Konko: One thing leads to another and I translated this chapter. I still do not have any plans to pick this up ~

And no Ruri-chan this chapter =(

Chapter 24: A way to solve an urgent situation

[Er-, I apologize in advance but there is staff meeting today after cla.s.s, so everyone has to stay back with me]

I f,forgot about it…

The vice-princ.i.p.al announced this during the staff briefing in the morning. We have been informed long ago but I totally forgotten about it.

Only a while ago, I would only have thought [Haiz… it's this time of the month again] while lamenting that I could not go home early today. However, now that I have Ruri-chan with me, I could not afford to work overtime.

Even though I think that it would not be a problem for her, I still wanted to avoid getting home too late. I wanted to avoid the situation of leaving her alone in the house for too long. As expected, I could not help but get worried.

Even if I said that, is there anyone I could ask help with…?

I could ask Kaa-san for help but she does not have the key to enter the house. The same could be said for Jii-chan (T.L Kaa-san = mother, Jii-chan = grandfather). Besides, Ruri-chan has not seen my family members all that often, so she would only be vigilant against them and might not let them enter the house.

What should I now that it came down to this…

—

[Therefore, Nakamura. Why do you always skip school?]

[Because, it is so troublesome]

["Because, it is so troublesome, Because, it is so troublesome". You always use the same excuse every time]

[There is just no helping it. A troublesome thing is always a troublesome thing]

[There is no way to cure you. Didn’t your parents pay for your school fee?]

[Jaa~, you just have to make your lesson more interesting]

[… I am sorry]

[It's fine if you understand. Hmm? What are you looking at?] (T.L P.s I dunno who is speaking halfway through the conversation)

My line of sight accidently overlaps with Nakamura when I happened to see her talking to her homeroom teacher – Itou-sensei.

I immediately wanted to avert my gaze but I came up with a good idea.

… That's it!

[Nakamura!]

[Wh, what is it?]

[I have a minor request. Could you call Amano over here?]

[Haa? Why do I have to be used as your errand girl?]

[I will treat you to ramen next time]

[A girl would not work for something like a ramen]

[Then, then what do you like?]

[Unn….]

Nakamura started thinking seriously.

Nakamura-san? You do not have to think about it so seriously. グリーンダヨ. (T.L No idea what this means)

[I decided. Tell me more about that girl of yours]

[Uuu…]

[If you don’t do it, I will not listen to your request]

[You… are an evil woman]

[I got called that name many times. It does not matter what you call me]

[Aah! Hey!] (T.L MC is crying in agony)

[You can slowly think about it -]

Nakamura happily skipped out of the staff room while fluttering her hands.

I might just have chosen the wrong person…

And the next break time.

Nakamura brought Amano along with her while smiling and grinning.

I am convinced that I made a mistake.

It might be better for me to look for Amano directly.

However, it is already too late for regrets as I have already requested them to come over.

[There is a small request that I would like to ask for you]

[Yes! I would listen to whatever request Takeda is going to make]

[I will stay and listen because it sounded amusing]

[…Nakamura. What are you doing here?]

[I am checking if you properly remembered what we just said]

[No, I am not very good at remembering things]

[So you did remember]

Her face is smiling but her eyes are not.

This has a meaning of [You better remember because I am not going to forget about it].

Women are so scary. Especially Nakamura.

[What are the two of you talking about? Am I being left out?]

[Not to worry. I will tell Kyouko all about it next time]

[You promise?]

[Of course. But it also depends on Takeda]

[Oh…]

No matter how many times I think about it, Nakamura is scary.

I wish she would be slightly cuter…

[So what is your request?]

[I need your help with something]

[I already know you need our help, so get to your point]

[There is staff meeting today after cla.s.s]

[I heard that from my Itou too. He said things like (There is staff meeting today so the duration club activities would be shortened)]

[Since that is the case, I must also attend the staff meeting]

[I see -]

Nakamura understood the situation with just the current information and nodded to herself.

As expected of Nakamura.

Amano still had a face showing she has not totally understood the situation.

[So before I return home, I would like if you could look after Ruri-chan. The latest I will reach home would be 8 pm. Could I request you to do this?]

After I finished speaking, both me and Nakamura turned and looked over at Amano to see her reaction.

And looking at Amano, she has a face that is smiling brilliantly.

[Of course! I would be even willing to cross the mountain or the sky to fulfil Takeda's request]

[As expected of Amano. I also thought that is how you would answer]

And I felt relieved for a moment.

[But do you not have anyone else to take care of Ruri-chan?]

[Oh, because the number of acquaintance that know Ruri-chan limited. Hence, I could only depend on Amano and Nakamura for help]

[I am very happy that you would depend on me!]

[Jaa~, I would be depending on you until school is over]

[Yes!]

[Hey, Takeda. Give me your key]

[Ah, that's right. Please do not make a duplicate key]

[Hah! I did not think of this trick!]

[That's right. So please don’t do it]

[This Amano Kyouko would definitely not let down the trust Takeda place on me! I would definitely not do it!]

Amano gave me a salute after saying this. You should use you right hand to salute and not your left.

And before leaving the cla.s.sroom, Nakamura turned around and speak to me.

[About our promise, please do not forget about it]

[… I will think about it]

Nakamura left the cla.s.sroom after showing a fearless smile.

I sighed thinking about it. I really made a mistake in choosing the one to help me.

[Takeda-sensei]

[Yes?]

I heard the voice of Nakamura's homeroom teacher, Itou-sensei.

[Please teach me how you managed to get along with Nakamura]

[… Ye, yes]

I wonder what time I could reach home today?

T.L Ruri-chan is in danger ~~~