Akizawa-kun’s innocent smile awaited me at cram school.
Compared to that black duo, Akizawa-kun’s smile is like a polar opposite.77Please respect copyright.PENANAUaosi7Sg99
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAxWmSqquz4E
What the heck are you doing, me?
“I see. Are you okay?”
No, I’m not okay at all.77Please respect copyright.PENANAgtC0sNEjgk
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?77Please respect copyright.PENANAb4URg3wBmm
Aira-sama treats me more closely than others, but would she go as far as to answer questions like that?77Please respect copyright.PENANAEZAtw8Dt91
But if she won’t answer, then what the heck will happen to me?77Please respect copyright.PENANA6FBFcUV3Zj
Will I be yelled at and called a useless gopher?77Please respect copyright.PENANAjgiMKLIUhq
Well, if it’s just that much, I don’t really care.77Please respect copyright.PENANArpA7kk1jRe
Being the woman hated by Kaburagi Masaya would leave me in a precarious position at school though.77Please respect copyright.PENANA3JkTB1uREi
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?77Please respect copyright.PENANASDWAp07Msq
…The day that my in-school position falls might be sooner than expected.77Please respect copyright.PENANAb6W7t48zsr
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!77Please respect copyright.PENANAeBRQA9rqR0
It’s like heaven and earth when compared to those two.77Please respect copyright.PENANAeHmmpf1PYg
I’m so glad that I became your friend!
“Thanks, Akizawa-kun!”
After eating his financiers, I really did feel better.77Please respect copyright.PENANAfsHWs6zJpV
I even thought that it might be okay to share my treasured kinakomochi flavoured Tirolian chocolates with him.77Please respect copyright.PENANA2XjxAt6buS
And so finally, the day of English school arrived.77Please respect copyright.PENANAEr4YeL501e
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANADvaWoX1CBw
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAHL5fOgbbAV
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAzkc2CP3Chf
If she came just as class started, then we wouldn’t have any time to talk.77Please respect copyright.PENANA5ujqTQauqK
As you’d expect, I wouldn’t be able to just wait here until her classes finished.77Please respect copyright.PENANAnSXrNHJzNn
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANA6wZW78uOYW
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAGj5OIRXSZW
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1hZ1I136b
And I’m doing this at Kaburagi Masaya’s direction.77Please respect copyright.PENANA81h84ikODF
Should I just try telling her the truth?77Please respect copyright.PENANAzzqwn8lJzL
But if I do, there’s no way she would give information to Stalker Kaburagi’s underling.77Please respect copyright.PENANAsPGgOJaJEy
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!77Please respect copyright.PENANAzQkEewHO7I
How did you know!77Please respect copyright.PENANAQAXgg87EwK
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!77Please respect copyright.PENANAVCWw4wvCjd
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAuKnFeUZ0s1
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAUxagLaqxj5
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!77Please respect copyright.PENANA5i5bwCNRim
That’s right! The one that I admire isn’t Emperor. It’s the Peony Knight, Aira-sama!77Please respect copyright.PENANARL9TzVlONS
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…77Please respect copyright.PENANAgWIpD9fqqw
Anyway, that doesn’t matter.77Please respect copyright.PENANAiat97Uh9Bw
For now, it looks like I’ve been able to follow my directives.77Please respect copyright.PENANAuaAtfqZmpw
After all, it looks like Aira-sama is going to help me out because she understands my circumstances.77Please respect copyright.PENANAat9LUCT08H
What’s more, I even gained her email address as an unexpected reward, so I’m feeling completely pleased right now.77Please respect copyright.PENANAxXWRXuIdBr
Now then, shall I go home?77Please respect copyright.PENANAlk7X441JEr
Today Oniisama is going to be late due to prep studies isn’t he. Tsk~ That’s no fun.77Please respect copyright.PENANAeW6kXHV6uf
I wonder if he’ll make time for me tomorrow.77Please respect copyright.PENANAg03TEurlN2
Lala, la~77Please respect copyright.PENANARYhsZB9EoW
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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