Chapter 1086 Part 1

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 581: A Thread of Yarn Can Split Into Thousand Smaller Threads Part 1

Actually, when it comes to this school of mine, we do have a Cafeteria here. The prices at the Cafeteria are fairly reasonable and sometimes even offer a better bargain than a convenience store-bought food, so it should come as no surprise that the vast majority of students tend to eat their lunch there. But even with a Cafeteria like that, there will always be some fools who opt to go out of the school to grab a bite at the nearby convenience store or a ramen shop, but that does not mean that the cafeteria is not being used on a daily basis. By the way, since the Cafeteria is right here at school, those who opt for ramen for lunch are usually scolded by the teachers afterwards. You know, leaving the school’s grounds in the middle of the day and all that. Plus, eating food like that all the time is not all that good for your health. So you are hardly being a Hero for doing that. You are most likely a clown.

Well, that is actually the kind of situation that I was placed into right about now. The students who visited the school cafeteria all took notice that there was a corner of the room where one person was sitting in a chair while being surrounded by other students, but even though they all took notice, no one even cared to do something about it or react in any sort of way. So it would seem that I was unable to do anything about this sudden interrogation that I was subjected to. There was no escape for me.

「Umm, Ra…… I mean, Hizutome-kun, is that you?」

「Ahh…… Yes, it would seem so. Yes, it’s me.」

I want to get out of here. I want to get the hell out of here so freaking bad, but unfortunately I am unable to do so. You motherfuckers, you knew exactly what you were doing! That is the reason why the judo club members are standing right beside me, isn’t it? So what, I try to escape and they are going to manhandle me, is that it!? What about treating your prisoners in a respectable way, huh!?

「Well then, we shall now progress with the trial based on the opinions of everyone gathered here. I assume that no one has a problem with that?」

「Hey! You there, you background character! Did you know that the sequel to the “Little Fairy and the Lost Angel” is going to come out soon?」

「Hmm…… Yeah, I know. It’s a shame that you are going to enjoy it about two weeks later if things continue at the pace they are now.」

This is ridiculous! You intend to keep me here for so long!? Are you retarded or something!?

「What a shame, huh, Rakuro-kun? The longer you keep playing stubborn like that, the slimmer the chances of you getting out of this without the damage being done to you. So I would start talking if I were you.」

「I wonder if I should maybe draw my own illustrations from now on?」

「Huh? Seriously? You didn’t say anything about this to me before!!」

「I mean, we were really hoping we would not need to damage you. Too much, that is. But was there any reason for us to warn you about it? I mean, it’s not like a corpse is going to do anything about that information, now is there?」

Look at that, just one mention of Shiho Heart-sensei’s work and all of the male students gathered around me get really worked up about it. Isn’t that touching? It certainly is, if you were to ask me.

「That’s a rather cute pattern, wouldn’t you agree?」

「Shut your trap! And don’t get so full of yourself! We are the ones who will be asking questions here! Just accept it already! Now tell us already! Just what kind of relationship you two have!?」

「……!?!?!?!?!?!?」

「No, guys, seriously, I have been telling you this before! We are just friends! And we just happen to get along really well! That’s all……」

I always wanted to believe that I am getting along just fine with my peers and that in turn they are getting along with me just fine. However, it seems that right about now the topic of my interrogation is only causing me to be in the negative spotlight and attracts a whole lot of hostility from both men and women alike. I could feel them all around me: those stares that were so intense that I felt like they would burn a hole in my face or stomach any second now.

「Alright then, then how are you going to explain this situation to us, hotshot, huh? How come that you were spotted in Tokyo together with Saiga-san!?」

「I suppose that the story about meeting there completely by accident ain’t gonna cut it here, right?」

「For something like that to actually happen, it would have to be one crazy coincidence, don’t you think? And its probability? Please, don’t you even get me started on the probability of such an event.」

Could it be…… No, I mean, there is no way that this is going to be the case here, but it seems that the more I’m trying to tell the truth here the more vicious those guys get. So, it would certainly not hurt me to ask them about this, to see if I am correct in stating that……

「Could it be that you guys are misunderstanding us to be a couple, or something like that?」

「The probability of that being the case is way greater than whatever lie you may try to sell us here!」

Then there was silence. It seems that this remark right now managed to make even worse of an impression than I would have thought it would do. But what else was I supposed to have done here? Everything else would just sound like a cheap excuse. So there you have it! Cold, hard truth. Now, certainly…… What would your reaction be here? Are you going to drop the subject? Or maybe try to dig in even deeper?

It was then that I saw that some new people arrived by our little corner here. And those people were actually……

「So? How is it really, Rei? Are you two going out or not?」

「G-Going out!? T-That’s a little bit…… N-No, something like that is, Ahaha……」

「So, does that mean that you have really run into one another in Tokyo? And then you just happened to spend the day together just like that?」

「Or could it be that this guy actually forced you to go along with him for the entire day?」

「N-No! It was nothing like that.」

「Uh, umm……. I-If it wasn’t too much trouble, could you actually stop playing that video on loop all the time……?」

「That’s right, that’s right.」