Chapter 1 - Chicks In The Nest
--Am I cute?
--I'm cute right?
--Say I'm cute.
--I win.
The sky was clear and cloudless on the comfortable May day. The streets of Shibuya no longer gave off the lazy air of spring, welcoming the season and a refreshing new look.
The seasons changed, spring flourishing like life blooming from a bud and preparing to enter the next phase. The people walking on the street were also all in high spirits.
Unfortunately, not everyone could move forward so positively like the seasons.
"......Ah......"
Tsuchimikado Harutora walked on the asphalt road with a lifeless expression, lifeless face, and lifeless presence, heading towards the Onmyou Academy building. He walked on the familiar road with heavy footsteps, his entire body lacking motivation.
Next to him was his childhood friend, Tsuchimikado Natsume, the master that he served as a shikigami according to 'family tradition'.
Natsume wasn't any better than Harutora. She had a languished expression, a languished face, and a languished, low-spirited presence as she walked next to her childhood friend. Her beautiful self had become a withered flower, and it was quite difficult to tell that that figure walking to the academy was a prodigious excellent student. The black uniform she wore contrasted with her greatly.
"......Ugh...... I really don't want to go to class......"
"......Yeah......"
"......I don't actually want to skip class, I just don't want to go to school......"
"......I understand...... I really understand your feelings......"
"......Ahh...... I really don't want to go in the academy......"
"......Yeah......"
It wasn't too hard to understand this situation if it were just Harutora, who essentially had a negative attitude towards studying. But it was rare and even unprecedented for the serious, hardworking Natsume to be as depressed as Harutora.
It wasn't because of the so-called May Fever that the two of them were so listless. Actually, they had lost their fighting spirit last month already.
Everything could be attributed to a new student who had just entered the Onmyou Academy - Dairenji Suzuka, a First-Class Onmyouji known as the 'Child Prodigy' and who had a fatal relationship with the two of them. She had entered the Onmyou Academy to study with the identity of a special student - and she had noticed Natsume's 'secret'. Since then, Suzuka had used this as leverage on the two, making them into slaves who had to obey her orders and who she bullied wantonly.
On the outside, she maintained the idol appearance of the youngest of the Twelve Divine Generals, but in secret, she bullied the two who had no means to oppose her. Her behavior was insidious and cunning. Since they couldn't beg their teachers or classmates for help, the two could only silently endure the outrage that was Suzuka.
As for the 'secret' that Suzuka had a hold of, in short, it was Natsume's 'true identity'. Natsume wore the black male uniform, hiding her own gender according to the tradition of the famous Tsuchimikado family. She had entered the Onmyou Academy to study posing as a male, but actually she was a girl. The people who knew this secret included Harutora of the Tsuchimikado branch family as well as the good friend and classmate of the two, Ato Touji. However, before Suzuka had entered the Onmyou Academy - in the summer of last year - she had once seen Natsume first-hand when she was back home, when she was dressed as a miko with her original appearance and trying to impede Suzuka's actions.
"......Hey, Natsume......"
"......What is it, Harutora......"
"......You were dressed as a miko last year......"
"......I was dressed a miko last year...... So what?"
"......Can't we pretend you're actually a guy who crossdresses?"
"......It would be good if we could smooth things over that way...... But she shouldn't be that easy to fool, right? Also, it's too late to look for reasons now."
"......That's true......"
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