Revelation Of An Ordinary Life

Interlude: A New Perspective

(MAJOR spoilers in this chap for year 2 volume 6 so just read the next chapter whenever it comes out if you don't want to get spoiled. You have been warned)

My life has changed plenty in the last few days. I went from being an above-average person to a genius to a monster in the span of a few days. Although while people are more aware of me, my daily life hasn't changed much in terms of my routine. The only change is that there are fewer people who speak to me, but today I got a message from Horikita. I had a small idea as to what she was going to talk about, but as to what her thoughts were I had no idea.

Today was Saturday, so I slept in a little and I went to the spot Horikita told me to go to. I had arrived at our scheduled spot a few minutes before the appointed time of 8 am and I waited there until I saw a familiar black haired girl show her face. Her face was quite distraught as she was walking towards me and when she finally arrived, there was an awkward silence.

She was looking uneasy so I had broken the ice first. 

"Your brother is staying at school for the next few weeks, have you chatted with him a little?"

"After I first saw him I had a light conversation, but nothing more than that," She said somewhat reserved and the conversation fizzled out again.

"Ayanokouji, am I a tool to you?" Horikita asked after a few seconds, looking uneasy.

If I had to describe what Horikita meant to me then it was something like that of a student that I was helping grow until it reaches its potential.

"I don't consider you a tool," I said bluntly.

"I don't believe you, but it's not like I can tell if you're telling the truth or not by your expression," Horikita sighed.

"Horikita, why exactly did you call me out here?" If this was her only reason then it could have taken place in her room and not at the school entrance.

"I don't know, to be honest," she had a downcast expression. 

"I just wanted to talk to you, but I don't know why."

"I see, this is just a guess from me, so you don't have to answer, but did you want to know my motivations?" I said bluntly.

Although she was taken by surprise, she was not able to speak or I suppose it was rather that she wasn't able to formulate her thoughts. 

"Well, since you're not speaking, I'll continue. I have no intentions of giving up on class A and I'll get there even without your help."

"You're quite unusual today or maybe I suppose this is how you've always been," Horikita paused for a moment and looked me in the eye. 

"If I'm not a tool to you, then am I a project? I'm asking because from all of your thoughts I've seen so far, you've been fixated on other people's growth, so am I your magnum opus?"

I have to admit, I wasn't expecting those words to come out of her mouth, no, I was just fooling myself. Anyone could see what I've been fixated on.

"I guess I may think of you in that way, but is there something wrong with that?" I was wondering what her answer was going to be.

"Ayanokouji, if I'm just a project to you then this is nothing but a case of mutual interests. I want you to help me go to class A and you want what you want, nothing has changed," She said, but there was no conviction or resolve in her words.

"I see then. I guess nothing really has cha- ," While I was speaking I got a message on my phone. The message was from the Ayanokouji Group. After a little bit of contemplation, I decided that I should deal with this now