Infinite Stratos: Volume 9 by Izuru Yumizuru

Author:Izuru Yumizuru [Yumizuru, Izuru]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2019-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter IV: It’s Fantastic! A Maiden’s Secrets are Top Secret

“Sigh...” The day after Field Day was a Friday off due to the holiday on the weekend, and all Tatenashi had the energy to do that afternoon was slouch around her room. Laying in bed with a hand over her face, she stared up at the lights on the ceiling from between her fingers.

The IS Mysterious Lady’s repair was complete. A shipment of spare parts had arrived from Russia, along with a number of new packages. Installation, tuning, and compilation. Those had taken up her whole morning. But that wasn’t what Tatenashi was sighing about.

What am I gonna do? The problem was what had happened during Field Day. She’d had absolutely no intention of getting involved in the final competition. That, at least, was the truth. And she’d done her best to stay out of it. But when Ichika was in danger, her instincts won the argument. Her body moved as if it’d been made for that moment.

This is such a mess... She’d promised that the winner would be moved into Ichika’s class, and even that meant pulling a lot of strings. But even worse... Maybe I wanted that to happen... To be in the same class as Ichika. To spend more time with him.

“Sigh...”

The more she thought about it, the harder her heart throbbed. Just as she decided to put it out of her mind and got up out of bed, though, an unexpected knock sounded on her door.

“Hello?” she called out weakly. The voice which answered shattered whatever focus she had left.

“It’s me, Orimura Ichika. Do you have a minute?”

Her heart pounded hard enough to leap out of her chest.

“H-Hold on a sec!”

She looked down at what she was wearing, and realizing it was only a blouse and panties, frantically tried to pull on a skirt at the same time as she cleaned up the piles of dirty laundry lying around. Sometimes being lucky enough to have a single dorm wasn’t very lucky at all.

“Ah, darn!” She was in such a hurry that she’d gotten her buttons in the wrong holes, and her chest kept getting in the way as she tried to fix them. Dammit! I can’t just let him get bored and leave! Hurriedly finishing, she opened her door.

“Hey. Did I wake you up or something?”

Well, this was definitely Ichika. And she certainly didn’t have any problem with him deciding to visit. But she wanted to get him inside before any of the other girls realized he was there. “Come on in! I’ll put on some tea.”

“Huh? But—”

“C’mon, c’mon!”

She gave him a quick push, half-forcing him into her room. Even so casual of a touch made her pulse race. A strangely relieving wave of frustration washed over her. Ugh, my heart is beating so fast... Fast enough to make her chest hurt. The sweet suffering threatened to overwhelm her. Stay calm, stay calm. Just get a hold of yourself. You’ll be fine.

“Um, Tatenashi? I think you dropped these.

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