Nagumo Miyabi’s Monologue
BEFORE I KNEW IT, I was the best in both academics and sports.
I noticed that there were people around me who tried to take advantage of me.
I didn't put in any particular effort.
I was taught the same things in the same amount of time, but my ability to learn was better than anyone else.
It was… like an unexpected prerequisite to becoming popular.
Popularity is a gift.
From an early age, I had the talent to be popular.
Of course, I knew that not everyone liked me.
Especially the ones who were rivalrous.
But it didn't matter.
Right or wrong, as long as people saw me as popular, that was all that mattered.
My life as a popular kid remained the same throughout elementary school and junior high—a dazzling road.
Still, I haven’t been able to get rid of the mysterious, small discomfort that I sometimes feel.
An unanswerable feeling of discomfort.
It was the only thing that kept smoldering in the back of my mind all through my flawless life.
Even though I was accepted and followed by many people, I still felt a sense of unease that would never go away.
But I decided not to care.
It’s alright as long as I can remain the best and most popular, regardless of whether I feel uncomfortable or not.
That was the plan.
But that all changed when I entered high school.
I couldn't help but feel a strong sense of discomfort rising to the surface.
Horikita Manabu.
The man who was a year older than me was someone who was subject to the respect of many.
He was much more dazzling and intelligent than I was, and he had a conviction that was anything but frivolous.
And then there was another guy one year below me who was different from Horikita Manabu, but he had a special talent.
Ayanokōji Kiyotaka… was totally different. He had a cocky attitude, but his ability was undeniably real.
What I accomplished was no less than those two.
With an unquenchable feeling of discomfort, I sometimes wonder.
Am I truly good?
Or was I just an unlucky king who never had a good opponent?
I can't help thinking about it.
That is the true nature of my discomfort.
So I have to settle for making that feeling of discomfort go away.
I must defeat Ayanokōji and achieve real power.
Otherwise...
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