Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Musujime Awaki
'Director...' Kiryu looked out at the scenery outside the villa and continued with a tone full of deep emotion and woes, 'If you don't send someone to guide me, I'm afraid I'll never see you in this lifetime.'
Being geographically challenged is quite scary, especially in Kiryu's case... If he just walked out of the villa, not only would he be unable to find the building in the Seventh School District without doors and windows, but he might also not even find his way back to the villa and would have to call the police for help...
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When it comes to getting lost, Kiryu can confidently claim the top spot without any competition. He is incredibly experienced and highly professional.
Aleister: ~ '...' ~
~ 'I'll send someone directly to your villa to accompany you, don't worry.' ~
Aleister Crowley must have really been annoyed, because after saying this, there was no more sound.
"..." Kiryu.
He didn't think he said anything wrong, did he?
He was just stating the truth. His sense of direction seemed to be an innate trait, something he could not control.
"Enshuu-chan, I'm going out for a bit, I'll be back soon!" Standing in front of the bathroom door where the sound of running water was coming from, Kiryu felt a deep sense of frustration. The greatest divide in the world is the bathroom door with someone inside taking a bath, and I'm outside. It's all Aleister's fault, making him lose the courage he had finally mustered.
"Wait Onii-sama!! Where are you going!?" The sound of running water in the bathroom paused and then stopped completely, followed by the worried voice of the young loli, "If no one guides you, you'll get lost! I'll come out and go with you!"
Not only did Kiryu have no confidence in his own sense of direction, even little Enshuu had no confidence in it. In the original timeline, she had lost count of how many times she had to go out and bring back her Onii-sama who had gotten lost and could not find his way back to the dormitory. It was a constant worry.
Kiryu: "...."
Did she have to be so blunt? Offended, he said, "No need! I won't get lost!"
He couldn't let anyone, especially the young loli look down on him. It would damage his heroic and handsome image in her eyes.
Ignoring the young loli's calls from the bathroom, Kiryu left a note on the table and walked out of the villa, though he did not dare go far, just to the villa's entrance. He still had great faith in his ability to get lost.
Not long after, there was a spatial disturbance, and Kiryu keenly sensed something unusual.
He turned to look in a certain direction and instantly, a girl appeared.
She had long red hair tied into twin tails. Her brown eyes carried a hint of coldness. She wore a winter school uniform mini-skirt with metal buckles, and her upper body attire was quite unique... a chest wrap and a crop top.
It's like she was bearing a weight that ordinary people couldn't bear, like a towering mountain that made countless people sigh in admiration.
And over it all, she wore a sports jacket.
Such a peculiar outfit could only belong to one person in the entirety of Academy City...
The urban legend, the 'Guide' to the Windowless Building, Musujime Awaki.
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"Teleportation ability, Coordinate Movement, huh, so convenient..."
Kiryu, of course, knew that this person was Musujime Awaki.
He looked her up and down thinking, 'This kid, one punch should make her cry for a long time.' He wondered what it felt like when she was hit in the face by Accelerator's friendship punch inherited from Kamijou Touma in the original story. Honestly, he was itching to try it himself.
"I-I am—!!" Awaki felt an inexplicable malice emanating from Kiryu, and instinctively took half a step back.
She stared at Kiryu warily.
At the same time, she felt this sensation was quite strange.
"My name is Musujime Awaki, please do not resist for a moment." She finally managed to say.
"No problem," Kiryu nodded, but then curiously asked, "Can I ask a question?"
"Go ahead." Awaki was also curious about what this boy wanted to ask her.
"Are you dressed like this for fashion, or do you have some unknown desire for exposure?" Honestly, he had always wanted to ask this question in his previous life, and now that he finally saw her in person, his curiosity was even stronger.
After all, there is a saying, "Never be ashamed to ask..."
*Snap!*
That was the sound of nerves snapping.
Awaki could no longer maintain her smile, and immediately pulled her jacket tighter to cover herself.
She had never felt it before, but now that he mentioned it, she felt completely uncomfortable.
"Let's go!" Glaring fiercely at Kiryu, Awaki waved her hand at him, in that instant, Kiryu felt his body being pulled by spatial forces. He did not resist, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared along with Musujime Awaki...
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