episode_0276

“Hello, senior.”

A familiar voice was heard while walking down the hallway.

I looked back in surprise, and there stood a girl with long black hair who had approached me at some point.

Prin.

When my gaze turned to her, she smiled faintly and approached me.

My body is stiff with tension.

I looked down at her, unable to say anything.

It was quite burdensome to have those ruby-red gazes staring up at my face.

Although she has a cute appearance, she is not an ordinary girl.

“Ah. Yeah. Hi Prin.”

I swallow dry saliva, regain my composure, and greet her.

Prin, who received my greeting, extended his hand in delight.

Soft, yet nimble hand movements.

I took a step back and avoided her hand.

A hand that has lost its way floats in the air.

She looked at her hand for a moment, then withdrew it and stroked her hair.

“Hmm.”

What could have been the problem?

Shine sneaked out of the classroom to go to the bathroom?

Or maybe you drew a picture on Lane’s cheek before you left?

Unlike the complicated mind, the body begins to act calmly.

“I’m sorry, senior. I thought we were getting a little closer…”

Fortunately, Prin took a step back and apologized to me.

Distance. The distance I felt from her was ambiguous.

A relationship that could neither be said to be close nor far away.

You could call them just simple seniors and juniors, but since there was still information to be gained from Prince, it was better to maintain a close relationship if possible.

So my actions now are clearly a handshake.

I approached Prin first, catching my breath.

“Sorry. I was just surprised because it was a little sudden.”

The hand that stretches out first grabs Prince’s small hand.

She did not refuse and held out her hand to me.

Small, soft hands.

I keep wanting to touch it.

“Wow…”

Prin lifted my hand, held it with both hands, and smiled brightly as if he was happy.

Just holding my hand, is there any reason to be so happy?

At Prince’s incomprehensible reaction, I smiled awkwardly and Prince said.

“Excuse me, senior. Where did you buy this bracelet?”

Prince’s gaze shifted from my face to my arms.

The three bracelets hanging on her arm were all power-suppressing bracelets that Amy had made her wear.

“Do you have any trouble answering?”

As I hesitated to answer, Prin approached me stealthily and asked.

As I get closer, the raspberry scent becomes stronger, and my heart starts to pound.

“My family gave it to me.”

“Family?”

“Yes. My precious family.”

Prin nodded at my answer and gently grabbed my arm.

It was a smooth movement, without any force, but somehow I couldn’t resist its power.

One step forward, the body continues to move.

Before I knew it, I was holding Prin’s hand and following her.

After walking for a while, away from the sixth grade classroom, Prin sat down on a soft sofa in the corner of the hallway.

I also sat next to her.

“You said your precious family gave it to you? Is it really your precious family?”

It was a sensitive question.

I frowned at the question she asked.

Because I couldn’t guess what she meant when she asked this question.

“What does that mean?”

“Um. You know. Usually, if you have a precious family member, do you make them wear three bracelets that suppress their abilities?”

Brightly shining red eyes.

Prince’s soft voice also lingered in my ears and made my head spin.

My precious family.

Amy.

bracelet.

ability.

Dozens of words come to mind, jumbled together in a dizzying way.

When did it come?

Her breath, which had come so close, was reaching my ear.

I shook my head and pushed Prin away.

“That’s it. What does that mean?”

“Ah. Is it because of Senior Shine? Since you’re always exposed to his abilities, you seem to have developed some tolerance.”

An alarm bell rings in my head.

Cold sweat runs down my back.

danger.

Although I couldn’t properly grasp the situation, an instinctive sense of rejection rose up.

“Excuse me, senior. You don’t understand what I’m saying right now, do you?”

As he said that, Prin waved his hand in front of my eyes.

I shook my head and got up from my seat.

No, I tried to get up.

The hand that was resting on the armrest of the sofa slipped weakly and sagged against the soft cushion.

Oh, my.

“It’s okay if you don’t understand. I have a few questions for you, so please answer them. Okay?”

Prince’s voice was soft.

As usual.

It contained the power to break down people’s boundaries.

“Huh?”

Dismissal-

Prince, who had come close to my eyes, tilts his head.

Dismissal-

A small noise in my head.

It’s getting louder and louder.

Phagejik-

Someone is calling me.

Phagejik-

mom!

baby.

Brainwash.

Little Amy.

My precious baby and Shine’s.

Dismissed-!

But I can’t come.

Because of the bracelet Amy had filled, she couldn’t show herself.

But thanks to little Amy, I was able to come to my senses.

No, can I really say that I’ve come to my senses now?

My vision was still dizzy.

But the body moves.

He pushes away the greatly embarrassed Prince and gets up from his seat.

Phagejik-

Sparks fly from his arms and legs.

But the power was too weak.

“Excuse me? Jeff? Can you hear me?”

I can hear it.

But I couldn’t answer.

Consciousness and body begin to play separately.

Depending on the situation, the body used its abilities according to instinct.

Enters automatic combat mode.

The body connected to the electric field reacts to every attack that comes my way, and shows movements that have been imprinted on my body through training.

Phagectic – A faintly spread out electric field begins to react to the movement of its surroundings.

Arms and legs move on their own.

The fist that Prin thrusts forward towards me passes by her bewildered face.

It was an attack that activated the body with power, albeit weak.

But Prin evaded the attack.

The slithering, moving Prince hurriedly retreats.

“Wow~”

Prin, who had been standing quite a distance away, looked at me with admiration.

She clapped her hands with her mouth open and continued.

“If I didn’t have the bracelet, would I have been hit?

Prin, who had been exploring while keeping his distance from me, tilted his head when I didn’t move first.

The automatic combat state was a technique created purely for defense.

If the opponent does not attack, the body does not move.

“I’m a little surprised that you can move your body without being conscious. Is this a technique you created because of Senior Shine?”

A voice that sounded like a buzzing noise lingered in my ears.

But that’s it.

Prin’s words did not reach the mind separated from the body.

I couldn’t understand what she was saying.

“Hmm. I thought today was the chance, but it seems not. Anyway, senior. Today was fun. If I leave, can you forget what just happened?”

Prinny smiled cutely, lifted the hem of her skirt slightly, and greeted me.

I couldn’t quite understand what she was saying, but I could tell that she was trying to go somewhere else.

Deeply sunken consciousness begins to emerge.

Accordingly, the faint electric current that had been enveloping the entire body subsides.

“That…”

“I don’t have time. See you later, Jeff.”

Exactly-!

A small sound.

Prince raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Then, countless flower petals rose from under the feet into the sky.

Sharararak-!

Red petals rise.

Through the distracting flower petals, the last glimpse of Prin appears.

She waved at me with an innocent smile.

farewell.

smile.

You have to forget it.

What just happened.

What were you doing?

Sharararak-!

The petals are wilting.

As if it had never happened in the first place, as if it was all my fault.

I looked around blankly.

A place with few people.

A considerable distance from the classroom.

In the opposite direction from the bathroom.

“Ouch!”

Only then did I remember what I had tried to do.

Shine had to sneak out and go to the bathroom.

But unfortunately my plan went awry.

The moment I was about to run to the bathroom, the bell signaling class rang.

I returned to the classroom with no choice but to tilt my head.

It was an incomprehensible situation that the next class started right after class ended, even though it was clear that he had left.

But you can’t be late for class.

As I returned to my seat and sat down quickly, Shine’s gaze flew in.

It’s a strange gaze.

I told you not to go out alone today, but maybe it’s because you didn’t listen to me and went out.

Shine looked upset.

“Where have you been?”

“Huh? Oh. That’s it. I was going to the bathroom.”

” Did you do it?”

“I couldn’t go…”

Shine tilted her head at my words, then smiled brightly and said.

“Then you haven’t gone yet?”

“Huh? Yeah…”

“That’s great. We can go together after class. Okay?”

“Uh… Really?”

Things take a strange turn.

Obviously, I was going to sneak out and use the bathroom with Shine, but why did it end up being decided that I would go to the bathroom with Shine?

“I’m looking forward to it. Right?”

I couldn’t answer Shine’s question that was asked with a big smile.

Because I wasn’t looking forward to going to the bathroom.

As I avoided her gaze without saying anything, Shine grabbed my hand tightly.

Shine didn’t let go of my hand throughout the class.

As if if I let go, I could sneak out like I did before.

“Umm…”

It’s been a while since I took the class.

I flinched at the signal coming from below.

The signal has arrived.

I had to go to the bathroom right now.

But class isn’t over yet.

I lay face down on the desk, unable to do anything.

Asking the teacher for permission to go to the bathroom during class was something I would never do, considering the image I had built up at school.

Anxious time passes.

An urgency that cannot be hidden is revealed on his face.

Shine looked at me like that and smiled strangely.

“Jeff.”

“Ugh!”

“Urgent?”

“Oh, no!”

“It seems urgent.”

I shook my head desperately at Shine’s words.

Then, Shine came closer to me and hugged me with her whole arm.

“Really? Then should I go a little later?”

Tears well up in my eyes at Shine’s playful words.

At that moment, I jumped up from my seat.

Because class is over.

The teacher hadn’t left yet, but I couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Hey, let go of this!”

I needed to run to the bathroom right now, but I couldn’t move because Shine was holding my arm.

“Are you in a hurry?”

“Oh, no.”

“Then I won’t let you go.”

I stamped my feet at Shine’s words.

Break time passes.

I couldn’t miss it this time either.

Eventually I nodded.

“Urgent!”

“If you rush, you might make a mistake, right?”

Shine’s question had a strange intention.

But the answer that could be drawn here was set.

As I nodded urgently, Shine stood up and said.

“Then, I will help you from the inside so that you don’t make a mistake.”

Together… you’ll help me?

Inside?

Cold sweat ran down my back.