Escape Galge - Chapter 5

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The weather is good today.
The clear blue sky spreads out beyond the window.

Sure enough, today

It seems like I can finally have a pleasant trip to school. Should I take some detours? I open the front door with such thoughts on my mind.

Gmorning, Kii.
Not again? You really dont learn your lesson, do you?

Perhaps I should hire an exorcist.
Should I look for one in the yellow pages?

Good grief, is this guy a M?
Theres no doubt hes some sort of pervert.
For him to be able to show up all fine and dandy despite how we parted ways yesterday, something in him is broken.

Id love to spend the whole day with you today.
Whole? Its Wednesday today, you know?

I look at him while suppressing the surfacing goosebumps.
Is it okay for you to not go to the character whose favourability rating raises easily today?
Sheesh, can it be that its already MAXed so theres no need to go?

Didnt you tell me yesterday? I thought I understood you, but that wasnt the case. I want to get to know you. Cant we start over? From our first meeting, when that feather was picked up

When that feather was picked up.

I was happy.
That I was able to find the rumoured Feather of Destiny with this person.
As though it was telling me that this person was my destined one.
Now that I think of it, I might have fallen in love that very first instance I saw him.

However, it had been nothing butlies.

Thats obviously impossible!

Perhaps even the feelings of love I have are created by thesystem.
I dont even know whatsrealanymore.
Nah, such a thing doesnt matter.
Be it truth or lie, it wont hurt as long as I dont get involved.
My chest doesnt have to feel all prickly.

Dont bother with me!

I ran away.
Enough is enough; dont unsettle me anymore!

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I head to school in a quick pace and as fatigue plague me both physically and mentally, the lesson for the first period ends.
Although there isnt much time till the next lesson, my friends and I leave the classroom and head to the corridor where we chat while looking at the scenery outside the window

Kii.
Yikes!

I believe it cant be helped that I let out a scream.
Its scary.
From the flow of events yesterday and this morning, how is he able to appear as per usual!?
Are your nerves connected normally!

How do I get rid of you?
Seriously, what the heck

Kii, senpai is calling you!

My friend hit my shoulder with what seems like excitement.
Dont worry, I can see him. Unfortunately.
If hes a ghostitd great if hes a ghost bound to the school

Gross-man, with his handsome features, is also popular with the general students.
Even my friends applied pressure by telling me Dont make senpai wait!.

Ill be going to the restroom.
Eh? What about senpai!?

Leaving that guy and my friends behind, I escaped to the toilet.
The toilet is really the greatest safe area where theres no encounters to be had, huh.
Aah, this really gives me a peace of mind.
I waited for the chime that indicates the start of lessons before I returned to the classroom.

I was chased around for the subsequent break times too and finally started to sense the danger.
Gross-mans face appearing before my eyes when I wake up in the morningKYAAAAH! The aforementioned seems so likely to happen that its frightening.
The genre of Destinied Gakuen[1] isnt romance, but horror, right?

Hm?

Somehow managing give gross-man the slip, I returned to the classroom only to be surrounded by friends Im on good terms with.

Hey, Kii. Thats rude to Aoi-senpai.
Thats right. Do you know how envious everyone is? How disagreeable!
Eh

Although they arent truly enraged, their expressions are unamused.
Even the girls watching from a distance are giving out the same feeling.
What on earths with this event

Dammit, making allies out of the girls!
The classroom is completely transformed into the opposing teams turf.
It feels uncomfortable.
To take away even the place I belong, I cant forgive you more and more, Kagurazaka Aoi!
Without any allies, I can only struggle on my own.
Dont lose, me!

Kii!

Persistent! So noisy, going Kii, Kii!
Why is he so unrelenting, I wonder.
How tenacious.
This stickiness is at a level where itll shock even a natto yuru-chara.

I feel annoyed everytime I think about how the criticism towards me piles up while the favourability rating towards gross-man increases when more female students spot us as I fled.
The world is unreasonable.
I hasten my pace, wanting to give him the slip this time too.

Gross-man, too, pursued in order to not be given the slip.
As I moved while looking for a place to hide, a hand stretched out from a classroom I passed by and pulled my arm.
Whats going on!?I panicked, but the one who pulled me wasnt gross-man but he, the supreme background character.

Kii-chan!
Ah, A I mean, Ei-kun!
This way!

I enter the classroom with my arm still being pulled. Its the first-years classroom.
Something is written on the blackboard.
Apparently the committee Ei-kun is in had a meeting.
Moreover, it seems to have ended not long ago and everyone else had left.

Thank you. But, why?
I saw Kagurazaka-senpai looking for you just now, so I wondered if you were fleeing.

For a classmate whom Im not on particularly close terms with to figure out the situation it sure hurts my stomach.

Kii-chan!

My thoughts were about to sink in the sea of defeat but having my hands suddenly grasped brought my consciousness back.
My two hands were enveloped and held tightly.
Eh? Whats happening?

All of us guys believe Kii-chan! We believe that Kii-chan will be the last fortress!
?

What is he talking about?
I dont quite get it, but he appears to have some kind of expectation.
Hes staring at me with shining eyes.

A-also I promised not to steal a march but I!

Although I completely dont understand whats going on, Ei-kuns growing increasingly passionate.
The strength he put in his hands also continue to increase.

Um my hands hurt.
Ah, sorry.

I feel bad for doing this when hes getting fired up, but I cannot remain all laidback here.

Sorry, Ill be going, okay. Thanks!
Ah, wait a moment, I still havent!

He seems to have something to say, but lets leave it till next time.
As I open the door and step forward I slam into something in front.
Its a person.

Kii.
YIKESSS!

Ill likely be dead if it really is a horror game.
Nonetheless, my hearts beating so rapidly its probably enough to kill me.

I returned to the classroom in a panic and hid behind Ei-kun.
Save me, background character-kun!
Erohim Essaim![3]

You are

When I peeked out as I hid behind the shield that is Ei-kun, I saw thathe[4] had a grim expression on.
Rather than grim its scary.
Its quite intense when such an expression is made with a well-chiselled face.
Even Ei-kun faltered.
Dont lose, background character-kun!

Ki-kii-chan does not like it! Please do not chase her around!
Scram.
Uu.

Why are you throwing in the towel from a single word? Do your best!
My eyes met with Ei-kun who appears like he wants to run away, so I shot him a Save me! gaze.
Youare the true last fortress!
Perhaps my feelings got through; Ei-kuns face reddened and he prepped himself, drawing close to that guy.

I-I dont want to!

Hes doing his best!
What a nice person!
Even though Im using you as bait and biding my time!

Such a plain guy like the previous me

The scums muttering about something.
He seems to be acting weird somehow.
The furrow between his brows deepen and the glint in his eyes grows sharper.
I can almost see a black aura.

Ei-kun, sorry!
Kii-chan!?

I will not waste your valuable sacrifice!
Seeing a good opportunity, I dash out and escape from the door on the opposite side.
My feet did not stop although I saw the twos shocked expressions.
Ei-kun, its regrettable losing you

Lets apologise next time.

[1] Shortened version of the games title, Hanazono Gakuen The Destinied Encounter.
[2]Yuru-chara: a type of Japanese mascot character.Natto: Sticky fermented soybeans. Type of food.
[3]Link. This chant appeared inAkuma-kunas a spell to summon demons and in Shigatsu Kimi no Uso before a character before her concours.
[4] Aoi.