The Story of A Beautiful Girl I Rescued From An Attacker Who Became My Seatmate. - Chapter 19

“Okay, see you~ Bye-bye~”

Kirishima from the neighboring seat stood up, waving her hand to the girls around her.

All the classes for today had ended, and the classroom was becoming empty.

“Hey, Kurata~ Can you teach me English homework?”

“No way, too much trouble.”

Hoshino came to my seat, fidgeting and rubbing his hands as if trying to butter me up. However, I wanted to go home quickly today. Why? Because I had to clean the house. If I didn’t clean it at least once every three days, it would psychologically bother me.

“Well, figure it out somehow. Please!”

“Sigh… Fine, where is it? Show me.”

Hoshino, who had a gloomy face, suddenly brightened up. This guy sure knows how to win people over.

“Oh, and why is this sentence…”

In the end, it was already 4:30 PM when we finished school. Since classes usually ended around 4 PM, it meant I had spent nearly 30 minutes answering Hoshino’s questions. Next time, I should make him treat me to something.

Eager to go home, as soon as I finished answering the English questions, I quickly parted ways with Hoshino and headed home. Although Hoshino had also asked me to help with math, unfortunately, I didn’t understand it either, so I had forcibly escaped.

While mentally venting my frustrations about Hoshino’s unreasonable requests, I headed home. However,

“What… Stop it!”

“What did you say?! You think you have any freedom?”

Near my house, a man who looked like a thug was intimidating someone. It wouldn’t be a big deal to ignore it, but the voice was familiar, catching my attention.

This… it was Kirishima’s voice. If I heard it every day, I would recognize it. If Kirishima was being attacked by someone, there was no way I could leave her without helping.

Quietly, so as not to be noticed by the other person, I headed towards the direction of the voice.

“What are you doing?”

“Huh?”

Oh, scary. I only called out to him, and yet… But I couldn’t back down here.

“Well, she seems reluctant. Besides, I can’t just ignore someone from the same school being harassed.”

“You little… You want me to teach you a lesson?!”

“What’s wrong? Should I call the police?”

When I said that exasperatedly, the man, who had his back turned to me, turned towards me.

“You…!”

Looking at the man’s face, it was the same man who had tried to stab me with a knife before. As soon as I saw his face, anger welled up inside me.

“Why are you here? Weren’t you supposed to be caught?”

Without answering my question, the man suddenly threw a right straight punch.

“Whoa!”

I evaded the man’s right straight punch and assumed a mid-level stance with the umbrella I was holding. I didn’t want to recall my past, but there was no choice.

“Oraa!”

“Hah!”

As the man tried to strike again, I thrust towards his throat. However, I hesitated, concerned that the thrust might kill him since he wasn’t wearing any protective gear.

“Gu!”

My thrust hit him in the chest area instead of the neck, but it still dealt significant damage to the man. It might have even been better that way. The man collapsed onto the road.

“Kirishima, go inside the house first!”

Shouting that, Kirishima hurriedly opened the front door and went inside. After confirming that, I approached the man and checked if I hadn’t gone too far.

“Hey, what’s your purpose?”

“…Shut up!.”

“Don’t ever come near us again. Next time, I’ll strike for real.”

Suppressing memories from the past that I didn’t want to recall, I made sure that the man was conscious and then entered the house.

“Kirishima, are you alright?”

As I entered the house, I immediately checked on Kirishima for any injuries or problems. She had been cornered by a tall, adult man who was 10 to 20 centimeters taller than her, so I was worried.

“Y-Yeah, I’m fine. Thank you for helping me.”

“It’s alright. I’m just glad you’re safe.”

Despite saying she was fine, Kirishima’s shoulders were trembling. It must have been terrifying for her.

“So, what happened? If you can, please tell me.”

In just a little over a month, she had been in danger twice. Moreover, it was the same perpetrator. It couldn’t be taken lightly. And why was this person so persistent? Plus, I didn’t understand the nature of Kirishima’s relationship with him.

I decided to get my phone. I needed to consider reporting this to the police. Ideally, I should immediately call emergency services, but considering the situation we were in, I didn’t want to easily make that call.

“I can’t stay silent anymore, right? Okay. The truth is…”

As Kirishima revealed the shocking truth, I was left in astonishment.