I, Kisshouin Reika, have been appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, the role of âspyâ, or in other words, gopher.
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After that, the Emperor drove everybody else out from the salon, leaving me, Emperor and Enjou, at which point the strategy meeting began.
âFirst of all, what did you hear from Aira?â
Uuu, his glare is so scary⌠I wanna run away.
âL-, Like I said, that Yurie-sama wishes to rake you over the coalsâŚâ
âWhy did you hear something like that from Aira?â
âWhen 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-samaâs feelings.â
Scary, so scary. Please donât glare at me~ Also I ended up using his name for the first time to his face. Because I was so nervous, I bit my tongue. Please, somebody just save me already~
âThe hell do you think youâre doing, casually spreading rumours about others?â
Quite right, Your Majesty. Anybody would be unhappy if people talked about them behind their back. I⌠might be done for, even before I meet the protagonistâŚ
âNow, now. Donât intidimate her so much. Youâre scaring her.â
âRight?â, asked Enjou with a smile. Can I trust that smile?
âShaddup, Shuusuke.â
âTo begin with, right now pretty much the whole school is talking about you, right? Right, Kisshouin-san?â
Please donât look to me. Because even if I agreed with you, thereâs no way Iâd be able to say it. Even if itâs the truth.
âShuusuke, you bastardâŚâ
âMasaya, you want information on Yurie too, right? Then instead of threatening her, request it of her properly. Well, if itâs Aira, then I could ask for you though.â
Yes, yes please, please do. And even a second earlier, please liberate me from this place.
âNo. Aira definitely wouldnât tell you. Iâll use this woman instead.â
âAah, 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?â
ââŚWhether or not Yurie even plans on forgiving me.â
âHm~mm, well Yurie herself said that she just wanted to rake you over the coals, so I donât think sheâs cutting you off. If you convey to her that youâve really been reflecting, she might forgive you.â
âI SEE!â
He suddenly got livelier. This guy⌠isnât he surprisingly simple? GYAH-, Iâm sorry for being cheeky! Iâm sorry! Donât glare at mee~ Iâm starting to think Emperor really can read minds.
âAlright! You there. Whenâs your next English class?â
âI have one the day after tomorrow.â
âThe heck. Isnât that still ages? Better that you go there right now and ask Aira for me.â
Donât ask for the impossible.
âIf Yurie founds out that youâve been overbearing again, sheâll get even angrier, you know? In this case, you should quietly wait out these two days.â
â!! I see. Itâd be bad if she got any angier.â
As soon as Yurie-samaâs name appears, Emperor listens obediently. He really is simple.
âAnd thatâs how it is. Weâll be relying on you, Kisshouin-san.
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It doesnât matter what I have to say? Is that how it is?
âYou there! What was your name again?â
âIt is Kisshouin ReikaâŚâ
Youâre asking after all this time? Not that I mind.
âAlright! Kisshouin! Become a splendid spy, and fulfil your duties!â
âHahâŚâ
What âspyâ. Iâm just a gopher, arenât I.
Completely energised again, perhaps he was hungry now, because Emperor went to get sweets.
âHeâs not a ridiculously arrogant person or anything.â Who was it that said this? It was me. You really have no eye for people, me~ If this isnât âridiculously arrogantâ, then just what on earth is? Why is it that even though weâve pretty much never spoken before, and even though he doesnât even know my name, he uses me this much like itâs natural? Should I just tell Aira-sama, and have her snitch to Yurie-sama? âHeâs been threatening a helpless girl into being his gopher,â she could say. âŚNonono, donât do anything desperate now. If you do that, youâll be killed, one hundred percent. Yes. Absolutely.
âTry your best, okay? Kisshouin-san. If you succeed, your adored Masaya will be grateful.â
âI donât particularly adore him or anythingâŚâ
Because of the ridiculous treatment, I accidentally muttered a bit as my real self. Any adoration I had for Emperor was cleanly left behind in my old life. Yeah, I adored a 2d character and I was a bit of an embarrassing girl. Problem? Right now âEmperorâ is synonymous with âdestructionâ for me, so I havenât an atom of adoration for him.
âOh? Really? I mean, I notice you looking at him a lot. Thatâs why I thought that you liked him too. I mean, look, all your friends loiter around us too.â
What a way of putting things. And whatâs more, he noticed my secret observation.
âThe 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.â
For now, what I need to do first is pull myself together. Now that Iâm not under Emperorâs glare, the lion big cat in my heart has returned. As if I would lose to Enjou on his own.
âWell then, if this is all that you have to say, I shall take my leave. Gokigenâyoh.â
I want to leave this demonâs lair as quickly as possible. I want to sprint full speed out of this place with my tail between my legs.
âYeah, goodbye. Take care, okay?â
Enjou gave me a gentle wave.
As I was leaving, Emperor spotted me as he nibbled on a biscuit and said,
âYEAH! Gopher, make sure to do your job!â
So he even called me a gopher in the end⌠Wasnât I supposed to be a spy! Jeez.
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The mouth is the mother of all calamities. Honestly, I think Iâm about to cry. About all sorts of things. Itâs said that in all times and places, spies that failed their mission were disposed of by their organisations. Will tomorrow bring me success or failure?
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TL note: Again, gokigenâyoh is a veeeeery traditional, feminine greeting. So dated and ojousama-esque that the average Japanese person will never hear it said in real life. Well, I say âaverageâ because it really depends on the circles you run inâŚ
Think, âI bid you bonjourâ and âI bid you adieuâ for all greetings, except, you know, not French.