Reincarnation of Villainess Noble Lady (Ch. 143-299)

REIKA-SAMA -246

At the door was Fellow Stalking Horse gazing at me with a frown. At Wakaba-chan's desk is me, from another class. And Wakaba-chan is harassed daily…

"…"

"…"

Cornered.

No way out.

Trapped.

…Those words cross my mind for this situation.

The Pivoine and student council are at each other's throat to begin with, and Wakaba-chan and I are on opposite sides. And a few months ago, I was suspected of vandalizing her locker. And I'm at her desk. Then the answer is…

Oh, I'm finished….

"Kisshouin Reika, you are hereby sentenced to decapitation!"

"Wait, magistrate! I had a reason!"

"Take her away!"

"Oh, noooooo!"

Fellow Stalking Horse stands behind me, pouring water over his sword. And I sit in the yard, dressed in white, and the blade descends!

"Kisshouin." I flee into the Edo period, unable to accept the dreadful present, but Fellow Stalking Horse drags me back. "One more time. What are you doing here?" He quietly shuts the door, and approaches one step at a time. "So early in the morning, before anybody else gets in." The silver wolf is just twenty steps away from tearing out the throat of the little tanuki… "…in a classroom not your own." Ten more steps. "What were you doing?"

The end of the road! It's over. I'm done.

"Kisshouin…?"

Even if it's false, if I'm accused of this, I probably won't get into trouble as a Pivoine member. No, I wouldn't. But until I graduate, I'll be seen in school as an underhanded pest who secretly harassed. Could I handle that? Kaburagi and Enjou wouldn't talk to me, and look at me coldly. Yukino-kun, Mao-chan, Yuuri-kun, and the kids in the Petit would no longer smile to me. The maidens, Iinchou and Iwamuro-kun, wouldn't be my disciple any longer. Mochida-san who defended my with her life would despair. And Serika-chan and Kikuno-chan…?

What do I do? What do I do?

I grow cold imagining a dark future.

"Hey, Kisshouin, are you listening?"

"…!" I flinch from fear at the touch of the executioner.

"Oh, sorry." He let go, surprised at my reaction. "Uhhh…." He brushed his hair back. "Anyway, could you look up?" he sighed.

I raise my head fearfully and see his eyes.

"Could you explain?"

Explain…

Why I, from another class was in Wakaba-chan's classroom. That the Pivoine member, Kisshouin Reika was cleaning her desk in secret. Nobody would believe that, right?

Fellow Stalking Horse tapped on her desk. "Did you do this?"

"By this, you mean…?"

The graffiti…?

"Cleaning Takamichi's desk." I gasped raising my head. "Someone seems to have been cleaning her desk and locker, lately." He knew!

"How?"

"How? You can see it. Takamichi herself said that her desk looks shinier by the day. Even now, her desk is clearly more reflective than every other."

… As you say. After waxing, Wakaba-chan's desk is incomparably shinier than any around her. The ordered cleaning supplies worked as well as advertised.