What are they talking about?
I listen to Hoshizaki-san and Nei’s conversation.
「 Yoshida! I’m changing clothes! Gonna borrow the room in the back! 」
Anya speaks loudly.
Oh right, Anya’s clothes were left on the nap room in the bakery.
「 Go on 」
I said. Anya runs through the remaining audience.
「 Hey, how was that old man from earlier? We plan on having him appear on the next matchup 」
The old man from earlier, wait, you’re talking about Dai Grepher?
「 Disgusting 」
「 I mean, he’s too gross 」
The students speak their impression.
「 Kishoi? Kimoi? What do you mean? 」
Anya’s j.a.panese is perfect, but she doesn’t get the shortened versions from the younger generation.
「 Disgusting, written as 気色悪い, gross is written as 気持ち悪い 」
Edie replied.
「 Oh, your evaluation of him is not that high 」
Anya’s receiving negative opinions.
「 But, that’s what’s great about it 」
One of the boys said.
「 Right, isn’t that guy interesting as a villain? 」
「 Right. His movements were comical too 」
「 His attire is just needs something to be perfect but if his stylist changes, it might be amazing 」
「 Yeah. Nikita-san and Reika-oneesama are both beauties, so I think that having that old man there is not bad 」
You guys are harsh
「 Thanks. Then I’ll talk to the producer to hire that guy 」
Anya said smiling.
The battle from earlier now has become a promo campaign or something.
「 Also, this girl will debut soon, look forward to it! 」
Anya said, pointing at Michi.
「 I! 」
Michi tries to refute, but.
「 I want her to fight on my side, but if I recall, she’s on Reika-san’s side 」
Anya smiles.
「 Nikita-san, when’s the next show 」
A girl asks Anya. She might be a fan.
「 The next part is, well, there would be a replacement of shows for Autumn and Yukino-san will have a special in her show, we will fight there. Our boss will show up. It will be an all-star clash 」
“Our boss,” she’s talking about Kyouko-san.
「 Last time, we did it during the half-time on a football game, so we plan on breaking into a baseball game this time. I’ll stand in the mound as a masked pitcher with face rolled with bandages 」
What the h.e.l.l?
「 Well, we’re still in the planning stage, so I don’t know what will happen 」
Anya smiles.
Then.
「 Yes. It’s still in the planning stage so don’t tell off others 」
Huh?
Since when
Shou-neechan was here?
「 Nikita-san, I came to pick you up. We already have the company’s car at the main entrance, hurry up and prepare 」
She said smiling.
Shou-neechan, a beauty wearing a sporty business suit looks like someone from the entertainment industry.
「 What are you being dazed for? Is it that strange that I suddenly appeared? 」
Well, Shou-neechan’s a first-cla.s.s bodyguard.
She’s skilled in hiding her presence.
「 No, just a bit, I never expect you to come all this way 」
Anya said smiling wryly.
「 Yes, we’re a bit packed too. The next schedule is already full. I’ve talked to your company so don’t worry. We’ll take responsibility and deliver you to your next appointment in time 」
Shou-neechan said calmly.
Anya looks at my face.
「 No problem. You can trust Shou-neechan 」
I smile to Anya.
「 Give me a second, I’ll go get my clothes 」
She said and went back to the bakery. She goes through the workroom and to the back room.
「 Hmm, I see that this is your castle. I wanted to see this once 」
Shou-neechan peeks inside the bakery.
「 Oh, h.e.l.lo, Katsuko-san, Megumi-chan 」
Then.
「 Yukino-san too, long time no see 」
Yukino’s not replying. She’s just fiddling with her phone.
Meg also looks displeased. Seems like she doesn’t want other women entering her territory, the school.
「 Oh? You two seem to be in a bad mood 」
Looking at them from a distance, it’s clear that they really are sisters.
Yukino and Megu are alike.
「 Don’t mind them, they’re just a bit nervous 」
Katsuko-nee greets back with a smile.
「 I’m just dropping by. I’ll take Nikita-san once she’s ready so don’t mind me 」
Shou-neechan tells the two.
「 Who’s that? 」
A senior I don’t know asked me.
「 That woman’s a beauty 」
「 She’s gorgeous 」
Err.
「 She’s a big name in the company sponsoring Yukino and Nikita’s shows 」
Edie answers instead of me.
Sure, Shou-neechan is now the head of the field division of Kouzuki SS.
「 Yes, we have a joint business with this school 」
Shou-neechan tells the students.
「 Starting with this kid’s “bread-making course,” we plan on increasing the vocational training courses next year in this school. Our company is partic.i.p.ating in planning and management 」
「 Uhm, which company are you from? 」
A schoolgirl asks.
「 Kouzuki group 」
Shou-neechan smiles.
Kouzuki group has a wide range of projects, so this story is convincing enough.
「 Then that means, those who are having vocational courses might be able to join Kouzuki group in the future? 」
「 Yes. Students who have achieved excellent results will be given priority in employment 」
「 Really? Maybe I should shift on a vocational course now 」
「 What are you talking about? You’re already in the third year! 」
「 That’s right. Also, there’s nothing but his ‘bread-making course” 」
「 Right. The official introduction of the experiment will be next year, so the other courses will start next year as well 」
Shou-neechan said smiling.
「 It’s unfortunate for third years like you 」
But.
「 Uhm, a moment 」
I call Shou-neechan
「 What’s wrong? 」
I ask her in a low voice so the other students can’t hear.
「 Did something happen? 」
Anya’s setting is that she’s hostile to Kouzuki SS.
So, Shou-neechan making contact with Anya while in public shouldn’t be okay.
Anya’s under Kyouko Messer’s control, which the police wants to arrest.
Actually, someone from Kyouko-san’s side is about to come to the school and pick up Anya.
Having Shou-neechan come over here purposely means something.
「 It’ll be for later 」
Shou-neechan breathes out.
「 Therefore, we need to show that Nikita-san left this place 」
Who do we show it to?
To the police. Maybe.
「 Well, worry not, we’ll be sending off Nikita-san 」
Shou-neechan stands out among the students to prevent the police from intervening.
I mean, shouldn’t Barbie-san come to pick Anya up?
「 This area has maximum security right now 」
This area, in short, our high school and the mansion.
Having maximum security means, Jii-chan’s coming?
Jii-chan went to Kyoto with Minaho-neesan.
Did they come back to Tokyo together and now at the mansion?
「 Where’s Rei-chan? 」
I ask anyway.
「 Reika is with Misuzu-sama 」
「 Yes. Therefore I left before the start of the fourth cla.s.s and came here.
Michi answers.
Michi’s the only one who left early and came to our school, I see.
「 I brought her by car. So, I was watching the fight earlier 」
Using Shou-neechan’s car.
「 Did Misuzu instruct you to come here? 」
「 Yes 」
Michi replied
Then that means.
Misuzu and Shou-neechan know that Dai Grepher would show up here in the morning.
If it’s just Endou, there’s no need to send Michi in.
「 I’ll report the details later 」
Michi said.
Right, people are watching us here.
「 Thanks for the wait! 」
Anya’s back.
She comes back wearing her pure white jumpsuit and long leather boots.
Yeah, wearing this clothing strongly shows that she’s a flashy combatant.
She looks like someone from the TV, separate from the real world.
「 Thanks, Nei. Here’s your uniform 」
Anya tries to hand over the uniform she folded.
Nei’s been talking to Hoshizaki-san since earlier.
「 That’s yours! You’ll need them when you visit next time! 」
She tells Anya with a gentle look.
「 You can come over and experience school anytime 」
「 Nei 」
「 Right, you can come over and play 」
Edie said.
「 Everyone thinks the same, right? You want Nikiniki to come back, right? 」
Nei asks the students in the cafeteria.
「 Yeah, come back again 」
「 Next time, please try experiencing our club 」
「 Yours is a swimming club, right? 」
「 Ah, the shogi club will wait for you too! We also have chess available 」
「 Ours is a research club but, if you’d like to see, then you’re all welcome 」
「 Railway research club too! 」
「 We’re from table tennis club, please come and play next time 」
「 We’re from the women’s judo club, I wanted to have a long talk with you next time 」
「 I’m from historical research, please see us next time 」
They all call out to Anya.
「 Yes, next time 」
Anya looks happy.
「 When I have the opportunity 」
Oh, that’s not enough, let’s give another push.
「 You’re coming to j.a.pan next month, right? 」
I said.
Her next showdown with Rei-chan is scheduled on October.
「 There would be a festival at that time, come over 」
I should decide the specific time and date.
「 Festival? 」
「 High school festival, he meant 」
Edie explains
「 That’s right, please come over during the school festival 」
「 We’ll be waiting for you! Nikita-san! 」
「 That’s right. We’ll look forward to it! 」
The schoolboys and girls invite Anya.
Anya:
She turned to Shou-neechan.
「 I don’t think there’s a problem 」
Shou-neechan smiles.
「 Then, I’ll come again to your festival 」
Anya said bashfully.
◇ ◇ ◇
「 Ya-chan, what did Anya before leaving? 」
I ask Nei while we’re cleaning up the workplace.
After we sent off Anya and Shou-neechan.
We’re now inside the bakery with only our people.
I closed down the door to the cafeteria and locked it.
The ordinary students have no way of listening to our talk.
「 Ah, the part where she spoke in English before leaving with Shou-oneesan? 」
「 Yes, that part, what did she say? 」
Nei.
「 She said, “you’re not a Czayka” 」
Chaika?
「 Remember? Anya murmured “Ya-chaika” in Russian 」
Back then.
It was when Anya was reaching climax while having s.e.x with me.
I didn’t get what she mentioned there.
「 “Ya Czayka” “I am a seagull” 」
Michi who’s helping me with the dishes on the side mutters.
「 Do you know about it, Michi? 」
I asked.
「 Huh? Why do you not know about it? 」
Yukino who’s lazing on the back breaks in the conversation.
「 Isn’t that famous? “I am a seagull” 」
「 It’s an old Russian, back when they were still the Soviet Union, astronaut’s quote. If I recall, it was the world’s first woman sent to s.p.a.ce 」
Megu speaks while pouting.
She gets in between so Yukino, and I won’t have to talk.
「 Yes, that, Tereshkova. The world’s first female astronaut. Czayka is Tereshkova’s personal call sign in work, it means seagull in Russian. When communicating to the surface, she says “This is Czayka,” translating to “I am a seagull.” 」
Nei said.
「 Well, she said, “I am a seagull” while in a s.p.a.ce ship, so it’s widely accepted in j.a.pan as a line of freedom as if you’re flying around the sky 」
「 But, that also has other meanings 」
Michi said.
「 In a Russian play, Anton Chekhov’s “Seagull,” originally “Czayka,” of course, there’s also a line saying “I’m a seagull” 」
Michi’s not just good at martial arts but also in studies.
She must be familiar with this because she goes to the theater often as Misuzu’s attendant.
「 It’s a line of a young actress whose life is messed up by a man. “I am a seagull” A man once shot a seagull with a hunting gun. And then, he was asked to stuff the spoil, but it was completely forgotten. Far from the request of stuffing, the man forgot that he shot the seagull. The actress thinks that she’s a seagull shot and killed by the hand of that man, yet, far from loving the actress, the man forgot to abandon her. Therefore, “I am a seagull” 」
「 Well, it’s been an established theory that Chekov’s drama and Tereshkova’s line happen to be similar by chance but, I think not 」
Nei speaks following Michi’s explanation.
「 Tereshkova’s s.p.a.ceship was called Vostok 6, it’s a reserve machine for the Vostok project of the Soviet Union. In short, an extra 」
Extra?
「 Yeah. It was the time when the Soviet Union was competing in s.p.a.ce development with the United States, it was the Soviet Union who first launched humans to the outer s.p.a.ce. Of course, that was a man. Therefore, they thought of taking the opportunity and also sending out the first female astronaut into s.p.a.ce ahead of the United States. They just want to make the record. Tereshkova’s placed on that s.p.a.ceship for that reason 」
Just for the record?
「 Well, after Tereshkova, women were able to enter the s.p.a.ce nearly 20 years after that. Tereshkova was launched in 1963, and then the next astronaut, Sally Rides from the US was in 1983, it was already the age of s.p.a.ce shuttles. As gender equality becomes more embraced, women were also able to go to s.p.a.ce, like men 」
Nei said.
「 In short, Tereshkova wasn’t free at all. She was pushed into that small capsule and launched into s.p.a.ce, unable to do anything on her own, just flew a predetermined course and returned to the surface. Tereshkova’s “Czayka” isn’t free at all. She’s just dragged by the men’s expectations of her 」
I am a seagull.
Anya muttered that as she climaxes while having s.e.x with me.
「 It must be a women’s phrase during Anya’s time in Russia. Perhaps, that person had her experience of thrown into disarray from a man, so she keeps on saying “I am a seagull” 」
I am a seagull.
「 And, there’s also Anya’s father. She must also have strong feelings that men might mess up her life too 」
Therefore she indulges herself in h.o.m.os.e.xuality with Miss Cordelia.
But, Anya’s true nature isn’t a lesbian.
She’s having fun when having s.e.x with me.
「 You see, Anya’s life was like cast away from the start, so she had strong desperation 」
Right, Anya before feels like she doesn’t care.
She intentionally puts on an arrogant att.i.tude toward people other than Miss Cordelia, increasing the people that hate her.
「 But, that’s not it, Anya can be free. She’s not a seagull to be preyed on by someone. That’s what I want her to understand, so I said: “You’re not a seagull” 」
Nei said
「 That girl’s kind to the heart 」
Yeah.
「 She’s our friend. I’ll make her have a match with Michi next time. Then, they’ll become close friends 」
Edie said laughing.
「 Yeah, I’m gonna ask that too. Anya is a precious friend of mine 」
I tell Michi.
「 A friend? Master? 」
Michi looks at me.
「 You did it with her, didn’t you? 」
「 Yeah, I did 」
Yukino and Megu get sullen.
「 I am Master’s slave, I don’t feel jealousy on women that receive Master’s love. I support it. However 」
Michi.
「 Why did Master not make Nikita-san Master’s woman? 」
That’s.
「 She has a pleasant personality, she also is skilled. She took the initiative during her fight with Dai Grepher 」
Michi was watching.
「 I do think that she’s welcome to become family 」
I.
「 No, Anya won’t be our family. She has her family 」
She already has Miss Cordelia.
「 She’s not like us who were struggling in solitude, wanting a family all this time. Miss Cordelia’s looking after her 」
Even her contact with us was arranged by Miss Cordelia.
「 Therefore, I’m only friends with Anya 」
「 Anya’s a friend 」
「 She’s also my friend! 」
Edie and Nei smile.
「 Miss Cordelia thought that Anya needed friends. So, we made her our friend 」
Also, Minaho-neesan felt that we needed a friend like Anya.
If not, we’ll only look out our family and will collapse from the inside.
「 Yeah, Anya’s a precious friend 」
Then.
「 Wait a second. Are you having s.e.x with your friends? 」
Yukino looks at me
「 It’s just odd to say that you have s.e.x with your friends! 」
Megu folds her arms and looks at me.
They usually don’t go well together yet they’re in sync here.
「 What’s strange about it? 」
「 Everything about it! You’re having s.e.x with someone you’re not lovers with! 」
Yukino’s expectations are in common sense.
「 I do have s.e.x even with friends. Aren’t we friends? 」
I said.
「 What?!! 」
Yukino’s surprised.
Ah, Megu’s speechless.
「 We’re friends but we have s.e.x, don’t we? 」
Yukino’s eyes are twitching.
「 We’re friends, what? 」
「 Yeah, friends. I don’t care what you think, but I think that we are 」
「 Y-You! 」
「 Besides, I want to have s.e.x with you again 」
Everyone in the room fell silent.
「 I-I 」
Yukino looks at me.
「 I said it on TV yesterday, didn’t I? 」
「 Yeah, I was watching 」
「 Yes! I won’t have s.e.x with you again, okay!? 」
「 Why? 」
「 Why you ask?! 」
「 No, don’t say that, let’s have s.e.x again. Yukino 」
Yukino.
「 I already said that I don’t want to do it! 」
She looks away.
「 Look, Yukino, Nagisa’s pregnant 」
I said.
「 Pregnant? 」
「 Yeah. Nagisa’s pregnant with my child. Soon, Katsuko-nee will be pregnant too. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about childbirth anymore. Nagisa will be with you, everything in the hospital will be prepared 」
Yukino looks confused.
「 I see 」
「 Yeah 」
「 Then, you won’t have s.e.x with that woman for a while, right? 」
Yukino knows that having s.e.m.e.n enter the uterus during pregnancy isn’t okay.
Perhaps, she’s heard of it from doctor Ikeda.
s.e.m.e.n has an ingredient that causes the uterus to contract, it’s not okay for the child.
「 No, I will 」
I replied.
「 Huh? But 」
「 We can do it during the stable period. All I need to do is prevent the s.e.m.e.n from entering the uterus 」
Yukino’s eyes are twitching again.
「 I mean, I’ll penetrate Nagisa’s inside and have s.e.x with her until she climaxes. I’ll hold back from ejaculating. Then, if I want to e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.e 」
「 He’ll pull it out of Nagisa and e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.e inside me 」
Katsuko-nee smiles.
「 Yeah, I’ll practice that later. Until I can do it smoothly. I feel sorry for Nagisa if we can’t have s.e.x just because she’s pregnant 」
Yeah.
「 It’s possible. Having s.e.x while pregnant 」
Then.
I see Yukino swallow her spit.
「 What do you want, Yukino? 」
「 Huh? 」
「 You’re already in the stable period, right? 」
「 So what? 」
I.
「 I can shove in my d.i.c.k inside you and move until you c.u.m 」
Yukino looks at me with a serious face.
「 Then, I’ll e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.e inside Megu 」
「 Huh? Yoshi-kun? 」
Megu’s surprised.
「 I want to have s.e.x with both Yukino and Megu together 」
「 Ah, just in time. Hoshizaki-san! 」
Nei talks to Hoshizaki-san with a smile.