Special thanks to clipped104, who graciously answered my call for aid.
A little while after the school festival, Sakura-chan contacted .
I heard that Maihama Ema ca to Suiran.
Mmn. Do you know her? She goes to your school, right?
We go to the sa school. We are not close. Take care around Maihama Ema. That girl doesnt hold back against girls that she doesnt like. There are plenty of her victims in Yurinomiya.
Oh okay. Wait, dont tell that shes bullied you too?
Hah? Who?
Thouught soo~ Even I couldnt pick a fight with Sakura-chan and win
I saw Maihara Ema sticking around that famous Emperor so I was wondering if she was causing you problems, Reika. Shes been going around Yurinomiya boasting about how close she is with your Emperor.
Huuh~
She did get invited to the tea party, and Yurie-sama seed to know her well too, so maybe she was relatively close with him, but the guy himself seed to have no desire to deal with her.Ah, well. As long as it didnt harm .
So anyhow, the school festival ended on a nice note. I chatted with friends as usual. Sotis I would go to the Handicrafts Club, and sotis Id drink tea in the salon. It was a peaceful autumn.After a whole month like that, the term-end exams began. I studied desperately hard with Marin-sensei and on my own as well, and took the test with incredible vigour. It was the hardest I had ever studied since entering high school here. Maybe I could even reach the top 30!
A few days later the results were announced, and the school was. .h.i.t with a bombsh.e.l.l.
1. Takamichi Wakaba2. Enjou Shuusuke3. Mizusaki Arima
Kaburagis na wasnt there.Why, Emperor!? Youve fallen more than thirty places in one go!? Did you forget to write your na or sothing!? Did you shift all your multiple choice answers down a box!?
Far from just the first years, even the uppercla.s.sn were speculating about what happened to the perfect His Majesty the Emperor.And the Emperor himself hadnt co to school.I joined in on the discussion too, while giving the leader-board another once over. My na wasnt there.When I got my report card back it said I was rank 31.I was really too unlucky.
Emperor didnt co to school in the next few days either.At first people whispered about him falling ill, but nothing was ever made clear. As for his best friend Enjou, the guy wouldnt say anything either. Thanks to that it seed like everybody had their own explanation.He never appeared at the salon either. I could see our mbers growing worried.
Really though, what on earth was up with him. Was the shock from falling in rankings so bad that he changed schools or sothing!? Ah-! Was he skipping school because he didnt want to do redials!?Hmmmmmm Huh? Speaking of which, when was the last ti I even saw those two? Before the exams the salon was basically closed, and before that wasWell whatever.
More importantly, for so reason Kaburagis fall from grace and absence was directly a lot of criticism towards Wakaba-chan.
Not only did she steal first place while the Emperor was sick, she even went and took Enjou-samas place!
But how was that even her fault?
And I guess it was a pretty bad idea of hers to be happily shouting First place! while half the girls were in shock about Emperor not being up there. Kaburagi and Enjou fans began talking about how she did sothing or other to take 1st place from them. Complete nonsense.Worse yet, the new president of the Pivoine was a Pivoine supremacist. Losing face to a commoner like Wakaba-chan was sothing incredibly unamusing to them.Wakaba-chan, your position went to h.e.l.l in an instant! Are you going to be okay!?
I was heading to the Handicrafts Club by myself when I crossed paths with Enjou, who was carrying his bag and heading to a car.Ugh
Gokigenyoh, Enjou-sama.
I wanted nothing more than to ignore him, but I was a human being so I at least gave him a greeting.
Hey, Kisshouin-san.
He was smiling, but his face looked a little tired.
You seem weary. Are you all right?
Hm? Oh, Im fine. Ive just got a lot of things going on, you know?
Ill bet you do. Right now the school is talking about nothing except your things going on.
Are you curious too, Kisshouin-san? About whats happening with Masaya.
Eh?
Honestly speaking I was a little. Who wouldnt be, with all this fuss? But curiosity killed the cat.
No. I simply worry that he is in ill-health.
Ill health, huh
Ummm might he have truly fallen ill?
Hes not well, in a sense. Im not really sure myself.
Eh!?
Not sure? Arent you supposed to be his best friend!?
I havent really seen him, you see.
Were you unable to visit him while he was ill?
Kisshouin-san, why dont you co with ? Well go visit him together.
h.e.l.l to the no
Just kidding. Hes not even at ho, you know. Right now hes on a journey.
A journey, you say?
Yeah. Thats a secret though. You wont like whatll happen next if you tattle.
I shall not speak a word of it.
Even if you pried my mouth open I wouldnt. But in that case I really wish he hadnt told to begin with. It was human nature to want to tell things that they were ordered not to tell.
Who would have thought he would suddenly change cla.s.ses from Best Friend to Traveller.
Hahhh
You actually went on a journey, Kaburagi? What, are you searching for yourself or sothing?
When might Kaburagi-sama be returning from this journey?
Its because I dont know that this is such a pain. Im calling him again today to try and talk him out of this.
Hah Well then
Anyhow, its a secret okay? he said once more, putting his index finger over his mouth.
It was tough stuff, having a troubleso friend
But a journey Where did he even go. North, I bet. I could already see him with his coat lapels up, travelling through a snowstorm or sothing.
Thinking about it, it was almost ti for winter break. I wondered if Kaburagi would be back for the New Year.Also I wondered if this would be the year Id beco a full-fledged mber of the Handicrafts Club.With my needle-felting project in my bag, I hurried to the clubroom.Apparently it was traditional for all the mbers to go have tea on the last day of club activities. I wasnt invited though.
It was the last day of school this year. I had no real plans for anything, so I was leaving the school building with my friends to go ho. That was when I ca across a familiar face.Katsuragi.The one who called a screw-head. I had thought of the perfect revenge.
Katsuragi-kun, theres sothing you need to know.
What!
Do you know about the Sha Wujing of the morning?
Hah?
Long ago there was a terrible battle. Soldiers died by the number, and in horrifying ways too. So horrifying that the soldiers couldnt able to pa.s.s on. Their spirits decided to find the enemies that put them friends through that suffering, and now they wander every night, blood running from severed necks, shallow whistling from the cuts in their necks, all the while moaning Shaa Wujing of the Mooorningg~. And you see, Sha Wujing of the Morning was part of a code used to find out if sobody was an ally or the enemy. And the people who couldnt answer the code were their enemies, and they would end up haunting them to death. And the thing is, once youve heard the story theyre sure to visit you that night. They stand at your bedside and if you dont tell them the aning of the code, theyll kill you and drag you into the next world.
Haaaaah!? What the f.u.c.k is that!?
I held out my arms floppily like a zombie, and began walking closer to Birdbrain.
The truth is they ca to my house too, the Bloodstained Warriors. Thankfully I was safe because I figured out the pa.s.sword. Youre a smart boy, Katsuragi-kun, so Im sure youll realise it in no ti. When the half-decapitated warriors visit you tonight, make sure you tell them. Also if you tell anybody else about this story theyll visit them too, so be careful okay?
O-, Oi!
Well then, thats all I wanted to say. Gokigenyoh, Katsuragi-kun.
I turned around to leave.
Wait! Screw-head! Co back and tell !
I have no reason to tell a person who cant even use peoples nas correctly.
Ugh-! Kisshouin.
Senpai.
Kisshouin senpai tell .
Im soooorry~ If I tell sobody else the pa.s.sword then Ill be killed~ Do your best, okay~? Well then, for real this ti, gokigenyoh~ Have a good year~
You-! Wait! Oiii!
My steps felt light as I left him behind.I did it. That guy is an idiot so I doubt hed figure it out soon. And hes an idiot so I bet hed actually be scared. KEEEKEKEKEKEKEKE! Serves you riiight! This is revenge for screw head!
Um, Reika-sama. Just now, I heard that story as well
Eh-, ah, that was complete lies~
It was a lie?
Yes, it was a lie. The soldiers had their throats cut and they were wheezing air from the wounds. In that case, how could they speak properly? Also the real pa.s.sword was actually asa no sangogyou. Well, not that it matters either way, since it was all just a lie anyhow.
Katsuragi as his face turned white as a sheet! Of course hed believe it, he was a chuunibyou after all. Not that he could help it, he was an idiot after all!
Ahh, so happy. This years grudges are water under the bridge next year, they say.
Do you know about the Sha Wujing of the morning (Asa no Sagojyou)?
This pa.s.sword was originally taken from another stupid story.
A priest ca to a cliffside where many suicides had taken place to try and stop them.
He said,
This is the curse of a wraith. We must not allow more suicides to happen.
After putting up a certain paper seal, he left.
Later, when people ca to see, they saw the battered seal said thus:
AGYOUSANSAGYOUGO
The above phrase is written as in j.a.panese.
It can be broken into a-gyou-san sa-gyou-go or,
-Column 3, -Column 5.
or uso as so weebs might recognise, ans lie or joke.
Reika-sama by
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