Chapter 39: Opportunism

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"Sakura... I..."

I honestly had no words...

I couldn't quite wrap my head around what I wanted to say. I was simply too nervous and anxious to articulate even the simplest of words...

But while my mouth remained stagnant... My mind surely wasn't... In fact, it was racing a little too fast for its own good...

'OK!!! REIKA!!!... calm down... calm down... It's just a random person you don't know... Just a random person you don't know... Just a random person you don't know...'

I was trying, unsuccessfully, to mentally prepare myself to follow-up my incomplete wording...

However... before I could even continue with my sentence, I was interrupted by the consequences of my stupid actions...

As I kept delving into my thoughts... I heard a pure voice utter a deathly sentence... I really need to learn to control my mouth...

"Do... I know you...?"

...

...

...

'I seriously messed up now...'

Immediately as I heard those words...

I froze up...

I had not quite realized, but I had just blurted out her name... mindlessly...

I'm supposed to be a total stranger to her, yet I'm already interacting with her as if I've known her for my entire life...

I had made a huge blunder...

And as silence dropped inside the room, where now everybody stood silent, I plunged into anxiety...

'Oh no... Oh NO NO NO NO!!! WHY DO I DO THESE THINGS SO INSTINCTIVELY?!?!'

I could only sulk in my stress and self-pity, as I could clearly see Sakura becoming even more confused through my reaction...

'Oh no... she couldn't have found out, right...?'

I could not even think straight as I condemned my stupidity and terrible timing skills...

'HOW DUMB CAN YOU BE REIKA?!'

I could only hold my head in desperation, while everyone looked at me with wry smiles on their faces... I bet I looked incredibly weird with my nearly immediate switch in tone and attitude...

I literally went from cutting down magic with my sword... to an emotional and uncertain MESS...

It was quite obvious everyone's sights were currently fixed on me...

But, as I was concerned and absorbed within my thoughts, I was snapped back into reality by Sakura speaking once again...

"...You... seem familiar...?"

"..."

'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!'

I could only scream in my head as I became desperate because of her sentence...

'NO NO NO NO NO NO!!! PLEASE, DON'T FIND OUT ABOUT ME!!!!!'

I was having a mental breakdown, as I could only fathom the shock and disgust Sakura would feel from seeing me like this...

I mean, who expects their childhood friend to become a girl!? AND A CURSED ONE AT THAT!

I could only, sink in the possibilities popping in my head as I stared in terror at the confused Sakura...

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