Chapter 197
Kaburagi discovered graffiti on Wakaba-chan’s desk .
He normally came to school a bit later .
That day he just happened to come early, so he headed to Enjou’s classroom, spotted Wakaba-chan cleaning her desk, and then noticed what she was cleaning off .
‘Ugly!’
‘Disappear!’
When he saw the insults he flew into a rage .
“Who was it!? Who did this!?”
People could hear his voice from down the hallway .
“Speak up! Who wrote this!?”
My friends and I were amongst them, so we left our classroom to investigate .
“What might be going on?”
“Well…”
And that was how I found out what had happened .
Kaburagi glared this way and that, pinning people under his gaze .
“Answer me . Who did this?”
The Emperor of Suiran was truly angry now .
Scary .
Besides my own group, plenty of other people who had come out of curiosity were standing frozen .
Wakaba-chan timidly came up to him, still holding her cleaning rag .
“Kaburagi-sama, um, please calm down…” she tried to stop him, but…
“How am I supposed to calm down!?” he yelled at her instead . “It’s bullshit! Aren’t you angry at all about this!?”
“Ah, I mean…”
“…Don’t tell me this wasn’t the first time?”
Putting the graffiti aside, most of the bullying was done in a way that the boys wouldn’t notice .
Thanks to that, I suppose, Kaburagi hadn’t had much of an idea of what she had to go through .
Well, he still didn’t have one, actually .
The majority of it was insulting her when Kaburagi and Enjou weren’t around, or talking behind her back right in front of her .
And it wasn’t all girls either .
There were the guys jealous of her grades .
“Ummm…”
Her eyes swam and she looked for an excuse, and Kaburagi’s expression grew even harsher .
“Who was it!?”
It wasn’t often that you saw this much emotion from him .
Kaburagi then proceeded to question each and every person there .
Most of them said they didn’t know, but sometimes one would let it slip they didn’t know about today’s incident, which caused them to be questioned further .
In the end, a few people admitted that they had seen Tsuruhana-san’s group or some other girls writing on Wakaba-chan’s desk a few times, causing the girls in question to pale .
“So it was you…”
You could almost see the black rage he was seething with .
“I-It wasn’t us! And look, we only just got to school!”
“It wasn’t us either!”
Despite being afraid of him, they still managed to find excuses .
“You’ve done it before . ”
“We…”
“We don’t…”
“So in other words you might have asked someone else to do it today . ”
“We didn’t! To begin with, everyone in the school hates Takamichi-san so it’s ridiculous that you’re pinning it all on us!”
“What did you say!?”
That was when Enjou arrived .
He looked a little surprised to see his best friend causing a fuss in his classroom .
“Morning, Masaya . What’s wrong?” he asked .
“What’s wrong!?” Kaburagi bellowed, and pointed at the desk . “Takamichi has been putting up with all this senseless harassment!”
The desk still had some marker ink on it .
It was the first time somebody had used something other than pencil, so it stood out a lot more .
“Ah… I see,” Enjou nodded .
Being that he shared a class with her, he was probably more aware of her plight than Kaburagi .
“Anyway, I’m going to find out who did this . ”
“Isn’t that the Student Council President’s job, Masaya?”
Kaburagi frowned at the mention .
“They aren’t even around when they need to be . What can they do?”
“Ummm… The President, Mizusaki-kun, is having a meeting with the teachers about the graduation ceremony next month, so…” Wakaba-chan explained .
She was in the Student Council too, after all .
Kaburagi snorted .
“Takamichi, do you have any idea who did this?”
“Eh? Ah, who knows…”
Probably so many that she didn’t know where to start .
Kaburagi began looking for the culprit again .
Enjou just observed from the side .
Wakaba-chan herself was just ignored, and looked to be at a loss .
It wouldn’t be good to let this drag on .
Still, I loathed getting involved .
“Class is about to start, so shall we just clean up her desk for now?” I said quietly while giving her a glance .
“You’re right,” she agreed, after coming back to herself in a start .
She began cleaning the desk with her rag again .
Some girls from the Student Council brought their own rags to help .
The ink was apparently water-based, so before long it was cleaned away .
Thank goodness it hadn’t been oil-based .
Since people had been arriving at school, the crowd outside the classroom was even bigger now .
“What’s going on?” called a sharp voice .
The crowd parted and revealed Youko-sama and her followers .
Uergh!
The last person I wanted here had appeared .
Youko-sama looked over the classroom .
“I arrive at school in the morning to this huge uproar . Somebody explain this to me . ”
The appearance of the former president of the Pivoine had the noisy classroom silent .
One student whispered something in her ear, causing her to let out a huge sigh .
She gave Wakaba-chan a cold glance .
“You again, Takamichi-san?”
“I’m sorry…” she said in a small voice .
“How many times are you going to cause chaos before you’re satisfied?”
“Is that not a little inappropriate?” Kaburagi said protectively . “She is the victim . ”
“She may indeed be the victim . But is this not the consequence of her regular behaviour? I have heard much about her history of being problematic . ”
To Youko-sama, it was a chance to air her own dissatisfaction .
“Could I ask what problematic behaviour you refer to?”
“You could call it behaving in a manner unbecoming of a student at Suiran . ”
“Unbecoming…?”
“Indeed . Takamichi-san? Could it be that in order to have these people protect you, you drew on that desk yourself?”
Ehh!?
She was going that far!?
Kaburagi’s expression changed .
“Okishima-senpai . Isn’t that being a little too cruel? Please apologise to Takamichi-san . ”
He was glaring now .
Uwawawawah! She’s your senpai, you know!
Youko-sama on the other hand seemed offended that he would ask for that .
“That’s quite impossible . The heart of the matter is that Wakamichi-san has done unbelievable things, time and time again . ”
“Okishima-senpai! If you go any further…” his fists shook as he warned her .
This was looking really bad…
Just when things were about to explode, Enjou stepped between them .
“Okishima-senpai, Masaya has always despised cowardly acts like this, so the blood must have gone to his head . Could you give me some face and back down just this once?” Enjou smiled disarmingly .
Youko-sama’s expression softed after seeing this .
“…Well if *you’re asking, Enjou-sama, then I suppose I must . ”
“Thank you very much . Since class is starting soon, please allow me to escort you there . ”
And with a smile, Enjou escorted her out of the room .
…S-Scaryyyy!
You did well, Enjou!
I think I speak for everyone when I say that!
The period bell rang, so the peanut gallery all began leaving for their classes .
Kaburagi on the other hand held Wakaba-chan’s shoulders tightly .
“If anything happens, you tell me . I’ll protect you . ”
“Eh…!?”
Her face turned red .
Ehh!?
Did her heart really just throb to Kaburagi!?
And Wakaba-chan, your mouth is hanging open!
“Youko-sama was right,” muttered a girl, “Wasn’t all this just a farce to get the Emperor’s attention?”
“Sounds like something she’d do…” muttered another .
From that day onwards, Kaburagi was often spotted at Wakaba-chan’s side .
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