Chapter: 10. The Enchantress Who Brings Brain Destruction
As a man, anyone might have imagined such a scenario at some point.
As a high school student, one dreams of having a girlfriend.
On a day that seems ordinary and sparse.
You unexpectedly encounter a beautiful girl in the school campus whom you’ve never met before.
Then you learn that she is a transfer student who just arrived at the school today, and she accidentally got lost and happened to run into you.
She possesses top-tier beauty that would astonish anyone, displaying a cheerful and energetic personality that feels like a warm sunlight, dispelling your dull and faded inner self, bringing a dazzling ray of hope to your life.
Then, in conversation, you realize that she is an incredibly innocent child, as if she were a blank sheet of paper untouched by the malice of the world, treating others with tenderness and straightforwardness, stirring up a strong protective instinct deep within you—
But beneath this angelic vibe, you gradually discover that she has a figure that, even when wrapped in the layers of a school uniform, cannot hide her seductive curves.
And she seems completely unaware of this; even when faced with you for the first time, she exhibits an utterly defenseless side.
It’s almost like unfolding a manga.
In such a moment.
Surely, every man would recognize this beautiful girl, whom he is meeting for the first time, as the female lead of his life.
Especially for the students of “Special Class” at Ark Academy.
In the prime of their adolescence, they have been exposed to bizarre and extraordinary worlds, some of them wielding supernatural powers against the norm.
In their hearts, they undoubtedly see themselves as the protagonists of a comic.
And at this moment, the beautiful girl who mistakenly wandered into the special class’s restricted area due to getting lost.
She must be the female lead of their life, right?
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After Nagi explained to the girl she just met this morning.
She stole glances at the boys standing not far away with the corner of her eye.
From their expressions, Nagi read the thoughts described above.
Although it might sound a bit narcissistic.
But perhaps they have fallen in love with her at first sight?
It’s not their fault.
After all, how could boys in this age group resist the allure of her current beautiful girl persona?
For those who have never even had a girlfriend, she must be the most wonderful girl they’ve ever encountered in their lives, right?
Sigh, she truly feels guilty about it~
In the blink of an eye.
She distorts the preferences of so many promising young men, occupying the spot in their hearts reserved for “the most beautiful fantasy about women” as a bad girl like herself~
Although they are observing from afar right now.
In a moment, they will surely come up with ways to strike up conversations with her, right?
Especially that blonde boy who was planning to make a sarcastic remark at Kanade—just a moment ago when he made eye contact with her, that fierce expression of his immediately turned a light shade of red. Even though he continued to speak in a haughty manner, when faced with her, he always intentionally displayed a gentlemanly demeanor, just to leave a good impression on her—
—So easy to understand.
Those followers standing behind him probably have similar thoughts, right?
Even if they are now loyally pledging allegiance to the blonde “boss,” they are likely already scheming how to steal this sexy beauty from him.
—Sigh~ Is this how boys are?
—Although I used to be a boy, it’s not too hard to understand their thoughts…
But there seems to be an exception.
The boy standing close to Kanade, who occupies the “best friend position,” after Nagi sensed his gaze discreetly scanning her figure, seemed to lose interest immediately.
Subsequently, he didn’t look at her at all.
—For some reason, she felt suddenly very irritated…
—After all, there’s only my Kanade-kun who is the best!
Thinking this, Nagi redirected her focus back to Kanade standing in front of her.
Unlike those boys.
The Kanade she has nurtured from childhood would never look at her with that gaze at every moment.
But when faced with the temptation she intentionally created, he will cooperate and show the reactions she desires~
—Ah, that’s just wonderful~
“That’s you, Kanade-kun?” Nagi thought as she finally reunited with Kanade officially.
So she uttered the line she had prepared.
“Eh? It’s, it’s me… Nagi, long time no see…”
“!?” The girl next to her, named Fuuko, seemed to show emotional turbulence due to Kanade’s words.
Well, ignore that.
It’s time for me, the beautiful girl in the sky, and childhood friend!
For the fact that the beautiful transfer student she met this morning, who comforted her, is actually her romantic rival, she will surely be surprised, right?
Thinking this, Nagi temporarily cast aside her sympathy.
And gave those boys, whose names she didn’t even know, a little emotional shock.
Just as a small punishment.
“Wow~! Kanade-kun~ I really missed you~~” Nagi deliberately displayed an immensely joyful and happy expression, her face blooming with a bright and adorable smile, and without any further ado, she rushed forward and hugged Kanade tightly.
“!?” Such emotional turbulence emanated from those boys not far away.
But one couldn’t blame them~
The beautiful girl who they fell in love with at first sight and considered to be their only female lead in life was showing such a blissful smile at another boy, and suddenly initiated a close physical contact.
Most importantly, the other party was someone they always looked down upon as useless.
For boys with weaker wills, this scene might taste like a forbidden flavor of brain destruction, right?
“W-Wait a minute, Nagi, don’t just hug me suddenly…” Kanade tried to gently push Nagi away while simultaneously shifting his lower body back.
After two and a half years.
The Kanade who used to be shorter than Nagi is now half a head taller than her.
Comparing their positions during their first year, the roles have reversed during this embrace.
“But…” Nagi feigned a delicate and hurt expression at his words.
“(Anger)” The boys seemed to emanate such a sentiment—“How dare a mere useless person bully our angel?”
“(Nod nod)” But Fuuko nearby appeared to highly agree with Kanade’s reaction of pushing her away.
—A little annoyed.
Nagi deliberately chose an ambiguous phrasing: “Clearly, you used to love holding me while sleeping in bed…..”
“(Crack)” It seemed like some girl’s heart emitted the sound of shattering glass.
“N-No, that’s just a childhood thing, right!?” Kanade felt the cold glares from the surrounding boys. If gazes could be solid, he would probably be in a thousand pieces by now.
So he hurriedly explained, “It’s not what you think…”
—Clearly being embraced by his beloved childhood friend.
—Yet his mind is preoccupied with explaining to others, Kanade-kun really is a bad boy~
“…..Do you dislike me, Kanade-kun?”
“Eh?!”
A fatal question.
For the gentle Kanade, who is not good at lying, throwing out this question in a public setting can affirm her claim to his heart.
Although she felt a bit sorry for Kanade.
But this was a necessary sacrifice to drive away the unfaithful cat that clings to him.
Of course, this way, she could also somewhat reduce the number of boys who harbor thoughts towards her, right?
After all, as long as one isn’t blind or wooden, one could understand, to some extent, what it meant for a girl to say this while hugging a boy—
“(Haven’t they completely fallen for each other!?)”
“(A childhood friend who shares mutual feelings!? A heavenly match!?)”
The boys and Fuuko, who witnessed this scene, immediately reached this conclusion in their hearts.
“(If only she could chub up three more circles…)” A strange thankfulness seemed to creep in.
“I-I could never dislike Nagi—”
“—Tsukimi Kanade, what are you doing?”
At that crucial moment, Kanade’s response was interrupted by the approached Shishidou.
Hearing this, both Kanade and Nagi turned around, just in time to face Shishidou’s displeased expression.
“This is the special class; if I’m not mistaken, she should be a student of the elite class, right?”
“Ah, right, although she is lost, but it wouldn’t be good if a teacher found out that she wandered in here!” Fuuko quickly chimed in, taking over Shishidou’s words.
For her, it seemed her romantic prospects had already become a lost cause.
But as long as neither of them pierced through that thin membrane between them, plus with Kanade’s seemingly wooden sensibility… she still had a glimmer of hope!
“True enough, since Tsukimi, you are familiar with her, why don’t you take her out? After all, you are supposed to head to the new dorm soon, right?” Rightemon suggested.
The next moment, he was immediately met with extremely fierce glares from a boy and a girl.
Rightemon became as nervous and sweating as a frog caught in a snake’s stare, unable to move.
Although he understood Fuuko’s feelings for Kanade, he could also see that Shishidou had a favorable impression of this newly met girl.
But in his mind, the priority was not to leak the existence of the extraordinary world to ordinary people.
At the same time, it seemed his years of confusion found an answer at that moment—his roommate, who looked like wood, actually had a history with such a cute and mutually affectionate girl.
“Sigh, with such a cute face, if only she could be a bit chubbier…” Rightemon couldn’t help but sigh inwardly as he decided to support Kanade’s romantic pursuit.
“Ah, that’s right, Nagi, let’s, let’s leave this place first?” Kanade hastily urged, seeming to have found a chance for rescue.
But the response he received was—
“By the way, it seems like my dorm just got settled; I was planning to go check it out too… It would be great if I could share a dorm with Kanade-kun, hee hee~” Nagi casually mentioned as if she remembered something.
And everyone looking at Nagi’s adorable smile.
In their hearts, an ominous premonition arose in unison.
—It couldn’t be that coincidental, could it?
