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It’s one of those things where the length of the chapter exponentially decreases your motivation to do more than a paragraph at a time.
Taira no Masakado (平 将門, died March 25, 940) was a samurai in the Heian period of Japan, who led one of the largest insurgent forces in the period against the central government of Kyoto.
The Jouhei-Tengyou War, also known as the Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion, lasted 59 days before his defeat, and was beheaded on 25 March 940 CE during the Battle of Kojima.
In modern times, he is linked to a number of ghost stories and curses, and supposedly a number of people have died trying to demolish his monument, particularly foolish post-WWII Americans.
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“Tirol Choco, individually wrapped chocolates with endless flavor variations, are created and distributed by Tirol Choco Co.Ltd. With the catchy, colorful wrappers, reasonable price and over 300 flavors to choose from, Tirol choco was an instant success. Over the years it became a solid staple for chocolate lovers of all ages in Japan.”
They’re like ten Yen each or something.
Also ‘maki（巻き）’ means ‘curl’.
I’m pretty comfortable around strangers, and I’m not picky about who I interact with either.
That said, when I entered the high school section and my homeroom teacher told me that the Kisshouin Reika was going to be class rep with me, I’ll be honest:
‘Uwaah, are you kidding me!?’ was my first thought.
Kisshouin Reika──
A member of the privileged Pivoine group, and the Big Boss of all the girls.
Rumour had it that if you crossed her, her subordinates would have you disappear into the abyss…
Well, jokes aside, the point was that a ‘class representative’ was just a glorified odd jobs position.
Nobody would believe that a member of the Pivoine would willingly clean up after their class. Not only that, but I wasn’t looking forward to bending backwards to avoid hurting her pride and feelings.
While I was feeling rather gloomy, Akizawa suddenly called out to me.
“Satomi, apparently you’re going to be class rep with Kisshouin-san?”
“Uh, yeah. Hey, speaking of which, aren’t you supposed to be pretty close with her?”
I vaguely recalled them speaking from time to time in middle school.
“I guess? It’s more like my childhood friend that she’s close to.”
“That girl that came to the festival? Uh, Fukioka-san…?”
“Yup.”
Akizawa’s childhood friend was a prim and proper, gentle yamato nadeshiko.
And he kept calling her a childhood friend, but she was probably his girlfriend.
“Kisshouin-san and I went to cram school together in primary. We became friends, but after that she got to know Sakurako too, and now the two are best friends.”
“Ohhh~?”
He just called Kisshouin Reika his friend without batting an eyelid.
This guy was kind of amazing.
“Oh right. Giving her some sweets when she’s tired will cheer her right up.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Since we were kids her mood has always soured a little when she’s hungry. If you give her something sweet though, her mood shoots right back up. Even Sakurako says that as long as you give her food, that girl… Ah, nevermind that,” he corrected himself quickly. “Anyhow, try talking to her without being biased. She’s easy to misunderstand, but she’s actually pretty earnest, and a good girl.”
With that said, he left the classroom.
An earnest and good girl, huh?
I considered withholding my judgement for the moment.
…But as if a member of the Pivoine, and Kisshouin Reika no less, would be the type to cheer up just by eating some dessert.
*
Anyway, after that I began my tenure as class representative with Kisshouin-san.
I have to admit that my expectations were overturned.
Sitting there as her followers carried out her will with nothing more than a glance.
That was the image I had of ‘Kisshouin Reika’ but when we began working she proactively gathered the forms from everybody, and would head off to hand them in at the Student Council like it was a matter of course.
She even replaced the classroom supplies before I noticed that they were lacking.
Being honest she was actually doing a better job of it than I was.
Akizawa was right; I really shouldn’t have judged by appearances.
Another happy surprise was that having her around made form collections abnormally efficient.
Even the newly enrolled Externals knew that going against her was a bad idea, to say nothing of the Internals.
Compared to other classes, everything went crazy smooth for us.
Thank you, Kisshouin-san.
Of course I couldn’t just leave everything to her. But when I told her that I’d take the forms to the StuCo room, she just snatched them out of my hands.
Uh, hey, you don’t have to panic like that. I’m not trying to steal your job or anything.
Ah. She just tripped over empty floor.
But she was still clutching onto the forms.
I watched her go.
Did this count as being earnest…?
I had the feeling that she had some sort of ulterior motive though…
*
Going back to those Externals, it was clear from the onset that there was a huge wall between the Internals and them. It’s the same with any elevator school though.
Still, with Zui’ran’s unique traditions, maybe it was harder to assimilate here.
As the class representatives it was our job to reach out to them, so Kisshouin-san suggested having a class lunch together.
I liked the idea, but was it even possible to guarantee that many seats together in the cafeteria? I was also worried that the upperclassmen wouldn’t look kindly on some newcomers monopolising their own corner of the cafeteria.
When I voiced my concerns, Kisshouin-san just proudly flashed the red peony badge on her chest, and everything was resolved.
Ooh, as expected of a Pivoine!
When I clapped my hands, the corners of her mouth lifted into a smile.
Huh. Was this girl actually pretty weak to flattery?
*
*
That same day we stayed back after school to tally up the print-outs.
Kisshouin was tapping away at her flashily decorated calculator when she let out a tired sigh.
“Are you feeling unwell?” I asked.
“Eh…? Ah, no, I am fine.”
It didn’t look like it though.
Her trademark curls were even looking a little flat.
I suddenly recalled what Akizawa said about giving her sweets.
After fishing through my bag for a while I pulled out a cheap Tirolian chocolate.
Would she even eat this?
I decided to test it anyway.
“Kisshouin-san, would you like some chocolate?”
“My! This is a Tirolian chocolate!” she said as a sparkle returned to her eyes. “Oh? Have I seen this flavour before…?”
So she knew what they were.
“Apparently it’s region-limited. I got it off someone as a souvenir.”
“Region-limited!? Heavens! To think that I had forgotten those existed… What a grievous oversight…!”
Eh? What was?
I watched her clench her fist in regret for a while before she accepted the chocolate from me and popped it in her mouth.
Her expression instantly changed into a blissful smile.
“As expected of a limited edition. Yummy…!”
“I see. Good for you.”
The chocolates were pretty small, so they didn’t take long to finish.
She looked a little forlorn that it was over, so I asked her if she wanted another one.
“I am fine. One was plenty. Thank you for the treat.”
“Are you sure? I still have a bunch left, so you don’t have to hold back.”
“…Truly? Well, if you say as much, could I trouble you for just one more?”
And that was how Kisshouin-san happily ate another region-limited chocolate.
It was surprising how happily she’d eat cheap chocolate.
She was part of the Pivoine so I would have expected her to be more picky. Maybe only eating from companies with royal warrants to European royalty or something.
“Thank you very much, Satomi-kun. I know just how valuable that was. You have a generous heart.”
“Huh? Oh, nah, you’re exaggerating. It was just a bit of chocolate.”
“My, I have heard that a bit of chocolate has saved someone stranded in the mountains before. You must not forget its worth.”
We’re smack bang in the middle of Tokyo, Kisshouin-san.
Anyway, having finished her 10 yen chocolate, Kisshouin-san produced a rather flashy-looking thimblette from her pencil case and began working again with renewed vigour.
Just what the hell was in that chocolate.
Akizawa hadn’t been exaggerating.
A few days later, Kisshouin-san approached me while looking left and right for witnesses.
Sidling up to me, she slipped a small package into my hand.
“Quickly! Hide it before we are spotted! Now! DEWIT!”
Eh… Kisshouin-san was an illegal goods dealer?
It was against my principles to get involved with that…
I snuck a look into the package and saw Tirolian chocolates decorated with cute mascots.
Mmn. These goods were undoubtedly legal.
“What’s this about?”
“Shh! Be silent! Think of this as a sign of my appreciation, just between the two of us, all right? It was something I obtained through special channels.”
“…The black market?” I tried.
“The internet.”
That’s just mail delivery, Kisshouin-san.
“If you need more, just let me know,” she whispered before slinking away.
For a moment I saw a future criminal being led away in cuffs.
Be careful you don’t get stopped by the police, Kisshouin-san~
*
*
As we continued working together as class representatives, I gradually began to realise that despite her lofty position and social power, the girl herself was fun to talk to, and a little bit air-headed.
I began to see how far I could push her before she got angry, but the answer was ‘pretty far’.
Even if she did get a little mad, in the end an apology and a dessert would be all it took for her to say,
“Honestly, Satomi-kun~ Just this once, all right?”
The Queen of the Pivoine was weak to bribery.
One day I caught her staring at my hair.
“Is that your natural hair colour? It looks like you have used a little dye.”
“Ah, you realised?”
“That is against the rules,” she grinned at me.
“Well what about your curls, Kisshouin-san? Isn’t that a perm?”
“These are natural,” she insisted.
Liar.
Closer to the root it wasn’t curly at all. Geez, no choice.
“Please find it in your heart to overlook me, just this once.”
I pushed the bite-sized donuts I bought this morning towards her.
“You are quite the sinful one,” she said, grinning wickedly like some corrupt magistrate.
The Queen of the Pivoine could be bought over with 100 yen sweets.
*
*
I continued poking fun of her after that.
One day I was making my way down an empty hallway when suddenly I was grabbed by each arm.
Holding me on the left and right were the Pivoine Queen’s closest aides, Kazami Serika and Imamura Kikuno.
“You. The way you have been behaving towards Reika-sama has been becoming unacceptable.”
“You had better not forget your place.”
…Was I going to disappear into the abyss!?
Could it be that most of Kisshouin-san’s scary image was because of these two?
*
*
One day Kisshouin-san asked me a difficult question.
“Satomi-kun, did you know that people have been nicknaming me?” she frowned.
Geeehhhh! Why did she know that!?
I pretended to be calm as I asked her where she heard that.
Apparently it had been Mizusaki that had told her.
Why would you tell the person herself, Mizusaki!?
Was that guy an idiot!?
Kisshouin-san had quite a few nicknames.
Most of them were related to her appearance, including “Maki Maki Makkie” and “D(olly Gi)rll”, but the one we used the most was “Goddess Kali” after the Indian goddess of slaughter and destruction.
It was originally because of her curled hair, and how scary she was supposed to be when she got angry, but obviously I couldn’t tell that to Kisshouin-san herself!
But then after the name became popular, we wondered that if she was Kali, who was the Shiva she was supposed to be dancing on!?
Could it be one of those two…!?
Everyone wondered, but nobody had the guts to comment. After all, nobody was stupid enough to want to make an enemy out of the three greatest powers in the Pivoine.
All of us wanted to graduate safely…
*
*
“You okay, Satomi?” Mizusaki suddenly asked from behind.
At the moment our two classes were having P.E. together.
“Why are you asking?”
“You’re class representative with that Kisshouin Reika girl, right? Have you been having a lot of problems?”
“None at all.”
It seemed like he didn’t have such a good impression of her.
Not that I could blame him, given her image.
I used to be the same way after all.
Still…
“She’s probably not the kind of girl you think she is. Kisshouin-san takes being a class representative more seriously than I do. You know she brings her own thimblette for sorting handouts? She even gave me one. It’s this flashy thing with hearts and glitter on it.”
I basically regurgitated what Akizawa told me.
“…Huh.”
“Ah! That reminds me! Why the hell did you tell her about her nicknames!? You’re shortening my lifespan here!”
“Yeah, my bad. I realised that I shouldn’t have right after I said it.”
What the hell! Be more careful, damn it!
I’m seriously going to disappear into the abyss at this rate!
*
*
For the athletics carnival she dressed up as a mouse, and then for the school festival she dressed up as a sheep butler without complaint.
It was nice how happily she went along with things.
By this point I didn’t find her scary at all.
But unlike the girl herself, her followers flooded us with complaints.
“What’s the meaning of this!? Reika-sama is being dressed up as a mouse!”
Even after she persuaded her friends, when they saw the mascot costume she was going to wear they blew up again.
“A grey mascot costume!? She’ll look like a dirtied youkai of poverty!”
“She can’t wear a mascot costume! Are you trying to turn her into a giant rat!?”
“A giant rat…? They’re going to turn Reika-sama into a coypu!”
“At least try and aim for a cute hamster!”
But Kisshouin-san didn’t seem too unhappy when she had stood in front of the mirror and waved her butt around to move the tail~
In the end we compromised and went with a grey dress and mouse ears.
It wasn’t much of a costume but the event was a success in the end, so all went well.
I made a number of enemies amongst the girls, though…
When she put on the sheep ears for the school festival, we got a lot of customers who came to see something scary, as well as a number of VIPs thanks to Her Majesty’s connections.
With the three great powers of the Pivoine there, the hallway became packed with students.
Thanks to that, Café Sheep Dolly had incredible sales. As the class rep, I couldn’t be happier.
The death glares from her followers were a bit scary though…
Ah, something else of note was that at some point Iwamuro became acquainted with her too. It was a completely unexpected combo.
*
*
When we switched classes going into 3rd year I ended up with Kisshouin-san again. Not only that, the two of us were the class representatives again.
What was dangerous was that Kazami and Imamura were in the same class too, but luckily there was nobody else troublesome.
More importantly, with Kisshouin-san here, nobody was reckless enough to voluntarily start trouble.
I had thought the year was going to be smooth sailing, but there was one person who was acting suspiciously.
The dude seemed to be trying his hardest to curl into a ball.
“What’s wrong, Tagaki?”
If I was remembering right, Tagaki was an External Student that had joined in high school.
“If something’s up, you can tell me. I mean, I am the class rep and that.”
Tagaki turned his head here and there to make sure of something, before nervously answering me.
“The truth is…” he began his story.
Huh. Come to think of it, the guy who accidentally ran his mouth during that incident was this guy.
It was something that happened near the end of our 2nd year.
Takamichi Wakaba was an External Student on a scholarship.
Somebody had graffitied her locker, and somebody claimed that it was Kisshouin-san’s bullying.
In the end it turned out that Kisshouin-san had been resting in the infirmary, and was heading back to class when she noticed the locker.
Coincidentally, classes had just ended, so other students had spotted her standing by the locker as they left their classrooms, but it wasn’t like they had caught her actually doing the vandalism…
Speaking of Takamichi Wakaba, her position at Zui’ran was a little awkward.
While Zui’ran was a school filled with the children of Japan’s most wealthy, Takamichi was just a girl from an average household who won a scholarship through outstanding grades.
Not to say that alone was enough to make things awkward, but her grades happened to be good enough to threaten the position of Zui’ran’s poster boy, our flawless Emperor.
It wasn’t a pleasant matter for a lot of Internals.
The finisher was that that same Emperor, who had never before shown any interest in the girls that approached him, had now taken an interest in her.
Apparently Takamichi had been harassed by jealous girls, and that hero of justice Mizusaki began standing up for her too.
Of course this just made her all the more detestable to the girls.
Not that I could blame them…
The Emperor is one thing, but you should think things through a little more, Mizusaki.
So to conclude, she had great grades, and the three most popular guys were paying attention to her.
These weren’t anything to fault her for, but jealousy knows no reason. Girls began slandering her as sucking up to men, and frustrated guys who were beaten by her joined in as well.
Even the previous president of the Pivoine had begun targeting her, but Kisshouin-san stayed neutral like it was none of her business.
I wasn’t that well-informed about girl drama, but apparently Kisshouin-san leaned towards sympathy for her.
Well, that was the background for the locker incident. Tsuruhana’s group took the opportunity to blame it on Kisshouin-san.
Naturally she denied it, but it was a little sketchy because she was actually holding the marker.
Honestly, what were you thinking, Kisshouin-san…?
Things were looking pretty bad for her but the victim herself outright shot down the accusation, so in the end it didn’t go beyond suspicions.
I myself made sure to have a word with Mizusaki.
“Kisshouin-san might be a bit of an oddball, but she’s not the type to do things like this.”
Back in 1st year he hadn’t had a great impression of her, but contrary to my worries he nodded.
“…Yeah, you’re right.”
In our boys hierarchy, the Emperor was sitting firmly at the top, so things were pretty peaceful. In contrast, Tsuruhana would occasionally start trouble to try and topple Kisshouin-san, so incidents popped up from time to time.
She had been the leader of a failed revolt back in middle school as well.
We named it the ‘Tsuruhana Rebellion’, but after the locker incident it was renamed to the ‘Tsuruhana Spring Rebellion’.
After all, the locker incident had turned into the ‘Tsuruhana Winter Rebellion’.
The Tsuruhana Winter Rebellion was a revolt in the second year of high school led by Tsuruhana’s group, who had been defeated in a previous Rebellion. It culminated in a massive three-way battle in the cafeteria between Kisshouin-san’s forces, Tsuruhana’s forces, and members of the Student Council.
A few guys had been sent crazy glares when they said “Girls are damned scary…”.
Were these supposed to be the same girls that people knew as ojousama?
The one who stopped it in the end was Zui’ran’s absolute monarch, the Emperor.
In the days that followed, I wondered whether this would finally put an end to the trouble started by Tsuruhana’s group.
That was when I happened to chance across Enjou-kun calling Tsuruhana herself out into an empty hallway. I could faintly hear his voice while I was passing by.
“I usually don’t get involved in arguments between girls, but you’ve gone a little overboard this time. Just letting you know, but if you continue slandering Kisshouin-san then I’ll be taking her side, so what do you intend on doing?”
So that was how the ‘Tsuruhana Winter Rebellion’ came to a close.
And because of her two revolts, she ended up with the nickname the Taira-no-Masakado of Zui’ran. Incidentally one of the three most powerful wraiths in all of Japan…
Why did the girls in our grade all have such terrifying nicknames…?
Anyway, bringing the topic back to Tagaki, he was afraid of retribution because of his involvement in it.
To be fair his careless remark really did cause a lot of people to suspect her, but I didn’t think Kisshouin-san was the type to cling onto grudges like that.
“Have you apologised to her properly?”
“Y-Yeah… We both went to a Spring cram course together, so I apologised there. And on the advice of one of her friends, I also gave her some pudding as an apology…”
“Did she forgive you?”
“She said that she didn’t mind at all…”
“Isn’t that fine then? She accepted your pudding, right?”
“Well… yeah…”
In my experience, an apology and a dessert was enough for her to forgive you for most things.
“It’ll be fine,” I said with a clap on the back. “Why are you so damned scared anyway? You’re as white as a sheet. C’mon, it’s lunch soon. Try eating something sweet and cheer up, yeah?”
“Yeah… You’re right. Maybe I’ll go for some pudding myself.”
“Right? Just relax.”
Tagaki did as I suggested and ordered a custard pudding.
That was when Kisshouin-san’s group entered the cafeteria.
“Reika-sama, what are you having today?”
“Crema catalana was recently added to the menu, so I was thinking of enjoying some today.”
“Ahh! Come to think of it, it’s been your favourite recently.”
“It has. I was looking forward to having it again,” she smiled happily.
Unfortunately she was struck by cold reality.
“I’m sorry. Somebody ordered the last one just a moment ago.”
Immediately she became unsteady on her feet.
“Reika-sama! Please hang in there!”
“Who was it that obstructed Reika-sama from enjoying her lunch!?”
Fuujin and Raijin glared into the crowd in search of the culprit who had taken the last one.
It was Tagaki…
The pudding that Tagaki had ordered was the crema catalana that Kisshouin-san had been looking forward to.
Tagaki… You really have the worst timing… And you even started eating the pudding before you touched your actual lunch…
Were you that worn out?
The guy himself was pale, frozen with his spoon in his mouth. I mentally made the sign of the cross.
Stay strong, Tagaki.
*
*
The president of the Soccer Club was a guy named Azumi.
The Soccer Club at Zui’ran was one of our most famous clubs, and Azumi was its ace.
He wasn’t on the same level as the Emperor, but he still enjoyed popularity amongst the girls. You could say that he was pretty well-known here.
Unfortunately for him, ever since Kisshouin-san had christened him ‘Dainagon’, that popularity was in danger.
“Dainagon? As in the fat azuki beans?”
“Ahh, because his name is Azumi!”
“‘Sup, Beans?”
And that was how he was nicknamed Beans.
The man himself protested, “No! She’s not talking about the beans!” but it was too late for him, and the nickname settled. Poor guy…
Out of curiosity I asked the culprit about the origins of the name, but she responded with a look of surprise.
“My! I would never give a pet name based on a pun like that. It is a dignified name with noble origins, named after the Kemari Dainagon who lived during the Heian Period, known for his prowess in kemari football.
“To think that you all thought it was a pun… Ah, speaking of azuki red beans though, how do you prefer your ohagi? Koshian or tsubuan? Incidentally, I prefer koshian.”
“Eh? Ahh… If I had to say, I guess tsubuan?”
“My. Then how do you prefer your sakuramochi? Choumeiji style or Doumyouji style? Incidentally, I prefer Choumeiji.”
“Ahh… I suppose I prefer the one with the skin folded around the red bean.”
“The same as myself, it seems. Then when it comes to the leaf, are you the type who eats it, or…?”
Even though we were supposed to be talking about Dainagon Azumi’s name, somehow it turned into a conversation about sakuramochi leaves…!?
And then ‘speaking of leaf-wrapped desserts’, whether I preferred sakuramochi or kashiwamochi?
The topic of Azumi was kicked aside just like a soccer ball.
Farewell, Azumi.
“You’re kind of a weird one aren’t you, Kisshouin-san?” I couldn’t help but mutter.
“Huuh!?” Her eyes shot wide. “What do you mean weird!? Even though I’m so normal!? Even though I’ve never been called weird before!?”
“Ah, my bad! You’re right.”
“Of course I am!”
Sometimes you get people who say stuff like “I’m a bit weird, after all~” but they’re basically just boring people who wished they were weird. The real weirdos have no idea that they’re weird.
Nobody was allowed to use the word “weird” around the real weirdo, Kisshouin-san.
But just look behind her. Her friends were all sneaking worried glances at her.
*
*
We had our class trip in early May. There were some odd jobs to do as the class rep on the trip, but the two of us didn’t have any trouble.
Apparently our class was the exception in that respect.
I heard about it from Mizusaki when we bumped into each other during the trip.
“Have you been having any problems with people breaking curfew, or anybody going overboard? The other classes are having huge problems with it.”
“Huh~ Come to think of it, I’ve been hearing that too. But nah, the one who takes the night roll is Kisshouin-san~ Nobody would be stupid enough to break curfew.”
To begin with, most of the girls in the class were already happy to cooperate with Kisshouin-san, so they wouldn’t do anything to bother her. As for the guys, nobody was gutsy enough to make an enemy of all the girls by angering her.
Besides, if there was anyone who went overboard because they were having too much fun, it wouldn’t take long for somebody to rat them out. It was on par with a country with secret police.
“Is this the Reign of Terror or something?”
Curfew-breaking will be purged. May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme.
*
Kisshouin-san seemed to be angry at me after I brought up the ghost story of the Tower of London.
I rather liked ghost stories, but the opposite seemed true for her.
And for some reason she was clenching both hands unnaturally.
Eh, don’t tell me she was hiding her thumbs?
Wasn’t that what primary schoolers did when they saw a hearse!?
But since her reaction was so funny, I continued messing around with her.
I guess that made me a primary schooler too.
When we were at the Vatican I brought up the catacombs, since that seemed like something she’d be weak with.
As expected I was rewarded with a glare before she began stalking off.
As she was leaving I realised that the hair swaying against her back kind of looked like the number 6.
“Hmm? Kisshouin-san, together some of the curls on the back of your head turn into the number of the beast, you know?”
She turned around with a startled look.
“Where on earth do you think we are! This is the headquarters of Christianity, you know! Show some restraint!” she scolded.
Sorry.
From that moment until when we left the Vatican, Kisshouin-san would occasionally hold her hair down, looking left and right like a suspicious person.
I think she was worried inquisitors would come for her.
To disguise the 6’s in her hair, Kisshouin-san would make little micro-shakes of her head, but in the end she got dizzy and needed her girls to support her.
Ah geez…
*
After sightseeing Rome, it was time for dinner.
I turned in surprise as I felt something strike my back out of the blue.
It was Kisshouin-san, who was for some reason standing in a pitching position.
Apparently she had thrown something at me. I rubbed the place where I had been hit and- eh, uwah! What were these weird grains?
White… powder…?
Are you serious? Some even got in my hair! It looked like I had dandruff now!
Come on, give me a break…!
But after dinner, Kisshouin-san’s girls finally called me out for a chat.
“How dare you show Reika-sama such disrespect!”
“Unforgiveable!”
“It’s because of you that Reika-sama has been behaving strangely!”
After a lengthy session of being chewed out by them, they all began to smile darkly.
Scary…!
“Satomi Yukinari. From what I heard, it seems you have a girlfriend in Second Year.”
“Eh-!? How’d you know that!?” I blurted.
“Do not make light of our information network,” I was warned.
“It seems that you intend on buy her a souvenir in Paris,” somebody else continued.
“Matching accessories, was it?” another mused.
So this was why people feared the secret police…!
The ring of girls around me tightened.
My back was to the wall, with nowhere to run.
“You have a lovely girlfriend,” I was told neutrally.
“Ah, well…”
“I trust you have not forgotten that Reika-sama’s cousin Ririna-san is in Second Year.”
“And that Ririna-san adores Reika-sama.”
“It wouldn’t take much to break you up.”
They were taking her hostage…
“If you understand, then have a good think about your attitude towards Reika-sama.”
“If you want to enjoy the rest of your high school days, that is.”
“Your abuse has greatly saddened Reika-sama!”
“I understand,” I said. “I am reflecting. I’m very sorry.”
It was never a good idea to go against a group of girls, so I obediently lowered my head.
“By the way, what was that white stuff that Kisshouin-san threw at me?”
Even with my friends helping me, I had a lot of trouble getting it off.
I could actually still feel some, so I wanted to take a shower already.
“…It was salt.”
“Hah? Salt!? Where did you get so much salt?”
She couldn’t have brought it with her from Japan, right? It was a huge fist full, after all.
Even Kisshouin-san wouldn’t.
But then where did she get it?
“W-, Who cares about that!” one of them changed the subject.
“More importantly, you had better start paying Reika-sama the respect that she deserves!”
“Just who do you think Reika-sama is!?”
“Eh…?”
Well, she was obviously…
“My friend.”
Kisshouin Reika, that soft-hearted, earnest weirdo with a weakness to praise, was my friend.
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お兄ちゃん、やめてぇ！ 
Thanks for the chapter, hope you had a great Christmas / New Year!!
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You too!
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As expected of reika-sama and her secret police all class in her charge behaving well since they afraid of purge lol
Also that tsuruhana second rebelion end up pretty abrupt because evil minister eh
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Cute!!!!
Thx for the chp~~~
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“I usually don’t get involved in arguments between girls, but you’ve gone a little overboard this time. Just letting you know, but if you continue slandering Kisshouin-san then I’ll be taking her side, so what do you intend on doing?”
I’m definitely cheering for Enjou X Reika !
Reika is cute as always!
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“May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme.”
Yes, long live Reika! (this sentence made me laugh more than I would want to admit.)
Thanks for the chapter, and happy new years!
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May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme.
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This chap was adorable
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Thank you! Despite its length (or rather at least in part because of it) this is one of my favourite chapters. I love the POVs, especially because Satomi is a rare one who sees both sides of Reika so clearly.
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It’s nice getting his pov. It’s probably fairly close to the audience’s impression of her.
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I find that keeping track of Reika’s reputation is difficult at times. Some people flee at first sight from her (e.g. Takagaki, prospective handicraft club members), others think she’s a generous nice patroness ojousama and a few more intimate individuals have a good idea of her real self (e.g. Sakura, Enjou, Class Rep).
It’s kind of funny, because I kind of have this mental image that Reika looks like a goddamn ditzy goofball, and I keep forgetting that she actually looks like some kind of Scary Bitch Queen for most of her time in the public eye. Either that or some kind unattainable image of womanhood.
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It’s some sort of genjutsu, surely.
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Might as well make it her constant Reality Marble
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Cast by Tsuruhana to make everyone think Tsuruhana is the good one.
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Well, he doesn’t seem to have witnessed Goddess Kali herself in action, just the secret police… He’d be a bit more worried had he been graced by Her Mighty Fan.
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I’m getting curious about the salt though. Wonder if we’ll have the answer soon.
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I think it was mentioned last chapter that she did indeed bring it from Japan. She mentioned her stores running low after all the hotel room purifications.
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“My friend.”
Perfect ending!
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I want to cry reading this. Ah~ Reika-sama is living a good life with good people.
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ah Reika is so cute, this guy pov is all i ever wanted!
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This was a pretty nice chapter.
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That was awesome :D cackled throughout that chapter like nonstop :D seeing our derpy MC through that sadistic Satomi kuns eyes was wonderful :D I always love Povs lol
He is so ebil yet genuinely good-natured towards Reika, I know that he would have her back without question :) But surprisingly he’s like a bullfighter tempting fate by waving that red cape around her followers lol.. but how lovely all her friends are in a secret police kind of way hehe…
Satomi kind of deserves the threats he gets from her guards, the fellowship of the Goddess Kali can be frightening indeed :P I think they really love Reika :) its not just lip service to someone of an affluent family either, but real friendship that cherishes the other :D well… also they tend to be her guardians to protect her image… mostly from herself lol…
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They’re good friends lol
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Just wait for chapter 297…
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Gaddamit now im curious! And that would mostly take half a year!
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What’ll happen? Tell me pleaseu ;u;
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Thanks for the chapter, hope you had a great Christmas / New Year!!🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
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I did! I just sat around and read novels all day! What did you do?
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May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme!
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Reika reich banzai!
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[Sometimes you get people who say stuff like “I’m a bit weird, after all~” but they’re basically just boring people who wished they were weird. The real weirdos have no idea that they’re weird.]
A wonderful quote. I remember in the beginning episodes of DC Shin’ichi has no idea no one else deals with murder on a daily basis.
[It was never a good idea to go against a group of girls] I will keep that in mind. Was Reika’s friend group treated like a mob though?
Was there an Iwamura and an Imamura or is this a typo?
[Iwamuro became acquainted with her too. It was a completely unexpected combo.
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When we switched classes going into 3rd year I ended up with Kisshouin-san again. Not only that, the two of us were the class representatives again.
What was dangerous was that Kazami and Imamura ]
Tirol Choco, I want. Thank you for the chronicles of Reika and the POV’s too!
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Iwamuro is judo maiden. Imamura is Kikuno.
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Thanks! I really couldn’t tell if it was a typo. Guess I forgot last names.
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“We named it the ‘Tsuruhana Rebellion’, but after the locker incident it was renamed to the ‘Tsuruhana Spring Rebellion’.
After all, the locker incident had turned into the ‘Tsuruhana Winter Rebellion’.”
THIS. This made me laugh
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Thanks. Happy New year 🎉! Our little queen rococo is sweet dictator. Nice
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Many thanks Fluffy-sama.
LOL oh Reiki. Your image!! Slowly, one by one people who interact with hithon a daily basis can tell she’s a little weird. Also, her sneaky behavior XD She probably got it from her dad. Being sneaky with good intentions while being mistakened as doing crime. Pft
Hope you had a great holiday!
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With her on*
My fat fingers trying to type on my tiny phone…
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I didn’t notice the typo until you pointed it out… just automatically read what it was meant to be. We are on the same wavelength.
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Thank you for the chapter, and happy new year!
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Thanks for the chapter! 😁
Does this novel have a fixed schedule? if yes, may I know when?
(Translated by Google Translate 😁 )
I have bad english, sorry 🙏
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Ya somos dos jajajajaja
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On a side note… she got… Friendzoned…
Will Queen Goddess Kalimakimakimakkidollgirl slayer of Seasonal Rebellions, find out that Satomi has a girlfriend? will she stop throwing salt and be salty instead? (she could throw herself at him I think it will be just as effective) :P Her forever alone village is surrounded by couples!
I think she should marry the Heir to a confectionary empire… Maybe Nestle or something :P
PS AUTHOR SAMA NEW CHAPTERS NEEDED!!… seriously it hasn’t been updated in so long… hope they’re ok and such…
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I’m a bit depressed myself
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The unhappy club we don’t want new members in this one… avoid this club at all cost!
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I’m pretty sure Reika got him and the girl who used to be vice class president in previous grades together since she clearly saw the sparks flying between them with her village chief position. I think Reika recently grumbled how happy they looked after going on a double date. I can’tremember the girl from the other couple right now, but the boy is Iwamuro-kun, (Judo guy)I’m pretty sure.
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Complete destruction of our unreliable narrator’s image! Fatality! Will we ever get a Takamichi pov?
Thanks for the chapter, and I hope you had something tasty for new year’s. I had some excellent fried chicken myself, fresh and not greasy at all.
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I think I had Alaskan king crab.
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Hnnn~ well, hnnn~ Fresh non-greasy fried chicken and Alaskan king crab. That’s nice, I guess. I had a perfectly fine sandwich, myself. The bread was even toasted… :p
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Lasagna, here, but the catch was that I had to make it, myself.
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Thank you for the chapter! I absolutely love POV chapters and the summary of what happened till now was much needed lol, Long live Reika-sama!
I do wonder what ship will come out in the end, hmm?
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This is the chapter I didn’t know I needed until I read it, thank you so much for the lovely New Year present! 😘
Hope 2019 treats you well!
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Same! Hopefully we’ll all have a good one! :)
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Ah, that off-hand declaration of friendship at the end was just so perfectly timed. I can’t imagine he said it out loud, though, those girls would have torn him apart… 😅
Thanks for all your hard work! 😄
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Thank you for the update! Satomi’s pov is hilarious! He’s having way too much fun with teasing Reika! And oho, Enjou said he’s taking Reika’s side~~ hehe ship! Ship!!!
Reika throws purifying salt at Satomi! It had no effect. Besides looking like dandruff.
Or maybe it has? Satomi was dragged away and had his girlfriend taken as hostage (threats seem to be the purification ritual) LOLOLOL
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And Happy new year! Though my new year officially starts this Saturday (my work contract ends and I’m looking forward to taking a break lols)
Reading this totally cheers me up cuz I’m dead tired haha
Hope everyone has a good year this year! :D
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Or so I thought but I was approached with an offer of the extension of my contract… For the sake of money, I’ll continue working hard…
I’m taking self declared unpaid leaves.
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To be honest i just remember who he is after he said he’s the one who tell ghost story.
And we need to see more pov from zuiran civilians, to see the reaction to historical event.
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he got carried away with teasing lol
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These alternate perspective chapters are always such fun to read and see how the world views Reika
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Thanks for the chapter
Late Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Yeah people thinks her as goddess if you don’t here personally
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Hope you had a Happy New Year!
Lol! Interesting to see what people think of Reika in the background and how her followers ‘protect’ her in secret. XD
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>> …But as if a member of the Pivoine, and Kisshouin Reika no less, would be the type to cheer up just by eating some dessert.
No wai
>> Ah. She just tripped over empty floor.
>> But she was still clutching onto the forms.
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…
…
Well, this was in her love-love mode.
>> We’re smack bang in the middle of Tokyo, Kisshouin-san.
I just realized that we are probably missing a lot of internal tsukkomis from people talking with Reika. How tragic.
>> …Was I going to disappear into the abyss!?
>> Could it be that most of Kisshouin-san’s scary image was because of these two?
Dun dun dunnnnnnn.
I guess they are worried about a boy being too close to her.
>> When she put on the sheep ears for the school festival, we got a lot of customers who came to see something scary, as well as a number of VIPs thanks to Her Majesty’s connections.
Scary huh?
>> We named it the ‘Tsuruhana Rebellion’, but after the locker incident it was renamed to the ‘Tsuruhana Spring Rebellion’.
>> After all, the locker incident had turned into the ‘Tsuruhana Winter Rebellion’.
>> The Tsuruhana Winter Rebellion was a revolt in the second year of high school led by Tsuruhana’s group, who had been defeated in a previous Rebellion. It culminated in a massive three-way battle in the cafeteria between Kisshouin-san’s forces, Tsuruhana’s forces, and members of the Student Council.
These guys are having fun huh.
>> “I usually don’t get involved in arguments between girls, but you’ve gone a little overboard this time. Just letting you know, but if you continue slandering Kisshouin-san then I’ll be taking her side, so what do you intend on doing?”
Enjou is pretty arrogant. What are you going to do if **I** become your enemy?!?!
>> Immediately she became unsteady on her feet.
>> “Reika-sama! Please hang in there!”
>> “Who was it that obstructed Reika-sama from enjoying her lunch!?”
Guys, you shouldn’t be spoiling Reika so much…
>> To disguise the 6’s in her hair, Kisshouin-san would make little micro-shakes of her head, but in the end she got dizzy and needed her girls to support her.
…
>> “It wouldn’t take much to break you up.”
>> They were taking her hostage…
These guys…
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Happy New Year and thanks for the chapter!
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An excerpt from the “Chronicles of Queen Reika, Era: The Reign of Zui’ran” as told by the Historian Satomi Yukinari.
The author writes these alternate pov’s well. I enjoy them a lot because they’re not just the same chapter with different pronouns. We always get new content and amusing insight.
I hope you had a good holiday and Happy New Year!
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I keep laughing through the chapter and end it with an “awwwwww” at Satomi-kun’s “My friend”.
Satomi-kun, you had too much fun teasing Reika-san that you got on the radar of Reika secret service lol
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Thank you for the chapter!
This was a funny chapter with all the interactions between Reika-sama and her friend.
I hope you had a happy Christmas and new year!
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I hope you did too!
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— Thanks for the chapter~ ^^.
—- Happy New Year.!!!
It’s nice seeing how Reika-sama is viewed and treated by others, sigh.. this made me really relaxed, haha. hmm.. now that I think about it, I’m always looking forward to POVs like this when it comes to Kenkyo.
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I wonder if Reika’s friends became scarier than in the original story because they had to take care of our favorite airhead? Even though she can be quite scary, herself…
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Thanks for the chapter, by the way, and happy new year! See you in the APGtE comment section next Monday XP
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Hype!
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I overthink these matters. I kind of wonder how much the current Reika is a composite of her Kimidol incarnation and that nameless woman that incarnated into Reika.
Was the villainess Reika as competent as she appeared? A part of me wonders if she was actually about as clumsy and ditzy as our Reika, but just did a very good job at hiding it.
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Reika is competent! She’s just also hella weird.
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Happy post-holidays!
Uwha~ An elusive outsider’s POV appears! This year is looking up already XDXDXD
And imagining Kali!Reika dancing on the heads of Bakaburagi and that black-bellied Enjou really makes the year seem bright XDD
It’s really fun to see all of Satomi’s fears about what Reika could do to him just crumble, only to regenerate when he finds that it’s her followers that he should be wary of. XDD
Fuujin and Raijin~ ^0^~kekekeke
And wow, Reika’s battles even have official titles~
(shipping glasses: ON) And wow, Enjou standing up for Reika brings me some feels. Though, seeing him do all this behind the scenes work really does show his dark emperor side ^^;-his belly really is black black black
But poor Tagaki; he really can’t catch a break, huh…
Well, at least the soccer captain is suffering properly.
It’s nice to see that so many people sincerely just like Reika ^^
Thanks so much for your translation (and food pics)! They’re much appreciated XDXD
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Tagaki has it hard, but who told him to keep tempting fate lol
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‘Curfew-breaking will be purged. May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme.’
Reika: “Girls, execute order 66”
Girls : “As you wish my lady!!”
Reika: “Ohohohoooooo”
Happy new Year!!
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Ohohohohohoho!
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Don’t get me started on the Jedi. They make no sense to me in-universe as a bunch of sword-wielding maniacs that exist in a very unified Galactic Republic.
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Had been a while since i got a good laugh from Reika.
May our ditzy dictator reign supreme and bakaburagi remain aloof of her.
Happy new year to sheep and the readers!
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Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
Class prez used friendship.
Possy girls fainted.
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Oh and since i forgot if i said the holiday greetings to you before, i’ll say it now.
I hope you had a merry christmas and a happy new year~
PS: grace told me to say “grace sent me”
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Thanks 4 the chapter!
Does he not know the power of the FAN?
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Thanks for the chapter!!!
Adorable chapter~~ So sweet~
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Thanks. Happy new nya.
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Nya.
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As expected of Rei-chan’s cuteness! Her charm makes itself known once you get to know her a little bit. Also: Damn it! I was just starting to ship the two when I was reminded of his girlfriend! You can do it Rei-chan! Don’t lose Rei-chan! Ah. You can always join the Yuri village. I’m sure you have some girls interested in you.
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Wahahaha I’m dying here. Seriously!! Reika-sama’s police forces and the intelligence service she has!! Dang feels like she can topple a small country or something. And takagi!! You poor poor boy.(΄◉◞౪◟◉｀)
It’s super funny and nice to see how there are actually people who realizes the real Reika-sama and how theyre staying with the real her. AND GOSH!! Is it really gonna be Enjou!? I mean what was that!! THAT part when he said those to Tsuruhana OMO (≧∀≦) I can see the shippers going crazy🌚😂
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CHAPTER~🙇🏻♀️✨
Btw that picture of the rat was disturbing…and creepy. Gaaaah. It reminds me of that chapter where you put on that super scary looking dolls. 😱😭
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This was nice, I missed this. Thank you and happy belated New Year. Damn; I was hopping that Satomi Yukinari would be a potential boyfriend for Reika. But he already has a girlfriend… and they felt nice together… *sigh*
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Thanks for the chapter! (^ w ^)7
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All hail Reika-sama!
I was hit by sad truck when I saw that the author still had not updated.
Does he/she have twitter? I wish they were fine.
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Truck-san sends you to isekai adventure!
You and the author reincarnate into ojousama besties who gracefully have tea and Oh ho ho ho with each other.
It’ll be great.
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OMG new chapter!! Thank you!! and it a POV! Love those! how long has it been since we had the last one….?
Anywho! Every one laughed at “May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme.” but not Beans? I guess I just really love her whole interaction with the Soccer clubs ace lol. And she really was trying to pay him a complement too but it turned out like that lol.
Lastly some real Enjoux Reika there he he he
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such cute ending, you never dissapoint reika-sama
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“I’m sorry. Somebody ordered the last one just a moment ago.”
Immediately she became unsteady on her feet.
“Reika-sama! Please hang in there!”
“Who was it that obstructed Reika-sama from enjoying her lunch!?”
Fuujin and Raijin glared into the crowd in search of the culprit who had taken the last one.
I’m not gonna lie anyone would be really lucky to have minions like these. These two are the real MVP
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🥰 Yay! Thank you! Happy New Years! 😻
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Kisshouin’s Squad of girls brings to mind the FFF Inquisition from Baka to Test to Shokanjuu.
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“We’re in the middle of Tokyo” :D
Yeah, Reika, you’ll never be normal.
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hrn… we’ve had several side character’s perspective. now i seriously wanted see enjou’s
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reading this during the rest between work. keep laughing a few moments after finish reading. problem is… there is a pile of document on my desk. enough to give people serious injury should I use that to hit someone. where’s the problem, you might ask? well, employee, with a pile of documents in front of him, bashing computer keyboard WHILE LAUGHING.
just in case you don’t get it: my boss think I’m stressed and decide to give me sick leave for that day.
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Wow, lmao. Congrats!
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OH MY GAAAAASSSHHH ENJOU SAMAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA
thank you for the updateee. Grace sent me hihi
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Ooh! Grace!
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This chapter was so damn funny specially the titles that made me reread again the whole chapter totally forgetting that im cooking dinner… Looks like were eating out tonight!
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Thanks for the update! I really hope there is a point of view of someone seeing her in Goddess Fan Mode. I really wanna see how it looks to other people especially the heroine.
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Thanks for the chapter~~ ay
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Omgosh was not expecting another POV chapter! Yay!
Was originally happy for Reika that she had “goddess” as her nickname at least, but feel so sad for poor Reika that it was Goddess Kali in the end… ;_;
Wonder if we’ll get a POV from her followers hahaha that’ll be fun LOL
Side note, thought i was reading the enjou x reika fic i was following when I read the part about enjou giving tsuruhana a warning!!!!!
Asdfghjkl
Not much of a “shipper”, but that fic is written really well/follows storyline of actual story so I support enjou x reika haha
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Thanks for the chapter!
Lol… this guy’s POV is great XD
I’m a little surprised though. Didn’t realize Reika was so popular with the girls even though they seem to know about her weirdness.
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May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme. Also kinda shows a bit more about how Reika’s friend’s adore her… it’s…. a very powerful devotion to say the least (…cult of Reika confirmed.)
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Ty for the laughs.
MAY THE KISSHOUIN REIKA DICTATORSHIP REIGN SUPREME!
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Thanks for the chapter 😂😂😂
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Thanks for the chapter 😂😂😂
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I just binge read this! It’s honestly so good I just couldn’t stop reading! Thanks for the translation! Belated happy new year! I hope you’ll continue translating this! :)
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Gosh, this was sooooo goooood! Thank you, Este! Love all the comments, clearly everyone is on the same page!
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“kind of a weird aren’t” –> “kind of a weird one aren’t” or without “a” or something I think
Aww <3 :D
Tyvm for the translation ^^
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“As expected I was rewarded with a glare before she began stalking off.”
Dude calm down, your fetish is showing up.
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Apparently, the reason why she is still the Chief of Forever Alone Village was because the village was guarded by Fuujin, Raijin and co. XD
Reika will never ever get a confession in HS at his rate. XD
Unless, of course, if it was from either of those two. XD
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May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme.
He scared but still done it. Truely a M(en) in deed.
I always love the POV chapters, which, in my opinion, reflect the talent of the author as well.
Thanks for the hard work.
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It’s all Reika’s fault that she invoke all my childhood memories of munching on Tirolian choco… I just went out and bought a pack of Tirolian choco and a whole bunch of snacks and alcohol. Was wondering if I should have grabbed the Kinako mochi choco but I put it back.
Lols. I got stopped at the cashier because the cashier didn’t believe I was over 20 years old. Mwahahaha. Cashier lady was shook.
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How old do you look?
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Cashier lady thought I was one of the 2000s kids lmao. I’m often being misunderstood as a student. But wait. The legal age for drinking is 18… How old did she think I was…?
Though suddenly being reassured that I look young cheers me up a little HAHAHA
I think.
But come to think of it, I actually don’t look much different from my school days… And when I go home from work, some of the people who live nearby would smile at me and ask if I had just ended school…
The taxi uncle thought I was his son’s age or younger… You know what, I suddenly have mixed feelings about this? 🤔🤔🤔
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Wait, so how much older than 20 are you actually?
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I’m gonna be 23 this year! Hehe~
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Ooh! How exciting! Also wow, that’s… quite a gap between appearance and actual age.
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A friend told me it’s because I didn’t put on makeup, but, even when I did, and went to events like afa or just went out to chill.
I blend in with the teens. They thought I was one of them!
Σ( ° △ °|||)︴
I went to check my old pictures again, and hey! There’s a difference! I had more baby fats on my cheeks back then, and my hair was shorter (my bob cut makes me look even younger)
What do parents feed their kids these days? There are teenagers who all look kinda older and mature, and yet I’m the one mistaken as a teen!
I’m gonna dye my hair! Maybe I’ll look a bit different!!! But meanwhile hey, I get to troll cashiers everytime I buy alcohol! Although… Their judgemental eyes and when they ask for my ID… Well, I guess that makes shocking them all the more fun? 🤔🤔
I guess looking younger has its perks? I’ll be thankful when I’m older I guess. Haha 😂😅😅
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Maybe you just need to look more world-weary, like you’ve seen some real shit. And then always speak in a low growl, wear a trench coat, and refer to everyone as ‘girl’ or ‘boy’.
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There was once I didn’t have proper sleep for 3 weeks straight thanks to deadlines and projects and looked absolutely done, but some random guy chatted me up…
Even though I was sure my resting bitch face was fierce (I think some people moved out of my way lmao)
But some strange person told me I shouldn’t look so upset, and started introducing himself. Almost thought he was another insurance agent or something, but he wasn’t. Running low and sleep and all i wanna do is go home, eat and then continue with my work. And he wanted to hang out? I didn’t know him 😭😭😭
Anyways, I have another friend who’s even more magical. We’re the same age, but she doesn’t look like she’s aged a day past back when we were 14. Lololol. I was pretty convinced she’s magical hahaha
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That’s magical indeed. Maybe she’s a robot.
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This might be a bit of a stretch, but I think Satomi is the one who ended up telling Enjou about Reika’s preference to sakuramochi
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All the side stories give ambiguous hints about Enjou crushing on Reika!!! Dear author please clear out this mystery!! When will Reika retire from her forever alone village! 😢
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ah every once in a while, i come back and read this chapter again for the fuzzy feelings it gives me. other people’s POV’s are my favorite kind of chapters, but this one in particular has a special place in my heart. it’s so fun to see reika from a friend’s perspective compared to her brother or an acquaintance, i think.
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Holy crap, this POV chapter was great. And it all circled back with Satomi nonchalantly calling Reika her friend like Akizawa does. Hnng, so good.
But, yeah, this chapter pretty much shows the real Reika-sama, with all her weirdness, soft-heartedness, earnestness and her weakness to praise. She really is such a great character and protagonist.
Satomi’s comments about her being hard to anger and easy to placate, with a simple apology sweets, as you would expect from our cute and endearing Reika! She even regards food a higher priority than the Soccer Club President she traumatized, hehehe.
Really, though, Satomi’s experimentations was really fucking fun and her secret police friends being, in fact, the scary ones and finally clamping down on him was hilarious, especially since they know better than anybody else who Reika-sama is and why he acts that way towards her. They can’t even explain why she brought salt for the school trip, kukuku.
What a perfect chapter.
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And also, May the Kisshouin Reika dictatorship reign supreme!
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They’re all really charming.
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