CH 109

The graduation ceremony, third semester, and leaving ceremony had all ended. In the blink of an eye, the short spring break had also ended and a new year began. For current students, school hadn’t started yet, but some people still came to school today. 

Today was the entrance ceremony for the new first-graders. Some of the current students were attending, but we hadn’t really come for the entrance ceremony. No… it was related to the entrance ceremony to a certain extent, but that was more incidental.

When we had entered school, only the Five Norths Association members who were part of the Five Norths families were the only ones who gathered at the salon on the day of the entrance ceremony. Of course, that was a special measure for the Five Norths families to make their debuts, and it wasn’t like a kid from the Five Norths families entered the school every year.

There were some good years like our year, where three of us were admitted at the same time, but there were also years where no child from the Five Norths families entered like the years between my brother’s entrance into the school and mine. Since there wasn’t a debut every year, why would the Five Norths Association members come to school during the entrance ceremony? That was because…

“Then, is there anyone who objects to… Konoe Ibuki-sama being made the president?”

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“…”

No one said anything. They weren’t dissatisfied. Well, that was on the surface… right…

The reason why the Five Norths Association members came to school on the same day as the entrance ceremony… That was to elect and discuss the new leader—the president of the Five Norths Association. You could say that this was a debut for the Five Norths families entering the school in first grade, but that was just a coincidence.

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“Kujou-san, are you heading home?”

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“Huh?”

Ibuki called to me and I twitched. I was going to go home, yes? What about it?

“As expected… you know? Another child from the Five Norths families is coming, so you can’t leave.”

“Ah, I am aware?”

That was a lie. I did not know. Or rather, someone from the Five Norths families was entering this year? Wait, oh!

Was it that guy!? Right! Some guy a year younger would be… that guy! What was this! If I didn’t… If I didn’t hurry and leave…

“Excuse me. Oh! Lady Sakuyaaaa!”

“What’re you doing!?”

The moment the door was opened, someone came through the door with a huge smile and tried to hug me tightly. I grabbed his face, dodged his rush towards me, tripped him, and made him fall.

*blam*!

My opponent who fell without resistance hit the carpet and didn’t move at all. His skirt was folded so short—short enough that you’d wonder if he was a gyaru—and had turned up to reveal his buttocks.

“That hurts… Lady Sakuya, you’re so mean!”

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Shut up! You didn’t have the right to call me Lady or whatever!

He pressed down onto his face, saying that it hurt while standing up immediately. Ibuki and this guy were p*rverts who were very resilient. They still got up immediately despite being knocked down. Well, maybe that was the effect of being a m*sochist who enjoyed this.

“Huh… huh… Wh-What about we start with self-introductions for now…”

Enju dazedly continued leading the flow of the meeting. He had immediately started working as Ibuki’s hands and feet. As expected, this was only something that happened in a BL relationship.

“Yes! I am Nijou Sakura! Nice to meet you!”

Nijou Sakura stood up straight, lifted his hand, and made that declaration… He wore her not-too-long hair in pigtails and was wearing a skirt tailored enough that it looked like a miniskirt. Like her name, he was the Nijou family’s, who was part of the Five Norths families… son. Right… son.

Nijou Sakura… this guy was the third love interest after Ibuki and Enju. His appellation was the “Crossdressing Prince” Sakura…

With those bare legs and that cute, feminine way of talking and acting… what a b*stard! I hated him. I couldn’t acknowledge being a male who looked feminine or crossdressing! I was unable to understand how a guy like this showed up in “Love Flowers” as a love interest and was quite popular on top of that.

And the worst thing was that this guy was my—Lady Sakuya’s—“first cousin once removed”. That meant he was the kid of one of my cousins through my grandparents’ siblings. 

I didn’t hate him because he was a feminine man or a crossdresser. I hated him because he, together with Ibuki and Enju, worked to destroy Lady Sakuya.

Different from Ibuki and Enju, he didn’t come into routes he was completely unrelated to just to destroy Lady Sakuya; on the Sakura route, though, Ibuki, Enju and him colluded to destroy Lady Sakuya. And it was quite an intense betrayal. That was even more annoying.

Despite him being a stranger to me even though we were blood relatives, he still called me “Lady”. We weren’t going to meet or see each other every day. I didn’t know why he was calling my in such a familiar way even though we we hadn’t met at all.

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“I think that you all know this, everyone, but Nijou Sakura is a boy, so please make no mistake…”

I glared at Sakura and added that. Since he’d debuted in high society, everyone knew, but it would be a problem if they were charmed by his appearance and treated him as a girl. I wouldn’t forgive it if he went into places like gatherings were only girls could come or when changing. I especially wouldn’t allow him to see Azami-chan and Satsuki-chan changing. If that happened, I would make him disappear.

“Lady Sakuya, you’re bullying me~! My gender’s “Sakura”, you know!”

It wasn’t “you know”! And don’t make that pose when you’re going to squeal like that! It was annoying!

“Despite being a man, you adopt a girl’s appearance… and you’re following my Sakuya… show your true self!”

Oi, Ibuki… who was your Sakuya? You should show your true self instead.

Oh… I couldn’t say that… even if I did say that, he’d feel good, wouldn’t he… Then, what should I… well, it was fine… I didn’t care at all… The guys could do whatever they wanted with themselves. On top of having no interest in guys, I hated them in particular. Maybe we could become friends, but that would be quite hard too.

“Sakura-chan, you’re interesting as usual.”

“Takatsukasa-sama…”

Weren’t you the same type? You and Ibuki were in a relationship, right? He just wasn’t crossdressing, but he was the same inside, right?

“Takatsukasa-sama, do you not wear women’s clothing?”

“Huh!? Why me?”

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Why was he making such a surprised face? Wasn’t he interested in those things too? Well, just looking like that didn’t mean that you had those desires. Even in BL, there were definitely boys who liked masculine-looking men more. You didn’t have to dress in women’s clothing. I didn’t really know, but…

“Sakuya-sama, let us leave.”

“Yes, Sakuya-chan. Let us leave.”

Azami-chan and Satsuki-chan came up to my left and right and dragged me away. It looked like they wanted to distance themselves from Ibuki and Sakura.

“Even though he is wearing feminine clothes, I will not drop my guard. No matter how femininely he dresses, I will absolutely not let him… change with you or enter the bathtub with you, Sakuya-sama!”

“That’s right! Sakuya-chan, you must not treat him lightly as well! If he sees you changing or in the bath, that will be a problem!”

“Azami-chan… Satsuki-chan…”

That was what I was thinking. I was concerned that Sakura might get mixed up with the girls when we were changing clothes and get a peek of us. Then to be thinking the same thing as me… did we already reach an understanding?

“Now, Sakuya-chan, let us not near the place where those dirty people are and have tea here instead?”

Apart from Azami-chan and Satsuki-chan on my left and right, another person embraced me from behind and dragged me. Then, I sat in my usual reserved seat and prepared the tea I’d drink as usual.

“Um… why are you here?”

“Don’t do that, Sakuya-chan. Don’t call me “you” and act so distantly towards me. Can’t you call me “Big Sister Kaya” like usual?”

I’d never called her Big Sister Kaya!?

“Oogimachisanjou-sama? You have already graduated, correct?”

“That is true! Hurry and go to the middle school division!”

Azami-chan and Satsuki-chan both protested. The person who was sitting in front of my reserved seat and the person in front of me now was Oogimachisanjou Kaya-san. She should’ve already graduated before and gone up to the middle school division, but why was she here…

“Everything has been finished in the middle school. No matter what I do at this time, no one will disagree with me.”

She casually drunk her tea and nonchalantly said that. It may be true, but was it okay for her to enter into other grounds?

Well… the Touka Academy elementary division and middle school division were on the same grounds, and the highschool and university had their own sections. The highschool division and university had separate schools and campuses. Everything wasn’t on these grounds, but at the very least, you’d be going to the same place up until highschool.

But still, could a middle school student come to the elementary division’s Five Norths Association salon? Well, graduating students had come to the salon last year, but that was because they had some business. No one had still come into the salon despite having no business.

“You girls sit down too. Now, Sakuya-chan, why not talk to Big Sister?”

Kaya-san secured the seat in front of me, but Azami-chan and Satsuki-chan took the seats to the left and right of me. The two of them must’ve thought that saying anything from now on was pointless, so they quietly sat.

“Though you say talk… what should we talk about…”

“Hmm… that’s true… Oh! Yes. What about we discuss the graduation ceremony before this? Look, I have photos too.”

Saying that, Kaya-san showed me images on her phone. They were beautifully taken. I saw emotional scenes of Kaya-san and I hugging each other and crying.

“Where on earth was this…”

Where were these taken? I didn’t remember having these pictures taken. Even so, there were definitely pictures. Kaya-san… was kind of scary…

“How is it? I was able to take good pictures, right? Sakuya-chan, you cried so much for Big Sister’s sake, after all.”

“Gununu!”

“Hmph!”

The two provoked by Kaya-san hmphed, and they seemed quite resentful. I didn’t think it was something to be resentful over, but…

“Sakuya-sama, please cry more during my graduation!”

I’d be graduating when Azami-chan was graduating, though… I didn’t know what they were competing over…

“Sakuya-chan! Let us take graduation pictures now!”

No… Satsuki-chan? What were you saying? That was way too unreasonable. An elementary graduation was something that happened only once in a lifetime, so it was  something to regret that much, right? Kaya-san wouldn’t be able to have her elementary graduation again, and the both of them would definitely have theirs once, so…

“Hey! Sakura! I’ll beat that disposition out of you!”

“No! I’m against violence! Lady Sakuya, save me!”

The other side was pretty noisy… I was worried about my school life from now on…