I was certain I had chosen the wrong high school to enter.
The reason was the large tree directly in front of the school gate, and the object sitting beneath it.
A mysterious liquid oozing from its entire surface. The red-black appearance was clearly abnormal.
There’s no way this is something I should be seeing on the day of the entrance ceremony.
I looked around, hoping to share the misfortune of seeing “that” with others. However, they were walking as if nothing was amiss.
Perhaps they’re the type of students whose spirits don’t waver even when faced with a human-sized lump of meat.
As for me, I’m somewhat weak-minded, so I really wanted to go home. But I couldn’t skip on the first day.
Swallowing hard, I continued walking.
Just look at the sky. That way, “that” won’t enter my field of vision.
Splat.
「Umm.」
I had underestimated the situation.
When did I start thinking the lump of meat wouldn’t move?
Ignoring the soft sensation I felt through my uniform, I lowered my gaze from the distant heavens. The lump of meat was there.
「Ah, sorry!」
And it spoke.
I’ve never encountered a communicative lump of meat before, but perhaps they learn to talk as they grow.
Maybe they can speak once they reach human size. I’ve always cooked the meat I bought immediately, so I’ve never seen it grow.
「No, I wasn’t paying attention either.」
I was looking at the sky after all.
「Fufufu, then it’s mutual, isn’t it?」
「I guess so.」
The voice of that lump of meat was quite cute.
There’s an expression “like the ringing of a bell”, and if I closed my eyes, I might really think an extraordinarily beautiful girl was speaking.
But when I open my eyes, there’s a lump of meat that seems skilled at driving one’s sanity straight to the grave. It’s a scam.
「You’re probably a first-year too, right?」
「Yeah, I am.」
「Waa, then what a coincidence! Shall we go to the entrance ceremony together?」
I’m not sure what’s coincidental about it, but I guess I have to go along with the flow.
If I refuse, I might be cursed for generations. It looks like it could curse me.
Looking closely, there were tentacle-like things growing from everywhere.
Or rather, it seems to be a first-year student. In the girls’ uniforms, the ribbon color varies by grade, but the lump of meat had neither a ribbon nor a uniform.
If human laws could be applied to a lump of meat, it might be arrested for public indecency. Though I don’t know if anyone would have the courage to call “this” obscene.
「…Did you not want to?」
I see, it makes a voice that almost makes you nod involuntarily.
But it’s a lump of meat. As someone who considers himself not quite outside the realm of humanity, I’m not at all affected by the trembling voice of a lump of meat.
So I should firmly reject it and, if possible, submit a withdrawal notice to the school that’s admitting this lump of meat.
「It’s fine.」
「Waa, thank you so much!」
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What am I thinking?
My mouth ignored the polite rejection I had in mind, “You look like someone who might keep me from entering heaven”, and instead spoke like a typical Japanese person going with the flow.
It’s definitely not because of the jealous looks from around us.
Jealous looks? Could they be directed at me for talking to the lump of meat?
I’ve only lived a little over fifteen years, but I never thought I’d experience being envied for conversing with a lump of meat.
If you want to trade places, just say so.
「Let’s go!」
I was curious how the lump of meat would move, and it seems to crawl along the ground like a slug. The mysterious liquid oozing from its entire body leaves a trail on the ground, just like a slug.
It’s a sight that anyone with a normal mind wouldn’t be able to look at directly, so I gently looked up at the sky.
It was annoyingly bright blue. My face was probably the same color.
When I lowered my gaze, it was bright red. The exact opposite of my face color.
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I must have committed quite a sin in my past life.
「It’s fate that we’re sitting next to each other!」
「Yeah.」
No way.
With a strong will not to look at the person next to me no matter what, I watch the unmotivated teacher writing on the board.
After the entrance ceremony ended and class assignments were distributed, I thought I’d forget about this morning and start my glorious high school life, but then this happened.
This is a situation you wouldn’t fall into unless you had committed deicide in a past life.
By chance or inevitability, my seat was in the back row by the window.
My name is “Adashino You”, so it might be inevitable.
In this school, it seems we sit in order from the back by the window.
But if that’s the case, was it inevitable that this lump of meat, Kusakabe Nanaka, would be next to me?
So fresh despite her appearance. If she were a meat-devouring warrior, she definitely wouldn’t be sitting next to me.
It’s not too late, so please change your name. And graduate from being an exception to the rule that names reflect their bearers.
「Hey, hey.」
After Nanaka stood up for some reason, a boy sitting in front of me spoke to me.
Looking at the printout on my desk, his name seems to be Itou Hiromasa.
He deepens his smile without trying to hide his frivolous atmosphere.
「Aren’t you lucky to have such a beautiful girl nearby?」
「Ha?」
「What’s that? Are you going to say Kusakabe-san isn’t cute? Anyone can see she’s a beautiful girl, so stop acting tough like a middle schooler.」
Whether middle schooler or elementary schooler, I don’t think anyone would describe that as a beautiful girl regardless of age.
Thinking so, I was about to say it, but something seemed off.
「By the way, what part exactly?」
「Eh, let’s see… Definitely her beautiful blonde hair. And that sharp nose, those plump lips, those galaxy-like eyes!」
I didn’t understand a single thing.
The lump of meat has no beautiful blonde hair, no sharp nose, no plump lips, no galaxy-like eyes.
Hiromasa seems convinced that Nanaka is a beautiful girl. If I believe the information he’s giving, she certainly would be. But I can only see a lump of meat.
Is it me that’s strange or the world?
I couldn’t find an answer before Nanaka returned.
LOL, this is quite nice.