Cardfight!! Vanguard: Generations Volume 4 [Ryouta Rival]

- Part 9

If Yogen was the type to tease because she liked you, then Megami was the type to tease because she disliked you.

While she never had a smug look on her face, her serious demeanour combined with her biting sarcasm made Megami come off as extremely haughty.

Not as haughty as Shigaisohi-sama of course, but she did look down on you with a certain scorn that you couldn't look away from either. It's almost ironic how hypnotising she was while insulting you with her silver tongue.

To say our relationship was tumultuous was putting it nicely.

While she never outright rejected a conversation with me whenever we ran into each other, she doesn't go out of her way to act like she's pleased to see me either.

The same can be said right now, as even though she helped us escape the rain, Megami seemed more happy that she helped Shimizu than me.

"They really did choose an awful day to hold a challenge outside."

Megami got up from beside me to peek out of the cave. The rain had only gotten worse as we sat in the cave, to the point it was now bordering on becoming a rainstorm. Going outside would be impossible unless you were willing to get soaked.

"I-it also rained during yesterday's challenge..."

"Knowing the school, they also probably did this on purpose."

"By the way, Megami-san..."

"Yes?"

"T-thank you so much for helping me and Takanori-san!"

Shimizu bowed deeply towards her. I nodded in agreement, lowering my head as a sign of respect.

"Yeah... I don't know why you helped us, but I appreciate it as well."

"To be honest, I only wanted to help Shimizu-san. Helping you was completely by accident, since I didn't even notice you were there. You have no presence whatsoever."

"...I figured as much."

For a high class girl like her, there was absolutely no reason for her to concern herself with a low class guy like me. At least with Shimizu, it was slightly understandable since they were both girls. But me? We had no connection whatsoever.

"In any case, you're both welcome. Running into you two might end up being a good for me too, actually."

"W-what do you mean by that, Megami-san?"

"I've been seeking by myself this entire time. Yumi-san thought it'd be a good idea for everyone to go our own separate ways to try and cover more ground, but I've barely made any progress... plus, it was getting a bit lonely too."

Megami sighed.

"Which group are you from?" I said.

"Kai-san's group."

"I'm not familiar with it."

"I would hope you're not. You're on the boy's side, after all."

Ouch. Was that really necessary?

"M-Megami-san, t-there's no need for that..."

"Sorry. I didn't mean it in a rude way. It'd be a bit strange if you knew the details of the girl's side, that's all."

Little does she know that Yukina has been keeping me updated on what's going on their side during dinnertime.

"It's fine. I know some details, like who's on Shimizu-san's group, but I don't know about yours."

"I see. Well, simply put, our group was made on Tamaki-san's whims. She wanted to help E Class out in this special exam, since her brother is in there, so we ended up making a group with Ishima-kun's friend, Kai-san. Obviously it has us three, as well as Yumi-san from A Class, Tsuji-san and Tachibana-san from E Class, and Fukahori-san from B Class."