Translator: Kaelpie Editor: Ozlarus TLC: ShimizuA
５And then, at the school. It"s 8:20 on the clock.
Our prefectural Heike High School has only 2 to 4 students on each grade. Therefore we only have one cla.s.s each year and there are no systems like "Cla.s.s X" like in other schools. The plate on the entrance merely has "X Grade" written on it.
When I enter the cla.s.sroom for the "2nd Grade" of that school──
"Oh, Rin… Sorry about yesterday, our aliens have done such a thing without permission."
Miya apologized to me.
"In any case, it wasn"t me who sent them okay… But I"m sorry. Are you angry?"(Miya)
"Nah… I"m not particularly angry. No one was injured and nothing was broken."(Rinichirou)
"I see, that"s good."(Miya)
Miya breathes out a sigh of relief.
"By the way, was the marriage called off after all?"(Miya)
"Well, yeah. I"m grateful to the aliens about that. Thanks to the making ruckus, it got canceled."(Rinichirou)
It would be a lie if I said I wasn"t a little unhappy, but it"s still too early for marriage after all.
"I"m glad… Ah, that wasn"t because "I"m glad that Rin didn"t get married" okay! That was "I"m glad that you felt thankful for it" okay!"(Miya)
"Is that so."(Rinichirou)
Our cla.s.smate Mizukami was laughing with a "Kisha, shururu" while watching the exchange between me and Miya.
"Kisha, Shururururururu"(Mizukami)
What is it Mizukami, do you have something to say? Why does everybody want to pair me up with Miyafuji? How troublesome.
All four people are in this second grade. It"s me, Miya, Mizukami and another one. The last one is currently hospitalized for an appendix surgery/appendectomy, so all these are all the attendees today.
I said this to all who present in this cla.s.s.
"You two, please listen. I think you have heard this from the teacher, but the truth is──"
And then, just in time to interrupt the story──
"Okay everyone, please take your seat."
Our homeroom teacher, R-Yamamoto(29 years old, single) enters the cla.s.sroom.
"There is important news for everyone this morning. A transfer student will be coming to this cla.s.s today. Please come in and introduce yourself, Ms. Lou Kotović."(R-Yamamoto)
It seems like what I wanted to talk about a while ago is happening.
The teacher called out and a familiar duo appeared.
Of course, it was Krau and Princess Pau
"Born in the Royal Capita Adelven of the Holy Eis United Kingdom, serving the famous "Sovereign Ranunculus" Princess Paulitrifa as her Rosebud, I"m Krauzera Lou Kotović, sixteen years old. People call me the "Rou AuratumKnight of the White Lily"."(Krauzera)
"And I am her mistress, Paulirifa Luca Adelven Ja.s.sen. Eight years old. I may be a n.o.ble princess, however now I"m thine cla.s.smate. I like late night anime and mange, and feel free to call me "Pau". …No Wait, that might be too casual. Correction. For the time being call me "Princess Pau"."(Paulirifa)
…The heck is that?
"Your Highness!? Even though they"re your schoolmates, letting them use your shortened name lightly──!!"(Krauzera)
"I do not mind. This the style of Nihon. I also allow everyone to call my knight(rosebud) as "Krau" for short. Is that good Krauzera?"(Paulirifa)
"Yes… I understand."(Krauzera)
By the way, because they transferred in so suddenly they don"t have the uniform so they"re both wearing casual(?) clothes. Krau is wearing her armor and the princess with a dress; their usual getup.
Surprised by such a fantasy combination, Miya asked me a question.
"Wait a minute Rin! Why are they in school!?"(Miyafuji)
"It was suddenly decided this morning. There are various reasons…"(Rinichirou)
"Reasons?"(Miyafuji)
"Grandma was told this by the people from the town hall. "refugee under 18 years old have to go to school." "(Rinichirou)
It seems to have been decided under the "Treaty to protect the other world immigrant children from underserved work".
Long ago, there was some world that systematically exporting children from a different star/planet for labor purposes, so to prevent a similar situation it seems that people under 18 must attend school.
"Come to think of it, I may have heard something like that… Since our aliens go to school voluntarily I must"ve forgotten about that."(Miya)
Actually, if Krau spent the entire day home she would be slave driven by grandma. Grandma agreed to let those two go to school with tears of regret in her eyes. She was silent about it till this morning, not because she forgot but she must"ve been reluctant to let Krau go to school.
I had no reason to oppose it whatsoever. Refugees can attend school free of charge after all.
And Princess Pau b.u.t.ts in.
"Indeed, Rinichirou"s grandmother is cruel. I stayed up all night for Telehodai Time so I was sleepy; I said that I would come to school starting tomorrow but she said "Just go to school already" and turned a deaf ear to me… Grandmother suddenly transformed into an Oni Baba!" (Paulirifa)
No, my grandma was already a demon old hag from the beginning you know. It"s not "sudden" nor a "transformation" at all. I wonder what part of Grandma you were looking at?
"By the way, an Oni Baba is a real creature in the《Magical Horizon(Seed"s Bed)》."(Paulirifa)
As expected of a fantasy world.
"Princess, give up. My grandma was always an Oni Baba, especially when it comes to studies, she"s strict. Maybe because she was a former teacher. Since it was decided that you have to go to school, she will never permit you to skip. You won"t be able playing hooky from now on either."(Rinichirou)
That"s one of Grandma"s few good points.
"Uuuu, How scary… I thought I would be able to fully enjoy the lifestyle known as "NEET" which seems to be a trend among the youngster of Nihon. To not tolerate a NEET lifestyle, is that another countryside custom?"(Paulirifa)
No, NEETs aren"t accepted in the metropolis either.
"Anyways I"m sleepy. Therefore my intention is to stay asleep throughout the cla.s.s. …But before that, I have a question."(Paulirifa)
"What is it?"
"Well, how should I put it, uhm, that is… Why is there a tentacle monster here!? Why is there a monster that"s like a 2 and a half meters tall ma.s.s of tentacles in the cla.s.sroom? It"s like a Sea Anemone grew to a ridiculous size and strengthened its tentacles! I never saw any school in anime or manga that keep a huge pet like that!"(Paulirifa)
"Monster? Pet? What are you talking about?"
"It"s that, that huge thing there…"
"Kishya, Shurururu"(Mizukami)
"…? Oh, are you perhaps talking about Mizukami!? How can you say that to our cla.s.smate!"(Rinichirou)
"A cla.s.smate you say!?"(Paulirifa)
"That"s right. Her name is Mizukami Hydra. The guardian deity of the Atlantis government in exile, she"s our cla.s.smate."
In other words, she"s also the madonna existence in our school.
"Princess, isn"t your comment about her just now was rude? Certainly, she has tentacles, but she"s neither a monster nor a pet."(Rinichirou)
"N… No, that"s…"(Paulirifa)
"Kisha, Shururururu"(Mizukami)
"Well, even though Mizukami says it"s fine… But Princess, please apologize for your words."(Rinichirou)
"Y-yes… However Rinichirou, could you stop suddenly reversing from Tsukkomi to Boke? I can"t cope with that."(Paulirifa)
Tsukkomi and Boke? Reversing them?
"Well, that… Mizukami Hydra, I am sorry. Actually, your appearance is exactly like that of a tentacle monster who has appeared in the "Cheap eroge game in which a female knight is humiliated" which I have played before."(Paulirifa)
"Kisha, Shururururu"(Mizukami)
Princess, is that way to apologize? Still, Mizukami is kind so I think she will probably forgive you.
However, one mystery was solved. It"s about Krau.
"I-I must protect her Highness… But tentacles! Tentacles! Like the female knight in that game! However, in order to escape… But… Tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary!"(Krauzera)
It"s that Krau started shivering from the moment she saw Mizukami. It"s understandable.
"Tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary tentacles scary…"(Krauzera)
"Hey, Krau."(Rinichirou)
When I call out to Krau she suddenly turns to me──
"Hya…!? Kuh, Kill!"(Krauzera)
I"m tired of listening to your "Kill yell" already.
"If I am to be a.s.saulted by tentacles like in that game, I"d rather choose an honorable death! N-no wait, if I"m dead there would be no one to guard the Princess from the evil hands of the tentacles… Cheh, how despicable! This shamelessness!"(Krauzera)
"You too show a little restraint!"(Rinichirou)
She needs to fix her bad habit of immediately thinking of rape. I understand that the game was traumatic for you though.
"You(Krau) fought the octopus infantry of the Hasturean from the other day just fine, so don"t suddenly say that you"re afraid of tentacles."
"Well, you"re right about that, but Ms. Cla.s.smate looks too much like the tentacle monster from the game… she wasn"t here when I came to the cla.s.sroom yesterday…"(Krau)
Oh, Mizukami was on flower watering duty yesterday.
"Besides, I wasn"t scared of the octopus infantry because, on top of not resembling the tentacle monster from the game, they looked cute and not scary."(Krauzera)
Well, it"s true that those octopuses aren"t scary at all. The so-called herbivore tentacles. Or a soothing tentacle.
Back to the subject. In any case.
"Hmm, as expected, the sudden tentacles surprised you… But! From now, with me and Krauzera as your transfer student, our hustling days will begin! We will change your boring daily life into a vortex of laughter and nonsense! UWOOH, AREN"T YOU GETTING EXCITED?"(Princess Pau)
Princess Pau, what"s with that "UWOOH". Even though you were talking about sleeping the whole time.
But, if it"s them, perhaps they might truly can change it. To our every day of "vortex of laughter and nonsense".
While thinking that it will probably not be the case, I was hoping she would have "find it fun" for a little while. Indeed, even if it was only a little──.
"Uhm, just a second… Let"s see, Princess Pau?"(R-Yamamoto)
"Hm? What is it, my homeroom teacher?"(Paulirifa)
The homeroom teacher R-Yamamoto called her. For some reason, her tone is awkward and nervous.
"No, it"s… It"s a bit hard to talk about it, but──"(R-Yamamoto)
The teacher hesitated to tell the princess.
"The school for Princess Pau is not here."(R-Yamamoto)
"What did you say!?"(Paulirifa)
…It"s not?
"You are eight years old aren"t you? Then you have to go to elementary school. The school building is only a step from here. This is a high school for children from 15 to 18 years old."(R-Yamamoto)
Now that you mention it. I didn"t notice because the Princess entered so grandly.
"H… How!? Homeroom teacher, then I would be separated from my knight(rosebud)! I am very troubled! I hate it!"(Paulirifa)
"Oh, Your Highness…!! For you to say need me to that extent!"(Krauzera)
That Krau, she"s so easy to be impressed. But I understand how she feels. I also thought "What a quite nice story" when I heard it.
Those two share a really deep bond after all…
"If Krau isn"t there, I would have to study by myself! Instead of her doing my homework and taking notes for me! I was planning on getting her lunch pudding!"(Paulirifa)
Okay okay, I thought it was something like that. Also, this is a high school so you have to bring your own lunch.
"Aa, your highness, I"m dejected…"
No Krau, no need to be dejected about it.
Eventually, Princess Pau was taken to the elementary school by the janitor uncle.
Meanwhile, Krau was seated next to Mizukami and was trembling once again.
And like that, with a grim prospect waiting ahead of them, the school life of female knight Krau and Princess Pau who came from a different world started.
PS: If you"re curious how Mizukami and R-Yamamoto look like, here"s their pic taken from the manga.