Episode 16
“Well… we’re friends. I was just thinking about how to make friends…”
“Wahahaha, so you got left behind by your Friend Candidate!”
This guy… what an insensitive jerk. I’m actually worried because I’m not confident in making friends, and he’s just rubbing it in.
“Hahahaha, so I was thinking this guy’s future looks bleak.”
“I see. So? Aren’t you going to the Entrance Ceremony?”
Damn it, I was thinking of skipping it since it was perfect timing, but I guess I have no choice but to go…?
“Well… if I go now, I’ll be entering halfway through… and I don’t want to attract attention. I’m kind of timid.”
“Hoh? So, what’s the real reason?”
“Of course, it’s because it’s a pain in the ass… I mean, because I’m timid.”
“Wahahaha, you’re pushing it too hard. Besides, the friend thing is probably a lie too.”
Damn it, what’s with this guy’s knowing eyes? He’s totally seen through me. Is it some kind of magic? If so, maybe it’s better to be somewhat honest for my own good…?
“Haa… you’re right. I was thinking about girls instead of friends.”
“What’s this, already got your eye on someone?”
“No, no, it’s not like that. There’s a girl I won’t be able to see until graduation.”
“Oho, is that how it is? Hmm hmm, quite the bittersweet story.”
Hmm, it doesn’t seem like he can actually read minds? Then I can just gloss over it.
“See ya. If you want to skip, you better hide in the classroom! Wahahaha!”
“Yeah.”
After that, once the conversation died down, he didn’t particularly blame me, and the Gouketu left in a hearty manner, as one would expect.
He just pried into unnecessary details and then nothing. What was that all about?
But I obediently accepted his advice and waited in the classroom, enduring strange looks from the students who returned after the ceremony. After various announcements and self-introductions, it was time to go home.
And now, the real work begins: finding the protagonist, which is my original goal. Since students from other classes are also potential targets, I have no choice but to observe students during commutes and breaks.
While other students chatted with their newly made friends on their way home, I quickly scanned my surroundings, searching for the Harem Bastard.
The students I passed seemed to be paying more attention to me, but I don’t care what irrelevant people think. I’ll probably end up in a loop even if I find him, so there’s no point in worrying about it.
And so, as the school emptied out in the evening, I came to a conclusion.
— It’s too early to start looking.
Even the most popular bastard can’t build a Harem on the day he enters school.
It wouldn’t be impossible if he used the cheap trick of bringing all his childhood friends from his hometown, but this isn’t a game that specializes in childhood friends.
At least I should wait about a month before searching, or it’s guaranteed to be a waste of time.
If this were the second or third year, it would make sense to look now, but the protagonist and I should be classmates… huh? What’s the basis for that?
“Whoa whoa whoa whoa… that’s no good…”
If we’re in different grades, I’ll have to search for two or three years. But that’s not the worst part.
The bigger problem is that he could be entering as an underclassman in the future.
I was thinking of quitting if he wasn’t in this school and spending three years playing around, but this is definitely a three-year confinement course…
“No, no, I just have to find him. If I can just find him…”
I absolutely can’t miss him. Upperclassmen should be coming to school from tomorrow, so I have to put my heart into searching…!
“So? I heard there’s a new student with the eyes of an assassin, roaming the third-year classrooms in search of prey.”
“Huh, is there really someone like that?”
“That’s you, isn’t it?”
The day after the Entrance Ceremony. I went to the second floor where the third-year classrooms were located from the morning to search for the Harem Bastard, and the Gouketu, who apparently received a report from a student, came and dragged me to the Student Guidance Office.
Damn it, it was the same with the school peeping incident last time, but why do I always get misunderstood like this?
This time, I was just looking for someone to kidnap… ah, maybe it’s not a misunderstanding.
“So, what were you doing after all?”
Damn, it might be a little bad that this Gouketu is the interrogator. I should assume that any clumsy lies will be easily seen through. I’m not telling the truth, but I have to somehow gloss over it with a story that’s not entirely a lie.
“Well, I was just looking around to see what kind of people there are.”
“What’s that? Were you looking for cute girls or something?”
“Ah, there’s that too.”
Beautiful girls and a Harem are the components of the protagonist’s party. Naturally, I can’t neglect checking out the beautiful girls.
“Huh? Is that really it? Didn’t you say you had a girlfriend back home?”
“No, it’s not like she’s my girlfriend… besides, if I can’t see her for three years, it’s the same as not having one.”
“I see? So you were… what was it… right, you were appraising female students with the eyes of a starving beast.”
“Well, that’s pretty much it.”
No, is it different? I feel like the meaning is a little off… but it’s better to be misunderstood than to be thought of as a kidnapper.
“What a terrible pervert has arrived… but seriously, barging into all the third-year classrooms on the morning of your second day is going too far.”
“If I peeked around, it might cause unnecessary misunderstandings. I’ve had terrible experiences with that before.”
“I don’t think it’s a misunderstanding.”
Damn it, he’s making terrible assumptions. What does he know about me?
But what will happen now? I was certainly doing something like investigating a crime, but I haven’t committed any crimes yet. There’s no reason for me to be punished.
“Alright, I get it. In the end, it’s your excess energy that’s the problem. Come to my place after school, I’ll give you some training.”
“Ehh…? No, that’s not really my thing.”
“Don’t complain. I don’t want to have a sex offender in my first year as a student guidance counselor.”
“Yeah…”
Even if I kidnap them, I don’t intend to do anything like an erotic doujinshi afterwards, so the worry about committing a sex crime is just a needless fear… should I go along with it?
Well, searching in the morning and during lunch break is enough, and I’m bored anyway since I don’t have any friends. It’s not a problem at all.
“Oh, you came. Impressive, impressive.”
“Well, yeah. If I go against the student guidance counselor, my peaceful student life will be threatened.”
“Couldn’t you have phrased that a little differently?”
After carelessly listening to a class that only introduced the content of the lessons, it was finally after school.
I was summoned by the student guidance Gouketu in a way that was almost threatening, and I was easily lured to a deserted place. It’s a building that encloses a square space of about 20 meters on each side, probably a place to practice martial arts or something. In other words, this is the man’s territory.
From now on, this man will surely use force and do something violent to me.
Even if my body submits, don’t think you can break my spirit…!