While trying my best to get along with my childhood friend, who was head over heels for me. The idol whom I saved that one time in history transferred in. Now my school life is in carnage. - Episode 12: From here on we will begin Mii-chan's court trial. Accused, Judged guilty, life imprisonment. Right in my room.

Chapter 12: From here on we will begin Mii-chan’s court trial. Accused, Judged guilty, life imprisonment. Right in my room.

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“Hamanaka, is it alright now?”

“Hi, hyeish!?”

When I called her name, Hamanaka, who was constantly staring at her smartphone, jumped on her shoulders in surprise.

“I’m sorry. Did I disturb you?”

“S-So, Soune-kun! N–need something?”

“A~h. Nope, I just wanted to discuss the timing for our next meeting. If you are busy now, I can always come back later.”

I also don’t like being disturbed when I’m concentrating on reading a book. Maybe because Rei also knows that, at most, she would just hug me from behind and rub her body on my back.

… Nope, I don’t think you can understand with this, huh. I didn’t notice it because the area of her body that touched me increased little by little. I have to be really careful this time.

“Uh-uhnn! It’s okay right now! It’s about the meeting, isn’t it? Wait a minute.”

Saying that, Hamanaka took out several printed sheets from under her desk.

Let me explain everything right here, just in case.

Hamanaka’s appearance is that of a typical literary girl.

She wears her hair in braids and wears pretty red-rimmed glasses. Her appearance is of a different vector from that of Rei and the others girls. But she is cute, and a type that’s popular but from the shadows.

“Da, damn, that shit… don’t tell me he is even going after to mess up Shizuka-chan as well. Nope, probably not. Since it’s Shizuka-chan we are talking about.”

“No–no way, no way right. It’s that Hamanaka we are talking about, you know?”

By the way, the guy talking like that while looking at us has this tag of (I know what Hamanaka is actually like) at the end of his sentence after all. But that was not actually the case. She is just kind to everyone.

And she’s… not that big. It is thanks to this that I am able to speak to her normally.

“Ah…found it, found it, here it is. Um, today we’re going to decide on the activities for our class in the school excursion, wasn’t it…?”

“Aa~h. but I’ll need to apologize to you first hand. Sorry, I might cause you some trouble in the end.”

After saying that and bowing his head… Hamanaka gave a wry smile.

“Ahaha…it can’t be helped. Since you have got so many cute girlfriends with you, like there?”

“… I don’t know what you’re misunderstanding but. They are definitely not my girlfriends.”

“……hue?”

When I said that, Hamanaka made a face that looked really shocked.

“Surely they do come and barge into my home. But we are definitely not lovers at all.

“… Hee. So that’s how it is. So that’s what it is.”

[TL: Please no… my workload…]

Hamanaka, saying that… smiled sweetly while looking at me.

–Ah, I definitely made the wrong choice over here. About what, but why, just when and how. Obviously I don’t know that, but this much is something I just understood nevertheless.

No, please let it be a misunderstanding. Please just be an overly self-conscious instinct.

[TL: I am with you… Please…]

“Fufu. Then I also got a chance right~♪”

[TL: NOOOOOOOOOOOO]

“St–… stop spewing bad jokes here and there. No, like seriously.”

I unintentionally said it with a straight face and a dead serious tone. But, Hamanaka just laughed out loud.

“Just kidding, just a joke.”

“No like really, it’s bad for my heart.”

She caresses her chest with those words. ……But why. Why are my goosebumps still upright? Just why won’t my bad feelings go away?

Why is there a sense of tension, as if I was about to face a completely naked Rei in front of me?

“… Arre? Are you perhaps feeling cold?”

And then… her hand reached out to mine and rubbed my arm.

“No, it’s, it’s really fine. Rather than that, let’s continue our talks.”

I shook my head violently while taking a step away and separating my hand from her.

Damn, why my goosebumps just don’t plan on calming down.

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