After returning home, I call Hihara Karen on the phone. It should still be a time when she’s awake, so I dial her number a few times until she picks up.
“Hello?”
“What’s up?”
She immediately asks for the reason without any particular change in her tone. How will she react if I tell her I’ll come to pick her up tomorrow morning? There’s a possibility that it might be seen as another one of my chuunibyou actions, but I try not to dwell on that.
“Tomorrow, I wanted to ask if I can come and pick you up, Senpai.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Things have been a bit dangerous lately…”
“It’s fine. I can go to school by myself.”
Well, I expected to receive this kind of response. It’s normal to think that a high school student can go to school by themselves. But I won’t back down.
“No, no, it’s dangerous.”
“No, I’m telling you it’s fine…”
“It’s dangerous.”
“It’s really okay.”
“Because you never know what might happen.”
“Fine… I don’t know what you’re thinking, but fine. Come to my house tomorrow around 7:30.”
Phew, I managed to get her to agree. Even if she didn’t, I still planned to go, but I desperately wanted to avoid that horror scenario if possible.
“Alright. Well, goodnight then.”
“Goodnight.”
The call ends with a click. There’s a high chance she now thinks of me as a troublesome underclassman. Well, I did use that kind of tone.
I wonder what she’s doing right now? It’s pointless to think about it, but she’s probably having a meal with her father.
…Her mother hasn’t come home yet. Their relationship as a couple is… well…
I shouldn’t be thinking about those things. I should prepare for tomorrow and go to bed early. I’ll stop by Hihara Karen’s house, so I need to wake up earlier than usual to make it on time.
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[Karen PoV]
The alarm clock blares, piercing through my ears. I groggily open my heavy eyelids and fumble around to find the button that will silence the clock. My body isn’t fully awake yet, and I feel a slight heaviness, but I force myself out of bed. I leave my room on the second floor and head downstairs.
Downstairs, my parents are already awake. Dad is preparing breakfast, and Mom has almost finished getting ready for work.
I open the door to the living room.
“Good morning, Karen.”
“Good morning.”
My parents greet me with a shy smile. They both seem cheerful, but I wonder what it was like before I entered the room…
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Magiclad Girls and a Mob who will save them, or else the world is doomed!
RomanceWhen he was in his third year of junior high school, he regained his memory of his previous life and was reincarnated in the world of "Magiclad Girl ~Secret Five~" where the "Magiclad Girls" fight "Demons". "Mob" Kuroda Izayoi. It's a heroic tale-li...
