《Mind Reading in Love》


 1. Mind Reader Girl Daily Life

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    Hmm~ Hmm~


    What a nice day to walk at the school~


    Hearing bird chirping~


    The sound of beetle can be heard~


    (Hey, is that girl, weird? Singing and jumping?)


    (Yeah, if you see it.)


    (Oh here she is at it again, the lonely wolf)


    (What a weird girl)


    Yep, I can read others mind. Sigh* Really, in everyday life hearing what they thinking about me is painful. Still, I am used to it. I don''t know how it started but it just happened I can read people''s minds. I didn''t know what happened first, it was just like they were talking to me but their mouth didn''t move a bit. I thought that was normal but apparently, that''s not the problem. They scared me.


    My name is Nina Cascandra, a girl who wanted to be normal and just it. People have their thoughts about something. Whether is bad or good. They can''t even divide about "fact" or "opinion" just constantly angry at people who touch their hearts. Is not like me to feel this way.


    Cheer up, Nina! Cheer up!


    I mean, even though I can read what people thinking, I am not bullied. That''s the... Maybe that''s normal to not be bullied but, in fact that I was different and still looked normal makes me feel at ease.


    I restrain myself from making friends. I know what other people thinking. For example, that guy is in 2-B class and he has a problem with his family.


    (They are fighting again.)


    And that woman, who likes her friend''s boyfriend.


    (Why did not me who chosen by him? What is so good about this *****?)


    Uh, wow... What a woman.


    In short, they have their problem in front of me. Like water leaks, those problems flow to my mind if I don''t turn off the water supplies. The problem is, I can''t turn off it. I can only degrade by focusing my ability on one person and the others'' thoughts will be gone for that moment.


    Ring* ring*


    The sound of my middle school. Now is the last month I study in this place. No friend to talk to, no teacher who cares, just a lonely wolf. I think I like that title a bit.


    On my way in the hallway.


    "What!? Just what''s your problem!!?"


    "You lack of your skills because of your boyfriend that''s my problem."


    Slap!*


    Just, what? I just want to enjoy my final episode in this school and I see this drama. Ah No!!


    Ouch... The information is leaking. She is the one who slaps that girl who has having boyfriend who wants to be supported by his girlfriend and the girlfriend who always wants to support her boyfriend. Wholesome but not in my eyes, she cares so much about him without knowing that she is just a "Misstress" apparently.


    Here is the number one of this school. Have a blue-haired ponytail and wear glasses. She was to "slap" her with the fact that his boyfriend just become a "nuisance" for her performance in student council.


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    "You are the worst!!! You even don''t know him!!"


    She ran outside and hit me a bit. Luckily I predicted that so I didn''t fall.


    I look back inside the classroom.


    (Why do people do it if their performance slowly will be numb? I just don''t get what this girl thinks. huh?)


    She looked at me. Sigh* This is my last month so why not?


    "Need help."


    "Don''t need."


    Hey, I even smiled brightly at you, you know? Ah, whatever. I walk to my classroom.


    In the middle of the lesson, I think that person is quite admirable for me. Where all of the student council member all in love or just being "ghost member", she is the one who handle it solo. Maybe because of her capability, she gets hated by others. Same as her, I don''t know why people do something about someone they care about or cherish.


    The last member who actually helped something for her now has left. She is the last. Friendship is easy to crack in my point of view.


    I look outside and see birds chirping with each other on the electric cable. I love animals, they are just carnal, and didn''t think it too much. I mean, if there was a lion who declared that he is vegetarian what would the lion do? The answer is nothing. That depends on each other preference. It''s just I don''t know why people hurt other people to protect their belongings.


    "Class 3-C, Nina Cascandra, Informing you to go to the Student Council room. I will repeat-"


    ...


    "You are Nina Cascandra right?"


    The person in front of me is the most capable person I know. Her name is Eluthya Arc. Her beauty appearance shined after the wind blew away the window curtain behind her. What a wonderful sight.


    "Is it something on my face?"


    "..."


    I was trying to not hear the information and yet she destroyed my focus. The information keeps leaking. Maybe it is like this.


    (I should shut her mouth, my reputation will be bad if she spreads the rumor.)


    (I chose that classroom because I think that there aren''t usually people who care to see inside it.)


    (How does she know about us getting into an argument inside it?)


    (Bad, I think I should smiled at her to keep her relaxed or this discussion won''t have a point.)


    Yeah, something like that. Overthinking causes you mental sickness, and mental sickness causes you to have various sicknesses.


    "There is no something wrong about your face, sorry I blanked a bit because this is the first time I get called here."


    Skill activated: Pretended to be innocent. This will make me become a good girl just by the words I said.


    (Sigh* that''s normal for it. I should give her an explanation.)


    "I am terribly sorry to you for hearing that argument. I a bit overreacted and it was just she slapped me because I was wrong. I hope you didn''t spread anything bad about that girl."


    Hoh, that''s interesting. Positioning yourself as the one who gets blamed and the story will end. But, I just wanted to be a normal person. I will end it quickly.


    "S-sorry, I hear it. I will not spread it I swear. That relieves me, I think there is something that I should not hear it."


    "Don''t be so afraid. Ah, I will make you a tea."


    Professionalism, individualism, that''s her. I can do it by myself so just get out of my way. It''s a bit rude to describe people''s kindness to that twisted phrase.


    The sound of tea poured into the glass, steamed a bit, and caused her glasses to blur.


    "Sorry but, could you give me a tissue?"


    "O-oh, yeah."


    I give her tissue and she gives me the tea. I put it on the table and waited for her to wipe the steam on her glasses.


    (This girl, why did she start her word with a stutter word? Maybe it''s because of her low social skills to others.)


    "I hear that you didn''t have a friend."


    So this is why she got slapped in her face. Then I will act a bit.


    "Y-yeah, my first debut is not that good and here I am."


    (It seems she is just smart. I didn''t think she had other capabilities to get titled the Second smartest in this school.)


    She sits back in her seat.


    (But, this is my chance to face a person who is similar to me in academics. You can become number one but there are just a few people who can get one hundred in all lessons.)


    I mean yeah, thanks for the information that you leaked in your brain. Eluthya''s class is behind my classroom. I can focus on her and get perfect scores easily.


    "I know maybe this is late but let''s become friends."


    This is too late you dummy.


    "Y-yeah, m-may I leave now?"


    (...)


    Ouch...


    "Are you okay?"


    Just what was that? She is thinking so fast that it hurts my head.


    "I-I think I should get a rest in the infirmary."


    "Ah, yeah... Then you can leave."


    You even didn''t try to help me to get the infirmary you? Sigh* whatever. The important thing now is my head is a bit hurt. But, lucky to have that because I have reason to leave this room.


    ...


    I think that works too well. I even got a letter that I could skip the day. Am I the one who is sane to realize that "a girl with a headache goes home by herself?" is weird? The teacher just said it blatantly and left me alone with this letter.


    Sigh* whatever.


    "Nina? Are you hurt? No one bullies you right?"


    "N-no, there is no one... Huh? Bullied?"


    (Oh, I misspoke it!! I forgot, oh... What is it, what is it... Ah the soup in the kitchen!)


    So random... I mean, what!? I am, the one who can read people''s minds, didn''t know it? Oh wait, I will recall it again.


    Before sleep, (Oh poor our daughter, her school life must be hard.) On the way to my school, (Hope you have a great friend who can protect you.) On my way home, (My daughter is strong as ever.) At the dinner, (If you have a problem you can say it to us.)


    So that was about I am getting bullied?!! N-no I am not, I should clear this misunderstanding.

 2. Mind Reader Girl Daily Life (2)

    We are sitting on the seat around the table. It''s my mom in front of me now, pouring a porridge with soup she cooked.


    "Listen, mom, I didn''t get bullied."


    "Y-yeah, that''s fine really."


    (Is it that bad for my daughter to lie about it?)


    In fact, I am not bullied and my mom is now so worried about me even though she didn''t trust what her daughter said. Sigh* think it Nina, think it carefully.


    I soften my voice. "Mom, I am not bullied. My daily school life, I enjoyed with joy and happiness."


    She starts crying.


    W-wait what?! How? What the!? Now I am confused.


    (Oh dear, she tried to comfort me, and look am I now... Crying in front of her.)


    Shocked, this will be going uncontrollably. What now? Should I firm how I spoke? No, I didn''t want my mom to feel sorry for me. I should search for how I can make my mom smile again.


    ...


    (I am bad being her mom. I am a bad mother. How could I leave my daughter to suffer this much.) Sniff*


    How did it become like this?! Filled with shock I can''t even imagine that my words stabbed me like this. I should know how to maintain it. I know it because I always manipulate others to not try to come near me in one sentence. I mean, I am the lone wolf. Harsh word to make them stay away from me is my daily. In fact, I am the one who usually bullies others with my harsh words. I think it''s my karma.


    Bam!*


    We looked at the door that suddenly banged.


    "I''ll definitely meet you in the movie!! Bye~"


    My sister looks at us. The first thing she always does after going home is put her shoes on the desk but she is just startled at us.


    "W-what happened?!" Said her after looking at us she felt confused and shocked.


    I bet looking at our mom crying in front of her sister makes her feel worried.


    She walks to our mom and hugs her from behind. After that, she looked at me with sharp eyes.


    "Why are you harassing our mom?!"


    "..." Harassing?


    "Listen! I am trying to clear our misunderstanding here." Said me assertively.


    (Waaah...)


    Good, Now my sister looking at me with a disgusted face.


    "Don''t worry Nina, I know I am a bad mother for you."


    I didn''t even say a single word about you being a bad mother to me. Just how did it happen? I just trying to clear our misunderstanding and yet it comes out in a twisted way.


    "No worry Mom, let me talk about it each other!" Said my sister with a smile.


    My mom looked at her and smiled too.


    ...


    "Then? How did that happen?" Said my sister while lying on the floor in my room.


    "Look, I am on the right path. You didn''t have a reason to accuse me Mrs." Said me while sitting on my bed.


    "You are clever and yet you can comfort our mother." Said my sister with a disappointed face while looking at me.


    "S-sorry."


    I try to avoid her eyes. She stood up and grabbed my head forcing it to look at her.


    "Look sister, we know you could do it. Now read my mind."


    Ouch, same when I look at what''s inside Eluthya''s mind. It hurt me. This is my sister, far more genius than me. Her name is Rina Cascandra. Olympics? Academics? Achievements? All of those can she do it. her life is full of joy and happiness, unlike me who prevents people from approaching me, she has many friends. Her attitude is the best and all of her friends call her Lily Princess.


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    It''s not like I envy her. What she wants to do depends on her. Just, she has a twisted personality to me.


    "See? You can''t, no one could read my mind." Said my sister with a creepy smile at me.


    "That''s why you will feel happy while we are al-" She stopped talking as I hit her head with my finger.


    "Ouch, that hurt sis."


    Her eyes were about to cry. I know that''s fake. It''s not like I can''t do it. I just restrained it. If I too much read, it''s the same as overwriting my personality. I love myself so I don''t want to do it.


    Mind Reading is not I can hear it through my ears. The thoughts will come inside my mind and overwrite it as I hear it through my ears. And if I turned off the "overwrite" function. It will be forced to get inside my mind. My head hurt because I still turned on the "overwrite" function and it happens as I hear too many people talking to me at once.


    "You should handle your lil''sis with care!!" Said her while pouting at me.


    Meanwhile, I look at her with a plain face.


    "So, what do you want to talk about?" Ask me while changing my clothes.


    "W-wait!! What do you want to do!?"


    I don''t know why she got panicked looking at me change clothes...


    (Awh~ her body is so perfect I want to handle it with carefulness and love it with all of my senses.)


    She blushed because knew that I could read her mind.


    "It''s not like it''s the first time I read your twisted mind." Said me while continuing what I was doing.


    "I-I-I think you didn''t know..." Said her in a loud to low voice.


    "Listen, our mom is crying below us and you think about "handle" me with care?" Said me, laughing.


    She blushed again in front of me.


    She stood and ran outside my room. "You dummy!!"


    This misunderstanding will never be fixed. I should change the way I would say. Either comfort her with my words to make her believe that I didn''t get bullied, or I should offer her the answer about what she worried about me. In short, I will lie to her.


    "So, are you done talking?" Ask my mom with a gentle voice and care.


    (I hope her weight is lifted a bit.)


    I walk from the stairs while holding my handphone and walk to sit at the dinner table with tissue on it.


    With softening my voice, I start talking to her. "Mom, I want to go to an all-girl high school."


    She covered her mouth with her hand.


    (Owh!! so that was so bad. Now my daughter start to leave her reality.)


    H-ho- Ah... Nevermind. It''s fine, I just should lie to her. Many people come to approach me, I tell them a lie and they start to hate me after that. Wait, I don''t want to my mom hate me. But, it will break her hurt if she knows her daughter lying. Even though she already misunderstood me and thought that I lied to her at first.


    I open up my phone and search for a school. "There is a school that I can enjoy. It is built on a remote island and I think I can feel at ease there."


    I give my phone to my mom and she looks at it.


    "Yur L'' Ebian Highschool?"


    I take a piece of tissue and wipe my mom''s tears.


    "Yeah, it''s a famous high school with strict rules. It said that the alumnus surely will get a job. You can calm now Mom..." I am still softening my voice. I don''t want to hurt and make my mom feel worried about me anymore.


    (My daughter wants to start again at zero. As her mother, I should support her.)


    I smile after reading her mind. Even though she knows that I can read my mind... NO, Please I don''t want to think about it again.


    "Ah, why is my daughter so smart like this? I feel proud of you two." Said my mom with ease and happiness.


    Ask that to our father. He is so smart that our daily life can be ensured until we are dead without one of us working.


    I hug her and our talk is over.


    ...


    At the night...


    I am stroking my little sister''s hair. It is soft and smells good.


    "Hey sis, are you sure to go that place?" Ask her.


    (I will feel lon- Ah wait, she can read it.)


    I clicked my tongue.


    "Huh?" She turned her face at me.


    I smile at her. "It''s nothing, I thought you would feel lonely just that."


    "U-uwu..."


    She jumped at me and hugged me making me fall on her bed. I can smell her good vagrant. She looks at me with a sad face.


    "I''ll miss you."


    "If you miss me then throw all of my photos and crash that camera of you."


    I point my finger on the corner of my desk. There is a small camera on it. I look at her face again and she already averted my eyes.


    With a smug face, I said. "What''s the matter? You said I am clever right?"


    "So what? Want me to cross our line now?" Said her with a serious and creepy smile at me.


    "Our mom will be sad."


    "But not for me. I am sure will "handle" you with care... I promise~" She looks more creepier than I think.


    "And if that happens, I will hate you with all of my life."


    "Not until you break." Said her while smiling at me even creepier than before.


    "Then break me as you will do and we will never meet each other again." Said me with a firm voice and sharp eyes at her.


    She shocked. She stopped crawling on me and just sat beside me.


    "Why I can''t even beat you in words."


    "Because you are my sister. My experience through you is more than yours."


    I don''t want to think that my sister is lust after me. I hug her with my left hand. She lay her head on my shoulder.


    "You know, I will miss you so much." Said my sister with a sad voice.


    She turned her head at me. She looks at me and moves her head in front of me.


    She appears in front of my face with a creepy smile full of lust. "Until that time, don''t ever cheat on me~ sister~"


    I hit her head with my finger.


    "Ouch... You do it again!!" Said her while pouting at me.


    I walk outside my sister''s room but my hand is grabbed by my sister.


    "Why are you so confident? Do you hate me?"


    She looks down while strongly grabbing my hand. Her thoughts are like a waterfall. Sound loud and it''s pressure is so high. Not like my mother, she is watching drama on television on the first floor while thinking that I wants in love again.


    I feel that my sister gets more and more creepier as time goes on. I walk at her and stroke her head with my hand gently.


    "I still have two months, so let''s do something together at that time." Said me while stroking her head gently.


    She nods at me. I can feel she sniffing at me.


    I push her a bit. "Now, the fanservice is gone, go sleep now." Said me assertively.


    I walk outside and close the doors. I mean, why should I feel scared of her? She is my own sister. Why should I hate her? Does she think that because she loved me so much I will hate her? Why? Why does she feel like that? Yeah, whatever.

 3. Mind Reader Girl Daily Life (3)

    Ring* ring*


    Bell alarm from my middle school. It sounded a bit shrill when it rang the fourth time. Don''t know why they set it like that, or maybe they forgot about it. No, if there is a problem who blatantly like that and no one recognizes it... Really, just how dense are those people?


    3 weeks after my mom told me that I was bullied in school. As a result, she picked me up every day, EVERY DAY. And yet!! She still believes the fact that I am bullied!!!


    "Okay, mom... You can go home now."


    After smiling at her, went to school and my mom waved at me while I was going inside the school.


    (Nina... Sorry for you to endure that.)


    I give up!!


    I give up!! To tell her the truth!!


    Second floor, my class is on the second floor. In the hallway to my class, Eluthya is walking while carrying a box of documents.


    (Looks like they trust me to handle this exam paper.)


    She looks at me. I greeted her and asked if anything I could help with. She declined it but, after a moment she carried that. She falls to the floor.


    (Ow, ow, my leg.)


    Sigh* This is why...


    ...


    "Where?"


    "To Teacher Room on the first floor, second building."


    I decided to help her anyway. But why she do this alone? This is too heavy to girl handle it. My legs become a bit numb because of this heavy thing.


    At the Teacher Room...


    "Thank you Eluthya, you''re really a great girl."


    (Huh? Who is she?)


    (Ah, good for you Eluthya. You have a friend now.)


    (Eluthya is beauty as ever.)


    (Thanks for always doing our job.)


    Their thoughts are leaked everywhere. I rushed to get out of that flow of thoughts or I will get involved with something I should not know.


    (Friend huh?)


    I am surprised, How did she know that thoughts? And ho-


    Uh... My head hurt again.


    She knew it and smiled at me faintly. "Is there something bothering you?"


    "Ah, I just thought that I wanted to treat you something." Said me with a smile.


    (What?)


    She looks at me suspiciously. On the other hand, she didn''t think any bad of me. Sometimes it happens, that people who don''t connect between what they do with what they think.


    "Is not the opposite?" Said her still looking at me suspiciously.


    "I want to say "thanks" to you. It''s just that." Said me with a sigh.


    She looks down and thinks it back.


    (She is the second person I knew who got perfect scores in all lessons. I think it''s not that bad to feel it.)


    Feel it?


    She looked at me and said with her smile. "Then, where will we go?"


    Am I now just... proposing a date to her? Ah, whatever. I will do it. After that, I go back to my class. She walks beside me.


    "Hey, didn''t you have work to do?" Said me while walking to the first building.


    "Yeah, treated by you right?" Said her with a faint smile.


    I look at her. Huh? It''s mean now? Now!? We are still on exam day you know!!?


    She stared at me with a faint smile.


    (I wonder where will she treat me.)


    Sigh* the more people near me the more difficult I can read her mind. If there is a condition that she and I get scolded by the teacher and do that exam together... Then why not?


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    ...


    (I didn''t even think about this place before.)


    She looks surprised by her face. Same as her thoughts. I took her to a mall. Yeah, two girls, skipping class on exam day.


    Normally, knowing people who want to approach me is easy peasy but, because of this crowd, I didn''t even realize that we were catching guards'' attention.


    "Wait!! You should not be here at this time."


    She smiled gently and shone her beauty on that guard man. She shows him a card.


    "This is!! You can pass. Sorry for bothering you." Said her after moving his hat down a bit.


    He walked away and continued his duty to patrol this mall.


    Wait, what happened?!?


    Before I think about it further, she grabs my hand and smiles at me. "Then, where will you treat me?" Said her with a happy tone and bright smile.


    I am not like a normal girl who walks inside the mall endlessly, tries anything inside it, and leaves without buying anything. I am always strict with myself.


    If I didn''t want to buy it then I would not go!


    That was what I thought until I looked at the cosplay store. That''s... That''s!!! The most valuable clothes I''ve ever seen!!


    Looking at them makes me feel excited and I want to try it on my sister.


    "What are you looking at?"


    There are clothes from Devil Slayer, Saruto, and even Cleach!!


    Someone touched my waist. I was startled that I jumped a bit.


    "A-ah, yes?"


    "Pfft... I don''t know if you like those things."


    Ah, It''s over. She will think that I am a weirdo!


    (What an interesting person. I still don''t know why she wants to treat me but, yeah... Never mind for that.)


    In the end, I treat her with all of my money. Clothes, food, and even accessories...


    Who am I!? Her fiance!? Uh... whatever. But still, I enjoy it.


    I look at her drinking the tea. She put it down and looked at me seriously.


    "What for?"


    (I am tired of waiting for this.)


    "I can read your mind so, it''s my treat to let me cheat." Said me after drinking iced tea.


    "Here''s your order girls, hope you enjoy the pizza."


    Owh... The pizza was full of mozzarella. It smells good and there are some mushrooms on it too. Just as I like it.


    "You can read, my, mind?" Said her with a confused face. Her face is a big sign for me that she didn''t believe what I said.


    (What does she mean?)


    It''s not like I hide it. I usually tell them that I can mind reading and yet they just laugh at that moment. It''s fine I think?


    After that, the atmosphere becomes awkward. She didn''t know what she wanted to say about it and I didn''t find any interesting topic to talk about.


    After that, we didn''t even meet with each other until the graduation day came.


    "-I hope we can catch our future and contribute to society. Thanks for your time, this is the graduation day, and hope we can still be friends after our three years."


    Clap* clap* clap*


    (Friend? She didn''t even have one!)


    (Hey!! Want to celebrate it in my house?)


    (Wanna go to mall?)


    (Don''t cha meet your honey, right?)


    I shake my head to clear that thought inside my mind. The graduation continued with her as the leader of the student council giving her position to our juniors. She is the only one whom even all teachers agree to make her the leader of the student council for three periods.


    My mom waiting for me at the gate with my sister. My sister ran to me and hugged me.


    "Hehe~ My sister now aged."


    I hit her head with my finger.


    "Watch your mouth kiddo, I am not an old hag!" Said me while smiling at her.


    "Ouch, could you stop that thing?!" Said her while stroking her head where I hit her.


    (Awh~ My own daughter is already this old.)


    Even my mom thinks it too... Uh... I just want to go home.


    Fiuh... my registration at Yur L'' Ebian High School is finished. Why did I want to get into this school? Because my valuable cheating material will go to that school too!


    The sound of my door opening. I look behind and close my laptop on my desk.


    "What''s wrong Rina?" Said me with a smile trying to be polite a bit.


    She looks down while holding her teddy bear. Her pajamas look a bit of a mess.


    "You still want to go there?" Said her with a low voice.


    "Yeah, That''s my final decision." Said me after sitting on my bed.


    "Is it because of your cheating material?"


    It surprised me. Not for her knew it but for said genuinely to me. This is weird, I can''t read her mind. Or maybe she didn''t think at all.


    "Nah, it''s fine. Then I will join that school next year." Said her proudly with a smile.


    Wow, that was so fast. I think that she will explode in a second like before. I mean, I don''t know Is that the word "explode" can describe that thing. Still, I am happy to hear it. She is still my family. If my family sad it''s will bother me all day.


    "Hey... Sis... Can we sleep together tonight? For the last day?" Said her plead at me.


    "Last day your ass, It''s just for a moment ago I f-"


    Before I could end my words, she said. "No, this is your last day." with a serious-looking face straight at me.


    "Then, handle your sister with your care tonight." Said me forgetting what it means.


    (W-w-w-w-w-what!!!!?)


    Ups, I misspoke it. Her face became red at that second because of shock and fluttered.


    "Ehm! Okay, I will handle you with care tonight." Said her still fluttered with my words.


    I look at her suspiciously.


    "At the second chance, Let me sleep alone." Said me while turning off the lamp.


    "Aw... You can''t!"


    In the end, we slept together and nothing happened.


    As she said before, this day is really my last day. Don''t know why but a limousine appeared in front of my house in the morning.


    "Nina!!!"


    I wake up. I wiped my eyes, yawned, went to the bathroom, washed my face, and went back to sleep.


    "Hey!! Don''t sleep again." Said my mom while pulling out my blanket.


    "Please... mom... I want to sleep..." Try to pull it back.


    In the end, she threw a water bucket to wake me up. Even my sister was shocked by what our mom did.


    Going downstairs, I see there are four black-haired women in suits there. Two behind the blonde-haired woman on our table. Two people are near the limousine from the window.


    That blonde-haired woman waved her hand at me with her bright smile.


    "I will bring you to the school."


    "huh?" Still gathering my soul.


    "Get packed, now!" Said her with a sudden serious face.


    The sound of bag packing, the sound of baggage closing, the sound of the door opening, the sound of the limousine machine and we go.


    Oh, girls... I didn''t even take a bath...


    We take a helicopter after that. I am asked to wear a headphone and we continue our travel.


    And after all days of traveling, we finally arrived at my new school. Yur L'' Ebian High School, From society for society.


    Not like other high schools where the name of the school is made on the wall. This school sculpted it on the wide plain. Even with Edwardian font!!


    Our helicopter landed on that wide plain. Not even perfectly landed, the blonde girl who stated her name as Stephanie Lambergh opens the door and jumps from the helicopter to the ground.


    At that second, many guards come and line up with each other.


    "Choose one of these guards to show this school." Said her while walking.


    She throws the headphones and walks proudly.


    After getting down, One of the guards asked me to give my headphones in her thoughts.


    The wind blowing hard on my pajamas. Really, traveling in pajamas is the last thing I could imagine. It really shocking.

 4. Yur L Ebian High School

    Looking at the guard handing me my headphones, I reached her hand and asked if she could show me all parts of this school.


    She threw the headphones and said with a smile. "With my pleasure."


    After all of the guards bowed down, we walked to the school slowly with me behind her. The helicopter flies away and never comes back. I stop a bit and look around.


    What a big building they had. This is the largest school I ever seen. I look around, even though we are in the middle of the ocean, I still can see the mainland.


    "What''s the matter?" Said the guard while looking at me.


    Look at her, she is not even thinking. Maybe, normal people will think that didn''t think it was the same as stupid. But for me, it makes me scared. I am hoping that she didn''t think just part of her stupidity.


    I follow that guard again while thinking. The people I can''t read now are three. That blonde-haired girl, Eluthya, and my sister.


    This school is surprisingly larger than I think. Entertainment, School building with high-end facilities, Lab for each lesson, and much more!!


    Look at this pool!! It''s really big!


    "Your surprised face truly delights me miss. I will show you more than this." Said her while opening the door to the underground of the pool building.


    Wow, five pools with a meter depth and the last room is the deepest pool I have ever seen with a one hundred meter depth. I am stunned now.


    "Fufu~ You truly are easy to be surprised don''t you?" Said her with a small laugh.


    Sigh* I don''t even have the energy to be surprised anymore. It is just different from my level.


    After touring around the school, we went to the main building, on the fifth floor precisely. Sigh* this school even has a lift to bring us on each floor.


    In the lift...


    "Umm... May I ask you something?" Asked me a bit nervous.


    "Oh! Yeah, you could asked me all day and please don''t be so polite to me." Said her with a smile.


    (Aw~ She''s so cute.)


    Huh? Am I being weird right now?


    "Anything wrong?" Asked her knowing my confused face.


    "Ah, sorry, U-Umm... Where are all of the students?" Asked me still a bit nervous.


    "They are still on holiday. Our principal will give you the proper information. Don''t worry." Said her with a wink.


    The lift door opened, and there was a hall with three doors in front of us. The left side is the women''s toilet, the right side is the men''s toilet, and the last in the corner is the Principal Room.


    We start to walk to the Principal Room. Not like the principal, the teacher''s room is on the right side building.


    On this island, there is three big building at the core. On the left side, we can find a "L" building focused on student activities like room for extracurricular and some student activities that needed room such as Student Council, Security Guard School (SGS), etc.


    On the right side, there is a "L" building focused on each lesson activity. There is a room for a Biology Lab, Physic Lab, Library, etc.


    The last is in the middle, the "I" building focused on student studying. There are fifteen classrooms, a canteen for each floor, four lifts, some elevators, and a principal room. There are some toilets too but yeah, I think it''s not counted as "room".


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    There are some buildings too like theaters, movies, game stations, beaches, malls, etc. Wait, mall? We didn''t even get any money from our parents! Or maybe this school is for rich people!?


    Uh... Nevermind. Back to now, we are in front of the Principal Room. The woman guard knocks on the door.


    "Come in."


    Her hands grab the door handle and open it up. She positioned herself and bowed down to me.


    "Welcome to our school."


    Six people are waiting for me. The one in the middle, the principal with the tag name "Alexander Grudge" Wow! The real Mr. Alexander is here. I see him almost on all of the television and the internet as the most genius person in the world. All of his creations are well-known to the public. One of his creations, the latest and the most fundamental technology he created, the world knew it as "A.I.".


    On his left side, there are one woman and one man. Secretary tags name as "Barbara Norwey." The pioneer of skincare and beauty of women. The head of guards tags name as "Falscroft Eunha." The pioneer who created the most secure security system in the world, Body Check. All of his technology is used as a security system around the world and he is the only one who can do that.


    On his right side, there are one woman and one man too. Treasurer tags name as "Gungnir Nana." Yeah, the number one as the richest person in the world. She was still that young not like the three other people who had aged. And the last person is "Cobra Gilliard." as the vice-principal. The man who is trusted by Mr. Alexander who supports all of his work gets known by the public.


    And the last girl in front of all, sitting on the seat with an empty seat on her left side. She didn''t use that name tag before. Her name is "Alice Grudge.", Mr. Alexander''s daughter.


    Well, why am I here?


    Alice looked at me and moved her hands asking me to come near her. Yeah, even without that hand movement I already knew what she meant because it is really readable.


    (come here and sit beside me.)


    She smiled at me but her thoughts were some kind of empty words I guess. Sigh* well, let''s do it anyway.


    "Nina Cascandra, I guess." Said Mr. Alexander.


    The door closed and the woman who toured me all part of this school left. What now? I am nervous but, it''s not like I feel it anyway. It''s more repulsive the perfect word I feel right now.


    "Don''t be so nervous girl. We don''t bite you." Said Eunha with an assertive voice.


    "You should not talk like that to a high schooler you silly." Said Barbara while rolling her eyes at him.


    "Oh? Am I scaring her right now!?" Said Eunha getting annoyed with her words.


    "You are just making it worse." Said Gilliard while looking at them a bit angry.


    (Why don''t you should behave like your age now? What a boomer.)


    You should look at yourself Mr. Gilliard, you are a boomer too.


    Mr. Alexander hit the bell near him. They stopped talking at the moment he hit it.


    "Let me explain it to you."


    Explain huh? Let me read it just to shorten the moment. First, turn off my "overwrite" function and let me start it.


    I think it just needed one second.


    Ok, I get it.


    "In short, you tell me that you have a plan called Lordeca. This plan is focused on creating some human who can lead and change your position as the pioneer of the world right?"


    They are shocked at that moment. Honestly, I didn''t dare to talk like that but the information got forced into my brain and one of the solutions I should do to prevent my head ached.


    "Impressive!" Said Mr. Alexander with an amazed face.


    "Is that deduction?" Said Eunha questioning my ability.


    "No, maybe the word that describes it is "reflex"." Said him while looking at Gilliard reject his way of thinking.


    "Then what is it?" Asked Barbara with excitement.


    "Quite impressive right? I found it in the middle of nowhere." Said Alice beside me with the same excitement as Barbara.


    "But, this is not like nine people before. If I could say it, her personality is... normal." Said Nana just shocked at that moment and back to her emotion again. Cool, and elegant.


    Huh? Nine people before?


    Ouch! My head, okay, okay! Fine! I turned it on again.


    "Are you not feeling well?" Asked her worried about me.


    (Should I bring her to the infirmary or the doctor-)


    "I am fine, it''s just, that I didn''t even take a bath.


    "Pfft! Hahaha! You shall take a bath, we will not talk to you anymore so you can go back." Said Mr. Alexander laughing.


    Chance!


    "Wait, Mr. Alex-"


    I cut his words with. "Then, goodbye."


    I stand, walk quickly outside, go to the women''s toilet, and let out all of my rainbow fluid. This level of nervousness is higher than I thought. Or maybe it''s just the pressure of my mind to me. I remember that I hadn''t used it for one year and here I am.


    I grab my bare head with my hand and think. Just what''s going on in this school!!? I didn''t here that this school was some kind of human project!!


    ...


    "But principal, we didn''t even explain to her about Lordeca." Said Barbara plainly.


    "The plan has changed." Said Mr. Alexander with a smile.


    "Huh? Just because of her? Don''t joke to me!" Said Eunha a bit angry and annoyed at the same time that he even hit the table in front of him.


    (That''s understandable, he always follows the rule and gives his life under it.) Gilliard thought.


    "That''s not the point Eunha! We still on the plan." Said Barbara getting annoyed.


    "So what!?" Said him getting angry.


    "We improve it." Said Mr. Alexander bravely and proud.


    ...


    Hah... Just what was that? The lore leaked again. They should not debate like that in front of me. What can I do about it anyway? They didn''t know that I could read their mind.


    The wind blew to my body. The sun is setting down. I look at the sky and say it to myself.


    "Just where am I?"

 5. Yur L Ebian High School (2)

    Sigh* this school wasn''t compatible with me. I started to doubt my decision about choosing this school.


    "Where was it again?"


    Looking around for my house. When I read those old men''s minds in the principal room plus with the woman guard before, there is one thing I can confirm about my state. I am a special student. That was shocking to know that they looked at me like that. I mean, where is my specialty? I can read their mind and that''s just it. Nothing more.


    I think I am lost. Where is it again? While walking around the school to search my house. I am gathering my thoughts and start to daydream thinking about this whole thing.


    The first thing is, I am special. Don''t know why but, there are nine more special people like me. What if there was someone who could read minds like I do? Sharing our thoughts, sharing our problems, and understanding each other. It''s really beautiful, right? Didn''t realize that I was smiling while thinking about it.


    I give up!


    This island is too big for me!


    Oh, didn''t realize that I walked near the cafe.


    "This is your tea sister~," Said one of the employees in the cafe to the white-haired little girl sitting on the chair as a customer.


    She nodded and opened up her black umbrella. I didn''t have a friend to talk so why not?


    I walk slowly approaching her. The wind blew my brown hair and her white hair.


    She looked at me, a bit round face with sparkling light blue eyes, and white-skinned with a petite appearance. Her hair looks fluffy and well-maintained. She smiled at me with her round lips. What a beauty. Compared to me, black wavy brown with a slim body. Really didn''t appeal that much.


    "Mind your business."


    Ouch! What a character break! I almost fall to it. Really, don''t even trust strangers, especially little girls.


    Sigh* fine, I will mind my own business. I turn back and look for a house that the woman guard before mentioned. That house will be our home with the other nine people. That website is lying to me. That website said that this school is dormitory and there is nothing suspicious about this place. Just a normal high-end all-girls high school on a remote island.


    While looking at that website I think that. (Oh! Is it like a prestigious all-girls high school where you can exchange your cross to your senior?) I was surprised to know that Eluthya likes kind of that thing. But why not? I have a crazy little sister so it will be fine. If you get into A class you will get one single room but for B to below you will get a shared room. Believe it or not, I am confident to enter the A class but yeah, I am in the S class according to those old men''s thoughts.


    S-class huh? A-class gets a single room and S-class gets the shared house. Funny...


    After walking a while...


    I think this is it. I remember that she mentioned about the pink rooftop. I open the door and there is a big hall welcoming me with its warm feeling. In the middle, there are four big sofas and one girl reading a book.


    A beautiful blonde girl with light green eyes looking at me. She smiled at me with her beautiful face. Judge from before, this girl is bad.


    (Don''t you have manners?)


    Maybe it''s just me who is wrong.


    "Is there anything that I could help you lil girl?" Said her with a beautiful smile.


    (I hope it didn''t take too long, I still want to finish this novel.)


    Looking outside, there are some boxes in front of the house. I opened it and those were my belongings.


    With a smile, I am looking at her. "Could you help with this?"


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    "Yes, It will be grateful that I could help beauty like you." Said her with a fine smile.


    She is getting annoyed and a bit angry. Yeah, that thoughts are leaked on me.


    (Look at this girl without knowing each other and ask me to handle her belongings. I will do something terrible to her after this.)


    Now, I am aware of that.


    ...


    "This is the last thing?" Asked her while wiping her sweat in her head.


    I smiled at her. "Yeah thank you." Really, I am grateful you still want to help me even-


    (I hope she will slip on the stairs.)


    Yeah, even her thoughts like that. Her tiredness covered her emotion. Teasing a beauty like that really gives me some new experience.


    I look at my room. Pink wall, one window, one desk, one table, one wheelchair and one bed. A curtain on the window and there is some electricity like heat Air Conditioner, electric fan, and handphone on the table. Handphone? I look at it.


    Face recognizing...


    Welcome, Nina Cascandra


    That''s amazing! New and unreleased A.I. System? This is the best thing I had!!


    I even kneeled down and started to worship this new and early technology.


    "W-what happen to you?"


    I look at my door. The girl from before looked at me with a shocked face.


    (This girl is weird! Let''s not be involved with this girl anymore.)


    "Y-yeah, whatever. Stay fine."


    After waving her hand, she ran to the first floor without saying anything. It leaves me with an awkward feeling with tears down. Hope this event never happens. In the end, the reality is cruel to me.


    Let''s just take a bath after opening all of these boxes. Sorting my belongings takes longer time than I think. Just how many of them!?


    After that, I take my dress and go to a bath... That''s what I thought. This is spring hot water. Never mind, this is even better than just a plain bathroom.


    (Where is that funny girl?) White-haired girl.


    Huh? Who''s talking?


    One of my abilities in mindreading is Overwrite. Human thoughts are very complex the same as the brain itself. Not just thought, the brain contains information, reflexes, characteristics, senses, and others for people to adapt and communicate. The second is Wireless Communicate. When I am alone, my ability expands into maximum range. In this state, I can change from mindreading to chatreading. It''s cool to say that... I mean, "Chatreading." Sounds cool right? The minus is I didn''t know their feeling while talking.


    (She is taking a bath. Are you interested in her?) Blonde-haired girl.


    (Interested? How come you conclude it like that!?) White-haired girl.


    (Don''t know, she is just weird and I thought you would join in.) Blonde-haired girl.


    (Ck! Don''t you try to prevent it.) White-haired girl.


    (It will hurt if I let you hit my beautiful face.) Blonde-haired girl.


    (You just can act and can''t do anything.) White-haired girl.


    (I am perfection, and you are just a turmoil.) Blonde-haired girl.


    (Said it after you beat me in chess.) White-haired girl.


    The conversation stopped. I deeply breath. Just what''s going on? Nevermind! I will just go to my room.


    I dress up and go to my room. Look at her hand, why it''s red and swollen like that? Her hand was not like that before. Did she hit it with her umbrella?!! What a crazy little girl she is.


    In my room, I looked at the handphone before. Contact, game, and all apps same as my old handphones. My laptop... I can''t find it. Where is it!!? In the bed? At the desk? Where is my treasure!!!


    Calm Nina, calm... Let''s remember what is inside it.


    ...


    "Hey Mom, you forget my sister''s laptop." Shouted my sister to her mom on the first floor.


    "Huh!!?"


    She rushed to Nina''s room.


    "Oh my, why they didn''t bring it?" Said her mom confused.


    "I don''t know it either. I will save it for now okay?" Asked Rina with a bright smile to her mom.


    "Then, that''s will in your care." Said her mom smiling to her daughter.


    Her mom goes back to the first floor. While at it, Rina laughed creepily.


    "My sis''s laptop, what''s inside it I wonder~," Said her with a creepy smile full of lust.


    ...


    It''s over. My sister is fine but my mom, if she knows it I will be in trouble...


    Anyway, I will be here for three years so I think she will be fine even if she knows it. Ignorance is truly blissful for this time.


    One another one comes to this house. I didn''t really get out of my room. Even I didn''t know my housemate''s name. Without realizing it, the day of school was coming.


    Well, ten people, without any uniform sitting on the sofa. Silent but deadly. Their eyes meet with each other. Pride, perfection, kindness, jealousy, nasty... the one word that can describe all of these students is "Weird.". They are all weird.


    Sigh* this will not make any progress. Let''s just walk to school.


    I stand up and walk outside. They stared at me and yeah, the best I can do is ignore them for now.


    In the handphone, there are balance points. I think it will be used as our currency in this school. The school with a high budget is different from other schools. They even give the students currency to please themselves. I don''t know how big ten thousand is but well... I am not the type who will buy everything I see.


    I am walking on the main street to the main building. Wait a minute... Why was It just us who didn''t have a uniform?! Oh, girls... They stared at me. At this time, I should not use my mindreading but what can I do about it!!? It''s my passive skill. I hope they didn''t think that I am weirdo and som-


    (So she is the one of Decalord they mentioned)


    Huh? They are amazed at me?


    (She will be the one who leads this world.)


    (Wow, I envy her to walk at school without wearing a uniform.)


    (If A-class has one thousand currencies just how many is her currency?)


    Ten times of yours of course. Their thoughts fill me with anxious feelings. It''s good but too good to be true. I am just an amateur cheater who apparently has mindreading skill... How could it be like this?

 6. Lordeca

    (That''s Lordeca.)


    (W-what should we do? She stared at me!)


    (No! She absolutely looked at me!)


    (Wow, so she is the one of Lordeca.)


    Being popular is not what I think. I think it will at least make me feel proud or delightful about myself. It''s just bothersome to me.


    Well, look at this. Don''t know how to react, I just walk inside the lift. Is it gold?! Why this floor is so fluffy!? I can even bounce by it. No, don''t do that. It makes me feel like children. A luxury lift huh? Just how much they admired us, Lordeca? Now, I feel uneasy. Am I right to feel this luxury? The more I think about it the more nervous I could be.


    Sigh* Relax... relax... Beep!*


    Wah!! That startled me! Oh, it''s just my phone. What is it?


    Hmm... A message? Yadayada... I close it. It seems our teacher will be Alice. Weird teacher in a weird class.


    "Welcome to Miss Nina, enjoy your class."


    Huh!!? Is it just the lift talking to me?!


    "Anything wrong, Miss?"


    "U-uh no... I just a bit... Surprised... yeah! Surprised! Just it."


    It''s not the time to be amazed. Let''s just walk to my class.


    I think, my class is here. Looking inside, there were... Really luxurious stuff. Even the tables are covered in gold!! It''s not like gold helps us with studying right?


    "Welcome~"


    I look back. It''s Alice, smiling at me and laughing a bit looking at my reaction.


    "You can sit whatever you like~" Said her walking on her seat. Her seat is in the corner right.


    (What a funny girl.)


    Funny huh? There are already two people who addressed me like that. Am I that funny?


    (Look at them!)


    (Woah!! So elegant!)


    (So, it''s the feel to watch the leader of the world from near.)


    (How is this, I am getting nervous right now.)


    Don''t know what happens. I get outside and look at the window near the canteen. I mean, this building is like 40% made of anti-bullet glass. Woah... Look at them. Walking so proudly, elegant, beautiful... Even I didn''t know how to describe it. It''s like another world, or maybe another universe! Even Eluthya who is just a normal student council gives me a chill feeling while looking at her walking beside that white-haired girl. Why that girl in the middle? Have they already agreed that this white-haired girl is suitable for their leader?


    "Look at them. It''s like the universe works around them." I didn''t realize that Alice staring at them beside me. She looked at me. "It''s bothersome right?"


    "Bothersome?" Asked me a bit confused about what''s her meant.


    "Be looked by those peasants." Said her after looking back at them.


    It gives me an uneasy feeling. Peasant huh?


    "But, I am one of them before." Said me while standing and looking at Alice.


    "Not for now." Said her after leaving me.


    ...


    "Oh, Is this that funny girl?" Said the white-haired girl greeted me after opening the door.


    "Yeah, yeah... Whatever." Said me ignore her.


    I choose to sit in the corner left of these seats. They are walking to their seat.


    "Even without asking, you already sit in your place. Truly save my time." Said her with a gentle voice.


    Where is her sarcastic and harassing voice back then? They are sitting. So, they decide to sit based on their ranking. Even my cheating material is in number four, just how genius are these three?


    Alice closed her book strongly. I think it''s to gather their attention.


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    "Let''s start the lesson." Said her.


    Amazing... They are quiet even in their mind. What is it!? A military lesson?


    After a moment, two female guards came inside and brought two big boxes. They give many books with a bunch of papers.


    "Let me explain. Those books are books for one year and those papers are exam papers that will be our exams this year. Do it in four hours!" Said her with sharp eyes looking at us.


    "But miss, I think you shall hold in a second for introducing ourselves?" Asked Eluthya. Is this what you got after learning from your habitat Eluthya? You get more dignified by your words and get more firm. It''s good but... To think the only one who same as me is getting more dignified... Eluthya changed just in one month. How about me? Still fussing around by this high-end technology. I started to feel pity for myself.


    "You have a point. Let''s start with me. I am Alice Grudge, You should call me Miss Alice." Said her with a happy and joyous voice. It''s weird to hear it from someone who suddenly asked me to pack my belongings when I barely woke up.


    That white-haired girl stands up and bows down a bit. "My name is Yulia Grace, I am glad to meet this wonderful person to be my acquaintance." Said her with a soft voice. Her clothes really resemble her hair. White dress with a black shirt. She even brings her black umbrella.


    The blonde hair who is obsessed with perfection stands up. "Thank you, the next is me. I am the sole daughter of the Gilliard company, Nexus Gilliard. Perfection is my motto." Said her with a smile. Why is she wearing a waiter''s cloth? This place is not a five-star restaurant.


    I still remember the way she talked with me back then.


    "Cut out of these liars. You really do not resemble dignity at all!" Said the number three, a wavy pink-haired girl with a red gown. That gown does not more resemble your way of sitting than their way of talking with their personality.


    Yulia sat back and replied. "Dignity? Thank you for feeling that for me." Said her with a fake smile.


    Nexus sat down and didn''t say anything.


    "Sigh* The name Tohru Munakata. I am just nobody." Said her with a sulking voice. She didn''t even stand up.


    Eluthya stands up. With a blue dress the same as her hair color, she is getting more beautiful. "My name is Eluthya Arc. It''s my pleasure to meet you all." Said her and sat down. The way she moved and talked made me think... Do I know you? I mean, Eluthya is far different from back when I met her.


    "The next is me! Your favorite idol Ivanhkov Geraldine! Don''t be shy to ask me a sign!!" Said her with a bright smile. She is the type who will do everything to reach her goal. Red twin-tail hair and a white dress like a magical girl. I hope we can be friends... Hehe~ Ah, you should not express your obsession for now Nina.


    (Act cutely and you will find world peace!)


    "..." This is the first time I doubt my way of thinking. But that''s fine! it''s resembles your character so it''s fine!


    The purple-haired girl stood up. Her clothes like she is from a noble family in middle age. Pulling up a bit her skirt she began to introduce herself. "My name is Linda Eleanor. Pleased to meet you." Said her with the finest smile I''ve ever seen. I can see a lot of hard work to refine that smile.


    They sat down. The next is a light green ponytail-haired girl. She stands up. "Hello, the name is Alphonso Tiara. Happy to meet you~" She said casually with a faint smile and sat down.


    Finally! Casual introducing! Casual is really the best!


    "My name is Radiant Flower. Don''t even try to bother me." Said her with an assertive voice. I don''t know why is she angry. She was fine before I went to this classroom thought? Is there anything happened? Her black hair and black sharp eyes make me feel nervous. I can''t imagine having a conversation face-to-face with her.


    The last person is a grey-haired girl. "M-my name is Y-y-yuna Macefield. H-hhh- Happy to m-m-meet you!" Said her feeling nervous. I know that''s the feeling, really. She sat down.


    So, the introduction was over... They really stared at me. Sigh*


    "My name is Nina Cascandra, I am just a normal girl you would see everywhere." Said me flat.


    (Bothersome)


    Why do all of these people think the same thing as me!!?


    "Your expression is kinda delightful to watch." Said Nexus with a small laugh.


    "Then, without any other talk. Just do it." Said Alice with a sudden serious face after smiling while we were introducing ourselves.


    Ouch! This is again... I should turn it off again!?


    For a perfect score! I''ll do it!!


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    I am stunned. Their brains are like programs. Can''t be understood yet so well-structured. Human brain has its own language to understand something. People may know it as "The way you learn." and describe it as it.


    I can''t study in a crowded place, I can''t do it without listening to my favorite song, I can do it as long you are with me... That feeling, it''s not like it depends on something that makes you feel relaxed. Human brain does not work like that. It''s work with "I can accept it." or "I can''t accept it.". People find it hard to study because their brains refuse to accept it. But with music, the right environment, and something their brain accepts to give in. The other material will give in too.


    That''s why, genius can be replaced with normal people with hard work. Normal people have a spirit and force their brain to "accept" all the knowledge than the genius who always gets bored because they usually can do anything.


    But now, these geniuses around me... have the emotion to force their brain to accept all of the essential knowledge to surpass their upper rank. That''s why I was stunned to feel this feeling.


    I started to write down on the paper. fifty percent of the material is maths and twenty percent is high-order thinking. Some of it are deduction.


    Write it... Write it...


    After two hours.


    I pull up my paper the same as Yulia did. She surprised.


    (To think that someone the same as me appears...)


    Her thoughts were full of fantasy about how to beat me. I turned it off... But it''s too late. Their feeling and emotion in some way damaged my personality. It makes me not feel like the me before. Still, I have one fact that I could not be ignored. I am just a cheater who reads their mind. Just it... I didn''t have the right to compete with the real genius. Because of that, restraining myself is acceptable.


    But... If this mere cheater can compete with genius... Why not? This way of thinking makes me feel confident.


    I walk to Alice the same as Yulia.


    She put all the paper on and said to me. "To think that there is someone as clever as I am appears in this school. Don''t disappoint me, funny girl~" Said her with a smile and left. I think this is her genuine smile full of delightful feelings.


    "You... How could you do that?" Asked Alice with a serious face. I feel she is trembling inside her words.


    "Simple, I can read their mind. Just it." Said me without any hesitation.


    They stop writing and look at me but not for Eluthya.


    What? If I didn''t tell them about it at first it would be bothersome in the future.

 7. Lordeca (2)

    (Was she know...) -Alice


    Know what? ...Nevermind.


    I wonder how long they will finish all the exam papers. Oh yeah...


    Sitting is boring so I decided to ask Alice. "Mrs Alice... I think? Could I go outside?" Asked me politely. She is my teacher now anyway.


    "Of course, and address me as big sis okay?" Said her with a smile. I can feel intimidation by her smile. She didn''t like to be called old I think.


    "Y-yeah."


    "Then, I would like to." Said Yulia after standing up from her seat.


    At the canteen near our class.


    "This is your order miss." Said the waitress.


    We nod at the same time to the waitress. She back with a little smile on her face.


    Then... Awkward. Is there anything I could do!? This awkward feeling is making me nervous I don''t know why. Wait, maybe I am nervous because she didn''t think anything at all. Is she stupid? Or maybe I should change the definition of stupidity in my head.


    "You look in trouble don''t you?" Asked her while looking at me.


    Yes! Why you followed me is troubling me! Uh... What should I do? Am I getting too cocky before and making her annoyed?! Think... What I should reply...


    "This chocolate is good." Said me with a happy feeling.


    My brain stops working. It''s at its limit. Just... Whatever, I just want to taste this chocolate.


    "So, you mean it in literal or implicit?" Asked her with a plain voice. Still, she is curious about it.


    "Literal. Just it." Said me with an awkward smile.


    "Don''t force yourself really. (It''s seems Nexus already completed her task.)" Said Yulia after taking a drink of her avocado juice.


    Sigh* this trick is the trick that my dad used while I went to the doctor to check my condition.


    And yeah, I didn''t want to fall into the same trick. She didn''t let out her voice but synced her mouth to her thoughts to create the same effect as normal talk. But sorry, "I am read it not hear it."


    She look down a bit. She is thinking but I didn''t want to read it. It''s too complex for me.


    "Let''s play chess." Said her suddenly.


    "Okay..." Said me getting curious about what she would do with that game. I am bored anyway.


    She used her phone and the other waitress came to us with a chessboard. She left after putting it on our table.


    "So, you played chess now?"


    Nexus comes out from the classroom. While looking at her, she waved at me with a gentle smile. Nah, I simply just turn my head around.


    "Fun fact, I never beaten in this game." Said Yulia proudly yet her face was still flat.


    "Then, excuse me."


    Turned it off and I will see inside the number one genius.


    What is this? Floating in the middle of nowhere. This darkness... No, it start to be shaped as a chessboard...


    What''s this!!!? What the hell with this number of calculations!!!


    Looking at her mind makes me feel anxious and frightened. It does not come from a child twelve years old!! It''s... something different...


    Ah, I know it. Her obsession is... curiosity.


    Her frightening curiosity makes her do whatever it takes to know the answer. Sigh* just do it and don''t think it any further.


    The chess is going normal. My vision is blank. My ears are unused. Even my senses feel numb. It''s the cost of my untalented brain trying to imitate what a genius brain does.


    Even a surprised face comes out from Yulia''s face, I can''t see it. As I recognized, all of them appeared around us and looked at me with a surprised face.


    It''s a draw. Nothing less and nothing more. Just two king standing each other in their position.


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    I didn''t win and didn''t lose either. And yet, what''s this feeling? It''s truly joyful. It''s like, I did it! But with soulless expression.


    She was a bit trembling. Oh, Didn''t I get it over extent right!? What should I do? Wait... Why I am panicked!! It''s not like this is my fault, to begin with it! But... How is it? Am I going to stand out this much? But it feels refreshing to compete with others...


    "H-hey..."


    Her words trembling but, I think it was not fear or something bothering her. It''s like, excitement.


    She jumped at me and hugged me. With her beauty and the finest smile she could do she pleaded to me.


    "I am curious!"


    Clap! Clap! Clap!*


    "Okay, that''s enough." Said Alice while leaning on the door in the classroom.


    She crossed her hand and said. "The lesson is not over yet.".


    We get inside and I put down this little girl. It''s not like I expected. It would be like "I will revenge!" And the study of Yulia begins... Like that but, it''s not.


    ...


    "So, as I thought, Yulia has her first initiation. And you would do it too." Said Alice like it''s normal to say it.


    Wait, wait, wait! What did she mean? I didn''t understand!


    "Let me continue. This S-class is not a normal class you know. The exams are finished and without checking, I definitely trust your capability to get a perfect score. Therefore, our Lesson Management decided that we should act it like a game-"


    A game? ... This is so weird and makes me confused. Why you are not thinking anything... Hello? Are you all alive? Why do you not think about a game she mentioned? Or maybe they already know and just me who didn''t get the news.


    "-to explore, upgrade, and search for another possibility from your capability." Said Alice explaining with a serious face.


    She is too serious about this thing.


    "Let me start with one simple thing. What do you know about adjectivity?" Said her while writing Adjectivity? on the whiteboard.


    They are silent. Some of them think it is not serious and just make it a part of a joke. So ignorance huh? They didn''t even think that the website was full of lie... Or maybe it''s just me who get the basic website. Hmm...


    "Sigh* Adjectivity, as the word it said. It''s just a bunch of words with opinion restrictions. They didn''t have a fact and standard to explain it the same word as its literal mean or not." Said her after looking at us again.


    No communication, just we are silent and do nothing.


    "In conclusion, it depends on each individual. They said that 160cm is tall while others said that 160cm is still short. Perspective is the key to this Adjectivity. On the other hand, people seems didn''t know about it and believe that there must be some kind of meaning of those words there in our life."


    I didn''t choose this school to learn about philosophical things you know? This lesson makes me feel sleepy. Yawn* See?


    "Just what the point already?" Asked Tohru getting annoyed by the full-length explanation.


    "In short, we try to make this Adjectivity feel more real than before." Said Alice with a sigh and crossed her hand.


    (Eh? Is it not to educate people to stop believing in those things?) -Eluthya


    "Not the opposite?" Asked Eluthya a bit confused.


    Alice started to laugh a bit and burst out in one moment. "Challenge! That''s all about challenge! Imagination can''t be separated from logic. We theorize and get the proof! That''s why!! We will create human creativity into something useful to our daily life." Said Alice getting excited.


    "Kinda boring." Said Tohru with a sigh. She left from classroom and didn''t come back.


    Even Tohru stands out like that, they just... ignore it.


    "And the first theme of this first semester is... Love." Said her joyfully and suddenly a curtain with the letter Love was pulled down to our classroom.


    (Eccentric teacher...) -Geraldine


    "Then, As I briefed you all before... You can go home now." Said her with a sudden flat face.


    Sigh* I want to say she is unpredictable but that''s not valid if I count my ability. We stand up and leave but...


    "Oh, except Nina." Said her while preventing me from getting out with her body.


    After people left, she shut the door and locked it. She approached me slowly.


    (Now, we are alone.)


    "Then, what''s your business?" Asked me with a flat face.


    She walks passed me and looks through the window of our class to the outside building. She looks at me with a serious face.


    "Nina, you know about the definition of genius?" Asked her with a normal voice. I don''t know how to describe it. Her voice is normal but it makes me feel chill in some way.


    Confused? No, it''s just... Knowing I can react to it naturally makes me feel there is something wrong with me. Ignore it, ignore it...


    "You didn''t want to know?" Asked her again.


    I want...


    "Don''t you think you should know something you didn''t know?"


    She starts to approach me with that flat face.


    Yeah, I do...


    "Then... What do you think about genius?" Asked her in front of my face. Our noses meet with each other.


    I step back and breathe deeply.


    "Genius is someone who has ability from their born." Said me normally.


    She turned back and said. "You are totally wrong. Genius is someone who has capability over normal humans." Said her while looking out the window again.


    "So what''s the difference?!" I will be crazy if I talk with this person longer than this. Someway, this atmosphere makes me feel anxious and insecure.


    She looked at me with a bright smile. "Obsession!!"


    Huh?


    "That''s it, Nina! Obsession! Don''t you understand it?!!" Said her with a joyful face and happy voice.


    Huh...!?!?!


    "Obsession can make you feel relieved, obsession can help you reach your dream, obsession can make the world in your hand, and obsession... Can conquer this world." Said her with an eccentric pose while looking at the ceiling.


    This woman is outta her mind. Just what''s she doing in the middle of noon? Shocked and don''t know what to do next, I just sit and be a good girl there.


    "That''s why, we start the Lordeca program for making that obsession stronger than before. But, something strange happened in the midway, one variable that didn''t meet this criterion. Part of genius but didn''t have any obsession. That''s you, Nina!! That''s you! The normal." Said her with excitement feeling and pointed to me with her finger.


    "..." I think Nina.exe is not responding now. Sigh* Just what kind of nonsense is she talking about? It makes me feel curious... No, what is that way of thinking? This does not make me feel any curious about it.


    "So what I should do?" Said me stop thinking.


    "Why don''t you make them fall in love with you? After that, you will not be normal..." Said her with a delightful face.


    I close my eyes and think. School is where we will study all kinds of knowledge in the world. It will make us smarter than before and slowly reach the standard of society. That standard makes us, humans approved to be normal. And yet, this school is asking their student to become more abnormal?


    I opened my eyes and suddenly realized. I have made a wrong decision.

 8. Love Affairs

    The more I think about it, the more curious I get. Just what''s wrong with this teacher asked me to make them fall in love with me.


    "Don''t be so alert. It will make you happy, I promise you." Said her with a sudden serious face.


    Just what''s this teacher?! Sigh* Are not there any normal people who can be read by me?! It just... Argh, fine!


    "Then I''ll take it easy about it." Said me after averting her eyes. I don''t want to get involved with you anymore. Please, just let me leave already!


    She approached me and passed me. "You should think about it seriously. This is not a request, but an order." Said her leave this classroom.


    The thing I want to let me out of... Am I that attractive? My face is so-so but why?


    I decided to leave and sit in the canteen to relax.


    ...


    The time after Nina goes to her class...


    "So, that''s the normal she said about." Said Eluthya while looking at Nina leave out from the house.


    "Monologue?" Said Tohru while looking at Eluthya with an intimidating face.


    Eluthya gets a bit annoyed. "Just what''s about you? Delinquent..."


    "What!? Wanna fight?!!"


    The atmosphere tightens and yet, none of them react to it.


    Nexus stands up. "Let cut it out. We have the more important thing to do with now."


    They stand up together and think about one thing.


    (The first one who gets her falls in love, we will get what we want.)


    But...


    Because Nina was too far away and her mind full of other students'' thoughts, she could not read their minds at that time.


    ...


    Sigh* The last thing I brought was this chocolate milkshake. Now, I feel anxious to go to that house. To think that I should make them fall in love with me. We barely know each other. It''s right that we have lived in the same place for one month but I still didn''t know their name. The same as them, they talked to each other like "name" is not necessary to be spoken.


    If I knew this would happen, I would not locked myself in my room all day.


    This is it... The moment.


    I opened the door to my house and didn''t see any difference in it. Fiuh... That makes me relieved a bit.


    I can see Nexus still reading that book on the sofa. Her cool face makes me feel she is not a girl but a boy, a handsome one. But, I questioned her taste in clothes.


    Boom!!!*


    That sound from the kitchen!!


    I and Nexus with a sudden reaction, run to the kitchen.


    "W-what happen!!?"


    My worry is useless. In front of me is two girls in black appearance. Just what they do is make their face covered with black ashes.


    "Sigh* that''s make me worried. Let it be easy you girl." Said Nexus and left.


    (Sigh* Why they didn''t get it already?)


    "M-maybe, we should be brought food from the canteen or mall." Said Eluthya with a flat face with a sigh.


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    Beside her, Radiant tried to wipe all the black ashes on her face. "Sorry to make you do this, you can use this." Said Radiant giving her handkerchief.


    "Want me to cook for you?" Asked me to give my help. I can''t bear to see this girl''s lack of girl power. And I don''t want to smell over-burned food all day.


    I grab the ingredients. There are scallops, vegetables, and some other seasonings. Should I make salted scallops?


    I put down all the ingredients, cut all the things needed to cut, blend it, and cook it.


    Eluthya looking at the way I cook and feel amazed. "I-I don''t know you this talented."


    "Yeah, no one knows me after all." Said me plainly.


    ...And the salted scallops are done on the dish. Eluthya, without any hesitation, eats the scallop.


    (Hmm~ This is delicious!) -Eluthya


    Looking at my clothes now, it full of a mess. Taking a bath should be my only option then.


    "You should try it, don''t hesitate." Said me be gentle to Radiant.


    She nodded but didn''t try it until I left from kitchen.


    "So, what you made?" Asked Nexus with a flat face while focusing on her books.


    "Salted scallops." Said me and went inside my room.


    Dress, pants, towel, and then, let''s go bath.


    (Hey kid, didn''t you want to grow up a bit?) -Tohru


    (I didn''t think about it.) -Yulia


    (Don''t you have manners?) - Linda


    Get the towel and go inside this spring hot water. Washed my body, and then dived into the pool.


    "Oh, is it our normal girl we see everywhere." Said her with a smile. Is she trying to annoy me?!


    I ignore her and just bathe in peace...


    "Hey~"


    Poke* poke*...


    "Hey~ Don''t ignore me."


    I don''t know what Yulia wanted me to do but please stop poking my stomach it feels tickled. Endure it... Endure it...


    Yulia pouted at me.


    (Fine then.)


    Huh?


    HAHAHAHAH!!!!


    PLEASE STOP!! I CAN''T!!!


    She started to tickle me hard. I can''t... I can''t...


    Pant* pant* pant*


    "What''s with that pervert face." Said me while looking at Yulia''s face.


    (Don''t know, it just appears after I tickle you)


    (Should I tickle you again?)


    "P-please no, and please don''t use your thoughts to communicate with me." Said me a bit tired from what she did.


    "You really ignore us here." Said Linda with a blushed face.


    Tohru who sees that feels a bit reluctant. "Sigh* Just what you think to make a fuss in the bath." Said her with a crossed hand.


    That''s shocking that no one asked why I replied to Yulia when she didn''t say anything! It''s my ability normal?


    After that, Yulia didn''t say anything and we bathed peacefully.


    I get up and leave. While leaving I met Nexus with...


    "Leave already?" Asked her.


    I am stunned, is she... Nah, don''t think about it. Uh... Why living in this house is that hard?


    "Don''t you feel ashamed about it!?" Said Tohru from behind me getting a bit angry.


    "Heh! My body is perfect and I am proud of it." Said her after walking passed Tohru.


    Didn''t want to go into conversation with Tohru, so I decided to leave quickly.


    Sigh* What a tired day.


    Knock! knock!*


    "Could you open the door?" Asked Yulia.


    While opening the door, what I see is the most precious scenery I''ve ever seen. A little girl with black-white gothic and full of frilly accessories. I close it quickly. This is bad, just what''s that? That person is not human. She is too cute...


    I open it again.


    "Can''t I?" She pled me with a cute and nice voice.


    Stab*


    It''s like Cupid''s arrow has stabbed me from far away with this girl.


    She got inside and said. "I know you might be happy to see me cosplaying." Said her with a smile at me.


    Huh? Did I mention it to anyone? My sweat suddenly falls over. I-If she knew it, what should I do?


    What should I do... It''s nothing. If she volunteers it by herself then I just want to accept it with my heart.


    "Then, I have a snack..." Said me while grabbing a snack from a bag.


    She sat on my bed and said. "You seem shocked a bit but suddenly feel normal."


    Is she curious? Maybe I will start with this first.


    "How do you know it?" Asked me flat.


    "Your clothes are not right in sizing. And there are still some strings on your clothes that are not fully cut. You seem amazed with Nexus clothes. I bet you wonder why she wears waiter''s clothes in your first meeting." Said her after laying her body on my bed.


    I prepare snacks on the table and sit on the floor. "So, your conclusion?"


    She stands up and sits on the floor. "You are just a weirdo who loves looking at someone cosplaying." Said her with a flat face.


    If that counts as weird then that crazy teacher should forced me to do this. Make these girls fall in love with me? That''s impossible!! Not about orientation or not, it''s like they didn''t have a reason to fall in love. Yeah! The reason! Loving someone is not about reason but I bet they are just thinking of it as it!


    The same as this girl. She forced herself to tease me because of her curiosity. Just that... That''s why, it''s impossible.


    "Is there something bothering you?" Asked her worried.


    Huh?


    Maybe because I told them I can read my mind, they are well-behaved and don''t dare to think anything. It''s just as always. People have secrets, the same as me. But with this ability, the barrier where people have secrets is destroyed. In the end, they will be angry or scared because feel threatened.


    I mean, who would want their secret to be known by someone they are not familiar with?


    "Someone just asked me to make you all fall in love with me." Said me without any hesitation.


    As a result, I forced myself to open up all my secrets for it. They didn''t believe it and just said bad things in front of me. But, that''s a habit still I use. Even now, I tell my secret without any hesitation to someone I am not familiar with.

 9. Love Affairs (2)

    "I bet, Alice is the one who tells you." Said Yulia after closing her eyes with a sigh.


    Sitting on the bed, I asked her. "Um... Okay."


    Okay, what''s next? Her reaction was not what I expected.


    There is a silent moment. I don''t know what to say next and she didn''t quite talk about herself.


    She glared at me and said. "Why don''t you try your ability to me?" Asked her flat.


    "And you think I don''t know what''s your purpose?" Asked me back to her. Even without using my ability, I know your obsession with curiosity is big.


    She stared at me seriously. It makes me avert my eyes, I don''t know why. Her stare intimidates me. She is a bit creepy if she is serious. But, I looked at her and didn''t find her umbrella. Sigh* Relieved...


    "Sigh* what about this, you do what I said and I will do what you said. Win-win right?" Asked her with a faint smile.


    Hoh... Then, I will be serious.


    "What''s matter, your eyes... a bit creepy."


    She stands back. I raised my hand and moved it weirdly. I tilted my neck to left and right, relaxing my palm, and started the section.


    She walks back slowly. It''s the end. She can''t escape.


    "W-w-w-wait!! You look creepy!"


    (Danger, danger, danger, danger,...)


    I tilt my neck to the left and said. "Don''t worry little girl, just one minute." Didn''t realize I started to smile creepily.


    "Then, excuse me..." My hand starts to reach her body.


    "NOOO!!!!"


    ...


    (What''s that?) -Nexus


    Bam!


    Nexus rushed to Nina''s room and opened the door strongly.


    "What happened?!"


    She is looking at two girls on the bed. The one wanted to strip the other one. She was stunned and didn''t know how to react.


    Yulia is trying her best to fight back but that''s no use.


    "Muehehe~ You said that I can do it so why do you fight back?"


    Nina smiled at her creepily and just made Yulia feel more fear than before.


    "You scared me!! Don''t you have manners!!!? W-w-w-w-wait! Don''t strip it on that part!! HELP!!!!"


    Nexus back to her consciousness.


    "Just! What are you doing!!?" Shout her and get annoyed.


    ...


    I look at Nexus. She walks at me trying to help Yulia. Think... Ah, get it.


    I reach for my phone in my pocket and throw it to Nexus.


    She caught my phone. "You think that''s will- Ack!"


    (W-why are there two phones?)


    That''s Yulia''s phone stupid. The only reason to always keep your phone with you is because it can break.


    I release my hand on Yulia and shut the door. Click* Hope there is no one entering now.


    I look at Yulia, she is trembling. Alice said I should make them fall in love with me but, looking at her half-naked with a bra on, I don''t feel anything about it. All my handmade costume is on the desk. I open it and smirking. She is white-haired in color, so Let''s start with Kanna''s suit don''t we?


    ...


    "This is your all-day Idol, Geraldine! I sense someone in danger, who could it be?" Said, Geraldine without any reaction from what she called the shadow audience.


    Nexus stands up and tries to pull the door forcefully.


    (Tsk, at least give me a reaction.)


    She walked behind Nexus and said. "If you break it, you will get a problem."


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    At that second, Nexus stopped and thought it back.


    Geraldine stopped her walk and said. "Just what''s happened inside?"


    Click*


    The door opened. Geraldine and Nexus get inside. Nexus is worried about Yulia and Geraldine just... She was curious about it and had nothing to do.


    They are looking at soulless Yulia sitting on the bed with a fake white horn while hugged by Nina. They didn''t know how to react.


    "J-just what happened?" Asked Geraldine confused about what just she was looking at.


    "Don''t ask me." Said Nexus with a pitiful face while looking at Yulia.


    ...


    I carry Yulia and bring it like a doll. While in front of them, I show Yulia with Kanna''s suit proudly.


    "It''s her cute right?" Said me with a joyous feeling.


    (Weirdos) -Nexus, Geraldine


    "You can''t blame it but, she provoked me so... and here she is now." Said me carrying up Yulia with my hands.


    She is faintly said. "I-I am the number one genius and yet I get this kind of treatment..." Without any spirit.


    "You just killed Yulia." Said Nexus while looking at her dead eyes.


    "T-then, excuse me." Said, Geraldine.


    She was excited before right? Oh, I did something crazy again.


    Thinking it back makes me feel sad. "Sigh* then, you can carry her." Said me while giving Yulia to Nexus.


    I closed the door and said. "Goodbye."


    I relaxed my body on the bed and thought. What happened to me? I should not like this before. Is it the after-effect of that? I just want to try to know how it feels around nine geniuses like them. Now, getting excited is as easy as turning my hand.


    I cover my head with my hand. Sigh* If I think back, I always force my sister to try the clothes I made. And yeah, I get excited a bit by looking at her cosplaying but, just a bit.


    It''s not like to this extent. Just what happened to me?


    (After school, where we will go?)


    (Hey, that''s park really beautiful)


    (Want to go canteen?)


    (This cheeseburger is really delicious!!)


    (...)


    This sound keeps annoying me!! My head... Pant* pant* Looking at the window, the sunlight is lighting up my room. Maybe, changing place should make me feel better. I open the door and leave.


    Walking without any purpose while looking down...


    "Oh, is it not the one of Lordeca?"


    One girl appears in front of me. She has a tag name. Youna Hilde, chief of SGS.


    (She looks sad, anything happened to her?)


    I look up. Sigh* even if her face looks at me seriously, she worries about me.


    Didn''t realize I smiled faintly and said. "Thanks"


    (Huh? Why she is thanking me?)


    She is still in her serious face. The false dignified person huh? She looked like a tiger but her heart was like a fluffy cat, calming. Even if my ability was not capable of reading her emotions, I knew it just as simply read it.


    She pointed her finger at me and said firmly. "I know you do something to break the rule!"


    I still faintly smiled at her. "But, we are Lordeca. This school rule is futile in front of us."


    I feel a little bit happy to get cocky like this... No, It''s not like this. Should not I have less of this level of communication skill? I still remember the day I met Eluthya. What happened to her next I didn''t know but, the problem is I don''t know what''s happened to me.


    It''s like my excitement getting stronger than normal.


    She looks confused. "Heh? Futile?"


    (Does that mean they are invulnerable?)


    (What is even SGS used for?)


    "Why don''t you keep an eye on me for now? I want to walk around." Said me while walking past her.


    "W-wait!"


    She follows me from behind.


    (I should think about how to make them stand below the rule.)


    This makes me feel... Normal. It''s normal for me to get talked to from behind. It''s normal for me to read other minds endlessly. Not like inside that house. It''s too quiet for a creature who has a brain inside its head.


    It makes me feel lonely. Usually, there is my mom who keeps thinking about her daily life and my sister who constantly thinking about me while looking at my photos on her wall.


    The canteen can be found on each floor of the main building. There is an outside canteen too on this island. Or maybe should I go to the cafeteria? Mall? Each of these ideas is good but, I feel in a good mood to drink hot chocolate.


    The cafeteria building is behind the left-side big building. Turn left, turn right, and I can see the left-side big building and I walk on the left side. Arrived in the cafeteria behind this building.


    On our way, this person didn''t stop thinking about the idea of how to make us, Lordeca stand below this school rule. It makes me happy because her constant thoughts make me can''t read other people around the cafeteria.


    (Hey, that''s the one of Lordeca right?)


    (M-maybe we can ask her to join us?)


    (This avocado is delicious!)


    (Just what''s going on between them?)


    I smiled. Sigh* I just got happy and she suddenly stopped thinking. Ignore it, ignore it...


    "Let''s sit and we can talk about it." Said me while looking at the empty seat.


    "U-uhm..." She nods at me.


    At the time we sat, the waitress suddenly came and asked for our order.


    "One hot chocolate and..." I glance at this person.


    "Oh, one grape juice." Said her after knowing I glanced at her.


    Like other people, she rushed to the receptionist and asked them to make our order. Even without using my ability, I could hear what she said because of her loud voice. Once again, this title makes people fuss around.


    "So, what do you want to talk about?" Asked me to start the conversation. Please, keep thinking because other people''s thoughts around me make me get annoyed.


    She looks around, I don''t know what she does but I don''t want to comment.


    "You seem normal than them." Said her furrowed her eyebrows.


    That''s... not what I expected to come. Should I get annoyed by that word? Or should I be happy by that word? However, it makes me feel sick.


    "Normal is always what I do." Said me with a sigh.


    "No, no, that was rude for you I think... to be called normal. Umm... let''s back to the topic." Said her worrying about whether I get offended or not.


    I just kept silent and waited for her to talk about it.


    "Can I ask you to monitor them?" Ask her to feel hesitant about it.


    (Is it that easy to ask her?)


    Yes! That''s really easy to ask me! Really, Why do you think that I am untouchable like them? Ehm... Anyway.


    "Yeah, but in exchange you should tell me all the databases about them." Said me with a serious face.


    Let''s try to trade. I need this information... Wait, it''s not like Alice threatened me right? Why should I do what she talked about?


    "Ah, in the second thought. It''s no-"


    "Wait! I will do it!" Said her cutting my words.


    Okay, that will not hurt to know my housemate more I guess?


    "Then, this conversation is over." Said me after leaving.


    (Do all of them feel this intimidation? I am chilling about three times just talking in front of her.)


    Intimidation? What the hell is she talking about?! It''s just my communication skills... Nah, I think it''s not. Just... I don''t want to think about it further. Let''s go home and look what the result.

 10. Love Affairs (3)

    The sun is setting down. Walking around was a good idea for me. Reading someone''s mind, meeting with someone not familiar with, aiming for nothing...


    It reminds me of my old days. Quiet yet crowded, they didn''t talk a lot but could be read a lot. It''s just... If there is one day when I can''t ever use this ability again, that''s truly the best day I will have.


    But... I already didn''t have friends so, that''s not my wish anymore. Ah, here we go again, my beloved quiet pink house.


    After opening the door, I see Nexus and Yulia with her umbrella. She stared at me sharply. The best I can do is smile at her while avoiding her eyes meet my eyes.


    "S-sorry for overbroad." Said me regretting what I did to her.


    "Not that, remember your promise." Said her still staring at me sharply.


    Still without any thought huh?


    (Umm...) - Linda


    I look back and a purple-haired girl smiling gently at me.


    "Could you give me away, please?" Asked her gently while smiling.


    "Ah, Y-yes..." Said me a bit nervous about the sudden polite words.


    Wait, those are harsh words but polished. It''s the same as "Can you move?" with an annoyed feeling. A-anyway, I give her space because that''s my fault for blocking the entrance.


    She walks away. I think she is going to her room on the right side of the second floor. While turning back, Yulia was in front of me and get me surprised a bit.


    "S-s-so? W-what you want?" Asked me to get scared and nervous.


    This is my fault, to begin with it. Why should I offer her a chance to do something to me, to begin with it?! I regret my decision just because of my taste of cosplay.


    She tilted her head to the left copied my action before and said. "Don''t worry Nina, It will be fine. Just need one minute. Hehe~" Said her starting to smile creepily.


    I looked around and focused on Nexus. She looked at me but just waved her hand. After that, she continued her reading. Oh, girls... I forgot that I didn''t have a friend here.


    She raised her hands.


    "W-what?" Asked me confused.


    "Carry me~" Said her begging me.


    Owh... her eyes, it''s like my sister pleads to me with full of genuine feeling but I still can read her thought that she just wanted to feel my chest... Wait, if that is the case, then what is she aiming for?


    "O-okay." Said me forced to carry her.


    After carrying her up, suddenly like... puff* Her face becomes cuter than normal. With a pair of bright eyes, fluffy cheeks, cute pink lips, and soft hair like cotton.


    I-I... Look back!! Ah! I almost forgot her character.


    She raised her left hand and pointed out a room. "Get me to there."


    Fiuh... Her normal voice. It will touch my heart if her voice can be cuter than normal too.


    (Hope you enjoy your harashment.) -Nexus


    Huh? Harassment? Where is her umbrella? It''s gone! It was there before! Near Nexus.


    The door in front of me, with a tag named Yulia Grace. Hope we don''t do anything weird.


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    Yulia opened the door. She got down after I got inside and closed the door. Click* The sound of the door locked. I look behind and am surprised that her umbrella is here. Just how!?


    While walking at me she said. "What''s the matter? You look confused." Said her.


    She starts spinning her umbrella. It''s almost like me threatening her before! I-Is this my karma!? No! I refused to believe it! Look around Nina...


    Pillow!


    I throw her pillow on the bed. She can easily avoid it... Huh? Then, if she can avoid it.


    She raised her umbrella higher and grinned at me creepily. "Then RECEIVE MY REVENGE!!!!"


    Her umbrella swung down at me but...


    "Eh?"


    "You avoid that pillow so I thought that your strength is not that powerful." Said me with a sigh.


    "I-I lost to muscle memory... What a shame." Said her disappointed.


    She pulls her umbrella but... Her strength is not enough.


    I start to smile creepily. I am fully aware of that so that''s okay... I am fully aware...


    Looking at me starts to smile creepily, she starts trying her best to pull out her umbrella from my hand.


    "Pull!! Pull!! Pu-"


    She knocked back as I released her umbrella.


    She sits up and touches her back because hurts. "O-ow..."


    I grab her umbrella and hit it to my left hand over and over again. She looked up and said with a trembling hand. "W-w-w-w-what you will do from that...?"


    "Don''t worry, it''s just need one minute."


    "KYAAAAA!!!!"


    And that''s the second time she gets tremendously scared of Nina...


    (What''s that noise!!?) -Radiant


    Bam!


    "What happened?!! I wake up because of your loud noise!!!" Said Radiant while knocking on the room door strongly over and over.


    Click* I open the door and let Tohru look at my masterpiece.


    "Just what you do..." Her anger quickly disappeared after looking at Yulia get hanged upside down with her pants brightened with the sun setting down. She is shocked that she didn''t even blink.


    "D-don''t stare... I-It''s e-embarrassing." Said Yulia covering her face with her hands full of embarrassment because beaten twice by me.


    Tiara came to Yulia''s room and said. "I heard a loud noise from here... What happ-"


    She was surprised too.


    (Hmm...) -Tiara is in the process of thinking.


    "Oh my~ It looks fun." At the last second, she stopped thinking and spouted nonsense with her smile.


    "Y-you... You seem crueler than your look." Said her startled at me.


    I smiled at them and said. "What should I do about it? She annoyed me."


    The lighting from the sun really helped brighten this masterpiece.


    I walk slowly outside. "Then, excuse me."


    The feeling... The feeling!!! It''s wonderful!! Ah~ I can even hide my joyous smile. To harass that little cocky girl. This is what I call healing...


    With a sudden realization, I, once again do bad things on impulse.


    But... I can sleep quickly now. I walked a bit and here is my room. Just two rooms separated by Yulia''s room.


    Puff*


    Laying my body on the bed is relaxing. I lean my body on the wall and think...


    Nope, I just want to sleep now. Happy evening...


    ...


    "T-thank you for putting me down Tiara~" I said with some of my tears down.


    She smiled at me gently. "Don''t worry, take care okay?"


    She has carrying personnel that''s lucky for me. She walks away. I write a text on the bed with the text "Did she sleep or not?" with my empty brain.


    I write again "This is the only way she won''t read my mind."


    Sigh* I touch the wall with my hand. Focus...


    Chop* chop* chop*


    No, no, not the sound of Eluthya cooking.


    Deg... Deg...


    Her heartbeat... She is sleeping. Now it''s safe for me to think. I got back to my bed and lay my body around while thinking. Back then, Her appearance after meeting with the principal was nervous as hell. Her smell, smelled like vomit comes out.


    At first, I just wanted to intimidate her and get her scared of me or at least get nervous. The best atmosphere to manipulate people is a tight atmosphere. That''s the start of me reaching my opponent''s heart and controlling it. Whether with fear or kindness I don''t care.


    But, I unconsciously stepped on the land mind as I said the win-win condition about us. I prefer to reach my aim peacefully and steadily. Even if it will take a long way, if that''s for sure to fill up my obsession, I will do it.


    The feeling of joy while starting piece by piece... It''s good. Knowledge should be like that. One fail, a new one appears, just like Thomas Alva Edison who even the news didn''t know how many he tried, that''s the start of the birth of new inventions.


    And that process~ Makes me feel alive~ so delightful!


    On the second try, I asked Nexus to throw back my umbrella. According to my theory, she can be focused just on one thing if she is reading other people''s minds. My theory is approved because she can''t hear it.


    And because she didn''t pay attention to her around, she didn''t know that Linda always went home before the sun set down.


    But, even not Nexus can bear my hit strength. Her hands were swollen red after being hit by me one month ago. No, that''s not her strength... Her reflex. I didn''t count it because my standard is Nexus. It''s just her reflex quite abnormal. She didn''t just blatantly endure my hit. She moved her hand the same as the umbrella and slowed down a bit to reduce its force.


    And the last thing, she can read me well after I avoid the pillow she throws. I admit it, it''s my mistake to not deflect it.


    The next day is the next plan...


    Ah~ This makes me feel happy to think about what should I do the next day~


    I can''t wait, it''s like a destiny for us to meet with each other. It''s like a love affair~

 11. Love in Quarry

    A doctor is checking my condition. He is the friend of my father, Sullivan Cascandra.


    "There is no indication of bone break. It''s fine, it''s just a small swollen. Take this ointment and it will eventually be healed." Said the doctor.


    This is... A dream. A dream when I was still eight years old. At that moment, I got to fight with other kids in my school. They push me and I get hurt.


    My father approached me and asked. "What did you do honey?" Asked him gently to me while stroking my hair.


    "I just told him that his father cheated." Said me without any hesitation.


    Yeah, that''s me back then. Ignorance, get annoyed easily... Even now, I am still embarrassed to talk about it.


    "Huh? What did you say?" Said my father a bit confused.


    I look at him while pouting. "I said, I told him that his father cheated." Said me with a louder voice.


    (How did she even know that?) -Sullivan


    (I don''t want in the middle of a family) -Doctor leaving.


    I look away. He stared at me. That''s the time I was annoyed because he didn''t ask me directly and just thought about it. However...


    (Let''s go home) -Sullivan


    "Okay..." Said me with a low voice while looking down.


    I turn my head to my father. He is shocked. At that time, I didn''t know that my father was shocked because I answered him without him saying anything.


    He grabs my shoulder and smiles at me gently. He moves his mouth and thinks.


    (Wanna go to a family restaurant?)


    With a bright smile, I answer him. "Yeah! Let''s go!"


    I run outside this house. The doctor is not just his friend but our neighbor too. That''s why I know how to get back to my home.


    The doctor appears behind my father. "Hey Ivan, your daughter." Said him.


    Why should I know this scenery? Because at that time, I couldn''t or maybe that time I didn''t have Overwrite ability. It is just like reading a cloud message in the comic. It appears and moves. Whenever I see it, it will display the name of the thought.


    The scenery started to disappear...


    That''s the end of my dream.


    ...


    Sigh* What a dream this morning.


    "Good morning."


    I look at the person near me. It''s Tohru.


    "Wah!!"


    I was surprised to look at her this morning. I mean what? why? and just how? Looking around I found what had happened, my lock was broken. And my phone is destroyed.


    "My phone!!!"


    I jump from the bed and take my ruined phone. I-It can''t be used again... My balance... "My balance!!!!"


    "Hey, hey, don''t make a fuss in the morning." Said her calmly.


    I look at her with an angry and annoyed face. "HOW CAN I NOT MAKE FUSS WITH THIS!!!!!??" Said me while showing my ruined phone.


    Ahhhhh... The A.I. I worshipped a while ago has already been called to heaven... It''s just technology though.


    She walked at me slowly and crouched. "It''s okay, it will be back soon." Said her smiling at me while stroking my hair.


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    It makes me annoyed. With all of my reflexes, I hug her and dive into fluffy things.


    "What are you doing?" Said her staring at me sharply.


    "Could you not see I relaxed my stress out?" Said me between these fluffy things.


    She grabbed my head and took it out. "Listen, girl... The class already started and I am here to wake you up." Said her firmly.


    Huh?


    She releases my head and pulls out her phone. 09.00 A.M.


    She stood up and left my room.


    "... Okay."


    Should I bathe? Nope... Should I go to school? I won''t mess with my twisted teacher so let''s just go with normal daily life.


    After taking a bath, eating, and changing my clothes, I go to my class.


    (That''s convenient to walk to class whenever you want.)


    (The woman before is leaving her class right?)


    (I envy of them.)


    Nevermind...


    I open my classroom door and they are playing some game.


    "Oh, there is it our normal girl." Said Yulia while holding some cards in her hand.


    Geraldine put on her card and said. "Full house."


    "That''s good news to me." Said Nexus.


    "Sorry, but my full house is king." Said Linda showing her card to Geraldine.


    She shocked.


    "How about you Yulia?" Ask Nexus.


    "Me? Unfortunately, it''s my loss." Said her while holding a pair of aces.


    What''s this? Gambler school?


    "Come on! Don''t just stand up Nina. We still have a seat for you." Said Alice with a bright smile.


    Looking at our teacher with the bunny suit makes me think again... Going to class is a bad choice.


    Tiara, Radiant, and Yuna are not here and on this floor too. Sigh* Card game can''t hurt me so... I simply accept her offer.


    "Then, I will-"


    "Don''t worry, I already know it." Said me cutting her phrases.


    This is not poker. It''s called Trade Poker. We will be given five cards and show one of the cards to trade with a random card our opponent had. The problem is, we can''t see the result we get of trading our card.


    Seven players, 35 cards.


    Geraldine raised her hand. "Wait! How could a mind reader join this game? She will cheat!"


    She has a point. I can use this ability to make gambling industries go bankrupt.


    I stood up and said. "Fine then.".


    "Eh? Am I worsening the mood?" Said her confused.


    "It''s fine Geraldine, I just want to take a walk around." Said me while leaving.


    I close the door and am relieved. It''s better not to enter this class anymore.


    "Ehm!! For S-class, you shall go inside the classroom."


    What!? I open the door again and see Alice holding a mic. Noticing me, she waved her hand.


    ...


    Alice hit the table with her hands. "Okay! I will continue the lesson." Said her while looking at us.


    Huh? Is that paper already an exam for us? So why we should study again?


    "As you know, our first-semester theme is love. So, what is love?" Said her with a loud but fun voice.


    Her way of talking is weird and the weirder is no one of us thinking about it.


    She started to pose bizarrely and pointed me with her finger. "Nina?!"


    "Sigh* Love is lust and lust is love." Said me flat.


    "Linda?" She pointed to Linda now.


    "For our merit." Said her firmly.


    What a mindset... That''s the noble girl for you.


    She pointed to Yulia. She didn''t even say anything now.


    "Lure, Operation, Vow, Eternity." Said her flat too.


    She stopped her pose and said. "That''s not love but the process of marriage." Said her flat.


    "You should take the operation after vow." Said Linda firmly.


    "Oh my, is there anything to do with us?" Ask Tiara softly.


    No, even if you soften your voice, it doesn''t change the meaning of your words.


    Alice was silent a bit and changed her way of talking.


    "Fine, you want to know? Love is one of our carnal instincts. Without it, we are already extinct. And... We are women. The part of those beasts."


    I don''t know why her face gets darker than before. The way she talked, made me feel chill and scared.


    "But, Love should have a reason. If not, it is just an Obligation Disposed. Because we are beasts whether humans accept it or not." Said her casually yet intimidating.


    She walked to my desk. Her hand moves on the table to my face.


    "So what''s about you?" Said her while tilting her head near my face.


    Scary, scary, scary!


    Didn''t realize, my leg was trembling until now.


    Her head slowly approached my ears. She whispers at me so close. "Don''t be so scared." Said her casually but appealing. This is like my sister pleading with me to do something lewd. Of course, I refused.


    Should I refuse it and get scared?


    "Don''t bully our dear friend..." Said Tiara glancing at Alice.


    She stood back and said. "Of course, I won''t yet."


    Yet... Sigh*


    The lesson goes on until noon. We just talking about love. Definition, fetishes, and what should we do if we are in love.


    There are some break characters at that moment like Geraldine said.


    "What should you do if you are in love?" Said Alice.


    And Geraldine said. "Worship him/her."


    I thought she was a pure idol... What a shame... She just thought her fans were her servants.


    Again... I walk alone to our house.


    "Hey!! Nina!!"


    The one who shouted to me from behind was Hilde.


    "It''s fine, you should not steal the information from the office." Said me while remembering what I asked her for.


    "But! This is hard to get. Do you want to swallow your own word?!" Said her getting annoyed while raising her hand with a flash disk.


    I turn back and look at her face. "Sigh* the truth is, the solution of making them stand below the rule can''t even be imagined." Said me trying to be pessimistic.


    "You should try it before you say it." Said her trying to be optimistic.


    "So that''s why, I can''t accept your offer." Said me with a sigh.


    I am not the type to suck people''s money by constantly lying to them. It makes me feel bad and tired.


    "Adios." Said me leaving.


    (Okay then, I thought that we could be a friend below the same rule. It seems you are the same as other Lordeca. Arrogant.)


    I take a deep breath. Sorry, my mind is enough for this.


    That may be the time I regret my decision. At that time I didn''t know how important that flash disk was for me in the future.

 12. Love in Quarry (2)

    I look up. Nothing good happens around them. Walking around some students think about me.


    Those are... Tiara huh? Why is she alone? She always cares for me so maybe I will accompany her for a moment. It''s not hurt... And she is pure in heart for now.


    "Hello, Tiara!" Said me with a bright smile.


    She looked at me with a surprised face. "Y-yes, may I ask you your necessity?"


    A what? Necessity?


    "Ah, I just wonder if I can accompany you for a bit." Said me with a gentle smile.


    She reminds me of my mom. Caring, but she is smarter than her. My mom is smart too but this person is smarter, that''s it.


    Once again, in the Cafeteria. It''s like there are no other places to chill and heal.


    I sit on the chair and look at Tiara while smiling. "Don''t be so polite, you always caring for me so please..." Said me with a smile.


    She is the one who cooks in the house. The one who reminds me about eating, help me with my chore and accompany me while walking around. It''s like she babysits me but, that''s okay, and that makes me happy too. Because what? There is still one normal person in here. Thinking of that makes me smile.


    "I-I don''t think I deserve that." Said her blushing and fidgeting.


    "Umm... What''s your order miss?" Said the waitress after coming to my table.


    I looked at her and said. "One chocolate milkshake." Said me while raising my index finger.


    Sigh* I looked at her and said. "Don''t be like that, or maybe you didn''t like around me?"


    She looks down a bit. With a worried face, she said. "N-no, it''s just..."


    "Then, it''s okay." Said me cutting her phrases with a smile.


    "Here''s your milkshake miss." Said the waitress.


    She''s surprisingly fast! It''s even faster than before. "Ah, yeah. Thanks." Said me with an awkward smile.


    "Fufufu... You look cute." Said her while laughing a bit.


    I look at her and laugh a bit too. "That''s surprisingly fast." Said me while grabbing my neck.


    I put my milkshake on the table and lean my head on my hand. This cafeteria chocolate is highly rated. It''s so peaceful to stay like this. Not like that little girl, not like that absolute perfection, not like that twisted teacher... It''s just me and our caring personality big sister. I hope I had a big sister like... No, If I had a big sister like that... Looking at my sister, it''s a bit traumatized me with a sibling.


    She stared at me with her smile. She is really gentle and beautiful.


    "Oh! Your phone is crashed right?" Said her so suddenly.


    Huh? How did she know?


    After drinking the milkshake I said. "Y-yeah, but how did you know?" still with a smile.


    "Because Tohru told me." Said her with a smile.


    (Because I broke it.)


    "..." What? Huh? Hah? I even stop leaning on my hand.


    "You broke it?" Asked me trying to stay calm in my smile. My face was a bit trembling.


    She stands up. "Ah~ So you already read it."


    She stared at me sharply. "I thought you would never read my mind.".


    The way her voice changed. Do I make her angry? Wait, let me focus...


    (Disappointment, disappointment,.........)


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    That''s too long! Wait, not that!


    She still stared at me. I don''t know what she will do it''s just... Scary.


    "You know what Nina? I get heartbreaking easily." Said her while tilting her head.


    Why are all you guys normally tilting your head to make feel scared?!!! It''s your neck not hurt!?


    From now I pledge to myself, that don''t ever trust people''s personalities here. My expectation was broken.


    "I-It''s... I can''t! I just..." My mouth stopped. Think... How should I comfort this creature...


    "I am listening..." Said her even with a scarier voice.


    Think Nina, Think!


    Spontaneously, I said. "I just want to get closer to you!" Said me with a loud voice.


    (Huh?) (What''s happening?) (Are they fighting?) (What''s happen)


    Ahhhhhhh... They stared at us. But!! She cares about me... I don''t want to hurt her heart.


    (love)


    Love?


    Why?


    Why was she embarrassed like that?


    "U-Umm... Are you okay?" Said me while wondering about my status for now. I hope she didn''t get more angry by that.


    She sits back in her seat. After that, she tried to cover her blushed face by drinking her tea. Reflex, I drink my milkshake again.


    Just what is that?


    "T-then... Can you do something for me?" Ask her with a low voice and fidgeting.


    I stopped drinking and said with my smile... My face is hurt. "Yeah, anything for you."


    I continue to drink my milkshake again.


    She said without any hesitation and still with that smile. If you asked me what did make me scared? I will say nothing. But that smile, that smile... It really scared me.


    "Nina, could you strip in front of me?"


    Cough* cough*


    "Ah! Are you okay?" Said her with a kind and worried face... It looks like a devil''s face to me now.


    Calm down Nina, you must be wrong. I know it, you must be wrong.


    "W-what did you say?" Said me with a shocked face.


    "Could you strip in front of me?" Said her again.


    Fine, I will do this. My clothes are a white dress with a red long skirt. There is a ribbon on my chest and I am with my pinhair.


    I stand up. With a serious face, I grab my pin hair and put it on the table.


    "Done." Said me proudly.


    She started to pout. "That''s unfair." Said her with a sulking voice.


    "T-then, let''s go back shall we?" Said me trying to suggest her.


    Even if she didn''t accept it I would create an excuse to run away from this girl.


    "Ah! You know that this island had a beach right?" Said her with a bright smile.


    I don''t like where this conversation go.


    We go to the beach. And... In the swimsuit section.


    "Look at this Nina! There are a bunch of them." Said her walking around while smiling at me brightly.


    Shut up you... You little devil in big sis skin. Oh no! I should not think the only one who cared about me like that. Control yourself, Nina.


    She chose one of the swimsuits and said. "Let''s go with this!" With the finest and most genuine smile. The swimsuits... I can''t even call it a swimsuit!! It''s too open!


    My patience running low. How is this? Should I run? Let''s just check another swimsuit.


    That''s! The most covered swimsuit!


    "Hey Tiara! How about this?" Said me with a bright smile.


    Her face becomes flat as soon she looks at the swimsuit. "Yeah, it''s good." She said with a flat voice.


    Not feel it, the sun is setting. In the end, none of us didn''t wear any swimsuits. It''s just us walking around on the beach.


    Tiara is walking in front of me while humming. Her voice is good to hear. Calming, nice, soft, and... Cruel at the same time.


    She turned back and looked at me in my eyes with her smile. "You are cute Nina." Said her.


    Yeah, yeah, meanwhile I am here still busy sorting out this thought from people on this beach.


    "You seems not surprised huh?" Said her with a faint smile.


    "Sigh* You know, my feet are getting numb." Said me while glancing at the sunset.


    She turned behind and said. "Want me to carry you?" Asked her to offer her back as my place to lean.


    I close my eyes and think. If you count it, our meeting time are about twelve hours. That''s the third longest time I spent time with. For your information, Nexus is the first and Yulia is the second.


    It''s been just over a month since we met. And yet you are here offering piggyback with this romantic scenery. Don''t joke at me.


    "Sorry but, the fact is, we still do not know each other."


    Those words are pretty harsh. But, this is the normal way for me to stay away from others. Make them hate you but at the same time make them feel responsible about you.


    Bullying is always bullying the person who is weaker than them. Why? Because they are feeling some kind of relief from them. And the person who gets bullied, they too scared to ask a help. But, they already told it but ignored right? That''s the wrong of thinking. You should not beg for help from a bully (teacher).


    And how about me? That''s it. I will force them to feel responsible for me and start to shout. I would kill myself if you don''t stop. Not just words and do it in front of the bully. Make them scared, and the last, make them feel your pain of responsibility.


    That''s my art. The art of me. After being bullied by them for one week. I do that. Looking at them feeling scared and responsible really has some stress-relieving feelings.


    And yeah, I told my mom that I didn''t get bullied. And that''s the fact for that moment. But, it''s not like I was not getting bullied back then. In fact, my mother knows about it.


    I wonder if that''s why she still worried about me. Really... What should I do with this bad personality? Nothing...


    After all, this is not my story. This is the story of a woman I apparently met on my way to school. It''s just I accidentally hit her while I was late for school.


    And that''s the first time, my head hurt. Her thought is too long for my brain to decipher it. And forcefully, the overwriting ability shut down for a moment. With that second, I can read the entire event.


    That''s why, she is still safe until now. Because on the day of her "red flag", I called the police and acted like her friend who used to see her constantly getting bullied.


    The end.


    Now, I will look if that is my normal way to deal with people working or not.

 13. Love in Quarry (3)

    She turned her body and looked at me. With a gentle and finest smile she had, she said.


    "Because I love you."


    I see...


    Nina.exe is not responding.


    Reflex, I said. "At the second, I will take the piggyback." Quickly.


    "You don''t love me?"


    Wait... Why did her face suddenly change to horror? Wait, wait, wait... Why is she getting closer to me? I am not ready. My feet still feel numb. I can''t step back because of it. She walks at me, closer and closer.


    In the end, her face appeared before me and surprised me. After falling down, she crouched and looked at me sharply yet intimidating.


    "What''s your answer?" Said her in an intimidating way.


    Wait, wait, wait! What happened? Why is this happening? I can''t move my leg!!


    Her hand moves at my face, touches it, and strokes it carefully. Her way of stroking is quite erotic. With her cute lip without lip balm. Nature pink and cute face like a princess. Her hair is waving in the air because of the sea breeze.


    The word I could say to describe that scenery is beautiful.


    Not like that! It''s not the time to admire the scenery!


    Take a deep breath, Nina, you know what to do.


    "S-"


    Suddenly, she grabs my shoulder strongly. I look around.


    "Don''t worry Nina, no one here." Said her with a creepy voice.


    Scary! What was that?! Does she know what I want to say and stop me!!?


    (Maybe she thinks I am not serious?)


    "Even without serious or not, you are already scared me." Said me quickly.


    Ah! Will that it make worsen my state? Before I can apologize, she steps back.


    "So, you are scared of me." Said her.


    She slaps her face and smiles at me. "Let''s go back." Said her.


    Sigh* I can feel relieved now... That was what I thought...


    She told me to wait for her in the quarry near the beach with nature call. Yeah, Literally.


    At first, she didn''t think anything and asked me to buy some toilet paper from the mall because the toilet didn''t have any toilet paper.


    There is no hole around the toilet so I should open the door. But, there is still Tiara inside. After that, she begged me to come inside after she opened the lock, and yeah... This is what happened to me now.


    The toilet didn''t use toilet paper but flushed water. And yeah, she is not lying to me because of that reason. That''s why, her lie is so perfect that even I can''t recognize it.


    "We are alone now." Said her with a lustful smile in front of my face.


    "Wait! Hmpffhh...!"


    She covered my mouth with her hand. She touched me carefully and softly on my leg.


    WAIT, WAIT, WAIT...!!!!


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    We didn''t even start with a girlfriend and you already want to do something weird to me?!!!!


    I try to kick her but, it''s futile. My leg got locked with her leg. I can''t escape. Her hand already locked the door and my hands are squished between my back and the door.


    What should I do? Think Nina, think!!!


    Turn it off!!


    The time turns more slowly than normal. My mind, I don''t know why it feel light and empty. It''s just my body and her body moves slowly in this time.


    I can''t move my leg. I can''t even open my mouth. How about I bite her? But after that? She has a martial arts history. Her palms are quite grainy. I know it while feeling it with my lip. The gap is far different with my soft lip and this grainy hand.


    So, even after I bite her, she still can fight back. So, let''s do what she wants to do and take the chance... No, I should not do that. I proudly announce that I treasure my pureness.


    Her hand is still approaching my private part. Ah! I still can use that... But, It will break our relationship forever.


    "Mpffhh you."


    She stops. She opened my mouth and I said it again.


    "I-I love you too."


    After that, I hug her. It''s the time that I should turn it off.


    "I!! I love you too!!" Said her and hugged me strongly.


    This is the most bad thing I''ve ever done. Loving someone without any love of it. Playing with someone''s heart and making it dance on my hand. It''s not like I can''t manipulate, it just fills me with tiredness. It''s stupid, and immoral, yet... The best thing I can do here is do that thing.


    I do not want to lose my pureness just because of pride and egoism. And once again, I still destroy someone''s feelings just for my safety and my normal life.


    But...


    I do not want to release this great chance to trash.


    I release my hug and look at her seriously. "Could you do some cosplay for me?"


    Quickly she said with a bright smile. "Sure, why not?"


    Then we shall leave this place.


    I open the door lock but before I get outside she pinchs my dress.


    (Wait...)


    Did she know that I was lying to her? This bad! If she knows that I am lying to her...


    "Do you not want to do it now?" Asked her with a sad voice.


    I grab her hand and crouch in front of her while grabbing her hand.


    I kissed her hand and said. "This is going to be late, we still have a class tomorrow." Said me.


    "But, tomorrow is the weekend."


    "..." Huh!?!?!?


    She looked at me confused and said. "Don''t know that we just come to class twice a week?".


    "I didn''t know!!!" Shout me because of shock.


    She laughed at me a bit while covering it with her hand.


    "Don''t you do it you know? You should read the website carefully." Said her with a smile but covering with her hand a bit.


    IN THE WEBSITE IT STATED 5 TIMES A WEEK!!!


    So how is that possible...


    Nah, I think my appearance is quite unique. Alice said that I was "the normal". Maybe I should ask her.


    "Hm... Alice once said that I am the normal. What does that mean?" Said me while crouching in front of her.


    She released my grab and looked at me with a smile again. "That means you are the target to be loved by us."


    The sea breeze is quite strong today. She looks beautiful. So do I, Judging from her thoughts.


    (She is so beautiful in front of the sun. Thank you for adding Nina''s appeal.)


    It''s not like I don''t know myself that I am beautiful. It''s just... This beauty never works well for me.


    I never knew that this school had a secret mission for them. Wait, it feels weird to me.


    I stand with my two legs while the strong wind blows my hair. I usually tied it but not for today. I didn''t have a chance to do it because I was late.


    "So why they didn''t aggressive like you?" Asked me again with a serious voice.


    "They will, surely. It just depends on time." Said her answering my question while leaning her head on her right hand.


    "..." I am waiting. Where is the thought... Where! is! the! thought!! She should be thinking about it now. But why? Am I lost my ability now?! This quiet environment really makes me feel uneasy.


    "Fufufu~ You look troubled but that''s okay, you will find out." Said her.


    She turned back and left me behind.


    Usually, I will keep the flow and follow her but not for today. Today, I need time for myself to think about this. This is new to me. The thing is, It''s never been this hard to deal with people before. It''s like, in front of them, my ability is useless. Surely, I can read her mind after turning overwrites off but, that''s not what I want.


    Maybe, it''s special for today that my brain didn''t get hurt. Or maybe because I use it to accelerate my way of thinking then look what is inside Tiara''s mind.


    (Where is she? Did she not follow me?) -Tiara


    She is waiting. What should I do? The first plan or follow her? It''s getting late if I want a place to think it alone. My room is quiet enough. But as a result, my ability surely will reveal all her thoughts.


    Judging from yesterday, they are not quite thinking about in her mind. Maybe the best Idea is to follow her today.


    Sigh* what a weird girl...


    I approach Tiara in front of the fence near the beach entrance. She smiled at me and said to me that she wanted to hold my hand.


    I agree with that. She carefully held my hand and felt it.


    Along our way to our house, she is overthinking about me.


    (Her hand is so soft.)


    (I want to kiss her so badly.)


    (I can''t wait for tomorrow.)


    (What should I cosplay for her?)


    (Anything for Nina...)


    Her obsession... It''s the most filthy I''ve ever seen. It''s the same as Alice said that geniuses always have their obsession. And her obsession is... Indecency.

 14. First Weekend

    Remember what you said Nina, all of the future in front of you are in the hell now. Look at this girl on me...


    When I wake up, I should relax my body, take a portion of food, and bathe. That''s my routine. Quite disciplined right? That''s my daily life... But... I doubt it now.


    "Tiara... Tiara!!"


    She awake. Her eyes a bit blinking twice. Her red eyes, really appealing with her beautiful face. She looked at me and smiled at me. "Good morning~"


    I can''t move... I want to push her until she falls from my bed but that''s not use. Because what? She chained herself in my bedroom!!! That''s not the problem, the problem is where she gets that!!?


    "C-could you move? I want to eat." Said me with an awkward smile.


    With her cute face, she moved her head to near me. "You can eat me." Said her while thinking a cute and romantic thought.


    That shocked me!! Huh? She wanted me to become a cannibal?! I know what masochism is but not to this extent.


    I try to leave the bed but she grabs me strongly. She leans to me on my chest and strokes her head carefully.


    "JUST WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!??"


    I push her away and run outside my room.


    Pant* pant* pant*


    "What happened to you this morning?" Said Nexus from a sofa on the first floor.


    "Help!!"


    (Again!?)


    With a sigh, she put down her books and approached me.


    "What again?" Said her. She is the one who... No! I don''t want to trust it but I need her for me now.


    "Look inside." Said me.


    Nexus opens it and our eyes face the beauty of a woman with pants and bra attached to her body. Nexus is surprised and quickly closes the door.


    She looked at me.


    (What was that?)


    "That''s what I wanted to ask too!" Said me panicking.


    She covered her face with her hand and looked at me. "I hope you enjoy the fan service." Said her and left.


    "At least care about me once!!" Said me getting annoyed.


    Without any thought, she walked to the first floor. Sigh* Calm Nina calm... First, the routine!


    I walk down to the first floor. On the left side, there is a kitchen for us. Oh, that I remembered it, Nexus really love reading book. Because of that, she always brought some from the library on the right side building. There is the bigger library but it''s in the corner north-right of this island. It''s really big but old too. It looks like all archive in the world has been there.


    Besides Tiara, there is one more who can cook other than Tiara. That''s me...


    While cooking, Tohru comes from behind me.


    "Oh? Cooking alone?" Asked her curious about what I cook.


    I continue the cook while ignoring Tohru''s appearance.


    "Hey! Don''t you think that''s rude for you?!" Said her getting annoyed.


    "Is it proper to annoy someone who is still at work?" Ask me with a flat voice.


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    She gives up and leaves. After rolling back the egg-fried, I put it in the burger. Ham-cheesed burger ready to eat.


    W-what with this texture!!? Am I this talented!!?


    I checked again the meat and... It''s A5. Was I just eating 100 $ food? I am the one who makes it so that''s okay I think? Let''s take a bath after this...


    That''s weird, there is no one here. Am I the one who morning person? Whatever, just go into it.


    After I went inside, Yulia surprised me from below the hot springs.


    "D-don''t startle me like that." Said me getting surprised.


    "So, you can''t know someone''s location with your ability." Said her with a serious face.


    I can mind reading but not echolocation.


    "Yeah, I am not a dolphin." Said me with a cynical face.


    She leans on the wall made of a rock near me. "Fair by me." Said her after leaning her body.


    We bathed in peace.


    "Anything funny happens?" Asked her.


    "Hmm... Tiara said that you are all forced to love me." Said me without any hesitation.


    "My prediction is correct and yet Nexus always doubts it and says that it did not make any sense." Said her.


    "What about me?"


    Suddenly, Nexus appears behind us. I don''t hear anything like the door open.


    "Did you find it?" Asked Yulia looking at Nexus.


    I don''t want to look at her. She was naked so it will hurt my eyes to look at her.


    "Nope, I will search it later." Said Nexus.


    That''s surprised me. Normal people will think about something when they use pronounce in her words to describe something. But, these people didn''t even think about it. It makes me curious.


    "Hey, how you could do that?"


    "Do what?" Asked Yulia confused while Nexus got inside the hot springs.


    "Saying without thinking." Said me while looking at her.


    "So you can''t read it..." Said Yulia a bit surprised.


    M-maybe I should not talk about it.


    She grabs my shoulder and quickly I hit her hand.


    "Ouch! Why did you do that?!" Said Yulia a bit angry.


    "Tiara is enough for today." Said me with a flat face.


    "Oh? That crazy girl? So she makes her moves." Said Yulia with a sigh.


    We bathe again... Wait...


    "So, what''s the meaning of forced to love me?" Asked me again.


    With a flat face, Yulia said. "I thought you would forget that." Said her.


    "I will explain, we are just getting 100 balance, and that is just enough for us in a week." Said Nexus while swimming in my direction.


    While looking at her swimming I said. "House food is free right?" Asked me confused.


    So, she lost her hair tie.


    She stopped and looked at me. "It counted to your account."


    "Unfortunately, that crazy girl break your phone." Said Yulia continuing Nexus words.


    "So, you should make me love you if you want to get money?" Asked me to confirm the theory.


    "Exactly." Said them while looking at me with sharp eyes.


    Huh? Am I in danger right now right? But, I get many more than them, 100 times exactly.


    Because I feel in danger, I quickly stand up and leave. After walking to my room, I open it and Tiara has gone.


    Luckily, I can change my clothes now. When I open my clothes... Quickly, I close it.


    Sigh* Let''s find other places.


    With these pajamas, I walk to the main building looking for Alice in the principal room.


    (...)


    Other students are studying inside the main building at this time. It makes me stand out because of these pajamas. It''s like I didn''t have any manner and disorganized.


    The jazz sound can be heard by me while waiting inside the lift.


    I knocked on the principal room and Alexander gave the permission.


    "So, can I help you?" Said Mr. Alexander while organizing the document.


    "My phone is broken... so..." Said me a bit nervous.


    "You can take the new one to the mall. Just ask the receptionist." Said Mr. Alexander while looking at me.


    "Thank you very much." Said Mr. Alexander.


    I think the information that I can read someone''s mind is already leaked to them. They didn''t think any thought while we were talking to each other.


    But, after I closed the door.


    (Can she really read our mind?) -Eunha


    (I doubt it, she wasn''t surprised or acted like she could read our minds.) -Cobra


    (Now, now... We should get done these whole documents. Don''t argue for now.) -Barbara


    (Don''t worry, that''s not what they do... Maybe we need some rest.) -Alexander


    (Maybe, she just can read the outer mind, not the inner mind.) -Eunha.


    Whatever, I walk to the lift. They didn''t wrong to me. In fact, I can only read the outer mind with this overwrite. But, sorry... My ability is far superior to that. It can even reconstruct your memory from its body, characteristics, cells, actions, habits, etc.


    Expert said that we use language to communicate but that''s a bit wrong... Language is not what we used to speak. But Language is something that is "normal" for us to say. For example, the word "can" means "place where food is stored with a tube shape." and it means "capability to do something." too.


    That means it depends on human instinct. Those meanings are not wrong or correct. Because it just depends on the intention of someone who is the one who said that word.


    Rather than thinking about something philosophical, let''s just get down to the business. After leaving the building, I went to the mall. It''s big... Ah! There is it!


    On the second floor, there is a stall that has the same phone as me.


    "Here is your phone Nina Cascandra." Said the receptionist while smiling at me.


    Huh? I didn''t even talk about it.


    "O-Okay..."


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    Welcome, Nina Cascandra


    And... The balance is not the exact same as I looked at before. It stated that my balance was 10.000 but now it 9.900. They really took some for the food in the house. Nexus said that 100 balances are for one week live. It seems in just two days I already spent that one week''s balance worth.

 15. Goodbye Old Friend

    After taking my new phone, I walk... Around. It''s like nothing to do anyway in that house. Maybe, I should try to change the phase. How about music?


    Going to the mall, there is karaoke. Sigh* It''s miserable to think that I should go here alone. How about a movie?


    While drinking soda in the movie and watching it seriously... Nah, I can''t be serious with this. Not before these overflowing thoughts inside the building. Sigh* What a pain...


    Beach? No, if Tiara catches me, I should say goodbye to my pureness. Game station? That''s fun... But this ability in this crowd is not that fun.


    Movie, game station, shopping... I just could hear someone who admired me from far away. Am I this lonely? Should I ask my death messenger Tiara?


    (Where has she gone? I think she runs this way) -Tiara


    Talk about the devil and here is she. Sigh* That will not hurt me.


    "Tiara!" Said me while waving my hand.


    She looks at me with a happy face.


    "Darling~"


    "Why are you here? Anyway, want to do something with me?" Asked me didn''t have any option.


    No, I have the option to avoid her but because it is tiresome I just face it. Nothing will happen, right? Or maybe it must have happened because of her.


    "Darling~ You mentioned to me that you like cosplay so which one is good?"


    Huh? When? How? and Why? Why does she have that shackle and whip?


    "Look, I am not the one who does it but you should do it for me." Said me joking around with a laugh.


    "Okay!" Said her with a bright face.


    Huh? Is she serious?


    "So, where we will go?" Asked her while smiling in front of my face.


    Give back my caring big sister!!


    (Look at her, is she m?) -Yulia


    "I know you are here Yulia." Said me with a loud voice.


    (But you don''t know me where...) -Yulia


    She got it right. I don''t know where Yulia is because this mall is full of other thoughts!


    "Don''t mind her, she will gone in a moment." Said her with a serious creepy face.


    She looks around and stops at the food corner. Huh? Is that?


    I ran quickly to that food corner.


    "Wait!" Said Tiara from behind and followed me after that.


    Murmur*... murmur*...


    Wow!! I never thought to ever see this scenery in my life!


    "What are you doing here Yulia?" Asked me politely while leaning my head on my right hand on the cashier''s table.


    "What do you think I am doing right now?" Asked her with a cynical look.


    "Here~ This is your order." Said her to one of the customers with a cute and appealing voice.


    Tiara grabs my dress from behind.


    "We should not be here Nina, you disturb our friend''s work." Said her with a creepy smile trying to pull me from the cashier.


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    I grab the table to prevent her from pulling me out of this place.


    "You look busy dear customer. May I help you with this?" Asked Yulia while moving her hand to my hand that grab the table.


    At first, Tiara just grabbed my dress but... WHY YOU SUDDENLY PULL OUT MY LEGGG!!!?


    "Wait!!! Are you crazy!!!?"


    I get panic because my body is pulled up with her hand. It''s like I am flying right now.


    "You know..."


    Yulia gently stroked my finger out from the table, making it loose and weaker.


    "Wait, Yulia... Don''t do that!" Said me begging to not release my finger on the table.


    This crazy girl is pulling me into the hell right now. I look behind and she hard breathes with lustful eyes.


    "Please! Yulia!! I beg you!!" Said me getting panicky because Tiara is so strong while pulling me with her.


    "Just say the magical word, Tiara, and she will release it herself." Said her stopping stroking my finger.


    She keeps pulling me while thinking.


    (Magic word? Ah! That''s it!!) -Tiara


    While pulling me she looked inside my skirt and said one sentence that made me fall to hell. "Your pants are revealing."


    "Hyaa~!"


    Unconsciously, I release my hand to cover my underwear. With a high force, she pulled me out and she kept my body on her shoulder.


    Ugh...


    "Thanks for the stimulus Yulia~"


    She turned back and left the store with those shocked and surprised students. While getting carried by her, I look at Yulia, wearing a cute and petite maid uniform waving at us.


    (She had a cute voice huh?) -Yulia


    Sorry, I couldn''t expect my girly voice to come out. It''s more impulsive than I thought. But now, looking at my condition right now... Is it okay to scream right now?


    "So... Where are we going?" Asked me to her.


    "Love hotel."


    Huh? Why does sound so natural to us to get into that?! Whatever it said I am still underaged!!!


    "Hey, let me get down." Said me getting serious.


    "No, you can''t." She rejects me.


    "Let me down!!" Said me getting angry.


    She noticed it and went along with my words.


    "So?"


    She seems disappointed in me. I know it from her eyes. It''s really sharp and makes me shiver. But, I can''t step back. If this is going to be like this, It''s the time I should protect myself and push away the burden.


    "I can''t go along with you." Said me with a serious face. It makes me feel embarrassed to say it firmly in this crowded place. They are even gossiping about me while looking at us.


    (Are they fighting?)


    (What will happen...)


    (Something gonna happen...)


    (What a crazy girl you are to make a fuss in this place.)


    The bell ringing, it''s the sign that the break time is over. All of the students get out of this place and back to their class. This is the noon break for them. It is always set for twelve hours and they will have break time not more than 2 hours. Sure is a long time to break time right? That''s not long. It happened because of the level of stress they maintained over the class.


    Not like us, S-class, they are all good students with bright destinies. But, that only works for ten percent of them. I read from seniors that they will be selected in the future if they are worth it or not. And what happened to people who weren''t worth it? They will be kicked out of this school and should start it in another school... From beginning.


    If they have such a burden on their shoulder, why are they wasting their time to admire us, Lordeca? Because this is stated in every suggestion from the counseling teacher.


    "You shall watch the Lordeca. Surely it will help you higher your score."


    Really, my ability is fearsome. The time I turned it off and all of the information forcefully flowed into my brain. The worst is... I can''t even know that there is some information like this. It''s like appearing from nowhere. It feels like a Math genius, you know how to answer the formula but don''t have good capability to explain it. Or maybe it looks like this. "Huh? It''s just popped into my mind and I know the answer just like that."


    "So, why you can''t get along with me despite the words you said yesterday?" Said her looking down while staring at me with sharp and intimidating eyes.


    Sorry, but... I should turn it off. Maybe this is the last I turned it off because I vow to not use this ability perfectly.


    Sigh* Let''s turn it off and I will show you how fearsome this ability is.


    My head, don''t know why but it''s not hurt while I turned it off. It''s... calm... empty...


    "Sigh* You are jealous so easily, your mind is not normal, your behavior freaks me out, your body is not that beautiful, I am not into women, I didn''t have any reason to go along with you, you just burden to me, you said that you love but you still forcefully pull me and go along with me? It''s that your insecurity? Whatever the answer depends on you, you didn''t smell that good, I predict that you use the same shampoo as me, it freaks me out, and you shall not follow me because you seem more like my stalker..."


    And the explanation still goes on. She was shocked and didn''t know what to say.


    After explaining the reason why I couldn''t get along with her for 30 minutes, she suddenly started crying and abruptly left me.


    Sigh* You can''t turn it off now, my brain. Thank you for your work until now. Goodbye...


    And yeah once again, I hurt people''s hearts.


    The worst part of me is that I didn''t even feel worried or guilty about it. It''s like normal... I don''t want to be normal like this. It''s hurt my feelings and my heart.


    "Sigh* Normal girl does not belong here. And now, I am the abnormal one."


    The security forced those students to leave the mall because the bell rang about thirty minutes ago.


    It''s just me, Yulia, Nexus, Yuna, and Tohru here. And yeah, they are thinking about the same.


    (So, this is the challenge.) -Yulia, Nexus, Yuna, Tohru.


    And all of them, grinned together while looking at me.


    Sigh* what a tiresome.

 16. The Love Plan Has Just Begun

    This makes me feel worse than before. It''s not like I want to do it but I need to do it. Don''t know why, this makes me feel secure. We can''t be friends, either be lovers. There is no secret in front of me but in your vision, you are just looking at a locked chest. Is it a joker chest or a gold chest? Which one do you prefer to open? Many people will say that a gold chest is the best option. I don''t see any reason for to someone open that joker''s chest.


    The same as me, I don''t want to open the joker''s chest. I don''t know what happen if I get closer to Tiara and I don''t want to imagine that.


    After getting into my room, I locked up and pulled my desk behind the door.


    Huh?


    (NINANINANINANINA...) -Tiara


    Just what is this? Love? Obsession? She already has an obsession though. Sigh* whatever...


    I just want to sleep. Today is hard for me...


    After waking up, I pull out my desk again... It''s more annoying than I thought. After clearing my mind, it feels stupid to think about it. For now, let''s just face it.


    Why am I always like this? Feel scared while getting intimidated. It makes me weak and do something crazy while in it. I still can stand a chance in front of my sister... Maybe there are some moments that I feel scared of her but, I think that my fear is normal and the same as anybody''s. Or maybe it''s just this school with all different cultures and people with unique and variant traits that makes me feel shocked.


    Before leaving my room, I look in the mirror and fix my bed hair. Being normal in this kind of school it''s impossible! Or maybe, I am the one who is not normal among them? No! I can''t be like this! I should get up, eat, and do something about this melancholy feeling.


    Yes! Just as always!! I will walk around without point and just look at the starry night! Maybe... maybe it will calm me down.


    "Where you will go?" Ask Nexus as always on the sofa reading some book.


    "..."


    Without saying anything, I leave this house. Oh! There is a Stellarium near the lighthouse.


    While going there, the beach is quite beautiful at night. My white dress is flowing because of the wind. Once again, I forgot to tie my hair.


    Here is it, the Stellarium. Let''s see what''s inside. Five telescopes and a planet simulator. It''s a hologram... I don''t have enough energy to compliment it. It''s like, my mood is worsened the time goes on.


    Sigh* Boring...


    I decided to go to Lighthouse. There is a spiral stair around the building and one wooden door on the lowest floor. While walking, the wind is flowing again. At least, at the top the scene is beautiful.


    It''s quiet. That means there is no one around here.


    Step*


    I look behind. Blue hair flowing on this starry night with a light blue dress. Her glass is shining because of the light from a lighthouse. She is staring at me and gently smiles at me.


    "What''s wrong Nina?" Asked her with her gentle smile. She looks and cares about me.


    "Just... Watching this scenery... What about you?" Said me while looking at the horizon.


    She walks near me and leans her body on the fence together with me.


    "This is my favorite place. Should I need your permission?" Said her while looking at me.


    "No, you can do whatever you want. Hey, you seem so strong right?"


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    I remember that she got slapped with her classmate back then. She still keeps her calm and tries to protect her instead of being angry. She is used to thinking about all of her actions but now she is quiet as a snail.


    "You can''t read it, right? Why don''t you use your true ability?" Asked her.


    It surprised me but not until it looked at my face.


    "My true ability? Am I have some kind of hidden power that could destroy the world you think?" Asked me joking around.


    "Yes." Said her while looking at me with a serious face.


    Huh? Does she know something about this ability, more than me? Don''t be joking to me.


    "So what? What is my true ability then?" Asked me curious about her answer.


    "You said that you are reading our mind but have not heard it. Yulia asked us the fifth most talented people to discuss about you. And they agree to my theory that you can see our memory." Said her smiling proudly at me.


    Not quite right... I can''t see your memory. But... I can predict it. The same as the bullied girl before. At the maximum, I can read all of the gestures, motions, actions, scars outside, body looks, and all outside appearances and the person''s reaction.


    "My answer is false." Said me after looking at her.


    She stopped smiling and looked at me seriously.


    "So, care to explain it to your cheating material?" Asked her while smiling wickedly.


    For some reason, my heart pushes me to tell the truth. Because it was tiresome to do something about it, I just answered it genuinely. But not this time...


    I look at her with a serious face while one of my hands holds the fence. "I refuse."


    She continues to look at the sky. "You make us hard to get you." Said her disappointed.


    "Sigh* Just ask me the yes-no question... I will answer it because you helped me a lot with the exam." Said me figuring that it''s cruel for me to leave her alone like this.


    She looks at me surprised. Why she should surprised like that?


    "So, are you part of some experiment?" Asked her with a serious voice while leaning her back to the fence.


    That sounds stupid. Sigh* I just need to answer it.


    "No"


    I know that someday someone will be asked that question but not this fast.


    "Do you inherit that ability?"


    "No"


    My family is normal and I am proud of them.


    "Your father, is he passed away?"


    "Yes"


    I still remember it clearly that day. When I get terrified by this ability and choose to pull myself out of society. I don''t want that to happen again to me. Even I have a secret too to protect.


    "Is your father genius?"


    Wait... Is he a genius? He is a doctor and quite well-known. And that''s normal, right?


    "I don''t know."


    "Huh?" She was confused by my half-answer.


    "You said that you would answer with yes and no but look at this." Said her getting disappointed again.


    "Listen, I don''t know, I''ve never seen his score." Said me getting annoyed because of misunderstanding.


    "Then I will change the question. Did he give you a reason to you to not use your ability?"


    "Yes"


    "I see." Said her and left me alone.


    Huh? Just that? What is the conclusion? Ah... Nevermind.


    It''s surprisingly good to me. Maybe I just need a person who can hear my thoughts so that I can''t be stressed. But, I can''t choose. I didn''t have that option. Because having a relationship with some secrets is troublesome and tiresome for me.


    The next day... (Thursday)


    She is not coming huh? Whatever... I get up and look in the mirror. At that second my eyes opened up and shocked. It''s like my soul has gotten back to my body in an instant.


    "I didn''t know that you have this kind of fetish." Said me while turning around. But, she is not there. I look in the mirror again and Nexus has disappeared. Am I wrong?


    If I turned it off, surely her position would be exposed. But, let''s just eat and do my daily routine.


    So, Nexus is here today huh? She always eagerly read her books on the sofa. Walking into the kitchen, I see Tiara cooking alone.


    I pat her shoulder. "Need help?" Asked me flat.


    I hope that my relationship is still a friend but not further than that. Never mind with Alice said, I didn''t have a reason to make them fall in love with me. Let''s just skip this high school with normal daily life... That''s what I thought.


    I know that our relationship is bad because of that but... Not to this extent!! Why?! What!? And just... Argh!! Whatever is it the reason you should point this sharp knife below my head.


    (cut the veggies.) -Tiara


    Oh! So that''s it. I take the knife and cut the vegetables.


    This is awkward... Should I say something... No, I must say it.


    "You know... Sorry."


    She stopped cutting and looked at me.


    "Say it again." Said her.


    Huh? What? That''s embarrassing... Fine... I''m the one who is wrong here.


    "I am sorry for hurting your heart." Said me while looking down. I don''t know why I should say sorry to her even after all those things she forced me to do.


    Once, this happened to me back then and I quarreled with my mom. It''s a stupid thing to be angry about but... My mom thinks that kids my age should not do this kind of thing.


    It happened after I watched the surgery movie. I felt like wanted to do it back then. My mom scolded me because I was still underaged.


    After that, she said sorry to me. I asked her why she should say sorry if I was the wrong one. She simply said... "It''s not always the wrong one who should say sorry."


    I said again that. "No, that will make someone get cocky!"


    She said. "Nina, the problem is not what you talking about in that fight... The fight itself is already wrong. So, there is wrong or right between it."


    That is one of the reasons I am tired of socializing because it will be tiresome to fight once we get to know each other better.

 17. Thing Goes Wrong

    She nods at me. She is fidgeting a bit. I don''t know why but I decided to ignore it and continue to help her with this food.


    "Ah! I-I will put the plate on the table." Said her getting nervous.


    "Okay..."


    Chopping some veggies, add some spice to it, and cook it. After adding some garnish to the food, the Tuna Salad is on the way. Really, I don''t know what is called but I called it Tuna Salad because there are so many vegetables around this Tuna.


    Wait... But why? Why she should put the plate on the table? There is no dining room here...


    (Is she okay?) -Eluthya


    (Hey Nina, I know you read it so just come quickly.) -Yulia


    Don''t say...


    I bring this food to the living room. All of Lordeca is already on there waiting for me. What is it? All of the sofas are occupied leaving me with a single one that faces the front door.


    "So? What is this about?" Asked me before we started the breakfast.


    "Pray first before talking..." Said Linda.


    After praying, we eat first. While eating, Tiara brings ten teas to drink. We continued the discussion after eating.


    "You are quiet are not you?" Asked me to open the conversation.


    "Have not I already answered it?" Ask Yulia back.


    "You are dense Yulia." Said Tohru while glancing at her.


    Geraldine crossed her hands and said. "I agree to Tohru."


    "Huh? Why am I in the wrong position?" Asked Yulia confused.


    "You''re still a little kid after all." Said Nexus with a mocking voice.


    She didn''t agree with her and swung her umbrella to her but, Tohru''s reflex was quicker than it. She pulls it and throws it away.


    Yulia clicked her tongue and with her sulking face, she said. "If I am a little girl you should spare me!"


    Clap!


    Eluthya clapped and said. "Let''s back to the topic."


    "Let''s start with a simple question. How much balance you had?" Asked Radiant with an angry face.


    "We already discussed it Radiant, should you know that?" Said Linda while staring at her.


    "It''s not fair!! You already know it right!!?" Said her don''t know why she got angry.


    "Ten thousand." Said me.


    "That''s quite big isn''t it?" Said Nexus while sipping the tea Tiara prepared.


    Radiant hit the table and said with her angry face. "That''s not fair!!!"


    Linda stood up, pulled out her glove, and slapped it to her face. "You foolish human, should not you know how to make conversation respectfully?"


    Even without facial gestures, I know that Linda was angry with her. Good, it starts to be a chaotic discussion...


    This will make my day more tiring than my normal daily life.


    "As Alice said once, our first-semester theme is love. And, that''s the aim of this program." Said Yulia vaguely.


    "Sigh* Let me explain it... We only get 100 balance points and how to higher that is to be loved by the target... We call it The Normal. And The Normal is you, Nina, according to Alice''s explanation." Said Nexus.


    "So, you get a different briefing than me?" Said me.


    That''s just a nonsense question. Of course, they will get that. Why did Alice tell me that I should love them the first time and just me?


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    The puzzle seems finished but there is something still vague to this.


    "For what purpose?" Asked me.


    Yeah, that''s my concern. Why she should do that? Or... Why this school should do that? Is it some kind of societal experiment or something?


    "Of course to create genius like us." Said Yulia normally.


    "That woman said that genius is not a trait but a skill. And to inflict that skill, people need what they called obsession." Said Eluthya while looking at me.


    Linda sat down and Radiant calmed down a bit.


    I know half of it. And I already know three of them. Curiosity, Perfection, and Indencency.


    So, they said that they have this kind of obsession? But...


    "You need me to love you and you get the balance to survive on this island. But, how about me?" Said me.


    I don''t know my objective and I don''t care about it either. After passing this school with an S-class background, I will have a bright future for sure. So, I should know the consequences and the merit of doing it.


    "There are two of them." Said Eluthya raising her index and middle finger at the same time.


    It seems to be longer... I take the cup and sip it a bit.


    "First, If you fail to reveal our obsession, you will be exiled to F-class. Second, if you know it, we will vow our body and soul to you."


    Cough* cough*


    I get choked a bit. What? Vow your body and soul to me?! What happened? Are they forced?


    "We are not forced darling~" Said Tiara.


    They are staring at her with disgusting faces.


    "That ****! promised us to fill up this thing." Said Tohru while looking at me with her annoying face.


    She seems to refer to "thing" as their obsession.


    "And what supposed I do? Anyway, what is F-class?" Said me curious.


    I mean, in this school, there are just six classes, E, D, C, B, A, and S. Nothing more.


    "Ask Yuna, she is from there." Said Radiant while looking at Yuna after calmed down a bit.


    "Y-Yeah, I from that but... That''s not what should, Y-You calls it." Said Yuna suddenly nervous.


    Hmm...


    "That''s why we are here to declare..." Said Yulia.


    (We will make you fall in love with me.) All of them have the same thought.


    "Sorry but, I still didn''t get why I should be scared about F-class." Said me leaving the sofa while carrying my plate and cup.


    "Wait!" Said Linda.


    She looks at me and looks at others too. They nodded at her and she said. "F-class is where our humanity will be lost. All of the students there get infused with adjectivity and go mad."


    "Is it legal?" Asked me.


    But... That was a foolish question. I should''ve known who the pillar who made this school. Material? They have the richest person in the world. Talent? They have the most genius person in the world. How about technology and manipulated media? There are Gilliard and Eunha.


    This is getting more serious than I thought.


    "So, the question is... Why don''t you use that kind of thing to make people infused with an obsession for you? You already had an obsession but this is the chance to change it right? For example, you can change Indecency with Normality. It surely would be fun." Said me and left the living room.


    "See? She would not understand it!" Said Radiant getting annoyed.


    "Sure, that was what we thought." Said Yulia.


    "Then... Shall we show her the fear of obsession we hate?" Said Eluthya with a creepy smile.


    "I hate her but I am in." Said Geraldine while grinning.


    "B-But, F-class is fun you know?" Said Yuna a bit hesitant about it.


    "Sigh* that''s bothersome." Said Tohru reluctant about it.


    Nexus stood up and said. "So, the final decision?"


    They stood up at the same time and thought about the same thing.


    (We will make Nina fall in love.)


    ... How should I supposed to respond that kind of agreement? Sigh* Maybe I will lock my door all day. Or...


    While walking back to the living room, I said. "Wait! Wait! Don''t just agree without me."


    "Sorry but, you are forced to do it." Said Radiant smiling at me full of hatred.


    "There is a boat, surely I can escape this island If I want to do so. Besides, I can lock my room or hide somewhere on this island. What''s about it?" Said me try to make a condition for me.


    "Make your wise decision Nina." Said Linda while staring at me seriously.


    "Haha... What should I care about F-class anyway? This ability will let me know about each of your obsessions in no time. Still doubt my capability?" Said me trying to intimidate them.


    "Are you sure to say that while your leg trembling?" Said Tohru while looking at my legs.


    Legs!! You betray me!!!


    "Then, here I come!!!" Shout Alice open up the door.


    They gaze at her with hatred and disgusting feelings.


    "For sure, Nina will not scared to F-class because she didn''t see it herself. But, that''s a top secret just for Lordeca except The Normal." Said her while joyfully walking to me.


    She grabbed my shoulder and looked at me seriously.


    "But, that''s good, we need a condition for you to get into our curriculum as well. Then how about this? You and your children until the twelfth generation will be covered by this school? Sound promising right?" Said her get exaggerate.


    "It''s more like a scam to me than promising." Said me getting a bit scared of her.


    "How about this? You will get into jail because you murdered someone." Said her.


    I... That''s...


    She grinned at me creepily yet getting excited about this moment.


    "Lordeca can''t ask for food if they are hungry! And!!! if we found out that one of them got out of this island... We will chase them until death!! because they already signed the contract. And for you Nina... This school does not provide you all free with these balance points. WE PAID IT, that''s why If you protest about it... Then, we should offer you to juristic for misused money. For sure, you must pay it the same number as you spend."


    I was shocked to hear that... It''s a scam. All of this hope are scam. Why did they sign this scam at first? Are they so desperately to fill that obsession? And why me? Why?


    She left me alone petrified because of shock.


    "Think it carefully Nina." Said Eluthya.


    They are leaving this living room to do their daily activity. It''s just me there... Alone, stunned, and didn''t know what to say.


    Before I knew it, my legs kneeled to the floor and my head looked down.


    This is the first time... THE FIRST TIME I GET ANGRY LIKE THIS!!!


    But... Is that worth to throw away myself to protect it?

 18. Indencency

    "Darling~"


    In the morning... She seduces me again with her underwear while sleeping below my blanket and on my body.


    She touched my drowsy face with her finger and smiled at me.


    "Wahhh-!!"


    I am surprised she did it again. I open up the blanket and... She didn''t chain her legs for this time.


    I cover my face with my hand. "So, what''s the matter now?" Asked me curious.


    "I just want to wake you up for break but your sleep face is cute." Said her while sitting up.


    Sigh*


    "Huh? Why are you staring at me like that?" Asked me curious why she gazed at me for each second.


    "Ah! No! It''s just... I don''t know that you have those cute pajamas." Said her fluttered.


    Huh? That claim makes me feel more confused.


    "Huh? Didn''t you see it while lock-picking that door?" Asked me confused.


    She shaking her head... But this is the... The second time, If it''s about the person who said it. And yes, My sister already said it to me endlessly if she get to lock-picking my room door.


    I stood up and walked to my desk.


    "Ah! Let''s bath together!" Said her getting excited.


    "Huh? Why should I? I already know your obsession." Said me without any hesitation.


    "B-But..."


    (I will die from hunger...)


    Ugh... That stabs my heart...


    "Sigh* serve you right." Said me agreeing with her.


    She suddenly smiled brightly and quickly left the room to take her clothes.


    While in the hot spring...


    She exhales from a deep breath. "This is relaxing... And more with my beloved Nina."


    "Who exactly is this person you said your beloved?" Said me gazing at her hesitating about it.


    "It''s you!" Said her while looking at me so lovely.


    "So, can''t you tell me why you can''t say it?" Asked me wondering why she didn''t beg for my help.


    "We can''t..." Said her while looking down.


    "Yo!" Said Nexus as always from behind.


    "Ah! Nexus!! You said that this is my week!!" Said Tiara getting a bit angry.


    "I said it but it''s not like we can''t do our daily activity." Said her while getting inside the bath.


    "Hey Nexus, is there anything on this island that makes you feel happy or excited?" Asked me to Nexus for a reference of killing time.


    "Oh! I will ask you for a date~" Said Tiara getting excited about it.


    "With your balance now? I will suggest that you should not do it. We can''t accept someone''s offer." Said Nexus with a serious face.


    "Oh? Is it occupied?" Asked Eluthya from behind.


    I look behind and wonder about Yulia. "It''s rare to not see that little girl."


    "Talk about me?" Asked Yulia behind Eluthya waving at me.


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    "Sigh* you guys..." Said Tiara getting annoyed.


    "Don''t mind us~" Said Yulia.


    They getting into the hot spring together.


    "So, how are you feeling right now Nina?" Said her while staring at me.


    "What feeling?" Said me playing with her words.


    "Look around you... You are rounded by a beautiful girl..." Said her while looking at all of the girls around me.


    "So? I am not man... Besides, our relationship is like a friend with benefits." Said me trying to at least relax my body and closed my eyes to feeling it.


    "That''s not wrong but... If you think it like that, we will be in problem." Said Nexus while looking at me.


    I open my eyes and look at her. "So? Are you looking for a bar that states my love to you?" Asked me joking around.


    "Exactly." Said Eluthya.


    Huh? She is joking, right?


    "Huh? What?"


    "We see it darling~ for example, your love for me is in 2%, Eluthya 1%, Yulia -12%, Nexus -8%, and others..." Said her looking at somewhere... Or maybe, she was looking at anything they only could look at.


    "What''s with that!!? Is that some kind of "status system"?" Asked me was shocked about that fact.


    "It''s quite the same but just state your love bar." Said Eluthya.


    "It''s a shame that my love percentage is the lowest than others... That''s why I should search for allowance from part-time but... They already declined it." Said her with an ignorant face.


    "So, what''s about the schedule of action?" Asked me curious about what Tiara said before.


    "We decided to spy on you first but, we didn''t get much information because you are usually in your room. We prohibited lock-picking so we can''t do anything about it. But, as the class started, we had full control and were immune to all of the rules in this school. That''s why, you could see Nexus the way she is right now." Said Yulia explaining the whole thing.


    "Thank you for explaining anything to me." Said me considering it.


    "Thanks for your love point increased." Said her while smiling at me with her gentle smile.


    "Nina dummy..." Said Tiara sulking.


    At least I get an explanation so that''s okay to us. "So, can you tell me all of it?" Said me getting carried away a bit.


    "Sorry, one day one question." Said Yulia.


    I look at others and they just nod at me.


    "Sigh* Then, could you bring me somewhere Tiara?" Asked me after standing up from the hot spring.


    This is not like I want to take a date. It''s just... I don''t want to them suffer because of this stupid rule and obligation.


    "You are kind Nina... Really~" Said Tiara while standing up too.


    Other girls keep silent. We are leaving and they are still silent. After bathing, we set up our clothes. Red dress with white stripes, tied hair, and high heels... high heels?


    I stared at it and kicked it out. Why are there high heels in my room!!? I didn''t remember I bought it!


    "You didn''t like it?" Ask Tiara from behind the door.


    Huh? Is she peeping on me?!!!


    I opened the door strongly and said. "Were you peeping on me?!"


    "I am tired of waiting for you to get change... You took so long like a girl." Said her sulking at me.


    "I am a girl!!" Said me getting a bit annoyed at her.


    As a result, our first place to visit is a mall. I don''t know why all of my footholds turned out to be high heels.


    "Look at this Nina!" Said Tiara smiling brightly while showing me the cute and thin underwear.


    "No thank you, I just need that." Said me while pointing my finger to the shoe store.


    We walk to that store and buy some of them. My balance... It will turn out to be debt if I spend it too much. But, my father is rich, is that problem? But, if we lose our richness, our mom will start work. That''s no problem for us. I can cook and my sister is cleverer than me. I can always find a job with this ability to make some money and pay the debt.


    "At the second, I think I can survive If I am in debt." Said me to convince myself.


    "Huh?"


    Tiara seems shocked while looking at the shoes.


    "Just how much is your money Nina?" Asked Tiara curiously looking at me.


    "Rich enough until we are dead, our money will remain some." Said me.


    "Maybe, I should see that wicked witch." Said me to Tiara and start leaving.


    She grabbed my hand and said to me with a sad-looking face. "Huh? How about the date?"


    Uh... "Okay, let''s do it until afternoon." Said to me that this thing can be talked about whenever I want.


    "Then!" Said her getting excited.


    The first plan, we go to the cinema. There is some movie that she wants to watch together someday with her beloved.


    From this date, I learned about Tiara''s past. She has many brothers and sisters. She is the daughter of a local prostitute and trying hard to take responsibility for her siblings. Even if she knew that her siblings are not from the same father... She still takes care of them using the allowance her mother gives.


    Her dream is to see a bright sky with her siblings in the small house for them. One day, this school''s professional team recruited her because knowing her capability who caught up by cheating at a dozen universities. She registers herself as a capable tutor from a well-known institution. Of course, her registration is not fake because she stole someone''s identity at this instantion and took the exam seriously. And yeah, she passed with a perfect score even without someone''s help. She simply uses her mother''s phone to search for learning material on the internet.


    She got caught because she used the internet. But, The team for this school asked her instead to join and promised her to gain some money for their life same as Alice promised me.


    Sob*


    "Hey Nina, this should be our funny and happy date... Not the sad one." Said her with a calm and caring expression.


    I can''t... This is too emotional for me...


    Look at me, trying to cheat on all of the exams... And yet she is trying her best for her siblings...


    Sob* I am ashamed of myself.


    "But... Thank you for your concern." Said her smiling at me.


    Her smile... That''s not making me scared again... It makes me feel terribly sad and sympathize.


    I think... I can tell Alice what I thought on Monday when at class starts.

 19. Indencency (2)

    "Hey... Do you hate yourself?" Asked me after my tears fell on the sand in the afternoon.


    In the end, we end up here again. The place when I said. "I love you to her." This matter is not funny anymore. If... If all of them have this kind of past... It makes me shiver.


    I can''t even be egoistic anymore. Their life, their dreams... They are on my hand. Should I...? Should I play along with their game like a fool? Once again... I confused...


    Is there any answer other than to play along with their game?


    "Yes... And I bet they are too." Said her after turning behind.


    She looks at me while holding her hands on her back with a smile.


    I am scared... What if they hang on their life to me? What happen if I got along very well and ended up loving one of them? I can''t describe it...


    It just... I hesitate about it. Before... I didn''t know her. But now, she is closer than a best friend.


    "You know Nina? I think that... If you want to love me, I should love you even more. But, your love seems higher than before even without any Indencency involved." Said her while looking at me.


    She''s right... Even without any obsession, they still manage to suppress it. I don''t know how strong that obsession involved in their life. But, something I know, is they hate it.


    Sigh* How long I could keep ignorance like this...?


    "I will... try it... But, I still don''t know if my love bar increased or not." Said me.


    "Oh! The one that Yulia told you that we can see a bar love is a lie!" Said her while laughing.


    "Oh... Huh?! That''s a lie!!?"


    "She tested you whether you can identify lie or not with your ability... It''s funny that you believe it." Said her after laughing a bit.


    I am a bit ashamed about it... Maybe, that''s because I didn''t get involved too much with technology. It''s just that. "Oh, so the technology is already this advanced." Like that...


    "So...? The truth is?" Asked me curious about it.


    She pointed out something inside my skirt with her finger. "Your phone, it''s giving a signal when it is around your body." Said her while pointing to the place where I put my handphone.


    ... Wait... There is something wrong... Ah!


    "You make a challenge that you can raise my love bar?" Asked me with sudden realization.


    "It seems like your brain is still used well even with your ability." Said her turning her body behind.


    "Of course!! I am still cleaver even without this ability!" It made me get annoyed a bit.


    We are walking again. But not like before, she wanted to hold my hand while walking. While holding her hand, I am thinking... If she has a kind of past... When she could learn those martial arts and locked-up movements?


    I stop my step... I am angry now with this realization.


    "You... You are lying about your past." Said me with a serious face.


    (Damn...)


    "That took so long you to know it... That''s why I laugh a bit." Said her without looking at me.


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    "Sigh* It''s look like I waste my time with you." Said me leaving this beach.


    "Yeah, I think it so." Said her while turning back in the opposite direction.


    Not for this time, she didn''t reach my hand. She is usually so persistent about it but for now... I don''t know why.


    I am biting my lips a bit. She''s the worst... Or... I am curious... If... No! I vow myself. I don''t want to use it again.


    I stop my step and think. Is it okay? Is it really okay for me to leave like this? I turn back and grab her shoulder from behind.


    She''s surprised.


    (Why...?)


    I didn''t realize that my tears fell down. I don''t know why... I don''t know!! It''s like something is wrong with it. It''s like a feeling... a prediction.


    "But..."


    She turned around and looked at me. She is shocked to look at my sad-looking yet angry face with tears falling down from my eyes.


    "I refuse to believe your lie!!"


    Her tears are falling down. I try to wipe them out but she prevents it softly.


    She smiled at me and said. "If you like this... I might truly love you someday."


    I can feel it... Those words from her heart. After that, she hugged me and cried on my shoulder. And we are crying together without knowing that the others watching us.


    (Look at that scenery... So beautiful) -Geraldine


    (I-Is it okay to watch those?) -Yuna


    (I don''t think that pervert can make such of good action) -Linda


    (Emotion is the key to this and that''s my advantage) -Nexus


    (I still didn''t know why she turned out to refuse it) -Yulia


    (You are talking too much, she will read it) -Eluthya


    (She wouldn''t, she can''t read while she reading someone) -Yulia


    The fact is... Tiara is not thinking so much this time. She manages to not think at all. And you all... Just disturbing this beautiful and wholesome moment. I even can''t continue my cry right now because of you.


    (Ah! She knows us!) -Nexus


    (You''re right... It''s time we get back) -Yulia


    "Thank you... for your kindness." Said Tiara in her soft and gentle voice while hugging me.


    Sigh* What with this anticlimax emotion? I genuinely crying because of that but those bastards are watching us and make me not feel it anymore.


    "Let''s go home." Said me gently while smiling.


    She nods at me and holds my hand. While running in our house direction she said. "Come on! Darling~" While smiling at me.


    She pulls me and I just simply taken by her. She is strong... Or maybe it''s just a lie... Whether is it, it''s not a problem for me. They try their best to make them be loved by me. I should take part in this game too. For them, myself and my family. And in the end, I will remember this until I graduate.


    This school annoys me.


    Let''s see it first... When the time has come, surely this school will fall off. For the first plan... I should know the details about Lordeca, F-class, and the pioneers'' aim at.


    We get back from the beach knowing that Nexus still reading a book on the sofa.


    "Don''t you have other things to do Nexus?" Asked me wondering why she always read a book.


    "I have... And that''s reading a book." Said her normally.


    "Darling... She''s trying to say that she reads different genres." Said Tiara while smiling gently at me.


    "Ah... Yeah, okay..." I don''t know why it''s pretty embarrassing to look at her now. Maybe because we shared our tears before.


    Hmm? I look at Nexus back but apparently, she is avoiding my eyes. Why is she staring at us that way? Nevermind...


    "Oh? Is it our normal daily girl here?"


    Yulia appears before the stairs on the left side. She walks with her umbrella set on her body.


    "And here is our little girl who brought that weapon even though it''s inside a house." Said me trying to annoy her.


    "It''s the fact... This umbrella often saves me from some occasion." Said her and sat on the sofa in the opposite of Nexus.


    "Then... I am tired now, I want to sleep." Said me and left the area.


    After closing the door, I lay my body on the bed. Oh! I should change my clothes first.


    (Her love bar is in 11% You really are something) -Yulia


    (That''s not weird, Humans often fall in love whether their gender is different or not. It depends on their taste in love) -Nexus


    (Don''t say that from the book) -Tiara


    (Well, you know this waiter) -Yulia


    (I hope you don''t annoy me more or I will hit this book at you) -Nexus


    (Your threat is futile for me, nonsense girl) -Yulia


    (Hey, are you still free?) -Radiant


    (Nah, we are busy) -Yulia


    (Shall I accompany you for some time?) -Linda


    (Nah, no need, I am fine in myself) -Radiant


    (Hello!! Is there anything I left out?) -Geraldine


    (Our beloved Tiara almost blew up her heart because of tension from Nina) -Yulia


    (N-Not like that! It''s just... She is so lovely) -Tiara


    I can''t sleep at all!!


    Didn''t they usually quiet in this hour? Beside... They seem to get along with each other and leave me alone. Why do I feel so lonely like this!? Sleep Nina... Sleep... Ah! Maybe I should use this phone for some music...


    Huh? Break penalty!? Why the browser can be opened up and this text appear? Ah! They cut it because I am breaking the phone!!? That''s not me but others!!!


    What now, their conversation has leaked out and I can''t do anything about it...


    Argh... This is the worst...


    But, even without any music, I can sleep so loudly.


    ...


    "So, what''s about the plan Alice?" Said Alexander while looking at Alice seriously in front of him.


    "It''s even less than a week and you asking it now?" Asked Alice getting annoyed.


    "... You are right..."

 20. Indencency (3)

    The next day, it''s like nothing happened yesterday, she got into my bed again. I know it, this weight, this bulge... Obviously her. I get up and ignore her.


    "You dummy~" Said her while grabbing my hand not letting me get up.


    How was this door always locked? I demand more advanced technology to my door!! Or... Maybe I can buy it.


    I grab Tiara''s shoulder and ask her to follow me for a moment.


    After eating and bathing, we went to the mall to buy advanced technology for the door.


    There is it! I am surprised that this mall has everything we need until now.


    "Please sign this paper and our worker will do it for you, Miss Nina." Said the receptionist.


    "No!! If you do it, I can''t sneak into your bed again!!" Said her sulking in front of me.


    With a flat face, I said to her. "Oh yeah, that''s my point."


    Without any sign, she suddenly punched the paper until it had broken.


    "Don''t worry, we still have another paper here." Said the receptionist while showing another paper to sign.


    In the end, Tiara gives up. Ah, this is the weekend so that''s normal for these students here.


    Huh? What''s that?


    Tiara and me looking at the first floor from the second floor. There is some student quarrel with each other. I can''t read it because it gets out of their mouth, not from their mind. And, this place is not quiet enough to use my second ability to read someone''s voice from far away.


    Ah! That''s the head of the SGS team, Youna Hilde.


    "You know her darling?" Asked Tiara to notice it.


    "Yeah, she is the one who... Maybe hate me?" I am still doubting myself being her friend so maybe after I refused her offer... I mean I take back my offer to her, and she seems to hate me by calling me arrogant... Think about me arrogant.


    "Let''s see what happens." Said me while leaving.


    "Huh? But..." Said her pouting at me.


    I look at her. "Yesterday was a bit hard for me so let''s just wander around this place."


    "If that''s what you wanted to do that''s fine I guess." Said Tiara giving up her idea.


    Youna notices our presence. She still waved at us and introduced herself.


    "My name is Youna Hilde, from the SGS Team, hope you enjoy your shopping miss." Said her assertively.


    I am laughing a bit... This professionalism is not what kind I expected from a high school student. But, Tiara seems normal to it.


    "Ehm... So, what happened?" Asked me getting curious about them.


    "There is nothing to do with you, this is our job." Said her and left us.


    Tiara whispered to me. "They have quarrels because of the unfairness that they are given by this school."


    "So, it''s discrimination?" Asked me to Tiara.


    "Quite right but not at the same time." Said Tiara. She moves her mouth to explain it further but I prevent it.


    "Okay, I understand."


    The fact is, I didn''t quite understand. Because I am not that sensitive. I am the ignorant type so if there is some evil act or some crime I won''t take a part of that. But, I don''t want to meet the victim. From the last, there is a girl who got hit by me accidentally and that was the time I didn''t seal this ability. The experience, the pain, and her emotions flow forcefully into my brain and make me almost lose my mind. And that was the first time I sealed the ability and made a system called "Overwrite" in my head.


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    "What do you understand about hah!!!?" Said one of them.


    Judging from the badge on her left arm, she is from D-class. And the person she quarreled with is from A-class.


    "I understand that I should leave." Said me while trying to leave the area.


    She seems angry. And... The same as Tiara near me. While walking passed that student, she grabbed my shoulder from behind me. It''s hurt!


    "Wait... Where are you going S-class? Are you scared?" Said her provoking me.


    I just simply said. "Yeah, I am scared... So please leave me alone."


    This is the self-deprecating way. You mock yourself to get out of the situation. Make your enemy feel that you are too weak and that the strong creature thinks it is not worth her time to mess with you. But, this is different. I fail to understand the atmosphere.


    "Are you playing around with me!!?" Said her becoming more angry than before.


    Oh, shoot, this girl already knew that herself is in a weak position. I thought that this girl had some kind of pride and wanted to get a service like she usually gets from her family. But, it''s wrong. She is not like that.


    While I look at her, she is just full of hatred for the upper being. I fail to identify the reason. I thought it''s come from envy, not hatred.


    But, I look at Tiara. Woah... Her face is so angry looking at this girl. Why she didn''t punch her? She should be the type of that girl but she decides to not do it. Or maybe there is some kind of rule that has not been exposed yet to me? Whatever it reason, this is bad.


    Her hand was already engaged and ready to punch me. Wait... Ah! There is a rule that violent act is prohibited and can cause a suspension.


    (... What with this girls!!? Acting like this world is around her!!)


    Oh, because I am busy thinking... I didn''t read it quite well what happened.


    Prrrt....!!!


    The loud sound of a whistle can be heard. The person who blows the whistle is Eunha Falscroft. With his uniform, he walks proudly approaching us.


    Youna, she stood firmly and saluted him.


    "Why didn''t you intervene them Youna?" Asked him gently.


    "There is no reason for us, the SGS team to do it because it was not against the rule." Said her assertively.


    He looks at me who gets grabbed by this girl. Reflex, I waved at him. Oh! He''s waving back.


    "The reason?" Said him while waving at me.


    "Nina is an S-class student who is immune to our rules, so, the action of this student, Marienetta Mozaic is the same as talking and quarreling at herself." Said her with a serious-looking face.


    (I don''t quite get it but... As long as she knows it then it''s fine I think?) -Eunha


    Huh? He didn''t even care about it?


    "Ehm... So, Miss Marienetta, could you release your hand from our beloved student?" Said him gently.


    Her hand trembling.


    (Argh... This is unfair!)


    She releases her hands on my shoulder and leaves us. Sigh* Getting involved when I vow to not use this ability is kind of hard. Maybe... This ability is more used than I think. I depend on it too much.


    "Are you okay Nina?" Asked Tiara while running at me. She jumped at me and hugged me.


    "Then, excuse me." Said Eunha and left the area.


    Youna salute him and leave too with her team. To think that she needs or at least wants someone''s help is foolish. That''s not how to offer help. I am just arrogant I think that I am reliable and capable enough to help her. But in reality, I am not. Maybe she''s right about me...


    "Let''s go." Said me while looking at Tiara.


    She notices that I am feeling guilty and grabs my hand. "If you have a story, you can tell me."


    Her words almost reached my heart... I will remind myself day after day. I can''t trust anybody. They can lie, they can act, and they can manipulate me. I didn''t want to have that thought but, I realized that I depend on my ability too much.


    Maybe, this is the time to start over the new page. Being cautious, scared, and understanding other feelings without it. And maybe... I have a right to love someone. Telling them my secret and telling me their secret.


    I look at Tiara. "It''s okay, should we go to another place?" Asked me gently.


    She nods at me. We continue our date.


    The next day is the same day. Going to malls, and cinemas, trying extracurricular buildings. Some seniors greet us. That''s rare for a school the senior students to greet the juniors. I bet it that because we are in a special class.


    "Hey, Nina! Let''s swim!" Said Tiara while pointing her finger to a swimming pool.


    This swimming pool is the property of Swim Extraculiculer. So, I refused to swim in here.


    "Then, how about the outdoor pool?" Asked her.


    Oh right, there is a pool for all students. It''s near the left-side building.


    And... Here we are. Water Boom! The place of water entertainment. There is an Aquarium inside this Water Boom but, it''s closed due to a missing shark. I don''t know how this shark escaped but... Whatever the reason is, I hope there is no victim on the beach.


    "Let''s swim!!" Say her excited.


    "Nope."


    She looks shocked and disappointed.


    "Look, I don''t even have a swimsuit." Said me.


    "Oh... We didn''t receive any uniform after all." Said her remember while looking disappointed.


    (If I had money I would buy her some)


    "Nah, maybe someday I will buy it." Said me wondering why she still thought about that.


    "Ah! I forgot that you still can use it." Said her surprised.


    "This is just a light version of my ability. If I use it properly, I can have a tie in chess with Yulia." Said me proudly.


    "So, how it is work?" Asked her curious.


    "It''s the same as Yulia... Talk about it, I don''t know if she knew that her brain can imagine that''s a chess calculation machine." Said me remembering the feeling.


    "Huh? Chess Caluclation Machine?" Asked her to get confused.


    "Ah! That''s a symbolism. The truth is, the brain is special. It will imagine a thing to produce something. I don''t really know how to explain it but... It''s like some kind of combination code that will birth a new code to our brain and it will repeat to create a new combination code too." It was hard to explain it. It''s in my mind but I don''t know how to deliver it.


    Argh...! My mind becomes dull because I often use this ability!


    "I see, so it''s like an application engine." Said her.


    It seems she can grasp my explanation.


    The date ends in that place and the next day has come.

 21. Linda The Noble

    The next day... Tiara didn''t come to my bed. As for Tiara''s reaction three days ago, I got information that they agreed to not be involved in their week for me. Maybe, I should ask them instead of thinking about it.


    When I open the door, the Lordeca already sits on the sofa.


    "You are snoring so loudly." Said Yulia.


    Huh? Is that loud? Wait, I am still gathering my consciousness. Don''t leave me, my soul!


    With my panda pajamas, I walk to the sofa with a tired face. Their reaction is quite funny to watch. There is someone who laughs while looking at me and the others are surprised.


    As always, I am given the sole seat in the door direction.


    "So, could anyone tell me all the rules she set up?" Asked me curious.


    They look at each other but, unfortunately. "You should find it yourself." Said Tohru while crossing her hands.


    "You can read our mind, right? Why didn''t you try it?" Asked Radiant trying to provoke me.


    "I am still a decent person who does not break my promise." Said me.


    I bet they already know my situation from Tiara. But, I didn''t tell them the mechanism of my ability. If I tell it, they surely will freely cheat on it or play along with it.


    Ring*


    "It''s the time." Said Eluthya then standing up.


    All of them stand up. Huh? I look at my handphone and... 7 a.m.!!?


    I am rushing to my room but...


    "Darling, you will be late." Said Tiara while holding my hand.


    Don''t tell me, I am being forced to wear this pajama...


    (That''s cute)


    (What''s with that pajama? So cute~)


    (...)


    Someone, please help me... This is so embarrassing. My face is getting red without me noticing it.


    "You shall accept your true form." Said Linda.


    Huh? I look at her with a confused face. She laughed a bit. I want to punch her! After that thought, she seems surprised. She looks at her phone and it even gets her more surprised.


    (The... the point... ah!!!)


    Does she forget that I can read her mind? Oh, that''s just her impulse.


    Their entrance on the first day of class is really cool. The word that suits them is "Perfection and Elegant." If I look back, it gives me a chill feeling. But, look at this creature, the image of Lordeca is cool and glorious, it falls to the cuteness of someone who barely wakes up...


    "Nina... Are you finally having the thing you like to do?" Asked Alice with her flat face.


    "I don''t want to hear it from you!!" Said me while looking at her wearing a bunny suit.


    She approaches me and hugs me tight. "We are duo animals right?" Said her while... Those things are soft... No! Not like that!!


    I push her away and sit in my seat.


    "Okay~ Let''s start the class with your statistic." Said her while walking and taking the remote from her table.


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    She pushed the button and the projector in the ceiling, in the middle, it turned on and started to project the statistics on her laptop.


    It stated that Yulia -12%, Nexus -6%, Tohru -23%, Eluthya 7%, Geraldine 3%, Linda 8%, Tiara 24%, Radiant -32%, and Yuna 1%.


    So... My feeling is leaked with this device?


    "Umm... I want to ask, how accurate is this statistic?" Asked me curious.


    "Of course, the best we can do it is 50% That''s why we have negative statistics to higher the chance." Said Alice while scrolling through the statistics.


    "As expected for you Radiant." Said Yulia trying to provoke her.


    Radiant seems very angry hearing those words but, she can''t be angry with her. Even with that emotional trait, she still can suppress it somehow.


    "Don''t be so negative... That''s not will help you." Said Alice while scrolling through the statistics.


    The second my profile was on that projector I was surprised. "Wait!!! How do you have those photos!!?"


    That photo is my photo with my sister. And... Those are the conditions to make my sister agree to cosplay for me. After five of cosplaying, she asked me to do some cosplay characters from **** and teased me with her hands while posing ******ly.


    "W-Wow, I don''t you that pervert." Said Linda with a shocked face that her eyes were empty while looking at it.


    Reflex, I cover my face because of this humiliation.


    "Don''t be like that... We should know about you more to love you right?" Said Alice while I kept scrolling my nightmare past.


    They really gathered all my information until to the small detail. This is a crime! Where''s my privacy!?


    Then... That''s the most brutal ten minutes I''ve ever felt. Sigh* The first is I am wearing this pajama, and the second is this humiliation. What next? I don''t really care anymore right now.


    "Okay, the shameful moment of our beloved Nina is already gone. Then what''s next?" Said Alice while looking at us.


    Huh? You are the teacher, right?


    "Why don''t you start from the rule for this game?" Asked me still curious about the rule.


    "Not with his permission. Others?" Said Alice looking at us.


    We just kept silent. It''s not like we didn''t want it at all it just... We are already this clever why should we study again?


    "Nothing? Then, let''s start the next session. We will learn our biological body." Said her and pushed the off button on the projector remote.


    "Nina, I am asking you to go in front of your classmate." Said Alice while turning off her laptop.


    I am standing in front of them and she starts to grab my shoulder.


    "This is a panda."


    Huh!?!?!


    "I am not!!" Said me got a bit annoyed and wondered why she should do this to me.


    "You know... The truth is I didn''t have a certificate to teach someone. That''s why this is new to me. Many ideas come up in my mind but all that just... Stuck." Said Alice with a sigh.


    "Maybe you should retire from this job." Said me a bit harsh.


    "Then we will start the lesson." Said Alice changing her way of talking to more serious.


    "In this place, the one who is the best of the actors is our beloved ninth Lordeca, Yuna Macefield. As you know, she is from F-class."


    Huh? And... I mean yeah, if they knew about F-class without an example then that''s mean they are lying to me. But, I thought that they were just told by Alice and I didn''t think that the F-class student was in our group.


    "Wait, I didn''t know it." It made me get confused.


    "That''s why we are always away from our house." Said Linda.


    "Hmm~" Said Geraldine with her joyful face.


    Alice starts to walk around the class.


    "You know what is called language?" Asked her to us.


    "Anything can be deciphered by our brain." Said Nexus.


    She walks on Nexus. "Correct, all of those are language. Our body has their language, and even things have a language. Even that with our body sign, movement, some kind of symbol, and something that can be used to tell others what you want to do or your thought."


    She is approaching me.


    "But now, we already look at the person who has a promise to herself. We don''t know when and where she will break that promise." Said Alice becoming harsher with me.


    "I don''t think that day will come." Said me proudly


    "Why you should be proud of yourself?" Asked Alice getting confused.


    Huh?


    "There is no rule here Nina, we can''t judge you and you are immune to that." Said Nexus.


    Huh?


    "Promise created is for to be broken. The one who believes it within their soul is the stupid thing." Said Linda.


    Huh? Am I?


    "If you don''t break your promise, how you can survive?" Asked Geraldine.


    They said it like that was normal to them. Huh? Am I here the one who is not normal? No, this is some kind of brainwashing. I know that sometimes we will act according to the majority without our understanding.


    Take the example, there is someone who always cleans her room. But, if she gets rounded by a bunch of people who didn''t clean their room, one day that woman will not clean her room anymore. To be truth, that''s not what I mean to become normal.


    "Get your thought together Nina, we are not a bunch of normal and innocent people. We are far from it." Said her.


    The effect has been taken by me. Am I going to be someday like them? That thought makes me feel scared. What if I can''t identify myself as me later?


    "Don''t you feel a bit guilty for that?" Said Tiara with a sigh.


    "Oh come on! We almost get her to believe our mindset." Said Yulia getting a bit disappointed for her non-cooperation.


    "In short, there are some languages that are used like that. Let me show you an example in the field." Said Alice while walking outside the classroom.


    They stand up and follow her.


    Anyway... I am free now, right? Before I can''t leave, Linda grabs my hand and forces me to walk along them.

 22. Linda The Noble (2)

    "Um... Can I take a bath at least?" I asked, feeling weird about not cleaning myself while wearing these pajamas.


    I keep talking about it, but it seems like no one cares... Huh...


    "Don''t worry, Nina. Love doesn''t come from smell... Well, maybe sometimes, but not for us," Alice reassured me as she walked ahead, leading the way.


    I still wasn''t used to her serious tone of voice. It somehow made me feel intimidated... Or maybe I''m just a coward. It''s not that I hate it... It''s just that sometimes it bothers me.


    After a few minutes of walking, we arrived at the field where the inscription "Yur L'' Ebian High School" was carved into the ground. It was well-maintained, and there was a gardener cutting the grass.


    He glanced at us and left the area.


    Without any warning, Alice threw herself onto the grass. It wasn''t very tall, about 30 cm I think? Anyway, it wasn''t too tall.


    "Follow me, students~" she said, changing the way she spoke, becoming calm and relaxed.


    "That''s gross," Yulia said, feeling disgusted by Alice''s actions.


    It was the first time I had seen her look disgusted at someone.


    "I agree with her, we shouldn''t do that," Linda said, still holding my hand.


    "Can you feel it? This grass is so relaxing and makes me feel sleepy," Alice said, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.


    (I wonder what we''re going to do now) - Nexus


    (I don''t want to do it) - Linda


    (What a waste of time) - Yulia


    (If Nina...) - Tiara


    Come on, brain!! I want to see those dots!!


    Sigh Never mind...


    (Let''s see) - Radiant


    (Nina, why don''t you try it?) - Tohru


    "Sorry, but I don''t want to make my body any dirtier than it already is," I said, remembering that I hadn''t taken a bath. It''s weird for a normal girl like me to forgo bathing.


    They suddenly looked at me. Huh? Even without saying anything, it felt like they were asking me telepathically to go first.


    Alice started waving her hand up and down, as if making a snow angel. She closed her eyes, seeming to really enjoy it.


    This pajama is special. I made it with my own efforts, but not literally with blood and sweat... Sigh Fine.


    I walked over to Alice and laid down on the grass. It felt... itchy.


    "You really have less sensitive skin, Mrs...," I said, glaring at Alice.


    "Hmm? Oh, is it itchy?" she asked gently.


    She looked at me and held my hand. "Feel it," she said.


    Her calm and gentle demeanor didn''t make me afraid. I hoped she would be like this every day.


    Ring...!!!


    That was the school bell for the first break. I looked at Lordeca... Huh?! They were leaving!!


    "Don''t you feel hurt seeing them?" I asked, sitting up and watching them leave.


    She stopped and looked up at the sky. "I don''t feel anything... My emotions turned into ash a long time ago," she said, her face filled with sadness.


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    "I don''t really understand your character."


    She seemed to have multiple facets to her personality. I don''t know if it''s an alter ego or something, but it''s both weird and rare to see someone like her.


    The wind... it feels so relaxing. Her hair flows on the grass like leaves in the wind. Beautiful, calm, and gentle... Those are the traits that anyone would notice just by looking at her face.


    "You don''t need to understand... Because you would never understand me," she said, getting serious but still looking sad.


    I stood up. "I could understand, but I don''t want to," I said, looking at her.


    Our eyes met. She could feel my seriousness through my sharp gaze, and I could feel her melancholy through her eyes.


    "You have every right to hate me," she said.


    Sigh What''s with this woman? Don''t get carried away, Nina. She''s always been like this. Changing the way she speaks, sometimes intimidating, sometimes calm and gentle, and other times well-behaved and dignified.


    It''s just... weird. Or maybe, I''m the weird one who can''t understand her and the other Lordeca members.


    I left her with a strange feeling in my heart, but before going too far, I looked back.


    "What was the lesson anyway?" I asked, wondering about it.


    "You''ll find out after break time is over," she said, still lying on the grass.


    Sigh Maybe I should take this time to wash up and put these pajamas in the laundry.


    Ring...!!!


    After finishing my morning routine and putting my dirty clothes together with these pajamas, I returned to the field. They were waiting for me.


    "You really need to fix that habit, Nina," Nexus said, sounding annoyed.


    "S-Sorry about that," I said, feeling guilty. I couldn''t even argue back against her words.


    We were ready for the next lesson... But our beloved teachers were falling asleep now.


    Yuna walked over to Alice and woke her up by poking her with her foot. Wasn''t that a bit rude? I looked at Linda, and she seemed disgusted by it judging from her expression.


    "Hmm?"


    Alice woke up and immediately started the lesson.


    "So, let''s do some movement," she said, looking at us.


    She raised her index and pinkie fingers, while the other fingers were locked down by her thumb. She showed it to us and asked, "What do you know about this?"


    The obvious answer was a metal sign, but for some reason, we were hesitant to answer.


    "Bull?" Tohru suggested.


    "U sign?" Yuna chimed in.


    "It''s number two," Linda said.


    "No, it''s a metal sign," Alice said, confused as to why we were overthinking it.


    Her answer just made us more irritated. It was like, huh?


    "Just tell us the point already!" Radiant exclaimed, becoming annoyed as her cheek slightly raised.


    "The point? There''s nothing to it. You''re just overthinking it," Alice said, turning away.


    "I see..." Nexus and Yulia said at the same time.


    They seemed to understand the meaning, unlike Radiant and me... Hopefully, I''m not too stupid to comprehend.


    "So, let''s hear the answer from our normal, everyday girl," Yulia said, glancing at me with a mocking expression.


    You''re the worst, Yulia.


    "You should stop that, or you''ll fall out of balance," Nexus warned her.


    "You shouldn''t say it like that, Nexus," Tohru added.


    After a minute, I gathered my answer.


    "Is it the Mandela effect?" I asked.


    "Correct. It should be that, but the reality is different. That''s where our minds become confused by our dreams and reality," Alice explained as she walked around.


    "But, there is a way to create that effect: substitution. Make something similar to the real thing, and you''ll be confused between the fake and the real. If you''ve ever seen ads with sentences like ''Good water is Goody,'' that''s the kind of promotion that can alter the majority''s perception and change the meaning of a brand like ''Goody.'' In some cases, modern mineral water changed its name to Goody because of that promotion," she continued, changing her way of speaking.


    Goody, it''s a brand from a long time ago. It last appeared when I was eight years old. It had a significant impact and changed the meaning of the brand itself. In some instances, modern mineral water changed its name to Goody because of that promotion.


    "That''s it, that''s how we can trick our minds. Don''t do it frequently, but do it with joy. And someday, your work will become your joy. Don''t ever read your lessons without any joy, but read them alongside your hobbies. That''s the trick. Reading lessons becomes just like a hobby," Alice said, smiling gently at us.


    The lesson is still ongoing. So far, nothing has happened between us. Alice is just teaching us about the Mandela Effect and how to explore it ourselves. To be honest, I find it quite an interesting topic.


    I never knew this effect could actually influence our brain to become more productive and agile. However, as the lesson continues, I find myself getting scared again. There''s this fear that one day, I won''t be my normal self anymore. Instead, I''ll be like Lordeca¡ªgenius, but in a strange way.


    I''m not like those people. I''m too accustomed to a normal environment. Maybe I''ve absorbed too many thoughts from normal people, which is why I feel this way. I used to think that this side of me should remain no matter the cost, but now, I don''t really like it. I don''t know why... Perhaps it''s because of their influence? Or maybe it''s just me not behaving as I should...


    Now, Linda and I are aimlessly walking around this island.


    "Umm... can I ask you something?" I inquire as we walk.


    "You''re right, this is my week. But I''m not quite sure how to handle it," she responds gently, with dignity.


    "Are you used to being a diplomat?" I ask, curious about her past. I hope it''s not like Tiara, who gave me goosebumps but turned out alright in the end.


    "Kind of," she replies. Her face begins to grow gloomy and sad.


    Oh, here we go again, girl.

 23. Linda The Noble (3)

    I don''t know if I am sure should ask that but... I am curious. It''s not my concern... It''s not about me... And yet why I am curious about it? Is Yulia already influenced me?!


    "Noble, it''s not what you think about." Said her still with a gloomy and sad face.


    Don''t know why... Lordeca have a story behind their character. But, after hearing her words just now... It makes me doubt the quality of this story. I think this will be cliche like... I am bored in this lonely and confined castle. I want to be like normal people, laughing, having some friends, going together to school... Like that right?


    "Let''s stop in the garden of flowers." Said her while smiling at me.


    This island has two parts. The lowest part and the highest part. In the highest part, there is Waterboom, our three-building school, our house, a dorm for students, a field, a garden, a laundry house, a cafeteria, a library, and the first mall. In the lowest part, there is a beach, the second mall, a game zone, an activity room, and a harbor. There is an Outdoor time zone too that took place together in the highest and lowest part.


    The garden is not that far away from our house, it''s in front of the main building.


    Oh! It seems we have our private flower room.


    While sitting on the white chair. "I don''t know that there is a place like this." Said me amazed at how well-maintained these flowers and their smell. So natural and calm. Somehow, it makes me feel like I am together with nature itself.


    "It''s good, really." Said Linda while sitting on the chair. Look how she sits on there. Her straight body, shoulder up a bit, head position straight to my face, and emotionless face was cold like Antarctica.


    While looking at her I wondered how is her life until now. Was it normal for her? Or was it bothering her? Or maybe both?


    After a while of silent moment, one maid comes into this greenhouse. Literally, this is not just a green color but there are so many colors of flowers inside this greenhouse.


    She brings a teacup and a teapot. Its smell while she pours that tea makes me feel calm and relaxed. Is this how noble entertain their guest? Or it''s just this greenhouse theme? Which one, I don''t know. But, I don''t really care about it. The scenery of a maid and noble lady in front of me is enough to make me want to draw them and permanently install them in the museum. The title would be Noble D. Flamboyant. That''s a bit cringe.


    "Um... What now?" Asked me curious why she brought me here.


    "What would you want to hear first? The fake story or the real one." Said her after sipping the green tea. Her movement is well-mannered, which makes me feel uncomfortable to sip the tea.


    "Maybe, the fake one?" Said me while feeling awkward near her.


    "Then, let''s start about it. Once upon a time, there was a person named Cinderella..."


    She was serious about it. She proves that if she is in lying mode she will do it seriously. She even told all the plot!!


    "Then, let''s continue to the conspiracy theory about-"


    "Wait! Wait! Okay, the real one." Said me cutting her words to prevent her from wasting any of my time... Wait, If I think about it again, is it good right? I am just sitting here and calmly hearing her story. Even if that is fake, I still can enjoy Cinderella.


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    "This is a story about one little girl. For her family and her friend." Said her starting to gloomy and sad again.


    I didn''t even know how to react to it. It''s just... The setup is broken from the start. I can''t even get any sympathy feeling through it. Can I just go home?


    "On second thought, I didn''t have an obligation to tell you my past." Said her before sipping her tea.


    I hit the table with my palm. "So what''s the point?" Asked me to get a bit annoyed.


    "Sure, there is a meaning for this. Doesn''t the quiet and calm environment make you feel more relaxed?" Said her while looking around the flowers inside this greenhouse.


    She''s right for that but not for the... Maybe... She''s right. I just need more relaxation. Until now, all the events that happened to me made me feel tension and pressure from other people.


    A quiet and peaceful place, this is not that bad. While sipping my tea, I noticed that she smiled a bit. She looks calm and beautiful while sipping that tea. It''s a bit late for me to be aware of that. If I were a boy, this place would be full of my heart beating quickly.


    (Why is that different?) -Tiara


    Huh? The question before an explanation? Were they already spying on me from some moment ago?!


    (That''s different, your method is like forcing her to do what you want. But, her method is a realization.) -Nexus


    (That''s why, her love meter increased that many.) -Eluthya


    "It seems our fellow Lordeca are spying on us again." Said me while I kept hearing her from far away.


    "Humm? Correct me if I am wrong, wasn''t your ability can''t take that wide range?" Asked her gently after putting down her cup.


    "O-Of course, I have a condition to be able to do that. The condition is that no one talking nor thinking near me." Said me trying to explain how my ability works.


    "I see, thank you for your information. I really appreciate it." Said her while smiling at me.


    What bumm... If you truly appreciate it then you should tell me the truth. Uh... That way of thinking makes me feel annoyed. But, Nexus is right, she didn''t force me or do something terrible to me. Even without intimidation too. But, If I get too cocky, there is still a chance that she will use that way. Why? Intimidation works well on me but why didn''t she use it? Whatever her reason, that should be appreciated. Maybe... If it''s just a friend to talk to, I am okay with it.


    I stand up and walk behind Linda. I touch her shoulder.


    She is fidgeting while thinking about what will I do to her. Her body is warm and... A bit stiff. She asked me if this quiet and calm environment made me feel relaxed but she didn''t feel it the same as me, Hypocrite.


    "Umm... C-Could you release your hand...? It''s quite hot on my neck." Said her.


    Hot? Her face is getting more red than usual. Huh? Is she blushing?


    After knowing that she is blushing, I quickly release my hand from her shoulder. Wow, Nina, you said that you didn''t have any reason to fall in love with them but you just created a reason for them to fall in love with you.


    "S-Sorry, I take it overboard." Said me while stroking my hand behind my back.


    (What a brave movement came from Nina.) -Tohru


    (Is she pretending to be shy?) -Tiara


    (Nah, hold your grudge, Tiara.) -Nexus


    Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale...


    "Y-Your ears quite red huh?" Said me teasing her again.


    "P-Please, you f-flatter me."


    You are already flattered though. Is she not used to something like this? Just how blind this boy to not flirting with her? Or maybe, I am just that stupid to flirt in front of a noble lady.


    I sit back in my seat and ask her. "You are a noble lady, from where?"


    She exhaled her breath and started to talk. "You already told me about you then, it''s rude for me to not tell you one.


    After drinking her tea until it is empty, she starts to talk.


    "Ever heard about the Toska Kingdom?"


    I am shocked. Is it her from that Toska Kingdom?


    "Wait, don''t tell me you are that king''s sole daughter." Said me guessing her past.


    "Not that high."


    Okay, my expectations are too high.


    "I am just... You know, his illegitimate child." Said her.


    That''s... Don''t know why but, it''s not make me amazed or shocked a bit. It''s just... pity. So, the news about the king having one princess is a made-up story. Her presence is the same as she didn''t belong to that family.


    Toska Kingdom, the one of three big kingdoms in the Asia Continent. Their culture is like the middle age of Europe but with some modern stuff blended with it. Because of that, they believe that someone who violates the culture will get punishment from god. Their way of thinking is a bit dull but effective. Because they blend it with modern and science.


    The most open-minded kingdom in the world. The Toska Kingdom even gets its title as ''Twelve Stars Kingdom'' because many cultures are set and born in that kingdom.


    But, it turns out this story will be like opera soup. Maybe, the next time I hear this story I will bring popcorn from the mall.

 24. Linda The Noble (4)

    One day, a princess gets tangled in a solitary castle. No one, even animals, knew someone was inside that castle. Every time she looks outside, she is determined to leave. But, the kidnapper, didn''t allow it.


    "Wait, wait, wait! That''s a Rapunzel story but you modified it." Said me disturbing the storytelling.


    "Okay, let''s hear another story..."


    She starts to storytelling again but, I stop her. "You know? It''s fine if you really won''t do it." Said me with a sigh.


    "Sorry, it seems I didn''t have enough courage to spill political problems in my country." Said her feeling disappointed in herself.


    After that chit-chat, we didn''t really have material to discuss, she is a boring person maybe? She didn''t quite talk a lot. Maybe, I bet, she has a hard time to deal with me in this game. This game will be that easy if I use my ability.


    Don''t know why, since I vowed to myself not to use that ability anymore... I am starting to think that I regret making that vow. You should be confident Nina, whatever the reason, whatever the outcome, you should be confident about what you said. This is what I wanted to do right? Normal, never and ever reveal other people''s secrets.


    Oh! The door is already installed. So, they didn''t work in the weekend. I open my phone and look at the mail. Here is it... EFRKYT22E4R Just, how random is this code!?


    I replied to the message and it was a surprisingly quick response. Oh! The door passcode changed to my request. NinaRinaWandaGeorge... It''s easy to remember and it is long enough to be secured.


    When I open the door, the fragrance of my air freshener can be smelled. Calm and relaxing, it''s similar to that greenhouse.


    I am throwing my body on the bed and relaxing my body. Ah~ This smell, is really calming. No one will disturb me here again. Should I cooperate a bit? Or should I just follow the flow? Tiara forced me to do what she wanted, and it turned out to be fun. But this time, Linda didn''t have that trait in her character. It seems she didn''t quite get it to make me love her... Never mind, I still have three years to reveal their obsession. Don''t need to be that rush.


    The next day...


    As always, start with eating food and bathing in the spring water. Huh? Where are all my pajamas? Never mind, maybe I forgot it in the hot spring water.


    "Wowie~"


    Looking at Yulia swimming in the pool with a smile and bright face is really refreshing.


    (huh?) -Linda


    I look at Linda beside me. "What''s happened?"


    She looks at me with an emotionless face. "Nothing." She seems to smile but that''s quite unnoticed. For some reason, I feel like my point of love gets higher somehow.


    Yulia stopped swimming and leaned her body on this spring water wall. She looks at me. "You underestimate me don''t you?" Asked her after noticing my thoughts.


    "It''s just... You surely like children." Said me without any hesitation.


    "You... Don''t tell me."


    "Huh? What?" She makes me curious about it.


    "Nothing..." And she looks away.


    But this is rare, there are just three of us here. And, maybe because this is Linda''s week, I think she will constantly follow me wherever I am.


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    "Is there anything in my face?"


    Ah! I didn''t realize that I looked at her face. "Sorry, it''s just... Nevermind."


    Is it my problem to judge people by their actions? No! That''s improper to do. Because... There are some weirdos out there and even scarier than them. There was some time when a psychopath lived around our house but, I don''t know what happened and he got arrested after I told my sister that we lived near a psychopath.


    Okay, bath time is over, and... Just like yesterday, we gather together in here, eating breakfast together.


    "Is my cook delicious darling?" Asked Tiara while looking at me still eating my food.


    "Good as always."


    (Ah~ Darling praised me) -Tiara


    Huh? Why does she feel so happy? It''s just common sense to compliment a lady for her good dishes. That''s why, there is a title called ''chef'' because it''s similar to ''chief'' in a literal and implicit way...


    The classroom, where we should study but...


    "Hello!! My dear student!" Said Alice joyfully greeting us.


    Today is clown costume huh?


    She approached me. "That''s not good Nina." Her face meets up with me in a short distance. Our lips almost touch each other if I didn''t step back.


    "You seem didn''t like this costume." Said her with a serious serious-looking face.


    H-Help me... I look around and it seems they already sit down!


    With my weird smile, I asked her. "Um... Can I go now?"


    She steps back and turns behind. "Not good, maybe I should wear your pajama collection." Said her.


    She walks to her table. While she on walking, I got to my seat and sat there.


    She brings out something like a box.


    "Tada~! This is the collection of Nina!!" Said her while showing me all... Pajamas!!? Wait... didn''t I check... Oh, I forget.


    "For the first time! Let''s use this pajama." Said her while smiling brightly.


    "Likewise I would." Said Radiant getting annoyed.


    "Indeed, pajama is a fabric cloth for sleeping. That''s improper to use it when you are not going to sleep." Added Linda while looking sharply at Alice.


    "No thank you, I am fine with this waiter cloth." Said Nexus seems to look bored.


    "Don''t be shy... This is your obligation after all." Said Alice to change her way of talking and become serious and vicious.


    And... W-Wow... I don''t know that this time I really feel happy about this.


    Alice looks at me after putting on the pajamas to Lordeca. "Look, Nina! This is what you want right?" Asked her.


    Gulp* This is the best! But...


    "You should not force someone who didn''t like it." It made me a bit nervous to talk about it.


    She is a bit surprised after looking at my reaction. "It''s already set on so there is nothing we can do." Said her after putting on the last person, Eluthya.


    "Likewise there is nothing we can do!!" Said Radiant while throwing my pajama.


    No... My poor pajama. Just what was her problem anyway? Trying to pick fights with other people.


    Linda stood up and showed her phone to her. She was shocked and put on the pajama back. "This... This is not bad." Said her with a weird smile.


    So that''s it. She showed my status and she became obedient quickly. Is she the one who can tame her?


    "What is this about anyway?" Asked Yulia while leaning her head on her hand while sitting on her seat.


    She still looks cute in that cat pajama.


    Huh? She looks at me and sizzles at me. Aw~ Cute, just like my sister back then when she in her first time knew that I was into this. For compliment, let''s wave my hand to her.


    At that second, an umbrella flew near my head. It''s shocked me. I look back, fiuh... There is nothing like wall cracking. Sometimes, in the movie, a little girl has such power that she can beam a fire breath and turn her body into a big white snake.


    I stand up and pick up the umbrella. At least, I have this one. I look at Yulia, she seems surprised by the way she looks at me.


    She stood up and walked at me. "C-Could you give my precious umbrella?"


    Huh? Why everyone are watching? It looks like I am the bad girl here, picking up the little girl''s lollipop.


    She starts to jump at me. "Give back!"


    She continued to jump and jump again while repeating her words. "Give back!"


    I am in the high ground. With your height, there is no other way she can reach this umbrella...


    Nexus suddenly appears behind me. "Could you give this back?" Asked her with a serious face.


    "It seems like you still grip your own words back then."


    I mean... Why should I give her back? She is the one who started this quarrel before and she forgets to say sorry to me. But, yeah... Of course, all of her plans are crushed with my ability and get redeemed instantly.


    If I continue it... They surely will be angry but can''t. But, If I keep this or break it, Yulia won''t have money to buy it again and she can''t hit me when her week comes. That''s the plus point, and I didn''t see the reason why should I cooperate with them yet.


    It gives me a feeling of betrayal from the last one. I thought this was the time to redeem all of what I did to other people by knowing their secrets without their permission. That''s why, maybe, I should help them. But, this is just a game. Thanks to Tiara spouting nonsense in front of me about an orphan and anything about it for the sake of my attention.


    "It seems you didn''t have any thought to release it don''t cha?"


    Her way of talking changes back to the first month we were in this school. Fierce, assertive, and full of anger.


    Now... What should I do?

 25. Linda The Noble (5)

    I look at her... Even with my trembling legs, I still have pride as a victim. "This is not fighting school," I said to Nexus.


    She still grabs Yulia''s umbrella. Our eyes meet with each other.


    "Don''t you dare to pick a fight in this lovely school!" Said Alice while giving an empty smile at us with her dead eyes.


    "Still not giving up?" Asked her again. Her strong presence. It''s scary... Really... But, if I give up here, they will act erratically toward me.


    Furthermore, I am alone here. They already made a group when they left me alone as The Normal. I should set up my stage for myself.


    "Nope, I am not violating any rule." Said me getting a bit firm.


    With a sigh, she gives up and releases her grab. At that second, I put the umbrella in my hand and broke it using my knee.


    "Are you stupid?" Asked her looking at my actions.


    M-My knee... O-Ouch...


    My knee is trembling with paint. They look at me with paint on her face. Some of them cover her face to prevent their eyes from looking at my stupidity.


    "D-Darling... Are you okay?" Asked Tiara after approaching me.


    "That''s unpredicted... Really." Said Nexus with her surprised face.


    "S-Shut up... I..."


    Argh... The paint is still there. Slowly, I put my hurt leg on the floor and just carefully stroked it. Ouch...! It''s hurt.


    Tiara bows her body and hug me. While patting her head she soothes me with care. "Don''t worry Nina... That''s a lot of stupidity today."


    Her voice is gentle and calm. Still, it hurt my pride. I acted arrogantly before and got instant karma for that. Uh...


    "I don''t really know now If I should be angry at you or feel sympathy about your idiocracy." Said Yulia while looking down at me.


    Clap!!


    "Get back to your seat... For Nina, go to the infirmary with Linda." Said Alice changed her way of talking again to a fun and joyful teacher...


    "You shall know your position, Nina." Said Linda while carrying me with her arm.


    "S-Sorry..." Said me a bit feel guilty for her.


    "No need to worry, this is our duty as noble." Said her still in the emotionless face. On the first day, she was surprised that my love points got lower by her actions and now she acts like nothing happened. Really, I don''t know what is she thinking about.


    Every floor has an infirmary the same as the canteen. Just...


    What with this infirmary? Automatic door, air conditioner... Ah, that''s normal to have it, X-Ray... Huh? X-Ray!!? For what purpose?!


    After noticing us, the nurse greets us gently with her soft voice. "Welcome, you can take Miss Nina to the X-Ray." Said her while standing up. In front of her right chest, there is a tag name stated as "Ruri Enigma".


    She walks at that X-Ray setting up something... Or maybe she wants to turn it on. I am laying my body on the capsule while the X-Ray working.


    (Your Highness, without any feeling of condescension, you shall join the class and leave Nina to me.) - The Nurse


    This is the-


    (Could you tell me what''s your aim now?) -Eluthya


    (Then, I would accept your kindness. See you next time.) -Linda


    Ah, Sister Ruri didn''t ask why we are in Pajama. Is that normal for her? Or maybe she used to face the absurdity of Alice. Nah, I never seen her interaction with other than this place.


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    The machine is running.


    (That simple, we should what she loved if you want to higher your points.) -Alice


    Huh? Is my ability leveled up? This machine let out a loud ringing sound inside it. And yet, I still know what people say around me.


    (So, what now? The person you talked about is nowhere here.) -Yulia


    (You are still angry with her huh?) -Tiara


    (How didn''t I angry with her?!) -Yulia


    (Calm yourself, kid, you are still halfway.) -Radiant


    (Wanna fight!?) -Yulia


    (Such an improper way of resolution. I suggest you learn mannerly to correct your behavior.) -Linda


    Ah...! Think about something else Nina, think about something else...


    After my condition was checked, the machine stopped and let me out of the capsule.


    "What an interesting human you are." Said her with a surprised face while looking at my result.


    I am curious. What does she mean by that? I looked closer and found out there was an abnormality in my brain.


    She looks at me with a delightful face. "You... Have a cancer."


    ... "What!!!?"


    "Ah! Bad word choice... I mean, this is like mutation." Said her correcting her words but that was still the same as before!!!


    W-What!? I... Cancer? How could it be?


    "Ah! Wait! Nina!!"


    Because of excessive shock, I get fainted in a second. But, before I fainted, I felt a hand behind my back preventing me from falling on the floor.


    Huh? Cancer...? What does she mean by that? Am I going to die? Do I have a time limit before my death? No... Why my father didn''t tell me about it...


    He is the one who checks my condition constantly. Am I sick from the beginning?


    This dream... Is my always dream. Black, full of darkness, and yet, I still can look around me. This is the other side effect of having this ability. Because I can fully control my mind, unconsciously whenever I am dreaming while sleeping or fainting, I am sure will have lucid dreams.


    I still can move my body. But don''t know why there is a solid material to step on it. It''s like floating in the sky aimlessly. Ah! I remember that my father always bought some cartoons or movies DVD with esper themes. I willingly put it on the DVD player and enjoyed the story without knowing that my father had another intention to teach me how to be a good mind reader. He always brings that to make me think that human normally has a superpower. He will always... I know this is rude but, brainwashes me to think that I am just a normal girl without or with this ability. And that effect is still carried by my brain until now.


    Talk about it... This is my chance. Should I open up all my memory at one time? I happen to make that overwrite system inside my brain to nerf my ability by slowing it down. Making a mind palace should not be a problem for me.


    But... If I erase it... The moment we spend together as daughter and father will be erased too.


    In the end, I woke up without doing anything in my dream.


    "Ah~ You started me when you fainted. Sorry... I am really sorry." Said the nurse after noticing that I woke up.


    I got up and asked her. "What''s the time?"


    "The lesson is already over. You should rest for a moment this day, okay?" Said her worried about me.


    "So, what''s about the cancer?" Asked me.


    I am not the type that will not remember something before get fainted. It''s like hearing it from a second before. Even without consciousness, I still can remember it with my unconsciousness.


    "The occipital lobe in your brain... It''s mutated... Or maybe I should say it evolved." Said her still worried about me. She seemed delightful before so why?


    I listen carefully because this is new to me.


    "Did you know the old phrase called ''You will drink just from where you are''?"


    I am confused about that but still manage to answer it. "When you are in the same place as drunkards, even if you are sober you are still drunk. That''s a philosophical for normal that is not normal in one place."


    "To be simple, all of them are not drunk. They are sober... Because the one who sober is you is the one who drunk-"


    "Because the drunkard will always say that they are not drunk." Said me to complete her sentence.


    "Correct, this kind of language had known millennial age before. When our ancestors without any language communicating with each other. They used some of the ways to communicate."


    "Huh? Wait? That means I get devolved right?" Asked me.


    "It''s instinct, when are bunch of information together fills up the brain, then the residue will remain. That residue happens to connect all of the brain along with all humans. And then, it will be called normal for other humans. This is just theory after I looked up your data. There is a chance that your brain can connect to all of the humans in your range in some way. And then your brain will visualize it like a visual novel where there is a small window below the character to show up their thought."


    That''s... She is almost right. But she can''t definite the nature of my ability. It''s just the connection with what she called the evolved occipital lobe with my mind-reading ability. I see, that''s why I can see (...) -person. If that part is not mutated maybe my ability can''t be called mind reading but mind hearing.


    Enough for the explanation...


    "W-Wait... Could you give me a chance to observe you for your own health?" Asked her worried about me.


    Futile... That''s not your intention. You are not Lordeca''s sister. Your thoughts are leaked out everywhere.


    (She is new...)


    (I should get her permission whatever it takes!!)


    (She is the new human of this era.)


    (This is revolusioner!!)


    (I NEED TO KNOW)


    I leave the infirmary after saying that. "Your thoughts are leaked out."


    She was shocked and just looked at me leaving the infirmary with her shocked face.


    Sigh* What should I do? The person who are interested in my ability has increased.


    Ah! It''s Linda... Did she wait for me all that time?


    "Linda..." Said me from far away.


    She looked at me. She wanted to run but stopped her decision and walked slowly at me like a noble girl should.


    "I am grateful looking at you feeling better." Said her while smiling at me.


    Oh... She is smiling at me. I thought that yesterday was just a special course for opening her first week but it''s apparently not.

 26. Linda The Noble (6)

    "So? What will we do?" Asked me wondering why she brought me here again.


    "Are you not satisfied with this beautiful greenhouse?" Asked her with a gentle smile.


    It''s not like that... It''s just... Is this island lack of entertainment? Or maybe she is just this boring?


    I lean my head on my hand while looking around. Many students are enjoying their activity. Some students are running outside, enjoying their dessert, walking around with friends... Meanwhile, I, being confined in this little game with the Lordeca.


    After Linda sipped her green tea, she said. "You seem bored here."


    "Yeah, took so long to realize it huh?" Said me with a boring tone.


    She grabbed her cup and felt sad after that. "Sorry, I could not meet your expectations. This is the first time I spend my time with someone. It feels new to me and challenging."


    Saying the word ''challenging'' and yet you still in sad-looking face? Don''t joke with me. My mind was already full of that mutation matter that I forgot to say thanks to her with this bandage on my leg.


    "Challenging huh? Am I that hard to approach?" Asked me wondering why she said that.


    "Just a little... Maybe if I abandon my dignity... Sure, I could make it not challenging." Said her.


    "Like what?" Asked me wondering what if she abandoned her dignity.


    "Like this, of course."


    She mentioned the polar bear pajama she wore until now while looking at me with a flat face. I know, I know... At least she is cute. Her purple hair wearing this pajama makes me want to touch it.


    I lean my back to the white seat behind me. "You know, conversation should have a point and here we are... Don''t know what to do and just sip our tea. And still, I should be the one who paid it." Said me sulking a bit.


    She looks down at the time I mentioned that I am the one who should pay it.


    "S-Sorry... I am really irresponsible." Said her.


    "Sigh* Don''t worry about the small detail..." Said me while looking around.


    "Someday... I will repay it." Said her full of determination.


    We keep silent... Don''t know what to talk about. Suddenly...


    "... I wonder what normal girls usually talk about." Said her while looking at me sipping my green tea.


    "Normal girls talk? We..." Ups... almost. "They usually talk about their daily life, trends, and gossip about their friend." Said me.


    I mean, I am not part of those girls If I remember it again. My first plan is to change myself and succeed in my high school debut. But... My dream already fell down to the earth''s core after knowing that these girls should love me to gain money for their lives.


    I had already tried to know each other for the first month when arrived at this school. And yet... I am still alone.


    "Is it improper to talk about their friend from behind?" Asked her wondering why normal girls talk about it.


    I am lying if I don''t know why. Sometimes, they are jealous of each other friends. Sometimes, one of the girl''s best friends fell in love but couldn''t say it to her. Sometimes, they just are a friend because of popularity or favorability. Attention seeker... But, If I compare it... Girls are like doughnuts. They didn''t taste good without spice on it. But, if you add caramel, chocolate sprinkles... In short, they will look appetite and beautiful.


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    Sometimes, the unique types appear. Like Linda, the doughnut is without spice but delicious because built differently.


    "From my point of view... It''s funny and makes us happy. I don''t know why but it feels like ''I know you better than anyone'' feel." Said me.


    "Is it because you are a girl or just because you are a mind reader?" Asked with a doubted-look face.


    "Maybe, the two of them." Said me with a sigh.


    The time is over. Just like yesterday, we just have a chit-chat without any walk around.


    The next day...


    Poke*


    Huh? Is someone poking my cheek?


    "Good morning~"


    Linda, without any sign, appears near my bed after poking my cheek. Maybe, because of Tiara, the surprise effect didn''t come that high this time. Normalization scared me...


    I got up and asked her. "Why... Wait... How!!?"


    Did my passcode get leaked somehow!!?


    She smiled at me and said. "Why are you so surprised? Weren''t you just normally looking at me before?"


    "Oh yeah, that''s normal before, not until I realize that my door is locked with a passcode." Said me quickly.


    She just smiled at me. After that, she explains how she can unlock the door.


    "I simply at CCTV while you are sleeping." Said her.


    I look at her with confused feeling. "CCTV? What CCTV?"


    "Every corner of this house has a CCTV." Said her still smiling at me.


    At that second, I quickly got up from my bed and ran outside.


    She''s right... There is a CCTV for each corner below the ceiling. It''s small enough that I didn''t recognize it.


    I looked behind and said it out loud. "Don''t tell me that you all know my passcode!!?"


    At the speed of sound, she said with her wicked smile. "Of course."


    Sigh* again... Where is my privacy?


    When in the hot spring water... I look around at every corner of this room.


    "There is nothing such CCTV here." Said Nexus from behind me.


    While looking behind, I said. "Ah, yeah... So-" At the right time, I avoided my eyes to look at her body. I almost forgot about this girl.


    "You should stop avoiding my body. But, I understand your jealousy of my perfect body." Said her while walking to the pool.


    "I don''t know if you have an abnormality about looking at a woman''s body but... You should get it normal already." Said Eluthya in the pool.


    "There is nothing abnormal with that. Embarrassed is one of human emotion after all." Said Linda while looking at Eluthya.


    While walking to the pool, I said. "It''s not like I didn''t want to look at your body... Wait... That seems wrong to say."


    "So... You are into girls?" Asked Eluthya surprised.


    "How you conclude it like that!? Ah... Not like that... It''s just, that her expression is signing that she wants me to look at her body." Said me a bit embarrassed about it.


    "But, you seem normal thought on us?" Said Eluthya wondering about it.


    Heh... She didn''t know what had happened between us.


    "We accidentally bumped with each other and... Something happened and-" Said Nexus.


    "Wah!! You promised to not talk about that!!" Said me preventing her mouth from talking about it further.


    "Now, I get even more curious about it." Said Eluthya while glancing at me.


    We, together are soaking in this pool.


    "If this is my week, I am sure will grab your chin and whisper to you, my love." Said Nexus with her serious-looking face at me.


    "Look at it Linda, you should learn it from a professional." Said Eluthya joking a bit.


    Huh? She can make a joke?


    "Yes." Said her with excited eyes.


    And don''t just simply agree with her.


    After bath...


    "Really... Didn''t you think about another place other than this?" Asked me why it should be inside this greenhouse.


    She looked at me after sipping that black tea. "Have other ideas?" Asked her.


    "Beach?"


    "Too much indecency." Said her.


    "Don''t you think, you should replicate Tiara''s idea?" Said me. I mean, if you talked about love, then the first in your imagination is lust, right?


    She continues sipping her black tea. Don''t know why her face became red but, she refused to answer at the end. Maybe... Let me do a cliche thing.


    I moved my hand to feel her head and said with a gentle smile. "Are you feeling sick? I will get you to the infirmary. Your face is red."''


    Pfft...! Her face has become redder than before.


    I don''t think that Anime events can happen in real life.


    "U-Umm.. Could you release your hand? I am fine." Said her getting nervous.


    "Ah! Sorry." Said me after releasing my hand to her head.


    I got back to my seat and said. "You are innocent enough to get embarrassed with Tiara''s idea huh?"


    "Huh? Did you test me?" Asked her to get surprised.


    "Huh? You thought that I am a dense person?" Said me wondering what she thought about me.


    She nods at me and feels a bit guilty about it. "It''s karma for me." Said her.


    I don''t know but... It seems that my ability is influencing me more than I expected. Maybe because many people who get involved with me have already been scanned with his ability. Their trait, their emotion, and their habit. All inside my brain. If I feel a bit nostalgic then surely there is someone that I met before who has a similarity with it.


    I look at my green tea. I hope she didn''t bring me here all day in her weeks. It will be boring. Or... Maybe I should take the lead.

 27. Linda The Noble (7)

    The next day, she was still waiting for me beside my bed, with her white lingerie and well-maintained hair.


    I got up and said. "You don''t need to do it you know?"


    She got up from her seat. "Ah! Maybe this is late for me but... Pardon my intrusion." Said Linda while bowing her head a bit to greet her and ask forgiveness for her impudence.


    I covered my head with a sigh. Just, she is too formal. This makes it hard to approach her.


    She looks surprised a bit.


    "What''s wrong?" Asked me.


    Her phone seems to vibrate for a second. Just... Why is she storing it between those things?


    "Ah! Sorry for that, please don''t mind it." Said her while pushing her phone deeper.


    "T-That''s... It''s improper to do it right?" Asked me wondering why she should store her phones inside her lingerie.


    She is stunned and keeps silent. Huh? Is she not thinking about it?! Oh yeah, yesterday was a normal outfit. And... On the first, why did she wear this lingerie anyway? D-Don''t tell me...


    "Is Tiara influencing you somehow?" Asked me.


    She looks away but at the end, she talks about it. "I-Indeed... I couldn''t push away the idea you suggested." Said her with an embarrassed face.


    Sigh* I hope... Even if this is just a game, they should think about another way to make them fall in love with them.


    After that, we take a bath and eat food. As always, they didn''t bother to ask me anything. They really take whatever the agreement they set on each other. The agreement that I knew until now is just ''Don''t try to bother the person in action'' like that.


    While walking in the garden... I grab Linda''s shoulder. "How about going to another place?" Asked me gently.


    With her emotionless face, she nodded at me.


    This is the first destination that came up in my mind. Waterboom, aquarium section. Amazing... There are so many fish inside this aquarium. They even had a great white shark! Wait... How?


    "Is there any point in looking at these creatures?" Asked while looking at me.


    Creature? Anyway... "It''s just... I am bored inside that greenhouse again and again."


    "You bored after three days... That''s new for me." Said her while looking at the aquarium.


    And yeah... Once again, VIP room.


    (S-Still gathering info?) -Yuna


    (Why are you here anyway?) -Nexus


    (Walking around...) -Yuna


    Only Nexus huh?


    "You seem to look around where others spied on you." Said Linda.


    So, she is aware of that.


    The moment is quieter than inside the greenhouse. This plan has totally failed. If I think about it again, where is the pleasure?


    "Excuse me... Shall I take your order miss?" Asked the waitress behind us.


    "Cappucino." Replied me.


    "Green tea." Said Linda.


    "I-I think we should have a seat." Said me awkwardly.


    She looks at me. "It seems your plan has failed." Said her getting a bit disappointed.


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    "I-I can''t deny it." Said me feeling a bit guilty for dragging her here.


    Not like inside the greenhouse, this place''s atmosphere is not good enough. When the greenhouse can create such a calm and relaxed feeling, this aquarium creates a feeling of confinement and gloomy vibes. Maybe it''s just me but... Why did someone choose an aquarium as their date place? They can still watch a movie in the cinema, have fun in an amusement park, or maybe release their lust on the beach.


    "Don''t think about it, Nina." Said Linda while looking at the aquarium.


    "Think about what?" Asked me playing fool in front of her.


    She looks at me with an emotionless face. "It seems you have many thoughts about something." Said her.


    Ah... I get it. She just replied to my last words. But, my answer is ''Think about what?'' and surely she will know that I am troubled by something. Sigh* Maybe I should learn to be quiet inside my mind with others.


    "Yeah... I am in trouble because this seems boring." Said me genuinely.


    "Boring huh? There''s nothing I can do about it." Said Linda while looking down.


    "Ah! S-Sorry, I didn''t mean by that." It made me feel a bit guilty to talk about it.


    She looks at me and smiles. "No need to worry, I am not in the position to blur the reality. If you thought of me that I am a boring person, that should be right." Said her.


    "You... You should have a pride for yourself." Said me wondering why she was self-deprecating.


    She looks surprised while looking at me.


    "Pride... If that could make someone happy then, sure I will be proud of myself. But, until now, I haven''t found someone who is truly happy because of pride." Said her seeming to remember something.


    Without talking too much, we continue to spend our time here by drinking these drinks...


    (Just how long they can be like this?) -Eluthya


    (Woah! Your eyes Nexus!) -Geraldine


    (Don''t worry, It''s because of this binocular.) -Nexus


    "They really didn''t have important to do." Said me while looking at Nexus and friends.


    (See? You should silence yourself!) -Nexus


    (Sorry, sorry, we just want to bother you.) -Geraldine


    I don''t know what discussion they held without me... It makes me feel aloof...


    Not like usual, I am joining the dinner with others. Usually, I will skip this event and rush to my bed.


    While eating this food, Tiara asked me. "It may be a dumb question but... Did you eat dinner last night?" While looking at me.


    "Eat first before talking." Said Linda firmly.


    After eating...


    "Should I continue to answer it?" Asked me while wiping my mouth with tissue after eating.


    "Oh! And with how your ability works." Said Yulia while looking at me.


    Huh? Didn''t she know I had a mutation? Okay... I get what''s going on. They may know me in general... No, they know me in detail but before I came to this school. Because there is no record that I had a mutation inside my brain, they still didn''t know my situation. So, the school will not pay any attention to whatever happens here.


    "Maybe... I should ask you how you create that chess machine inside your brain." Said me.


    All of them are surprised and look at me. After a second, Yulia hit the table with her hands.


    "What do you mean?!" Asked her surprised but she seemed confused.


    Just like huh!?!?!?


    "What do I mean? Literally, that was I mean!" It made me confused.


    Geraldine raised her hand. "Umm... Could look inside my mind too?" Asked her politely.


    "Sorry, I vowed that I wouldn''t use it again." Said me.


    "Use it again huh?" Said Nexus faintly.


    Yulia calmed herself and asked me politely. "Could you explain it?"


    Huh? Did our brain, not the same as I thought? You are the one who created it right?


    "Even genius like us can''t do everything huh?" Said Eluthya faintly. Don''t know why she is the most shocked of others.


    Radiant seemed not interested in our discussion and left. Tiara is cleaning the desk while we are talking to each other but still hearing the conversation.


    "Judge from your confused face, we get a bit of detail for your ability." Said Nexus.


    Yulia understood what happened but still looked at me demanding the answer. It''s not usual for Geraldine to look at me with her serious face and Tohru seems not interested in our conversation but still stays here with her bored face.


    "But... Will I get something from that?" Asked me trying to make Yulia annoyed.


    "It seems you and I should settle down our business." Said her getting as annoyed as I wanted.


    "You banned for using your umbrella." Said Tiara after cleaning our table.


    Yulia looks at Tiara sharply. With a sigh, she calmed down.


    "Don''t tease our little girl so hard, Nina." Said Tohru a bit laughing.


    Nexus looks at Tohru with a weird face. "Same as you."


    "What do you mean by not using it again?" Asked Yuna without any sign.


    We are looking at Yuna like ''Really girl? You didn''t understand that?''


    I stood up and said. "Whatever it is, this is just a game for me and I don''t want to get serious to deal with it!"


    I just want to make a normal debut in my high school. But why did it turn out like this? I wanted a normal friend, a normal conversation, a normal boyfriend, and a normal life. Why is it hard to get?


    I slam my door and throw my body on the bed. Sigh* I still didn''t want to accept the reality. The reality is that they are suffering with me. The fact that they do it to me and not for me makes me want to throw up. What happens if one of them really falls in love with me? What if someday I will fall in love with one of them?


    They should know how relationships work. The same as the word itself, they divide it with two words ''relation'' and ''ship''. After you start a relation, then your ship will sail with your objective. And all of their objective is to make me love them. They can forcefully drag the stir to the ''stop'' destination but, it will be hard the time goes on. It will be hard to forget it.

 28. The Queen Reason

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    Nina... What an absurd human she is. She can divide people as she pleases. Nothing important about it, It just... She shall acknowledge people''s materialism and individualism. They are working with each other frequently. Materialism as fuel and individualism as outcome.


    Nina is the person who I hate the most here. She is not like others, she is just... clumsy and doesn''t want to get involved with others. And just like now, she thinks that all about this it''s just a mere game.


    Disorganized, clumsy, improper, dense, and cheater. She is approximately equal to a cat. Just doing things as it pleases. When it happens in a dangerous environment, she will raise her claws. When it happens in a normal situation, she can be as cute as she wants. She should known better the burden we had. Why didn''t she want to be involved with us? Did she not think about our condition? Even yesterday, my beloved friend, Radiant should eat less than she should be. In the end, I could only divide people by two. Is it beneficial or not beneficial for me? The answer is held inside everybody''s individualism.


    ...


    The next day...


    I wake up and Linda still waiting for me. But now, she laid her head on my bed while sleeping. Her snoring voice is kinda cute.


    I look at my hand. Is it okay to pat her...? Nah, she would not like it. She''s still in that lingerie from before. Is she that desperate? Or maybe it''s just me that ignorance? Whatever the answer, you should not stealth into other people''s rooms freely.


    She wakes up. Her red eyes, burn like she should be but calm as she looks at me. I am trying to smile at her. She smiles back at me. That smile was even better with sunlight came through my window behind me.


    "It would be bad for your health to stay here bareclothes." Said me worried about her.


    She looks down a bit. "It''s already late morning."


    Hmm? Late morning? I get up and open the window. The sun is already on the top of the Right building. So, this is why I never wake up with sunlight in my eyes.


    "Why are you rushing like that? It''s not like you are a morning person right?" Said her while in a drowsy state. She seems still hard to open her eyes.


    I look at her. "Next time, you can wear one of my pajamas inside my desk." Said me.


    She nods at me while still hard to open her eyes. It makes me remember my sister. That time, when I got my brain overloaded because of the bullied girl. I know it was just an accident back then. But, that accident took my whole sanity to accept it. Thanks to her, I am forced to create ''Overwrite''.


    Wait... If she is still that sleepy... Is it my chance? I move my hand behind her arm and carry her. She is not rebelling. In fact, she still wants to get back to her sleep. Wait a second... Purple hair, red eyes, and... Her height is about 167cm, one centi shorter than mine.


    I look at her while thinking about the clothes that are suitable for her. Should I create a crab costume? Nah, she will hurt my teeth with a razor blade. And I am not an immortal vampire. Think about it again Nina, what character she could be...?


    "Could you bring me down now?" Asked her.


    "Ah! Sorry..." Said me while bringing her down.


    After bringing her down, she asked me. "Why could you lift me?"


    "Huh? That''s normal right?" Asked me wondering why she asked that question.


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    "It''s not normal for us with similar heights to able to lift each other." Said her with a sigh.


    I raised my arms. "Then let''s prove it." Said me while looking at her.


    She''s surprised and feels embarrassed. "W-What...? You should not do that, my dear friend... That''s improper for us." Said her while looking away.


    "Improper? While you are showing that lingerie in front of me?" Said me teasing her a bit.


    "That''s... Nothing to do about this. Love is about lust and the correct way..."


    She''s like puff* and her face suddenly becomes red.


    "Heh... Love is about lust? So, you agree with that Indencency." Said me mentioned Tiara.


    "L-Let''s talk about it later." Said her giving up debate with me...


    "Is it improper to do this?" Asked Linda wondering why she should wear this pajama at this noon.


    "We should change the phase!" Said me excited about this walk around.


    (What with those? So cute.)


    (Woah... This is rare for geniuses to be like this.)


    (They are already that friendly. I hope I can make a friend like them too.)


    (Ugh... Why should they wear that costume in broad daylight?) -Youna


    Huh? Youna? I look at her near the big stairs to Student Dorms. That''s rare for people running at this hour...


    "This is like Pajama Party." Said me while looking at her with crab pajamas.


    "This is humiliating..." Said her feeling down.


    "You mentioned about correct way right? This is the easiest way to gain my love. I just show it to you and I hope the others will understand." Said me while smiling gently at her.


    Don''t know why, she seems surprised. "I think I shall apologize to you." Said her remembering her thoughts about me.


    "Huh? Apologize for what?" Asked me curious.


    "Nevermind. I would gladly tell them." Said her smiling at her.


    She often smiles today. That''s rare... She always with that emotionless face whenever we face each other.


    "Ah... Maybe you didn''t need to do it." Said me while pointing my finger to Nexus near our greenhouse.


    Reflex, she looks to where I pointed out. While we are looking at Nexus, she waving at us. I answer it by waving my hand too.


    "She still persistent about it huh? Such an ambitious girl." Said Linda.


    Surprisingly, this garden is wider than I thought. It is wide almost like the main building...


    "Is there something we can do?" Asked me getting bored.


    "This Saturday, there will be a theater near the Laundry House. How about that?" Asked Linda.


    "Anything for you, ma''am." Said me trying to tease her.


    She looks away. "I am not that old." Said her. She seems to get bored with that word.


    Nothing is happening. It''s just as before. Talking... Nah, we didn''t talk that much.


    "You mentioned it right? Then, how about we do something you like?" Said Linda.


    I am surprised to think that she would agree with that absurd idea. Then, without any hesitation, I will accept her challenge. That''s what I thought.


    "I think I should buy a Sewing Machine." Said me remembering that I had left my beloved Sewing Machine in my house.


    "That''s a bad news." Said her smiling at the same time.


    "You should not suggest that if you didn''t want to do it." Said me wondering why she suggested that.


    "N-Nevermind..." Said her getting a bit embarrassed.


    Huh? Ah! Is that supposed to be a joke?! If I knew it, I would like to respond to it with an excited tone than a worried tone.


    "S-Sorry for not understanding that." It made me feel a bit guilty.


    "That''s my impudence to think that you would understand. I am the one who should apologize to you." Said her while looking down.


    "That''s not a problem... You should not apologize to me." It made me feel uncomfortable.


    This is why we should not make a joke to a person who is forced to like someone.


    "Hey... Could I ask you something?" Asked her still looking down.


    "Yeah, yeah... You can." Said me got worried about her... Wait, it''s just a bait?


    "Then... I will fully accept your kindness." Said her while smiling meanly to me.


    Did I fall into a worried trap? You treat my worries as trash... How meanie you are.


    I look away. "Sure... Let me see your question." Said me.


    "Shall we start from the bottom? Could you tell me why you created the thing inside your brain?" Asked her coming back with her emotionless face.


    The thing inside my brain? So, she could definite it with that huh? I thought that I had covered it perfectly but not. Or... Should I play dumb? Maybe, this is the first time I would lie to other people. I always lead the question to another question or answer it vaguely so they still can understand and not at the same time. Should I lie?


    "Y-You know-"


    "Lying is not in your trait so no need to force yourself." Said her with her emotionless face.


    "Trait?"


    "You shall not bait me."


    "Huh? I am not...


    "My dear friend, your innocence is a bit annoying to me. You should not answer it if you are unable to answer it. Privacy is not what I want to interfere with." Said her.


    "See? This is what I feel when I ask you." Said me. Those whole words are bait to defend myself. As I know, you are not the person who would swallow your own saliva.


    "Politicians should be the ones who lead and smarter than the people they lead. Whatever it takes, they will do anything for society. That''s why... For them, I shall ask you that question even if I must swallow my own saliva." Said her getting serious.


    Character breaks like before... Sorry, my individualism is still strong. Let''s do what Yulia did. I hit the table with my hands, and leave the area.

 29. The King Answer

    The wind is so refreshing. Not to mention there is nothing here. Maybe, I am just too emotional with that. What if in the end I or one of you fall in love with me? This is just a theme that the school set on this semester. Sigh* Maybe, I should skip the dinner this time.


    ...


    "So? What happened with that girl?" Yulia asked after eating her food.


    While cleaning the table, Tiara looks at Nina''s plate full of food. "I hope she didn''t take it inside her heart."


    While looking at Tiara''s worried face, Radiant tried to cheer her up. "Don''t worry, she should be fine." Said her with a smile.


    Tiara looks at Radiant with a gentle smile. "You should smile at her too."


    "Oh good, so there is one of us who has fallen in love already." Said Tohru with a sigh.


    Yuna fidgeted a bit. "Is it okay to-"


    "That''s okay, she seems on the beach now. Judge from her range, her ability is not that overpowering like Laplace demon." Said Nexus cutting Yuna''s words.


    While carrying all the plates, she said with a serious face. "You should consider her feelings too."


    "I agree with her. Someone in need should be in demand, not the opposite." Said Eluthya trying to help Tiara.


    "In demand..." Linda muttering.


    "I am glad you understand, cheating material." Said Tiara while smiling at her concern about Nina.


    She was stunned for a moment and continued to help Tiara anyway. "I am glad if you won''t call me like that."


    "Thanks to Linda and Nexus." Said Tiara while leaving the dinner table.


    Eluthya follows Tiara from behind. The others just look at them leaving to the kitchen and washing those plates together.


    "Could you tell me why is so natural to let Tiara cook?" Asked Nexus wondering the reason while looking at others.


    Radiant stood up and went to her room. Therefore, Yuna and Linda seem not interested in answering that question and go to hot spring water.


    "Want to get attention?" Said Geraldine acting cutely.


    Tohru seems uncomfortable with her answer. "It''s only you."


    "Te he~"


    "Cringe." Said Nexus with her weird face while looking at Geraldine.


    Yulia stood up and said to Nexus. "Don''t ask the question with an obvious answer."


    Yulia leaves the living room to her room leaving Tohru, Nexus, and Geraldine.


    ...


    I open the door to our house. The light is still on in the living room. Maybe, because I am the last one then I should be the one who turns it off. The switch is below the stairs. After turning it off, I go to my room.


    Ah... Tiara still made my food and put it on my small table on the floor. I really appreciate it.


    (huh?) -Tiara


    She is still awake...


    After eating the food, I am laying my body on the bed. Hope I will enjoy the theater the next day.


    Not like before, she didn''t wait for me until I woke up. The sunlight already hit my face. There is no point in breakfast right now. Sigh* Let''s eat in the cafeteria or maybe in the canteen.


    The living room was as quiet as before. No one here in the afternoon. I wonder what they always do at this time.


    As always, the students are doing their activity. This is the weekend after all. The cafeteria is near the Library. That reminds me that Nexus always brought books inside our house. Are they from the Library? If that''s right, Didn''t she tired to carry all those things?


    In the cafeteria, Yuna and Eluthya are eating and talking to each other. I should not interfere and maybe look for somewhere place.


    Surprisingly, they have a burger here. And... It''s A5 meat. Wasn''t it overrated now? While looking for food in our class, all of the food with meat as the main dish is always in A5 grade. The truth is, I didn''t really know what A5 meant. It''s just I look at the cooking channel on television that A5 is stated as the highest grade in meat.


    While carrying this pack of burgers, I am searching for a place to eat it. Outdoor Timezone is the perfect place! I raised my hand and grabbed this easy-recycle bag strongly. School with the richest person as the pioneer is the best!!


    Outdoor Timezone, it''s almost the same as the mall game section... Nah, it''s not the same if the genres are all different. There is a climbing area, offroad area, cable car for transportation, indoor ski, and almost all of the outdoor activity areas there...


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    But, for enjoying this meal, the perfect vehicle is a cable car without any ceiling. It''s dangerous but... I trust this island''s security and safety.


    While looking at the lowest part, I am thinking again about how big this island is. When I was still in the helicopter, I still could measure it with my finger but when I got on the island. Believe it or not, the cliff that separates the lowest part and the higher part is about 200 meters tall. The field with size of 12 football fields. And of course with a text Yur L'' Ebian Highschool in Edwardian font. I still wonder why they created this big facility on this remote island. And what they told me about it... F-class. Just, what with that class? Human experiment? Is it illegal? Was the world involved in this thing?


    Munch* munch* gulp*


    I think I should do something about my situation right now... But, I didn''t know what should I do. But... If I forgot then that''s not important for me. Ah! Maybe, I should take this time to discuss this game and the whole situation with the pioneer. Let''s do it after eating this lunch.


    "Great to meet you~" Said Linda at the end of the cable car.


    After throwing the burger pack and the bag into the trash bin, I asked her. "So? Where will we go?"


    While looking at me, she''s bit fidgeting a bit.


    "What''s wrong?" Asked me curious. It''s rare for her to feel nervous in front of me.


    She bowed her head and said. "S-Sorry... For my mistake... I didn''t consider your feelings."


    Don''t get carried away Nina, she said that it meant there is something happened when I was alone on the beach. The cable car guard gave me some tissue to wipe my hands. Of course, I received it with a gentle smile and a ''thanks'' word.


    She still bowed her head waiting for my forgiveness. Heh! Should I refuse to believe her apology?


    "Sigh* No need to worry, I am not that angry." Said me and left the area.


    I didn''t look back. That''s why, I didn''t recognize Linda''s face while she looking at me.


    I heard her step come closer. Her soft yet firm voice whispered near my ears. "Where should we go?"


    Faint, but still firm. Nothing wrong with that, it''s just rare she didn''t feel quite energetic like before. She seems excited for a moment when we are inside the greenhouse. She gave giving a relaxed and calm vibe when I was around her. But now, it''s nothing like that again.


    Huh? Don''t know why, I feel Nexus''s presence. Ah... There is she, looking at me from the start of a cable car with that binocular. I try to wave at her and she waves back at me. The range is too far away. I wonder about her comment on our situation right now. But... I am still wondering how they can gather information without hearing it. Ah! That''s right... If she could do Lip reading, then of course.


    "Are we going to the usual place?" Asked Linda still nervous.


    "Nah, let''s just stroll around waiting for the theater to start." Said me tired of this repetitive event.


    The theater starts after the sun sets down. To be detailed, it is held at nine p.m.


    What will they choose to entertain us? Icarus story? But, this is on the island not in the ship.


    And yeah, it''s just us strolling around this island without any purpose. Linda seemed to want to talk but she prevented it. And the time of the theater has begun...


    Surprisingly, the students here are so many more than I thought. I thought that students from fifteen to eighteen years didn''t like this kind of theater story. Maybe because, I usually read normal people''s mind which are usually full of comic, novel, and soap opera in their mind make me think that anybody at this age usually likes those kinds of thing. This made me learn something new.


    The curtain has opened... The audience is silent for a moment, waiting for them to perform in the theater.


    Ah... This story is about the goddess in Greek myths, Aphrodite...


    "..."


    Aphrodite: "Why? Why did you betray me?!"


    Ares: "Betray you? I never said that you one the only one who I love!"


    Aphrodite: "Curse you!!"


    Narrator: "Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, cursed herself to obtain her true love on the earth realm. Unfortunately, she will never get her true love eternally. The end."


    Wow... While looking at the theater with a surprised face. I am thinking about something similar to this. Is it just a generic villainess story?!


    Huh?! And the audience''s reactions make me even more surprised. Come one girl... This is normal in my place. Didn''t you know about comics in this genre? Or maybe you are just so focused on study that you never knew how the outside world works?


    "Didn''t you have a feeling?" Asked Linda beside me while wiping the tears in her eyes.


    "Me? Oh good, this kind of story had already been a generic genre in my country." Said me wondering why they fall off their tears while looking at this performance.


    After wiping her tears. She said to me. "I didn''t understand you. In front of a sad story you laugh, when someone tells you a lie you believe it, and whenever you get intimidated you will do something funny to loosen the mood."


    Those words, make me a bit angry. Just who is she evaluating my personality as she pleases? Someone once told me that ''your silence is your gold''. If you didn''t know someone then you should shut your mouth.


    "You quite hate it, aren''t you?" Asked her.


    I bet she already knows it when her phone gives the signal.


    "Sorry but, the Mandela effect will not influence me any further." Said me stirring the conversation.


    "Maybe... Because of the ''normal'' difference between us that makes you feel separated." Said her with her worried face.


    "So? Is it the racist time?" Asked me getting a bit annoyed with that words.


    "Hmm..." She looks away. I don''t know why but, her face changed to a sad-looking face. "You know? Why is a male lying to his girlfriend?"


    That''s so random. While looking away, I answer it. "It''s because he wants to defend himself."


    "Then, I will change the question. Why is a gentleman lying to his fiance?" Said her while looking at me.


    I look at her. She looks at me seriously. "Because..." I was confused to answer it. It''s not relatable to me. Fiance?


    "It''s because there is something involved behind that marriage." Said Linda turning her head away.


    That makes me more confused. What was her intention to ask that question?


    "So?"


    She looks at me. This is... It feels like I should answer it carefully... Why should I care anyway?


    "What will you choose?"


    I don''t want to act foolish by asking her such a dumb question like ''Are you referring to the theater character?'' To begin with, she didn''t give me the options. Then, I will answer it without the question involved with it.


    "I will choose myself."


    "So, you just want to look after us?" Asked her while looking away.


    "Yeah."


    (It seems this is your final answer. Then, I shall respect your decision. Next day, I will not interfere with you again.) -Linda


    "So? Tomorrow, are we already become enemies?" Asked me with a serious tone.


    She stood up. "No need, just follow your heart. Because you are a normal person and wanted to be one of them. The Noble would not be able to feel it. And the same as you, because you are a normal person then you wouldn''t understand me."


    Of course, how could I understand you without you talking about it? Two people, two weeks, and two lies. This place, was the place where I didn''t have a relative and partner. Leading my path alone without caring about other opinions.


    Sigh* Let''s just wait next week.

 30. This is not What I Imagined

    The next day, No one came inside my room. The door is still locked. Quiet... The sunlight already hit my face too. Let''s do what I should do yesterday.


    After leaving my room, I went to the kitchen and met Tiara there.


    "Wanna eat lunch together darling?" Asked her while smiling at me.


    Huh? Are they in agreement that they would not interfere? Why should I care anyway?


    "Let me help you, what lunch we will have?" Said me while preparing the kitchen tools.


    While thinking, she touches her lips with her finger. "How about a melted cheeseburger with salad?" Said her.


    "Is that okay with your budget now?" I worried about her budget while searching for a pan.


    "Budget? Thanks to you, my balances are fully enough for one month." Said her with a chuckle.


    Ah! There is it, below the stove. While grabbing a pan, I said. "Then, let''s cook together."


    With an excited sound, she said. "Okay~"


    While cooking, we are talking about my state.


    She stirs up the patties and asked me to melt the cheese using... Oven?


    "Darling~ Do you really just want to be an outsider?" She asked me while mentioning my last conversation with Linda.


    I close the oven. "Yeah, Was it a problem?" I wondered why she still asking that question.


    She nods at me. How can she still move that pan so agile without looking at it? "Your decision is yours. After all, we are in need so we should be in demand."


    While searching for the bread bun, I said. "I tried to help too. I already tell them that if they are that desperate they should cosplay. But, somehow, they didn''t want to."


    The patties were already cooked and she is waiting for the bread bun. "I thought that you are heedful." Said her with a sigh.


    I get the bread bun and look at her who grabs her waist with her hands. With a confused feeling, I said. "Is it not?"


    She takes the bread bun and walks to the oven. "You are dense."


    We are looking at the cheese melted in the oven together. "Maybe, I usually use my ability so, this point of view is rare for me."


    "You should learn how people communicate darling~ Of course without any telepathy involved." Said her with a sigh.


    The melted cheese hamburger is set! It''s delicious but somehow it not appetizing. I don''t know why, am I sick?


    "Hey, if you have something bothering you, could you share it with me?" Asked her with her gentle smile.


    It''s not like I am in a bad mood... Or maybe I am. With a smile, I refused her. She still answers it with a smile and then leaves after the hamburger is eaten. Bad mood huh?


    I shake my head, let''s be positive! Now, let''s ask those old-geezers...


    Huh? Where are they? I was already in the principal room and they were not here. Were they taking a holiday in weekend?! Sigh* the more I think about it, the more I will get confused. Let''s leave for now.


    After closing the door, I see Alice come out from the lift.


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    "Huh? Why are you here?" Asked her with a soft voice.


    When she talks like this, she sounds like an older sister rather than a teacher. But, Our teacher is wearing normal clothes too. I thought she would still be in her suit like a pro.


    "There is something that I wanted to ask." Said me with a sigh.


    She approached me slowly and whispered at me. "Would you want me instead?"


    Her way of speech changed, calm, and intimidating.


    Without looking at her face, I answered her suggestion. "If you would, then okay."


    She moved out her head near my ear and walked behind me. "Follow me."


    Huh? Does she have any other occasions with me? If I leave now, I will lose the chance to talk one-on-one with her. Let''s just follow her.


    In the principal room, she walks to Mr. Alexander''s seat. She bowed her body and there was some beep sound after. The walls which are full of glass get closed in an instant. The room is darker but, the light suddenly lightens the room.


    "What''s this?" Asked me getting curious.


    While walking to the door, she said. "Shut your mouth for a moment."


    What a sarcastic woman. Is she getting cocky because she was his daughter? Anything involved with this woman, I don''t like it. The way she speaks, the way she looks down on others, the way she usually intimidates me. Looking at her, just makes me remember that I am the same as her.


    With the sound of a finger clicking, the glass wall lightens. It''s surprised me. I thought that was just for luxury and decorative purposes. I didn''t know that those walls are monitor LED.


    The monitor shows fourteen pictures of girls. The Lordeca and the rest is... My sister, that girl...


    Just remember it makes me shiver with fear and trauma. That''s the bullied girl. As the monitor shows me, her name is Ulie Gonzales. The others, I don''t know who they are but judging from the last picture, it seems these pictures are the candidates for the next Lordeca.


    Suddenly, her hands wrapped around my neck. Cold, and nasty, I don''t know why she wraps my neck. She moves her head near my ear and whispers to me.


    "Nina, Nina, Nina, how are you?"


    It sounded more creepy than she asked me to love the Lordeca. It''s not good, my legs are trembling. How did she always do this to me? How supposed I could calm around her? Her smile, it''s weird and yet still has beauty in it. She leans her head on my shoulder and shakes it slowly.


    "Hey~ How long you would not be broken?"


    Huh? Broken? What did she mean by that?


    She released her hands around my neck and moved her head from my shoulder.


    "You know what? Forget it, let''s just forget the first plan already." Said her after changing the way she talked again, assertive and appealing. Just like she always did when she taught us.


    Inside the room, there are monitors to lighten it. Weirdly, there is nothing like a fan sound here. To be able to create this, it needs high energy. And high energy is equal to high temperature. Surely, inside this room, there is just one air conditioner and nothing like ventilation. The more I think about it, the more I get confused. Sorry but, it''s not the time to be amazed like the first day I stepped on this island.


    I brave myself and ask her who walking around looking at the monitor. "The first plan?"


    She looks at me and her facial gesture changes to an excited face. "I am glad~!! You interested in it." Said her with an excited tone.


    She moves out of Mr. Alexander''s table and brings his seat to me. She asked me to sit on it. I just simply accept her offer.


    After that, the screen changed to a top-secret file called ''Lordeca: Obsession Research'' Reflex I asked her with a worried tone. "Is-Is it okay for me to look at this?!"


    "Don''t startle me. Silly Nina, you should know how to act properly in front of your elder." Said her while smiling viciously at me.


    If she had alter egos, I bet she had an unlimited amount of it.


    She stretched her arm and said excitedly. "Let me introduce you!! Lordeca program!!"


    L-Lordeca program? That''s what I thought but where the confetti comes out and how is she well-prepared?! She already explained it to me so why bother? Or maybe there is something I miss?


    She crossed her hands and started to talk about it. "The first plan is that we will change the adjectivity that is involved with you in one semester. But, we decided to revise the plan. It will be one adjective in two semesters. We learn that human emotion is not that easy to break."


    I don''t get it. Why? What was this school aimed for? And just how did they make those girls sign the contract too? I mean, they can lie about it but it just... They should have reason to still follow the rules and not try to get out of this island.


    "The first thing we should do is make The Normal emotion broken. You, the mindreader girl who wants to live peacefully and normally. We decide to interfere and make your life full of drama and absurdity."


    So that''s why she so exaggerating in telling me about this plan. I mean, what villain that so stupid as to tell its trump card to enemies? Just like her now, she does it because it''s not normal to reveal the trump card to enemies. Then, I should not miss the change.


    "Then, I would ask you what is F-Class." Said me with a serious face.


    "F-Class a.k.a. Finalization class. It''s the final product we created using the purest obsession in the world. But, it''s impossible for two people to have an obsession in the same era. Right?"

 31. The Last Thing Gone Wrong

    "I''ve already won, teacher. You lost when you couldn''t know what''s inside my mind."


    My heart suddenly ached.


    "I thought you were just a scaredy-cat; I guess I have to correct that," Alice said, smiling with delight at my words.


    Please, stop this.


    "So, what''s the deal then?"


    Please...


    "You..."


    My stomach churned. Was this the side effect of someone who''s always honest suddenly forcing themselves to lie perfectly? I might not be able to control my body''s fear reaction, but I''d better use it to make her think I''ve been deceiving her all along with this reaction. But... I was almost manipulating her; why now?


    Without any preparation, I could only vomit what was in my stomach.


    Once again, Alice was surprised. But she smiled. She walked over to me and tried to help me stand up.


    She whispered to me, "If not for your body''s reaction, you almost had me believing you''re brilliant because you almost fooled everyone. At least your effort to use your body''s reaction is good."


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    This was what I didn''t want. She''s sharp, just like me.


    She handed me over to Ruri for care. Ruri wanted to take me to the fifth floor, where the school nurse''s office was for Class S.


    Alice just waved to me with a small smile. It felt like the longest 40 minutes ever.


    Ruri looked at me several times in the elevator. I tried to ask.


    "If there''s something you want to ask..."


    She was startled.


    "Ah! I just wanted to know what happened, but you''re going to the nurse''s office, so let me check you there."


    She had a point, and besides... the risk of patients forgetting statements and misperceptions would disrupt the results of the physical examination. That was something my father, a doctor, always did. He wouldn''t immediately examine his patients; instead, he would ease the atmosphere by making a cup of coffee or tea for his patients. Valid information always came from the mouth of someone at ease. But the result was that many patients complained to my father about the slow service.


    The elevator door opened, and Ruri walked ahead.


    "Come on."


    I could only smile as I saw her implementing the school''s standard operating system. It didn''t mean I knew the ins and outs of the system, but she was like an employee who often opened the door for her boss, polite and gentle in etiquette.


    At the school nurse''s office, she checked my stomach using a stethoscope.


    "So, to summarize, you vomited due to psychological pressure?" She asked while looking at a board with some papers on it. I couldn''t see what she wrote clearly, but what I knew was that the papers had nothing on them except for the mutation within me a few days ago.


    I nodded. She sighed and said, "You don''t need medication for this; just rest, and you will... Maybe you can relax again or practice something that makes you feel stressed to get used to it."


    I was a bit surprised. Not many doctors out there recommend their patients to get used to their illness. It was a dumb suggestion, but it was perfect for Class S members who could control themselves individually... maybe except Tiara.

 32. Come to Agreement

    I believe there''s nothing I can''t do in this world. Perfection is the foundation. Foundation? Yes! Everything is perfection!! But... it doesn''t last long. Nevertheless, why are they so insistent on being perfect? My grandfather, Cobra Gilliard, was an ambitious person. She often traveled around the world in search of news. Even with only her legs as a resource, she was ready to traverse vast lands to uncover secrets that were not shared with the world.


    Oh, is that too heavy for you? You''re quiet for a twelve-year-old, Yulia.


    The sound of hardened wood echoed in the room. Nexus and Yulia were playing chess while reminiscing about their childhood. They were not close; in fact, they were enemies.


    With a sigh, she said, "You... are truly boring. Not like Nina, she''s sharp at assessing situations."


    "Sharp at assessing situations? The fact that she''s alone with the teacher now is imperfection."


    Where Nexus lost, the decision to clear the table was correct. Not only that, Nexus also had to buy a new umbrella for Yulia.


    "I thought you hated her."


    Yulia chuckled at her words.


    "Hating her? What nonsense are you talking about? How could I hate a ''normal girl you can easily meet'' like her?"


    Nexus stood up from her seat. Yulia''s room was warm and filled with the scent of burning roses. It seemed that Nexus didn''t mind it at all. In fact, she breathed it in with relief. She walked over to the shelf next to her bed on the right. The cabinet wasn''t too large and was multifunctional, able to store books, items, collectibles, figurines, and much more. Not to forget the hidden features where, if someone pressed the buttons on the back of each shelf with the right combination, something surprising would appear.


    Nexus forcefully pulled Yulia''s cabinet shelf, causing all five of its shelves to detach from the supporting wood and come out. She was surprised to find out that all the buttons had been pressed.


    "You didn''t try them one by one, did you?"


    Yulia sounded a little annoyed.


    "Of course not, you think I have the leisure for that?"


    Nexus looked puzzled by her words. After some thought, she realized she had never seen Yulia doing anything other than being at the Water Park and this house.


    "I guess, instead of Nina, I should keep a closer eye on you."


    Yulia raised an eyebrow slightly. Her thin lips moved slightly to the left, indicating her concern.


    "You... stop with your worrying."


    Nexus seemed to ignore her words while rearranging the shelves she had pulled out of place. Yulia''s room was no different from the other rooms. The bed under the window, the multifunctional cabinet on the right side of the room near the bed, and the study cabinet under which there was room to store the small table they had both used to play chess. The study table was on the left side of the room. The only thing that set the rooms on this side apart was the direction of the sunlight. Unlike the rooms on the left side, the rooms on the right side received sunlight from 1 PM until it set.


    Nexus walked out.


    Before that, Yulia pulled up her black pants from behind.


    "If you spy on me, I will search for you until you regret your decision."


    Nexus gave her a sharp look.


    "Really, you can never be compared to Mr. Alexander."


    Nexus proceeded to the middle room on the first floor.


    ...


    After hearing Alice''s words, I could only sit in silence. The faint glow of the wall-sized monitor screens continued to fill the room. The monitors illuminated me as if I were the spotlight in a performance. After what Alice said, all I could do was recall a past that I couldn''t even remember.


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    "Nina... There''s no need to be afraid, and I''m not a bad person. We will surely help you," she said persuasively. But I knew it was a trap. My sister, she''s obsessed with me. I fully understand her obsession with me. But... my mother... She has nothing to do with this!


    "Heh... afraid?" Alice interrupted my thoughts and pointed to my feet. "Your body can''t lie to you."


    Why...? Disappointment haunted me. I still didn''t know the source, the root of my fear. All I could remember was giving up on socializing with others because of one thing: ''Friendship won''t form if you know your friend''s secrets before they know yours.'' It was a mantra I held onto for so long. Or maybe... it wasn''t?


    I sighed and tried to calm myself. No matter how crazy this person is, she won''t suddenly stab me. But even so...


    "Alice..."


    Alice interrupted my words again, saying, "Teacher!" She circled around me afterward.


    I was confused by her choice of words. "Since when have you been obsessed with that?"


    She retorted, seemingly mocking me. "When? Then, since when have you thought you could live a normal life with your mind-reading abilities?"


    Hearing her words, my eyes sparkled. Was this the opportunity I had been searching for? The past will remain the past, and it can''t be changed no matter how hard I try. But memories can still recall the past. And if she has memories of it, of course! I will find out the truth.


    Although my initial plan to come to this school was for fun and to ease my mother''s worries, if I can uncover the truth about my father''s murder as a bonus, why not?


    The opportunity I meant was that she didn''t know what was on my mind. And Yulia''s reaction to the machine I described became a strong piece of evidence. They think in their own visual way, but unlike me, who can unlock the true door of how the brain manipulates the soul within our bodies.


    With that thought in mind, I burst into laughter as loudly as I could.


    Alice was so surprised that she froze, not moving anymore.


    "What''s so funny?" She asked, confused and concerned.


    "Funny? Oh, of course, you can''t get information that I don''t even say out loud, can you?"


    Her pupils dilated, and based on her reaction, I knew she had received the signal I sent. I withdrew my words when I said we were the same. At that time, I saw her as a person who was similar to me, sharp, copying something at will, and not compromising when dealing with something we dislike. After this conversation, I realized, that you and I are different in terms of copying something at will. You are just a maniac, while I adapt. Maybe this is the side effect of receiving too much polluted input from adults'' thoughts.


    "I''ve already won, teacher. You lost when you couldn''t know what''s inside my mind."


    My heart suddenly ached.


    "I thought you were just a scaredy-cat; I guess I have to correct that," Alice said, smiling with delight at my words.


    Please, stop this.


    "So, what''s the deal then?"


    Please...


    "You..."


    My stomach churned. Was this the side effect of someone who''s always honest suddenly forcing themselves to lie perfectly? I might not be able to control my body''s fear reaction, but I''d better use it to make her think I''ve been deceiving her all along with this reaction. But... I was almost manipulating her; why now?


    Without any preparation, I could only vomit what was in my stomach.


    Once again, Alice was surprised. But she smiled. She walked over to me and tried to help me stand up.


    She whispered to me, "If not for your body''s reaction, you almost had me believing you''re brilliant because you almost fooled everyone. At least your effort to use your body''s reaction is good."


    This was what I didn''t want. She''s sharp, just like me.


    She handed me over to Ruri for care. Ruri wanted to take me to the fifth floor, where the school nurse''s office was for Class S.


    Alice just waved to me with a small smile. It felt like the longest 40 minutes ever.


    Ruri looked at me several times in the elevator. I tried to ask.


    "If there''s something you want to ask..."


    She was startled.


    "Ah! I just wanted to know what happened, but you''re going to the nurse''s office, so let me check you there."


    She had a point, and besides... the risk of patients forgetting statements and misperceptions would disrupt the results of the physical examination. That was something my father, a doctor, always did. He wouldn''t immediately examine his patients; instead, he would ease the atmosphere by making a cup of coffee or tea for his patients. Valid information always came from the mouth of someone at ease. But the result was that many patients complained to my father about the slow service.


    The elevator door opened, and Ruri walked ahead.


    "Come on."


    I could only smile as I saw her implementing the school''s standard operating system. It didn''t mean I knew the ins and outs of the system, but she was like an employee who often opened the door for her boss, polite and gentle in etiquette.


    At the school nurse''s office, she checked my stomach using a stethoscope.


    "So, to summarize, you vomited due to psychological pressure?" She asked while looking at a board with some papers on it. I couldn''t see what she wrote clearly, but what I knew was that the papers had nothing on them except for the mutation within me a few days ago.


    I nodded. She sighed and said, "You don''t need medication for this; just rest, and you will... Maybe you can relax again or practice something that makes you feel stressed to get used to it."


    I was a bit surprised. Not many doctors out there recommend their patients to get used to their illness. It was a dumb suggestion, but it was perfect for Class S members who could control themselves individually... maybe except Tiara.

 33. The Last Thing Her Friend Could Do

    "Rest, huh?"


    Indeed, it''s necessary, but for some reason, I didn''t agree with her decision. Ruri did tell me that, but I just didn''t feel like doing it.


    (Huh? What''s one of the Lordeca doing here?)


    Oh! It''s been a while since I heard their thoughts.


    Lately, they''ve stopped admiring us. Or maybe it''s just me being narcissistic, but whatever it is, my abilities are still limited. I''m a bit disappointed in myself; maybe I should learn to lie more.


    Exploring this island is a great and fun idea, I thought. But for some reason, I''m starting to get bored with this daily routine. A month and two weeks, well... It''s not a long time. However, I''m not the type to have fun playing online games or anything like that. My daily life with my sister, making costumes for her and forcing her to wear them. After that, she asked for a reward. Initially, it was just a hug, but for some reason, over time, her requests became more lewd.


    Well, I don''t really mind. It''s not like something is lost anyway.


    So, go back home, or go out again? I decided to go home because there wasn''t much I could do on my own. I knew that, but I couldn''t help but look at the park and the greenhouse. It''s where Linda and I used to have private conversations... Well, not so private if you counted the servants. After the incident on the drama stage, I hadn''t seen her again. I hoped she hadn''t taken it to heart. I was going to observe and stay silent. That was my decision... No, maybe it''s just me trying to justify it. "There''s nothing wrong with making a decision." That''s not true. If someone interferes with this decision, I''ll vehemently oppose it.


    Enough of that. After walking for a while, I arrived in front of our house, where Lordeca stayed on this island. Slowly, I opened the door. The smell of roasted meat filled the air. Nexus and Yulia were sitting on the sofa, playing chess. Tiara, on the other hand, was humming while cooking. Should I join them? They were some of the few who felt normal to me, meaning they spoke casually and didn''t offend me. I... maybe they just didn''t want to incur my dislike because their lives were at stake.


    I sighed, maybe I''ll just talk to Tiara. Yulia noticed my presence and waved her hand at me, saying, "Hey! Chess?" Her tone was challenging. Maybe she still couldn''t accept being defeated by me.


    "I need to inform you that I won''t be using my ability anymore."


    (You''re underestimating me?) - Yulia


    "No, no, it''s just that I''ve made a vow," I replied while shaking my head.


    Nexus, with a mocking tone, said, "Alright, alright. You can tell her she''s not smart enough for you to use your ability."


    I immediately said, "Don''t provoke both of us."


    "Hey! I''m the one provoked here!"


    She seemed a little angry, and it showed in her slightly pouting cheeks. Tiara arrived with a plate of roast turkey that looked delicious. Noticing my gaze on the food on the plate, Tiara said, "Ah! Darling~ Want me to prepare some food for you? Take a bath? Or..."


    I immediately interrupted the rest of her statement. "I just want to rest. Are there instant noodles?"


    She glanced at another spot. Was she disappointed? She nodded and said there was a box full of instant noodles in the lower cabinet. Then she went to the table surrounded by the sofa in the living room.


    Without expressing gratitude, Yulia and Nexus continued with their meal. I tried to cook instant noodles, and after it was done, I headed to my room.


    Before that, I was stopped by Tohru on the stairs.


    "Nina, do you have a moment?"


    "Huh?" I glanced at the instant noodles in my hand.


    She responded, "Never mind; you can eat in my room."


    I just nodded and followed her. I could hear the creaking sound of the wooden floor on the second floor. Tohru''s room was on the northern part of the second floor, while mine was to the west.


    After Tohru unlocked his room, the scent of flowers filled the air. Even the strong scent of instant noodles couldn''t overpower it. Reflexively, I sneezed because the fragrance was a bit overwhelming.


    Tohru noticed that and said, "Come in, you''ll get used to it."


    She unfolded a folding table located under the study table and placed it on the floor, which had a round pink carpet.


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    I placed the bowl of instant noodles on the table that Tohru had set up. Seeing me sit down, she also sat on the carpet.


    "It''s not usual for people to be comfortable with this pungent aroma," she mumbled.


    "I''m just being polite," I replied.


    Nevertheless, I was in someone else''s room. If I acted impolite, eviction would be the only outcome. I asked for permission to eat, and she allowed me. She began to talk to me while I ate.


    She turned towards me. "Tomorrow is my turn."


    I choked on my food in surprise.


    I paused for a moment and replied, "Then? You didn''t hear from Linda?"


    I was puzzled. Where is she? Did she want to be found? Or what does she expect from me? I''ve already given my answer, and it would be rude if she didn''t respect it. She must be talking to Radiant out there.


    "Who knows, just ask the steward," I said while slurping my instant noodles.


    "Linda will get angry if she sees you talking while eating," she said, resting her head on the table.


    She seemed bored here. "So, what?"


    "That''s it."


    I stared into her eyes. Huh? Is that it? Then what was the point of me coming here? Or...


    "Aren''t you lonely?" I teased her.


    She pushed her head up and walked over to the bed. "Lonely? Perhaps. After all... Besides them, there''s no one equal to us."


    Equal, huh? "If you refer to equality as someone who frequently cheats like me, that''s a big mistake."


    She turned to me. "At least, you can still be honest."


    Equal? Yes... "If you consider equality with someone who often cheats like me, that''s a big mistake."


    She looked at me with her eyes. "If you consider equality with someone who often cheats like me, that''s a big mistake."


    What on earth is she talking about? If you suddenly smile like that, I feel guilty here.


    "Hey, I apologize for everything I did," I said, blushing slightly.


    She was surprised and woke up from her bed. "Huh? Oh, yes."


    Huh? Her reaction...


    "You don''t think I''m a rude person, do you?"


    "Yes, I thought you were a rude person."


    Wow, she answered right in front of me. I thought she was going to look for answers or steer the conversation. Well, the problem with Tohru is resolved. Maybe Radiant is next? Upon further consideration, she was a rude person who didn''t even tell me where I was wrong. They should learn to be honest.


    (Your eyes are reddening, why?) -Yulia


    "Hey!"


    H-Huh? When I realized, Tohru was waving her hand at me.


    "D-Did I look like a statue?" I asked, a little nervous.


    Both of her eyelids opened wider than usual.


    "Oh, so that''s how it is."


    She then stood up and looked outside.


    "Let me guess, what Yulia said was ''Are you crying,'' right?" She said, a bit surprised by the new information.


    No! She didn''t say that. Stop looking at me with those shining eyes and that proud face. Should I lie? No, she''s too sharp.


    I sighed. "No, she said, ''Why are your eyes red.''"


    She looked at me. Then she looked down. She turned and entered her room.


    "So, you can hear other people''s words from a distance too," she muttered while walking to my side.


    The instant noodles I ate were now gone from my stomach. Maybe it''s time for me to go to my room.


    "Of course, that''s why they''re so noisy," I replied, slightly annoyed.


    She just stared at me. I picked up my bowl and left her room.


    "Wait!"


    I turned and just smiled. "People who pry into others'' privacy shouldn''t assume rudeness at their convenience."


    She fell silent, not knowing what to say. I hope that statement will discourage her from meddling with others. And, of course, for me tomorrow.


    As I descended the stairs, I noticed Linda''s eyes were slightly red, and her eye bags were slightly reddish. Huh? Did she cry? Don''t tell me... because of me!!? Ah-ha... I could only stand still. I realized how temperamental Radiant was just a few days ago. And I''m sure because Linda and Radiant showed up, almost 99% that Linda told Radiant, and she cried. I don''t know why she cried. Was I too rude? Or... I understand; I''m dealing with someone innocent. If that''s the case... I have to face it with innocence too.


    I stepped into the kitchen. And, as expected, Radiant shouted at me.


    "You!! What did you do to her?!!"


    Radiant, she was indeed temperamental. But, it seems she can be this angry. Few will express their anger within my parents'' circle of friends. They prefer to control themselves and be polite so as not to offend. But behind their backs, they will scoff at the people they don''t like. Worse, they do it simultaneously, which eventually leads to gossip. I don''t understand why people can''t be patient when it''s just a small issue and a misunderstanding. And yeah, people who believe that a bias like a misunderstanding and pretend not to know are, in my opinion, the definition of foolish. That''s why I try to be honest.


    "Sure, I didn''t expect her to cry like that."


    Radiant stood up startled. Our faces met closely after that. I tried to ignore her, but she grabbed my hand tightly. Oops! The bowl! With her left hand, she caught the bowl I accidentally dropped because of her pull. Quite skillful.


    "Explain what you did."


    Her eyes looked at me full of anger. I don''t know what kind of relationship they have, but it''s going too far in my opinion. If that''s the case, let''s see what her reaction is.


    "Then? Who will pull your hand for me?"


    She was shocked and then released my hand.


    What I was talking about was a chain of grudges. I thought she was far from being rational and logical, but it turns out she can still understand. Indeed, Lordeca is a group of geniuses.


    "I ask you once again, what do you mean she''s questionable?"


    "Oh? So? You''re also questionable. Look at them, they don''t move at all." I said while pointing to them.


    (Are you brave, my child, even though your legs are vibrating like a cell phone?) -Yulia


    Ugh... I don''t want to be teased, especially by that person.


    "Questionable, aren''t you too!?"


    She suddenly raised her voice. Even. (Huh? Are they fighting?) -Geraldine


    Geraldine had to cancel her intention to open the door.


    "No."


    "Hah!?" She got angrier.


    Unconsciously, her hands quickly approached me. She was going to hit me... But, a rope bound her, and Tiara swiftly kicked her chest and knocked her out.


    Ugh!


    Radiant instantly fainted.


    "That''s good enough," Yulia said, fascinated.


    "Yeah, I admit that''s pretty good," Nexus added as he untied the rope he had thrown to bind Radiant''s hands before it reached me. If they were glaring at me after they hit me, they had solidarity. If they were just silent, it was just a game for them. And if they chose to stop Radiant before hitting me, it meant there was an agreement in it.

 34. In The Library

    Nexus laughed a little loudly. "Look at you! Shivering in fear until your legs tremble."


    What should I say? I indeed can''t handle scary things. I saw Yulia clapping her small hands next to Nexus. Linda, on the other hand, just remained silent without saying a word. As for Tiara, she started carrying Radiant on her shoulder.


    I was shocked by the sight. "Huh!? You''re really strong."


    She stopped for a moment when she was about to leave to answer me. "Of course, dear~ I will protect you," she said with a smile.


    That smile looked terrifying from someone who just made another person faint quickly. I just stood there, stunned, watching Tiara go to Radiant''s room. After she closed the door, I could only surrender to my shaky legs.


    "Ta-da-da-da!! Here comes Geraldine to cheer you up!!"


    We just stared at Geraldine with blank looks while Linda remained silent.


    "Am I late?" she asked, confused.


    "Of course, you''re very late," I said.


    Yulia glanced at me. What was she thinking? Nexus moved towards me and extended his hand. I reached for it, but she actually waved it off.


    "The bowl."


    Ah, it turns out I misunderstood. She wasn''t trying to help me stand up; he was offering to put his bowl back.


    Yulia stood up and said, "Time for a walk."


    She passed by the still-confused Geraldine with no reaction as expected.


    "So?" Geraldine asked.


    Embarrassed, I said, "C-Can you help me stand?"


    "Please, don''t act cute in front of me," she said with a blank look.


    I immediately responded, "Of course not!"


    The living room became quiet after that. She helped me up the stairs, and I reached my room.


    "So? Can you stand now?" Geraldine asked. It seemed she wasn''t worried at all. Her face was blank, and she only glanced elsewhere while talking to me.


    "Yes, how about her?" I said, looking outside my room.


    Geraldine looked back. She understood the meaning of my words. "Don''t worry, everything will be fine."


    "Don''t say it as if it''s not fine," I said, feeling strange about her response.


    My legs were still trembling in fear. Well, what can I do? "Thank you," I said.


    She was surprised and looked into my eyes.


    "H-Huh? W-What?" I responded, puzzled as to why she was looking at me so intensely.


    "Are you feeling guilty?" She asked with a puzzled expression.


    Surprised? Why was she so surprised?


    "Do you think I''m not worried?" I asked, puzzled.


    She looked back again, nodding. Then she left without saying a word.


    What a strange person.


    I tried to walk with my still trembling legs toward my bed. After arriving, I sighed.


    Earlier, it was indeed dangerous to provoke her anger. But one thing is for sure; they have an agreement not to use violence openly against me. The first is the change of weeks for each member as of now. What else? Should I just ask? But they will want information from me. And what''s worse, the little one with an obsession for curiosity will try to ask about my mind-reading ability.


    Ah~ The bed is so soft. It feels good to finally let all of that out.


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    **Chapter 3: In the Library**


    Still, I have nothing important to do. For some reason, these two weeks have been uneventful. Well, it might be important for others, but for me, these two weeks feel insignificant. I sigh and look at my phone.


    "Hi~"


    I stare at my phone, bewildered. Huh? When did this character animation appear? Wasn''t it just text a few days ago?


    "Hi, miss. You seem confused. Can I assist you?"


    Her voice sounds slightly high-pitched and reminds me of a TV static sound. Perhaps her voice is automated? She keeps staring at me without blinking, but I realize it''s just a piece of technology. It can''t have reflexes like blinking.


    "Can you open the school''s secret files?" I ask, seizing the opportunity.


    My phone displays a red "X" icon, and the AI responds, "I don''t have access to that information."


    Her tone, the way she speaks, and the accent... I don''t quite understand the accent, but it sounds British. Her speech resembles that of a child.


    I sigh and bury my face in the pillow beside me.


    To the library, then...


    As I enter the library, I''m surprised by its bustling atmosphere. Ironically, despite the crowd, the library is eerily silent, except for the sounds of pages flipping and communication between the librarians and students.


    I see many students queuing in front of librarians lining the right end of the room. Why are there five librarians? I recall that during middle school, we had only one supervising teacher, and student representatives took turns looking after the library.


    I decide to join the queue like everyone else.


    For some reason, the students immediately look in my direction, and I''m left puzzled. Why are they all watching me? I can see it quite clearly. It''s Marienetta, aware of my presence, and yet she pretends not to see when people turn to look at me. The power of the majority is truly frightening from a psychological standpoint.


    One of the librarians stands and hurries over to me.


    "Uh... Excuse me, let me show you to your room," she says, looking slightly worried.


    I wonder what''s bothering her. Well, it doesn''t matter.


    "Sure," I answer, feeling slightly weird and confused.


    She guides me to the third floor. As we climb, I notice many students and rooms dedicated to helping them focus. There are isolation rooms, rooms for playing jazz and classical music, group study rooms, and even a karaoke room within the library. They seem to cater to students'' preferences for a focused and comfortable learning environment.


    When I enter the elevator tucked away in a long library hallway, the elevator''s voice immediately fades away. It seems like my ability doesn''t work here. That''s puzzling.


    "Am I being directed to the VIP room again?" I inquire, attempting to mislead my power by keeping it inactive while I talk.


    The librarian lowers her head and replies, "Yes, of course, Miss. That''s why you can just skip the line and let us know."


    (I guess we''d be in trouble otherwise.)


    I apologize for that, but I just can''t get used to it all. Maybe I should be more arrogant like Youna suggested. By the way, I wonder what was on the flash drive she brought. It''s still a mystery to me, but I''ll leave it be.


    The third floor only has one person there, Nexus.


    She notices my presence and stops reading. She approaches me slowly.


    "Hey, could you order an avocado chocolate drink?" I ask Nexus.


    She taps her forehead and says after sighing, "Yes, we will prepare that."


    "Us"? Well, the service here is truly unparalleled. They don''t even mention the cost. Maybe $10,000 is an amount that can''t be spent in a month with reasonable thinking. And if they can earn points to get money, then I can, too. I earn $3 in pocket money for school each day. Even $1 gets me a full serving of salad. With $3, school food should be enough. I don''t go home until late in the afternoon, just like at this school. Schools like this, my middle school, also let out in the afternoon, so I only need lunch.


    "It''s unusual to see you here, isn''t it?" Nexus inquires while standing right in front of me. She''s about 173cm tall, maybe?


    "I was bored in my room," I reply with a sigh.


    She turns around and heads towards a pile of scattered books. "As long as you''re not causing a ruckus," she says as she passes.


    "Yeah, yeah, yeah," I mumble.


    I glance at the library''s bookshelves. They''re so huge and wide. They''re not as tall as the central building, but they still seem larger than most libraries I''ve seen. I hope I find some comic books here.


    After some searching...


    Nothing, not a single one. Why? Why isn''t there a single one?


    Someone touches me from behind.


    "What kind of book are you looking for?" Nexus asks, puzzled.


    "Oh, I''m looking for comic books."


    She touches her temple and says, "They''re not here."


    Huh? I''m just left staring blankly at her face. After a few moments, the sound of the elevator arriving can be heard, and a server comes in with the avocado chocolate drink I requested.


    Nexus glances at the server placing the drink on a table near the bookshelves. But shouldn''t those tables be used for reading instead?


    "Being free must be nice, huh?" Nexus mutters.


    "Sure, but it will become a debt when I leave."


    She looks back at me. "You need to learn how to lie."


    "Huh? What''s the point of that? Isn''t honesty a human''s perfection?" I say, taunting Nexus about her obsession.


    She sighs. "If perfect people are those who act honestly, religious leaders wouldn''t be so profoundly foolish."


    Huh?! Why does it go in that direction?


    Seeing the confusion on my face, Nexus adds, "No one can prove what and where it''s beyond, right? In that context, they''re neither honest nor dishonest. Therefore, they can''t achieve perfection."


    Her words are a bit harsh, but my joking comment is quickly dismantled by her logic.


    "So, do you believe in God?" I ask, curious about her answer. She who pursues perfection... Is she planning to become a god? We don''t live in a magical or fantasy world. We live in reality.


    "Of course, I believe, as long as humans can''t prove the limits or the opposite, I will continue to believe."


    After that, I spend time reading an encyclopedia. However, on the second floor, it''s quite noisy with their thoughts. Oh, well.