93. School (6)
(Kate… Empress… Special… Emperor…)
(Should I kill him?)
(….)
(Wait! What are you thinking!? Are you crazy!)
(Even if I have the power, how can I think like that!)
(Damn it!)
(Since when did I become stupid like this)
(Not everything in this world can be solved with brute force. But, how could I forget something so simple like this!)
(Everything needs proper planning!)
(….)
(Okay. I got the answer)
(First, I should make Kate hate him)
(Then, after Kate is disgusted with him and stops any more contact with him)
(only and only if that step succeeded, I take the next step. Which is to kidnap him and kill him somewhere unknown to people)
(mmhm… nice plan!)
(Let's investigate his identity In detail, so something unexpected didn't happen, and do some imagination training for it too) Not even a second passed. Lex's brain moves the fastest its can. All those plans were built-in instant on his head.
"So, This Emperor is Kate's special one?" Lex took the first step into his plan. But something unexpected immediately happened to disturb his schedule.
"Wha-"Justin was shocked, speechless. He can't believe what he just heard from Lex. It's as if a divine public figure worshipped by many suddenly talks dirty in public. "Emperor? Of course not!! Tch! Just thinking of it makes me want to puke!"
(Eee….?) Lex didn't even bother by the polite Justin changes. Similarly, he was dumbfounded, "But didn't you just say special one."
"Prez's Special person is a girl!!" Justin exclaimed and quickly explained, "Emperor only showed up because the student in this school had a thought, 'we already had empress, why don't we decide for the emperor too.'. only and only because of that, the most popular boy become the Emperor and not by any means it related to Prez!"
"Okay, okay, I understand," Lex apologized and tried to calm Justin down. He had become so fierce that he was ready to punch anyone who dared to say something that tainted his idol.
(After hearing something like that, I can't help but feel pity for this Emperor person but rejoice, Emperor! Because of this, you were able to live longer!) Lex didn't know what to say. His plan wasn't needed at all. It was useless from the beginning.
When Justin calmed down, Lex finally asked him something that had been lingering in his mind since a while ago "this is an Elite School, no? The student had a high grade, no? why do I feel like these students had too much free time to be able to do something like this?" Lex's eyes ran across them one by one. Priscilla was still the same, while Mina quickly avoided his gaze.
"Well, we also need to release some stress, aren't we?" Justin replied awkwardly, "also…." Justin stopped and took a deep breath. "It's Kate-SAMA!! For you! Don't think I missed that!" he said with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
***
After school, Justin once again comes toward Lex. When he was about to say something
"Let's go. You're going to show me around the school, right?" Lex said it first with a smirk.
"Haha," Justin let out a small laugh before he turned to Priscilla and Mina "do you want to go with us? After showing him around the school, I also wanted to introduce Lex to a good restaurant."
"I'm in!" Mina immediately replied
"Sorry, I'm busy after this" Priscilla took her belonging and turned to Lex for a moment. "Sorry," she said as a courtesy.
She isn't interested in Lex in the beginning. ('Justin thinks of him as a good person to befriend with. I should at least give him some respect) that's why she decided to do a minor courtesy to Lex. (Also… for just a moment, My instinct screamed to run away from him.)
Lex also knew the way Priscilla looked at him changed a bit. She usually looked at him indifferently. Priscilla considered Lex the same as a background, but it was no longer the same. She at least acknowledged him as a person now. At the same time, Lex also had some suspicion about this cold girl. Lex had lost control of his killing intent before. (I immediately hid it again, but these three Mina, Justin, and Priscilla, the nearest ones to him, might feel it. There weren't any changes with them except Priscilla, and if she changes because of that, then this girl must be no average person too)
Still, even with his suspicion, Lex replied politely, "Don't mind. It's only showing me around."
"Nothing we can do about it" Justin waved his hand. "See you tomorrow," and Mina waved her hand a bit later.
"Un," Priscilla nodded. "See you tomorrow" Priscilla gave one last look and left the classroom (Haa… I've been too tensed lately; it must only be my imagination)
"What happened to her?" Mina asked worriedly, staring at the door where Priscilla had just left "she's a bit strange recently."
"I've realized it too. I've asked Priscilla but didn't get a positive reply. So we can do nothing about it. Anyway…" Justin shifted his gloomy mood. "Let's go" he turned to Lex, to which Lex replied with a nod.
Lex already remembered all the buildings and roads in the school, but he didn't know their uses and identity. So Justin's tour wasn't useless at all. In the meantime, their relationship also becomes much closer. Lex stopped making a wall between them and let nature take its course. Unexpectedly, his personality clicked more with Mina than with Justin.
After the tour, Just like Justin stated before, he would introduce Lex to a delicious restaurant. That's why Justin, Lex, and Mina were on a train.
In the train
"Our house next to each other," Mina explained.
"because of that, we've been friends since childhood. We always went to the same school too"
As their relationship became closer, one by one topic of conversation just came out naturally, and it finally reached the point of their private life. Lex just asked how they could become close friends like this.
"And we always ended up in the same class too!" Justin added, "adding this year it's already the ninth time Mina and me in the same class."
"doesn't it feel like you two fated together?" Lex joked
"Haha," Justin laughed, "after the seventh time, I started to believe the same thing too, and if we're in the same class in the high school later too and I will believe that we really are inseparable" Justin turned his eyes away it's like he's looking something far far away
(Oh?) To be honest, Justin's reaction surprised Lex a bit (I thought he was a 'harem' main character with a dense personality. Unexpectedly, he realized her). Lex started to think maybe he could use Justin's relationship as a simulator for his future harem. But before he could delve further into the thought, it was cut by Mina.
"Exactly, it IS fate!" She said with a stupid grin, her face as bright as a sun in the sky, while Justin showed a complex look.
For Justin, he can't say he hated it. If anyone were to ask whether he liked or hated it, his answer would definitely be he liked it. He also understands Mina always helped him, but sometimes with his immature mind. he would feel like Mina nagged him like a mother. And it would be a lie if he said he didn't get annoyed by that. "Our friends also laughed when they found out about it. Some even said that we cursed to be together" Justin lightly joked he wanted to end this conversation as soon as possible. He's afraid that he will look at Mina in a negative light. Because it's a fact whenever Justin becomes annoyed with Mina, he remembers what made him annoyed with her in the past. In other words, he started to see Mina as bothersome whenever it happened, and it only increased and did not decrease.
Then Justin finally realized that Lex was no longer paying attention. Lex was looking somewhere else. When he followed his gaze, Justin found something nasty.
On the other side, on a corner of the train car, a girl is wearing a high school uniform. The girl's black hair is tied in braids left and right. She also had dorky glasses. Everyone could see that she was far from the cute and beautiful girl.
(I can't help but stare at her. My gaze was trapped by her, and my body became hot as every second passed...) Justin thought. While Lex also felt the same thing, the geeky and nerdy girl strangely felt erotic in male eyes.
Still, Justin forcefully moves his sight because of the problem he found out. The problem is that behind the geeky girl, an old man wearing an office suit stood so close that it felt like they were glued to each other.
The girl trembled with a very uncomfortable face, and every time she tried to move away, The old man followed.
(She's molested!!) Justin is burning with anger. His justice would never forgive something like this. And he finally understood why Lex pensively stared at them. And he also felt quite disappointed toward Lex for not doing anything even after he found out something like that.
On the other hand, Justin also understood long ago that not everyone is the same as him. It's a complicated feeling, but he stopped thinking about how he should approach Lex in the future.
(Anyway, I need to do something about her first) there's something more urgent.
But when he tried to approach them, he was stopped by someone... It was Lex who stopped him.