing me fall silent as I agonised over it, Aira-sama narrowed her eyes.
“Could it be that Masaya said something to you?”
Goodness!70Please respect copyright.PENANACCzKvkS26E
How did you know!70Please respect copyright.PENANAkqLETGJStk
Could it be that Aira-sama can read minds just like Emperor!?
“Em, umm…”
But should I just come clean? Or should I struggle to keep up my act?
“Ah, mn. Got it. It’s probably just Masaya telling you to ask about Yurie, right?”
That’s exactly it!70Please respect copyright.PENANAUnKjHr238h
You’re amazing, Aira-sama. How did you see through everything!?
“Looks like he hasn’t reflected at all. I wonder if he even understands why Yurie was angry. You can just ignore what Masaya has to say, or so I’d like to say, but you’re in a spot where you can’t do that, right?”
“Yes. Exactly right.”
I nodded up and down.
“Alright. I’ll ask Yurie for you. As for how angry she is, tell him that threatening unwilling people and working them hard for his own matters like this will just get her even angrier.”
“That is…”
…definitely not something a coward like me could say.
“Huhu, but my class is about to start, and I’ll only be able to ask Yurie after I come home, so… Naturally, next week’s English tutorial would be too late, right?”
“I cannot say for certain, but probably…”
Given that he couldn’t even wait until ‘the day after next’ I can’t imagine that he’d be able to wait until ‘next week’.
“Got it. Then, Reika-san, do you have a mobile?”
I don’t have many chances to use it, but it has a GPS with it, so it’s more like a crime deterrent.70Please respect copyright.PENANAFSkQs6YBtX
That’s why when I go to the convenience store during cram school, I naturally leave it in the classroom for alibi purposes.
“Well then, let’s exchange addresses. Once I have a talk with Yurie, I’ll send you an email.”
“Can we really!?”
Oohhh, to think that I would get Aira-sama’s address!
The truth is, Aira-sama sports an androgenous short haircut, so around here, she’s even more popular than the boys are.70Please respect copyright.PENANAKLZTlieDrB
There are plenty of girls who seem like they’re even in love with Aira-sama, and some of them have bewitching fantasies about the beautiful princess Yurie-sama and her gallant knight Aira-sama.
…And I’m also one of the girls who secretly admire Aira-sama!70Please respect copyright.PENANAcVA4luTIlw
That’s right! The one that I admire isn’t Emperor. It’s the Peony Knight, Aira-sama!70Please respect copyright.PENANAHj5DqdOE0G
So don’t get so cocky, you damned tyrant duo!
Or so I was thinking, but there’s no way a coward like me could ever say it to their faces, so it’s more like the rant of a loser but…70Please respect copyright.PENANA0oZGm2iV11
Anyway, that doesn’t matter.70Please respect copyright.PENANAdiZNbn00pd
For now, it looks like I’ve been able to follow my directives.70Please respect copyright.PENANAhzOV8tsGdt
After all, it looks like Aira-sama is going to help me out because she understands my circumstances.70Please respect copyright.PENANAx59bJMCHb7
What’s more, I even gained her email address as an unexpected reward, so I’m feeling completely pleased right now.70Please respect copyright.PENANAhhPMhcW3F0
Now then, shall I go home?70Please respect copyright.PENANAUqmseBYDaJ
Today Oniisama is going to be late due to prep studies isn’t he. Tsk~ That’s no fun.70Please respect copyright.PENANAremtp9H7Fm
I wonder if he’ll make time for me tomorrow.70Please respect copyright.PENANA9m1YCcaNsc
Lala, la~70Please respect copyright.PENANAiVhs4JU12f
Watching me walking out of the English class elated with my worries gone, was a boy in front of a black car, standing with his arms folded. Kaburagi Masaya.
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