The Beginning of the Fourth Heir

Life in Ukiyoe High

Chapter 18

The next day, Riyui was walking in the hallways of Ukiyoe Junior High. She was nervous and her palms are sweaty. The situation became worse when she enters her class. She swears everybody was looking at her as she makes her way to her seat.

When she sat down, a young man with messy jet black hair and wears glasses sat next to her. He looks like the silent type. Nevertheless, Riyui decided to strike a conversation with him.

"Annou..."

"Hm?"

"Are you a transferee?" she asked.

"Nope." Then silence. Afterwards, the guy spoke.

"What's your name?"

"Riyui. Riyui Nura. You?"

"Harada. Ishikawa Harada." he replied. They didn't speak to one another until the homeroom teacher entered the room. She is a short woman in her mid-twenties with long brown hair she wears in a ponytail and brown eyes with a piercing gaze as she scans her class. She wears glasses too. She may seem ordinary to human standards but Riyui knew better. She can detect a small amount of dark aura from her though she can tell it's not yokai aura. She became curious of her homeroom teacher's identity.

"Ohayo, minna! I'm Puroizen Yamagami, your homeroom teacher. I will be guiding you through the school year. If there's any problem, you can approach me in the faculty lounge." she greeted.

After homeroom, Riyui exhaled in relief. She survived first period. But her curiosity got the better of her. So during lunch break, she went straight to the faculty lounge. She found her homeroom teacher sipping coffee. Puroizen looked up and her gaze soften.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"Annou...Puroizen-sensei, can I speak with you in private?" Riyui asked.

Sensing something, Puroizen agreed and went to the stairway with her student.

"What is it that you want to say?" she asked.

"Annou... Are you a yokai?" Riyui asked in an in an innocent way. Puroizen was surprised by her question.

"What do you mean? I can assure you, I'm human. What makes you think I'm a yokai?"

"I can sense a dark presence on you. I thought you were a yokai at first but later on, I figured you're not. But if you're not a yokai, what are you?"

Before Puroizen could answer the question, the bell rang. Unbeknownst to Riyui, Puroizen breathes a sigh of relief.

"What's your name?" Puroizen asked in a stern tone.

"My name is Riyui Nura."

Riyui thought she will have an earful of scolding from her homeroom teacher. But she received a gentle pat on the head instead.

"You have a really good imagination, Nura-san. I'll see you later." she said and smiled. Riyui smiled in return and bowed before she left.

"Sebby-kun, we have a situation. Looks like someone can sense what I am. We really need to throw her off our trail." she said through the phone.

"What do you mean, ojou-sama?"

"She has the ability to distinguish me from other humans. We better tell Ichigo and the 13 Court Guards about this." she ordered.

"As you wish, ojou-sama."

After class, Rikuo met his sister outside the gates of the school. He noticed her fidgeting for God knows why. Then he saw Harada and nodded in acknowledgement before he slipped away into the shadows.