Vol. 1 Chapter 1.3

Translated by SoundDestiny Edited by SoundDestiny

“Haa, haa, haa……”

My breathing is ragged. Strange sweat is gushing from my forehead

‘I’ve done it. There’s no going back now.’

I dragged Kurosawa -san into the room in question and threw her forcefully into the back of the room.

It wasn’t that I had her in my sights. It could have been any of the people who surrounded me yesterday. It just happened that she was the first one to pass by.

Thinking about it, all I could say was that she wasn’t lucky.

“What ? What the hell is this?!……Who, Who is it?! Who is doing something like this?!”

Her ranting and shouting can be heard from beyond the darkness.

I can understand it. It’s scary, isn’t it? I think it’s a big deal just to be able to scream. If I was walking down the corridor and suddenly thrown into the darkness, I’d be too scared to speak.

“Su ────…….”

I take a big breath and turn on the light on my phone to illuminate Kurosawa-san.

“Hii!?”

Choking sound in the back of her throat. In the darkness, the upper half of Kurosawa-san’s body emerged, squinting with a dazzling glare.

When seen like this, even her frightened face is still a beauty.

She is one of the top castes in the class and is Junichi Kasuya’s girlfriend who beat me up yesterday. She is a reader’s model for a teen magazine, a little tight in appearance, but a beautiful girl with an eight-head model’s figure and long black hair.

Come to think of it, I had never seen her in person seriously. If I did, Kasuya would shout, [What the hell are you looking at!]. I was afraid that Kasuya might accuse me of something if I did so.

However, I did buy a copy of a teen’s magazine that featured her.

She was in a so-called wholesome fashion magazine, but the sight of my classmates in their casual clothes, even in slightly revealing camisoles, was enough to arouse my fantasies. Needless to say, I used it for all sorts of purposes.

“Yo! Good morning. Kurosawa-san.”

I call out to her, desperately suppressing the sound of my voice that is about to break out into a screech.

Instantly, her expression changed from frightened and anxious to overtly displeased.

“Disgusting… man.”

Even her already pinched eyes become even more pinched with anger.

“You! What the hell do you think you’re doing!　You think you can get away with this for free!?”

But I don’t answer her. I just gave her a smirk.

To be honest, inside I’m quite nervous, but I’ve made up my mind beforehand.

If I were in her shoes, I’d be more afraid than kept on blabbering.

“H-Hey you! Wh-why don’t you say something?!”

As expected, Kurosawa-san’s expression turns uneasy again.

‘Oh, no. This could be fun.’

Is this how bullies feel?

I wonder if these girls felt like this yesterday.

Every time she let out a frightened sound, I began to feel a little more relaxed.

“Y–you!! I’m going to tell Jun-kun and have him beat you to a pulp! He’s going to use the younger members of the football club to beat you to a pulp! You’d better be prepared. I’ll make sure you can never come to school again!”

Kurosawa–san’s cheeks twitch, she folds her arms and gives a generous smile.

“Yes, I forgive you now, let me out of here!　Get me out of here!”

She must really be quite scared, I even thought she was cute in a roundabout way, desperately trying to be emphatic.

“Kurosawa-san.”

“Hiii?!”

I opened my mouth, her body shuddered.

“I don’t think you understand our position yet..”

I shrugged my shoulders in an exaggerated fashion as I told her this.

“I won’t let you out. For the rest of my life.”

Kurosawa-san instantly raised one eyebrow and glared at me.

“Aaan…? Are… you an idiot!? Do you know what you’re doing!? This is kidnapping, kidnapping!　If the police catch you, your life is over! I’ll let you off with a small compensation, just get me out of here now!”

I was appalled by her attitude. She is willing to talk about alimony in this situation. It’s nothing but being strong-willed. Maybe Kasuya-kun is under her thumb in their relationship.

At about the same time that I was getting all flustered….

“Yoo-hoo! Fumifumi! You finally did it!”

Suddenly, the demon girl in the pale light appeared above my head.

“Nah!”

Kurosawa-san is surprised and backs away. Well, of course she will. If a girl suddenly appeared out of nowhere and floated in the air, anyone would be surprised.

“W-Wh-Who is that girl?! Why is she floating?!”

The room is much brighter thanks to the light emitted by the devil girl. I ignored Kurosawa-san. I turned off the light on my phone and, tucking it away in my hip pocket, replied curtly to the Demon Girl.

“It’s not like I’m trying to get laid. I’m just trying to get rid of this fire.”

“Getting rid of fire….. Fumifumi, being cool won’t fix your ugliness, okay?”

“Oh, Shut up.”

“But, well, if FumiFumi continues to trample on other people’s lives and learn the joys of doing whatever he wants by force, this campaign will be a great success for me. It’s fun! Twisting and controlling other people’s destinies by force–devi.”

“So, you really are a demon…”

“I’ve been saying that from the start”

In fact, I never intended to go this far.

I was just going to give her a bit of a lesson. I was going to show her the pain to the extent that she would never think of messing with me again, that was my intention. At least, at this point.

“Wait! You! Don’t ignore me!　What’s the matter with that girl!?”

When Kurosawa–san raises his hysterical voice, the devil girl looks at her and gives a derisive smile.

“Pupupu.She’s scared. Hey, Fumi Fumi. Don’t be mean, shouldn’t you tell her what’s going on”

“By the way, have you stopped calling yourself Devi?”

“….you should tell her what’s going on, shouldn’t you, Devi?”

Apparently, she still wants to continue.

But she’s right, it’s not a bad idea to let her know exactly what’s going on.

I coughed once, turned to Kurosawa-san, make a seriously rotten face and said,

“Introducing, The Devil.”

“Hai–Nice to you~!”

Then, for a moment, Kurosawa-san makes a blank face.

“Ha? Devil? What do you mean by demon?  Are you stupid? You’re just a pain in the ass cosplay woman!”

“Pain in the ass cosplay woman…?”

Gan! The Devil’s Girl, look shocked.

‘Adaptable….this guy’

“Well, it’s hard to believe, isn’t it? I didn’t believe it at first either. But actually, I got this power from this girl. I got this power to create rooms out of nothing.”

“You create rooms……?”

“Yes. Otherwise you can’t explain it, can you? There’s no room like this at school, is there?”

“Th, that’s ridiculous!　I don’t know what kind of tricks you’re up to, but if you’re going to lie, at least make it a bit better than that. You creep!”

The devil girl and I look at each other and both let out a sigh.

“Unn, well, if you think it’s a lie, I guess you’re free to do that too.”

“That’s right–Devi. You’ll understand in time even if you don’t like it–Devi.”

“Alright, alright, Just get me out of here!　That’s enough, you!　You’re such an idiot!　If I get out of here, Jun–kun will beat you to a pulp!”

I have lived my whole life looking at other people’s faces. That’s why I’m good at reading emotions from facial expressions.

I was pleased to see that Kurosawa-san’s expression revealed anxiety more strongly than irritation or anger. For today.

“As it is, I don’t think we can even have a proper conversation. Then I’ll come back in two days.”

“What? Wait, hey ……!”

“See ya…”

Leaving a puzzled Kurosawa-san behind, I ran out of the room and closed the door without a pause.

Outside the door is the corridor in front of the classroom. In my ears, the hustle and bustle of the school day is returning.

“Hurry up, Shimashima! We’re late!”

“I didn’t say that! Hey, wait a minute!”

Girls run past in front of me. The corridor echoes with the footsteps of students hurrying to their classrooms. I looked at my watch and saw that it was two minutes before the morning homeroom.

“So, what are you going to do from here, Devi?”

I looked towards where I heard the voice and saw the devil girl floating in the air in an uncaring manner.

The students passing by in the corridor don’t seem to pay any attention to her. Perhaps only I can see her.

“I won’t do anything. I’ll let her go after she reflects on what she’s done.”

“Reflect……How are you going to do that?”

“It just happens that she’s trapped for days on end in total darkness with no food or drink. I don’t think she’d starve to death easily, but she’d probably die of dehydration.”

“What….that’s boring… devi.”

I chuckle at her [Devi] as she remembers to say it.

“I don’t know…… I think it’s quite a thing to be driven to the brink of dehydration.”

My mind was strangely calm, even though I had kidnapped one person.

“Anyway, what’s your name?”

“I can’t tell you my real name, Devi.Hmm,you can call me Lili–devi.”

“Jaa…Best regards from now on.Lili.”

“Oo, you’re motivated Devi!”

“well, yeah”

While talking about this, I stepped into the classroom. Immediately, mocking laughter flooded out from inside the classroom.

“I can’t believe it! He’s here. It only happened just yesterday!”

“Isn’t it embarrassing?”

“What—don’t come here!”

“Look at him. He’s got thick skin, I win! Nice, nice, Kijima-chan. Come on, you guys, give me the money!”

Apparently, they were betting on whether I would come to school today after what happened to me.

As far as I can see, the only one who bet on 『attend school』 seemed to be the long-haired Tatsuoka-kun.

“It’s a real blessing they don’t know, Devi. While their fellow friend is shivering in the dark right now.”

I smiled back at Lili, who whispered into my ear, and quietly took my seat.

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