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Chapter 34
Chapter 2, Princess And I — Episode 34 : Triangle Relationship
Translated by KaiesV
Edited by KaiesV
Kagetsu-san’s gaze is drawn to the package held by Onizuka-san.
「What is it, Mina? Is that your lunch in your hand?」
「N–no, I’m telling you. This is for myself.」
「Why is it out of the bag then?」
Kagetsu-san’s points are all very astute…
「Like I have to tell you every single thing every time!」
「I want to know—」
「Arrrghhh—!!」
Onizuka-san involuntarily ruffled her hair, revealing her irritation. Kagetsu-san says this when she says that. Neither of them seemed to be backing down at all.
「Since you two are here to argue, let’s talk about it as we go to school. Otherwise, we’ll be late.」
「I have no intention of arguing with Kagetsu. I’m just annoyed that she’s asking me so many questions.」
「I only asked because Mina wouldn’t tell me. I’m not mad at her.」
It’s like the Cold War…
They don’t go at each other, but there is something smoldering in their hearts. It seemed like Kagetsu-san and Onizuka-san had known each other for a while, but what kind of relationship do I think they have?
As I walk with these flowers in both hands, the closer I get to the school, the more of our students are coming. The presence of the two beautiful girls inevitably drew the eyes of those around them toward us.
「Kaname and Mina, you two had sex.」
「Fuah!?!」
She says outrageous things with a straight face in the early hours of the morning, without regard for the eyes of those around us.
「We didn’t—! We got into a good mood, but…」
Immediately, Onizuka-san denied it, but she was again speaking in a way that could be misunderstood…
「I don’t care if you two go out with each other or not.」
Despite such cold remarks, Kagetsu-san gouges my side with her hardened fist while pulling my body close to hers.
「W–Wait, you misunderstand us. Onizuka-san and I don’t have that kind of lewd relationship.」
「Do it twice and they’re lovers.」
「Oh, yeah! That’s the way to… How did you know that?」
「I was following Kaname.」
So that voice on the way home was not an auditory hallucination, but Kagetsu-san…
「Your head is getting crazy, Mina.」
「I should say the same to you!」
Eventually, their argument continued until they were seated. It wasn’t even a fight, so I was just trying to calm them both down, but I’m afraid that if other people hear about it, they’ll think I’m a piece of crap.
I did push Onizuka-san down, but I didn’t touch her body!
「Kirishima is the only one who gets the attention!」
「Destroy the riajuu!」
Ehh!?
The stares from the boys were so painful that I was running to the purchasing department first thing in the morning to escape.
「Excuse me, could you give me this?」
「It will be 2,500 yen」
The size has already been researched. Don’t tell me when you did your research. No matter how much I said it was an act to get him to give up, I forced her to take off her clothes. I have to take responsibility…
With that in mind, I came to buy the school’s designated blouse, but the lady at the kiosk was concerned that I might be embarrassed because it was a woman’s item, so she started wrapping it in pink plaid, and even added a ribbon on top.
Ahhh!
I hurried back to the classroom because I didn’t have time to peel it off because class would start in less than three minutes.
「I said I didn’t care…」
「I’m the one who ripped it. I think it’s the right size.」
「T–Thanks…」
She holds her blouse, which was neatly wrapped by this auntie, tightly in front of her chest. She was cute, like a little silver-haired lady with a stuffed bear.
「Wh–wh–wha!」
「That Onizuka is getting jealous!」
「I thought she didn’t like hot guys!」
The boys who saw the heartwarming scene say a lot.
「Shut up—!! Outsiders, shut your mouths!」
「「「Hiee!!!」」」
The boy who had made a mockery of the situation was blackmailed by Onizuka-san and shrugged.
「Oops, my bad. I have to say something to those idiots to make them feel better.」
「Ah, okay…」
Let’s be careful how we interact…
————Lunch break.
The product, which had continued to evade Kagetsu-san’s pursuit, was being detailed before my eyes.
「It’s a bento after all. Mina is a liar.」
「It’s not a bento! It’s just a side dish!」
Certainly a side dish alone is hardly a bento without rice or noodles. A sterile quibble is being waged between the two. If possible, the only thing that would spread is the lunch package…
As for the important side dish, it’s something like karaage, lettuce, and coleslaw, which takes the bento up a notch.
Fats and karaage go well together.
Before I went to another world, I used to eat karaage so much that I thought it was a drink. I wonder if Onizuka-sa  was aware of my taste?
Anyway, it seems like she’s getting a grip on my stomach. No, why would she do something so awful?
「Now then, eat.」
「Thanks.」
I–It’s hard to eat…
When I tried to reach for my chopsticks to eat Onizuka-san’s side dish, Kagetsu-san started to get impatient… We were so surprised that she was staring at us. Hanayama, who had been watching us, came over, touched Kagetsu-san on the shoulder, and said,
「Yoshino! You’re going to lose Kirishima to Onizuka if you keep playing dumb.」
Why do you say things that add fuel to the fire, Hanayama!
You, whose side are you on—!
I’m sure Hanayama is supporting my love life with his missing head, but it seems like he’s only complicating things.
「Shut up, Miyabi! Kaname is an important friend. But when Mina comes close to Kaname, I’m getting annoyed.」
「You, that’s just jealousy…」
I was about to say the same thing to Hanayama when I was hit with a goop.
「Are you alright!?」
「Yeah, this kind of thing is a regular occurrence.」
It’s Sahanji, Hanayama…
Hanayama, stifling a laugh at Hanayama’s face as he shoves a tissue up his nose, deliciously finishes off Onizuka-san’s side dish. As I thought, the karaage was outstanding, crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, overflowing with juices, and just plain awesome!
She is cute and shy as she fiddles with her hair when I praise her.
During the course of the meal, Kagetsu-san reached over with his chopsticks and snatched a piece of karaage, and although there was another argument with Onizuka-san…
「How vexing, but Mina’s side dishes are delicious…」
「Don’t take it without permission, I gave it to Kirishima…」
It’s like two people who get along so well that they fight.
The afternoon started with homeroom. Autumn is deepening and it is almost time for the school festival, so all the classes are busy trying to decide what to present.
The next class was doing nothing, so the first class was having a haunted house, and the third class was having a maid cafe. For the most part, the only thing we can do with the school’s offerings are plays, and there are few options left.
If possible, we would like to avoid a cover-up.
The class committee members were shrugging their shoulders, saying, “They beat us to it…” Because our class was the only one that was behind in the progress of homeroom. The reason for this was that there had been a mess for a while with the deranged girl and Yamazaki, so the agenda that had to be done was not moving forward.
「Anybody have any good ones?」
「Me! What about ring tossers?」
A hawker room? One of the boys raises his hand and suggests an offering that doesn’t seem to fit the bill,
「Ahh, we’ve already done that…」
Hanayama, who was quick of hearing, pointed out that the classmate who had proposed the idea was seated with slumped shoulders. “I don’t mind if they are different, but people want to be original if possible,” he said.
The committee member pleads frantically in front of the teaching table, but no good ideas come to mind, and the teacher watches from the edge of the room, elbows on knees and cheeks in a resigned mode. This was when the whole class was leaning toward accepting the cover-up.
A beautiful white hand went up to the sky, straight and straight, as if to show that we were full of confidence.
When the committee members allowed the speaker to speak, the person who raised their hand stood up to answer, drawing the attention of their classmates.
「I like Kaname’s otherworldly story.」
Huh?
Kagetsu-san, despite my puzzlement, stated her reasons in a matter-of-fact manner. In response, the committee members as well as my classmates nodded their heads, and the teacher got up from her chair vigorously…
「That’s it!」
They gave the go-ahead sign.
Wait, no. What about my consent?
「No, Our Lethal Weapon, Kirishima, was there for us.」
「I’m pretty sure the best class theme will be our class!」
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Against my will, the outer moat and wall-like hurdles were as big as Alastria Castle when I was in the other world.
「I’m a rakugo artist or a comic storyteller…」
The mysterious presentation of my otherworldly storytelling, which was decided on the spur of the moment. Just because it was accepted in my class doesn’t mean it will be accepted in the school. I was just anxious to get going, while my classmates were getting excited, I had to feel sorry for interrupting the fun.
「But seriously, is this okay?」
Just wondering, in the name of screening, they had me in front of the teacher’s table and had me tell otherworldly stories during homeroom.
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I forgot to tell you something important.
It was the reason why the demons had gone crazy when they had not been out of control before.
————The miasma.
The city of Conwell was kept from unnecessary chaos by distributing the relief supplies we brought under the direction of Shirakaba-san.
「Well done, Kirishima-kun!」
He wasn’t like my parents or my schoolteachers. The words of a mentor who lived and died with me resonated strongly in my heart. Hurt, going crazy, I cut off my arm and repeats the process over and over again.
I felt like all that hard work was rewarded with that one word.
「Thank you… very much…」
Half-crying, I thanked him and he laughed and stroked my hair until it was crumpled. It was rough, but I’ve never been so happy.
「It’s fair to say that the old army disregarded, or even made fun of, Transportation. That is the failure represented by the Imphal operation. The same goes for Yurielle. That’s why I left Aina with you in secret. But I’m surprised you came up with the idea to disguise it.」
Thanks to the disguise of Aina and her team, Marielle and the clergy were able to immediately begin healing the injured.
「Yes, Marielle told me. That the clergy would be the first to be targeted. But I never thought it would work out that way.」
I turned to Marielle and saw her smiling and waving at me in the middle of the healing process. If she healed me, my injuries would heal instantly.
I was getting thirsty…
「I’m off to the well for a drink of water.」
「You can’t!」
Eh!?!
Shirakaba-san grabs my arm strongly and calls me down. Was it such a bad idea? I thought it would be good to save water in the supplies too.
「Let’s go have a quick look.」
「Ah, okay.」
I left the work to Aina and I came to the well as if guided by Shirakaba-san.
「Lilith!? Why are you here?」
「I’m looking to this…」
「Lilith-san seems to have noticed.」
「Well, I can feel the terrible miasma from here.」
「Miasma?」
Lilith is always joking around, but her expression was more serious than ever. That’s why Shirakaba-san told me why he advised me not to drink well water…
「I don’t know what a miasma is. But in war-torn cities, they throw filth, corpses, etc. into the wells so that the water is unusable.」
Ugeh!
So if you didn’t know you were drinking it, you could have been infected with something like O157 or Norovirus!?
「It’s not just a corpse. The monster that has been thrown in is filled with a miasma that is so horrifying that it is almost miasma-like. The fathers were exposed to this miasma for so long that they finally went crazy…」
Several wells in town had already been posted forbidding their use, and they had been contacted to go to the river to fetch water.
But what is this miasma that is driving the monsters crazy?
「Lilith, tell me more about this thing called miasma.」
「Hmmm… very well.」
Shirakaba-san and I waited with bated breath for her explanation.