Chapter 5 The One Who Knows

The One Who Knows

“Phew, good morning.”

I enter the classroom and greet my neighbor Haruto.

“Ooh, you look so sleepy.”

“I was playing games. When I realized it was five in the morning, I had only slept for two hours.”

“Wouldn’t it have been better not to sleep at that time?”

Maybe.

Ah, my head is heavy.

“I can’t stand it any longer. I’m going to the infirmary.”

“Hey, wait, I’ll come with you.”

With Haruto behind me, I left the classroom.

There was no one in the infirmary, so I decided to rent a bed.

Ah, my eyelids fall off.

“…eh?”

A blinding light pierced my eyes and I woke up.

Where?

I’m pretty sure I was at school and I was sleepy, so I went to the infirmary … Oh, the infirmary.

“Good morning”

“Huh!?”

My heart stopped for a moment when someone suddenly called me from the side.

I looked over and saw someone sitting there.

“Huh? Who…?”

His black hair was slicked back and his eyes were slit.

His mouth was elegantly turned up, and he was elegantly reading a book with his legs crossed.

Was she a woman? No, but he’s wearing pants, so is he a man?

No, no, some girls also wear pants.

The br🬀🬀sts are …

I couldn’t tell from the br🬀🬀sts. The voice too.

“Hey, what’s your name?”

It’s not like I’m going to ask her her gender. I’ll know when I ask her her name.

“Me? It’s Yuu Kisaragi.” (Zeus: Kisaragi Yuu ‘如月悠’ is used by both women and men.)

Mmmmmm!

I can’t even tell from the name!

Which one is it?

“Ahahaha!”

Suddenly, he or she? Kisaragi-san started laughing.

She held her stomach and laughed as hard as she could.

“What’s so funny?”

“No, no, everyone makes that face when they hear my name! But yours is especially funny!”

Isn’t that rude?

“I mean, do you have any questions?”

“Well.”

“In that case, I would like you to tell me your gender. …”

“Haha, you’ll never know.”

A little calmer, Kisaragi wiped the drops from her eyes with her fingers.

“…”

“…”

“…”

“Hey, why are you silent? Aren’t you going to tell me your gender?”

“Ahahahahaha!”

Kisaragi-san started laughing again.

She’s crying from laughing so much.

Something is bothering me.

“I’m sorry, I teased you too much. Well, it doesn’t matter what gender I am, isn’t it?”

“Well, okay.”

But I’m curious if we’ve gotten this far.

“Ah! Why were you here?!”

Oh man, I almost forgot.

Kisaragi and I had just met for the first time. What was she thinking, reading a book next to the sleeping face of a stranger?

“Ha, it was fun, so I thought I’d tell you. Well, it looks like you know as well.”

Kisaragi’s expression changed and became serious.

Nice to meet you. My name is Yuu Kisaragi.

No, I already heard that…

“The one who knows this world.”