After chatting quite a bit with Ayane about magical girl stuff, and her telling me all sorts of cool names, spells, and other things, we went back to the classroom. During the lunch breaks and subsequent breaks, I didn't have much time to talk to her, as her other classmates kept calling her away.
And I just let her go, I don't want to prevent her from making friends, although it is a bit sad that she really doesn't try to stay with me and ignores the requests.
However, it's not like we're special friends or best friends we've known each other for an extremely short time and are just starting a friendship.
Obviously, she's not going to refuse requests just because she's with me, so while she went off with other people, I was left alone. It seems that pretending to be a normal student has become more difficult than expected.
The thing is, as a guy, being quiet isn't a huge problem, but as a woman, if you stay quiet, it ends up not being as easy.
Especially since I'm already treated as a genius, and with the fact that I'm being treated as a genius combined with my silence, most people just look at me with envy, falseness, or distant admiration.
It's as if I'm a beautiful flower at the top of a snowy mountain gorgeous to look at, but too dangerous and cold to try to get closer to and take risks.
So unless I approach someone first, no one really tries to get too close to me. I think pushing away the popular girl on the first day of class also contributed to people not trying to mess with me.
And not feeling emotions like everyone else clearly doesn't help, because I understand emotions and can fake it well, but there's a limit to how much my pretending can fool others or just come across as poorly disguised coldness.
Plus, although my voice is very beautiful, it naturally has a cold and apathetic tone, which again doesn't do me any favors, since people prefer outgoing, energetic people who can maintain an interesting conversation.
Which is not my style, so I guess unfortunately I've become one of the famous "ice flowers" of the school girls with high grades, beautiful, but with cold personalities that make them seem unreachable.
Of course, this has its advantages it prevents people from trying to get close to me, and also keeps male students away who might try to ask me out. Honestly, just the thought of it is disgusting.
It's not like they know I was a guy before and my body is now 100% female, but I know that! So in addition to my aversion to physical contact, my love for Ayane still has a natural attraction that leans towards the feminine side.
Thinking about this and about friendships, time passed, and finally, it was time to go home, which put a smile on my face since it's the time to go home with Ayane.
But that smile quickly fades in less than 10 seconds when Hinata shows up saying we need to go see the school counselor.
Ayane didn't understand, but since she knows what I have, she just assumed that Hinata is a friend and that I have a routine appointment with the counselor.
Honestly, trying to be "good" is terrible. My time with my sister has been reduced just because of an apology request.
I can only blame myself and Hexael I blame myself for not noticing I was being manipulated, and I blame Hexael for manipulating me and making me do stupid things to maintain a moral code.
But it's all for Ayane. I must have limits for Ayane, and I must follow those limits, so I agreed to go with Hinata to prove my honesty when apologizing.
I'll think about this rationally. I'm just taking responsibility and admitting my mistake my mistake of getting too relaxed around a demon and not being more suspicious of him.
The two of us arrive at the nurse's office, where Mizuki should be at this time, and as soon as Hinata knocks on the door, we hear Mizuki.
"Come in, I'm free at the moment," she says in a professional tone, not knowing who it is.
I look at Hinata so she can go in first, and then she opens the door, followed by me. Mizuki looks at me with surprise, probably not expecting to see me.
Since Hinata might have felt the need to change the bandage, but I'm not normally scheduled to see her as the counselor.
"Hinata and Setsuna, it's good to see you both. Do you need something? If it's about the bandage, you can only stop using it in a week, as I've already told you before."
"Of course, if it's for the change, I'm available at the moment. I'm just reviewing today's records," Mizuki speaks professionally, like a nurse or doctor would.
"No, I'm not here to change my bandage, Mizuki," Hinata says politely.
"... I see... and what would be the reason for the visit?"
"W-Well, we both came to discuss... a problem of hers," Hinata speaks as if she's not sure how to address me at the moment.
"Problems?"
"..." I take a deep breath, deciding to just get this over with.
"I knocked a bucket on Hinata's head, and she got injured because of that, so I apologized to her for doing something bad, and now we're here to report this incident," I can already imagine what will be written.
"... Setsuna, you know this was quite serious, right? Hinata's head injury was a cut, nothing too severe, but still a cut."
"She could have died from a traumatic brain injury or even had her neck broken by the weight of what fell on her head. She said she had hurt herself by hitting a wall, but it seems that was a lie."
"Do you realize she could have died?" Mizuki asks me something I obviously know.
"Yes, I'm aware of that," I'm fully aware of that, and I should have noticed how such a serious thing didn't seem so serious before.
"And you still did it... what did you feel at the moment?"
"Nothing..." Absolutely nothing was what I felt about having done this at that moment, and even now, I think I don't feel anything beyond the discomfort of having been manipulated into being so cruel.
"Nothing, not even pleasure or hesitation about it?"
"Yes... I didn't feel anything," There was nothing pleasurable about it. It was like an action taken without considering anything living no one feels hesitation when letting go of a bucket in an empty location.
It's as if there was nothing there from the beginning, so there are also no reasons to hesitate.
"I see, that's curious... could you tell me why you did this?" Mizuki asks me, but that's where the difficulty lies.
"I think Hinata is more suitable to answer that," I'm going to shift the responsibility to Hinata, who will have two options: lie or speak the truth that it's because she tried to diminish me during class and failed miserably.
"..." Hinata gets nervous, but sighs, gathering the courage.
"I-I doubted that she was a genius and t-tried to find ways to diminish her, b-but I couldn't... I mean, come on, we're both 18, how could she be smarter than everyone in the class?" She speaks, trying to downplay the weight of what she says.
And in the end, while I may not be a true genius, I clearly have superior intelligence and an excellent memory capacity. I think having fewer feelings is an advantage in this case.
"... You know this causes problems, right? Setsuna is someone with issues, and we have a strict policy on bullying 'special' people, and you shouldn't have done that," Mizuki speaks indirectly about me having Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD).
"But since you've come together, I believe you've resolved it, haven't you? You're both 18 and understand the weight of your actions."
"However, I know how teenagers can make bad or impulsive decisions."
"Hinata, since this is your first infraction this school year, and it wasn't really that serious, and you managed to resolve it on your own, I'll let this slide... but you, Setsuna, understand that with your way of thinking, the school will need to take more unique measures."
"After all, we don't want you to cause any more 'accidents' like this and really do something irreparable," Mizuki speaks as if I'm a threat to the lives of other students.
"I won't do anything like that again, Mizuki," I say to her politely, and I really won't do anything like that again, although I'll still do bad things that can't be revealed.
After all, bullying without marks and without proof can't do anything to me, as long as I don't do something too dangerous.
"You two can go. I'll decide what to do and apply it in the way necessary for your problem, Setsuna," She speaks, and Hinata sighs calmly, not realizing how unfair this was to her.
'Corrupt...' If you think about it, what I did was much worse than how lightly Mizuki is letting this go. A student could have died, but we both left without punishment, and she didn't even write a report.
And that's obvious it's because I'm a genius, and this is one of the many privileges I've gained. As long as I maintain myself as a perfect genius, they'll always get me out of trouble like this.
'Well, this is good. Hinata left quietly, and I didn't have any real consequences,' This is the first time I find this blatant favoritism acceptable, and I'm satisfied that Hinata is unable to notice the favoritism.
"Now you both can leave, and try to get along," Mizuki says, getting up from the chair and accompanying us to the door. Hinata goes to the door, satisfied and in a bit of a hurry, perhaps fearing that Mizuki might change her mind and decide to give a real warning instead of just a warning.
"Be more careful, dear, avoid problems, okay? And if you're going to cause problems, you don't need to tell us just stay discreet, I won't do anything, you've been fully absolved," Mizuki says, grabbing my breasts from behind and giving a quick squeeze as she steps back again.
'... Tsk' She did that in a way that seemed like she was just momentarily stopping me without any lustful intentions, but I know the truth.
'Unpleasant woman' I leave the room, finding this nymphomaniac unpleasant. It seems my touch problem has been activated by this contact and audacity, and it was quite disgusting.
'It's all right, everything is completely fine...' Now that Ayane knows I'm a magical girl, I can try to form a team with her and thus have more time together.
Hinata has already left, and I continue forward without looking back.