Chapter Fourteen: Class D's Little Angel / Chapter Fifteen: The Little Princess Is Going to Make Her Move

Chapter Fourteen: Class D's Little Angel

As he walked back to the dorms, Suzuki Toru still couldn't forget what had just happened. He hadn't expected it to be so easy to win a girl over.

As expected, whether blackmail worked depended entirely on how much the person involved cared.

Ichinose Honami clearly regretted her theft back then and deeply loathed herself for it. That was why she was afraid he'd expose her.

Never mind Ichinose Honami—the bigger problem was Miyabi Nagumo. As the Student Council Vice President, he'd actually tried to use a first-year. What was he planning?

If it were just the four classes competing against each other, Nagumo wouldn't have needed to think about the first-years at all.

Did that mean there'd be competition between different years later on?

Suzuki Toru sighed. Whether it was his own homeroom teacher, Mashima Tomoya, or the upperclassmen, not one of them put him at ease.

If Sakayanagi Arisu didn't make a move soon, he'd have to consider uniting the class.

Well, he had no intention of taking part in any competitions. Fulfilling wishes was still the most important thing; this would just save him some effort.

He didn't want a bunch of people suddenly dragging him down while he was trying to fulfill a wish.

Just then, someone tentatively called out to him.

"Um, excuse me, are you Suzuki from Class 1-A?"

Suzuki Toru looked over. A few girls seemed to have just returned from the shopping district, their hands full of purchases. They looked like they'd spent quite a few points.

One girl stood out in particular. Her short, light-brown hair shimmered in the sunlight, and she wore a cute headband that left a little of her bangs showing.

She wasn't very tall, but her legs were fair and smooth. The skin of her thighs showed beneath her skirt, with a slightly soft fullness to them, while black stockings hugged her calves, faintly revealing the color of her skin beneath.

Even more eye-catching was how well-endowed she was despite her petite, slender frame. Though her clothes didn't reveal much, they still drew the eye to her chest without one even realizing it.

[Want to make the little angel Kushida-chan lose her composure], [Kushida-chan should be pinned to the bed and taught a lesson with a good hard pounding], [Lead the charge in ostracizing Kushida Kikyo], [Lick Kushida Kikyo's jade feet raw], [Want to see Kushida-chan making a peace sign], [Blow up Kushida Kikyo]...

Suzuki Toru was a little surprised, not because the wishes were getting more and more depraved, but because he couldn't understand why this school had so many popular characters.

In his previous world, wishes only appeared on idols. Ordinary people didn't have them at all.

He hadn't expected them to be everywhere here. Had the Wish Machine sent him here to break new ground?

"Do you know me?" Suzuki Toru asked her.

Kushida Kikyo smiled in relief, then looked a little embarrassed. "Sorry, this is probably our first time meeting. I'm Kushida Kikyo from Class 1-D. I heard about you from someone in your class. You're pretty famous with the girls, Suzuki."

As she spoke, the girls beside her also looked Suzuki Toru over curiously.

"I don't remember doing anything that would make me famous," Suzuki Toru said, puzzled.

Seeing his expression, Kushida Kikyo blinked. "It's because you look like a celebrity. Some people even thought you were an idol, but they couldn't find anything about you online."

There wasn't really anything he could say to that.

"And someone saw you walking with a really cute girl and wondered if there'd already be a couple at the school this early in the year," another girl with twin tails added cautiously.

Suzuki Toru fell even quieter. She must have meant Sakayanagi Arisu. Did other people think he was paired up with a middle schooler?

"Sorry, did we say too much?" Kushida Kikyo watched his expression, looking somewhat apologetic.

"No. I just didn't expect anyone to come up and talk to me," Suzuki Toru replied.

Kushida Kikyo seemed to relax, then asked curiously, "This might be a little rude, but does that mean you don't have any friends, Suzuki?"

"I've been a little busy lately, so I haven't had time to make friends," Suzuki Toru said with feigned regret. "By the time I came to my senses, everyone had already formed their own groups."

Kushida Kikyo looked surprised and a little sympathetic. "It's not too late, though. I think if you took the initiative a little, there'd definitely be people who'd welcome you."

The girls had actually made a ranking of the best-looking first-year boys in private. Based on his appearance, Suzuki Toru should have easily taken first place.

But he hadn't made any effort to join a group and seemed hard to approach, so he'd ended up in second place.

"I see. So I'm the problem." Suzuki Toru thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Could I be friends with you and your friends, Kushida?"

Kushida Kikyo paused. She was supposed to have been the one to suggest it. How had he made the first move instead?

How strange. This boy was unexpectedly bold.

"Of course! I've actually been hoping we could become friends, Suzuki!"

As she spoke, Kushida Kikyo eagerly pulled out her phone.

When she stepped in front of Suzuki Toru, a pleasant, sweet fragrance drifted over. Because of their height difference, he caught a glimpse of the faint snowy whiteness of her collarbone, discreetly hidden beneath her clothes. He couldn't see much, but it was strangely captivating.

"There, we've exchanged contacts." A happy smile appeared on Kushida Kikyo's face. Her neck was clean and pale.

Suzuki Toru then exchanged contact information with her friends. No one objected; after all, no one in this world disliked good-looking people.

Still, perhaps because of that, they seemed a little ill at ease. Kushida Kikyo was the only one who could talk to him normally.

Once they'd put their phones away, Suzuki Toru asked, "Is there a girl in your class named Horikita Suzune?"

For a split second, Kushida Kikyo's expression stiffened.

She recovered quickly, but Suzuki Toru didn't miss the subtle change.

"Ahaha, you mean Horikita?" Kushida Kikyo said casually. "She's usually by herself. I never see her with any friends. So you know her, Suzuki?"

"No way. No one wants to be friends with Suzune?" Suzuki Toru asked, feigning surprise.

He'd called Horikita Suzune by such a familiar name. Kushida Kikyo's microexpressions became even more interesting.

"No. Actually, everyone wants to get along with Horikita, but she keeps turning us down," Kushida Kikyo said with a troubled sigh. "There's only one boy who can talk to her. It seems like they've known each other from the start."

Suzuki Toru remembered the club fair. He'd seen a boy beside Horikita Suzune then.

"Is his name Ayanokoji Kiyotaka?"

"Eh, you know Ayanokoji too, Suzuki?" Kushida Kikyo looked genuinely surprised. "You don't seem like someone without friends. Don't tell me you were lying to me?"

"I have a few friends, but I was missing one named Kushida." Suzuki Toru smiled.

With a handsome smile and a line that sly, he ought to be able to win over quite a few girls.

Kushida Kikyo narrowed her eyes, alarm bells ringing in her mind. She seemed to have met her match today.

"Meeting a friend like you is a first for me, Suzuki. You don't seem as cold as the rumors say."

"Would you like to hang out sometime?"

"Ahaha, I'm sure everyone would be glad to have you, Suzuki."

Chapter Fifteen: The Little Princess Is About to Make Her Move

It was a naive thought, but Kushida Kikyo had wondered whether she could get along with everyone.

Whoever she met would smile at her, confide their troubles in her, ask her for help, or ask her to do something.

For Kushida Kikyo, that feeling of being the center of attention was undoubtedly a necessity in life.

And yet, she'd seen someone at this school she didn't want to see.

"Hey, Suzuki, were you and Horikita friends before?"

Kushida Kikyo didn't want to keep making small talk with him. Her earlier judgment of him had been completely wrong. He wasn't cold at all—he was clearly a predator.

"We're not that close. I have more in common with her older brother," Suzuki Toru said, not feeling as though he was lying. After all, he was about to join the Student Council, so he'd certainly end up talking more with Horikita Manabu.

Kushida Kikyo's eyes flickered. Who knew what she was thinking?

"Actually, I'd like to be friends with Horikita too. Since you know her, could I ask you to help me out a little?"

Then she added, "I asked Ayanokoji to call Horikita out for me once, but when she saw it was me, she immediately turned around and left."

Kushida Kikyo put on a pitiful expression, biting her lip slightly as she looked up at Suzuki Toru with an expectant gaze that made it hard to refuse her.

"I'd like to help, but I don't have her current contact information, and we're not even in the same class," Suzuki Toru said regretfully.

"Eh? Don't you know Horikita, Suzuki?" Kushida Kikyo asked with a smile, blinking at him.

Suzuki Toru considered it for a moment. "You could try calling her out and say that a friend of her brother's wants to talk to her. If it goes well, I should be able to help her understand that you want to be friends with her."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Suzuki," Kushida Kikyo said shyly.

"Since you're so cute, Kushida, anyone would try to help," Suzuki Toru said with a smile.

"You're really good at complimenting girls. But I'm a little surprised Horikita has a brother," Kushida Kikyo said tentatively. "Is her brother at this school too?"

"The current Student Council President, Horikita Manabu, is her brother," Suzuki Toru said breezily, dispelling the last of Kushida Kikyo's doubts.

"Eh!?"

The girls all let out a classic high-pitched squeal. They probably never would have imagined that the reclusive Horikita Suzune was connected to the Student Council President.

"Ahaha, I see. Thanks for telling me all that." Kushida Kikyo reflexively brushed back her hair, smiling brightly.

Though her smile seemed a little forced.

Her reaction was intriguing. She seemed uncertain, with a hint of unwillingness and irritation. Suzuki Toru shifted his gaze to the bags in their hands.

"You're heading back to the dorms, right?" Suzuki Toru said, holding out his hand. "I'm going back too. If you don't mind, I can help carry some of that."

"Th-that's too much trouble for you." The girl with twin tails hurriedly waved her hands, her cheeks faintly red.

"Sorry. I'm a little clumsy and only thought about how to get along with people as quickly as possible. Did I come on too suddenly?" Suzuki Toru said, coming to his senses and looking somewhat apologetic.

As expected, a handsome face was quite a weapon. Add in that so-called kindness, and the girls glanced at one another before quickly looking away.

"N-not at all..." the girl with twin tails murmured.

Kushida Kikyo's face was expressionless. He really was the same kind of frivolous guy, flirting with her friends right in front of her.

"You're so kind to girls, Suzuki. All right, I suppose we'll have to leave it to you." Kushida Kikyo led the way, handing one of the bags to Suzuki Toru. "I understand how you feel about wanting to get along with people."