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Chapter 87: A Strange Winter Morning.\n
Character cheat sheet. This is mainly for me, and people who took a break from the novel.\n
Yukiya Kitahara(北原雪哉) now (雪耶): The protagonist. A junior high student, 14, and now a Snow girl. Short black hair, beautiful pale skin.\n
Syuuji Kitahara(北原修司): Yukiya’s father, and owner of the Snow House.(雪乃亭) Which is located in Hyousei Village(氷清村)\n
Yukino(雪乃): Yukiya’s mother, and is a snow woman/ Yuki Onna.\n
Hazuki Natsumi(夏美) and Saeki Tomonori(佐伯智則): Yukiya’s friends and classmates.\n
Hikura Kouko(氷倉凍子). The evil young Yuki Onna. Sharp eyes, and long black hair. Reiko is her mom.(冷子) And Himiko(氷見子)is her lackey.\n
Azusa Okamoto AKA Azuchi (岡本梓 ) Girl friend.\n
Mai Fujisaki (藤崎舞) Girl Friend.\n
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Before my home was a white cover of snow. A reminder of last night’s snowfall.\n
Once I stepped out, I heard a voice.\n
“Good morning Yukiya-chan!”\n
What greeted me was Tomonori and Natsumi-chan.\n
It’s been 2 months since I transferred to our school.\n
I’ve gotten more or less used to the routine. \n
“Are you doing well today, Yukiya?”\n
Tomonori then asked. This isn’t the first time in a while they have been checking up on me.\n
Hah, I will never forget these two. \n
I’m happy but it’s also a bit painful.\n
Mainly because I have to dodge the question.\n
“Yeah. I’m doing okay. . .”\n
I looked away as I answered.\n
Recently I’ve been hustling so much, so they always ask me, I’m sure they want to know more, but it’s complicated. . .\n
Natsumi-chan was also staring at me.\n
However the girl in the sailor suit before her. . .was not the person she thought she was.\n
At that moment, various things inside of me began to fracture.\n
She then clapped her hands and started to walk. Recently this has become our daily pattern.\n
“Well I’m off, I’ll see you laterrr.”\n
“All right. . .See ya.”\n
My mother sent me off at the door. \n
She was wearing an apron as she prepared the store in the morning.\n
Ah yeah. She is supposed to be my aunt.\n
I was unintentionally staring.\n
“Is there something on my face?”\n
My mother did look a little off, but I left without worrying about it too much.\n
Natsumi-chan also waved to my mother.\n
While walking she spun around and looked at us.\n
“You are looking lively, Yukiya-chan.”\n
“Yeah, things are going okay.”\n
For the time being, the female trial is over, but I don’t want to think about the impending future of it.\n
“It’s pretty cold outside, but once again you aren’t wearing a muffler or gloves.”\n
“Hmm, now that you mention it. . . but, I’m okay with it.”\n
Even when I was Yukiya(♂), I only really wore gloves.\n
“Well it has been heating up. I’m okay with it now. Seeings as spring is soon.”\n
I rolled up my sleeves to exaggerate it.\n
However Natsumi-chan was giving me a face of disbelief.\n
Did I do something wrong?\n
“My dad and mom are saying that this year is going to be a late spring.”\n
Natsumi-chan’s eyes narrowed.\n
There is some sunshine showing a little bit of spring, and the blue skies have appeared, but for the past few days, it has returned to the cloudy winter climate of Hyosei Mountain.\n
The snow was even sprinkling today.\n
Signs of it returning to winter.\n
“My grandmother says that spring is late because the Yukinmusumes are coming down to the village this year.”\n
Her words made me internally scream.\n
She then turned back around.\n
“I’m a bit worried, there are a lot of farmhouses in this village. And it can be troublesome if they can’t start planting. . .”\n
Well she is the mayor’s daughter.\n
No way, is it because of the Yukinmusumes? It’s not my fault. . .right?\n
Well even so, it’s probably because of Kouko. That fellow is probably bringing her friends here from time to time.\n
“What’s wrong? You are shaking your head. . .”\n
“Oh, it’s nothing. . .”\n
After I regained my composure, we entered the classroom, but the situation was different from usual.\n
The morning chimes came soon. So it was time for attendance, however.\n
“Oh. There are a lot gone.”\n
Five boys absent. And Seven girls.\n
It seems that Fujisaki-san and Okamoto-san were also among them.\n
Here and there, coughing could also be heard.\n
“Eh? Kasashima-sensei is also absent!?”\n
Uchida-sensei, the assistant homeroom, came to our class this morning.\n
He is also masked, and looks quite sick. . .\n
“There are alot absent today.”\n
The teacher said as he surveyed the gap filled classroom.\n
After that, the math class taught by him started for the first 2 hours, but he coughed quite a lot during it.\n
Eventually when it was done, he left the room just as recess began.\n
“Well, it’s kind of hot today.”\n
I had to use my binder as a makeshift fan.\n
The heater in the room was on full blast.\n
Do they want us to fry?\n
“Eh? It’s freezing today. . .”\n
“Kitahara-san, it’s pretty cold today, so leave it as is.”\n
When I tried to turn it off, my classmates gave me strange eyes.\n
But . . .I’m dripping in sweat, more and more.\n
“The boys are watching. . .Don’t be careless.”\n
I need to be careful not to open up my uniform too much.\n
Uhh, it’s so hot, and it won’t cool down.\n
Some kids are wearing coats and mufflers even in the classroom.\n
Despite the heater being on full blast.\n
“The classroom has been very cold recently.”\n
Just in 2 hours of the school day, the classroom suddenly went into an uproar.\n
“What, class is cancelled!?”\n
“Yeah, it seems that because so many students are absent and the teacher is sick, everybody should just go home early.”\n
Natsumi-chan said. Her face also seems to be quite red.\n
She looked fine in the morning. . .\n
“Are you okay? Natsumi-chan also looks sick.”\n
“Sorry, but I may be. . .”\n
She often doesn’t show weakness, so for her to be honest. . .It must be bad.\n
“Let’s go to the infirmary.”\n
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Chapter 88: Kouko at it again..\n
For the time being, class is over.\n
Unfortunately our health committee is also absent.\n
So I decided to take Natsumi-chan to the infirmary.\n
“Excuse me. Pardon the intrusion.”\n
I opened the sliding door.\n
Fortunately, the nurse, Hyashi-sensei, was there.\n
“Um, Hazuki-san from class one 2nd grade is feeling sick, can you see her?”\n
With short hair, and very light makeup, the school nurse was inconspicuous, but still looked dazzling.\n
On a side note. Based on the underground girl information bureau. She is in her upper twenties and has been recently looking for a high quality boyfriend.\n
Natsumi-chan was trembling more as she slung onto my shoulder.\n
Her complexion was also bad.\n
I have a bad feeling about this.\n
It was then that one person crossed my mind. \n
Ever since the edible wild plant incident she has been on my mind. . .\n
Ever since her, the school has gotten more dangerous.\n
I helped lay Natsumi-chan down and entrusted her to the nurse.\n
I also heard that Natsumi-chan’s family is coming to pick her up.\n
There were also a few other students resting in the beds. All of them were my classmates. . .\n
“It’s strange. Only the first group in the second year classes has had a massive number of students absent.”\n
The nurse was deep in thought.\n
“Yeah. And you are. . ?”\n
“Ahh, Kitahara-kun’s cousin. . . How are you feeling?”\n
I was on my way back to the classrooms. With more than half of our class gone. It’s painful to see.\n
But how is the second second year class doing?\n
My curiosity got the better of me. . .So I snuck a peek.\n
It was as lively as usual.\n
The class was bustling with students.\n
“What, I want to go home too. . .”\n
I could hear the murmurs of gossip. \n
However I can’t see Kouko here. . .\n
When I was about to turn a round, an ice could voice pierced me from behind. \n
“What did you do this time, Kouko. . .”\n
I turned towards the long black haired girl with suspicious eyes.\n
However she just looked undisturbed.\n
“About what is happening in your classroom. . .”\n
“Yeah, I’m well aware of it. I don’t know what is happening, but it’s something big. . .”\n
“Oh, you actually don’t know.”\n
“You are the reason your classroom is like that.”\n
Perhaps if it was somebody else I wouldn’t be that riled up, but because I was told by Kouko, I promptly yelled.\n
“W-What are you talking about!?”\n
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I wonder what this mysterious sickness is? There isn’t another chapter and this was posted last month, so we’ll just have to wait and see.\n
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