The small-scale harassment continued for both me and Ryouko.
Items lost, balls thrown, blatant laughs, bad rumors. They were all part of a path I had tread before, there was nothing novel about them. I didn’t find it particularly disconcerting, and Ryouko was calm to no end.
I did manage to convince her to leave her savings at home, and now that her body was solidified with cheap goods, a little loss wouldn’t amount to anything.
It happened on a certain day that I got to school on the early side, to find Akashic Kinoshita erasing some obscene doodles on the blackboard. While it immediately hit me who the doodles were directed at, more importantly, it was Kinoshita’s conduct that surprised me.
“Hey, you don’t have to do that. You’ll get dragged in.”
“What are you saying, Satou!? You’re the one protecting our life every day, this isn’t even enough to return the favor.”
“I’m not protecting anything. Not in the slightest, you hear.
“and as one who will one day rule over the world, we cannot overlook any injustice.”
“… I see.”
While I appreciated his kindness, I couldn’t honestly rejoice over it.
Doodles on the blackboard meant that the attacks had received an upgrade. It would no longer be covert, it would be laid bare for all to see. Unsatisfied with personal attacks and minor violent contact that showed not the slightest effect, the offending group had come to a resolute decision.
Foreseeing further intensification, I wanted to deal with the problem beforehand, but it wasn’t as if I was a pro at bully countermeasures. I was just a pro at getting bullied.
All that came to mind was relying on Dorisen.
I doubted it would get too terrible. Perhaps I was underestimating it.
As I folded my arms and did nothing, the net of malice was gradually closing in on us.
The small-scale harassment continued for both me and Ryouko.
Items lost, balls thrown, blatant laughs, bad rumors. They were all part of a path I had tread before, there was nothing novel about them. I didn’t find it particularly disconcerting, and Ryouko was calm to no end.
I did manage to convince her to leave her savings at home, and now that her body was solidified with cheap goods, a little loss wouldn’t amount to anything.
It happened on a certain day that I got to school on the early side, to find Akashic Kinoshita erasing some obscene doodles on the blackboard. While it immediately hit me who the doodles were directed at, more importantly, it was Kinoshita’s conduct that surprised me.
“Hey, you don’t have to do that. You’ll get dragged in.”
“What are you saying, Satou!? You’re the one protecting our life every day, this isn’t even enough to return the favor.”
“I’m not protecting anything. Not in the slightest, you hear.
“and as one who will one day rule over the world, we cannot overlook any injustice.”
“… I see.”
While I appreciated his kindness, I couldn’t honestly rejoice over it.
Doodles on the blackboard meant that the attacks had received an upgrade. It would no longer be covert, it would be laid bare for all to see. Unsatisfied with personal attacks and minor violent contact that showed not the slightest effect, the offending group had come to a resolute decision.
Foreseeing further intensification, I wanted to deal with the problem beforehand, but it wasn’t as if I was a pro at bully countermeasures. I was just a pro at getting bullied.
All that came to mind was relying on Dorisen.
I doubted it would get too terrible. Perhaps I was underestimating it.
As I folded my arms and did nothing, the net of malice was gradually closing in on us.
