“…There’s nothing in particular.”
“I am a selfish cla.s.s rep.”
Being told so, he pondered. Something that I want to stick to despite it being my selfishness, and to the extent of bending the will of other people? Now that I think about it, there’s nothing coming to mind immediately. If I have to say, it would the the feeling of wanting to rescue Kogane as soon as possible.
“Oh, yahhoo. Ryuzaki-kun!”
“Such a thing, Utsurogi-kun…”
“Everyone wants to go home quite a lot. Right now, they are feeling lost over the safety and balance. But still, they got the hope of 『I may go home』, and the choice of 『By any chances, I may have to spend the rest of my life here』. Probably, not many students will choose the second option.”
“But probably, Sugiura is going to come with us and Hanazono is about to stay. If we break up here, it may very well be the farewell of a lifetime. To prepare ourselves for that, one week is too short indeed.”
“Actually, it’s about the cla.s.s meeting a week from now, but.”
“Well then, Utsurogi-kun. Good night~.”
“It’s not about need or anything, but…”
“For the time being, I think I’m going to talk about my blood.”
“Yeah. Well, that part was only an elementary effect though.”
“No, I think it’s fine to be a little selfish. It’s typical of humans.”
“That’s right. As for this, it is only my selfishness, but I don’t want to stay leisurely in this country.”
Rin agreed to Ryuzaki’s words.
If they parted way with some of their cla.s.smates here, the thought of 『Someday disagreement will break out with my other cla.s.smates』 would be born unconsciously. Trifling friction and discord would happen in the cla.s.s. At that time, they couldn’t say who was going to leave the cla.s.s again.
“This is rare. You need me for something?”
“So Rin is together with you too? You’re going to eat after this?”
Kyousuke who had little communication skills wasn’t confident, but it might be possible if he worked together with Rin.
Recalling the face of a boy who was already no longer his friend, Kyousuke then nodded.
“But I don’t think I’ve changed as much as Ryuzaki.”
“Akai…”
“Wel—. Yeah. It’s nothing.”
As expected, Kyousuke stared in wonder at these words ——— this is impossible, at the very least, the level of his surprise was comparable to that.
It had already been 3 days since the students of 2nd years cla.s.s 4 came to the royal capital. They had been allowed to stay in the royal palace, but the aristocrats coming and going were still looking at them with the same fl.u.s.tered eyes as usual. As the Empire was gradually becoming suspicious that they were keeping monsters in the royal palace, the opposition seemed to be quite considerable.
“Hmm?”
“No, I also … understand.”
The blood of Akai which was soaked into Kyousuke’s entire skeleton gathered together at her fingertip and took shape.
“Are you seriously saying that?”
Is it about Goubayas.h.i.+? Kyousuke thought. Kyousuke and the others had received the information that Ryuzaki’s close friend, the ogre Goubayas.h.i.+ Genshuu had headed south a little while ago. Of course, he will want to go and meet up with him.
“Iya~a, I also think that Utsurogi has changed more…”
“Because what you need to move from Phase 2 to Phase 3 is my blood.”
This was Ryuzaki who wouldn&rs
quo;t fall behind any other people in observing his cla.s.smates. His words had considerable persuasiveness.
“Is that so? What about Utsurogi?”
Nevertheless, Ryuzaki negotiated with Her Majesty the Queen and managed to attach a promise to be able to stay here for a week.
There were many small restaurants in the royal capital, but the ones that would received even the monster students were limited. Although Kyousuke group was heading to one of those, naturally, as many common citizen customers were also entering, they were told to come just at the last moment of the opening hours in order to avoid uselessly frightening the people.
“Utsurogi,”
What is the meaning of Akai-san’s word! Why was it that Ryuzaki and Akira were looking at Kyousuke with complicated expressions! Will the consensus-building of Kyousuke and the others really succeed?
As the cla.s.s rep, Ryuzaki was in a position to carry on his back heavy responsibilities, still he had been relying on Kyousuke one way or another these days. While he didn’t think of himself as a subst.i.tute for Goubayas.h.i.+, Kyousuke still felt pretty good.
“Umm, even though I’ve stated my standpoint like that in the cla.s.s meeting, I think we shouldn’t make separated decisions here.”
Kyousuke waved his hands toward Rin and went back to the boys’ shared room. He had to walk a little.
“Request? What could it be?”
“Ahh, it’s just that…”
“So much!? To gather so much!?”
“……!?”
It was Akai’s vampire blood that resuscitated Kyousuke’s body when it was smashed to tiny little pieces.
“Ah, yeah. That’s right. They were already on good terms to begin with, and I feel that it becomes better after coming here.”
“Yeah. I understand what Ryuzaki-kun is trying to say, I also want to depart with everyone if it’s possible.”
The cook Sugiura and Hanazono, the one who was growing food ingredients in the home garden. There were many opportunities for them to talk because of their roles at the base, even at the cla.s.s meeting just earlier, they were sitting next to each other.
However, I don’t think I would bend other people’s will just for that reason.
“Is that the case?”
Kyousuke and Rin also waved their hands, seeing him off, then they decided to head for the royal palace’s courtyard right after.
The two people were enjoying their conversation about their meals after this as Ryuzaki watched them anxiously from a place some distance away.
The blood gathered at one place between his ribs beat and pulsated as if it was a heart, and then, Akai’s blood started circulating through Kyousuke’s whole body.
Rin said in a slightly sulking tone just like a little while ago. Kyousuke scratched his head.
Tomorrow, he, along with Rin, had to run around making the necessary arrangements. As the result of completely troubled about where to put the sheet of paper, he decided to just roll it up and thrust it in his eye socket. As expected of the place usually used to keep the brain, the skull was quite an excellent storage s.p.a.ce.
Akai parted from the wall, unwrapped her crossed arms and started walking toward Kyousuke.
In other words, he was trying to say that Kyousuke and Rin should lay the groundwork for consensus in the cla.s.s.
When Akai pulled pack her fingertip from Kyousuke’s ribs, the heart burst open and that blood once again soaked through Kyousuke’s entire body. Apparently, it seemed to be already impossible to remove that blood.
“Perhaps, Utsurogi. You will always become stronger one stage earlier than our other cla.s.smates from now on.”
“Utsurogi!”
Bathing in the gentle moonlight coming through the windowpanes, Akai Asuka stood. Her eyes revealed a different kind of feelings than the usual always being bored kind of eyes. She wasn’t even polis.h.i.+ng her nails. As usual, she had a tall and slim model-like figure, her back leaning against the wall, arms crossed as if embracing herself, it felt just like a piece of art.
Being called suddenly, Kyousuke turned around. My name has been called quite often today.
Ryuzaki told them that it was better to draw a united conclusion, whichever choice it should be. If they respected each individual’s opinions here, the cla.s.s would fell apart and there was no merits to it.
He roughly understood what Ryuzaki was trying to say.
“Ahh, the 4th. We must make a decision by then. I wonder how many people are going to come along?”
When Kyousuke and Rin came back to the royal palace, the sun had already completely set.
Since then, the skeleton body of Utsurogi Kyousuke had become much more robust than before. Despite the fact that his bones were as easy to disconnect as usual, the bones themselves had become extraordinarily hard. It was worthy of saying so since he could withstand Rin in her compression form which was like the pressure of the deep sea itself.
After giving a brief explanation, Ryuzaki bid farewell to Kyousuke group and left the corridor.
Even now, Goubayas.h.i.+ had already left the cla.s.s. There was plenty of possibility for the atmosphere to become like that.
Akai lightly thrust a finger into the gaps of Kyousuke’s ribs, then she turned it around and round like drawing a circle.
Ryuzaki looked around the surroundings and then softly whispered to Kyousuke. Rin also stretched her body and listened attentively.
Ryuzaki said so and laughed, then pa.s.sed over a sheet of paper. Apparently, it seemed to be a list of 『Students who are thinking about staying』 that Ryuzaki had likely predicted. There should be around 7 or 8 people, but only about half of them were written there. I wonder if Ryuzaki is going to take care of laying the groundwork for the other half.
“Ah, right. That…. Owing to you I’m saved big time. Thank you.”
“Ahh, thank you. Sorry to have detained you.”
“For example, Sugiura and Hanazono. Those two are quite close, aren’t they?”
“Utsurogi also, do you have anything you want to stick to despite it being your selfishness?”
However, standing there behind him was an unexpected person.
“Wh–why are you so sure about such a thing?”
Ryuzaki readily said. Rin’s body bounced as she was visibly surprised.
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“According to my judgement, about 30 people are going to come.”
“I have come to understand it when Goubayas.h.i.+ left, but can you bear it when you have to part way with our close cla.s.smates? How about Utsurogi?”
Episode 29 — Cla.s.s Meeting in a Different World #3
“Ahh, good night.”
The food at the small restaurant was very delicious. It seemed likely that there were many earthlings here in this country, and there were also many dishes from Kyousuke and the others’ world as well, but the most delicious had to be the pâté-like chicken paste dish. Because Rin also ordered a lot, Kyousuke’s pocket money had been completely reduced.
“Eh?”
When Rin and Kyousuke were walking in a pa.s.sage of the royal castle, Ryuzaki called out to them from behind.
“Anyway Ryuzaki, I understand your request. Is it okay? Himemizu.”
“Really. You’ve changed. Utsurogi.”
“I want to take all 37 of us.”
“Well, it’s fine. Utsurogi and Rin also, listen to me. I have a request.”
“If stay, everyone should stay, if leave, everyone should leave, is it something like that?”
“So, what is this so-called request of Ryuzaki?”
～ Part 2 ～
In the end, Rin hesitated like that and fell silent.
“…We must go a little bit later, or else we’re going to disturb their business?”
Ryuzaki floated a little self-deprecating smile.
By the way, when eating out, Kyousuke and Rin came up with a method of eating while combined. It was a method where Rin caught and digested all the food that fell down Kyousuke’s throat. This way, the two of them could enjoy their meals properly with only a portion for one. It was at a level where they wondered why they didn’t do that from the start.
They had to persuade the students who wanted to stay in this country somehow within one week.
When asked, Kyousuke involuntarily raised his face.
“Yeah! The two of us are going to a small restaurant!”
