Volume 3 - CH 1

Tsugaru Madoka

Two years have passed.

With the first half of elementary school over and done with, I’m now at the start of my fourth year of elementary school.

“It’s exciting to see which class we are going to be in this year isn’t it, Nii-san.”

“Yeah, my heart just won’t stop racing you know.”

“That’s a nice way to put it, Juumonji-kun.”

As though he has his own harem, the game’s protagonist, Juumonji Takeru is currently being surrounded by Risa and Emi.

Unfortunately, spring did not arrive for me, Akechi Hideyori, the hateful antagonist.

“Hideyori too, I hope I can be in the same class with you again this year.”

“Y, Yeah…..”

“I want to be in the same class with Hideyori-kun again too! Rather, I want it to stay like this forever.”

“That would be too much of a coincidence don’t you think…….”

Seeing both Takeru and Emi expressing how they want to stay in the same class as I brings tears to my eyes.

I can’t help wondering how the players could only look at such a warm girl like Emi with hatred.

“I see it.”

There are many people on the bulletin board where the class changes announcement was pinned to.

In a moment like this, the game’s Hideyori would just use his Gift and order the other students to make way for him but I do not plan to do the same as I want to hide my power.

Eager to see who’s going to be in my class this year, I tried tiptoeing to take a good look at the bulletin board.

It would be nice if there’s no one new from the game in my class this year though.

“Look, look! I and Hideyori are in the same class!”

“I see…….”

Once again, I’m sharing the same class as the protagonist.

It seems that God is not willing to let me just fade out of my relationship with Takeru huh.

“N, No way! I’m in a different class, Hideyori-kun……”

“Hahaha, Hideyori is destined to be together with me after all.”

“I’m supposed to be tied with Hideyori-kun by the red string of fate too!”

“Now, now, Emi-san, you are still in the same class as me right.”

Emi casually mentions the [red string of fate] from her introduction line on the game’s official site.

Maybe it means that we have not diverged that far away from the game storyline?

The thought of that gave me goosebumps so I hurriedly took a look at the names of the rest of my classmates.

Yup.

I don’t see any names that belong to the heroines or other supporting characters from the game.

Just me and Takeru in this class.

Alright, it seems it will be a peaceful 3 years for me from now on.

“Well, Risa, Emi-chan! See you later!”

Saying so, I started walking toward my new classroom.

It’s the beginning of another spring.

My class seems to be a peaceful one as well.

…….However, I did not know at the time that new development was going to take place somewhere else.

(Emi’s POV)

“Come on, don’t be so depressed.”

“Bu~~t.”

“I couldn’t be in the same class as Nii-san either you know.”

“……Unnn.”

I have never been in the same class as Risa-chan until now but since the love consultation, we’ve gotten a lot closer to each other.

Risa-chan is a good girl so I like her too.

But she’s also a little dangerous because if she shifts her target from Juumonji-kun then she might be aiming for Hideyori-kun instead.

I don’t think I can win against her if she becomes my rival……

Just like Juumonji-kun, I think Hideyori-kun is quite dense too after all.

“Since our seats were decided according to our attendance number, Our seats should be close to each other’s right.”

“Rather, mine is right behind yours, Emi-san.”

We both smiled at each other.

I think I’ve made a reassuring ally.

The owner of the seat next to mine is also a girl so it made me feel a little more at ease as well.

She’s reading some kind of book right now so I tried giving her a light greeting.

“Hello, I’m your new neighbor. Nice to meet you.”

“Yes. I’m Tsugaru Madoka. Please treat me well. Umm, may I ask your name?”

“I see, I see, I’m Sasaki Emi.”

“Eh?”

“Eh?”

The girl on my neighboring seat immediately changed her gratitude when she heard my name.

Risa-chan was also surprised by her sudden change.

“Eh? The person behind Sasaki-san is?”

“I’m Juumonji Risa, nice to meet you!”

“!?”

For some reason, her complexion suddenly worsened just by hearing Risa-chan’s name.

“W, What’s wrong? Do you want us to bring you to the infirmary?”

Since she might be sick, I immediately reached my hand out to Tsugaru-san.

“Don’t touch me!”

“Eh?”

“I won’t let you grasp my weakness. Don’t get me involved trying to look into Juumonji Takeru’s weakness, please! I don’t have anything against Sasaki-san but that Akechi Hideyori is behind this right!? I’m scared, I’m scared……”

Tsugaru-san rejected me in a frightened voice.

I don’t understand what she says but I wonder how she knows both Juumonji-kun and Hiddeyori-kun though…….?

“I’m sorry, please don’t drag me into the game’s story…….”

The girl absent-mindedly whispered.

I and Risa-chan turn to look at each other.

It seems like our school life has set off to a rough start this year.