Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 3 by Syougo Kinugasa

Author:Syougo Kinugasa [Kinugasa, Syougo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, pdf
Publisher: Seven Seas
Published: 2019-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

“Wh-what?! What is it?!”

“Calm down. Be quiet.”

Sakura had fallen into a state of panic. I placed my hands on both of her shoulders and held her firmly.

“Eek!”

I brought my body closer to Sakura’s, sidling up next to her. When I did so, Sakura froze like a frog trapped by a snake’s glare. My eyes focused on her hair, where a bug was crawling around. Even someone like me, who didn’t know a lot about insects, could identify it. People commonly referred to it as a “hairy caterpillar.” Honestly, it grossed me out.

The way its body squirmed and the fact that it had countless legs sent a shiver down my spine. It had probably fallen off the tree we were resting against. What should I do? I thought. If I told Sakura she had a caterpillar in her hair, she might panic and start screaming. If the caterpillar got into her clothes, that’d be an even worse disaster.

“Sakura, there’s something I want to ask you…”

“Wh-what is it?”

“You…are you okay with bugs?”

“B-bugs?”

“Yeah. Bugs. Like grasshoppers and dragonflies, those kinds of things”

“N-not at all. I absolutely can’t stand them. Ants either.”

“I see. Well, all right then.”

I couldn’t point it out here, then. I needed to think of another way. I wished I could just quickly snatch it away, but being a city boy, I hated insects, too. Even if I tried to remove the bug with a branch or something, Sakura would undoubtedly notice.

“Hmm. Anyway, don’t move for the time being, okay?”

“O-okay. Sure…”

With that careful warning, I let go of Sakura’s shoulders. Meanwhile, the caterpillar squirmed like it was starting to go somewhere. I’m sure it just wanted to escape, and I had to think of a way to remove it safely.

“What’s the matter?”

As I tried to come up with a plan, Sakura tilted her head with a bewildered look. Perhaps sensing that Sakura’s movement meant danger, the caterpillar frantically tried to escape. Ah, this wasn’t good! Don’t be reckless, bug!

I couldn’t delay any longer. I had to save Sakura even if it meant sacrificing myself. With my trembling hand, I courageously reached for Sakura’s hair. There! I touched the caterpillar, grabbed it quickly, and threw it into the bushes. Sakura probably didn’t understand the situation, but I’d managed to protect her.

“Ugh…I feel like there was something gross on me…”

After our break, we chatted amiably and arrived at our destination with the help of my handkerchief acting as a marker. It had taken less time than I thought to get there, only about twenty minutes in total. At any rate, I carefully retrieved the handkerchief and returned it to Sakura, then observed the surroundings from where I thought Kouenji had been standing before.

Nothing in these woods stood out at first glance. There wasn’t anything else here. What in the world had he been looking at?

“Did you notice something?” I asked.

“Umm… What’s different?”

If your sense of sight did not work, you had to rely on your other senses.

“For the time being, let’s investigate the area, but don’t go too far.

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