(Heartfelt thanks to Youcai Luobo, Yan Yu Jiangnan, and Seven Sins Shattered for their rewards!)
Perhaps because they had grown tired of it, or because class was about to begin, the surrounding students gradually withdrew their gazes, and the student cafeteria returned to normal.
Freed from all those stares, Wu Yan, Natsuki, Ikaros, Astrea, Nagisa, Natsuoto, and even Charlotte all breathed sighs of relief.
At that moment, a boy wearing a military belt over his uniform entered from the cafeteria entrance with a girl dressed in a black, short-skirt-style kimono. His eyes swept across the cafeteria before settling on Wu Yan's table.
"Yo!" Like an old friend who had known them for years, the boy wearing the military belt casually greeted them as he approached with the girl in the black kimono. "This morning's newspaper... Urgh!"
Before he could finish, a powerful elbow slammed heavily into the overly familiar boy's stomach, making him clutch his abdomen as his face twisted in pain.
"Although we're not from the same country, you should have heard of this, right?" Wu Yan picked up a cup of black tea from the table and took a leisurely sip.
"There's a saying: 'Trouble comes from the mouth.' Raishin, understand?..."
"U-Understood..." Raishin squeezed out the words while clutching his aching stomach.
"I just wanted to have a meal with you guys..."
"I don't want to eat with you!" The one who said that was not Wu Yan, but Charlotte, whose brows had drawn tightly together as she glared coldly at Raishin.
"You'd better stay away from me!"
"Whoa, how scary..." Raishin theatrically cried out, a brazen smile spreading across his face.
"As expected of the infamous 'Reign of Tyranny!'" A violent expression surfaced on Charlotte's face.
"I won't hold back just because this is the student cafeteria!"