Chapter 159 New Classmate
The morning classroom was as noisy as Kazumi remembered. Whether it was the regular middle school she attended in her past life or Hero Middle School in this world where people had abilities, the restless hearts of young people were essentially the same in some ways.
Lightly dodging two male classmates who were roughhousing by the door, and stepping over two girls chatting by the aisle, Kazumi led Shinichi Sato towards the classroom.
The appearance of the young boy and girl probably only made people in the classroom glance over slightly before they went back to their own business.
As for the two of them being together, the classmates who knew them best were initially very surprised. But gradually, they became accustomed to their occasional public displays of affection.
“Kazumi, I’ll head to my seat first. Be sure to take care of your wound.”
The boy chuckled heartily, placed his schoolbag on Kazumi’s desk, pointed towards the back of the classroom, and finally leaned in to whisper a gentle reminder to the girl’s ear.
The boy’s breath, filled with masculine energy, lightly brushed against Kazumi’s ear, and the scent of faintly fragrant body lotion from him wafted into her nostrils, causing the cool-faced girl, whose cheeks were slightly flushed, to involuntarily lean back.
Although she knew that Shinichi Sato didn’t mean anything by it at this moment, and the reason he was speaking softly was that her injury should not be revealed for now, this excessive physical proximity still made Kazumi’s seemingly dead heart beat violently again.
Fortunately, Shinichi Sato was only giving her a concerned reminder. After finishing his words, he immediately pulled away, nodded gently at Kazumi, and then headed towards the back row.
“I… I know…”
Sitting down in her seat, Kazumi took out the textbooks she needed to review for the morning self-study, muttering belatedly.
Her mood, which had been lifted by the boy’s shy demeanor in the morning, suddenly wasn’t as pleasant. Pouting, she opened “Hero Records,” placed her pen on the page where she had already taken notes, and prepared for the morning self-study.
“Tsk tsk tsk, is it really okay to be so affectionate so early in the morning?”
A warm, energetic voice came from behind. Before Kazumi could turn around, a small hand holding chewing gum was extended to her.
“Thanks.”
Taking the chewing gum offered by Yū Nakamura from the back row, Kazumi’s expression instantly turned cold. Like a robot, she unwrapped the chewing gum and put it in her mouth.
Yū Nakamura, a student in Class B-1 of the Regular Department at Shikoku Gakuin, was a friendly girl who sat behind Kazumi. However, due to Kazumi’s cold personality in her previous life, their biggest interaction was only passing notes between her and Shinichi Sato.
After Kazumi transmigrated here, she had only met her when she was on a date with the boy as part of a plan, and she had given her an excellent assist in her first hand-holding experience.
[So, your purpose in sharing food with her is to repay her! Absolutely!]
As information about the girl in the back row flashed through her mind, Kazumi seemed to have discovered something rather significant.
The boy enthusiastically distributed the snacks he had given her to the classmates around her in her name, claiming that he hoped she could make some new friends in class.
But now it seemed that the seemingly honest Shinichi Sato had also betrayed the revolution?! Learning to buy off wingmen, who taught him this?!
The boy was very popular in class. Coupled with the small gifts, the surrounding classmates’ feelings towards Kazumi also seemed to have improved slightly. At the very least, the girl rarely felt the animal-like gazes recently.
Of course, the only one who dared to approach and talk to her without fear of Kazumi’s icy aura was this energetic girl who was friendly with everyone.
Kazumi didn’t know what was going on in this short-haired girl’s head. After Shinichi Sato had taken her to give her some snacks, Yū Nakamura patted her chest and assured Shinichi Sato, looking like she would definitely help him save his reclusive girlfriend.
“Ah, Kazumi-chan, are you and Sato-kun going to school together again today? You’re so in love, when will sweet romance come to me!”
Like a chattering squirrel, Yū Nakamura took the opportunity of handing over the gum to approach Kazumi, babbling a lot, her words full of a young girl’s longing for beautiful love.
“It will come.”
Kazumi nodded, gently chewed the gum in her mouth, and the faint taste of chocolate spread on her taste buds, but the girl’s thoughts were unusually calm.
Perhaps this was the girl’s true attitude towards interacting with people. As long as the boy wasn’t mentioned, Kazumi even felt that there wasn’t a single extra fluctuation in her heart.
In terms of character development, it was natural for the girl, who had become gradually cheerful after being guided by her boyfriend, to make a few new friends. Kazumi also thought so.
But Kazumi discovered that in front of people, or rather, normal people, she didn’t have any extra thoughts.
Yū Nakamura was decent-looking. Her short hair and round face had a cute charm. Her talkative and friendly nature was probably a personality Kazumi favored in her past life.
Even though she couldn’t develop romantic feelings due to her gender, she should have had some affection for cute things.
But that wasn’t the case. The chattering and noise held no appeal for Kazumi, and she even felt a slight urge to turn her into an undead creature.
[Perhaps we would get along better if I turned her into an undead? After all, I need other creatures to communicate with, and wingmen always get abandoned eventually. In the end, I still have to rely on myself.]
However, this was probably just a fleeting thought of the girl. After all, given her current growth in abilities, the academy’s security level, and the need for concealment, Kazumi was not allowed to do such a seemingly unprofitable thing.
Glancing at Yū Nakamura in front of her with some regret, the girl nodded, pretending to be listening and responding to her words.
“…So, this kind of test itself is very unsafe. The bumps from insect bites are still there!”
Nodding and listening to Yū Nakamura complain about the previous test, the girl collected usable information from her words while silently calculating the time in her mind.
When the clock in her mind reached four minutes, she nodded at the interval of Yū Nakamura’s speech, and then naturally turned her head back.
After all, in the girl’s opinion, spending a little time every day to create a persona of a familiar friend was enough. The rest of her time was best used to collect and analyze information.
And Yū Nakamura’s careless personality wouldn’t care about her slightly impolite behavior, nor would she stop interacting with her because of it.
Reaching out, she opened the book in her hand, shook her head, and cleared the chattering noise from her mind. Kazumi planned to review the book she had read yesterday.
But before Kazumi could finish reading the first line, the classroom door opened in advance. Ishiryu Daito walked in with his wide strides, his extremely dark face exuding the murderous aura of a yakuza.
Everyone was accustomed to their homeroom teacher who looked like a yakuza, and there wasn’t much to say. However, Kazumi was a little surprised why Ishiryu Daito would come in before the morning self-study started. Normally, the open-minded teacher was very willing to leave this a.m. free time for students to rest and play.
But the figure who followed behind him dispelled Kazumi’s confusion. The black-haired girl, wearing Shikoku’s uniform, walked in with her head down. Her youthful appearance seemed somewhat unaccustomed to the surrounding environment, but she carried a scent that felt somewhat familiar to Kazumi.
Ishiryu Daito coughed twice, signaled the students to quiet down, and said:
“Classmates, before the morning self-study begins, I need to introduce a new classmate who will be joining our Class B-2 starting today. Please give her a warm welcome.”
Following enthusiastic applause, Ishiryu Daito said a few words to the black-haired girl beside him. The girl finally nodded, and slowly raised her head.
On her beautiful face were a pair of light green eyes as calm as lake water. Her emerald eyes scanned past everyone, looking directly towards the inner side of the classroom. Her light pink lips held a trace of unknown meaning, and her ethereal voice echoed in the classroom.
“Hello everyone, my name is Mai Shinomiyai. I am very happy to be able to study and live with you from now on. Please take care of me.”
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