CH 14

Mob Highschool Student Stands Out

The usual morning, I headed to the school at the usual time and as usual, the classroom was peaceful until Eihashi-san arrived.

Although my day should have started the same as usual, today’s classroom was filled with a different atmosphere. My surroundings have become very noisy for some reason.

Maybe one of my classmates got into an accident or maybe something serious happened?

……I was trying to escape reality with that thought process but the event that could be said to be the source of all this noisiness is occurring in front of me.

“Hiura-san, can I have the book you promised to lend me yesterday?”

Eihashi-san greeted the people around her as she entered the classroom as usual and headed straight toward me.

“Ah, Ahh, yes. Here it is. Please take it.”

“Eh? What happened? You are strangely being more polite than yesterday you know?”

Ah…….now everyone knows that I talked to her yesterday. I’m too scared to look around now…… but the only way to get out of this is to get this over with as quickly as possible.

“Eh? Well…..it’s nothing.”

“Is that so?”

Eihashi-san tilted her head as she said so.

Seeing that, I remembered. Why did she come to talk to me now! I was planning to leave it at her desk when we have to move to another classroom but why did you come straight toward me immediately after you dropped off your bag!

No, I understand her. It was my fault for not determining the time I should hand the book to her yesterday. The morning classroom might be noisy for me but to Eihashi-san, this is just a daily occurrence.

I know that I brought up an excuse about not being able to lend it to her because of my grandmother’s will so she might think that I might break the promise but…….at least can’t you come to me after school……!

This situation is like having the person from the top caste of the school, for example, a king or a duke that is holding a lot of influence or an untouchable princess from another country converse with the eldest son of a family that just joined the rank of aristocrat for the first generation. Actually, I might even be a commoner in this scenario.

Thinking about the rumors that would circulate from this, I have a headache about what to do during the lunch break already……

“Eh, did those two know each other?”

“Who is the guy Eihashi-san is talking to, I wonder?”

“I think that guy is called Hiura or something.”

“Eh, he’s from our class? I didn’t notice him until now……”

I’m glad to know that my position as a mob was rock solid but right now, everyone in the classroom is speculating about the relationship I have with Eihashi-san.

By the way, the guess they believe in the most is that I am only her friend, there’s also a wild theory that I am her childhood friend and we just managed to reunite after a long time and that we just didn’t recognize each other at first.

However, yesterday something happened and we managed to find each other so we started talking again.

By the way, it is speculated that Hiura-kun is being more polite because he became nervous because Reika-san became much more beautiful than before.

As expected, that wild theory is just pure speculation. Aren’t they letting their delusion run wild a little too much………eh? That theory is spreading? Eh, it’s so romantic so they are cheering me on? Wait, it’s just impossible alright!

Oi, Wait! Don’t just tell your delusion to that guy like it’s the truth! What!? You believe that crap too!?

With this, I will no longer be able to be a nameless mob anymore. Even at this moment, my mob level is decreasing while others are starting to recognize my existence.

“Thank you very much for letting me borrow it.”

Eihashi-san, who received the book from me, said so and smiled. Even I understand that her smiling face is the real deal.

A real smile, which is said to never be shown to any boy, is being shown right in front of me. I get the feeling that this will escalate their delusions even more……

Plus, it’s impossible for those who saw that smile to stay quiet about it…….

“Oi, she smiled.”

“And so cheerfully too you know?”

“I, I will ask him later about his relationship with Reika!”

“Ar, Are they lovers!?”

“ “ No, that’s impossible.” “

The words that are being thrown around me are not entering my head. Rather, my brain doesn’t have enough leeway to register them. Thus, I simply thought.

It’s over…………

If I have to put up an example of this situation then it would be one where your level is already maxed out and you are choosing what you are going to evolve into.

It is the kind of game where you will have to choose a new class to increase the upper limit of your max level.

Then what will Hiura Seiya do?

Boast that Eihashi-san is talking to him ←

Stay silent

Just completely transform into Kousei

You are the mother!!!

Oops, a strange idea came to my mind. Still, today is the day that I must exercise my brain more than usual. Alright, what will happen if I just boast about being talked to…..

“Reika (Jumped to the first-name basis) -san talked to me! Ah! How much happier can I be!”

“No, she’s talking to us normally too. What are you talking about?”

“Ha? You want to die or something?”

“The heck is that guy on about〜, isn’t he getting ahead of himself〜?”

Yup, ＢＡＤＥＮＤ！That’s the overconfident mob end! The end of my school life and the beginning of Hard Mode for my life!

If a mob that no one pays attention to until now like me suddenly boasts about being talked to by the most beautiful girl in the grade then I will surely get hit by the combined power of their spir** bomb.

Except that the gathered energy is not some life energy but pure grudge instead.

If that’s the case then what would happen if I stay silent…….

*flip*…….the sound of me flipping through the pages of the novel I am reading echoes.

“Ha? What’s he doing. He treated it like it was natural that Eihashi-san talked to him…….”

“Let’s burn that book he’s reading.”

“Haa? Rather, that’s the book he let Reika-chan borrow, right? I have one too you know?”

Ahh…that’s definitely the isolated mob end. It’s surely a ＢＡＤＥＮＤ for me………

Damn…..there’s nowhere left for me to go. I get the feeling of the guy who came up with ‘out of the frying pan into the fire’ now.

……just how can I survive this.

Should I reveal myself as Kousei……….

“Oh, Seiya. How come you are lending books to Eihashi-san now?”

The moment I heard that voice, a genius idea came to my mind. The impact from that made me screamed out loud though.

“Are you a God!?”

“Y, yeah? I might be?”

Just moments before the horrific event unfold, the classroom was able to get back to the normal atmosphere with the presence of this man called Masato.

Due to his presence, I managed to come up with the 5th option on the spot. However, this is the road that leads exactly to the True End. The one route that is not accessed by choosing an option but to wait until the time is up!

I thought that the only things that could be count on in this brutal world where power is everything are calculating relationships with my sister and a fat bank account but in the end, the last thing I could rely on is this invisible bond of friendship.

That’s right, I can see it now. The importance of friendship! ……..eh? I only have one friend?

Whatever! Quality is better than Quantity! To me, Masato who is connected to me with the bond of friendship is like a God!

“So, what happened?”

Masato who is asking me that with a grin on his face is exactly the mouth of this classroom. After all, that question was what was burning inside everyone within the class.

……Maybe Masato knew that it would turn out like this so he spoke out to me first?

……No. his expression is one that belongs to someone who is enjoying the event that is unfolding before him. But as a result, he did create a chance for me to be saved. Thus, I answer Masato with a slightly loud voice so that everyone in the class can hear me.

“Well! I accidentally bumped into Eihashi-san yesterday when I went to buy a novel you see! She bought the magazine she was looking for but since her friend recommended a novel to her, she was actually looking for it yesterday!”

“So it was the book that you handed to her earlier right?”

“Yeah, yeah! Eihashi-san was actually interested in it but she hadn’t read it yet you see! It seems that it was quite a while ago that her friend recommended it to her so she couldn’t lend it from that person anymore, so I just………..yeah?”

“Hmm, it’s rare to accidentally meet someone like this at the bookstore huh……..Good for you.”

Saying, [Accidentally] and [Her friend recommended it to her] in a loud voice, the people around me seem to be satisfied with my answer and return to their normal conversation.

It seems that I managed to prevent that delusional love story from being spread outside this classroom.

Masato seems to whisper something at the end but all I could care about was how I managed to avoid the ＢＡＤＥＮＤ.

After a while, the teacher came in and the homeroom started normally. From there on, my normal daily life is waiting for me…….that was what I thought.