Chapter 24 – End of 3.4 Jime

-Drreuk, Bang!

Deliberately opens the classroom door loudly.
The attention of the students in the class is focused in this direction.

『What is it, Knives?』
『Kurosaki next to you? It’s wet again.”
“What have you been doing all morning?”
『Hey! Scared!”

-Tdubeok, thudbeok, thudbeok.

Receiving everyone’s gaze, I moved to the front of the lecture hall.
And.

-Bang! Udangtang!

Kicks the desk and blows it to the side.
The hard wooden podium rolls with a loud noise.

No big deal. It’s just a performance to attract attention.
All you have to do is look at this and recognize me as a dirty bully.

“Wow! What?”
『Kaengpan?』
“Is something bad happening?”
“You’re not a bully, are you a yakuza?!”

The atmosphere in the classroom immediately becomes tense.
It was a reaction as expected.
I stood where the lecture table used to be and looked around at everyone.

Everyone in the class is female.
Of course, since I killed all the few men.

Inside were the faces of women who had fled from the bathroom.
I especially glared at those guys once in a while.
When the guys made eye contact with me, they quickly looked away.

『Hey!』
『Yakuza!』
『Is Kitagawa already dead? Am I next?!”

Huh.
Yuuki is good at bullying, and if he comes out a little stronger, he’ll end up like that.
Pitiful things.

“Listen, everyone.”

I said it out loud for all to hear.

“Kurosaki Yuuki is a woman.”

Everyone’s expression hardened.

『What is it?』
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
『Yuki Kurosaki?』
“How can you suddenly believe something like that?”

Most of them had question marks floating above their heads.
I added a word there.

“I checked.”
“Eh.”

The question mark above everyone’s head has changed to an exclamation point.

“What!”
“Really?!”
“How did you confirm that? …… No way!”
“Nives…… !』
“Really?!”

“And.”

Right now, Yuuki is standing next to me, drenched in my jacket.
I put my arm around Yuuki’s shoulder and pulled him towards me.
Wouldn’t that make them look like a pretty good couple?

『A bully who rips off pretty boys.』

Noisy.
And now it’s not a pretty boy, it’s a pretty girl.

“From this moment on, Kurosaki Yuuki is my woman.”
“What?!” “What?” “To.”

I proudly declared

Surprised woman with mouth open, surprised woman with closed mouth, surprised woman with eyes wide open.
What they have in common is that they are all surprised.

“——Eek?!”

And it was the same for Yuuki, who was next to me.
You are probably the most surprised.

“From now on, anyone who touches Kurosaki Yuuki will be considered a challenge to me. It does n’t matter if she it’s a man or a woman I will accept the duel.”

This was my solution.
It is to physically threaten and forcibly stop the ijime against Yuuki.

After all, it would be useless for me, a bully, to appeal with my heart.
So, on the contrary, I decided to use my bad image.

There will inevitably be inappropriate misunderstandings between me and Yuuki, but I have no choice but to accept that much.
I’m sorry Yuuki, but with my lack of brain, I couldn’t come up with a sharper way.

“Transformation!”
“Dirty!”
『In the end, isn’t it just a hole?』
『Knives x Kurosaki? No, this might be Kurosaki x Knives?!』

As expected, the response was not very good.
In particular, there was a woman who was a bit strange at the end, but let’s ignore it.

“Knives! Cool!”

There was a woman who broke through the murmur of voices and shouted loudly.
It was Nanami.

“You took on a stigma yourself to protect Kurosaki. Knives, manly…… Cool!”

Nanami!
Only you know my heart!

『To keep my request to help Kurosaki…… ! Alas, Knives’ love is too heavy! But it’s good too…… !』

…… Not at all.

How can I be so positive?
It’s difficult to correct my thoughts alone.
Well, you look happy anyway, so that’s fine.

“Mmm, cool! Knives!”
“Okay! I will cheer you on!”
“We don’t care about gender!”
“Kurosaki, let’s change in the women’s locker room together!”
“Biel is beautiful!”

No matter what I thought on the inside, on the outside, it was an atmosphere of support for me and Yuuki.
He had a strong fear that if he tried to jump out of this flow, he might become the target of Ijime next time.

And this is not Biel. No.

– Clap clap, clap clap clap.

Amid such cheers and applause.

“Right… Sniff.”

Yuuki was wiping away tears.

…… Is this smoke?
It would be more effective if sympathy could be bought with a drop of tear.
I can’t read Yuuki’s mind, so I don’t know if these are real tears or not.

“Kuhm.”

I waited for the applause to stop before opening my mouth.

“As you can see, Yuuki suddenly became a woman because of a strange curse. She is still not used to living as a woman, so I hope a lot of people will help her. Especially the three of you.”

I pointed out three people trying to hide in a corner.

“Heh?!”
“Hey!”
“Me, us?”

These are the women who showered Yuuki with water in the bathroom.
I was trembling so much on the inside, but on the outside I was forced to pretend to be calm.
I thought it would be hell if I was pushed back in the fight.

“Are we us?”
“Ku-Kurosaki?”
“Why?”

Everyone seems to be very dissatisfied.
Still, what is respect? I am also a classmate.

-It’s sweet. Click. Click.
He puts her finger on the back of Moonlight’s nose (tsuba) and glares at her as she inserts and removes the knife.

“Please let me know. Especially things like ‘how to use the women’s bathroom’.”

“Yes! Sure!” 『Hey! You will be killed!』
“Kurosaki! Good luck in the future!” “Ugh, I don’t want to die…… !』
“Ask me anything you don’t know!” “This is all because of Kitagawa…….』

That’s what it will be.

Starting with those three, the other girls also talked to Yuuki.

“I’ll support you, Kurosaki.”
“There is nothing to be ashamed of being transgender these days.”
“Kurosaki, tell me anything you need.”
“Congratulations on finding your identity.”
“I’ll exchange the desk with Akane’s.”

Like the trio that bullied Yuuki, there were some kids who were different from the outside.
However, there were definitely more children who were genuinely happy with the current situation.

The children were feeling more or less remorse at the fact that Yuuki, a good character, was being jimed for an unreasonable reason. The child who helped Ijime and the child who stood by were the same.

“Oh… Yes…… Thank you everyone…….”

Yuuki whimpered and bowed to everyone.

I was forced to finish it a little bit, but, well, the result was good, so wasn’t it okay?

Suddenly, I looked out the window next to the front door of the classroom and saw Naiad noona, who had come to class, stealing her eyes from her.

“Thank god. After all, they were all good kids by nature. Yuu is fine too. Please be happy.”

Phew. She was also able to narrowly complete the mission given to her by her older sister her.

Her sister her, who had stopped her tears, took a deep breath and entered the classroom.

“Uh hmm. Everyone take a seat. Return Knives to his place on the podium.”
“Hot! Ancient!”

Come to think of it, the lecture table was rolling.
I quickly set up the table and sat down.
Seeing me like that, the children giggle.

Naiad said as she stood in front of her newly erected classroom and looked around at the students.

“Everyone. Do you know how Akane and Nobuhiko ended up like that?”

The biggest crimes of the two are attempted rape, conspiracy to commit rape, refusal to comply with arrest, and attempted murder using rune abilities, but only the image of Akane bullying Yuuki remains strong in the children’s heads.

Turns out, there was one more. Did you forget your sister too?
Poor Extra A.
Don’t even remember the country.
I don’t know the name.

“Teacher, I don’t want to go through sad things anymore. Let’s all take care of ourselves so that we can meet in a healthy way next year. Especially Knives.”
“Yes?”

I didn’t expect to be singled out in this atmosphere.
Are you saying that everyone should take Knives, a young man with an upright life, as an example?

“…… There are stories about Knives constantly harassing or intimidating his friends.”
“Yes? Me? When? Who are you?”

I sighed and looked around.
Everyone who made eye contact with me averted their eyes.

“…… That attitude is the problem. Try to get along better with your friends from now on.”
“Chit. Yeah~.”
“If you have been bullied or threatened by Knives, talk to your teacher. I will keep your secret.”

It is unfair. There is no one who works for peace on campus like me.
Even if you read the mind, you should really want the culprit to tell the truth.
Just take it

* * *

(*Rokujou Reika)

After Reika finished her class, she returned to her classroom during break time.
Because she was tired of her clothes, she had to change clothes and clean up the traces of wear.

Fortunately, Satomi brought her a change of gym clothes and helped her clean up.
You looked weak, so I marked you as the next bullying target.
Satomi’s kindness made Reika tearfully grateful.

Reika’s steps back to her classroom were heavy.

Have Knives and Kurosaki already said everything?
The fact that Reika peed in her fear might have already spread throughout her classroom.
When she thought so, she couldn’t possibly want to go back to class.

As quietly as possible, she returns to her classroom and takes her seat.

A few people who recognized Reika’s arrival glanced at her, but did not speak to her.
Instead, she was giggling and whispering among herself.
She wasn’t sure what to say.

She sees Kurosaki, whom she has been bullying for a while.
The desk, which had been covered with graffiti, was clean before I knew it.
Kurosaki was talking with Knives and Nanami Shiina with a bright smile.

As if she never had Ijime from the start.

Suddenly, Nanami turned around.
Then, her eyes met Reika’s her, who was staring blankly at it.

Reika hurriedly threw herself on her desk pretending to be sleeping, but Nanami didn’t miss Reika’s presence in her in her presence.
She stopped talking and poked Knives, announcing Reika’s return to her.

– Pound, pound, pound.

Please pretend not to know!!
Reika prayed inwardly as she prostrated herself on her desk.

-Tdubeok, thudbeok, thudbeok.

Her Shinigami footsteps her were getting closer and closer to Reika.

“Reika.”

-Startle!

She’s so pretty that anyone can tell she’s not sleeping.
Reika was greatly agitated.

Deciding that she couldn’t avoid it, Reika hesitantly raised her head from her desk.

“…… Why?”

Even in her own ears, the voice sounded servile.
Knives’ eyes met Reika’s of her, and she remembered the vibration she felt in her lower abdomen of hers.

She——the vibration that seemed to pierce her body in an instant.

Knives puts the paper cup on Reika’s desk with a cruel laugh instead of answering.

The paper cup was also in Reika’s memory of her.

The paper cup that Akane held out to Kurosaki.
It was because it was none other than Reika herself who delivered the paper cup containing the urine to Akane.

“Drink.”

Knives’ voice viciously pierced my eardrums.
A yellowish liquid steaming in the paper cup.

That this was revenge at that time, Reika knew intuitively.

If she doesn’t drink this, what will happen to her?
Will he become a sacrifice instead of Kurosaki?
Or with that sword of Knives—

Thinking so, she couldn’t resist.
I reach out my trembling hand to the paper cup.

“If you drink…… Forgive me, I will…… ?”

Even though she knows it’s useless.
Reika asked Knives.

With a mischievous smile
In a trembling voice.
Like a dog wagging its tail at its owner, he asked.

Knives raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

“Of course. Isn’t that right, Yuuki?”

Kurosaki, who was watching from the other side, nodded his head.

──Probably they won’t forgive you even if you drink.
Though thinking so, Reika couldn’t help but drink.

“Heh heh heh…….”

I felt like crying, but she laughed.
Her hand her holding her paper cup trembled.

You must drink.
Reika wiped away her tears and gulped down the liquid.

“Uh.”

Knives’ slightly started voice.
And, the burning pain in the mouth and throat that comes soon.

“Reika! What if I drink it all at once? Aren’t you hot?”
“Sssss.S.S., Knsssss.Sssss? Any? Cough Cough!”
“Come on, drink this.”

Knives hurriedly snatched her water bottle from the seat next to her and fed it to Reika.
The hot pain went away a little bit.

“Knives!”

Nanami approached in anger.

-Puck!
And she hit Knives in the back of the head with a textbook.

Are you telling me not to show unnecessary mercy?
That’s why you beat knives like that.
What the hell happened to this class’s pyramid?

“You don’t have to tell me it’s hot!”
“No…… Of course you knew…….”

Somehow, in front of Nanami, Knives became extremely gentle.

“Sorry, Reika. If you need hospital treatment…….”
“Oh, no, no, it’s okay.”

She wasn’t completely fine, but she wasn’t even going to the hospital.
Even if he went to the hospital, there was no way he could ask for money for treatment.

“I meant to apologize for spilling water on Reika. Sorry.”

…… Water?

“I’m sorry you threw away your clothes because of me. I’ll pay for the laundry tomorrow.”
“Ah, yes…… Yes.”

Reika nodded her head, not knowing why.

But the children who were overhearing her nodded in understanding.

The fact that Reika took a break from the last class, and that she showed up wearing her gym clothes afterwards.
It was the moment when everything was summed up in one word: Knives made another accident.

“Then rest.”

Knives patted Reika on the shoulder as if nothing had happened and returned to Kurosaki’s seat.

And the brief moment Knives hits Reika on the shoulder.

– Pounding, pounding.

The fear and anxiety in Reika’s heart were lifted, and her warm happiness her spread instead.
She felt her blood run through Reika’s cold fingertips on her.

Even after Knives returned to his seat his, Reika continued to follow Knives with her eyes.

Every time Reika met her eyes her with her knives, she remembered the thick, hard feel of her pressing her on her belly her, the vibration that made her tremble deep in her stomach.

There is no emotion of fear in her memories of her.
There is only the sweetness that makes her belly ache and the bitterness that inadvertently makes her panties wet.

In a different way than before, Reika seemed to be piercing her belly.

“Nives…….”

Thought Reika.
Perhaps…….

──Is this, love?

“No.”

Knives was somehow retorting to himself.