Now then, the Pivione has its own salon inside the school grounds. A luxurious room thatās already gone way past a school room, and is more like the living room in a royal suite in some first class hotel. Whatās more, it even has its own exclusive concierge.
The Petit Pivione salon is inside the primary school section, and as a member I need to show my face there. If I never associate with the Pivione even though I was privileged enough to be chosen, itās quite possible that the backlash would make me some enemies. When it comes to human relationships and contact, communication is important.
Honestly, I donāt actually hate going to the salon. Thereās yummy sweets after all, and I even hear information about the school from my upperclassmen. If that was all it was, then I might have been happier to go there.
But the salon has āthat personā.
āthat personā
Right, Kaburagi Masaya, the Emperor.
To begin with, the Kaburagi family is a group that has hands in businesses around the world. A wealthy clan that leads Japan. And of course, just like the Kisshouin family, theyāve inherited blood from former nobles. In terms of peerage, the Kaburagi are apparently higher ranked though. Apparently some of their ancestors had a really esteemed lineage.
Honestly, weāre not on the same stageā¦
No flaws in any aspects. A perfect clan. Thatās the Kaburagi.
And the direct descendent of that lofty family is Kaburagi Masaya.
The boy himself has already displayed the necessary calibre to inherit the family. Even though heās only a Year 1 student, he already has this aura that makes people want to obey, and when he glares over the people with this beautiful face that reminds you of a blue flame, he really does seem like an emperor.
Even right this very moment, heās sitting boldly in a special seat like itās natural. Even the idea of giving this seat up to somebody else doesnāt seem to occur to him. As expected of the Emperor.
Just like bees gathering around honey, people are gathered around Kaburagi Masaya. And heās paying almost no concern to them, and is instead looking out the window in boredom. Just what kind of upbringing would you need to raise a six year old so bored of life. A sovereignās upbringing? If you give a child a sovereignās upbringing, is this what they turn into?
If itās that boring, how about you go outside and play some dodgeball or tag? But well, unfortunately there are no such children in the Suiran schoolyard.
I wonder if this kid can actually play like a normal child. The image of Kaburagi Masaya going kyaa kyaa kyaa on a unicycle comes to mind.
Uu-pfft-pfft, just imagining it is funny.
Or so I was thinking as I was watching him from a distance when he suddenly looked me right in the eyes. Geh-, heās frowning at me. Could it be that he read my mind!?
Hieeeeee, IāM SORRY, IāM SORRY!
Faking the body language of somebody thinking āMy! I have suddenly remembered something I needed to do in the classroom. I must return at once!ā and then casually, CASUALLY, averting my eyes from him, I left the salon like nothing happened.
S-, Scary. I couldnāt find the courage to look back.
*imouto*
āReika-sama, did you go to the Petit Pivione salon?ā
When I returned to the classroom, a girl from my class spoke to me.
āYes. I had some tea.ā
Another girl came to my side and asked,
āUmm, was Kaburagi-sama there?ā
with a blush on her face.
āYes. He was in fact there.ā
āMy!ā
The girls began kicking up a fuss, going kyaa kyaa!
These girls arenāt members of the Pivione, and Kaburagi Masaya is in a different class to us, so they havenāt really had many chances to get close to him.
āAre you close with Kaburagi-sama, Reika-sama? What kind of conversations do you have in the salon?ā
Iām not close, and Iām not planning on getting close.
āKaburagi-sama is a taciturn person, and I have basically never spoken to him. Most of the time I chat with the upperclassmen Oneesamas after all.ā
āMy, is that soā¦ā
The girls immediately lost their excitement. Mm~mm, Iām sorry. If possible Iād love to tell you some wonderful stories too, but this has to do with my future, so.
āIām sorry. I couldnāt meet your expectations. Ah-, but he was eating chocolate. Perhaps he is fond of sweet things.ā
For these depressed girls, I tried my best to reveal the fruits of my observation. Itās nothing big, but how about it?
āWahh, Kaburagi-sama eating chocolate. I want to seee.ā
āI love chocolate too. Iām just like Kaburagi-sama!ā
āIf he likes chocolate then Iād better prepare some high class stuff for Valentineās!ā
Ooh, they liked it more than expected. For now, Iām glad that theyāre happy. But isnāt it a bit early to be thinking about Valentineās?
āTo think that you girls would try to ask Reika-sama about Kaburagi-sama.ā
āHonestly, how rude.ā
Oh! Itās Kisshouin Reikaās followers #1 and #2. Kazami Serika-chan and Imamura Kikuno-chan.
In Kimidol they also adored Emperor together with Reika and chased him around, but it seems that theyāre already fans of his in primary school.
Theyāre acting like theyāre angry for my sake, but they actually just donāt like the fact that other girls get to hear stories about him too. Theyāre my followers so I guess they want me to give them exclusive information.
āIt was unbecoming of me to carelessly spread rumours about Kaburagi-sama. Serika-san, Kikuno-san, Iām sorry as well.ā
āAh-, no-ā
āFor Reika-sama to apologise,ā
The two of them panicked and followed up with a smile. Since theyāre all fans, wouldnāt it be fine to just happily talk about their idol(Kaburagi Masaya) together? Later, Iāll make sure to tell the two of them what brand of chocolate he was eating, so I hope they get along with these girls.