On the rooftop, Mai had already changed back into her school uniform, but the shock on her face remained.
“You… why are you here? And why are you wearing our school uniform?”
She couldn’t hold the question back anymore.
Ethan spread his hands.
“Ever considered the possibility that I’m a student here?”
“How is that possible? Aren’t you from another world?”
She used the chat group as evidence.
He chuckled.
“Just because everyone comes from different worlds doesn’t mean every single person does.”
“If you don’t believe me, go check my records.”
“…Fine.”
She was mostly convinced now.
“How did you find me?”
Ethan looked at her.
“Maybe I’d already noticed you hanging around the library. So naturally, I knew where to look.”
“???”
Mai froze.
“You mean you’ve seen me before? Then why didn’t you say anything?”
A grin tugged at his lips.
“If I had, I might’ve missed the chance to see a beautiful bunny girl sitting across from me.”
…
An image popped into Mai’s mind instantly.
Herself sitting on the desk in a bunny suit while he pretended not to see her.
Her neck flushed bright red.
This guy really is a pervert.
Yesterday he’d made that kind of deal with Saeko too.
Her guard shot up.
“What do you want from me?”
“Nothing much. Just wanted to see you and tell you to stop wandering around the library in a bunny suit.”
He picked up his jacket and walked toward the rooftop door, speaking over his shoulder.
“I don’t want the bunny girl I’ve taken a liking to getting noticed by someone else. If you run into trouble, come find me… and we can make a deal. Haha.”
And then he left.
Mai Sakurajima’s thoughts were a tangled mess.
That line just now… “the bunny girl I’ve got my eye on.” Was that a confession?
“Tch…”
Mai already knew her problem couldn’t be solved just by attracting attention in a bunny suit.
She had given up on that idea a while ago.
Still…
“I will never make a deal with you!” 😤
Saeko Busujima was an ordinary person with nothing to trade, so she had used her body to save her friends.
Mai was an ordinary person too.
But she wasn’t at the point where she had to sell her body.
After all, she wouldn’t die from this.
At worst, she just wouldn’t be seen by anyone.
…
Evening, after school.
Standing in front of her apartment door that wouldn’t open, Mai felt completely lost.
There was a “For Rent” sign posted beside it.
“What’s going on?”
At first she was confused.
Then a possibility hit her.
“Is this because of my existence problem?”
Had the landlord completely forgotten her… and even forgotten that the apartment was already rented?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
She immediately called the landlord.
But… no one answered.
“….”
Mai fell silent.
She considered staying at a hotel.
Then remembered that not only could people not see her, she didn’t even have money anymore.
“I…”
For the first time, Mai Sakurajima truly panicked.
Right now, all she had was her schoolbag and her bunny suit.
Where could she go?
Home?
The thought of her irreconcilable conflict with her mother made her discard that option instantly.
After thinking it over again and again, she realized she truly had nowhere to go.
And even if she got through today…
What about tomorrow?
Was she supposed to wander forever?
Hugging her knees as she crouched by the door, Mai felt an overwhelming wish to be seen for the first time.
🥺
Suddenly, she lifted her head.
“The chat group!” 📱
She and Ethan were from the same world.
And he could see her.
Ask him for help?
But she had just sworn today that she wouldn’t go to him.
“….”
She pressed her lips together.
This was a last resort.
Forget it.
Mai Sakurajima: “@Ethan, are you there?” 💬
Ethan: “What do you want?”
Mai Sakurajima: “Where do you live?”
Ethan: “Oh? How did you know I just moved today?”
“I wasn’t asking about that!”
His joking tone made Mai want to complain out loud.
Stella: “What’s going on? You two aren’t even from the same world, so why ask that?”
Ethan: “Funny thing, actually. We are from the same world. Same school, same grade.” 🌍
Akame: “So people from the same world can be in the chat group too.”
If only the rest of Night Raid could join…
Frieren: “School? That sounds like a place similar to a human academy.”
Saeko Busujima: “Mm.”
Ethan: “Oh, Saeko Busujima, you’re here. How’s your body recovering?”
Stella: “Wait a second! Why are you asking about that in the chat group?!”
Stella instantly realized he meant afterward.
Ethan: “It’s my chat group. Nothing I can’t talk about.”
My group, my rules.
That’s just how I am.
“…..”
“Chat Group: Harem Fights For Me”