Volume 1 - CH 68

Author’s Note:

I’m really sorry.

The section about his past was longer than I expected and took up 90% of my time.

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This is the worst.

Why is he here in this school? Why?

No, that’s fine.

He now wears glasses and grew out his bangs so his face is not really visible. There’s no one who would talk to someone dark like that.

And besides, I am now better than him.

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It seemed like there is a peerless beauty that has gained a lot of attention in this school.

Her name seems to be Tachibana Koyomi.

Today, I met that so-called beauty.

It is certain that she is a beautiful girl, and I can understand why the guys fell in love with her.

But, I don’t really care either way.

I don’t believe in love at first sight in the first place.

In that respect, I’m the same as him.

After all, I don’t think she even looks at us at all.

Us, who are in the lower bottom of the caste.

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Before I noticed it, I found myself falling in love, just like the rest of them.

I happened to see her being confessed to.

She had a very polite way of rejecting someone who confessed to her.

I was shocked by that.

That’s because the person I know rejects someone without even looking at their face and just said “I can’t do it….”

He was still a scum.

Today she was being confessed to by a man.

Each and every single time, her needless consideration in rejecting someone.

How could she even do something like that….

As one would expect, that would just be her overdoing herself.

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The turning point came when I started my second year.

Apparently he’s in the same class as Tachibana.

Sometimes people talk about it.

Sometimes people talk about how some people can do everything without much effort.

I knew immediately that it was him.

But I didn’t have any particular feeling regarding that.

Of course not. After all, I’m better than him.

I no longer have any interest in him.

As soon as I started my second year, I left school a little later than usual.

Then I passed by his and Tachibana’s class.

It’s already late. No one should be here at this time.

And despite that, I heard a voice.

That’s Tachibana’s voice.

Tachibana sat down at her chair, mumbling to herself.

Curiosity gushed out from me just a little.

I know that it’s the wrong thing to do, but I eavesdropped.

Tachibana kept saying people’s names.

A lot of them. Both men and women.

She remembered the names of all the students in her class.

Maybe it was at this moment that I fell in love with Tachibana.

I might not have any chance to speak to her at all.

There are even some people who don’t get along with her.

She’s just that popular. There must be some who secretly despises her.

And yet, Tachibana was trying to remember the names of her classmates.

That courteous way in how she rejected confessions. That kind of effort.

Every single one of them impacted me so much.

She is different from him. She has the kindness that he didn’t have.

She looked at us properly.

I was so happy and dazzled by it.

I was attracted to Tachibana’s heart.

Before I noticed it, my eyes seemed to follow her everywhere.

Tachibana also took a lot of care and effort in other ways.

Aah, what a woman.

I became attracted to Tachibana.

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Based on Tachibana’s attitude and the ones talking around her, it seemed like Tachibana has some kind of trauma in her past regarding her ex-boyfriend.

So even if I confessed now, my success rate would be 0 percent.

And it’s not a good idea to confess over and over again, once you’ve been rejected.

If her trauma is because of a man, then it might be necessary to approach her.

If that’s the case, then the type that carelessly approached her might not be doing a good thing, it might only scare her.

Then I just have to be careful and slowly raise her awareness of it.

She’s in another class, but so far no boy has been able to help her overcome her trauma and make her fall for them.

Luckily, the people around her seem to only see her as a friend.

From that point on, I made sure that the rumour spread as far as possible, so that I would have a number to show for my efforts.

Both academically and athletically.

After that, all I need is some kind of trigger.

A trigger for me to talk to her.

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One day, a piece of information was passed around the school.

It seemed like Tachibana got a boyfriend.

The boys cried.

I was shocked, but more than that, I was angry about that one thing.

The name of her boyfriend.

That is his name.

I can’t forgive that.

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

Even I am not such a fool.

I know that there is a possibility of Tachibana falling for someone else, I was planning on giving up after that.

But, this is wrong.

Why is it him?

Why does he always take something that took my interests that easily? Even though I am better than him.

Was Tachibana tricked by him?

By his way of words?

I can’t forgive that. Tricking Tachibana.

I must help her. That’s what I thought.

I must prevent this from being a repeat of that time in middle school.

I should not put myself in the worst situation. That situation where Koyomi hates me.

Anyone but him. Because he is a scum.

He doesn’t have any right to be in love.

It’s okay. This time it will go well. Because,

I am better than him.

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One day, a month after the rumor had circulated.

I overheard them talking in the classroom.

The fact that it is a punishment game for Tachibana.

I was a little shocked.

In the end, Tachibana wasn’t seeing anything.

(TLN: All right, this is getting annoying…..stop forcing your ideal figure on someone else smh)

But it was surprisingly forgivable.

That’s because I saw her kindness.

There must be some kind of circumstances to it. That’s what I thought.

But, that guy responded like this.

It’s not like I particularly liked her.

He just dated her because he wants to know what love is.

He realized Tachibana’s kindness, and used it despite that.

What……..What do you mean by you don’t know what love is.

That’s only natural. It’s because you don’t have any right to be in love.

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Apparently they both continued dating.

The other men will think it’s just another day in their life.

But I alone know. That guy,

Aah, so you are trying to trick someone again, huh.

Nothing has changed since middle school.

No matter where he goes, in the end he is still a scum.

That’s right. I’ll take it back. Even if I have to be a bit forceful, there’s no choice.

It’s okay. Koyomi will look at me.

After all, I’m different from that time.

That’s because I’m better than anyone, including him.

(TLN: You’ve repeated this a lot of times. Put a lid on it already, won’t you?)

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I happened to see them in the cinema.

It’s just right. Let’s start now. I’ll get Koyomi back from him.

He’s the worst.

It seems like he doesn’t remember me.

Well, it’s fine. Even if that’s the case there’s no problem.

As an enemy that suddenly appears, I will stand in your way.

I’m better than you. I won’t lose to you.

That’s why I told him this when we part ways.

『Koyomi is mine………』

Fuhaha, I’ll crush his meaningless love.

I am way better than him.

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Iseda said.

I turned my face downwards.

And then, as if to drive home the point, Iseda shouted.

“This guy is just a scum!……….Tachibana, you shouldn’t date this guy! You, you…………you are wasted on this guy!!”

“………………”

I couldn’t say anything.

Author’s Note:

I apologize for the length of this past chapter.

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