Chapter 17: Childhood friend vs. new voice actress

Translator: Soafp

　Lunch break of the next day.

　I was visiting the school cafeteria for the first time in a while with Amane. Since she had not been able to make lunch today, we decided that it would be a good idea to do so once in a while.

　The cafeteria was crowded as usual. After five minutes of wandering around with my hamburger steak set meal and Amane’s mackerel in miso sauce set meal, we finally secured two seats.

　But—-

“Yes, Kazu-kun. Do you want an ahn?”

In a corner of the packed cafeteria, Amane-chan tries to feed me a hamburger steak.

Since the other day, when I saved her from Asano and the other members of the baseball team, she has become more and more aggressive. Unafraid to be seen, she flirts with me. As someone who has never been popular with the ladies, I was embarrassed.

“No, I can eat by myself.”

“Muu. You do it all the time.”

　Amane-chan is already a celebrity at this school. Her “Ama-nyan Dance” video has already received over 2 million views. Some are looking at me enviously, some are staring at Amane-chan’s flabby bre*sts, some are jealous, some are envious, envy, etc.

I wonder if Amane-chan doesn’t mind …….

　It’s like she doesn’t have eyes for anyone but me.

“Oh. Kazu-kun, you’ve got a rice on your cheek.”

Amane-chan picked up the grains of rice that seemed to be sticking to me before I knew it, and ate it quickly. A sigh like “Ah…” leaks out from the boys around me. Some people spit out the udon noodles they were eating, and some people fell down on the tray and stuck their faces in the miso soup. No more fuss.

　And then…

　Suddenly, the cafeteria was quiet.

　The faces of those who had looked enviously at me earlier turned pale.

　My “crisis sensor,” which I have cultivated over the years, also felt a ping.

　This is…

“Yes, Kazu-kun. You have to eat vegetables too.”

This time, a shadow appeared behind Amane-chan, who was trying to feed me carrots.

The shadow grabbed Amane by the back of her head, and with a shout of “Eii!” and it dived her face into the mackerel stewed in miso.

“Nnniaaaa!”

Amane’s scream and the splattering miso intermingled, and the “shadow” folded its arms and turned its chest back. Pettan.

“Good day, Kazu!　I’m here for you!”

“……”

　Piggy, it’s been a while since your last appearance.

I don’t know what it is, but there’s a big Naruto stuck to her right cheek.

“…………”

“…………”

She looks at me with her sparkling eyes while appealing to me as if she was offering her cheek to me.

　Eh, what is this?

Is it possible that I’m supposed to imitate Amane-chan from a while ago?

“Hey Kazy, hurry uppp~~~!”

“Why me?”

“Uffuh? I thought you might have learned your lesson by now.”

The piggy closed one of her eyes. Did you get some dust in your eye?

After a week, you’ve learned how hard it is to be badgeless, right?　I heard that that guy over there with the hair in the front of her head got into some kind of trouble, too.”

　You’re so blatant. You made her get attacked.

“So, you know. Do you want to make up with me?　This naruto is a sign of that. If you eat it properly, I’ll let bygones be bygones. I’ll talk to Grandpa so you can get a silver batch, no, a gold batch!”

“………… Haa?”

Yare, yare. It can’t be helped.

　I picked up the Naruto on the pig’s cheek and took it off.

“Ufufu. Kazu, I knew you’d be interested in me …….”

　I wrapped the Naruto in a pocket tissue, ignoring the wriggling pig.

And tossed it into the trash can behind me.

“…?!”

When the pig saw this, she opened her mouth wide. It was bigger than a trash can. I should have thrown it away there.

“W-W-W-W-Why won’t you eat it?!”

“I’m on a diet.”

　I don’t know how many calories Naruto has, but I said it anyway.

Finally getting back on her feet, Amane is wiping her face with a handkerchief. Her bangs are still covered with mackerel bones.

“W-What are you doing, Rua?”

“It’s because you’re messing with my stuff, you slacker cat!”

“Kazu-kun is mine!　Rua, you’re not even liked by him!”

“H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-He doesn’t hate me, that’s rude!　Kazu is just embarrassed!　He likes me too much and he’s at that age where he gets a little too annoying!”

　Mwah!　Shoo!　The two glare at each other. I wonder if this is what it’s like to be a mongoose vs. a habu, as I’ve heard rumors.

Pigs are always like this, but Amane, you have grown up so much.

Just a month ago, you would have cowered at the mere sight of a pig glaring at you. Now you are able to glare at her like this. I may be too smug to say that this is due to her love for me …….

　I looked around and saw that there was a crowd of people around. Many students were paying attention to us.

　The gazes that had been filled with envy and jealousy earlier were now mixed with astonishment.

　–Well, it’s not surprising.

　Rua Takayashiki, the boss of this school and the top of the school caste, the golden badge of the golden badge of the golden badge, is now voluntarily getting involved with us, the unmarked students. Depending on how you look at it, it might seem like the pig is flirting with me (although she would never admit it).

The pig, so to speak, is destroying the rules of order that she has created herself.

　To use an analogy from the experiment, the pig who is playing the role of the “prison warden” is beholden to me, who is supposed to be playing the role of the “prisoner.”

“……Fumu”

I’ve been thinking that it’s time to destroy the badge system.

　I was thinking that maybe there is a solution here.

　And then, at that moment.

　In a corner of the cafeteria, a sharp voice yelled out.

“Ooi, you’ve got to be kidding me, you little sh*t!”