Too Many Losing Heroines! - Volume 7 - Chapter 1.3

Intermission: Beware of Unfamilar Faces
 
During a lunch break at Tsuwabuki High School.

A few girls are engrossed in conversation in 1-F's classroom.

For a while, their chatter revolved around dramas and studies, but gradually, the topic shifted to a certain subject.

The subject of their discussion is a classmate currently under suspension.

One girl with fox-like eyes glanced at the empty seat and spoke up.

"Getting suspended right after starting school is intense. What do you have to do for that to happen?"

Another girl picked up the thread of conversation.

"They say it was about a relationship with a guy. There's even a rumor that the guy was a teacher."

"Seriously? A teacher? Aren't they all old uncles?"

The girls laughed, their voices mingling in a murmur of amusement.

A boy called out from a distance.

"Hey, isn't it because you girls bullied her?"

"Girls are scary."

"Ha? Like you guys are the ones to talk. She's just using all of you for fun, you know?"

The boys' unabashed laughter was met with mock irritation from the girls.

Then, in a brief lull in the conversation-

"-So, what kind of person is Shiratama-san really?"

The sudden question froze time for a moment.

The one who asked is a petite girl with long black hair neatly braided.

The gathered girls exchanged glances.

"...Come to think of it, I’ve never actually talked to her."

"Right, she's always surrounded by boys."

"The boys probably know more about her, don’t they?"

Riko Shiratama. Shortly after enrolling, she found herself surrounded by boys, and before anyone realized it, she was gone.

The classmates, engrossed in their gossip, know nothing about the real her.

One of the girls who had been talking about Shiratama looked around curiously.

"...Hey, who was that cute girl just now?"

"Eh, I thought she was your friend, Kei-chan?"

"I don’t know her. Is she Shiratama-san’s friend?"

The unfamiliar girl has already vanished.

The fox-eyed girl, confused as if she had just woken from a dream, murmured quietly.

"...Does Shiratama-san even have any female friends?"

-The petite girl, undoing her braided hair, walked quickly down the hallway.

Despite her striking appearance, she moved through the students unobtrusively.

As she glided out of the school building, her lengthy hair, now loose, swayed with a flourish.

Without stopping, she headed towards the school gate, mumbling softly to herself.

"...That girl, she's a bit too stimulating for onii-sama."

[TL & Editor: fuck it we're doing it]