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Chapter 1 – Request from Enami-san\nVolume 2\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\n\n\n
“Ookusu-kun.”\n\n
It was at the end of the third-period class. Fujisaki came to my seat.\n
“What’s wrong?”\n
For some reason, Fujisaki’s eyes were swimming. She took a deep breath as if she had made up her mind, then slammed her hands on my desk.\n
“So, have you decided yet?”\n
“Eh?”\n
I had no idea what she was talking about.\n\n
“Look. you and I competed against each other, and the winner will get to command the other freely. ……”\n
“Oh.”\n\n
I forgot. I guess the point is, have I decided what I’m going to order her?\n\n
“To be honest, I hadn’t thought about it at all, because I’ve been too injured lately. Now that I’m finally fully healed, it’s time for me to start thinking about it. ……”\n
Fujisaki has been restless for a while now. I think she’s trepidatious about what kind of orders she’s going to receive. However, I don’t have any intention to ask for something outrageous.\n\n
“On the contrary, what kind of order was Fujisaki planning to give me?”\n
“Huh? No, I didn’t think of anything like that!”\n
She was clearly flustered. After all, she seemed to have a purpose.\n
“I doubt it.”\n
“Don’t worry about me. I don’t want to wait around for you, so I want you to decide quickly.”\n
I feel uncomfortable that she’s rushing things even though she was in a position to be ordered. Normally, she would aim to just drop the subject and fade away without bringing it up herself.\n
“Right. I’ll decide by tomorrow. Is that okay?”\n
“Yeah. ……”\n
The trouble is, I don’t have anything in particular that I want Fujisaki to do. But if I don’t give the right orders, Fujisaki will be unhappy.\n
“Or is there something you want me to order you to do?”\n
“I, I don’t.”\n
When she gets flustered, it shows in her attitude. It was cute.\n\n
“…… The two guys in the back are kind of quiet today.”\n
Fujisaki looked behind me as if she wanted to divert the conversation. Naturally, she must be talking about Saito and Shindo. I’ve been watching them since a while ago, but they’ve been absorbed in their books. They probably didn’t hear our conversation.\n
“I never imagined Saito-kun or Shindo-kun would read books.”\n
“Please don’t touch them. ……”\n
I can’t really say that the book they’re reading is an erotic novel.\n
“I like books myself, though. I read a lot of mysteries.”\n
“I like the Kindaichi series myself. It can be a little gruesome, but the writing is easy to read and the characters are interesting.”\n
“Oh, I read it too!”\n
Inu-O-ke is famous for the scene where a person is sinking upside down into a lake and has a horrifying image. In fact, there are some grotesque scenes, but more than that, the character of the killer is very appealing. It cannot be said that he is a bad guy, but rather he is a very sympathetic character.\n
“I wonder what it is that those two are reading. Their eyes are so bloodshot.”\n
“They’re panting and putting their faces as close to the book as much as they can, so you’d better stay away from them.”\n
–It must have been around the end of the first period. Shindo was interested in the book Saito was reading and borrowed an erotic novel from him.\n
“I didn’t know that Ookusu-kun read books too. I’ve never seen you reading at school.”\n
“Sometimes. My father also likes mystery novels, and he often recommends them to me. I probably don’t read as much as Fujisaki.”\n
“That’s right. I have a lot of them, so if you want one, just let me know.”\n
“Thank you.”\n\n
While I was saying this, the two people behind me were reading away, giggling. Even if you don’t know what kind of book it is, it looks pretty creepy.\n\n
“…… Are your injuries okay now?”\n
I nodded. I’ve caused Fujisaki a lot of worries.\n
I remember on the first day of the test, Fujisaki got teary-eyed when she saw me in shambles. That’s how painful it must have been.\n
“It was awful, wasn’t it? I can’t believe someone would do that to an unresisting person.”\n
“Well, you know. I guess it was just bad luck.”\n
“That’s just awful. ……”\n
Of course, I didn’t report it to the police. My first priority was to stay away from them, so I refrained from doing anything that might cause even the slightest resentment.\n
“It’s all over now.”\n
In the end, I let things happen as they did, and I was naturally frustrated. However, my feelings were not the priority.\n
“You’re very kind, Fujisaki.”\n
“No, no, nothing like that”\n
Her face was a little red. It seems that she is not good at being praised face to face.\n\n
“The fourth-period class is about to start, so I’m going now!”\n
Fujisaki then hurried back to her seat.\n
I looked at my watch and saw that there were only about 30 seconds left.\n
I looked again at the two people behind me. Their stances hadn’t changed at all, as if they hadn’t moved at all since before. I wondered how much they were concentrating on their reading.\n\n
Just then, the chime rang out, announcing the start of the next class.\n
I was curious to see what they were going to do, so I looked around. They were holding their books with one hand, and with the other hand, they went through their bags and pulled out their textbooks. They put the open textbook in front of the book and tucked it in between. Then proceeded to read it as if nothing had happened.\n\n