I, Kisshouin Reika, have been appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, the role of ‘spy’, or in other words, gopher.81Please respect copyright.PENANAscV6fCDJmo
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…81Please respect copyright.PENANA0hAAUJeFoQ
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~81Please respect copyright.PENANA3Oz6eZ00lE
Also I ended up using his name for the first time to his face.81Please respect copyright.PENANACyMsKGvKvv
Because I was so nervous, I bit my tongue.81Please respect copyright.PENANA8ddHpk9Gh9
Please, somebody just save me already~
“The hell do you think you’re doing, casually spreading rumours about others?”
Quite right, Your Majesty.81Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ7YjpBFEU
Anybody would be unhappy if people talked about them behind their back.81Please respect copyright.PENANAOoWgl7WyQT
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANAbYQJN2CUBY
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANAPLq0OLBgLp
Because even if I agreed with you, there’s no way I’d be able to say it.81Please respect copyright.PENANAQenV6K2d8c
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANAQWd3Af69JX
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANAYGKDx3HBh0
This guy… isn’t he surprisingly simple?81Please respect copyright.PENANAKJcrSpAszv
GYAH-, I’m sorry for being cheeky! I’m sorry!81Please respect copyright.PENANA9sngII36g1
Don’t glare at mee~81Please respect copyright.PENANAVmapoTOdQD
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANA8WAUkm3seG
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANAdVtxptqt7M
You really have no eye for people, me~81Please respect copyright.PENANArtdjKDezAW
If this isn’t ‘ridiculously arrogant’, then just what on earth is?81Please respect copyright.PENANAN1HlDHjDWv
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?81Please respect copyright.PENANALs4nyfoaT4
Should I just tell Aira-sama, and have her snitch to Yurie-sama?81Please respect copyright.PENANAU7STdro6XQ
‘He’s been threatening a helpless girl into being his gopher,’ she could say.81Please respect copyright.PENANAJcIVJ6nf8y
…Nonono, don’t do anything desperate now.81Please respect copyright.PENANAdjoxHQpCd6
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANA0cp6sqolfG
Any adoration I had for Emperor was cleanly left behind in my old life.81Please respect copyright.PENANAaGUaQlqxN1
Yeah, I adored a 2d character and I was a bit of an embarrassing girl. Problem?81Please respect copyright.PENANAfSLLg0DR4e
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANAxi6cxegrxr
Now that I’m not under Emperor’s glare, the lion big cat in my heart has returned.81Please respect copyright.PENANARbhKvZRC6G
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.81Please respect copyright.PENANADNMFttnLQz
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…81Please respect copyright.PENANAKFU41hCJKi
Wasn’t I supposed to be a spy! Jeez.81Please respect copyright.PENANATtAvHDCieC
The mouth is the mother of all calamities.81Please respect copyright.PENANAymzCM2WxSM
Honestly, I think I’m about to cry. About all sorts of things.81Please respect copyright.PENANAYt5bsNGXh2
It’s said that in all times and places, spies that failed their mission were disposed of by their organisations.81Please respect copyright.PENANAFpDskO96qe
Will tomorrow bring me success or failure?