"Sister!!! Are you okay?!" Rissa even frantically shook the body of Rikka who fell unconscious.
"Rikka-chan, what happened?" Kumin asked frantically, even her face that looked always sleepy now opened her eyes wide, even her sleepy expression now disappeared.
As their faces showed concern for the unconscious Rikka, I could only pretend to be anxious, making sure not to show any expression of pleasure at the small success of this rebellion plan.
Nibutani, who previously seemed like a cruel dictator, was now kneeling beside Rikka, trying to check her pulse.
Though I'm not sure if she really understands about this kind of examination method.
"Rikka... Hey, are you alright?" her voice trembled, looking very worried.
"You! You crazy girl! Look what happened to my sister!" Rissa looked angry at Nibutani, I could even see the annoyed look in her eyes.
"Master! Are you alright?!" Dekomori even looked very afraid of Rikka's current situation.
"I...I just wanted to" I could see the nervousness and guilt on Nibutani's face.
Although I felt a little guilty for trapping her like this, but the Nibutani who seemed domineering was not the Nibutani I knew. The Nibutani I knew and had in my imagination was the Nibutani who always seemed gentle.
But now, I could even see how the guilt that Nibutani was experiencing really made her look very fragile.
Besides that, I can feel that my plan is starting to show the results I want.
Rikka, you're really good at playing your role.
I secretly praised Rikka, even though I felt guilty for Nibutani, but who made this girl become cruel during training.
Kumin tried to calm down Rissa who looked angry, but Rissa didn't want to hear it. She pointed at Nibutani with eyes full of hatred and she spoke in a harsh tone.
"You... if anything happens to my sister, I will never forgive you!" threatened Rissa with a trembling voice.
I thought, I'll buy Nibutani something as an apology in the future, or at least something else that will make up for this.
It's not that I feel innocent, it's just that, as a Spirit I seem to be getting affected by the negative factors of my power to the point that it's even affecting my own morality.
Meanwhile, Dekomori who looked like he was going to cry at any moment squatted down beside Rikka and poked her cheek with his index finger as if hoping she would wake up.
"Master, don't leave!"
This girl, does she think Rikka is dead or something? She just fainted even if it was just pretence.
"Everyone, I think I'll take Rikka to the school infirmary" I try to suggest, after all this is the most important part of the rebellion plan I prepared.
"No need! I'll take her!" Rissa dismissed my hand, grasping her sister's hand tightly.
The look in her eyes showed as if she was not willing to have her sister touched by anyone other than herself.
Shit! If I wasn't the one who brought Rikka, wouldn't this plan have gone down the drain?
Kumin approached Rikka and helped Rissa lift her up. "Then, I'll help you. We have to be careful."
"Hm" Rissa nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, Nibutani was still sitting on the floor with a face full of guilt. I could see how her grip on her own hands was getting tighter, and her lips trembled slightly. For a moment, it seemed like she was about to say something, but finally could only look down without a word.
"You really are a girl with no feelings!" Rissa grumbled at Nibutani while helping lift Rikka up.
"If only you weren't so harsh, none of this would have happened!"
"I... I'm just" Nibutani's nervous voice started to sound, I could even see that she was starting to sob.
Besides, I have to do something so that I'm the one in place to take Rikka to the infirmary, but looking at the current situation, I think it's impossible.
Besides, with Rissa being so protective of Rikka, it's impossible that I, an outsider, would be allowed to bring Rikka.
Rissa with the help of Kumin-senpai brought Rikka who pretended to faint to the infirmary without even paying attention to us.
Right now I think I should take care of Nibutani, after all I'm worried if she continues to feel guilty especially when everyone starts blaming her.
"Nibutani-san" I called out to her, this time I didn't call her the grand witch.
"Hm? What's wrong?" She asks in a low voice, as her eyes look at Rikka who was taken away.
I took a deep breath before looking at Nibutani who looked very guilty.
Ah, damn I think I've gone overboard, not only is this plan a failure I think I should also calm Nibutani down as a form of atonement for my guilt.
"I... just wanted to make sure you were okay," I said quietly.
Nibutani looked at me for a moment, her eyes a little watery, but she shook her head and gave a small smile.
"I'm fine, it's just that I didn't mean to hurt anyone, let alone Rikka." Nibutani spoke with a bow of her head.
I glanced around me briefly, but even if I looked calm I was thinking hard. I knew I had a big role to play in this mess, especially when I saw Nibutani who looked downcast.
"I'm sure she'll be fine," I said, trying to reassure her.
No, even if you don't feel guilty it doesn't matter at all, after all Rikka is just acting.
"Rikka only fainted for a while. Besides, you didn't do anything wrong." I tried to comfort her.
Nibutani looked at me again, as if searching for honesty in my eyes.
"Really? But... Rissa was very angry. I don't want to destroy our relationship, even though we always fight but we've known for a long time"
I don't know why I feel like hugging this girl right now, especially when she makes that face, Wait why is there a little bit of happiness in my heart?
No! Damn my sadistic tendencies seem to be starting to emerge, moreover the influence of the Spirit power I received two weeks ago seems to have really changed me entirely.
As I tried to approach Nibutani and was about to embrace her, the figure of a girl with short white hair suddenly appeared.
"Hiroto!"
"Aahh!!!"
Shit! Who is that? Why is she ruining the atmosphere!
I looked in the direction where the voice came from, but only to find a pretty girl with short white hair, even I have to say this girl has a few extra points from Nibutani, but even so that doesn't mean Nibutani is inferior to her.
Well, I recognised this girl without even having to talk to her.
And as if she was waiting for the right time, origami suddenly appeared behind the two of us, even Nibutani who originally looked gloomy was surprised.
"Tobiichi-san?!" I called out to her unconsciously.
"Hiroto, what are you doing here?" Origami looked at me and Nibutani with a flat gaze, it was her usual expression but somehow I could see that her tone seemed to demand an explanation from me.
What is this girl doing here? Moreover, her gaze was strangely on Nibutani which even if she tried to hide it I could still see a sense of strangeness in it, as if seeing Nibutani as a fly or an insect.
This is the first time I've seen Origami look at someone else like that.
"I...do club activities, what's up too?" I asked her.
"Club? I didn't know you joined a club? Aren't you always supposed to be alone nowadays? .... Why is it different" Origami looked at me, as the last words were a little quiet.
What did she mean by that? I looked at her in confusion.
"I just joined about two days ago, I thought I'd fill my free time with club activities"
"I see, I understand, but I need your help, come with me" she said flatly, as if it was a natural thing.
Wait! What did she call me earlier? Hiroto? Why don't I remember this girl calling me by my first name before?
Since when did we have such a close relationship?
The moment she said that, Origami started walking closer to me he stood right between me and Nibutani, as if trying to keep me away from Nibutani, even as he said that he put his arm around me.
It's not that I hate this, after all if I had to choose between liking it or not, then I would choose liking it, but it's still strange.
But why is she asking me this? Shouldn't she only be close to Shido, besides she doesn't even consider everyone besides Shido in school as her friend.
"Hiroto, come with me" Origami again spoke calmly but there was an urgency in her voice as she tried to pull me away.
But how could I leave Nibutani just like that?
Especially since she looks quite miserable right now.
I'm currently staring at Origami, trying to understand her strange behaviour, even since yesterday on the day when she returned to school for the first time after taking a month off, she also started acting strange.
But just as I was about to speak up to reject her, Nibutani grabbed my sleeve.
"Tonomachi-kun" Nibutani called out to me, as she looked at me.
"I'm fine, if you have to go, it's fine. I... I can manage on my own," she said with a smile.
Nibutani Why are you talking as if I'm a soldier who's going to leave his wife to fight? Somehow I feel like this is a strange story in a third-rate TV drama?
When Nibutani said that, Origami glanced at Nibutani with a neutral gaze that seemed cold, as if she was judging something.
"Nibutani-san, are you sure? After all" I paused for a moment as she stood up and returned to looking like before.
"It's fine, I have to see Rikka-chan after all, it's my fault for pushing her too hard during practice and Yuuta can you help me save all this stuff?" Nibutani said to Yuuta as she pointed towards the exercise equipment we used earlier.
I even forgot that Yuuta was still here, I thought he left along with the others.
"Eh? Yes I can do it" Yuuta nodded in agreement.
"Tonomachi, if you have any business with Tobiichi-san I think you'd better settle it, I'll be leaving soon I'll go see Rikka-chan to apologise to her" Saying that Nibutami turned around and left following Rikka and the others.
While Origami immediately pulled me away when she saw Nibutani leave.
Currently far away in the field where we practised before, Origami took me under the sakuran tree at the back of the school, there I could see a long piece of cloth and some food on it.
Did this girl invite me here for a picnic?
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